Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACTr)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT and ACTr)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT and ACTr) are behaviour analytic treatments that can be scaled as a modality of psychotherapy or as a training approach suitable to applied behaviour analysts. ACT and ACTr (ACT for our purposes here) aims to help people who are struggling with unproductive self-talk to see this as behaviour that can be changed to better serve them.

Behaviour analysts and behaviour therapists have long helped people respond effectively by changing their environments. For people with strong verbal skills, part of these environments is private and therefore less accessible. ACT makes that private part of the world that is otherwise inaccessible more available for observation, helps individuals see themselves and their circumstances more flexibly, take stock of what matters, and act more effectively.

In this workshop, we will introduce the ACT model and teach you to functionally assess unworkable verbal strategies, uncover client metaphors and use them to create unique, individualized ACT interventions in the moment with your clients. We will use modeling, rehearsal, and feedback from facilitators and trained coaches in small and large groups throughout the two days. 

Lunch will be provided.

Eligible attendees will earn Continuing Education Credits

Presented by:

Thomas G. Szabo PhD., BCBA-D., LBA  (he/they)

is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Capella University and is a peer-reviewed ACT trainer who graduated from University of Nevada, Reno under the mentorship of W. Larry Williams and Steven C. Hayes in 2013.

Kendra Thomson PhD., BCBA-D., (she/her) 

is a BCBA-D and Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Disability Studies at Brock University. She is passionate about ACT, and is committed to becoming an ACT peer-reviewed trainer.

Additional Information

Location: 

Accommodations:

Four Points by Sheraton St. Catharines Niagara Suites - https://goo.gl/maps/GFxwfDJoC1pRgw676

Stone Mill Inn - https://goo.gl/maps/5tEKGy9S5vKfTiJ29

Restaurants:

In Piazza  - https://goo.gl/maps/fcMhj5LtsbQmfXT47

Cracker Jack's Bar & Grill - https://goo.gl/maps/cC841tVxoQ4LWiya7

My Place Bar and Grill - https://goo.gl/maps/qqVGHfTrth3zWSpM6