ACT Advanced Strategies to Increase Psychological Flexibility: Case Conceptualizations

Date course created: June 2024

ACT is becoming an increasingly popular therapy approach for its relative versatility and rich toolset, which can be applied alongside virtually any therapeutic orientation. ACT helps place the power of healing back into the client’s own strengths and natural ability to overcome adversity.

Case studies amplify your learning when starting to incorporate Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) Therapy into your treatment approach. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy aims to increase your client’s psychological flexibility, and this training will review the ACT model, and also explore what you should be looking for with your client that leads to their inflexibility. Bach & Moran (2008) developed a case conceptualization format called the “ACT Inflexahex” which outlines the clinically relevant issues that clients may potentially demonstrate leading to psychological inflexibility and behavioral health concerns.

Trauma, substance use, anxiety, and depressed mood issues are demonstrated in the several cases examined during this webinar. Actual cases will be reviewed, and then analyzed using the Inflexahex case conceptualization model. You will learn about the six components of psychological flexibility (acceptance, perspective taking, values, defusion, committed action, and contacting the present moment). In addition, we’ll also discuss the six components of psychological inflexibility (experiential avoidance, self-as-content, lack of values clarity, fusion, persistent inactivity and impulsivity, and dominating concepts of the past and future).

**This is a 5.75-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**

Agenda:

00:00 – 01:00: Understanding ACT

01:00 – 02:00: ACT Concepts Explained

02:00 – 03:00: Mindfulness Exercise

03:00 – 05:00: Mindful Action and Contact with the Present

05:00 – 05:45: Resources and Wrap Up

Objectives:

This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:

a). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn and describe the six basic components of psychological flexibility.

b). After completing this training, participants will be able to discuss and apply the six components of psychological inflexibility.

c). After completing this training, participants will be able to recognize and describe the problem of fusion in clinical work.

d). After completing this training, participants will be able to recognize and describe the problem of experiential avoidance in clinical work.

e). After completing this training, participants will be able to recognize and describe the problem of weak self-knowledge in clinical work.

f). After completing this training, participants will be able to recognize and describe the problem of lacking values clarity in clinical work.

g). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn and describe how ACT undermines problematic language functions.

h). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn and apply the Inflexahex case conceptualization approach to assess for psychological inflexibility.

Target Audience:

Mental Health Clinicians & Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Counselors, School Personnel,  and Healthcare Workers.

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Instructor(s): Daniel J. Moran, PhD, BCBA-D

Material Author(s): Daniel J. Moran, PhD, BCBA-D

Dr. Daniel J. Moran is the founder of Pickslyde Consulting, an organization aimed at using evidence-based applications to improve leadership, performance, safety, and wellness in the workplace. His organization has also trained tens-of-thousands of people in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and other evidence-based treatment approaches. In addition, he is an associate professor at Touro University and co-founder of its Doctor of Psychology program in New York City. Dr. Moran earned his Ph.D. in Clinical & School Psychology from Hofstra University in 1998, under the supervision of Kurt Salzinger and Richard O’Brien. He is the past-president of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, and the Association for Behavior Analysis International gave him the Outstanding Mentor Award in 2014. Dr. Moran has several publications focused on the application of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and behavioral science to clinical issues, leadership, and behavioral health. He has made media appearances on The Learning Channel, Animal Planet, and The Oprah Winfrey Network to discuss anxiety disorders and hoarding related disorders. Dr. Moran is also a Recognized ACTrainer and Board Certified Behavior Analyst.

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