Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Group Treatment

Treating clients in groups can be a richly rewarding experience. To be effective, it requires clinical strategies tailored to the group treatment process.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) provides six core process which work in consort to change people's relationship with thoughts, increase their mindfulness and willingness, and hone their value-driven choices and committed action. In this 2-hour continuing education webinar, Dr. Joann Wright will explore and illustrate ways to incorporate the methods of the ACT framework into group therapy sessions. She will also outline its utility as a trans-diagnostic model and define terms of core ACT principles and exercises.

During this webinar, Dr. Wright will share detailed activities therapists and counselors can apply to group treatment. Through case examples, user-friendly worksheets, and experiential demonstrations, she will help clinicians develop a comprehensive understanding of utilizing the six core aspects of the ACT model in group treatment. Participants do not need to have prior experience with ACT to attend this webinar.

This introductory instructional level web conference is designed to help clinicians:

1. Apply the six core processes of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) specifically aimed at group work.
2. Describe mindfulness practices in common everyday moments of life.
3. Practice at least two experiential exercises to take back and apply in treatment groups. 
4. Examine new and innovative approaches for working with treatment groups. 
5. List the advantages and pitfalls of group work.

Statement of program material's accuracy, utility, and risks: No stated risks.

Declaration of conflicts of interest and commercial support: This program has no commercial support. Dr. Joann Wright is presenting as the Director of Clinical Services at Timberline Knolls.

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Continuing Education (CE) Information

2 CE contact hours will be provided by GoodTherapy for attending this web conference in its entirety. To receive CE credit hours for an archived recording, you will need to complete a survey as well as a 15-question exam, verifying that you listened to or watched the event in its entirety. Archived CE events are generally considered "homestudy" by licensing boards.

GoodTherapy is an Approved Education Provider by NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals (provider #135463). Of the eight counselor skill groups ascribed to by NAADAC, this course is classified within Counseling Services.

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GoodTherapy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GoodTherapy maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 

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To receive CE credit hours for an archived event, you will need to complete a survey as well as a 12 or 15-question exam, verifying that you listened to or watched the event in its entirety. Archived CE events generally are considered "homestudy" by licensing boards.

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