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This is an e-learning program by Julian McNally hosted by RMIT University. The program comprises six sessions of between 15 and 50 minutes duration. Each session includes a conversational mini-lecture and several practical exercises. The website course can be accessed by clicking here.
This symposium was held on Saturday 19th July 2008, at the BABCP National Conference Edinburgh. It highlights some the ACT research happening in the United Kingdom; the symposium was convened by Simon Houghton (Sheffield Care Trust, UK) and chaired by Joe Curran (also from Sheffield Care Trust, UK)
The powerpoint presentations as well as audio are available for each presenter here.
Audio recordings of an ACT for psychosis workshop conducted by Eric Morris, Gordon Mitchell & Amy MacArthur at the 2008 BABCP Conference, Edinburgh.
The page for the audio is here.
This is audio from the Second World Conference on ACT, RFT, and Contextual Behavioral Science held in London, July 2006.
Jennifer Gregg, San Jose State University, California
Many patients who would benefit from psychological treatment are not aware of the potential gains of such treatment, and may be put off by perceived stigma related to mental health. Contexts such as physical health, schools, and occupational settings may provide opportunities for encountering such individuals, and services at this level may serve as secondary or tertiary prevention. One challenge faced in this area is motivating potential patients or clients to engage at this early level. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, with its focus on ideographic values, may provide a helpful tool in intervening at this level, and may assist in targeting individual movement toward enhanced functioning. This workshop will explore the use of ACT interventions to enhance motivation for treatment, and discuss ACT-based strategies for use with resistant, reluctant, or oblivious patients.
Voici des exercices que j'ai enregistré afin de les utiliser comme complément pour mon groupe ACT auprès de jeunes adultes présentant un premier épisode psychotique.
Il s'agit donc de la parade des soldats et d'un dérivé du même exercice, les feuilles sur la rivière.
Comme vous pouvez le deviner, ces exercices sont en français.
Rapportez moi vos commentaires!
En attendant, bonne écoute!!!
Kelly Koerner hosted a presentation by Kelly Wilson on stimulus control at practiceground.com. You can access the MP3's and PDF's by clicking here.
An audio recording of the SI 4 workshop on ACT in early intervention for psychosis by Morris and colleagues can be accessed here.
This is audio from the Second World Conference on ACT, RFT, and Contextual Behavioral Science held in London, July 2006.
Kelly G. Wilson, University of Mississippi
Steven C. Hayes, University of Nevada, Reno
Emily K. Sandoz, University of Mississippi
RFT and ACT claim parentage in the behavior analytic tradition. This is not always apparent, however, in form of the current work. Therefore, this session will explore this heritage by examining 3 classic works in behavior analysis for the roots of what has emerged as RFT and ACT.
The Papers:
Skinner, B. F. (1945). The operational analysis of psychological terms. Psychological Review, 52, 270-277.
Skinner, B. F. (1950). Are Theories of Learning Necessary? Psychological Review, 57, 193-216.
Trent hosts podcasts that reflect the recent developments in CBT and clinical science as a whole. Some podcasts are intended for public consumption, and others are produced with the professional in mind. All address interesting and thought-provoking issues relevant to practitioners and scientists today.
You can find his podcasts here: http://behaviortherapist.podbean.com/.
Below is a link to a series of podcasts related to Third Wave Behavior Therapy organized by DJ Moran.
The website can be accessed from his blog page or by visiting http://djmoran.podbean.com/.
Excerpted from the WHYY webpage: While one person gets divorced and moves on, another seems stuck in a sense of victimhood for years. Or one child of divorce seems relatively unscathed and for another they are never able to establish intimate relationships. What is it about our history that sometimes stays with us and controls our lives? And why are some people able to let go of the past and others are not? Dr. Steven Hayes, professor, author and originator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy suggests that the whole issue of fighting with, for and against our past is precisely what keeps us stuck there.
James Herbert and Steven Hayes discussing ACT on "Voices in The Family," March 6, 2006.
This is the audio from J.T. Blackledge's teleconference:
How is RFT Relevant to Clinical Psychology?
Thursday March 26, 2009
After completion of this teleconference, participants will be able to identify:
- How some core therapeutic techniques used in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (e.g., metaphor use and drawing distinctions between descriptive and evaluative language) are directly indicated by and firmly rooted in Relational Frame Theory.
- The role that context plays in facilitating relational responding—and how strategically changing the context within which relational responding occurs can result in cognitive defusion.
- Reasons why relational responding often results in an enhancement of human suffering.
Level: All experience levels
Instructor Credentials:
J.T. Blackledge received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2004, after studying under Dr. Steven Hayes, ACT's primary developer. He has published over a dozen journal articles and book chapters on ACT and Relational Frame Theory, is releasing an edited book on ACT later this year, and has conducted ACT training workshops in the US, Australia, and Ireland. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Morehead State University.
If possible, J.T. encourages you to do the RFT Tutorial before listening. Other readings you may want prior to listening are J.T. Blackledge's 2003 article An Introduction to Relational Frame Theory, and the "RFT for Clinicians" article, attached below.
Also attached below is the PowerPoint (in PDF format) that J.T. wanted to make available to listeners.
The 1 hour MP3 has been split into 4 files for ease in downloading (see below).
***Note, you can download the whole audio file here Complete Blackledge Audio File. On that page, at the left, click "Click here to start download". I'm having trouble loading the file below, so this is my short term solution.
Also attached below is the PowerPoint (in PDF format) that J.T. wanted to make available to listeners.
(You need to be logged in to your current, paid ACBS member account to see and download the files.)
Below is an audio recording of an interview with Steven Hayes on an internet radio show.
Below is an audio recording of a radio interview with Steven Hayes by Alvin Jones.
This page provides a link to an introductory lecture on defusion given by Jason Luoma to a group of professionals participating in an online learning community. Click here to access the audio recording.
New Directions in the Psychology of Chronic Pain Management
The speaker is Lance M. McCracken PhD, of the Pain Management Unit at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases & University of Bath, Bath UK.
This lecture is followed audience discussion on contextual cognitive behaviour therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in the management of chronic pain from the West of Scotland Pain Group on Wednesday 5th December 2007.
Both the audio of this lecture and the powerpoint slides are available for download (for paid ACBS members).
There are many supplemental materials that you may find of use in your clinical practice. Be it mindfulness practice tapes or homework exercises, in most cases, clients need more than just one hour per week of skills and practice living a more fulfilling life directed by values.
In particular, we recommend these materials (in addition to any you already use) that you may suggest that your clients listen to between sessions, as an adjunct to therapy, or that you may recommend for someone who does not particularly need or is not interested in a full course of psychotherapy.
We keep a list in the Public section of the site of files that non-ACBS members can access via other websites (as only ACBS members can access the files uploaded to this site).
Please visit Free Audio Exercises for the Public for a list of files you or your clients can access at any time. If you have or know of links to external sources (that anyone can access for free) please email Jen Plumb to have them added to this list.
From the websites this page directs you to, you may wish to download these files and save them to a CD or DVD or email them to your clients to use.
If you have audio files that you wish to provide for ACBS member access only (e.g., they are not hosted on another site) please add a child page here.
Song written by Martin Wilks, played, on baritone ukulele, and sung at World Con 3 follies
Click here to go to MentalHelp.net for the interview. You can also access the transcript from the interview by clicking here.
This is a six hour, clinician-friendly audio course on ACT. You can get it as a CD. Good introduction to the model. A bit pricey and the audio is not always great during questions, but you get CEUs. You can access the site to purchase the audio course by clicking here.
An interview between Steve Hayes and Robert Epstein (B. F. Skinner's last student) will air on the Sirius Satellite Network (Channel 114) on Friday, March 24th, from 4-5 p.m. Pacific Time (7-8 p.m. Eastern). It will re-air that evening from 10-11 p.m. (Pacific), as well as on Saturday the 25th from 10-11 a.m. and on Sunday the 26th from noon to 1 p.m. The show can also be streamed live, free of charge, at www.lime.com.
Principles and Applications of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Compliments of the Rudd Center Seminar, at Yale University.
Applications of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Weight Issues
This is audio from the Second World Conference on ACT, RFT, and Contextual Behavioral Science held in London, July 2006.
Robert Zettle, Wichita State University
Historical, conceptual, philosophical, and empirical developments beginning in the early 1980s until the present that have contributed to the emergence of ACT and RFT and their interrelationship will be presented from a participant-observer perspective.
Educational Objectives:
http://www.contextualpsychology.org/tin_can_monster_exercise_audio_files
This is a link to the Tin-Can Monster exercise, which I recorded using the script from GOOYMAIYL. This is a really powerful willingness/acceptance exercise.
I recorded separate tracks for each experiential domain (bodily sensations, emotions, behavioral predispositions, thoughts, memories). This enables clients to repeat tracks to cycle through as many experiences in a domain as they'd like before going on to the next domain. To go through the whole exercise just once takes a fairly long time (45 min) but people can do this acceptance work in smaller chunks over time.
To use this link, please cut & paste into the address window.