New Workshop! - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - A Practical Introduction

Good afternoon, ,

I am excited to announce a brand new workshop for this autumn.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - A Practical Introduction



Sat, 2 October 2021 10:30 – 12:30 BST

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a distinctive empirically-based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, alongside commitment and behavior change techniques. A key objective is to work with the client to increase psychological flexibility. This focus on flexibility involves helping the client contact the present moment fully as a conscious human being.

As part of the 'Third Wave' of psychological therapies, ACT is not simply about overcoming pain or fighting emotions; but rather focuses on embracing life and experiencing everything it has to offer. Rather than suppress or avoid psychological experiences, ACT is based on the idea that acceptance and mindfulness can be more productive responses to the ups and down of life.

This workshop will introduce the main ideas and contemporary thinking on this approach and offer some practical techniques from the modality that can be used in a wide range of therapeutic contexts.

What will the workshop cover? (indicative)

1. Introduction
2. Foundations of ACT as a Third Wave therapy
3. Core Ideas in ACT - Accept, Choose, Take Action
4. The Model of Psychological Flexibility
5. - Acceptance
6. - Cognitive Defusion
7. - Being Present
8. - Self as Context
9. - Values
10. - Committed Action
11. Practical Techniques in ACT
12. - Metaphors
13. - Acceptance Writing
14. - Values exploration
15. Case Study
16. Application of ACT to ourselves as therapists
17. Contemporary applications, research and limitations of ACT
18. Summary

And after the workshop there will be the usual extensive range of resources, links, case study material, reading and anonymous collation of participants thoughts, ideas and comments emailed to you to support your use of imagery techniques with your clients.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - A Practical Introduction is an accessible, focused starting point for anyone looking to develop their interest, knowledge and skills in this area. No prior knowledge of ACT is assumed.

Click below to book your place today. And don't forget you can use the exclusive newsletter subscriber code summernewslettersep21 to get £5 off any ticket.

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Look out for more brand new workshops in our Autumn programme!

Bye for now,

Patrick