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Saturday, August 15,
2009
9 am - 3:30 pm
College of the
Atlantic
Turret 1
105 Eden Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
Venue Link
About ACT
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a contemporary
form of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) that has shown much promise
in helping clients with a wide range of emotional and behavioral
difficulties. ACT introduces a comprehensive model of therapy including
a creative set of metaphors and experiential exercises to help clients
(a) move away from unworkable change strategies, (b) make healthy
contact with thoughts, feelings, and other private reactions they have
feared and avoided, (c) re-connect with their deepest values to set a
direction for change and to motivate change, and (d) experience their
struggles differently and in a manner that permits them to move forward
with their lives now.
This Workshop
This one-day training is designed for therapists who have already
participated in a one-day introductory workshop (with any presenter).
The instructor will elaborate on the ACT model and lead participants
through a variety of exercises and experiential exercises to encourage
further development of proficiency with key ACT interventions.
Attendees will be invited to share their initial experiences with ACT
(if any)
and process obstacles and successes they have experienced with their
clients. Attendees will practice conceptualizing client problems
from an ACT perspective. Interested participants will be
encouraged to self-design a developmental program to push their ACT
proficiency forward.
Level of Experience
This is an intermediate level training.
This one-day training is designed for therapists who have already
participated in a one-day introductory workshop (with any presenter).
Learning Objectives
After this workshop, I will be able to:
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1. Describe a specific cognitive defusion technique. |
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2. Describe a values intervention I could use with a clinical
case familiar to me. |
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3. Demonstrate a present-moment awareness/mindfulness exercise
with a peer (role-play) or a client. |
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4. Describe a clinical case familiar to me using the ACT model
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5. List several specific steps to improve my skills with ACT in
the next 3 months.
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 Dr.
Joel Guarna is a licensed psychologist in the state of Maine.
He earned his PhD from Bowling Green State University in 2000
and trained at the Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology as a
predoctoral intern and postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Guarna
later served as a staff psychologist in the Department of
Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in Boston. During this
time, he provided individual, couples, and group treatment to
veterans with co-occurring substance use and mental health
disorders. He directed an intensive outpatient program for
veterans with addictions at the Brockton VAMC. He provided
training and supervision to psychologists-in-training and
psychiatry residents as a Clinical Instructor of Psychology in
the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Guarna began work in private practice in 2005 and
now manages his own practice,
White
Pine Behavioral Health LLC, in Portland,
Maine. Dr. Guarna’s areas of interest and
specialization include Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies
(CBT), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), mind/body
health and mindfulness-based therapies, and treatment of
anxiety and mood disorders, trauma and PTSD, and
addictions.
He was introduced to ACT in 1999 and has attended and
given numerous talks and trainings on ACT over the past
several years.
ACT Profile | Practice Website
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You must be a healthcare or mental
healthcare worker or student to participate in this workshop.
Please read our Workshop Attendee
Policy. |
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Registration
*Sorry,
registration is now closed.* |
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Introduction to
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Friday, August 14, 2009
$135 |
The Next ACT: An Intermediate
Skill-Building Workshop
Saturday, August 15, 2009
$105 |
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Regular registration by
check/mail
Online registration only at this
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Regular registration by
check/mail
Online registration only at this
time |
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Continuing Education (CE) Credits.
This workshop is being developed. At the current
time,
we do not plan to seek CE approval for this workshop.
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Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park
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