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No matter your practice area, population, or title, if you work with humans who are suffering, stuck, and struggling, you are almost certainly both listening and speaking as part of your effort to support your clients. You are using an understanding of your own and others’ language as an intervention—and as such, an understanding of complex language is critical to all of our work. Relational frame theory views generalised derived relational responding—relational framing—as the core skill involved in human language and cognition, essential to the development of flexible, fluent conversational skills and academic progress, and a critical underpinning of psychological flexibility repertoires.
What you will gain from attending the workshop
If you are new to RFT, struggle to understand RFT concepts, aren’t sure how RFT fits with existing behaviour analytic tools, or would simply like a refresher on the technical aspects of RFT, this workshop is for you. Dr. Siri Ming has been there and done that as part of her own journey of learning and applying RFT. As a behaviour analyst and co-author of the book, Understanding and Applying Relational Frame Theory, she has an extensive and practical understanding of RFT and its clinical applications.
In this workshop she presents an accessible overview of RFT and the basic premise that relational frames are generalised, contextually-controlled patterns of arbitrarily-applicable derived relational responding.
She shows how an RFT lens supports practice that centres a functional understanding of behaviour in context, and allows for a principles-based, functional understanding of what it means to be psychologically flexible.
You will also be taken through the development of our capacity to understand and respond to different types of relational patterns. You’ll understand how these skills become versatile, allowing us to navigate and respond to changes in context
Lastly, you will find out how relational framing plays a role in our tendency to follow rules, prioritise what is important to us, and adapt and be flexible in our thinking and behaviour
Throughout the workshop, you will see how to break down these concepts and we will provide practical insights with real-life examples to help you grasp and apply them effectively.
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is for clinicians, practitioners, BCBAs, and therapists who work therapeutically with clients and who want to deepen their understanding of the clinical applications of RFT