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.