Association for Contextual Behavioral Science

Summit for Clinical Exellence
a conference put on by the Ben Franklin Institute

Steve Hayes will be presenting on the second day of the Event.

Go here for schedule and registration information: http://www.bfisummit.com/summit.aspx?id=80#

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Key Note Presentation
Using Mindfulness & Acceptance to Create a Powerful Therapeutic Relationship - Part 1
Steven Hayes, PhD

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Advanced Workshop

This one-day training will introduce participants to this exciting form of therapy. The instructors will describe the ACT model and explain how it compares to and differs from traditional CBT. The instructors will review the rapidly-growing body of research on ACT and its processes. Attendees will learn to conceptualize client problems from an ACT perspective and how to apply basic ACT interventions. Attendees will be invited to participate in a variety of exercises to help experience ACT processes and to better understand their clients’ perspectives and struggles.

On assiste aujourd’hui à l’apparition d’une troisième génération de thérapie cognitive et comportementale (TCC). Au cours des deux dernières décennies, de nouvelles approches se sont développées en réaction aux limites posées par la première génération (i.e., les behaviouristes) et la deuxième génération (i.e, les cognitivistes; Beck, Rush, Shaw & Emery, 1979).

Workshop Description

Acceptance and mindfulness is having a profound impact on clinical practice. Both empirically supported and focused on deep clinical issues, acceptance and mindfulness approaches have been shown to help clients cope with a wide variety of clinical problems, including depression, anxiety, stress, substance abuse, and even psychotic symptoms, with benefits as important for the clinician as they are for clients.

Workshop Description

Acceptance and mindfulness is having a profound impact on clinical practice. Both empirically supported and focused on deep clinical issues, acceptance and mindfulness approaches have been shown to help clients cope with a wide variety of clinical problems, including depression, anxiety, stress, substance abuse, and even psychotic symptoms, with benefits as important for the clinician as they are for clients.

This brief 1 hour and 45 minute workshop will provide a step-by-step framework for functionally conceptualizing client behavior problems, and will discuss selection and application of specific ACT interventions. The workshop will also help attendees develop their own ACT consistent interventions, exercises, and metaphors.

In this 2day conference and workshop, an introduction to ACT to clinicians in Spain organised by Instituto ACT (Spain), will be presented.

Teachers:
Prof. Carmen Luciano, University of Almeria/Instituto ACT
Marisa Paez, Ph.D. Instituto ACT
Francisco Montesinos, Ph.D. Instituto ACT

Contents:
1. Actual culture and coping life problems.
2. Language pros and cons in human condition human. Experimental evidence.
3. Actual culture, human condition and how easily childhood and adolescent problems arise.
4. ACT philosophy in the context of third wave of behavior therapy.

In this 2day conference and workshop, an introduction to ACT to clinicians in Spain organised by Instituto ACT (Spain), will be presented.

Teachers:
Prof. Carmen Luciano, University of Almeria/Instituto ACT
Marisa Paez, Ph.D. Instituto ACT
Francisco Montesinos, Ph.D. Instituto ACT

Contents:
1. Actual culture and coping life problems.
2. Language pros and cons in human condition human. Experimental evidence.
3. Actual culture, human condition and how easily childhood and adolescent problems arise.
4. ACT philosophy in the context of third wave of behavior therapy.

This workshop will be conducted by Jason Luoma, Ph.D., and Chad Drake, Ph.D., in Portland, Oregon. It will provide an overview of case conceptualization from an ACT perspective. Attendees will have a chance to practice honing their new skills in small and large groups. Be ready to work on a difficult case that you are seeing. Visit this site to register.

There are always a number of ACT/RFT workshops and papers given at the annual ABCT conference. This year it's in Orlando.

The link is here: http://www.abct.org/conv2008/

There are always a number of ACT/RFT workshops and papers given at the annual ABCT conference. This year it's in Orlando.

The link is here: http://www.abct.org/conv2008/

There are always a number of ACT/RFT workshops and papers given at the annual ABCT conference. This year it's in Orlando.

The link is here: http://www.abct.org/conv2008/

There are always a number of ACT/RFT workshops and papers given at the annual ABCT conference. This year it's in Orlando.

The link is here: http://www.abct.org/conv2008/

Het GITP PAO organiseert een 2-daagse ACT introductiecursus in het najaar 2008

Data: vrijdag 21 & 28 november 2008 (najaarscursus). Locatie Amersfoort/Utrecht

De cursus start met een presentatie van de theorie, filosofie en methodiek van ACT. Vervolgens worden de verschillende fasen en processen van ACT doorlopen en geïllustreerd met ervaringsgerichte oefeningen. U oefent u in ACT met casussen en eigen ervaringen die u en uw medecursisten inbrengen.

Docent: Paul Korsten, gedragstherapeut GGZBuitenamstel, supervisor VGCt.
Kosten: 725 euro