About the Event
Cognitive Behavior Institute is excited to welcome Joanna (Jodi) Burg Torzewski, PhD, for a live interactive webinar on: Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Date: May 14th, 2024
Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm EST
Location: online via zoom webinars
*Participants will not have access to their cameras/microphones
Cost: $15
Level: Introductory
Credit Hours: 2 Clinical CEs
Description:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a mindfulness based behavior therapy co-founded in 1999. ACT has demonstrated efficacy for treatment of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, pain and transdiagnostic populations (Gloster et al, 2020; Morgan et al, 2021) and is considered an empirically supported treatment by several institutions including the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Veterans Administration (VA). Over 800 randomized control trials have been published about ACT (Hayes, 2021), and it is gaining in popularity with clinicians world-wide.
This program will provide clinicians and students with an introduction to ACT including an overview of the theoretical foundations and six areas of psychological flexibility (Acceptance, Defusion, Mindfulness, Self as Context, Values, and Committed Action). The program will include lecture as well as experiential exercises to demonstrate the core principles. Attendees will leave with a broad understanding of ACT and resources to begin implementing ACT in their own practices.
Agenda:
3:00pm-3:10pm Introduction & Course Overview (Conflicts of interest, learning objectives, limitations) | |
| 3:10pm-3:40pm Introduction to the foundations of ACT including founders, experiential avoidance, functional contextualism, and Relational Frame Theory (RFT). | |
| 3:40pm-4:15pm Overview of the model of Psychological Flexibility/Inflexibility: Acceptance, Defusion, Self as Context,and Mindfulness, Demonstrations will be included. | |
| 4:15pm-4:45pm Overview of Psychological Flexibility continued: Values and Committed Action. Demonstrations will be included. | |
| 4:45pm-5:00pm Question and Answer Session |
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be introduced to the foundations of ACT as a third wave behavioral therapy and will be able to recognize the core concepts of Functional Contextualism (FC) and Relational Frame Theory (RFT), and experiential avoidance.
Participants will be introduced to the ACT model of psychological flexibility/inflexibility and will be able to name and define the six core processes: Acceptance, Defusion, Mindfulness, Self as Context, Values, and Committed Action.
Instructor Bio:
Joanna (Jodi) Burg Torzewski, PhD: I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 25 years of experience. In my private practice in Chicago, I provide individual, evidence-based, psychotherapy for adults. For 22 years I have served as Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. In this capacity, I have taught a variety of courses in the clinical psychology doctoral program including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). In 2021, I was honored with award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Academic Instruction’ by my students for my (online) ACT class.
I have studied evidence-based therapies since my graduate training. In 2015 I began learning ACT and sought out multiple trainings, including with the founders of ACT, and consultation with leaders in the field. I primarily practice ACT in my private practice serving adults in individual therapy.
Recently, I co-developed an ACT treatment manual with Dr. Patricia Moreno for an on-line, group-based application of ACT for women with metastatic breast cancer, and served as the interventionist for her pilot study. I am a member of ACBS (Association of Contextual and Behavioral Sciences) and served on the board of ACBS Chicago Chapter. I founded the Chicago Loop ACT Consultation group and continually look for ways to bring ACT to the clinical community.
I am passionate about ACT as a treatment modality, and have greatly valued its impact on my life personally and professionally. I aim to deliver ACT trainings that are clear, experiential, clinically relevant, and engaging.
Course bibliography:
Forsyth, J. P., & Eifert, G. H. (2016). The Mindfulness & Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: A guide to breaking free from anxiety, phobias, and worry using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
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 Science18, 181–192.
Hayes, S. C. (2004). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Relational Frame Theory, and the third wave of behavioral and cognitive therapies. Behavior Therapy, 35, 637 638.
Hayes, S.C. (September, 2021). ACT Randomized Controlled Trials (1986 to present). Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS). www.contextualscience.org
Hayes, S. C., Levin, M. E., Plumb-Vilardaga, J., Villatte, J. L., & Pistorello, J. (2013). Acceptance and commitment therapy and contextual behavioral science: Examining the progress of a distinctive model of behavioral and cognitive therapy. Behavior Therapy, 44(2), 180-198.
Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2005). Get out of your mind and into your life: The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Hayes, S.C, Strosahl, K.D., & Wilson, K.G. (2012). Acceptance and commitment therapy: The process and practice of mindful change (2nd edition). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
Hofmann, S. G., & Hayes, S. C. (2018). The Future of Intervention Science: Process Based Therapy. Clinical Psychological Science, 2167702618772296.
Luoma, J. B., Hayes, S. C., & Walser, R. D. (2017). Learning ACT: An acceptance and commitment therapy skills-training manual for therapists (Second Ed.). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Morgan, T.A., Dalrymple, K,, D’Avanzato, C., Zimage, S. Balling, C., Ward, M., Zimmerman, M. (2021). Conducting outcomes research in a clinical practice etting: The effectiveness and acceptability of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in a partial hospital program. Behavior Therapy52(2), 272–285.
Twohig, M. P.(2012). The basics of acceptance and commitment therapy. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 19, 499-507.
Wahyun, E., Juntika, N., Syamsu, Y. (2019). Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to enhance students’ wellness. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies 19(1). 91–114.
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