The ACT Experience: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills and Concepts
The ACT Experience: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills and Concepts
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Educational Goal
Increase understanding of ACT and how it can be integrated into treatment.
Description
New to ACT? Have some notion of the approach but want a deeper dive? Sign up now for a three-hour deepish dive into the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) approach with a 3 hour (3 CEUs) dive into some of the fundamental processes and skills.
In this workshop, learn the basics of acceptance and commitment therapy with Todd Schmenk, an ACT practitioner, as he combines both skills and concepts into an experiential presentation, so you can start applying them right away in your practice. To make the learning process effective and engaging, you’ll first develop a personal understanding of each new concept through an experiential exercise with ready-to-use interventions. Then you will explore its theoretical underpinnings that can help you target these processes with clients.
Through this combined approach, you’ll gain a solid footing to start using ACT within your own life and in your work with clients — regardless of what therapy modalities you currently use. Many clinicians wonder whether they can use ACT with clients without changing their established therapy style completely. The good news is that, because ACT is a transdiagnostic, process-based approach to therapy, it can be integrated within the context of CBT, DBT, and many other therapy modalities.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
Todd Schmenk is a Licensed mental Health Counselor, writer, and speaker who works out of his private practice, AQAL Therapies, in the Providence area. He specializes in treating anxiety-related issues, chronic health conditions, and couples counseling.
Since 2015, he has had extensive training with ACT, including working with Steven Hayes, Kelly Wilson, and Kirk Strosahl, the originators of the ACT approach. He is a member of the Association of Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) and an ACT trainer candidate who regularly runs ACT consultation groups and supervision in the New England area. He is the Author of Team Positive: How to Build Support for Someone Coping with Chronic Illness, a self-help book that incorporates ACT concepts and skills for those diagnosed with an illness like cancer or Crohn’s disease and their families.
He lives in Warwick with his wife, and cat, and can often be found on the dance floor swing dancing, playing his violin and guitars at various locations, or in his woodshop refining his skills as a woodworker.
Financially Sponsored By
- Rhode Island Mental Health Counselors Association