ACT in the Present Moment- Kelly Wilson & Emily Sandoz
Emily Sandoz
Kelly WilsonACT in the Present Moment (Advanced)
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Workshop Leaders: Kelly G. Wilson, Ph.D., & Emily K. Sandoz, M.S., University of Mississippi
Dates & Location: July 14 & 15, 2007, 9:00am - 5:00/5:30pm at the University of Houston - Clear Lake.
General description/abstract: The focus of this workshop will be on the role of mindfulness and present-moment processes in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Over the past year or two, I have become increasingly interested in the centrality of present-moment processes in ACT. It has become clear that when ACT interventions go wrong, the problems can often be traced back to a failure of present moment processes. For example, when our clients struggle with acceptance of some thought, emotion, or memory, they are often rejecting conceptualized acceptance in a conceptualized future. Likewise, some of the biggest problem we see with values and commitment work centers on guilt (conceptualized past) and fear (conceptualized future). Persistently bringing clients (and ourselves) into the present moment undermines fusion and non-acceptance and enhances values and commitment work.
Other difficulties that arise in ACT involve the therapist overstepping the therapeutic contract. Part of the therapeutic contract involves some limited amount of pain the client is willing to have in their interaction with the clinician. Attending carefully to present moment processes allows the therapist to work in harmony with the client and dramatically lessen the chance for breaks in the therapeutic alliance or problems with the pacing of treatment.
Through a series of experiential exercises, participants will learn to bring present moment focus to acceptance and defusion work on the one hand, and values and commitment work on the other. Participants will learn to intersperse mindful moments into their ongoing therapeutic interactions. Although this is a skills acquisition-oriented workshop, it will be densely experiential.
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Target Audience: This workshop is advanced. It is intended for those who have attended a previous ACT workshop. (If you have never taken an ACT workshop before, please consider taking one of the two Introductory Pre-Conference workshops available.) The workshop may be of particular interest for those interested in the interface between ACT and other mindfulness-based interventions.
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