Steven C.Hayes – ACT Immersion 2022
Steven C.Hayes – ACT Immersion 2022
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Steven C.Hayes – ACT Immersion 2022
16 hours of videos, written materials, real plays, clinical tapes, and audio exercises are included in the 10 modules.
Improve your clients’ long-term outcomes and see change happen with
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
A PROCESS-BASED THERAPY
From the desk of a doctor. Reno, Nevada.
Dear friend.
The goal of helping clients deal with adversity and foster lives of greater prosperity is shared by therapists.
This is a huge undertaking and a privilege.
It comes with challenges, not the least of which is this question.
Is our clients getting better?
We don’t know, so far, if we’re honest with ourselves.
It is difficult to judge the effectiveness of our work in real life.
The client sunk deeper into the problems we thought had been addressed despite the sincere praise.
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In psychological intervention, something is going on at a deeper level, beyond the surface content, beyond the praise of a client, and beyond how smooth a session goes.
“Satisfying Our Desire to Help Our Clients”
To satisfy our desire to help our clients, more and more practitioners have moved to evidence-based therapy forms.
Knowing that a protocol has been tested with a specific population gives us some assurance that we are helping.
While the promise of evidence-based protocols has been appealing, it can lead to a by the book approach that can feel restrictive and undermine clinical creativity. Even though we can follow these protocols, they don’t always guarantee long-term results or make it easier for us to know how a client is doing.
To illuminate an exciting new path forward, we need to understand how we ended up in a protocol-dominated therapy world.
“Medicalizing” Human Psychology
We have tried to adapt to the modern world as a community of mental and behavioral health practitioners by medicalizing human suffering.
The DSM-5 has ballooned into nearly 1,000 pages of diagnosable disorders and conditions, and subsequent reported rates for mental disorders have skyrocketed across all populations.
We created a path for producing evidence-based therapies that look like this to treat the wandering target of syndromes and subsyndromes.
You can come up with a treatment concept for a specific condition.
It should be turned into a protocol for that condition.
Test it in controlled studies with a group of patients.
This approach hasn’t paid off despite our best intentions.
The burden of mental and behavioral health problems has only grown and we don’t know if our clients have improved.
We have only limited ways of knowing whether the protocols we are using are making any difference on an individual basis, and this leaves us feeling stuck and shooting blind.
If syndrome-based protocols leave us feeling confined, what should we do?
Even without a scientific framework, we are able to apply our intuition to our client interactions.
We need scientific guidance to give direction and certainty to our creative therapy endeavors in order to provide therapy with lasting impact.
Is there an evidence-based alternative to stringent protocols?
I first asked this question 40 years ago.
Every evidence-based therapy school did the same thing in 1982.
There were a couple of new ideas. We created therapy protocols. They worked after we tested them.
Instead of rushing them out the door, we filed most of the studies and invested the next couple of decades in a different strategy that allowed us to finally move beyond protocols and syndromes.
At a deeper level of the underlying processes, we looked at the changes that were taking place when people were actually getting better.
A lot may be going on during therapy, but what really matters is improvement in a few core processes of change.
Changes in these processes accurately predict long-term outcomes.
Even more encouraging was the realization that we could go beyond syndromes and assigning protocols if we looked at the processes.
Looking at Processes vs. Syndromes
We mean a sequence of events that lead to desirable client outcomes in a dynamic, progressive, and multilevel way.
The benefit and simplicity of looking at the processes is shown by comparing the two approaches.
A group of people who share the same surface-level problem might have the same symptoms, but the processes at the root of their difficulties might be completely different.
Several clients might all struggle with the same underlying process, which might manifest as a wide variety of surface-level symptoms, such as addiction, workaholism, or an eating disorder.
Sometimes a protocol for an eating disorder works because it addresses the right underlying processes for one person, but the same protocol for another person might fail because it doesn’t address the right underlying process for that person.
The 6 Core Flexibility Processes
We identified 6 core psychological flexibility processes which could be directly addressed through therapy. The psychological processes were nested within biological and social levels.
The more flexibility a person exhibits, the better they will do in the long run.
The 6 processes are listed.
Acceptance
Acceptance involves active and aware embrace of experiences without unnecessary attempts to change their form. Acceptance is fostered as a method of increasing values-based action because it is not an end in itself.
Defusion
Defusion attempts to change the way an individual interacts with thoughts by creating contexts in which we can look at thoughts instead of thoughts. This will allow their functions to be diminished. Defusion can be used to help a person separate their identity from their thoughts.
There is a present moment.
To experience the world inside and out more directly, and to allocate attention to what the present moment contains, is the desired end of present moment work. The goal is reached by contemplative methods and training in attentional flexibility that support ongoing non-judgemental contact with psychological and environmental events as they occur.
There is atextualized self.
Human language leads to a sense of self as a way of looking at things. This sense of self is important, in part, because it fosters all of the other flexibility processes and provides a sense of belonging and connection that empower our life journey.
Values
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The ultimate goal of ACT is to develop ever-increasing patterns of values-based action. When behavior change efforts lead to contact with psychological barriers, they can be addressed through other flexibility processes. Concrete goals that are values-consistent can be achieved more quickly.
When You See the Processes Move…
We have developed concepts and measures that focus on these processes. Learning to see and address these 6 processes will allow you to see change happen in real time and know that it matters, not just because your client praises your work or because symptom reductions take place, but because you have actually seen the processes move.
After 20 years of research, studies have shown that working to move these underlying processes has far greater breadth than only working on specific surface-level conditions or syndromes. Good outcomes follow when flexibility processes move.
Acceptance and commitment therapy is an approach to addressing these processes.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
When implemented by clients, the psychological flexibility processes outlined above help them to do better in the long run.
By addressing the underlying processes directly, we can individualize treatment and see if a person is getting better. When treatment produces lasting effects, we can be more confident.
A huge global movement of tens of thousands of therapists and related approaches has transformed the way we conduct therapy.
Over 5,000 studies have been studied by the movement, and we have passed 800 randomized trials.
These processes of change, these liberation processes, are what makes the difference in human lives, and that is what is important about that huge body of work.
Why Therapists and Clients Love ACT
For a variety of reasons, therapists and practitioners from all walks of life are embracing ACT.
Being able to use many parts of their existing arsenal while having an evidence-based foundation, CBT practitioners are excited to implement work in values in their practice, applied health professionals see how flexibility processes can alter how they talk to clients…
Many people feel drawn to the focus on the integration of wisdom traditions.
There are 6 main reasons why therapists and clients love it.
1. It works with almost any form of intervention. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it If you understand the change processes, you will be able to use them more and continue to use the intervention forms that you are familiar with. You can have more fun with your work. This means that you don’t have to abandon what you already know works well; instead, you can refine and use it even more effectively and with a better understanding of why it works.
2. You can see how your clients are improving. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it Seeing in real-time how clients are improving places you in a position where your clients become your teachers, because you can try different things and watch those evidence-based processes move, and if they move substantially, we know the long-term outcomes are likely to be good.
3. It applies to you. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it Last time I checked, therapists and practitioners are people too, based on the psychology of the normal. It’s an empirical fact that those who learn how to use ACT and apply it to themselves experience lower professional burnout and a higher sense of personal accomplishment. They feel well-equipped to bring all of their knowledge into an evidence-based model.
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5. It helps with a lot of psychological issues. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it Many protocols that are tied to specific symptom presentations are not applicable to all people. The processes that we are targeting are relevant to human prosperity and are based on a decades-long program to untangle the human mind. If you know how the mind gets in the way and how to reprogram it, you will be able to help the individual regardless of their external symptoms.
6. It prevents your clients from getting stuck. If it seems like your client is hitting a wall in therapy, just switch to working on one of the other underlying processes, and keep trying new things until you see the processes move. There is no reason to feel stuck again.
There are many reasons why ACT has gone far beyond the purview of its original founders and has become a vibrant movement with a life of its own, with a vibrant community of practitioners all around the world.
How to Learn ACT
Over the last two decades, I have taught and participated in hundreds of studies demonstrating the efficacy of ACT.
I have concluded learning ACT consists of four parts:
1. You can experience the impact of flexibility processes in your own life.
2. Understand the foundations of the model.
3. Determine the flexibility processes and read them in a person’s behavior.
4. Gain the skills to use the methods you already know to move the processes.
In the past I had to join my lab or attend in-person workshops to be trained as a process-based approach.
My first online course. The act of being immersed in something. It will be possible for practitioners from around the world to benefit from what I have learned.
By going through the course, you will be able to experience the impact of the flexibility process, understand the basis of the ACT model, learn to identify and read the processes of change, and gain proficient in applying the techniques to make.
The result of 40 years of work
A small team in my lab started ACT over 40 years ago. The trajectory of evidence-based intervention was changed by a small team.
When we needed basic science to help refine processes of change, I can now see that some of the things that seemed geeky at the time have been fundamental.
As I wind down my academic career, I want you to join the lab so you can benefit from what I have learned. I will do my best to help you.
I had the freedom to design this course. Nothing important has been left out of the help I received from media professionals.
I would love to have you take part in the course.
Introducing…
Learn how to use acceptance and commitment therapy from one of the movement’s founding fathers.
Over 10 online modules, with more than 16 hours of video material and extensive supplemental learning materials, course participants will learn how to read the 6 psychological flexibility processes and target them with a wide range of exercises. Dr. Hayes shows how to effectively and skillfully applyACT through clinical tapes, Experiential excises, and real plays, which are conversations about real-life scenarios.
The ability to see and identify the underlying processes of change will be gained after completing this course. This will allow you to use your existing therapy arsenal even more effectively in order to create lasting impact for your clients.
Course Format
Training opportunities were all about the personally relevant nature of the therapy form.
In creating a course that is completed entirely online, great care was taken to not only facilitate theoretical learning, but also to foster an emotionally relevant personal experience for every participant.
The core of the course is made up of recordings from a special live event hosted for the purpose of course content creation. A group of 30 mental health professionals attended a three-day workshop.
As you watch, you will be able to feel the energy of the room and see how certain stories and exercises are performed in real time. This direct and personal experience of psychological flexibility will allow you to apply these methods more effectively in your practice.
subtitle options are available in English and Spanish for all videos.
Course Structure
The course is for online learning. The 10 modules will be released at a rate of one module per week, but you are welcome to go through the material at a more leisurely pace, as your schedule permits. You will be able to access the material anytime in the future with lifetime access to all course material. You will have full access to the materials when they are updated.
Understanding the model as well as an expansion of the model into core yearnings and pivots will be covered in the first three modules of the course.
Each of the core processes will be covered in modules four through nine. You will learn in each module where applicable.
- Which underlying human yearnings are driving each process (giving you an even deeper understanding of these processes and opportunities to inspire change)
- How to creatively pivot from inflexibility to flexibility
- Basic data about the human condition as pertains to the core processes
- Experiential techniques and exercises to address each of the processes
- How to assess and read movement of these processes — allowing you to clearly see when a client is beginning to change in front of you
- How to integrate each exercise and technique into the therapeutic relationship
- How to socially extend work in each core process from the individual to a larger social context
In module 10, you will get insights and practical tools for applying ACT in your practice and guidance around case conceptualization.
Course Curriculum
Module 1: Introducing ACT
- Why a process-based approach like ACT is more effective than protocols for syndromes
- The psychological flexibility model
- ACT’s roots in evolutionary science
Module 2: Core Yearnings
- The ACT conceptual toolkit (including RFT)
- Understanding the 6 core human yearnings
- How our attempts to meet those core yearnings can trap us in psychological inflexibility
Module 3: Pivots
- The Pivot concept: moving from psychological inflexibility to flexibility
- The 6 core ACT pivots
- Pain of presence/absence
Module 4: Transcendent Self
- Noticing consciousness
- Yearning for consistency
- The foundation of our sense of self, and of transcendence and spirituality
- The processes of pivoting from aloneness to greater connection with self and others
Module 5: Defusion
- Why we so often live in our own heads, including the role language plays
- Exercises and techniques to help our clients look at thoughts, not from thoughts
- Cognitive flexibility
Module 6: Acceptance
- How a desire to feel good can foster avoidance of feelings
- Learning to instead feel good
- The importance of willingness
- Guidelines for safe and effective ACT exposure work with clients
Module 7: Present Moment
- How language and the mind can pull our attention from the present
- Ways to increase attentional flexibility
- Adopting a “wowfulness” mode of mind
Module 8: Values
- The distinction between values and goals
- The importance of holding values lightly but pursuing them passionately
- Helping clients find their direction
Module 9: Committed Action
- The critical role of taking committed action in working toward values
- The need to make a commitment to behavior change even in the face of what you struggle with
- Ways to maintain a trajectory in line with values
Module 10: Case Conceptualization
- A matrix to use for case conceptualization
- Network analysis of cases using ACT principles
- About the therapeutic relationship in ACT
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