Working with Acceptance, Mindfulness, and Values in Chronic Pain
An Introduction and Skills Building Seminar
12 CE Hours Available
Unlike many other methods, ACT makes no effort to change negative thoughts and painful emotions. Instead, ACT encourages clients to stay in the present moment and reforge their relationship to painful experiences through mindfulness, acceptance skills, and values-based actions.
As pain sufferers set aside struggles for control over pain, learn to stay present with their experiences, and engage in meaningful activities, they suffer less and function better — even while pain persists.
In this 6-session, live online course designed for medical professionals and mental health practitioners alike, you’ll learn how you can incorporate this approach into your work and open up new possibilities for growth with your clients suffering from chronic pain.
Dr. Kevin Vowles will guide you through a brief overview of ACT, showing you the “why” and “how” of the model as it applies to chronic pain.
You’ll explore how pain functions in the context of the 6 core processes that guide all human behavior, creating inflexible and limiting patterns of control and avoidance.
Then, you’ll learn how to use acceptance and mindfulness techniques to help your clients build psychological flexibility — the ability to stay present and engage with meaningful behavior, even in the face of uncomfortable experiences — setting the stage for them to expand beyond their pain and connect more deeply to what matters in their lives.
Through experiential, skill-building, and case conceptualization exercises, you’ll practice using values-based strategies as a touchstone for creating adaptable treatment strategies based on the specific needs of your client.
Throughout the course, you’ll have the chance to further develop your experience with this approach through opportunities for consultation, instruction, and feedback. You’ll leave this course prepared to put these tools to use in your next session, and make a difference in your clients’ lives right away.
Join this important course and discover a different way forward with your clients — one that shows them they don’t have to wait for their pain to disappear before they build lives of profound meaning and prosperity.