Course description

Introduction to the Training:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can also be described as a form of behavioral analysis used in psychotherapy. ACT is an evidence-based psychological intervention method that encompasses strategies for commitment, psychological flexibility, and behavior change.

This therapy model, which emphasizes acceptance as a method of coping with negative thoughts, feelings, or symptoms, aims to increase the individual's commitment to healthy, constructive activities that support their goals.

• What is ACT Therapy?

• What are the functional differences between Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and ACT?

• Cognitive fusion versus cognitive defusion and related interventions

• Contextual Behavioral Approach

• How to establish psychological rigidity/flexibility formulation, and how to benefit from it in therapy

• Value-based behavioral planning

• Creating creative hopelessness and willingness

• Experiential avoidance versus experiential acceptance

• Interventions related to experiential acceptance

• Developing contact with the present moment skills

• Self and self-related interventions in ACT

• Matrix formulation and its use in therapy

• Using self-criticism and self-compassion interventions

Training Content:

1. MODULE:

What is ACT

Functional Attachment and Relational Frame Theories

What is the difference between Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Classical Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

Developing contact with the present moment skills

Developing effective behavior based on life values

The loss of contact with the present moment

Avoidance, escape, and impulsivity

2. MODULE:

Practical Supervision

Training Methods and Techniques:

The program will include theoretical knowledge transfer, practical role-playing exercises, and activities for evaluating the assessment skills of both therapists and clients effectively.