Multi-disc video recording with electronic manual and instructions (11 hr 53 min) Description:
Looking to improve your therapy approach? How often do you review your appointment calendar and start wondering how you’re going to, finally, help a regular client who seems to progress for a while - and then regress? Each time he/she arrives, you use the same tools and techniques you’ve used for so long - and mostly successfully - but this one client is testing your skills. Now, you can begin to integrate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into your practice - and see improved outcomes. Researched and developed by world-renowned researcher, speaker and author Steven Hayes, PhD, ACT is fast becoming the treatment approach that gets to the heart of therapeutic relationship. ACT techniques for mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, anger and more
Experiential exercises, case studies and video examples
Practical & transformative for you and your clients! Join ACT expert, trainer and co-author with Steven Hayes of ACT in Practice, Daniel J. Moran Ph.D., BABA-D, for this two-day Acceptance & Commitment Therapy workshop where you will develop highly practical, evidence-based skills, case conceptualization techniques and powerful strategies that will improve outcomes for the following: Anxiety Issues
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Mood Disorders
Substance Abuse
Anger Management
Eating Disorders
Trauma
Personality Disorders Objectives:
Discuss the six basic tenets of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
Recognize the problem of experiential avoidance in clinical work.
Utilize acceptance approaches with each client’s avoidance problems.
Apply skills in defusing from language obstacles.
Discuss how ACT attempts to undermine problematic language functions.
Utilize contacting the present moment exercises and mindfulness practice in therapy.
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. Outline:
The ACT Model The nature of human suffering
“Healthy normality” is a myth
Language: The double-edged sword
Undermine unhelpful thoughts
Aiming for psychological flexibility and why
The ACT hexagon model
Acceptance Strengthening a willingness to have emotions
The opposite of acceptance is experiential avoidance
Experiential avoidance throughout the lifespan
Why acceptance is important
Case example: Teenage shyness & hoarding
Defusion Look at thoughts rather than from thoughts
Deal with automatic thoughts
The power of words
The problem with cognitive fusion
Address CBT-based disputation techniques with defusion
“Taking your mind for a walk” exercise
Case example: Eating disorders & social phobia
Perspective-Taking Understand the “Self” in ACT
Self-as-content, self-as-perspective, self-as-context
Observer self-exercise
Deal with identity issues
Case examples related to PTSD & childhood sexual trauma
Mindfulness Contacting the present moment
Why being in the here-and-now is critical for mental health
Relationship between mindlessness and psychopathology
Meditation, mindfulness and mindful action
Exercises for mindful action
Case example: Anger, personality disorders, alcoholism
Values Work The positive side of language
Identifying core values
Differentiate values and goals
Writing values-based treatment goals
The ethics of values clarification
Establishing the life line
Case example: Heroin addiction, bipolar disorder
Committed Action Define “commitment” objectively
Integrate evidence-based therapy with ACT
Develop ACT-based behavior therapy treatment plans
Improve behavioral activation with ACT
Accelerate exposure therapy with ACT
Case example: Depression, agoraphobia
Pulling It All Together Hexaflex model for psychological flexibility
Ask the “ACT Question” for self-help and case conceptualization
Inflexahex model: Diagnosis from an ACT approach
Case example: Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Incorporate ACT into Your Own Approach Social skills training
Applied Behavior Analysis
Inpatient treatment programs systems
Exposure and ritual prevention
Behavioral activation
Parent management training
Executive coaching
The Mindful Action Plan ACT simplified
Passengers on the bus: The classic ACT group exercise
How ACT can make you a better therapist About the Speaker: Daniel J. Moran, Ph.D. is an expert in cognitive-behavior therapy, empirically supported treatments, and using mindfulness-based approaches for behavioral change. He is a featured psychologist on The Learning Channel, Animal Planet, and Fox News. He is the founder of Pickslyde Consulting, an organization aimed at using evidence-based applications to improve performance and wellness in the workplace. Dr. Moran is also the founder of the MidAmerican Psychological Institute, a psychotherapy clinic in south Chicagoland. He co-authored ACT in Practice: Case Conceptualization in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. ACT is one of the leading therapies integrating mindfulness into clinical practice. Dr. Moran is a recognized ACT trainer who leads workshops around the world, has held several elected positions in his science affiliations, writes for the Psychology Today website, and is a Board Certified Behavioral Analyst.
*Continuing Education Information: For U.S. and Canadian customers, a CE test is available for $19.99 USD per participant. International CE rates may vary; please contact PESI, Inc. Customer Service at 1-800-844-8260 for more details. | 
