Welcome to my ACT Training (Resource) Page!
Below you will find information on my training services, my bio, workshop testimonials, various ACT-informed worksheets for clinical use, and a link to a video introduction of my training/consultation services. On my YouTube channel, you'll also find previously recorded ACT trainings, ACT-related interviews, and even a song on "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy"! Subscribe to be alerted of other videos in the future.
For more information on individual training/consultation, please click here
For workshop or webinar inquiries, please contact me at [email protected]
I offer group and organization-based ACT and RFT training as workshops and didactic presentations via both virtual and in-person formats. I've provided over one hundred training events in various contexts and for many countries around the world. I work towards creating a learning environment that is informative, engaging, fun, and respectful of our shared humanity so that participants are more willing to experiment with new repertoires in the service of their personal and professional growth. Trainings can vary from a 2-hr ACT overview to 2-day ACT events, and will include contextual behavioral principles to theoretically orient participants to the model, as well as some degree of experiential involvement - that is, experiencing ACT from the inside out. Longer events will also include dyadic and/or small group practice with ACT interventions.
ACT training events can occur at various skill-building levels, as well as focus on different parts of the model and its applications, including Introductory, Advanced, the ACT Matrix, the ABC Choice Point, InterACT with Couples, Shaping Psychological Flexibility, Process-Based Functional Analysis, Selfing with Parts in ACT, Creative Hopelessness for Challenging Contexts, Relational Frame Theory, Functional Contextualism, and any one or more of the ACT processes.
Bio:
Lou Lasprugato is a psychotherapist and internationally recognized trainer in the field of psychology. He is a Peer-Reviewed Trainer in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS), for which he also served as Chair of the Training Committee from 2022-2025. In 2025, Lou was elected into the ACBS Fellowship for his contributions in ACT dissemination. Lou is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, with private practices in both California and Virginia (United States), working with both individuals, including college students, and couples. He also has extensive experience in facilitating skill-building and process-based groups. Lou specializes in therapy for intimate partners and the treatment of anxiety disorders, and is a member of the International OCD Foundation. He has worked as a psychotherapist in a variety of settings, including county-operated crisis intervention services with underserved populations; a mental health and substance abuse intensive outpatient program at Kaiser Permanente that he subsequently managed; and an integrative medicine program at Sutter Health. Lou has taught mindfulness meditation to health care practitioners and facilitated over one hundred training events on ACT, including InterACT for couples and clinically-applied relational frame theory (RFT), as well as co-created courses on nutritional psychology and integrative mental health treatment. Lou has also provided supervision to other behavioral/mental health professionals and students and continues to provide individual and group consultation on ACT and other contextual behavioral approaches. He earned his Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, with a specialization in Holistic Studies from Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, following a career as a professional musician.
Workshop Testimonials:
"The training was well-organized. Highest quality. Lou is a talented presenter-personable, knowledgeable. I appreciated the mix of lecture and experiential - it kept things interesting and gave us a chance to try out the skills. I enjoyed learning more about ACT and how to use it. I will seek out other trainings offered by both Lou and Praxis." - Debbie Oliver, MFT
"The presenter was clearly very knowledgeable and comfortable with teaching the information. Although anxiety-provoking, practicing the skills was helpful. I liked the various examples to help facilitate application of ACT in my own practice." - Jessica Lester, PsyD
"Loved the training, pacing, information. Lou was engaging, injecting humor, and giving great examples." - Lorraine Blue, MFT
"Training today with Lou Lasprugato was fantastic! Really lovely and powerful combination of heart and mind that is rare to find. Great teacher. Lots of really useful demos and practical exercises." Marc Tibber, DClinPsy
Worksheets:
PLEASE NOTE: worksheets are available for download only by ACBS members when logged in. Consider joining this global network of contextual behavioral scientists and clinicians with values-based dues (see Join/Renew link). You're welcome to use the worksheets as you wish, as long as not for profit. If you want to include one in a publication, please reach out to me.
Clinician:
ABC Choice Point - adapted version of Russ Harris' Choice Point with ABC emphasis (PPT for telehealth format)
ACT Case Conceptualization Grid - functional contextual case conceptualization and treatment planning worksheet
ACT Training Model - multifaceted overview for training ACT based upon Contextual Behavioral Science
Flexibility Across Dimensions (FAD) - clinical/training coding sheet for assessing psychological flexibility across the six dimensions of the Extended Evolutionary Meta Model (EEMM)
Hexaflex Monitor - clinical/training worksheet (Portland peer-practice perspective) for monitoring Hexaflex-based interventions
Introducing Psychological Flexibility - multiple exemplars for evoking psychological flexibility across the core processes + creative hopelessness
Psychological Flexibility Coding Form - similar to the the FAD, though simply focused on the flexible/inflexible processes, without respect to the EEMM dimensions
RFT Interventions for Transforming Pain into Purpose - relationally framed questions designed to transform the function of painful private events
Client/Clinician:
ACT Matrix - diagram for sorting context of experience and function of behavior to cue psychological flexibility (adapted version)
ACT Matrix fillable - PPT version for telehealth format (for both individuals and couples)
Bullseye - worksheet/assessment tool for values-based living within four primary life domains (adapted version)
Flexible Action Plan - worksheet for hierarchical exploration of flexible action planning (life domain, values, actions)
Flexibility and Alliance Session Tool (FAST) - clinical instrument for assessing psychological flexibility skills and therapeutic alliance (two versions)
Wheel of Fulfillment - worksheet for exploring the significance of valued life domains and corresponding fulfillment