What to Expect

The 2022 Pre-Conference Workshops offer exciting new opportunities that will engage therapists and researchers of any skill level. Combining therapy role-plays, experiential exercises, case presentations, data graphics, focused lectures, and small group discussions, you can expect high-quality training from ACBS Pre-Conference Workshops. Continuing Education credits are available.

When & Where?

There will be virtual (June 4-5, morning or afternoon) and in-person (June 14-15) workshops available. 

ACBS Pre-Conference Workshops - VIRTUAL Event (June 4-5, 2022)

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Children, Adolescents, and Parents: Shaping Psychological Flexibility (Terapia de Aceptación y Compromiso (ACT) para Niños, Adolescentes, y Padres; Moldeando la Flexibilidad Psicológica)

Lisa Coyne, Ph.D., Carlos Rivera, Ph.D.
(Clinical; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)
(Clínico; Nivel principiante, Nivel intermedio, Nivel avanzado)
*Taller impartido en inglés. Habrá traducción simultánea al español disponible.*

• ACTivating Health: A Skills Building Workshop to Help People with Chronic Medical Conditions

Staci Martin Peron, Ph.D., Amanda Rhodes, Psy.D.
(Clinical; Intermediate, Advanced)

• Breathing Compassion into Evidence Based Therapy: Integrating CFT into your Contextual Behavioral Science Practice featuring CFT Founder, Dr. Paul Gilbert

Dennis Tirch, Ph.D., Laura Silberstein-Tirch, Psy.D., Paul Gilbert, Ph.D., OBE
(Clinical; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)

• Enhancing the effectiveness of Applied Behavior Analysis through Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT)

Luisa Cañon, Psy.D., BCBA-D
(Clinical, Applied (in non-clinical settings); Beginner, Intermediate)

• Party of One: A Crash Course for Improving Your Work with Single Subject Research Design

Kate Kellum, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Troy DuFrene, M.A., Heather Garnos, M.S.
(Clinical; Beginner, Intermediate)

• Here, Now, and Between Us: Functional Analytic Psychotherapy and the power of the therapeutic relationship

Sarah Sullivan-Singh, Ph.D., Mary P. Loudon, Ph.D., Mavis Tsai, Ph.D., Barbara Kohlenberg, Ph.D.
(Clinical; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)

ACBS Pre-Conference Workshops - IN-PERSON Event (June 14-15, 2022)

These workshops will be held the two days immediately preceding the ACBS World Conference 2022.

Tuesday, June 14, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

(12.5 total contact hours)

They will be held at the San Francisco Hilton Union Square in San Francisco, USA.

• Back to Basics: An Experiential Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Matthew Boone, LCSW, Rajinder (Sonia) Singh, Ph.D.
(Clinical; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)

• Facing change and becoming stronger: Helping adults face change using the growth framework of ACT

Louise Hayes, Ph.D.
(Applied (in non-clinical settings); Intermediate)

• Reclaiming Our Humanity Amidst Injustice: A Contextual Behavioral Science Skills-Based Approach to Social Connection Across Cultural Differences

Robyn L. Gobin, Ph.D., Daniel C. Rosen, Ph.D.
(Clinical, Research; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)

• Bolstering Acceptance and Commitment Therapy interventions in the area of health by incorporating cutting-edge RFT research

Maria Karekla, Ph.D., Louise McHugh, Ph.D.
(Clinical, Research, Applied (in non-clinical settings); Intermediate, Advanced)

• Understanding and Applying RFT: Language as the foundation of our work and lives as contextual behavior scientists

Siri Ming, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Evelyn Gould, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Julia Fiebig, Ph.D., BCBA-D
(Clinical, Applied (in non-clinical settings); Intermediate, Advanced)

• The Heart of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Developing a Flexible, Process-based, and Client-Centered Practice

Robyn Walser, Ph.D.
(Clinical; Intermediate, Advanced)

Additional information about registrations, refunds, etc., can be found here.