Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Anxiety: An Introduction - Parkville, VIC, Australia
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (called “ACT” for short) is a behavior therapy that combines processes of mindful attention and willingness with behavior and cognitive change processes. The objectives of these therapeutic processes are to undermine counterproductive attempts to control or avoid distressing thoughts or emotions, to expand the behavioral repertoire and to enhance psychological flexibility. Successful ACT treatment aims therefore at providing clients with an experienced freedom to enjoy a life that is about what they say matters rather than about tolerating their suffering or relentlessly pursuing its original source. This workshop will involve both didactic and experiential components with an emphasis on the latter. The workshop will describe the ACT models of pathology and optimal functioning, demonstrate interventions for common anxiety presentations from each of the six main ACT processes, and link the practice of ACT processes in-session to therapist effectiveness. In this workshop you will learn to:
• Understand the theory supporting ACT and how this has led to the development of unique intervention processes
• Adapt some of the techniques you already use to be consistent with ACT practice
• Conduct a case formulation using the ACT model
• Effectively implement basic ACT interventions including defusion, acceptance, mindfulness and use of therapeutic metaphor
Venue "Edmund Rice Room", Treacy Centre 126 The Avenue, Parkville, VIC.
Start/End Date 25 Jul 2009
Time 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Cost APS Counselling College Members & APS Students = $90; APS General & Other APS College Members = $120
Presenter: Julian McNally is a Counselling Psychologist in private practice. He has practised ACT since 2003 following earlier training primarily in client-centred and solution-oriented counselling. His interest in ACT was triggered by a long-standing personal interest in Zen Buddhism and Tai Chi as a mindfulness practice as well as by a professional interest in combining operant learning processes with humanistic therapy approaches. From 2005 until 2008 with Russ Harris he ran the Melbourne ACT Peer supervision group and currently provides individual ACT supervision to several therapists. His counselling experience has been that of a ‘generalist’ and has taken place in community, education and correctional settings as well as private practice.
Organiser College of Counselling Psychologists (CCOUN)
Contact Name Karen Butler Telephone 03 8662 3300
Email k.butler@psychology.org.au Fax 03 9663 6177
For further information and registration form, visit http://www.psychology.org.au/Events/EventView.aspx?EventID=4596
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