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Ethics and Psychedelics:

Understanding Ethical Issues Involved in the Use of Psychedelic Medicines

When: September 30th, 2022, 1pm to 4:15pm

Where: Online

Speakers: Temple Morris, LCSW-C, Miranda Morris, PhD

Course Description:

Psychedelic-assisted therapy may represent an upcoming paradigm shift in the treatment of mental health problems as recent clinical trials have demonstrated strong evidence of their therapeutic benefits. This workshop will provide health care professionals an overview of the ethical issues involved in this new clinical area. While psychedelics are currently prohibited substances in most countries, the growing popularity of their therapeutic potential is leading many people to use psychedelics on their own rather than waiting for legal medical access. Therapists therefore have an ethical duty to meet this need by providing support for clients using psychedelics. However, incorporating psychedelics into traditional psychotherapy poses some risk given their prohibited status, and many therapists are unsure of how they might practice in this area. This workshop explicates such risks and describes ways in which therapists can mitigate them and strive to practice within legal and ethical boundaries. A harm reduction approach will be emphasized as a useful framework for conducting therapy around clients' use of psychedelics.

In this workshop, we will review the history of the use of psychedelics with an appreciation for their long-standing use by many indigenous cultures. Differences between the most common psychedelics will be explored as will their psychological and physical effects. The two major waves of psychedelic research will be summarized, with emphasis on more recent and rigorous clinical trials, particularly those using contextual behavioral approaches. In addition, The current legal status of psychedelics will be reviewed, including Oregon’s recent passing of an initiative to legalize psilocybin-assisted therapy. Finally, diversity issues around lack of access for underserved and non-majority populations will be explored. This workshop will emphasize the need to prioritize diversity and accessibility as psychedelic assisted psychotherapy becomes more widely available.

Though primarily didactic, this workshop will include experiential exercises and small group work to deepen their understanding of the issues related to psychedelics as a treatment tool.

Cost:

Early Registration (by August 31 ) $75
Standard Registration (by Sept 1) $95
CE certificate (3 hours) $10

Registration fee covers instruction.

The activity is pending approval for 3 CEs for psychologists, counselors, and social workers. You must attend the course in its entirety in order to receive continuing education credits. CE credits are not given for the 10:15-10:30am break.

Refunds: A $25 processing fee will be charged for registration refunds up to September 15. We regret that after September 15, refunds cannot be made, but you may request credit toward a future program. If you need a refund, please contact us via email at drmirandamorris@gmail.com.

Learning Objectives: After attending this training you will be able to:

  • Identify and describe at least 3 harm reduction strategies related to the use of psychedelic medicines
  • Describe at least 2 obstacles related to lack of access for underserved and non-majority populations
  • Describe the safety and addiction potential of at least one psychedelic medicine (e.g., ketamine, psilocybin, MDMA) when administered by trained professionals

Instructor Bios:

Temple Morris, LCSW-C is a clinical social worker in Bethesda, MD. Her primary modalities are Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration therapy (HRIT). In her capacity as a member of the Association of Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS), she serves on the board of the ACBS Psychedelic & NOSC Special Interest group (Psychedelic SIG), co-facilitates a monthly psychedelic HRIT peer consultation group, and co-facilitates the monthly Psychedelic SIG member meeting. She is also a founding member of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy & Healing (PATH), a collective of local clinicians committed to providing training and education around legal psychedelic medicines, as well as equitable access to ketamine-assisted therapy. She also leads a bi-monthly training and clinical consultation on trauma-informed ACT for MEND clinicians (a collaboration of trauma experts dedicated to healing communities of color).

Miranda Morris, PhD is a psychologist in Bethesda, MD. She is a Peer Reviewed ACT Trainer, and she conducts regular workshops in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and related therapies including Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) and basic Relational Frame Theory (RFT) She is currently Past President of the Board of the Association of Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS). In addition, Miranda is an active member of the Mid Atlantic Chapter of ACBS Chapter and their ACT Carolinas affiliate. In her paid-work life, she is the Co-founder of True North Therapy and Training, a group dedicated to sharing contextual behavioral therapies with clients, practitioners, and the broader community.

FOR MORE INFORMATION Please email Admin@truenorthact.com

No commercial support was obtained for this CE program or for the instruction content that could be construed as a conflict of interest. No commercial support is being sought for an endorsement of any product (e.g., books, programs, etc.).

Detailed Schedule:

September 30th - 3 CE credits total
8:45-9:00am Check-in (0 CE credit)
9:00-10:00am Ethical issues in psychedelics use and research

  • Honoring the indigenous roots of psychedelic medicines
  • Barriers to diversity, equity & inclusion
  • A short history of psychedelics research
  • Criminalization as an ethical issue
  • Comparing the efficacy of psychedelics to traditional psychoactive medications
(1 CE Credit)
10:00- 10:30 Current Research

  • Overview of the research
  • Efficacy of specific substances
  • Ethical Issues in current psychedelic research
(.5 CE credits)
10:30-10:45 Break (0 CE credits)
10:45- 11:15 Ethics of Harm Reduction

  • Client education
  • Phenomenology
  • Side Effects
  • Adverse Effects/Contraindications
(.5 CE credits)
11:15-12:15 Safety Issues in and outside of therapeutic settings

  • Knowing the law
  • Addiction potential
  • “Set & Setting” - mindset and physical setting
  • Interpersonal issues in the therapeutic relationship
(1 CE credit)

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Games & Frames:

Enhancing your ACT with Functional Assessment and Relational Frame Theory

When: March 4th and 5th, 9:00AM – 4:30PM

Where: 4405 East West Highway, Suite 403

Speakers: Evan Marks, LCSW, and Miranda Morris, PhD

Schedule:

Friday, March 4 - 6 CE credits total Saturday, March 5 - 6 CE credits total
8:30 – 9:00 Coffee/tea 8:30 – 9:00 Coffee/tea
9:00 – 10:15 Program 9:00 – 10:15 Program
10:15 – 10:30 Break 10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00 Program 10:30 – 12:15 Program
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch 12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
1:30 – 2:45 Program 1:15 – 2:30 Program
2:45 – 3:00 Break 2:30 – 2:45 Break
3:00 – 5:00 Program 2:45 – 5:00 Program

Cost:

Early Registration (by Feb 20, 2022) $250
Standard Registration (by Feb 28, 2022) $300
Late Registration (after March 1, 2022) $350
CE certificate (12 hours) $25
Registration fee covers instruction and coffee/tea.

The activity has approval for 12 CEs for psychologists, counselors and Maryland social workers. You must attend the course in its entirety in order to receive continuing education credits. CE credits are not given for the 8:30 – 9:00 AM coffee/tea time, lunch time, or the 15-minute breaks.

The Association for Contextual Behavioral Science is approved by the American

Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Association

for Contextual Behavioral Science maintains responsibility for this program and its content

Refunds:  A $15 processing fee will be charged for registration refunds up to Feb 15th. We regret that after Feb 15th refunds cannot be made, but you may request credit toward a future program. If you need a refund, please contact us via email at Admin@TrueNorthACT.com

Course Description:

This workshop is designed to help you get under the hood of ACT - explore the fundamental theoretical structures upon which ACT is built and learn how to design interventions to target problems in your most difficult clients. The purpose of this work is to help you learn how to create microlevel interventions that allow you to orient yourself when the targets of higher level interventions are simply too distant to reach.

The workshop is designed to be highly experiential and, quite frankly, a lot of fun. It is designed to introduce practitioners who are already familiar with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to the foundations of the model: Behavioral Analysis (BA), Functional Contextualism (FC), Functional Assessment (FA), and Relational Frame Theory (RFT).

That's a lot of acronyms, we know! But we want to do much more than teach you terms, we want to show you how to use this knowledge to help your clients. If you want to work towards being at the cutting edge of your field this is the training for you.

This workshop is ideal for folks who are already practicing ACT (intermediate or advanced) who want to broaden their repertoire and deepen their understanding of ACT.  For more information go to: https://truenorthact.com/

After attending this training you will be able to:

A. Explain operant and respondent conditioning
B. Explain the term "context" as used in functional contextual philosophy
C. Explain the term "function" as used in functional contextual philosophy
D. Describe the pragmatic truth criterion in functional contextualism
E. Describe mutual entailment
F. Describe combinatorial mutual entailment
G. Describe transformation of stimulus function
H. Identify and describe at least 3 relational frames
 I.  Explain functional assessment
J. Define rule governed behavior
K. Explain how to use the ABC model in order to create a functional assessment of client behavior
L. Explain at least two strategies for co-creating effective metaphors with clients

Instructor Bios:

Evan Marks, LCSW-C is a licensed clinical social worker and the owner and operator of Adaptation, a private therapy practice located in Bethesda Maryland. He is also Co-founder of True North Therapy and Training, a group practice dedicated to sharing contextual behavioral therapies with clients, practitioners, and the broader community.  Evan specializes in the use of evidence-based therapies – including ACT and other contextual behavioral therapies – to treat individuals with substance use, mood, and anxiety disorders. Evan is also a former member at large for the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.

Miranda Morris, PhD is a psychologist in Bethesda, MD.  She is an ACBS Peer Reviewed ACT Trainer who conducts workshops internationally on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and related contextual behavioral approaches including Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) and clinical applications of Relational Frame Theory (RFT).  She is currently President of the Board of the Association of Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) and President Emeritus of the Mid Atlantic Chapter of ACBS Chapter.  Miranda is Co-founder of True North Therapy and Training, a group practice dedicated to sharing contextual behavioral therapies with clients, practitioners, and the broader community.

FOR MORE INFORMATION Please email Miranda Morris at
drmirandamorris@gmail.com

No commercial support was obtained for this CE program or for the instruction content that could be construed as a conflict of interest.  No commercial support is being sought for an endorsement of any product (e.g., books, drugs, etc.).  Dr. Morris and Mr. Marks will receive payment for this presentation.

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Past Events

ACT Naturally: Increasing Your Therapeutic Effectiveness
by Incorporating RFT In-session

When: February 28th, 2020 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Where: 4405 East West Highway, Suite 403

Speakers: Evan Marks, LCSW and Miranda Morris, PhD

Detailed Schedule:

February 28th - 6 CE credits total​
8:30 – 9:00 Coffee, tea
9:00 – 10:15 Program
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:15 Program
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 2:30 Program
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 4:30 Program

Cost:

Early Registration (by Jan 1, 2020) $75
Standard Registration (by Feb. 1, 2019) $85
Late Registration (after Feb. 20th, 2017) $100
CE certificate (6 hours) $10
Registration fee covers instruction and coffee/tea.

The activity has approval for 6 CEs for psychologists, counselors, and Maryland social workers. Please check with your licensing board if you an unsure about APA CE credits. You must attend the course in its entirety in order to receive continuing education credits. CE credits are not given for the 8:30 – 9:00 AM coffee/tea time, lunch time, or the 15-minute breaks.

The Association for Contextual Behavioral Science is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Association for Contextual Behavioral Science maintains responsibility for this program and its content

Refunds: A $15 processing fee will be charged for registration refunds up to Feb 20th. We regret that after Feb 20th refunds cannot be made, but you may request credit toward a future program. If you need a refund, please contact us via email at drmirandamorris@gmail.com.

Course Description:

This workshop is designed to introduce individuals who are already familiar with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to the foundations of the model: Behavioral Analysis (BA), Functional Contextualism (FC), and Relational Frame Theory. The purpose of the training is two fold: 1) to demonstrate the relevance of ACT theory and philosophy to clinical work, 2) to help clinicians increase the precision and efficacy of their interventions with clients. The workshop is ideal for practitioners who are already practicing ACT (intermediate or advanced) who want to broaden their repertoire and deepen their understanding of ACT

​The workshop will begin with the basics of BA and will include a review of operant and respondent conditioning. From there, we will explore FC, with an emphasis on the pragmatic truth criterion and functional analysis. With this foundation in place, we will explore the basics of language and cognition through an RFT lense. We will use didactic methods, metaphors and experiential exercises to help give participants a strong grasp on concepts that can be hard for clinicians to hold on to (e.g., arbitrarily applicable relational responding, multiple exemplar training, generalized operants, mutual entailment, combinatorial entailment, and transformation of stimulus function). In addition, we will use experiential exercises to help participants identity and work with different relational frames and to enhance their sensitivity to context and flexible responding. Throughout the workshop, we will use case examples, group exercises and role/real play exercises to help participants put concepts into practice.

After attending this training you will be able to:

  1. Explain operant and respondent conditioning
  2. Explain the terms "function" and "context" as used in functional contextual philosophy
  3. Describe the pragmatic truth criterion in functional contextualism and how it informs therapeutic intervention.
  4. Explain how derived relational responding is the fundamental element in human language and is a generalized operant
  5. Describe the defining features of relational frames: mutual entailment, combinatorial mutual entailment and transformation of stimulus function
  6. Identify and describe at least 3 relational frames
  7. Practice using the ABC model in order to create a functional analysis of client behavior
  8. Explain rule governed behavior and describe how augmenting, tracking and pliance respectively influence human behavior

ACT Training and Networking Event

When: May 29-31, 2020

Where: Duke University, Erwin Mill, Durham, NC

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