Lou Lasprugato's Training Page

Welcome to my ACT Training Resource Page!

Below you will find my bio, links to my introductory training and consultation videos, an interviewI conducted with experts on ACT and Behavior Analysis, and webinars on the ACT Matrix, Going EPIC (Experiential, Pragmatic, Integrative, Contextual) in ACT, and Magic ACT: Transforming Pain into Purpose with Clinical RFT (co-facilitated by Phillip Cha).  Also included are a few workshop testimonials and other resources, including worksheets which you are welcome to use as you wish, as long as not for profit.

For more information on individual training/consultation, please click here

Bio:

Lou Lasprugato, MFT, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, with private practices in both California and Virginia, and Peer-Reviewed Trainer in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science. Lou has worked as a psychotherapist in a variety of settings over the years, including an intensive outpatient program at Kaiser Permanente that he subsequently managed, and an integrative medicine program at Sutter Health. He has facilitated dozens of workshops internationally on ACT and mindfulness, as well as co-created courses and lectures on nutritional psychology, stress system restorative therapy, and integrative mental health. Lou has also provided supervision to other mental health professionals and continues to provide individual 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 knowledgable 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:

Clinician:

ABC Choice Point - adapted version of Russ Harris' Choice Point with ABC emphasis (powerpoint 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 - clinical/training coding sheet for assessing psychological flexibility across the six dimensions

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

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 - powerpoint version for telehealth format

ACT Vowels Assessment (AVA) -  clinical instrument for asssessing psychological flexibility skills at intake

Bullseye - worksheet/assessment tool for values-based living within four primary life domains (adapted version)

Cycle of Suffering - worksheet for assessing conditional/cyclical patterns of unworkable behavior (from pain to suffering)

Cycle of Resilience - worksheet for identifying conditional/cyclical patterns of workable behavior (from pain to purpose)

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 at follow-up

Wheel of Fulfillment - worksheet for exploring the significance of valued life domains and corresponding fulfillment

ACT Skills Group Series:

Curriculum outlines available below.  If interested in obtaining the various worksheets/handouts utilized within the group series, please email me directly at lasprugatomft@gmail.com