In-person or Webcast | Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Process-Based Work in the Clinical Relationship

March 9, 2023 – March 10, 2023 8:30 am - 5:00 pm MST (10:30 EST)

Hilton Garden Inn, Sandy

277 W Sego Lily Dr, Sandy, UT 84070
(Live Remote format also available via Zoom Webcast)

Learn from an expert in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Dr. Robyn Walser is best known for her dynamic, warm, and challenging ACT training sessions. Many often refer to her as a clinician’s clinician, while others describe her as a “passionate, creative, and bold ACT trainer and therapist.” 

Approved for 13 CE Hours (Live Format)

Counselors – Suncrest Counseling P.C. has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7258.

Social Workers
NASW – 13 CE Contact hours. Approval #886691963-7373
NASW-UT – 13 CE Contact hours. Approval #2020297

Psychologists
UPA approved for 13 CE hours

Marriage and Family Therapists
UAMFT approved for 13 CE hours

More CE Details

Two ways to attend live in-person or virtual webcast

Register for Live In-Person

Early Bird Registration Until 1/10/23

$ 495.00 $ 275.00Ticket Detail

Register for Remote: Live WEBCAST

Early Bird Registration Until 1/10/23

$ 495.00 $ 275.00Ticket Detail

Training Abstract

Acceptance and commitment therapy employs a variety of verbal and experiential processes and techniques to assist clients in making life-enhancing choices based on personally held values. The behavioral processes implemented in ACT may be learned and understood at many levels, yet they may also remain challenging to implement in a flexible, consistent, and effective fashion inside of a complex relational issue. Multiple levels of process are present in any therapy, including intervention processes. Moving beyond simple technique and into a fluid ACT intervention requires attending to intrapersonal, interpersonal, and overarching and ongoing processes in the context of the therapy.

This is a live 2-day seminar offered in-person or remote via Zoom webcast. Throughout this workshop Dr. Walser will focus on applying ACT at the level of the interpersonal process. It will include role-plays and guided skills development. Participants will engage in exercises designed to refine and develop their ACT process skills attuning to the relationship and therapeutic stance. Didactics and discussion will be oriented to increasing flexibility in the use of the core processes and consistent application of the model.

Learning Objectives

In this course, you will:

1. Describe what is meant by the therapeutic presence from an ACT perspective.
2. Explain what is meant by ACT processes in the therapeutic relationship.
3. Explain what is meant by ACT processes and their flexible use with respect to the six core components of ACT.
4. Describe barriers to fluid implementation of ACT and how to work through these barriers in an ACT consistent fashion.
5. Describe intrapersonal process from an ACT perspective.
6. Explain the purpose of self-disclosure and its use in ACT.
7. Describe interpersonal process from an ACT perspective.
8. Explore the purpose of interpersonal work and feedback and its use in ACT.
9. Describe how the ACT relationship is vital to outcomes.
10. Explain how case conceptualization guides the arc of ACT therapy.

*Tuition for this course includes Hours and CE Certificate for one of the approved Associations.  The recording will be free for all event registrants and available for up to 60 days. Please note that CE Credits will not be awarded for watching the recording. CE hours are only approved for attending the event LIVE, on both days and completing the evaluation after the event.

The contents of this program derived from the following works:

• Walser, R. D. (2019). The Heart of ACT: Developing a Flexible, Process-Based, and Client-Centered Practice Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland,California: New Harbinger.
• Walser, R. D., Karlin, B. E., Trockel, M., Mazina, B., & Taylor, C. B. (2013). Training in and implementation of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for depression in the Veterans Health Administration: Therapist and patient outcomes. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 51(9), 555-563.
• Gloster, A. T., Walder, N., Levin, M. E., Twohig, M. P., & Karekla, M. (2020).The empirical status of acceptance and commitment therapy: A review of meta-analyses. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 18, 181-192.
• Hayes, S. C., & Hofmann, S. G. (2017). The third wave of cognitive behavioral therapy and the rise of process‐based care. World Psychiatry, 16(3), 245.

Live Workshop Schedule

Run of events subject to change. AM and PM Coffee, Tea, Beverages, and an afternoon snack will be provided at the in-person venue. Lunch will be on your own both days.

All hours are Mountain Time (MST)

Day 1 – Thursday, March 9, 2023

Day 2 – Friday, March 10, 2023

About The Presenter:

Robyn D. Walser, Ph.D., is the Director of TL Consultation Services, Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and works at the National Center for PTSD. She maintains an international training, consulting, and therapy practice as a licensed psychologist.

Dr. Walser is an expert in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and has co-authored 7 books on ACT, including a book on learning ACT. Her most recent book is The Heart of ACT- Developing a flexible, process-based, and client-centered practice using acceptance and commitment therapy.

Dr. Walser has expertise in traumatic stress, depression, and substance abuse and has authored many articles, chapters, and books on the topics. She has been doing
ACT workshops since 1997; training in multiple formats and for multiple client problems.

Dr. Walser has been described as a “passionate, creative, and bold ACT trainer and therapist” and is best known for her dynamic, warm, and challenging ACT training programs.
She is often referred to as a clinician’s clinician. Her workshops feature a combination of lecture and experiential exercises designed to provide a unique learning opportunity in this state-of-the-art intervention.by Dr. Steven C. Hayes.

Intended Audience

This course has no prerequisites. Practitioners and clinicians from beginner to advanced are welcome, including Psychologists, Physicians, Addiction Counselors, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Behavioral Health Professionals

REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT

Treating Trauma with ACT: Revitalizing Interrupted Lives | Dr. Robyn D. Walser

Early Bird Until 1/10/23

$ 495.00 $ 275.00Ticket Detail

Continuing Education & Course Completion Requirements

Each state has different regulations for CE credits. Please check with your state board to ensure credit will be applicable to your needs. The CE sponsors and program organizers are not to be held responsible in the event that your state board will not accept credit. Check back frequently as new CE Unit Approvals may be added leading up to the event.

Both live and live-online training attendees will be required to sign in and out each day, at breaks, attend the workshop in full, and complete the course evaluation in order to earn CE credit. Online participants must complete the course in full and attend all sessions in order to receive ANY continuing education credit. No partial credit will be given. Attendees should complete all required steps to earn CE credit within 30 days after the conclusion of the workshop.

Approved for CE Hours