Michael C. May – Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) Proficiency Course: Master the Core Components & Skills of ACT Across Diagnoses

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• [Instant Download] – Immediately deliver the download link after receiving the payment Purchase Michael C. May - Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) Proficiency Course: Master the Core Components & Skills of ACT Across Diagnoses courses at here with PRICE $219.99 $41 Faculty:Michael C. MayDuration:6 Hours 21 MinutesFormat:Audio and VideoCopyright:Dec 11, 2019 Description Manual - ACT Proficiency Course (4.8 MB) 27 Pages Available after Purchase Outline ACT Foundations: What You Need to Know Context: Why it is Fundamental to ACTHow to determine the functional purpose of behaviorWhat is language: Relational Frame TheoryThe source of psychological sufferingThe ACT model of psychopathologyExperiential avoidance, cognitive fusion & the toxic cyclePsychological Flexibility: What it is & why it’s importantThe Inflexahex diagnostic modelLimitations of the research & potential risksTHE CORE CONCEPTS OF ACT Acceptance: Combat Experiential Avoidance What is “acceptance” in ACT?Experiential avoidance: The “Control Agenda”Client control over unwanted thoughts & feelingsHow to confront the control agendaInterventions for fostering acceptanceAcceptance Exercises: The “Unwanted Party Guest;” “Barriers to Writing”Defusion: Break Down Thoughts as Barriers The problem with cognitive fusionWeaken unworkable language functionsShould thoughts always control behavior?Build an environment of defusion within sessionStrategies for building defusion skillsDefusion Exercise: “Having vs Believing” our thoughtsSelf-As-Context: Aid Clients in Distancing Themselves from Their Thoughts What is self-as-context?Self-as-content vs.

• self-as-contextMitigate attachment to the conceptualized selfHelp clients understand self-as-contextInterventions to foster self-as-contextSelf-As-Context Exercise: The “observer self”Contact with the Present Moment: Mindfulness Strategies to Reduce Worry about the Past & Future Mindfulness: A core feature of all human psychopathologyWhat “mindfulness” means in ACTThe goal of mindfulness practice in ACTHow to train mindfulness with flexibilityOvercome obstacles in teaching mindfulnessAddress relaxation-induced panicFormal & informal mindfulness interventionsContact with the Present Moment Exercise: Mindfulness without MeditationValues: Guide Clients in Identifying & Clarifying What Matters The importance of values in ACTHow values can be transformative in human behaviorValues & goalsHow to evoke values from clientsFrom instant gratification to pursuit of valuesValues Clarification Exercise: The EulogyCommitted Action: Establish Values-Consistent Patterns of Behavior The relationship between values & committed actionWhat’s considered committed action?Address persistent inaction, impulsivity or avoidanceInterventionsExposure-based approachesBehavioral activation strategiesSocial-skills training interventionsProblem-solving barriers to committed actionBehavioral homeworkCase Study: Engaging in committed action with depressionACT in Action: Utilize ACT with Specific Clinical Populations PTSDAnxietyPersonality disordersDepression Faculty Michael C. May, MA, LCPC Related seminars and products: 3 Compassionate Psychological Care, LLP Michael C. May, MA, LCPC is a psychotherapist in private practice and an ACT Trainer.

• He is a founding partner of Compassionate Psychological Care, LLP, a clinic that provides a wide-range of psychological services with offices in Chicago and Highland Park, IL.

• Within his private practice, his clinical work is focused on anxiety-related presenting concerns, primarily Panic Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

• Michael is also co-founder of Enriched Couples LLC, a company focused on utilizing applied behavioral science in conjunction with financial literacy training to aid young couples in undermining toxic experiential avoidance and building vital and valued relationships.Michael has received advanced training in various contextual behavioral approaches to psychotherapy including Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and regularly provides workshops and professional trainings on Acceptance & Commitment Therapy.