ACBS Annual World Conference VIII

June 21-24, 2010
(Pre-conference workshops June 19 & 20, 2010)

Two days of intensive, experiential, 2-day workshops by leaders in the ACT & RFT communities will immediately precede the World Conference VIII.

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What is the World Conference?
The World Conference is for psychologists, social workers, professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists, medical doctors, drug counselors, language researchers, students and more.... Anyone in a similarly related helping field is invited to attend.

The conference is made up of:
workshops, workshops, food, research papers, networking, fun, workshops, symposia, posters, workshops, panel discussions, plenary sessions with CBS researchers and practitioners, workshops, fun, more food, symposia, workshops...

Did we mention workshops?

The World Conference brings together clinicians and researchers to present cutting-edge research in ACT, RFT, and Contextual Behavioral Science, as well as experienced trainers to lead experiential workshops so that you can learn how to better serve your clients. Last year we had over 40 three hour workshops which were held during the World Conference that are free to attend with your paid conference registration. No additional fees required for these workshops. Check out last year's program for an idea of what to expect.

Invited Speakers
We have some very exciting invited speakers this year who will be adding that something special to the conference. Some of the invited speakers for this conference include:

  • Daniel Wegner speaking on the latest research on thought suppression and the implications this has for ACT, RFT, and ACBS.
  • James Gross talking about basic processes of emotion regulation and how this relates to ACT/RFT/CBS.
  • G. Terrence Wilson will give an overview of where CBT is as a field and where he thinks CBT and ACT need to go from here.
  • Robert Gallop, a prominent statistician who makes things like Hierarchical Linear Modeling understandable, will be doing a half day workshop on HLM and multi-level modeling of data.
  • Bob Kohlenberg and Mavis Tsai will do a pre-conference workshop on Functional Analytic Psychotherapy.