Using RFT in Clinical Work - A Social Work SIG sponsored event
Wednesday, August 14 3:30PM Eastern time (New York)
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The road to the application of RFT to ACT can be steep, particularly if you do not come from a behavioral analytic background. The connections between ACT and RFT are not readily apparent until you are deep into the material, and only then do the true ramifications of RFT begin to shape your practice as an ACT practitioner. This training is designed to give you a sense of how RFT might be used to improve your clinical work and design interventions when the stock interventions provided in the ACT literature are not functioning to create the desired impact. Specifically, we will be exploring the connection between experiences in the physical world and how they relate to abstract concepts.
Learning outcomes:
• Articulate challenges in communicating abstract concepts such as defusion and self-compassion.
• Explain the importance of physical metaphor in ACT
• Describe the implications of reinforcement history on metaphor development and the construction of ACT interventions.
Evan Marks, LCSW-C , CPC-AD -- Evan has been a practicing licensed clinical social worker since 2003 and is the Co-founder of True North Therapy and Training located in Bethesda Maryland. True North was founded in as a joint venture with Miranda Morris in 2021, and is dedicated to the practice and dissemination of Contextual Behavioral Science, including but not limited to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Functional Contextual Psychotherapy, Exposure and Response Prevention, Relational Frame Theory, Compassion Focused Therapy, and Behavior Analysis. He has a specialty background in the treatment of substance use disorders, major depression, and anxiety disorders, with a particular interest in working with treatment-resistant cases. Recent passions include developing contingency management plans and setting up behavioral programs to support people working on challenging goals. Currently, he is working on the second draft of a book on Relational Frame Theory.