Last updated 22 June, 2019
Tuesday, 25 June
Room Change
Prosocial: Using CBS to improve relations within and between groups will now be held in room Q158 (on the 1st floor of the Business School)
Wednesday, 26 June
Room Change
Prosocial: Using CBS to improve relations within and between groups will now be held in room Q158 (on the 1st floor of the Business School)
Thursday, June 27
Room Change
All sessions that were scheduled for Q220, will instead be held in QG22 (on the ground floor of the Business School)
Friday, June 28
Room Change
All sessions that were scheduled for Q220, will instead be held in QG22 (on the ground floor of the Business School)
Session Change
59. Measuring mindfulness
Invited (10:35-12:05)
Ruth Baer, Ph.D., University of Kentucky and University of Oxford
This presentation has been cancelled, and the following session will be replacing it:
59. Addressing Problematic Perfectionism from a Contextual Behavioural Approach: Forging links between research, practice, and lived experience
Panel (10:35-12:05)
Components: Conceptual analysis
Categories: Clinical Interventions and Interests, Theoretical and philosophical foundations,Perfectionism
Target Audience: Beginner
Location: Q122
Chair: Susannah C. Johnston, Ph.D., University of Edinburgh
Jennifer Kemp, M.Psych.(Clinical), Precious Minds
Lanaya L. Ethington, Ph.D., University of Iowa
David Gillanders, DClinPsy, University of Edinburgh
Lisa W. Coyne, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
Perfectionists strive towards high standards and may experience concern over whether these standards will be achieved. In some cases, the standards and concerns become excessive, leading to poor life outcomes. For example, perfectionism is considered a transdiagnostic risk and maintenance factor for numerous psychological disorders and can also act as a barrier to successful recovery from clinical illness. Given the evidenced rise of perfectionism in recent decades, it is important for clinicians and researchers to forge collaborative relationships in the bid to address the more problematic features of perfectionism. Difficulties arise, however, in aligning conceptual, clinical, and lived experience perspectives of perfectionism. Disagreement remains about common and unique features of perfectionism in different populations, how these may influence life outcomes, and how best to address problematic features in a therapeutic setting. Might a contextual behavioural science approach aid our understanding and treatment of problematic perfectionism? This panel brings together clinicians and researchers from across the globe with interest and experience in this topic to discuss these issues and more.
Educational Objectives:
1. Describe key differences and commonalities between researcher, practitioner, and lived experience perspectives of perfectionism.
2. Evaluate the use of a CBS approach to understanding problematic perfectionism.
3. Contribute to an emerging dialogue between research and practice in an important transdiagnostic area.
Session Change
65. An ACT Approach to Emotional Dysregulation: Nuts and Bolts of Flexible Exposure
Workshop (13:20-16:40)
Patricia E. Zurita Ona, Psy.D., East Bay Behavior Therapy Center
Russ Harris, Private Practice
This presentation has been cancelled, and the following session will be replacing it:
65. Self-as-context Made Simple
Workshop (13:20-16:40)
Russ Harris, Private Practice
Location: The Theatre (Helix-Ground Floor)
Components: Experiential exercises, Didactic presentation, Role play
Categories: Clinical Interventions and Interests
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
A highly experiential workshop which demonstrates in simple, clear, non-technical language many different ways to talk about and facilitate the experience of self-as-context – from lengthy interventions such as the classic ‘observer Exercise’ to extremely brief ones. It brings together metaphors and experiential exercises from ACT pioneers Steve Hayes, Kirk Strosahl and Kelly Wilson, as well as my own innovations. By the end of this workshop, attendees will have repeatedly experienced the psychological space of self-as-context, and will have a variety of tools to facilitate this process in therapy. They will also get an opportunity to practice some of these techniques on each other.
Educational Objectives
1. Communicate to the ‘average person’ about self-as-context – in a jargon-free manner
2. Explain the ‘psychological space’ of self-as-context
3. Utilize a variety of techniques for rapidly facilitating this experience in therapy
Busing Schedule Update
Busing will now return from Nassau Street at 21:15, 21:30, 21:45 and 22:00.
Saturday, June 29
Room Change
All sessions that were scheduled for Q220, will instead be held in QG22 (on the ground floor of the Business School).
Sunday, June 30
Room Change
All sessions that were scheduled for Q220, will instead be held in QG22 (on the ground floor of the Business School).