Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: 2-Day Intensive ACT Therapy

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• ACT approaches for mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, and rage, among other things
  Experiential activities, case studies, and video examples are all available.
  For you and your clients, this is both practical and revolutionary!

  Do you want to enhance your therapeutic approach?

  How often do you look at your appointment schedule and wonder how you’ll finally help a regular client who seems to progress for a while – and then regress?

  You use the same tools and techniques you’ve used for so long – and mostly successfully – but this one client is putting your skills to the test. You may now start incorporating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into your practice and experience results.

  ACT is a treatment approach that has been researched and developed by world-renowned researcher, speaker, and author Steven Hayes, PhD. It is quickly becoming the treatment approach that gets to the heart of the therapeutic relationship.

  Daniel J. Moran Ph.D., BABA-D, ACT expert, trainer, and co-author with Steven Hayes of ACT in Practice, will lead this two-day Acceptance & Commitment Therapy workshop where you will learn highly practical, evidence-based skills, case conceptualization techniques, and powerful strategies to improve outcomes for the following:

  Anxiety Disorders
  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  Disorders of Mood
  Abuse of Substances
  Anger Control
  Disorders of Eating
  Trauma
  Personality Issues

  Attend this intensive, engaging, and transformative workshop to embark on a new path of healing for your most difficult clients.

  OUTLINE

  The ACT Framework

  The Characteristics of Human Suffering
  The concept of “healthy normalcy” is a myth.
  Language is a two-edged sword.
  Remove unhelpful thoughts
  Why are we aiming for psychological flexibility?
  The hexagonal ACT model

  Acceptance

  Increasing one’s willingness to experience emotions
  Experiential avoidance is the polar opposite of acceptance.
  Avoidance of experience throughout one’s life
  Why is acceptance important?
  Teenage shyness and hoarding are two examples.

  Defusion

  Consider thoughts rather than thoughts.
  Handle automatic thoughts
  The power of language
  The Issue of Cognitive Fusion
  Address Disputation techniques based on CBT with defusion
  Exercising your mind “for a walk”
  As an example: Eating disorders and social anxiety

  Perspective-Taking

  Recognize the “Self” in ACT
  Self-content, self-perspective, and self-context
  Self-exercise should be observed.
  Handle identity issues
  PTSD and childhood sexual trauma case studies

  Mindfulness

  Making contact with the present moment
  Why being in the present moment is important for mental health
  The connection between mindlessness and psychopathology
  Mindfulness, meditation, and mindful action
  Mindful action exercises
  Anger, personality disorders, and alcoholism are a few examples.

  Values at Work

  The advantages of language
  Defining core values
  Distinguish between values and goals.
  Creating treatment objectives based on values
  The Values Clarification Ethics
  Creating the lifeline
  Heroin addiction and bipolar disorder are two examples.

  Commitment to Action

  Objectively define “commitment.”
  Combine evidence-based therapy and ACT.
  Create treatment plans for ACT-based behavior therapy.
  ACT can help you improve your behavioral activation.
  ACT can help to speed up exposure therapy.
  As an example: Anxiety, depression

  Bringing It All Together

  For psychological flexibility, use the Hexaflex model.
  For self-help and case conceptualization, ask the “ACT Question.”
  Model Inflexahex: An ACT approach to diagnosis
  As an example: Obsessive-compulsive syndrome

  Integrate ACT into Your Approach

• Social skill development
  Behavior Analysis in Action
  Systems for inpatient treatment programs
  Exposure and ritual avoidance
  Activation of behavior
  Parental management education
  Executive mentoring

  The Mindful Action Strategy

  The ACT is simplified.
  Bus passengers: The classic ACT group exercise
  How ACT can help you become a better therapist

  OBJECTIVES

  Examine the six fundamental tenets of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
  Recognize the issue of experiential avoidance in clinical practice.
  With each client’s avoidance issues, use acceptance approaches.
  Use your skills to overcome language barriers.
  Discuss how ACT attempts to undermine problematic language functions.
  In therapy, use contacting the present moment exercises and mindfulness practice.
  Develop a mindful action plan protocol for clients.
  Show how to incorporate the ACT approach to “the self” for clinical gain.
  Recognize how unclarified values can lead to clinical problems.
  Integrate the ACT approach into different therapeutic styles and methods.
  Create committed action plans for people with anxiety disorders.
  Use metaphors to undermine language-based avoidance repertoires.
  Show how ACT principles can be applied to the therapist to improve clinical performance.

  Daniel J. Moran, PhD, BCBA-D, is the former president of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS), the international ACT organization with over 8,000 members worldwide. He co-authored the first case conceptualization manual for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy entitled ACT in Practice (New Harbinger) and served on the first ACT training committee. He also recently published Committed Action in Practice (New Harbinger) and will be bringing the topic of that book to this workshop.

   

  As a recognized ACT Trainer in the ACBS community, Dr. Moran has an engaging training style that has led him to be an invited keynote speaker for many events in the last decade. He has also been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Network, TLC and The Discovery Channel discussing the treatment of many clinical disorders. He has published several articles and book chapters, including publications with CBT pioneer Albert Ellis and ACT pioneer Steven Hayes.

   

  Dr. Moran supervises therapists around the world to help them treat patients in their clinics. His passion is for applying the ACT principles in important areas outside of the clinic, such as the boardroom or construction sites. He established Pickslyde Consulting in order to bring mindfulness and value-directed commitment skills to the workplace to improve safety, innovation and leadership. Dr. Moran has utilized ACT in work implementations and clinical training sites on six continents and in all 50 of the United States.

  Speaker Disclosures:

  Financial: Daniel Moran founded Pickslyde Consulting. He is an author for New Harbinger and receives royalties. Dr. Moran receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

  Nonfinancial: Daniel Moran is a member of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences.

  Describe the six core processes of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients advance psychological flexibility.
  Incorporate the role of psychological flexibility when applying ACT to clinical practice.
  Utilize acceptance approaches with avoidance problems to help strengthen a client’s willingness to have emotions.
  Implement clinical skills for helping clients with defusing from language obstacles.
  Utilize exercises in therapy to aid clients in developing the flexibility to engage in the present moment.
  Analyze how a client’s unclarified values can lead to clinical problems in relation to assessment and treatment planning.
  Integrate ACT into different therapeutic styles and methods as an approach to managing symptoms.
  Create committed action plans for clients with anxiety disorders to improve level of functioning.
  Use metaphors to undermine language-based avoidance repertoires to improve client engagement.
  Implement emotional and behavioral willingness techniques with clients to reduce experiential avoidance.
  Integrate ACT techniques into treatment for specific disorders including depression, anxiety, trauma and personality disorders.
  Demonstrate how ACT incorporates elements of exposure therapy to reduce experiential avoidance.

  The ACT Framework

  The Characteristics of Human Suffering
  The concept of “healthy normalcy” is a myth.
  Language is a two-edged sword.
  Remove unhelpful thoughts
  Why are we aiming for psychological flexibility?
  The hexagonal ACT model

  Acceptance

  Increasing one’s willingness to experience emotions
  Experiential avoidance is the polar opposite of acceptance.
  Avoidance of experience throughout one’s life
  Why is acceptance important?
  Teenage shyness and hoarding are two examples.

  Defusion

  Consider thoughts rather than thoughts.
  Handle automatic thoughts
  The power of language
  The Issue of Cognitive Fusion
  Address Disputation techniques based on CBT with defusion
  Exercising your mind “for a walk”
  As an example: Eating disorders and social anxiety

  Perspective-Taking

  Recognize the “Self” in ACT
  Self-content, self-perspective, and self-context
  Self-exercise should be observed.
  Handle identity issues
  PTSD and childhood sexual trauma case studies

  Mindfulness

  Making contact with the present moment
  Why being in the present moment is important for mental health
  The connection between mindlessness and psychopathology
  Mindfulness, meditation, and mindful action
  Mindful action exercises
  Anger, personality disorders, and alcoholism are a few examples.

  Values at Work

  The advantages of language
  Defining core values
  Distinguish between values and goals.
  Creating treatment objectives based on values
  The Values Clarification Ethics
  Creating the lifeline
  Heroin addiction and bipolar disorder are two examples.

  Commitment to Action

  Objectively define “commitment.”
  Combine evidence-based therapy and ACT.
  Create treatment plans for ACT-based behavior therapy.
  ACT can help you improve your behavioral activation.
  ACT can help to speed up exposure therapy.
  As an example: Anxiety, depression

  Bringing It All Together

  For psychological flexibility, use the Hexaflex model.
  For self-help and case conceptualization, ask the “ACT Question.”
  Model Inflexahex: An ACT approach to diagnosis
  As an example: Obsessive-compulsive syndrome

  Integrate ACT into Your Approach

  Social skill development
  Behavior Analysis in Action
  Systems for inpatient treatment programs
  Exposure and ritual avoidance
  Activation of behavior
  Parental management education
  Executive mentoring

  The Mindful Action Strategy

  The ACT is simplified.
  Bus passengers: The classic ACT group exercise
  How ACT can help you become a better therapist

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