Training Standards
Joining the ACBS Training Community
Being listed as a trainer on the ACBS site is meant as a pragmatic way to help learners find high quality ACT training. The ACT Trainers in this community are committed to training with high fidelity to the model and work from explicit, agreed-upon shared values as they train others in ACT.
You are welcome to join this training community and be listed as an ACT trainer. Five criteria must be met to do so. You must:
The ACBS training community uses a process of peer review to determine whether a trainer meets these criteria. The spirit of the peer review process is to protect the high fidelity of ACT training through review of the accuracy and quality with which a trainer shares the ACT model while simultaneously promoting a non-proprietary open community that encourages new talent and innovation.
If you are interested in joining the training community and being listed as a trainer, a good place to start is with self-assessment. To self-assess your qualifications, first review the values statement to see if these are values you endorse. Next, assess yourself against the list of therapist competencies and trainer competencies to see if you would rate yourself highly.
If you view yourself as qualified, please consider requesting peer-review of your skills as an ACT trainer. See the Request for Peer Review Form which describes guidelines about materials you should or could submit to provide enough detail for peer reviewers to evaluate your qualifications on the five criteria above. (Note: peer reviewers may not know you and your work personally, so be sure to provide sufficient information to allow them to accurately see and evaluate your qualifications and competency as an ACT trainer. Also, please ask those who write you letters of recommendation to comment specifically about your character, service to ACT/RFT community and competency as an ACT therapist and trainer.)
If you have any questions about requesting peer review or joining the training community, please contact the ACBS Training Committee chair, Kelly Koerner.
About Peer Review
The ACBS community uses a peer-review process to balance the need to protect and foster the high fidelity of ACT training with the need to keep the community open to new talented, innovative, qualified trainers.
The peer-review to be listed is analogous to scientific manuscript review at a top-notch journal. Peers review the materials the trainer submits. A positive review means that peers view the trainer’s work as of the soundest quality. Real effort is made to have the decision to list a trainer on the ACBS website under the influence of the data/argument in the work rather than personal or political factors like who you know or where you trained.
Please note: Anyone is free to do/provide training in ACT without undergoing peer review or joining this training community. This peer review process is a voluntary method trainers choose to undergo because it fits their own professional development goals.
Here’s how the peer-review process works:
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