Audio recordings of symposia and panel discussions from World Conference IX can be found here.
Check out the Powerpoints and Handouts that we have received to-date for the World Conference IX that was in Parma, Italy, July 2011.
The complete program can be found here as well.
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Pre-Conference Workshops
1. Beyond the Basics: Building Skill in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Robyn D. Walser, Ph.D., TL Consultation Services/NCPTSD & Ole Taggaard Nielsen, Certified Psychologist and Specialist in Psychotherapy, Denmark
2. Caring, Connection, and Contribution
Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., University of Nevada, & Russ Harris, M.D., Private Practice
3. An introduction to relational frame theory for clinicians
Niklas Törneke, M.D., NT Psykiatri, Private Practice, Sweden & John T. Blackledge, Ph.D., Morehead State University, USA
Conference Symposia, Papers, Workshops, Invited Lectures, Panel Discussions, etc. (listed in order by session number)
1. ACT as a Brief Intervention
KIRK STROSAHL, Ph.D.
2. Treating Addiction with Co-Occurring Anxiety and Depression
KELLY WILSON, Ph.D.
MAUREEN FLYNN, M.A.
LINDSAY SCHNETZER
MICHAEL BORDIERI, M.S.
STEPHANIE NASSAR, B.A.
KERRY WHITEMAN, M.A.
7. ACT for psychosis: research and developments
Chair: ERIC MORRIS
• ACT for distressed voice hearers: a multiple-baseline study
ERIC MORRIS, Emmanuelle Peters, Philippa Garety
• Group Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Psychosis.
LOUISE C JOHNS, ERIC MORRIS, JOSEPH OLIVER, Majella Byrne, Candice Joseph
• Integrating an Act Approach within a Psychiatric Rehabilitation Service.
GORDON MITCHELL, AMY MCARTHUR
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Psychotic Spectrum Disorders: An 18-Session Group Protocol.
ADRIA N. PEARSON, RICHARD TINGEY
8. Innovations in the Assessment and Application of Values
Chair: MATTHEW SMOUT, Ph.D.
• Development of the Valuing Questionnaire
MATTHEW SMOUT, Ph.D., Matthew Davies, Ph.D.
• New directions for values assessment: Theory and the demands of clinical and research agendas
KATIE SEARS, Ph.D., MEGAN OSER, Ph.D., Robyn Walser, Ph.D.
• Exploring the relevance of values to clinical interventions, especially those with Mentally Disordered Offenders
LOUISE TANSEY, D.CLIN.PSYCHOL, DAVID GILLANDERS, DCLINPSY
• Value-directed living and the selection of behavioural groups
RAINER F. SONNTAG
12. ACT in the Workplace
Chair: JO LLOYD, Ph.D.
• ACT for Emotional Burnout in Human Services Workers
JO LLOYD, Ph.D., FRANK BOND, Ph.D.
• Acceptance and Commitment Training at Work: An Overview of a Three-Session Protocol
PAUL FLAXMAN, Ph.D.
• The Work-Related Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (WAAQ); preliminary psychometric properties
FRANK BOND, Ph.D., JO LLOYD, Ph.D., Nigle Guenole
13. Thank you, mind: Recent studies on components of mindfulness and defusion from Swansea University
Chair: ANDREAS LARSSON
• The effect of mindfulness on extinction and behavioural resurgence
LOUISE MCHUGH, Ph.D., Jonathan Procter, Michaela Herzog, Anne-Kathrin Schock, Phil Reed
• Rule-Governed Behaviour and Instructional Control in relation to Obsessive-Compulsive Behavioural Traits
ATHANASIOS HASSOULAS, Louise McHugh, Phil Reed
• “I’m having the thought that this is an irrational thought” - defusion vs. cognitive restructuring as coping strategies for negative thoughts.
ANDREAS LARSSON, Emily Broadbridge, Charlotte Swithenbank, Caitlin Harker, Louise McHugh
14. Explorations in Philosophy
Chair: MICHAEL WORRELL, Ph.D.
• Existential Dimensions of ACT: Valuing Existential Tensions
MICHAEL WORRELL, Ph.D.
• ACT and existentialism
RAINER F. SONNTAG
18. Taking your first steps in ACT by mastering the ‘ACT Classics’
DAVID GILLANDERS
NUNO FERREIRA
19. Evolution for everyone, including contextual psychology: Interplay between evolution and contextual behavior science
JEAN-LOUIS MONESTES, Ph.D.
ANTHONY BIGLAN, Ph.D.
DAVID SLOAN WILSON, Ph.D.
STEVEN HAYES, Ph.D.
For access to audio and powerpoints from this symposium, click here.
25. A New ACT Protocol for the Treatment of Interpersonal Disorders - Handout
MATTHEW MCKAY, Ph.D., ABBY LEV, MA
29. The Role of the Self and Metaphors in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Chair: MAIREAD FOODY
• An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship between Acceptance and Self as Context
MAIREAD FOODY, Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, Ph.D., Professor Dermot Barnes-Holmes
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Plus Habit Reversal Technique in the Treatment of Bruxism
TOMAS QUIROSA-MORENO, Luciano, C., Gomez-Moreno, G., Guardia, J., Gutierrez, O.
• A RFT analysis of metaphor aptness in creative hopelessness
CARMEN LUCIANO, Francisco J. Ruiz, Nikolett Eisenbeck
• The role of deictic relational responding on social anhedonia and schizophrenia
ABRAHAM ÁLVAREZ BEJARANO, Sara De Rivas-Hermosilla, José Luis Arroyo, Elena Soteras, Carmen Luciano, Francisco J. Ruiz
31. Developing an ACT-based group intervention for DBT graduates with personality disorder: Moving from ‘quiet desperation’ to ‘a life worth living’
SUE CLARKE, HELEN BOLDERSTON, Prof Bob Remington
32. Can ACT remedy work-related stress and burn out in various settings?
Chair: MARIA KAREKLA
• Does ACT increase commitment to valued activity in relation to work related stress?
MARIA STAVRINAKI, Elena Charalambous, Maria Karekla, Eleni Karayianni
• Working on psychological flexibility to reduce stress and increase corporate wellbeing in correction officers of a prison in Italy
ALESSANDRA CHIANESE, Giovambattista Presti
• Minding the Healers: Mindfulness, Burnout, and Self Compassion in Mental Health Care
KIMBERLY SOGGE, Kelley Raab
• Improving University teachers’ skills and psychological health through ACT
FRANCISCO MONTESINOS, Ph.D., Agustin Martinez
35. ACT with Love
RUSS HARRIS, MD
36. Mindfulness & Meditation ACT Workshop
JOANNE DAHL, Ph.D.
FREDRIK LIVHEIM
37. IRAP - Do You Rap? Innovations in Translational and Applied Research on Complex Human Behavior
Chair: THOMAS G. SZABO, MA, BCBA
• Generalization of Relational Stimulus Control Beyond the Lab: A Preliminary Investigation
MICHAEL J. BORDIERI, M.S., Kerry C. Whiteman, M.A., Karen Kate Kellum, Ph.D., Kelly G. Wilson, Ph.D.
• The Mixed Trials Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (MT-IRAP) in an Organizational Context: An Initial Field Study
THOMAS G. SZABO, MA, BCBA, W. Larry Williams, Ph.D., BCBA-D
• Experimental Analyses of Processes of Change in Therapies Using IRAP
NAOKO KISHITA, M.A., Tomu Ohtsuki, Ph.D., Takashi Muto, Ph. D.
• Testing the Validity of IRAP: What does the IRAP assess?
TOMU OHTSUKI, PH. D., Naoko Kishita, M.A., Takashi Muto, Ph. D.
42. Increasing Academic Performance and Engagement
Chair: ANNA BIANCA PREVEDINI, MA
• Effects of ACT-based and CBT-based podcasts on students' academic behavior: the experience of a university counseling project.
ANNA BIANCA PREVEDINI, MA, Francesco Pozzi, MA, Elisa Rabitti, MA, Giovanni Miselli, Ph.D., & Vincenzo Russo Ph.D.
• ACT-based and psychoeducational classes on academic skills in a university counseling project: strategies and outcomes.
ANNA BIANCA PREVEDINI, MA, Francesco Pozzi, MA, Anna Missaglia, PsyD, Vincenzo Russo, Ph.D., & Paolo Moderato, Ph.D.
• Increasing Student Engagement
N. JOSEPH RODRIGUES
• ACT to Build Leadership for Community Improvement
LARRY DUMKA, Ph.D.
46. The Self, Dermot's Musings on the field, and the Future of RFT
Chair: MAIREAD FOODY
• Some Stuff I’ve Been Thinking About (An Old F_ _ t’s Perspective on RFT, ACT, and Functional Contextualism)
DERMOT BARNES-HOLMES B.Sc., Cert. Ed., D. Phil., C. Psychol
•How much do we know about the self in ACT?
MAIREAD FOODY, Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, Dermot Barnes-Holmes
• In Five Years’ Time I Might Not Know You: Looking to the Past and Present to Predict the Future for RFT (A Student’s Perspective)
SEAN HUGHES, Dermot Barnes-Holmes
48. Working With ACT: How Using ACT in the Workplace Could Transform....Well, Almost Everything! - Handout
RACHEL COLLIS & ROB ARCHER
51. ACT in Groups
M. JOANN WRIGHT, Ph.D.
54. Basal Exposure Therapy (BET). A new treatment model – or a cybernetic version of ACT? - Handout
DIDRICK HEGGDAL & TRYM N. JACOBSEN
55. "No offense dude, but what are you talking about?": Running ACT group programs with adolescents
SHANE CURLEY
56. New Findings in Randomized Trial Outcomes
Chair: MARISA PAEZ
• A randomized clinical trial comparing effectiveness of CBT and ACT in the treatment of addictive behaviours.
Marcos López, MARISA PAEZ, Carmen Luciano, Elena Losada
• Psychological Flexibility as a Predictor of Relapse: Two-Year Follow-up Results from a Randomized Treatment Study of Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia
ANDREW GLOSTER, Tina Hauke, Katrin Humme, Rainer Sonntag, Michael Hoeffler, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen
• PACT: A blind randomised control trial of ACT for emotional adaptation following psychosis
ROSS WHITE, Ph.D.
58. Evolving the Future: Toward a Science of Intentional Change
DAVID SLOAN WILSON
60. ACT with Challenging Patients
KIRK STROSAHL, Ph.D.
63. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Psychotic Spectrum Disorders: A Panel Discussion
ADRIA N. PEARSON, Ph.D.
RICHARD TINGEY, Ph.D.
PATRICIA BACH, Ph.D.
GORDON D. MITCHELL, MSC
ERIC MORRIS
JOSEPH OLIVER, Ph.D.
ROSS WHITE, Ph.D.
64. ACTing Sport: A values-based protocol for training in sport
AUGUSTO ENEA FILIMBERTI, PSY. D., NICOLA MAFFINI, PSY. D., Giovambattista Presti, M.D.,Ph.D.
67. Improving your immediate ACT responses to clients using Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP)
JONATHAN KANTER, Ph.D.
69. New directions in value assessment and intervention
Chair: STEPHANIE L. NASSAR, M.A.
• Adapting the Expressive Writing Paradigm as a Values-Based Intervention.
STEPHANIE L. NASSAR, M.A. & Kelly G. Wilson, Ph.D.
• Importance, Pressure, and Success: Dimensions of Values and their Links to Personality
STEPHANIE VEAGE
• Value importance, social pressure and well-being among Australian teenagers: What they want, what they want you to hear, and what really makes them happy
KATHRYN WILLIAMS, BA PSYCHOLOGY (HONS) & Joseph Ciarrochi Ph.D.
• Explorations in Appreciation Writing From a Contextual Behavioral Science Perspective.
MAUREEN K. FLYNN, M.A. & KELLY G. WILSON, Ph.D.
71. The utility of ACT: Behavior regulation in parents, adolescents, and inpatient populations
Chair: MICHEL ANDRÉ REYES ORTEGA, M.A.
• Assessing the Effectiveness of an ACT based program on a small mexican psychiatric inpatients group.
MICHEL ANDRÉ REYES ORTEGA, M.A., ANGÉLICA RAMÍREZ CÁRDENAS, M.D., MILAGROS ASCENCIO GUIRADO, M.A.,Cesar Gonález González, M.D., & Jarumi Quevedo Montes, M.D.
• Acceptance and commitment therapy for adolescents with behavior, impulsivity and emotional problems: a clinical study.
MARISA PÁEZ-BLARRINA, D. Padilla-Torres, & C. Luciano-Soriano
• Using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure to Measure Behavioral Regulation in adolescents with experiencial avoidance disorder.
PADILLA-TORRES, D, Páez-Blarrina, M., & Luciano-Soriano, C.
• Application of a brief ACT protocol for parents with children diagnosed with mental disorder.
PADILLA-TORRES, D & Martínez-Martín, N.
• Using ACT and Mindfulness in group therapy for individuals with early psychosis - adaptations and successes
TANIA LECOMTE, Ph.D., Bassam El-Khoury, Claude Leclerc, Ph.D., & Alexandre Benoit, R.N., M.Sc.
72. Alternative approaches to delivering brief ACT treatments
Chair: RAIMO LAPPALAINEN, Ph.D.
• Developing ACT-based web treatment for Depression
PÄIVI LAPPALAINEN, Raimo Lappalainen, Sari Siltanen, Anna Granlund
• Using ACT self-help manual with depression: experiences and observations
RAIMO LAPPALAINEN, Ph.D., Anna Granlund, Aino Kohtala
• Training staff members to apply ACT for persons using sign language
LEENA HASSINEN, M.A., Eeva-Marja Loukola M.A., Raimo Lappalainen
• Persuasive technology in a new online ACT intervention: effects on psychological distress, psychological flexibility and adherence.
WENDY POTS, Ph.D. student, Ernst Bohlmeijer, Ph.D., Saskia Kelders, Ph.D. student, Karlein Schreurs, Ph.D.
76. Overcoming Resistance and Motivating the Unmotivated
RUSS HARRIS, MD
77. Using the Life Line and physical metaphors in conceptualization and treatment of chronic problems like pain and obesity
JOANNE DAHL, Ph.D.
SANDRA WEINELAND
EMMA WALLIN
ANNA FINNES, MA
JENNY THORSELL, MA
LINNEA MOLIN
79. Behavioral Activation (BA) and ACT - Handout
JONATHAN KANTER, Ph.D.
80. ACT for Psychosis Skills Workshop: Recovery through psychological flexibility
ERIC MORRIS
JOSEPH OLIVER
AMY McARTHUR
ROSS WHITE
GORDON MITCHELL
86. The role of experiential avoidance in paranoid thinking
RICHARD BENTALL
89. Mastering the Metaphor: An Experiential Workshop to learn and practice the art of using metaphors in psychotherapy
COLLEEN EHRNSTROM, Ph.D.
91. ACT - to take care of Yourself-Exercise Handout
BEATE EBERT
93. Body and Mindfulness Metaphors in Practice: ACT Consistent Experiential Exercises
MANUELA O'CONNELL
96. Train the trainers workshop: a step to support you in becoming an ACT trainer
RAINER F. SONNTAG
97. ACT for Body Image concerns
Chair: SOPHIE CHEVAL
• Body Image Dissatisfaction
ADRIA N. PEARSON, Ph.D.
• Acceptance in Body Image concerns
SOPHIE CHEVAL
• RFT & Body Image flexibility
EMILY SANDOZ, Ph.D.