When: February 27th, 9:00 am to 12:15pm
Where: Zoom platform
Speakers: Staci Martin, PhD, Erin Pressman LCSW-C, LICSW
Description:
In 2024, the Surgeon General of the United States issued an advisory underscoring the urgent need to support the mental health and well-being of parents and caregivers. ACT therapists are in a prime position to help parents learn skills to increase their focus on parenting values and bring a mindful, accepting approach to interactions with their children. In this interactive workshop, attendees will learn how to apply ACT techniques in their work with clients who feel overwhelmed or stressed by the demands of parenting. The presenters will demonstrate evidence-based methods for assessing the workability of their client’s parenting behaviors, exploring relevant contextual factors including cultural dynamics, and helping parents stay in the present moment with self-compassion. Through these processes, clients will learn to identify parenting values and remain connected with them during difficult interactions with their children. Whether your clients have young children or older adolescents, relevant resources for specific ACT techniques and setting measurable, values-based goals to support parenting practices will be shared. The workshop will include didactic presentation, group discussion, and small group practice.
Learning Objectives
After attending this training you will be able to:
- Describe how parents struggle with avoidance and fusion.
- Explain how a functional analysis of parenting behaviors can undermine unworkable patterns.
- Implement at least two ACT exercises designed to help parents increase their psychological flexibility.
Detailed Schedule:
8:50 – 9:00 Check in for attendance
9:00 – 10:15 Program
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:15 Program
Target Audience: This workshop is for intermediate to advanced ACT practitioners. Instructors will assume that attendees are familiar with the model.
Cost:
| Early Registration (by February 6th) | $70 |
| Standard Registration | $85 |
| Student | $20 |
| CE Certificate (3 hours) | $10 |
Registration fee covers instruction.
- This activity is pending approval for 3 CE credits for psychologists and counselors (who can use APA CE credits)
- This activity has approval for 3 CE credits for social workers.
- Weaver and Associates, provider # 2017, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Weaver and Associates maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 12/15/25-12/15/26. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits.
- CEs are awarded contingent on timely post-event paperwork submission by event organizers.
- You must attend the course in its entirety in order to receive continuing education credits. CE credits are not given for the 15-minute break.
Cancellation and Refund Policy: You may cancel your registration, but please note that a $25 processing fee will be charged for registration refunds up to February 6th. We regret that after February 6th, 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
ADA Accommodations: We want this training to be accessible to everyone. The workshop will be closed captioned in English. If there are additional ADA accommodations that you require, please contact us at Admin@TrueNorthACT.com.
Instructor Bios
Dr. Staci Martin is a clinical psychologist and Peer Reviewed ACT Trainer specializing
in ACT for children through adults with health conditions. She is a private ACT consultant and supervisor. She currently chairs the Plenary subcommittee for the ACBS Conference Strategy Committee and serves as associate editor of the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. She has been interviewed on several podcasts about her work doing ACT with medical populations.
Dr. Martin is also a Senior Associate Scientist at the National Cancer Institute, and the Clinical Director of the Health Psychology and Neurobehavioral Research Program. Her research focuses on ACT interventions for pediatric and adult medical populations, including sickle cell disease, cancer, and cancer predisposition syndromes. She has authored over 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals, several of which have been recognized as a Feature Article or Editor’s Choice.
Erin Pressman, LCSW-C, LICSW, Erin Pressman, LCSW-C, LICSW, is a clinical social worker and board-certified supervisor who has specialized in ACT for children, teens, and families for over ten years. She is an AMI certified Montessori Elementary school teacher and her background spans bilingual education, theater, and yoga work with youth. Erin is actively involved in training for professionals, research projects using ACT for teens, the development of ACT based protocols, and she runs ACT consultation groups for this population. She currently serves as Member at Large within the MAC- ACBS board. Erin is a Psychiatric Clinical Social Worker at Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Center for Developmental and Behavioral Health and works at True North Therapy and Training.
For More Information or for Questions or Grievances: Please email Admin@truenorthact.com or erin@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.).