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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- ACT Background and Training
*Many, many ACT trainings since 1999, including didactic and experiential courses and workshops taught by Steve Hayes, Kirk Strosahl, Kelly Wilson, Patti Robinson, Joanne Dahl, and Georg Eifert.
*Participation in 2003 World Conference on Third Wave Behavior Therapies (Scientific Committee Member and Presenter); Participation in the 2004 and 2005 ACT Summer Institutes - Sample workshops attended include: Relational Frame Theory: Basic and Applied Issues (Dermot Barnes-Holmes); Integrating ACT into Healthcare (Patty Robinson & Kirk Strosahl); Values-Centered Interventions (Kelly Wilson); Process-Oriented Supervision and Research Training (Kelly Wilson). Sample workshops led or co-led with students and colleagues: (1) ACT with children, adolescents, and families; (2) Acceptance, body image, and health in adolescence and young adulthood; (3) Measuring ACT processes in youth
My research focuses on ACT principles, processes, and clinical methods, with the ultimate goal of developing and evaluating ACT protocols for children and adolescents with a wide range of chronic health conditions. In collaboration with colleagues and students, I am developing and refining measures of acceptance and mindfulness for youth (e.g., the Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire and the Children's Acceptance and Mindfulness Measure). I've also collaborated with medical colleagues in pediatric gastroenterology and diabetes to examine the impact of ACT processes and clinical methods on youth with chronic health conditions. My colleagues and I have published empirical and conceptual papers on the integration of acceptance and mindfulness into behavioral treatments for youth struggling with various conditions such as anxiety, eating disorders, and chronic illness. Book chapters and conceptual papers have focused largely on the theoretically coherent adaptation of ACT principles, processes, and clinical methods to various child and adolescent populations.
ACT Teaching/Training:
I offer seminars and workshops to psychology students and faculty, psychiatry trainees, and other health professionals in the medical center and community. I’ve developed these seminars to be both didactic and experiential in nature and rely heavily on role plays and experiential exercises to demonstrate core principles and clinical methods used in ACT. I also provide guest lectures on ACT in graduate psychotherapy classes and have presented at research and clinical colloquia in the psychology department and medical school.
My favorite training endeavors include working with my ACT research and clinical teams at the University of Missouri. Practicum training experiences include adapting ACT to meet the unique psychosocial and developmental needs of children, adolescents, and families presenting at our department's outpatient clinic. Research interests include:
* Investigation of the nature and role of ACT processes over time (especially throughout childhood and adolescence)
* Development and evaluation of ACT protocols for youth struggling with various conditions (e.g., anxiety, depression, chronic pain, eating disorders, chronic illness)
* Development and evaluation of ACT-relevant measures
* Integration of ACT principles and methods into family, school, and medical settings
- ACT Experience
Studying and using ACT since 1999
- Specialties
Children, adolescents, families, young adults; Anxiety, depression, eating disorders, chronic pain, chronic illness, and adjustment issues
- Types of Clients
Children, adolescents, and young adults struggling with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, chronic pain, chronic illness, and other adjustment issues
- Licensure/Certification
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
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- ACT With Anxiety(Event)(15 hours)
- ACT introductiecursus Amersfoort/Utrecht - Netherlands(Event)(16 hours)
- ACT Introduction with DJ Moran in Toronto - ONTABA Conference(Event)(2 days)
- Cycle de Formation ACT Lyon, France Nov 2008-Mars 2009(Event)(14 days)
- Burlington, VT--ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Powerful Life Change(Event)(15 days)
- Acceptance & Mindfulness in Clinical Practice, Steve Hayes - Oregon(Event)(15 days)
- ACT in ITALY Workshop Acceptance and Commitment Therapy nella pratica clinica: Acceptance e Defusion(Event)(15 days)
- Pittsburgh, PA - Introduction to ACT and ACT Case Conceptualization with DJ Moran(Event)(16 days)
- ACT Curso Avanzado, Madrid, Spain(Event)(16 days)
- Portland, ME--ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Powerful Life Change(Event)(18 days)
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- Manchester, NH--ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Powerful Life Change(Event)(20 days)
- Brief Therapy Conference - San Diego(Event)(21 days)
- Mini-atelier ACT - AFTCC (mini-workshop Paris)(Event)(22 days)
- Cycle de Formation ACT Lyon, France Nov 2008-Mars 2009(Event)(28 days)
- 3-Day Eugene Intro and Skill Building with Kelly Wilson(Event)(50 days)
- Lancaster, PA--ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Powerful Life Change(Event)(55 days)
- King of Prussia, PA--ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Powerful Life Change(Event)(56 days)
- Cycle de Formation ACT Lyon, France Nov 2008-Mars 2009(Event)(56 days)
- Cherry Hill, NJ--ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Powerful Life Change(Event)(57 days)
- Cycle de Formation ACT Lyon, France Nov 2008-Mars 2009(Event)(70 days)
- Vervolgcursus Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Blooming, Bergen (NH)(Event)(71 days)
- ACT Training at the Albert Ellis Institute, NYC with DJ Moran(Event)(72 days)
- Cycle de Formation ACT Lyon, France Nov 2008-Mars 2009(Event)(98 days)
- Introductiecursus Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Bergen, Holland(Event)(99 days)
- Cycle de Formation ACT Lyon, France Nov 2008-Mars 2009(Event)(112 days)
- Introductiecursus Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Bergen, Holland(Event)(127 days)
- ACT introductiecursus Utrecht - Netherlands(Event)(190 days)
