ACT and RFT in Context
Expanding behavior analytic practice with a functional understanding of psychological flexibility
taught by Drs. Siri Ming, Evelyn Gould, and Julia Fiebig
Much of behavior analytic work involves helping others behave more flexibly and effectively in a particular context — and establishing the skills they need to do so.
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and relational frame theory (RFT) offer a lens for viewing psychological flexibility as a key language repertoire at the heart of those aims.
To center psychological flexibility in their work, clinicians need more than a few ACT techniques.
They need a deep understanding of the principles.
In this 5-session live online course, you’ll gain a practical understanding of ACT and RFT principles that will allow you to successfully center psychological flexibility in behavior analytic work.
Through interactive exercises and discussions, you’ll identify the repertoires necessary for psychological flexibility in clients as well as repertoires practitioners need to create contexts for change.
The course will also emphasize the understanding and promotion of prosociality as well as systemic contingencies that support sustainability, diversity, inclusion, and equity.
By taking the course, you’ll be better able to:
- Help clients become more resilient and adaptable in the face of challenges by building their psychological flexibility
- Select interventions more purposefully depending on what will be most helpful for a client in a particular context
- Set meaningful goals related to the principles of psychological flexibility
- Ethically incorporate ACT in a way that’s rooted in the science of behavior analysis
- Use your existing toolkit with more efficacy and precision because you know how they influence psychological flexibility
- Problem-solve when things don’t go according to plan using your solid grounding in the ACT model
With the deeper understanding you’ll gain of ACT and its theoretical base, you’ll be better equipped to work in a way that’s person-centered and profoundly human.