Welcome to ACBS's Online Learning & Research Community!
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Welcome to the new ACBS website -- a living resource for the ACT, RFT, and Contextual Behavioral Science community. If you are a member of the public, clicking on ACT for the Public to the left will get you to a more generally useful starting point since this page is mostly designed with professionals and students in mind and you can get a bit lost with all of the options.
With the advent of the new site we are making several changes in the society itself. Memberships are now rolling, meaning that whenever you join, your membership is good for 12 months from that date. We are also trying to put the ACT model more into the running of the society itself: We are the only large society we know of with values-based dues, in which members pay whatever they think fits the value of this work to them given their situation. Perhaps as a result, there are nearly 2,400 ACBS members as of mid-2009 (see our membership directory), from 44 different countries. Over half our members are from outside of the United States. In addition, we are proud to say that dues received per member is up since values-based dues were instituted, approaching $50 per member on average, because while some pay only one dollar others are moved to pay much more. Another reflection of the values of the community: this site has many wiki features: members can add content in most areas. The new site features videos, clinical support materials, and Listserv feeds for members (much of this you can only see if you pay to join the society and then log in to the site); new menus and organization; and a much smoother way to get information or to share new information with others. The ACBS staff is continuing to smooth the functioning of the site, and to add new content (as are members from around the world). We hope you enjoy the changes and will find this vast network of materials useful to you and to those you serve.
ACBS News:
- Announcing the formation and approval of ACBS's first affiliated Chapters & SIG! ACT Italia, Washington State, Australia, New Zealand, & Oceania, and the ACBS Student SIG. Check them out here. - April 30, 2009
- Free podcasts about ACT for the public and practitioners courtesy of Yale University's Rudd Center. - posted April 15, 2009.
- Congratulations to our new ACBS Board Members! President-Elect Robyn Walser, Secretary/Treasurer Sonja Batten, Member-at-Large Joseph Ciarrochi, Carmen Luciano, and Student Representative Priscilla Almada. - posted April 14, 2009.
- Chapters & Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are now possible through ACBS! They are forming now. Jump on those listservs and coordinate. For details check here. - posted February 11, 2009
- Powerpoint presentations used at the ACT Oceana II Conference in New Zealand, Aug. 2008, are gradually being posted here: www.contextualpsychology.org/oceaniaII Paid members of ACBS can download them. - posted August 29, 2008
- New video (viewable to paid and logged in members only) Exposure and Acceptance in the Treatment of Chronic Debilitating Pain in Youths by Rikard Wicksell, now available. - July 8, 2008
- Powerpoint presentations used at the ACT Summer Institute IV in Chicago, May 2008, are gradually being posted here: www.contextualpsychology.org/actsi4presentations Paid members of ACBS can download them. - posted May 30, 2008
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Upcoming Community Events
- ACBS World Conference III - Enschede, The Netherlands(Event)(Now)
- Intermediate Level Skills training in ACT as a one on one intervention - London, UK(Event)(1 day)
- 3 Day Workshop with Kelly Wilson in Orebro, Sweden(Event)(4 days)
- Portland, Oregon Introductory ACT Weekend Experiential Workshop(Event)(14 days)
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Anxiety Relief: A 5-Day Professional Training with Forsyth & Eifert - Rhinebeck, NY(Event)(17 days)
- ACT for all levels of Beginners (7pm Sydney, Australia Time) (7pm Sydney, Australia Time)(Event)(20 days)
- Experiential Introduction to Acceptance and commitment Therapy with skills training, in London UK(Event)(22 days)
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Anxiety: An Introduction - Parkville, VIC, Australia(Event)(22 days)
- Using ACT to Help your Clients Get Out of Their Minds and into Their Life - Steve Hayes - Eastham, Massachusetts(Event)(38 days)
- Day 1: Introduction to ACT -- Bar Harbor, Maine with Joel Guarna(Event)(42 days)
- Day 2: The Next ACT: An Intermediate Skill-Building Workshop -- Bar Harbor, Maine with Joel Guarna(Event)(43 days)
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) Skill Building & Case Conceptualization with Kelly Wilson(Event)(49 days)
- Portland, Oregon Introductory ACT Weekend Experiential Workshop(Event)(49 days)
- Experiential Skills Training: Applying ACT interventions one on one, in London UK.(Event)(71 days)
- Portland, Oregon Introductory ACT Weekend Experiential Workshop(Event)(77 days)
- Workshop-Atelier ACT Nîmes (France) 2 jours: 24-25 sept 2009 (Monestès & Villatte)(Event)(83 days)
- ACT in Practice: 2 day workshop to learn how to use ACT (Sydney)(Event)(84 days)
- Máster en Terapias Contextuales. ACT y FAP. Madrid(Event)(89 days)
- Atelier ACT 3 jours Introduction et Intermédiaire, Lyon 8-10 Octobre 2009 (avec B. Schoendorff, J. Grand & C. Penet)(Event)(97 days)
- Vervolgcursus Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Noord Holland(Event)(98 days)
- Workshop-Atelier ACT Lille (France) 2 jours: 16-17 octobre 2009 (Villatte & Monestès)(Event)(105 days)
- Portland, Oregon Introductory ACT Weekend Experiential Workshop(Event)(105 days)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain; Workshop with PD JoAnne Dahl in Zürich, Switzerland(Event)(112 days)
- ACT introductiecursus Utrecht, the Netherlands(Event)(126 days)
- ACT introductiecursus Utrecht, the Netherlands(Event)(133 days)
- Introductiecursus Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Bergen (NH)(Event)(139 days)
- Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP): New Frontiers in Awareness, Courage, Love and Behaviorism, Denver CO(Event)(154 days)
- 7th International Congress of Morita Therapy - Melbourne, Australia(Event)(244 days)
