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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 will introduce participants to
this exciting form of therapy. The instructor will describe the ACT
model and explain how it compares to and differs from traditional CBT.
The instructor will give an overview of the rapidly-growing body of
research on ACT and its processes. Attendees will learn to
conceptualize client problems from an ACT perspective and how to apply
basic ACT interventions. Attendees will be invited to participate in a
variety of exercises to help experience ACT processes and to better
understand their clients’ perspectives and struggles. Lastly, attendees
will leave this training with many resources should they wish to further
develop their proficiency with ACT.
Level of Experience
This is an introductory training. No
previous experience with ACT is necessary, though having some
familiarity with the basic concepts may facilitate learning.
Learning Objectives
1. Attendees will be
able to describe the ACT model of human suffering including the roles of
experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion.
2. Attendees will be
able to list and give examples of the six ACT core processes
3. Attendees will be
able to list two ways in which ACT and traditional CBT are different.
4. Attendees will be
able to discuss a familiar clinical case using the ACT model and its
terms.
5. Attendees will be
able to describe a values intervention they could use with one of their
clinical cases.
6. Attendees will be
able to demonstrate the use of a specific cognitive defusion technique
and a specific acceptance technique.
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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. Registration Fee
includes continental breakfast, beverage service, and lunch at
the workshop location. |
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If you
experience any difficulties with online registration, please
contact me
immediately. |
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Registration |
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The workshop in
Burlington has been cancelled due to insufficient registration.
We hope you can attend another of our other ACT workshops in New
England. |
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Why do CE events cost so much?
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Continuing Education (CE) Credits
Please check with your state or
locality to determine if you can receive continuing education
credit for this event. It is your responsibility to ensure
that the approvals listed below meet the specific criteria for
your profession.
Psychologists. This event is being co-sponsored by
the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science and the White
Pine Institute. The Association for Contextual Behavioral
Science is approved by the American Psychological Association to
offer continuing education for psychologists. The Association
for Contextual Behavioral Science maintains responsibility for
the program. The workshop is being offered for 6 hours of
continuing education credit. No partial credit will be
offered for partial attendance.
Counselors. This program has
been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors
(approval #: SP-1636). The workshop will provide 6
continuing education contact hours/clock hours.
No partial credit will be offered for partial attendance.
Social Workers. This program
is approved by the National Association of Social Workers
(Provider #: 886511458) for 6 Continuing Education Hours. New Hampshire. The New
Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice accepts continuing
education units for programs approved by the APA, NBCC, and NASW;
click here for the NH rules. Professions regulated by
the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice can receive 6
hours of continuing education for attending this workshop.
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**Graduate Student
Discount Rate of $80. Graduate students in masters or
doctorate programs in psychology, social work, counseling, or
related fields should enter the Discount Code of VTSTU on
page 1 of the online registration form. This offer is only
provided via online registration. The full fee will be
charged; the difference will be refunded to you when your
registration is processed. If you have any questions about
this, please contact me at joel@whitepinepsych.com |
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