Creative Hopelessness: Leveraging behavior change part two

The concept of Creative Hopelessness is confusing. You may have awareness that Creative Hopelessness is a key part of ACT, and you think you might be pulling it off even though you're not quite sure what it is or how to do it, and so you do “CH Lite” or attempt it with minimal confidence.

Does this sound like you?

In part two of this workshop we'll revisit some terms and how they apply to CH.  We'll consider the existential, behavioral, and experiential components of CH, and then use case examples to explore CH and interventions in ACTion.

LO1: Participants will be able to functionally define Creative Hopelessness

LO2: Participants will be able to build a case example through the Creative Hopelessness lens

Presenter: John Powell (he/his/him) is a mental health counselor in private practice focusing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Clinical Relational Frame Theory. John developed the therapeutic pillar of Two Roads Academy, an alternative school in Colchester, Vermont; developed the theory of the Values-Driven Education Model; and has been teaching ACT for seven years. He's a member of the Association For Contextual Behavioral Science and has spoken at two ACBS World Conferences (Dublin and Buenos Aires). He's presented twice at the LaMiss Regional conference. His clinical work spans adolescents, adults, couples, families, and parents.  

John obtained his 200-hour yoga teacher certificate from Sangha Studio in 2020 and has been practicing yoga for almost 20 years. He has also returned to Sangha multiple times to lecture on prana/chi and currently teaches yin and vinyasa yoga at Aquarian Dreams in Indiatlantic, Florida.