Unpacking Perfectionism: Helping Others and Oneself with Flexibility and Self-Compassion
4-Session Live Online Course | Thursdays, starting February 15, 2024
8 CE Hours Available
Our upcoming live online course Unpacking Perfectionism will help therapists understand and address perfectionistic behaviors using acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and self-compassion strategies and tools.
This experiential workshop will start with a concise functional contextual formulation of perfectionism and then will use that formulation as a conceptual framework for delivering interventions to clients. That will include integrating this framework with the current thinking on neurodivergence, OCD, and eating disorders.
Across four skills-based sessions, you’ll learn how to conduct a functional analysis of perfectionistic behavior, how unhelpful patterns develop, and why people persist with perfectionistic behavior patterns despite long-term negative consequences.
You’ll also learn to…
- Apply the techniques and metaphors from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), mindfulness, and compassion-focused therapy (CFT) to address perfectionistic habits in your clients
- Help clients unhook from unhelpful perfectionistic behaviors, build behavioral flexibility, and develop the skills of self-compassion
- Evaluate and address your own unhelpful perfectionistic tendencies to support your work and overall well-being
You’ll walk away from this course with worksheets, activities, and mindfulness scripts that will support you in putting the new skills into practice straight away.