ACT Made Simple
VA practitioners are invited to train at the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for PTSD at the Togus, Maine VA. Twenty-six weekly cohorts are conducted each year. Each cohort has ten veterans and is presented 14 ACT classes.
ACT for Veterans Suffering with Trauma Memories: An intensive, values-based approach to getting veterans back into life.
Learning Objectives:
1. Using ACT to change a person's relationship with trauma memories.
2. How to design a system to effectively treat PTSD and other disorders with no clinician burnout.
This is LIVE ACT training Your training will include sitting in on our daily 8 to 9am staff meeting and then attending all three of the treatment classes each day. We will also discuss ACT with you between sessions. These meetings will include theoretical discussions of Functional Contextualism, Relational Frame Theory and ACT. We will especially focus on how our classes are designed to maximally impact the three core elements of ACT therapy.
No prior knowledge of ACT is required for this training. VA practitioners of any theoretical orientation are welcome; those who are just curious about ACT are always welcome.
Kevin Polk, Ph.D. and Jerold Hambright, Ph.D
Contact Kevin at kevin.polk@va.gov
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Upcoming Community Events
- 3-Day Eugene Intro and Skill Building with Kelly Wilson(Event)(3 days)
- Lancaster, PA--ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Powerful Life Change(Event)(8 days)
- King of Prussia, PA--ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Powerful Life Change(Event)(9 days)
- Cycle de Formation ACT Lyon, France Nov 2008-Mars 2009(Event)(9 days)
- Cherry Hill, NJ--ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Powerful Life Change(Event)(10 days)
- ACT: Using Mindfulness and Values to Make Powerful Life Change - Robyn Walser -Bel Air/West LA, California(Event)(11 days)
- ACT Interest Group, Sheffield, UK(Event)(17 days)
- Cycle de Formation ACT Lyon, France Nov 2008-Mars 2009(Event)(23 days)
- Vervolgcursus Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Blooming, Bergen (NH)(Event)(24 days)
- ACT Training at the Albert Ellis Institute, NYC with DJ Moran(Event)(25 days)
- "Acceptance and Mindfulness in Clinical Practice" Steven C Hayes, Århus, Denmark 3.-4. of february 2009(Event)(28 days)
- Cycle de Formation ACT Lyon, France Nov 2008-Mars 2009(Event)(51 days)
- Introductiecursus Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Bergen, Holland(Event)(52 days)
- La nouvelle génération de thérapie cognitive et comportementale : la théorie et la pratique - Frédérick Dionne, Ph.D.- Montreal (Event)(52 days)
- Workshop-Atelier ACT - Paris (2 jours)(Event)(59 days)
- Erfahrungsorientierter Einführungsworkshop in Lenzburg, Schweiz, mit Jan Martz und Rainer Sonntag(Event)(59 days)
- Evidence-Based Treatment Conference - Las Vegas, NV(Event)(62 days)
- Cycle de Formation ACT Lyon, France Nov 2008-Mars 2009(Event)(65 days)
- Dover, New Hampshire -- Making Bold Moves: Enhancing Your Practice with Acceptance & Commitment Therapy(Event)(74 days)
- Introductiecursus Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Bergen, Holland(Event)(80 days)
- Awakening to Mindfulness Conference - San Diego, CA(Event)(86 days)
- 3-Day in Sydney: Skill Building and Case Conceptualization with Kelly Wilson(Event)(98 days)
- 3-Day in Brisbane: Skill Building and Case Conceptualization with Kelly Wilson(Event)(102 days)
- 3-Day in Melbourne: Skill Building and Case Conceptualization with Kelly Wilson(Event)(106 days)
- La nouvelle génération de thérapie cognitive et comportementale : la théorie et la pratique, par Frédérick Dionne, Ph.D. (Event)(141 days)
- ACT introductiecursus Utrecht - Netherlands(Event)(143 days)
- Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment - Steve Hayes - Greater Hartford, CT(Event)(150 days)
- Kelly Wilson: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy - Combined Introduction and Skill Building Addictions Workshop(Event)(168 days)
- Pre-Conference Experiential Workshops (Enschede, The Netherlands)(Event)(174 days)
- ACBS World Conference III - Enschede, The Netherlands(Event)(175 days)
- Using ACT to Help your Clients Get Out of Their Minds and into Their Life - Steve Hayes - Eastham, Massachusetts(Event)(216 days)
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ACT 2008 Ongoing Training Opportunity at Togus VA, Maine
I just finished sitting in on this one week intensive program for veterans with Drs. Kevin Polk and Jerald Hambright. This ACT in ACTion experience is well worth the investment of time and energy. Drs. Polk and Hambright deliver their passion to the veterans and to the observers. You will hardly feel like an observer. Be careful about blinking as the fluid Togus version of ACT is ever changing. Thanks to Kevin and Jerald, as well as Dr. Kate Mocciola and intern Chad Drake.
Patt Aptaker - Baton Rouge, LA