Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a relatively new and promising evidence-based approach to the treatment of severe mental illness such schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and major depression with psychotic features. While medications have traditionally been the treatment of choice for persons with symptoms of psychosis, they are frequently not enough. ACT can be integrated or used adjunctively with the interdisciplinary treatment modes commonly used in inpatient and outpatient settings. ACT for psychosis does not directly target reduction of psychosis symptoms; rather, ACT aims to improve the ability to cope with psychotic symptoms and to reduce distress associated with psychotic symptoms. ACT seeks to increase patients’ willingness to respond to internal events with an accepting, non-judgmental awareness. This form of intervention can be particularly helpful when patients are struggling with internal events that are not amenable to control, or when persisting with efforts to control them leads to problems in everyday life. ACT encourages values- based living with the goals of helping patients become less entangled with their symptoms and more focused on effective behavior. In this webinar, we will review the principles of and evidence supporting ACT, learn how to utilize ACT approaches with clients with avoidance problems, and demonstrate clinical techniques for applying ACT.
Format
Recorded webinar, non-interactive, self-paced distance learning activity with post-test.
This presentation was recorded on May 7, 2021.
Learning Objectives
- Summarize the current state of evidence for ACT treatment with psychosis.
- Describe how to utilize acceptance approaches with avoidance
problems to strengthen a client’s willingness to have distressing
thoughts and emotions.
- Demonstrate clinical techniques for increasing psychological flexibility in clients using ACT.
Outline
- Introduce principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Overview of research and evidence supporting ACT
- Explain how to apply ACT to psychosis
- Introduce clinical techniques of ACT
- Presenter Q&A
Target Audience
Counselor, Psychologist, Social Worker
Instructional Level
Introductory
Estimate Time to Complete
Estimated Duration: 1.0 hour
Program Start Date: May 7, 2021
Program End Date: May 7, 2024
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Social Workers
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Faculty and Planner Disclosures
Instructor
- Dr. Jennifer L. Patterson is a Clinical Psychologist and is an expert in
training professionals in the practice and philosophy of compassionate
and mindful living. Dr. Patterson is a public speaker who leads
workshops across the US and internationally. Dr. Patterson is the
clinical director of the MidAmerican Psychological Institute (MPI) in
Joliet, Illinois and established MPI's Clinic for Compulsive Behaviors
which aims to use evidenced-based treatment for behaviors like OCD,
hoarding, self-injury, and emotional eating. At MPI she supervises
pre-doctoral candidates using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT),
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Functional Analytic
Psychotherapy (FAP). Dr. Patterson reports no financial relationships with
commercial interests.
Planners
- Teri Brister, PhD, LPC, National Alliance on Mental Illness. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Amy N. Cohen, PhD, American Psychiatric Association. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Tristan Gorrindo, MD, American Psychiatric Association. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Sherin Khan, LCSW, Thresholds. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
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