Audio recordings of an ACT for psychosis workshop conducted by Eric Morris, Gordon Mitchell & Amy MacArthur at the 2008 BABCP Conference, Edinburgh.  Part 1 and Part 2 of the workshop recording are included below.

This symposium was held on Saturday 19th July 2008, at the BABCP National Conference Edinburgh. It highlights some the ACT research happening in the United Kingdom; the symposium was convened by Simon Houghton (Sheffield Care Trust, UK) and chaired by Joe Curran (also from Sheffield Care Trust, UK) The powerpoint presentations as well as audio are available for each presenter here.

This is the audio from J.T. Blackledge's teleconference: How is RFT Relevant to Clinical Psychology? Thursday March 26, 2009

After completion of this teleconference, participants will be able to identify:

• How some core therapeutic techniques used in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (e.g., metaphor use and drawing distinctions between descriptive and evaluative language) are directly indicated by and firmly rooted in Relational Frame Theory.
• The role that context plays in facilitating relational responding—and how strategically changing the context within which relational responding occurs can result in cognitive defusion.
• Reasons why relational responding often results in an enhancement of human suffering.

Level: All experience levels Instructor Credentials: J.T. Blackledge received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2004, after studying under Dr. Steven Hayes, ACT's primary developer. He has published over a dozen journal articles and book chapters on ACT and Relational Frame Theory, is releasing an edited book on ACT later this year, and has conducted ACT training workshops in the US, Australia, and Ireland. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Morehead State University.

If possible, J.T. encourages you to do the RFT Tutorial before listening. Other readings you may want prior to listening are J.T. Blackledge's 2003 article An Introduction to Relational Frame Theory, and the "RFT for Clinicians" article, attached below. Also attached below is the PowerPoint (in PDF format) that J.T. wanted to make available to listeners. The 1 hour MP3 has been split into 4 files for ease in downloading (see below). ***Note, you can download the whole audio file here Complete Blackledge Audio File. On that page, click "Download". I'm having trouble loading the file below, so this is my short term solution. Also attached below is the PowerPoint (in PDF format) that J.T. wanted to make available to listeners. (You need to be logged in to your current, paid ACBS member account to see and download the files.)

New Directions in the Psychology of Chronic Pain Management The speaker is Lance M. McCracken PhD, of the Pain Management Unit at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases & University of Bath, Bath UK. This lecture is followed audience discussion on contextual cognitive behaviour therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in the management of chronic pain from the West of Scotland Pain Group on Wednesday 5th December 2007. Both the audio of this lecture and the powerpoint slides are available for download (for paid ACBS members).

James Herbert and Steven Hayes discussing ACT on "Voices in The Family," March 6, 2006.

Excerpted from the WHYY webpage: While one person gets divorced and moves on, another seems stuck in a sense of victimhood for years. Or one child of divorce seems relatively unscathed and for another they are never able to establish intimate relationships. What is it about our history that sometimes stays with us and controls our lives? And why are some people able to let go of the past and others are not? Dr. Steven Hayes, professor, author and originator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy suggests that the whole issue of fighting with, for and against our past is precisely what keeps us stuck there.

Below is an audio recording of an interview with Steven Hayes on an internet radio show.

Below is an audio recording of a radio interview with Steven Hayes by Alvin Jones.