When: Feb 10th and 17th
Where: Online
Speakers: Evan Marks, LCSW-C, Temple Morris, LCSW-C, Kate McSpadden Leinweber, LCSW-C, Miranda Morris, PhD
Cost:
| Early Registration (by Jan 17th, 2023) | $225 |
| Standard Registration | $255 |
| CE certificate (12 hours) | $10 |
| Student Rate | $75 |
Registration fee covers instruction.
The activity has approval for 12 CEs for psychologists, counselors, and social workers. You must attend the course in its entirety in order to receive continuing education credits.
- 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
- This activity has approval from the National Association of Social Workers for 3 CE credits
- CE credits are not given for the 15-minute breaks.
CEs are awarded contingent on timely post-event paperwork submission by event organizers
Refunds: A $25 processing fee will be charged for registration refunds up to December 10th. We regret that after December 10th 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 experiential avoidance
- Identify and describe cognitive fusion
- Explain psychological flexibility
- Identify and describe the 6 core processes of ACT
- Explain what is meant by "context" in ACT
- Explain what is meant by "function" in ACT
- Explain the pragmatic truth criterion or "workability"
- Identify and employ at least 3 ACT in-session exercises
- Describe how self-compassion work can be integrated into the ACT model
- Explain functional assessment "light" in ACT
- Describe the therapeutic stance in ACT
- Practice moving fluently between ACT processes
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 specializes in the use of evidenced 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.
Kate McSpadden Leinweber, LCSW-C is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice at True North Therapy & Training. She treats a broad range of difficulties including anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and grief. She has extensive training and experience using various evidenced-based treatments, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). She primarily utilizes ACT as the groundwork for helping clients cultivate meaningful, values-based patterns of living.
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.
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 and President of the Board 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).
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.).