ACBS Newsletter

June 2018

International Collaboration Made "III Poznańska Konferencja ACT i CBS" a Success

The ACBS Poland Chapter held the "III Poznańska Konferencja ACT i CBS" in May 2018 in the city of Poznań. This 2 day conference was the first ACBS regional conference to have only European trainers and presenters. Click here to read more about how international collaboration made the Polish conference a success.

Congratulations to the new ACBS Fellows

ACBS is pleased to announce our 2018 class of Fellows:
Paul Atkins, Ph.D., Andrew Gloster, Ph.D., Eric Morris, Ph.D., Graciela Rovner, Ph.D., Ross White, Ph.D., and Joann Wright, Ph.D.
Congratulations and thank you for your contributions to contextual behavioral science and to the ACBS community.

Developing Nations Scholars

Congratulations to the 2018 Developing Nations Scholars: Iqbalzada Abdul Hadi (Afghanistan), Fresia Hernandez (Mexico), and Kizito Wamala (Uganda). The Developing Nations Committee provides scholarships to attend the ACBS World Conference to ACBS members who are from emerging economy countries and who would not be able to attend without this added financial support.

Thank you to the Developing Nations Committee

ACBS committees are staffed entirely by volunteers. We want to thank the Developing Nations Committee Chair, Rosco Kasujja, Ph.D., and the committee members. The ACBS Developing Nations Committee links ACBS members from developing nations to the bigger ACBS Community. The committee also selects the recipients of the Developing Nations Scholarship and conducts fundraising for the Developing Nations Training Fund.

Psychological inflexibility and stigma: A meta-analytic review

In JCBS Vol. 7, Jennifer Krafft, Jillian Ferrell, Michael E. Levin, and Michael P. Twohig did a systematic review of interventions, identifying 15 studies on ACT interventions for stigma. Initial findings indicate consistent reductions in stigma following ACT interventions, as well as improved outcomes relative to active controls. ACBS members can read the paper for free in the JCBS member portal.

The ACBS Grant Committee Needs Your Help!

ACBS provides two $5,000 grants for research that advances the field of CBS through Research Development Grants approved by the ACBS Grant Committee. We are looking for volunteers for the current grant cycle to help us select the grant recipients. Each grant application will be reviewed by two reviewers, and the review of each application takes approximately 45 minutes. If you are available to be a grant reviewer during October 2018, then we encourage you to fill out a quick, 2-minute webform.

ACBS Annual World Conference 16

Montréal, Canada
Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel
July 24-29, 2018

World Conference 16 Pre-Conference Workshop: ACT therapists’ use of self: Working with self; working with stuckness

Helen Bolderston and David Gillanders will be presenting the pre-conference workshop ACT therapists’ use of self: Working with self; working with stuckness on Tuesday, July 24 and Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Montréal. You can read more about their workshop here.

World Conference 16 Invited Speaker: Sue Johnson

Sue Johnson, Ed.D. is the leading developer of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). She is a Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology at the University of Ottawa, the Distinguished Research Professor in the Marital & Family Therapy Program at Alliant University in San Diego, Director of the ICEEFT and Director of the Ottawa Couple and Family Institute Inc. Sue Johnson will be presenting her plenary address "EFT: The science and soul of couple therapy" on Thursday, July 26, 2018 in Montréal.

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