Find an ACT/CBS Therapist or Practitioner - Andy Minard

 

Highest Degree Held: MSW

Languages spoken: English

Licensures/Certifications: I.0900177-SUPV

ACT/CBS Background and Training: Trainings completed:
01/11/2022 - 01/12/2022 - Acceptance & Commitment Therapy: 2-Day Intensive Training; Daniel Moran, Ph.D, BCBA-D (PESI Live Webinar)
3/25/2022 - Creating Well-Being In the Larger Context of Earth, Animal, and Humans (ACT) Robin Walser, Ph.D (Live webinar ).
10/10/2024 - 10/13-2024 - ACT BootCamp: Premir 4-Day Training in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy. Live/In-person, Washington, DC. Trainers: Steven C. Hayes Ph.D; Miranda Morris, Ph.D; Robyn Walser, Ph.D; Diana Hill, Ph.D

ACT/CBS Experience: I have been using ACT methods in my practice to help individual, couples and families. It is a model I practice personally and adapt to support my clients to pursue what they care about.

Additional Information: I changed careers to do what I love. I've worked in mental health therapy and counseling since 2007. I started my own practice in 2018 so that I could better serve those I work with without the burdens that come from operating within a big bureaucracy. I have completed trainings in ACT from leaders in the field and am perpetually learning for my own sense of curiosity and to support my clients. I have also studied and integrated into my practice other models of therapy including Gottman Method Couples Counseling, Gestalt therapy and Motivational Interviewing. I adapt the models I learn to fit the needs of my clients and like that ACT provides a process-based theoretical model that is flexible enough to meet the needs of those I work with.
Today ACT is the primary model I utilize in working with individual therapy clients.