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March 2019
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy: Learning to Thrive
Lisa Coyne, PhD will be giving a day-long presentation on Acceptance & Commitment Therapy. From the website, you will learn to: Describe an overview of ACT for use across psychological disorders. Provide a rationale for why a contextual behavioral approach may be useful across various psychological issues. Provide a brief overview of contextual behavioral case conceptualization, assessment, and treatment. Define, illustrate, and practice using all six ACT components. Conceptualize cases from an ACT perspective, including functional assessment, structuring of treatment…
Find out more »ACBS NE Chapter Consultation Group
Come join the Chapter's Board and your fellow colleagues in learning ACT together. We will be using the Portland Consultation Group Model as a foundation for our work. No matter what your experience level, we believe this consultation group will be an effective way to both grow your skills through active participation and observation of other ACT practitioners.
Find out more »May 2019
Fierce Compassion: Mastering Compassion-Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Dennis Tirch, PhD, and Laura Silberstein, PhD, will have a one-day workshop on Compassion-Focused ACT. From their website description: "Dr. Dennis Tirch and Dr. Laura Silberstein will offer an intensive workshop for therapists who want to move towards psychotherapy mastery through a direct experience of Compassion-Focused ACT. Personal practice of advanced mindfulness, compassion, and acceptance-based techniques forms the core of this workshop. Rather than just learning how to use these methods in therapy, participants will benefit from a direct, personal…
Find out more »Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: 2-Day Intensive ACT Training
From the description on the website: "Join ACT expert, Adria Pearson-Mauro, Ph.D., for this 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 Attend this intensive, engaging and transformative workshop and start a new path for healing you can use with your most difficult clients."
Find out more »June 2019
ACBS World Conference 17
This year's ACBS World Conference is being held in Dublin, Ireland! Come learn more about the preconference workshops, the conference events, and all of the interesting Contextual Behavioral Science subjects you can learn more about!
Find out more »July 2019
Harnessing the Transformative Power of Mindful ACT Therapy: How to Live Well When Life Is Hard
Jamie and John Forsyth, PhDs, are giving a presentation at the Cape Cod Institute. From the website, you were learn how to help clients and yourselves: Gain freedom from suffering Let go of unhelpful struggles Cultivate peace of mind & self-compassion Show up to life as it is Get unstuck and moving Live a rich & meaningful life
Find out more »September 2019
ACBS NE Chapter Training: An Experiential Introduction to ACT
Jesse Crosby, PhD will be giving a 90-minute free presentation on an Experiential Introduction to ACT. This is the beginning of our year-long Chapter Training series, where members of the board will be presenting on popular topics and recent developments in the Contextual Science domain. They will all be free and open to the public, so come join us! For long-time participants, please note that our location on McLean campus has changed to the Wyman building's basement.
Find out more »Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in Mental Health Practice
Discover Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) in this training with Drs. John P. Forsyth and Jamie R. Forsyth. Acceptance and mindfulness-based practices are rapidly making their way into mental health care, medicine, and society. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a newer evidence-based approach that offers empowering solutions to the problem of human suffering. ACT seeks to transform the root sources of human suffering by balancing mindfulness and acceptance processes with commitment and behavior change in the service of living…
Find out more »October 2019
ACBS NE Chapter Training: ACT in Action
Mariola Magovcevic, PhD will be giving a 90-minute free presentation on ACT in Action. Join us for our year-long Chapter Training series, where members of our board will be presenting on popular topics and recent developments in the Contextual Science domain. They will all be free and open to the public. For long-time participants, please note that our location on McLean campus has changed to the Wyman building's basement.
Find out more »ACT BootCamp – Philadelphia
Robyn Walser, Kelly Wilson, and Steve Hayes will be presenting at an ACT Boot Camp in the Philadelphia area. From the website description: "If you mention you’re interested in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), the next question you’re likely to hear is, “Have you been to BootCamp®?” Led by ACT’s cofounders, Steven C. Hayes, Kelly Wilson, and Robyn Walser, this essential workshop has been the foundation of ACT training for thousands of practitioners like you. Whether you’re hearing about ACT…
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