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OutlineACT in a NutshellThe role of values: mindfulness, accep-tance, commitment, behaviorExperiential avoidanceExistential behaviorismPsychological flexibilityACT for anxiety, depression, trauma and personality disordersDisorder-specific strategies Common treatment elements Metaphors, paradox and experiential exercises

Role of Exposure in ACTTranslate client values into behavioral goalsBarriers to behavioral goals: external and internal avoidanceExternal Exposure Situations PeopleInternal Exposure Thoughts Emotions Memories Bodily sensations

ACT in ActionAnxiety Client avoidance strategies (including rumination)Clean vs. dirty anxietyAttack reason givingAnxiety detector exerciseTurn up the willingness knobMountain of food metaphorPassengers on the bus metaphorAnd vs. but

TraumaFunction of trauma symptomsSpecify treatment goalsTarget self-harm behaviorsIncrease psychological safetyTin can monster exerciseMindfulness exercises

DepressionRole of avoidance in depressionTarget suicidalityEvaluation vs. description exerciseBuy thoughts and defuse languageObserving self-exercise

Personality DisordersIncrease emotional toleranceValues clarificationMind vs. experience Man in the hole analogyTarget the client’s storyWork with client angerRole of therapist self-disclosureChessboard metaphor

• Integrate ACT techniques and skills into your current practice

• Simplify and implement ACT concepts

• Case examples, video clips and role-play

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ACT Made Easy:

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ACT Made Easy:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapyfor

Depression, Anxiety, Trauma and Personality Disorders

1. Define ACT concepts such as experiential avoidance and cognitive defusion.

2. Illustrate the role of psychological flexibility in ACT and list techniques for increasing it.

3. Identify how to reduce experiential avoidance by implementing emotional and behavioral willingness techniques with clients.

4. Demonstrate how ACT incorporates elements of exposure therapy to reduce experiential avoidance.

5. Discover core ACT concepts through the use of role-playing, case examples and clinical videos.

6. Integrate ACT techniques into treatment for specific disorders including depression, anxiety, trauma and the personality disorders.

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Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into your practice offers a new way for you to achieve positive therapeutic outcomes with difficult-to-treat clients.

Join experienced ACT presenter Jennifer Patterson, Psy.D., LCPC, as she delivers an exercise and technique-heavy course that will give you the tools needed to more effectively treat clients with depression, anxiety, trauma, and personality disorders.

Jennifer will teach you the main concepts of ACT, including mindfulness, acceptance, and defusion--demonstrating how these create greater psychological flexibility. Discover a variety of techniques for helping clients who are struggling to make difficult behavior changes due to the presence of painful thoughts, feelings and memories. You will learn how to effectively use metaphors, custom techniques and experiential exercises to help your clients identify their values and translate them into behavior goals.

Through case examples, video clips, and role-play you will be able to integrate ACT techniques and skills in your practice tomorrow!

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ACT Made Easy: Acceptance and Commitment Therapyfor Depression, Anxiety, Trauma and Personality Disorders

Jennifer Patterson, Psy.D., LCPC, has a mission to offer evidence-based psychotherapy to help others live full and abundant lives. She is the clinical director of the MidAmerican Psychological Institute (MPI) in Joliet, Illinois, and established MPI’s Clinic for Compulsive Behaviors which aims to use evidenced-based treatment for behaviors like hoarding, self-injury and emotional eating. At MPI she supervises pre-doctoral candidates using ACT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP). Dr. Patterson also provides consultation for rehabilitation and pain patients at Silver Cross Hospital.

Dr. Patterson received both her Master’s and Doctoral degrees from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology and is an expert in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and empirically supported treatments. She is an ACT trainer who leads workshops across the country and served as the vice-president of the Chicago Chapter for the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Patterson is a featured psychologist on “Hoarding: Buried Alive” on The Learning Channel and an author for Psychology Today’s blog When More Isn’t Enough.Speaker Disclosure:

Financial: Jennifer Patterson has an employment relationship with MidAmerican Psychological Institute. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Nonfinancial: Jennifer Patterson is a member of the American Psychological Association; and Illinois Psychological Association.

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Transform your life with meditations for healing and happiness. This unique card deck gives you 52 simple meditations to connect you to the present moment, cultivate happiness, take loving care of your emotions, enhance your wellbeing, and develop gratitude. Select a card each day for a relaxing and renewing meditation.

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