Pre-Conference Workshops for WC12

Pre-Conference Workshops for WC12

June 17-18, 2014, at the Marriott City Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Unforgettable. Inspiring. Cutting-edge. Inviting. ACBS Pre-Conference Workshops are well-known as a source for world-class ACT and RFT trainings. Here is the heart of ACBS. Where therapists and researchers of all ages sharpen their skills, and push their limits. Where expert trainers from across the globe converge as a creative force aiming to shape and support all those in attendance. Where life-long friends reconnect, or meet for the first time.
 

What to Expect

The 2014 Pre-Conference Workshops offer exciting new opportunities that will engage therapists and researchers of any skill level. Highlights include:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Participate in experiential and didactic workshops to learn this empirically supported therapy
Relational Frame Theory (RFT): Apply this modern perspective on cognition and language to your own research or practice
Contextual Behavioral Science (CBS): Explore the foundations of ACT and RFT to enrich your understanding
Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP): Supercharge your therapy practice with FAP's relationship-enhancing approach

Combining therapy role-plays, experiential exercises, case presentations, data graphics, focused lectures, and small group discussions, you can expect high-quality training from ACBS Pre-Conference Workshops. Continuing Education Credits are available.

Be sure to review the lists of workshops below to see your full list of options.

When, Where, and How Much?

These workshops will be held the two days immediately preceding the ACBS World Conference XII.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 9:00am-5:15pm
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 9:00am-5:15pm

They will be held at the Marriott City Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.  You can find parking information for the venue here. The Registration Desk will be on located on the 4th floor of the Marriott, by the Ballroom.

Pre-Conference Workshop  (June 17-18, 2014)

Registration for this event is now closed.
 

*The workshops below run concurrently, therefore please double check the dates of the pre-conference workshops you are interested in. Also note that they require their own registration and fee (they are not included as part of the ACBS World Conference). CE credits are available.

 

Learn about the specific workshops below:

ACBS staff

Full list of Pre-Conference Workshops

Full list of Pre-Conference Workshops

ACBS World Conference 12, Pre-Conference workshops

June 17-18, 2-day workshops:

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Using Mindfulness and Values to Make Powerful Life Enhancing Changes

Robyn Walser, Ph.D.
(Clinical; Beginner, Intermediate)

  • An Experiential Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (not just for beginners)

Kelly Wilson, Ph.D.
(Clinical; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)

  • Applying Contextual Behavioral Science Beyond the Clinic: Practical and Scientific Considerations

Tony Biglan, Ph.D.
(Community Applications/ Relational Frame Theory; Intermediate, Advanced)

  • Exploring ways of doing ACT with kids and parents

Nanni Presti M.D., Ph.D., Giovanni Miselli, Ph.D., & Ian Stewart, Ph.D.
(Clinical; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)

  • Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT): Mastering The Basics

Kirk Strosahl, Ph.D., Patti Robinson, Ph.D., & Thomas Gustavsson, M.Sc.
(Clinical, Behavioral medicine; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)

  • Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP): Deepening Your Clinical Skills of Awareness, Courage, Therapeutic Love and Behavioral Interpretation

Mavis Tsai, Ph.D., Robert Kohlenberg, Ph.D., & Jonathan Kanter, Ph.D.
(Clinical; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)

  • How to give your sessions IMPACT: Interpersonal Mindfulness Processes in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

Russ Harris, M.D.
(Clinical; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)

  • The Science of Compassion and ACT – Deepening a Compassionate Focus in Applied CBS

Benjamin Schoendorff, MSc, & Dennis Tirch, Ph.D.
(Clinical; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)

  • Wielding the Double-Edged Sword: How to Use Relational Frame Theory to Master Verbal Interactions, Experiential Exercises, and Metaphors in Therapy

Matthieu Villatte, Ph.D., Jennifer Villatte, Ph.D., & Sonja Batten, Ph.D.
(Clinical, RFT; Intermediate, Advanced)


June 17, 1-day workshops:

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Basics

Matthew McKay, Ph.D., & Patricia Zurita Ona, PsyD
(Clinical; Beginner, Intermediate)

  • From ACT Gone Wild to Verbal Aikido: Exploring the Simplicity of the ACT Matrix

Kevin Polk, Ph.D., & Mary Burkhart, Ph.D.
(Clinical; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)

  • Let's talk about Sex: Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) to work therapeutically with sexual issues- Cancelled

Aisling Curtin, Ph.D.
We apoligize, but this workshop has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstance.

  • The Weight Escape Practitioner

Joseph Ciarrochi, Ph.D.
(Behavioral medicine; Beginner, Intermediate)

  • Therapist use of self in ACT

Helen Bolderston, Ph.D. & David Gillanders, DClinPsy.
(Clinical; Intermediate, Advanced)

  • Treatment Anxiety Disorders from a Contextual Behavioral Science Viewpoint

Michael Twohig, Ph.D.
(Clinical; Intermediate)


June 18, 1-day workshops:

  • ACT Supervision: What the Func?

Amy Murrell, Ph.D., & Rawya Al-Jabari, M.S.
(Training, Clinical; Beginner, Intermediate)

  • ACT in Groups

Joann Wright, Ph.D.
(Clinical; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)

  • Fear & Flexibility: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anxiety and OCD -Spectrum Disorders in Children, Teens & Adults

Lisa Coyne, Ph.D., Jeff Szymanski, Ph.D., & Denise Egan Stack, MA, LMHC
(Clinical; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)

  • RFT for clinical use

Niklas Törneke, M.D., Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, Ph.D., & Carmen Luciano, Ph.D.
(Clinical; Relational Frame Theory, Advanced)

  • Using ACT to treat anorexia nervosa across the lifespan

Ronda Merwin, Ph.D. & Ashley Moskovich, M.A.
(Clinical; Intermediate, Advanced)

  • Working with Acceptance, Mindfulness, and Values in Chronic Pain: An Introduction and Skills Building Seminar

Kevin Vowles, Ph.D.
(Clinical, Behavioral medicine; Beginner, Intermediate)
 

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