Act with Compassion: Deepening your skill in working with highly self-critical and shame prone clients (Day 2)
Shame is an important part of the clinical picture for many clients, particularly those who are struggling with chronic depression, complex trauma, addiction, eating disorders, stigma, and prejudice. Until very recently, few research-based interventions have been available to guide clinicians in treating chronic shame. However, new research into shame is finally beginning to identify effective… Show more interventions to help therapists navigate this difficult landscape. One such intervention is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
This workshop will explore the Act theory of self and its centrality in working with shame, self-criticism, and the development of self-compassion. In addition to focusing on the conceptualized self, we will also examine how the client’s construction of the therapist is important in working with these types of clients. A particular focus of this workshop will be on the use of perspective taking interventions to help clients develop newer and more flexible ways of relating to themselves. Participants will engage in their own experiential work in small groups using Act processes. Therapists can expect to walk away with an increased experiential and practical understanding of how to use acceptance, mindfulness, perspective-taking, and values interventions with clients suffering from chronic shame and self-criticism.
While this one day workshop can be taken alone, it is designed to pair well with the introductory training offered on the preceeding day that requires separate registration. Didactic information about shame and self-criticism occurs mostly on the first day and this second day focuses more strongly on application. See here for more information or to register: seattlecompassion1.eventbrite.com
AUDIENCE
This workshop is intended for those with at least a working knowledge of Act as the basics of the Act model will not be covered in this workshop. This workshop focuses on application of Act processes in a specific context with exercises designed to help facilitate the application of processes with sensitivity to context and function. Those who need an introduction to Act might consider taking the introductory workshop on the preceding day ( seattlecompassion1.eventbrite.com ).
Ce Credits Total Ce Credits: 6 Evidence-Based Practice Institute, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Evidence-Based Practice Institute, LLC, maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
LEARNING Objectives
After attending this training, participants will be able to :
Use theory around flexible perspective taking to guide the implementation of compassion focused interventions.
Develop a basic understanding of the use of chair work in an Act approach to shame and self-criticism
Describe how to sequence Act interventions for chronic shame and self-criticism
Describe how compassion focused interventions fit inside an Act model.
WORKSHOP LEADER
Jason Luoma, Ph.D. is Director of Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, and Training Center in Portland, Or where he also main tains a clinical practice focused on helping people with chronic shame and self-criticism to develop more self-compassion. After earning his doctorate, Jason spent four years at the University of Nevada, Reno studying Act with its creator, Dr. Steven Hayes. Jason is an internationally recognized trainer in Act and author of Learning Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, a book popular with professionals for its mixture of sophistication and accessibility. He has over 30 publications on shame, stigma, and Act including publishing first randomized trial of an Act approach to shame in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology .
Workshop LOCATION
Phinney Center - Community Hall 6532 Phinney Ave. N Seattle, Wa 98103
8:30am-4:30pm - January 31, 2015
Sponsored By:
Evidence-Based Practice Institute, LLC
Washington Chapter of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
Refund/cancellation policy
We charge a $15 administration fee for cancellations made more than one week before the training event. For cancellations within one week of the training event, we will refund 50% of the tuition. Alternately, participants may elect to apply 100% of their tuition to a future training event. No refunds will be given after training events.
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