NPA Spring Conference – "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Process in Clinical Practice"

NPA Spring Conference – "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Process in Clinical Practice"

Registration Now Open!

With expert presenter Robyn Walser, Ph.D.

Friday, May 6, 2022

9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Central

Hybrid event – Scott Conference Center (Omaha) and via zoom

Acceptance and commitment therapy employs a variety of verbal and experiential processes and techniques to assist clients in making life-enhancing choices based on personally held values. The behavioral processes implemented in ACT may be learned and understood at many levels, yet they may also remain challenging to implement in a flexible, consistent, and effective fashion. Multiple levels of process are present in any therapy, including intervention processes. Moving beyond simple technique and into a fluid ACT intervention requires attending to intrapersonal, interpersonal, and overarching and ongoing processes in the context of the therapy.

This workshop will be an intermediate to advanced training focusing on applying ACT to a broad range of issues from four levels of process (i.e. six core processes, interpersonal, intrapersonal, overarching).

• It will include role-plays and guided skills development.

• Participants will engage in exercises designed to refine and develop their ACT process skills attuning to the relationship and therapeutic stance.

• Didactics and discussion will be oriented to increasing flexibility in the use of the core processes and consistent application of the model.  

Registration:

In-Person in Omaha:

NPA Member - $175

General Registratin - $199

Student/Intern - $30

Virtual via Zoom:

NPA Member - $145

General Registratin - $175

Student/Intern - $20

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1.  Describe what is meant by therapeutic presence from an ACT perspective.
2.  Explain what is meant by ACT processes in the therapeutic relationship.
3.  Explain what is meant by ACT processes and their flexible use with respect to the six core components of ACT.
4.  Describe barriers to fluid implementation of ACT and how to work through these barriers in an ACT consistent fashion.
5.  Describe intrapersonal process from an ACT perspective.
6.  Explain the purpose of self-disclosure and its use in ACT.
7.  Describe interpersonal process from an ACT perspective.
8.  Explore the purpose of interpersonal work and feedback and its use in ACT.
9.  Describe how existentialism plays a role in ACT.
10.  Explain how case conceptualization guides the arc of ACT therapy.

The Nebraska Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Nebraska Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Participants attending this live webinar can receive 6 (six) CEs for psychologists. This program also meets the criteria of an approved continuing education program for mental health practice.

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