What is the Cost of Training in ACT?
What is the Cost of Training in ACT?Because my name is associated with ACT as its instigator and co-developer I often get emails containing questions like this:
My answer usually looks something like this:
If you were diligent you could become competent in ACT in most of the existing ways it is specifically applied just by joining ACBS (contextualscience.org) and systematically availing yourself of the resources there -- hundreds of protocols, tapes, videos, tools etc arraying in a vast "Wiki-stype" site ... especially if you then reached out to local ACBS members and plugging into local meetings and peer supervision groups
The cost to join ACBS is low. We have "values-based dues" meaning we ask people to pay what they think it is worth, based on their ability to pay. There is a $15 minimum (as of 2023) -- and a chunk of that goes to Elsevier for the association journal -- but that minimum itself can be waived if you are too poor to pay it.
Conversely if you want to access paid workshops (etc) they are plentiful and range in price in the usual way. Our annual conventions almost have myriad workshops for free after the initial convention registration, and the price is what is typical for conferences that also include a free lunch.
Bottom line: we live a bit outside of the box your question envisions for us.
There is instead a scientific and professional community focused on a knowledge development and dissemination strategy called "contextual behavioral science." You can learning it all for free if you work hard at it ... and hopefully you can then also contribute your own voice to that development strategy.
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Steven C. Hayes