We have collected many of the powerpoint presentations and handouts from presenters at the ACBS World Conference VIII, which took place June 21-24, in Reno, Nevada. These are available for download for any current, paid ACBS member. It can cost you as little as $10 to join, so please consider it! Find out how to join and learn about the benefits of membership.
- ACT and Trauma: New Data and Directions (Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Group Treatment for Uniformed Services Professionals with Complex Trauma) - Bastien, Hermann, & Moore
- ACT as a Brief Intervention - Strosahl
- ACT-Based Family Intervention for Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa - Merwin, Timko, & Zucker
- ACT Based Preventive Programming on College Campuses - Levin
- ACT Based Preventive Programming on College Campuses - Morse
- ACT for Anxious Children, Adolescents, and Families - Coyne & Davis
- ACT for Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment of Disordered Eating - Sandoz, Manduchi, & Presti
- ACT for Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment of Disordered Eating (Anorexia case) - Sandoz, Manduchi, & Presti
- ACT for Spiritual Development - Robb
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ACT for the Spectrum of Body-Image and Disordered Eating-Related Concerns: Theory, Assessment, and
Practice (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Eating Disorders: Clinical Practice with a complex case) - Manduchi - ACT for young Adults (16-28 year olds): ACT used in group format as prevention or an early intervention aimed towards psychological ill health and stress - Livheim
- ACT for young Adults (16-28 year olds): ACT used in group format as prevention or an early intervention aimed towards psychological ill health and stress - Livheim (Handout)
- ACT Group Treatment for Health Anxiety - Eilenberg & Frostholm
- ACT in Practice: Case Conceptualization in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy - Bach & Moran
- ACT on Living and Dying - Gregg
- ACT with Challenging Patients - Strosahl
- ACT with Children & Families (2-day workshop) - Coyne
- ACT with Depression - Zettle
- ACT with Students and Educators (Evaluation of an Acceptance & Mindfulness Training for Elementary Staff, Educators, & Administrators) - Woidneck
- ACT with Young People - L. Hayes
- Applied ACT and RFT processes relevant to self-compassion - Benjamin Schoendorff
- The Art and Science of Thought Suppression - Wegner
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Assessment of Mindfulness and Acceptance Processes in ACT (Measuring cognitive fusion and defusion in
depression using a modified Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale) - Kearney -
Assessment of Mindfulness and Acceptance Processes in ACT (Mindfulness and Experiential Avoidance as
Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Avoidance Symptom Severity) - Thompson - The Basic Behavior Analytic Principles of Psychotherapy - W. Follette, Callaghan, Darrow, & Bonow
- Building a Firm Foundation: Intervention Development from the Bottom Up - Hayes, Wegner, Gross, & Kashdan
- Developing behavioral measures of ACT/RFT processes: An international lab meeting (IRAPing our Way to Psychological Flexibility) - Drake
- Developing behavioral measures of ACT/RFT processes: An international lab meeting (Testing the Impact of a Brief Acceptance, Mindfulness and Values Intervention on Multiple Features of Task Persistence) - Levin
- Doing ACT Research: An interactive primer for beginners - Lillis
- Doing ACT while still recalling your A-B-Cs - Robb
- Eating Dialog: An Academic program for physician and dietitian - Kalter
- An Engaging Partnership: Integration of ACT and the Motivational Interviewing Model - Dempsey
- Enhancing Psychotherapy With Values: Practical Tools & Exercises - Dahl & Plumb
- Enhancing Psychotherapy with Values (Handouts) - Dahl & Plumb
- An Experiential Journey Through the Matrix - Polk, Webster, & Schoendorff (Handout)
- Finding Hope Inside Creative Hopelessness - J. Villatte
- From Basic Science to Clinical Application: Empirical Advances in ACT Research with Children and Families (ACT-Relevant Constructs in Child Therapy Process: The Role of Child Experiential Avoidance, Willingness, and Safety Seeking Behaviors in a Family-Based CBT for Young Children with OCD) - Davis, Coyne, & Martinez
- From Basic Science to Clinical Application: Empirical Advances in ACT Research with Children and Families (Experiential Avoidance of Parenting Questionnaire (EAP): Development Study) - Morrill, Crowe, & Cordova
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From Basic Science to Clinical Application: Empirical Advances in ACT Research with Children and Families
(Maternal Avoidant Emotion Regulation and its impact on Emotion Regulation in Early Childhood) - Bendezu -
From Basic Science to Clinical Application: Empirical Advances in ACT Research with Children and Families
(Maternal Emotion Regulatory Strategy Mediates Maternal Depression and Child Internalizing Problems) - Thompson - Functional Eclecticism: Four Conversations about Complex Behavior (Fooling around with Definitions of Psychological Flexibility) - Drake
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Implementing ACT Online: Past and Future Projects (Smoking cessation and prevention of mental
health problems: Discussing two ongoing projects) - Levin - Improving CBT: Problems and Prospects - T. Wilson
- Improving Clinicians' Empathy Skills with ACT - Villatte, Monestes, & Vilardaga
- Interventions to Foster Resilience and Psychological Flexibility in Non-Clinical Populations (ACT on stress: The efficacy of ACT for reducing stress and improving the quality of therapy in clinical psychology interns) - Stafford-Brown & Pakenham
- Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis - Gallop
- Introduction to RFT for Clinicians (Pre-Conference Workshop) - Torneke & Blackledge
- Linking RFT to the Hexaflex - M. Villatte & Monestes
- The Matrix and the Art of Improvisation - Polk & Hambright (Handout)
- Mindfulness and Acceptance Processes in Relation to Weight-Related Difficulties and Diabetes (Experiential avoidance and obesity: A random population study of adult women) - Horwath
- Mindfulness and Acceptance Processes in Relation to Weight-Related Difficulties and Diabetes (The role of thought believability in the relationship between depression, diabetes, and stress) - Schmidt, Ward, Gregg, Tarango, & Vanveghel
- New Directions in ACT for Addiction (Experiential Avoidance and Self-Stigma in Addiction: Two New Measures) - Luoma
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New Directions in ACT for Addiction (Telephone-delivered Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) for adult
smoking cessation: A feasibility study) - Bricker -
Perspectives on Applied Clinical Processes Involved in Compassion- Focused Psychotherapy Techniques in
ACT (Relationships among Emotional Schemas, Psychological Flexibility, Dispositional Mindfulness, and Emotion Regulation) - Silberstein - Perspectives on Perspective Taking (Associations among Deictic Relational Responding, Empathy, Experiential Avoidance and Social Anhedonia in a sample of College Students) - Vilardaga
- Perspectives on Perspective Taking (Developing a Spiritual Invetory) - Gird
- Perspectives on Perspective Taking (Enhancing Self as Context and Pain Tolerence) - Carrasquillo
- Pillars and Posts and Arches, Oh Boy - Strosahl
- Psychosis and ACT (Preliminary results from the Lifengage trial - a randomised controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy for medication-resistant psychosis) - Farhall
- Psychosis and ACT (Rule-Governed Behavior as delusion maintenance factor in schizophrenia) - Monestes, Stewart, & M. Villatte
- Reconstructing Measurement Theory From a Contextualist Perspective - Wilson, Bond, Ciarrochi, Hayes, & Bordieri
- Research and Therapeutic Application in the Context of Valued Living - Nassar, Flynn, & Slater
- RFT Basis of ACT and Third Wave CBT - McHugh, Stewart, Hooper, & Sandoz (Handout)
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The Road Ahead: Developing an ACT research and publication strategy consistent with Contextual Behavioral
Science - Hayes - The Shaping Game: Using DBT, FAP & ACT for clients with chronic distress - Georgescu
- Speaking Across Islands: Building Communication Between ACT and Other Approaches to Clinical Psychology - M. Villatte, Blackledge, Ciarrochi, & Robb
- Single Case Designs for Clinicians: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice - J. Villatte
- Standing Your Ground: Why Philosophy Matters for Clinicians - Steinwachs, Buckner, & Heerman
- Stress Less, Live More - Blonna
- Stress Less, Live More - Blonna (Handout)
- Supporting self-help ACT with email counseling - Schreurs & Fledderus
- Taking it Out of the Box: Multilevel ACT/RFT Applications inside Clinical Behavior Analysis (Improving Social Skills by Building Fluency on Deictic Framing and Relevant Relational Classes) - Newsome
- Toward a contextual neuroscience? - Fletcher
- Toward a contextual neuroscience? - Hayes
- Toward a contextual neuroscience? - Benjamin Schoendorff
- Transformation in Psychotherapy - Ebert
- Transforming The Matrix into a Measure of Psychological Flexibility - Benjamin Schoendorff, Benjamin Putois
- The truth about Functional Contextualism - Hayes, Moderato, Miselli, & Biglan
- Using Acceptance and Commitment Group Training in Vocational Rehabilitation Programs with Special Needs Veterans - Billig, Merladet, & Acord
- Using the Matrix and FAP tools to conceptualize and strengthen the therapeutic relationship in ACT - Benjamin Schoendorff (Handout)
- Values and Willingness: New Strategies to Enhance Willingness and ACT Values Work - McKay
- Values, Verbal Relations, and Compassion: We can do a better job of facing global challenges (plenary) - Hayes
- The Wisdom to Know the Difference - Jeffcoat, Yadavaia, & Hildebrandt