ACBS Newsletter

May 2018

Thank you to the Publications Committee

ACBS committees are staffed entirely by volunteers. We want to thank the Publications Committee Chair Steve Hayes and the committee members Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Lance McCracken, Rhonda Merwin, and Todd Kashdan. The purpose of the Publications Committee is to help develop the quality and impact of the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science (JCBS) and to improve the oversight and management of ACBS over JCBS.

An investigation into the relationship between the three selves (Self-as-Content, Self-as-Process and Self-as-Context) and mental health in adolescents

In JCBS Vol. 7 Issue 1, Orla Moran, Priscilla Almada, and Louise McHugh tested the self model based on predictions from Contextual Behavioral Science. The paper states a significant model emerged indicating that the three selves model is predictive of mental health in adolescents. ACBS members can read it for free in the JCBS member portal.

Student Spotlight Award

In conjunction with the ACBS Student Special Interest Group (SIG), it is our pleasure to introduce the most recent Student Spotlight Award recipient! This month's featured student is Jessica Stark, a graduate student studying at Antioch University, Seattle, USA. You can learn about Jessica and her work here.

Submitting Internships to the ACBS Website

Does your organization have internships in ACT or CBS? Then please email information about the internship to acbsstaff@contextualscience.org and we will post it on the ACBS website. If your internship is already on the list, please make sure the information is up-to-date. You can email any corrections to acbsstaff@contextualscience.org.

Alert: "Counselor Needed" Scam

ACBS has received reports that 3 ACBS members received the same scam email requesting psychological services. The ACBS website has safeguards in place to help limit the quantity of emails that can be sent, as well as the timing, so as to help stop scam emails from coming through. However, depending on how the messages are sent, we unfortunately can’t stop all of them. To protect yourself, please read how this scam works here.

ACBS Annual World Conference 16

Montréal, Canada
Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel
July 24-29, 2018

World Conference 16 Pre-Conference Workshop: Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: ACT as a Brief Intervention

Patricia Robinson will be presenting the pre-conference workshop Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: ACT as a Brief Intervention on Tuesday July 24 and Wednesday July 25, 2018 in Montréal. You can read more about Patricia Robinson's workshop here.

World Conference 16 Invited Speaker: Lisa Coyne

Lisa Coyne is the Founder and Director of the McLean OCD Institute for Children and Adolescents at McLean Hospital, and is on the Faculty of Harvard Medical School. She is also a Research Associate Professor in the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. Lisa Coyne will give a plenary address at the ACBS World Conference in Montréal on Thursday July 26.

World Conference 16 Opening Ceremony: Elder, Otsi’tsaken:ra (Speckled Flower, Bear Clan), from the Kanien’keha:ka Community of Kahnawake Otsi’tsaken:ra

The ACBS World Conference 16 opening and closing ceremonies will be led by Elder, Otsi’tsaken:ra (Speckled Flower, Bear Clan), from the Kanien’keha:ka Community of Kahnawake. The opening ceremony will be at 8:40am on Thursday July 26 and the closing ceremony will be at 12:10pm on Sunday July 29. Read more on the ACBS website.

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