Worrying: An ACT Approach to Unhelpful Thinking - A Social Work SIG sponsored event
Date: Monday, February 26 from 3-4pm Eastern/New York time
Presenter: Ben Eckstein, LCSW
Register for the webinar here (https://us02web.zoom.us/
Audience: Clinical social workers with basic knowledge of ACT
Overview:
Unhelpful thinking pervades many mental health diagnoses. Thoughts can sometimes get unwieldy — they feel intrusive and distressing, they become automatic and habitual, they get reinforced through behavioral responses. We'll explore ways of changing our relationship to these internal experiences, cultivating awareness and practicing responses that will facilitate a more adaptive relationship with our thoughts. We'll tap into core ACT processes to guide our approach and will give participants tools to help their clients regain agency in the face of unhelpful thinking.
Learning outcomes:
1. Participants will explore a transdiagnostic approach to worrying, going beyond diagnostic criteria to understand the process and function driving unhelpful thinking.
2. Participants will utilize an ACT framework for the treatment of worrying, integrating and applying core ACT processes.
3. Participants will gain concrete tools to use in session with clients to facilitate a more adaptive relationship to worrying.
Bio: Ben Eckstein, LCSW is the owner and director of Bull City Anxiety & OCD Treatment Center in Durham, North Carolina. He was trained at McLean Hospital's OCD Institute and specializes in the treatment of anxiety, OCD, and OC-related disorders. Ben is the vice-president of OCD North Carolina, the NC state affiliate of the IOCDF. He is a speaker, trainer, and author of the book, Worrying is Optional.