ACT Intensive Course
This course is provided in an on-demand format, in which registrants recive 9 hours of on-demand video content, all Powerpoint slides, handouts, and resources. Registrants are provided indefinite access to content- so you can sign up now even if you don't plan to watch the course for awhile!
Course Description:
Day 1: Introduction to Acceptance Commitment Therapy Theory and Processes (4.5 hours)
Day 2: Working with Different Diagnostic Presentations through the ACT Core Processes (4.5 hours)
This course provides an overview of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), discusses its underlying theory, six core processes, and their application for a range of presentations, such as anxiety disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This course is appropriate for clinicians of all levels who provide mental health services to adolescents and adults. Participants will learn the six core processes of ACT: acceptance, defusion, mindfulness, self as context, values, and committed action. Experiential exercises will be used for participants to experience core processes from the inside out. Day 1 will focus on the core theory, model and processes of ACT, while Day 2 will apply ACT to anxiety disorders, OCD, and PTSD. Participants will learn how each core process of ACT and ACT-based exposure can help individuals with anxiety disorders, OCD, and PTSD build willingness and lead a values-based life.
This intensive course:
-Teaches the six core processes of ACT: acceptance, defusion, mindfulness, self-as-context, values, and committed action.
-Presents the theory and model of ACT, applications of ACT to diverse diagnoses, populations, and settings.
-Includes experiential exercises, case examples, multimedia for applied, clinical learning.
-Provides an overview for how to use ACT for clients with anxiety disorders, OCD, and PTSD
-Prepares participants to integrate ACT into exposure therapy, through values based exposure and incorporate of each core process
Course is fully facilitated by Dr. Emily Wharton.
Please reach out if you have any questions at Dr.Emily.Wharton@gmail.com.
No CEs are offerred for this course, however participants may receive a certificate of completion if desired.
COURSE FEES:
Licensed clinician course fee: $399 --> $40 off SUMMER SALE until 7/9/24: $359
Unlicensed clinician/student course fee: $349 --> $40 off SUMMER SALE until 7/9/24: $309
If you would prefer to not pay the additional EventBrite processing fees, you can Zelle the base amount ($309 for unlicensed/student, $359 for licensed) to Dr. Wharton directly at emilywharton23@gmail.com to access the course or Venmo Dr. Wharton at @Emily-Wharton. In the Zelle/Venmo note space, please write which course you are purchasing and whether you are licensed, unlicensed, or a current student, and include your email so that I can send you the course materials.
Please allow 2-3 business days for processing to receive course content upon registration.
E mily Wharton, Psy.D.
Dr. Emily Wharton is a Clinical Instructor at the Cognitive Behavior Institute, where she teaches courses in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Dr. Wharton has also served in roles of Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, and licensed clinical psychologist in the Palo Alto VA and her private practice. She has provided supervision and training for VA and Stanford psychiatry residents, medical students, and psychology trainees in ACT, DBT, and MI. Dr. Wharton trained at the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, San Francisco VA, UCSF, and Palo Alto VA. Dr. Wharton has also served as the Member-At-Large Director for the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Wharton has given lectures and trainings for the Palo Alto VA, Stanford University, and the Association for Contextual and Behavioral Science. Dr. Wharton has published papers and book chapters on ACT for PTSD, ACT for moral injury, mindfulness practices for anxiety disorders, and group trauma-focused CBT for parents of preterm infants.
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