Jennifer L. Patterson – Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) Master Class: Enhance Psychological Flexibility in Clients with Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) master class will show you how to develop core competencies and transform your skills to achieve better therapeutic outcomes.

You will learn how ACT uses cognitive-behavioral change strategies to change some of the toughest clinical conditions.

This in-depth training includes step-by-step methods.

• set an ACT consistent treatment plan
• build an ACT skills repertoire to use immediately with any client
• apply evidence-based ACT practices in a fluid and ongoing manner

Improved outcomes for a wide range of clinical conditions are being experienced by clinicians like you.

Full of thought provoking lecture, engaging case studies and guided instruction, you will learn essential ACT skills that your clinical practice is missing to help your clients move forward in living a meaningful life. In your next class, leave this master class with the tools you need.

The flexible and fluid ACT approach is how to revolutionize your client outcomes.

1. Develop a deep understanding of the theoretical and philosophical foundation of the ACT model to help clients increase psychological flexibility.
2. Expand knowledge base of ACT as a contextual behavioral science and how it differs from Cognitive Behavioral therapies.
3. Detect the six psychological inflexible processes which maintain psychological rigidity and understand how it pulls clients away from value based behaviors.
4. Formulate ACT consistent case conceptualizations to understand avoidance and how it relates to maintaining away moves related to value based behaviors.
5. Utilize ACT case conceptualizations to prepare evidence-based treatment plans to assist with a cohesive treatment approach.
6. Utilize the six psychological flexible processes in ACT to facilitate emotional openness and increase psychological flexibility in clients.
7. Analyze how ACT attempts to undermine problematic language obstacles and implement clinical skills to assist clients with getting unhooked from their thoughts.
8. Use metaphors, analogies, and experiential exercises to improve clients understanding of self and increase value-based behaviors.
9. Implement ACT evidence-based protocols and processes into treatment for specific disorders including depression, anxiety, trauma and the personality disorders.
10. Synthesize core ACT interventions, like defusion, mindfulness, acceptance and the observer self, to increase clients value-based behaviors.
11. Utilize ACT interventions, like contacting the present moment, to assist with developing observation and awareness skills for your client.
12. Explore and integrate the role of self-compassion in the ACT model and utilize exercises to help clients build self-acceptance.
13. Establish an effective and valued therapeutic relationship through the use of compassion-focused therapy processes.
14. Develop an understanding of the ACT extension models and integrate core ACT techniques to use with trauma, adolescents, groups and couples.
15. Incorporate awareness training from the Crosshairs model to help clients with trauma to effectively identify painful thoughts and feelings and determine behaviors as being helpful or unhelpful in an effort to increase valued living.
16. Implement the core skills from the DNA-V youth model, like mindfulness and action, to support personal growth and improve psychological problems in adolescent clients.
17. Demonstrate how to implement the choice point skills useful for in-the-moment integration of CBT and ACT to assist clients to respond flexibly to the situations that occur outside of sessions.
18. Integrate core self-compassion techniques and awareness training to assist your clients with effective interpersonal functioning and increasing satisfaction in interpersonal relationships.

The Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) Master Class is for people who want to improve their psychological flexibility.

You should master the core skills and competencies.

The model is called the ACT.

• What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Evolution of Third Wave Behavioral Therapies
• Outcome Studies

The foundations of the act.

• Contextual Behavioral Sciences
• Functional Contextualism
• Relational Frame Theory
• Happiness Trap
• Importance of Understanding for Clinical Practice

Conceptualization of a case.

• Experiential Avoidance as the Core Problem
• Creative Hopelessness Exercises
• Assessment Measures
• ACT Clinical Interview
• Inflexahex Diagnostic Model

There are six core processes of psychological inflexibility.

• Experiential Avoidance
• Lack of awareness
• Unclear Values
• Unhelpful Behaviors
• Attachment to Conceptualized Self
• Cognitive Fusion

There are six core processes of psychological flexibility in the treatment model.

• Acceptance
• Mindful Decision Making
• Values Clarification
• Value-Based Behaviors
• Understanding Sense of Self
• Defusion

There are interventions and strategies.

• Evidence-Based Processes and Practices
• Mindfulness Action Plan
• Commitment Plan Worksheet
• Integration of Evidence-Based Models CBT, DBT, CFT
• Role Play
• Videos
• Case Presentations

Treatment planning for the ACT.

• Suggestaflex Model
• Metaphors
• Paradoxical Processes
• Mindfulness Techniques
• Self-Compassion Exercises
• And Much More!

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Trauma

• Function of Trauma Symptoms
• Specify Treatment Goals
• Target Self-harm Behaviors
• Increase Psychological Safety
• Mindfulness Exercises

Anxiety

• 12 Week Protocol
• Control as the Problem
• Mindful Worry Sheet
• FEAR Algorithm
• FEEL Exposure Work

There are personality disorders.

• Increase Emotional Tolerance
• Values Clarification
• Mind vs. Experience
• Target the Client’s Story
• Work with Client Anger
• Role of Therapist Self-disclosure

Depression

• 12 Week Protocol
• Reason Giving
• Rumination
• Story Telling
• Damaged Conceptualized Self
• Behavioral Activation

There are models for the ACT.

There are groups and individuals in the matrix.

• Simple Format for Groups and Individuals
• Five-sense Experiences
• Mental Experiences
• Toward Moves
• Away Moves
• The Four Quadrants

The crosshairs diagram is used for trauma prevention and treatment.

• Awareness Training
• Identify Painful Thoughts and Feelings
• Identify Situations as Being Helpful or Unhelpful
• Living Your Values at Work, Home, or in Other Important Areas of Life

The DNA-V model is used for adolescents.

• For Adolescents, Parents, Teachers
• Based on Growth and Development
• Understand the 3 Processes and 2 Perspectives of Model
• Assist Adolescent with Handling Difficult Thoughts, Feelings, and Situation
• Discover Role
• Noticer Role
• Advisor Role

The choice point model is outside of the client session.

• Useful for in-the-moment Integration of CBT and ACT
• Target Situation Selection and Modification
• Values and Skills Section
• Modify the Form or Frequency of Inner Experience
• Respond Flexibly to the Situation and the Inner Experience
• Help the Client Identify and Use Strengths

The ID model is used by couples.

• Assists with Conceptualization and Treatment of Interpersonal Relationship Issues
• Self-dislike
• Lack of Insight
• Emotional Avoidance or Attachment to Emotional Experience
• Self-compassion
• Self-awareness
• Self-acceptance

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