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Digital Seminar

Fostering Client Flexibility: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as a Process of Change


Faculty:
Steven C. Hayes, PhD
Duration:
4 Hours 02 Minutes
Copyright:
Mar 12, 2022
Product Code:
NOS096207
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.


Description

Evidence-based therapy is changing. Where once treatment favoured protocols for certain syndromes, now, in a new era of process-based therapy, the focus has turned to the needs, strengths, and cultural background of clients—and the processes that result in an uplifting relationship between them and their practitioner. When therapists can identify these processes, or underlying mechanisms, they’re better equipped to help clients successfully reach their goals. In this paradigm-shifting recording, you’ll discover:

  • The key features of process-based therapy
  • How to detect and target processes of change in your client
  • What a case conceptualization based on processes looks like
  • How to implement ACT’s psychological flexibility as a process of change

CPD


CPD

PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This program is worth 4.25 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.



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Steven C. Hayes, PhD, Among the most cited and innovative psychologists in the world, Steven Hayes is the originator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Relational Frame Theory (RFT), and co-developer of Process-Based Therapy (PBT). Dr. Hayes is best-selling author of Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life and Nevada Foundation Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada. An author of 44 books and nearly 600 scientific articles, he has shown in his research how language and thought leads to human suffering and has developed ACT as a way of correcting these processes. Hayes has been president of several scientific societies and has received several national awards, such as the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.

His popular book was featured in Time Magazine among several other major media outlets, and for a time was the number one best-selling self-help book in the United States. Steven Hayes speaks on internationally on acceptance and mindfulness and is one of the world’s most influential and cited clinical psychologists.
 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Steven Hayes has an employment relationship with the University of Nevada. He is the President of the Institute for Better Health and the research director at Praxis Continuing Education and Training. He is a member of the scientific advisory committee for MIND Foundation and receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Hayes has a financial relationship with PsychFlex. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Steven Hayes serves on the policy making council for Universal Scientific Education and Research Network. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Society, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, and the Association for Behavioral Analysis International.

 


Objectives

  1. Differentiate between a process-based therapy approach and a system based on protocols and syndromes.
  2. Catalogue the psychological processes that need to be targeted in ACT work.
  3. Propose what "values" are in the context of ACT work and explain the characteristics of values and describe why values are critical to a client achieving beneficial long-term outcomes.
  4. Practice at least 3 strategies for speaking with clients in a way that effectively engages them to work on the psychological flexibility process of values.
  5. Demonstrate the use of a case conceptualization matrix based on core psychological processes.

Outline

  • Key features and distinctions of a process-based approach to therapy
  • Detecting and targeting the psychological processes for creating change
  • The critical role of values vs goals in therapy
  • Case conceptualization in process-based therapies

Target Audience

  • Psychologists
  • Physicians
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Art Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Other Behavioral Health Professionals

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