Values are at the heart of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). They are the “why” in any ACT-based treatment plan or intervention. While many clinicians are drawn to ACT because of its explicit emphasis on values, it can be difficult to know how to move beyond simply talking about values to knowing how to bring values alive in the therapy room. This brief workshop is designed to help clinicians deepen their values work with clients by shifting the focus from the content of values conversations to the quality of those conversations. By listening for and deepening the qualities of effective values conversations participants will get a taste for how more experiential and relationally-based values work can supercharge therapy. Participants will have opportunities to both observe demonstrations and practice in small groups with the benefit of feedback.
This workshop is part two of a series on values within ACT with Jenna LeJeune, PhD. Check out the other two workshops in the series:
Values in Therapy: An intro to working with values from an ACT perspective (January 19, 2024)
Values stuck points: When psychological inflexibility creates barriers to valued living (March 15, 2024)
Scholarships available!
Register here: https://www.portlandpsychotherapytraining.com/02-23-2024-truffle-hunting