Southern California Chapter of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science

Affiliated 2013

Click here to join the Southern California Chapter - Some chapters have additional requirements to join, in that case, you will be sent an email with more information.

ACBS Southern California Chapter website: www.socal-acbs.org

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Contact Information: info@socal-acbs.org

2024 Board Members

President: Talin Hovsepian, PsyD 

Past-President: Ashley Ebbert, PhD

Secretary-Treasurer: Timothy Encinas, LCSW

Member at Large: Matthew Roberts, LMFT 

Member at Large with Diversity-Equity-Focus (DEI): Samantha Munson, PhD

Mission/Objectives

The purpose of the organization shall be to foster the development of functional contextual cognitive and behavioral science and practice within southern California so as to alleviate human suffering and advance human well being.

Description of Membership

SoCal Chapter Members shall be persons who are interested in the advancement of functional contextual science and practice. The Southern California region includes the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Riverside, Kern, and Imperial.

ACT Book Club Meetings & Peer Consultation Groups

The Southern California Chapter offers Book Club Meetings (beginning in February 2024) and Peer Consultation Groups (TBA). Check out our EVENT CALENDAR for more details! 

ACBS SoCal Chapter's Commitment to Diversity

Please learn more about our Commitment to Diversity on our SoCal Chapter's Website. As members of the contextual behavioral science community and as clinicians, behavior analysts, coaches and researchers, we are in a unique position to influence change. We want to use our expertise and understanding of prosocial evolution to incentivize and create meaningful and lasting transformation. As such, we believe that we must engage in sustained values-based action in the service of justice, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our recent addition of the DEI-Focused Member at Large, Board Member Position, will continue to oversee, support, and promote our chapter's commitment to diversity. 

To our community, are are here to support you and we are listening! Please let us know what more we can do to help and to continue to support our community. Thank you to our chapter and community for all of your work and support!

With all of our hearts,

ACBS SoCal Chapter Board