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admin February 15, 2012 - 11:30am

ACBS LMIC International Conference 2023

17 November 2023

Virtual Conference

Please go here to see your timezone in comparison to the live conference time zone.

The ACBS Developing Nations Committee (DNC) and various Chapters and stakeholders proudly present the inaugural ACBS LMIC International Conference (ALIC). This event aims to collectively unite professionals, researchers, and practitioners from low-middle-income countries (LMICs) to enhance psychological well-being and promote evidence-based interventions. This conference provides a unique platform for exchanging ideas, collaborating, and exploring innovative approaches to behaviour change in LMICs settings. The conference aims to bring together contextual science practitioners, researchers and leaders from LMICs to strengthen the practice of contextual sciences internationally.

The organisers
The organisers of this conference consist of members of the DNC and members from various chapters and affiliates within developing countries.

The purpose
Two common feedbacks often pop up during discussions with practitioners from developing nations: the difficulties in accessing international resources due to limitations of logistics and costs and the differences in time zones often unfavourable to developing nations. This virtual conference is organised with those two pieces of feedback in mind. The conference is intentionally priced at an affordable low cost for participation. The novel experimental format of 24 hours is also chosen to allow every participant from different time zones to be involved with the live conference. Recordings of the events will also be provided to participants after the conference.

The funding
Everyone involved in the organising of the conference does so voluntarily. No honorarium is provided. All collected funds will be channelled to DNC training funds and various chapters within developing nations to support future activities within developing nations.

The networking
Aside from the opportunity to learn and interact with esteemed speakers, there will also be scientific and networking activities within the conference. The scientific activities aim to provide a low-barrier platform for researchers to share their work on an international level. As for networking opportunities, this is a chance for participants to connect with other like-minded partitioners worldwide to share experiences and skills and build friendships.

Conference Booklet/Schedule

The presentations

Panel: Mujeres Apoyando Mujeres:Explorando los Desafios Actuales con Flexibilidad y Compasión (Panel: Women Supporting Women: Exploring Today's Challenges with Flexibility and Compassion) - Peru Chapter Board (Vanessa del Aguila, Margot Osorio, Paola Saavedra, Guilia Mendoza)
El terapeuta ACT en el dolor crónico - Maria Jose Lami
All Appetitive All the Time: Convolving Breadth and Flexibility of Functional Relations - Emily Sandoz
Shaping Bravery in an Age of Anxiety: Empowering Flexible Youth to Shape Our Future - Lisa Coyne
Afrontando el Desafio : Cuando un Paciente no te Cae Bien" - Victor Fabris
Bibliometric Analysis as a Mapping Tool for the Contextual Behaviour Science Research Landscape - Walton Wider
Un sueño Colectivo Construyendo una Comunidad Basada en Valores (A Collective Dream Building a Community Based on Values) - Mexico chapter
Incorporando la Ciencia Contextual Conductual en la Curricula Escolar (Incorporating Contextual Behavioral Science into the School Curriculum) - Jorge Everardo Aguilar
IBCT: an ACT Consistent Couples Approach - Nathaniel Chua
ACT for Severe Mental Disorders: Theoretical Background and Clinical Experience - Turkiye Chapter (Sevinç Ulusoy, Denizhan Ramakan, Merve Terzioğlu, Şengül İlkay)
Application of ACT on Chinese Skeleton Team to Prepare Winter Olympic Games - Shousen Xu
Self-Narrative Style and Case Conceptualisation - Yan Zong
ACT for Perinatal Health: A Two-Country Development and Cultural Adaptation Model - Cerith Waters, Nurfarahin Musa, Nicholas Pang
Is it possible to have low cost and high scale interventions for the most marginalised? - Claudette Foley, Farahnaz Mohibi, Omid Standard, Michaele Saban-Bernaur, and Dafne Morroni.
Process Based Therapy & ACT (tentative topic) - Steven Hayes
ACT Group Therapy Experience for middle eastern LAMIC country - Fady Safwat
Training non-specialist healthcare staff in ACT based approaches in low resource setting: The Ultra Brief Psychological Intervention Course - Wendy Shoesmith
Relational Frame Theory and The Self in Therapy - Louise McHugh
Relational Approach to ACT - Huoyuan Luo

The workshops

Using Functional Contextualism in Your Therapy Sessions Miranda Morris & Paulo Bozza
Evocar en contexto. Potenciando las intervenciones de las terapias contextuales mediante el establecimiento de un espacio evocativo. German Teti
ACT in society Michaele Terena Saban-Bernauer/Helen Maia
El uso de la Psicoterapia Analítico Funcional con Víctima de Violencia con la Pareja: Una propuesta Amanda Muñoz
Interlocking Behavioral Contigencies: utilizing basic CBS principles to empower your effectiveness in the context of the therapeutic relationship Raul Vaz Manzione
El Hexaflex desde el Análisis de la Conducta Clínica. Una introducción. Daniel Granados
Presentación 1"Reflexiones sobre la relación terapéutica desde una mirada contextual" (formado en TCC y en ACT) Bolivia Affiliate
Presentación 2 “La rumia como primera respuesta en patrones inflexibles establecidos” (Maestría en Terapias Contextuales) Bolivia Affiliate
Presentacion 3 “Desarrollo de la comunidad de terapeutas contextuales en Bolivia” (MSc Sports and Exercise Psychology, entrenado en TCC y ACT) Bolivia Affiliate
Estrategias para tratar el Trauma por Abuso Sexual Carolina Fernández
ACT en Adicciones (ACT in Adictions) Ivan Lizarraga
Promoviendo la Conexión y Flexibilidad en el Terapeuta (Promoting Connection and Flexibility in the Therapist) Grupo Portland de Perú Chapter
Finding Meaning in Pain: The Role of Values in Therapy Farah Gulamoydeen
"The Ecological Self: Embodying 'Self as Context' to Effectively Address the Multiple Global Crises of the Unraveling Socio-Economic World Order." ("El yo ecológico: encarnar el 'yo como contexto' para abordar eficazmente las múltiples crisis globales del orden mundial socioeconómico que se deshace".) Margot Osorio & Martin Willis

Registration Fee based on country of residence

Tier 1 $50 USD

Tier 2 $25 USD

Tier 3 $10 USD

Please Note - Conference registration closed on 10th November 2023, 00:01a.m. (GMT8+)

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