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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, 4-Day Intensive

Enhancing Your Practice with Acceptance, Self-Compassion, and Values-Based Action

January 25 – January 28, 2024 with Lisa Coyne, PhD

at the Iberostar Rose Hall

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Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based intervention model grounded in mindfulness, self-compassion, and values-based action.

Clients learn to encounter thoughts and feelings in a mindful way, neither dwelling on them nor pushing them away. At the same time, they are encouraged to act on their most deeply held values. In over 1000 randomized controlled trials, ACT has been shown to be efficacious for a wide variety of problems helping professionals address, including depression, anxiety, OCD, psychosis, substance abuse, chronic pain, dealing with cancer, stress, and stigma. Rather than going after reducing symptoms, ACT increases psychological flexibility: the capacity to turn to the present moment as a conscious human being and take action according to personally-chosen values.

In this highly interactive workshop, mental health professionals will be introduced or re-introduced to psychological flexibility both intellectually and experientially.

You will learn what it’s like, in practice, to open up to thoughts and feelings without getting entangled in them, identify what truly matters to you, and take meaningful action. Training modalities will include brief lecture, clinical vignettes, clinical demonstrations, mindfulness exercises, experiential exercises, large group discussions, small group discussions, and small-group skills practice. You’ll get multiple opportunities to watch ACT demonstrations, practice ACT with yourself, and practice ACT skills with others. The workshop is intended to be both professionally and personally meaningful.

Daily Schedule

Day 1

9:00am-10:30am
The Ubiquity of Human Suffering and the Problem of Control
10:30am-10:45am
Break
10:45am-12:15pm
The Psychological Flexibility Model

Day 2

9:00am-10:30am
Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Defusion as an Alternative to Control
10:30am-10:45am
Break
10:45am-12:15pm
Identifying Values and Committing to Action from the Perspective of a Transcendent Sense of Self

Day 3

9:00am-10:30am
Clinical Demonstration of Hexaflex Processes
10:30am-10:45am
Break
10:45am-12:15pm
Small-Group Skills Practice

Day 4

9:00am-10:30am
The Therapeutic Relationship and Cultural Humility
10:30am-10:45am
Break
10:45am-12:15pm
Bringing ACT to Your Practice

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About Lisa Coyne, PhD

Lisa W. Coyne, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist dedicated to enhancing the psychological well-being of children, teens, adults and families for nearly 20 years. She is the founder and owner of the New England Center for OCD and Anxiety. Previously, Dr. Coyne held a tenured professorship in Clinical Psychology at Suffolk University for nine years and is currently an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She established the McLean Child and Adolescent OCD Institute (OCDI Jr.) and serves as a Senior Clinical Consultant at McLean Hospital. Dr. Coyne has served as the President of the Association for Contextual Behavior Science (the primary organization of the ACT community) and is on the Pediatric and Clinical Advisory Boards of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF). Additionally, she is a peer-reviewed ACT trainer with the ACBS.

Dr. Coyne has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and chapters on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, anxiety, OCD, and parenting. She is the author of The Joy of Parenting: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Guide to Effective Parenting in the Early Years, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Clinician's Guide for Supporting Parents, Stuff That's Loud: A Teen's Guide to Unspiraling when OCD Gets Noisy, Stop Avoiding Stuff: 25 Microskills to Face Your Fears and Do It Anyway, Tired of Anxiety: A Kid's Guide to Befriending Difficult Thoughts & Feelings and Living Your Life Anyway, and Tired of Teen Anxiety: A Young Person's Guide to Discovering Your Best Life (and Becoming Your Best Self).

Iberostar Rose Hall All-Inclusive Resort

Montego Bay, Jamaica

Getting There

Closest International Airport

Sangster International Airport (MBJ) – in Montego Bay

Time from Airport to Resort

20-30 minutes down the scenic coastal highway

Transportation to/from the Resort

Uber and other rideshares are not available in Montego Bay. You can easily get a taxi at the airport or preschedule a shared or private shuttle and there is an abundance of options online. For your return trip, the hotel can call a taxi for you, or you can preschedule a shuttle.

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Learning Objectives

Upon Completion of This Training, Participants Will Be Able To:

Continuing Education

  • Continuing Education Credits sponsored by CE-Classes.com
  • Certificates are awarded online after completion of the workshop. Participants print their own certificate after registering at CE-Classes.com, entering a keycode, and completing an evaluation form.
  • Licensed Professionals should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval.
  • Participants will be awarded 12 CE’s following the successful completion of this course.

This CE-Classes.com Course Is Approved for CE Credit by:

  • The American Psychological Association (APA) Ce-Classes.com is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Ce-Classes.com maintains responsibility for this program and its content..
  • Oklahoma Board of Behavioral Health Licensure (LPCs, LMFTs and LBCs)
  • The Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider #852 BAP-Expires 3/31/2025
  • The California Board of Behavioral Sciences. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences, BBS, recognizes relevant course work/training that has been approved by nationally recognized certifying bodies, such as APA, to satisfy renewal requirements.
  • California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP) Provider Number OS-12-174-0225 Expires 2-2025
  • Massachusetts Authorization Number: 2802
  • Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board – Approval from a state licensing board for counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists is accepted by the OH CSWMFTB.
  • New York Social Work Board – Ce-Classes.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0120.
  • New York Mental Health Practitioners Board CE-Classes.com, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Departments State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0260.
  • South Carolina – CE-Classes.com is approved by the S.C. Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapist, Addiction Counselors, and Psycho-Educational Specialists (#4696).
  • Illinois – CE-Classes.com is a registered social work CE sponsor by the State of Illinois. License 159.001607 Expires 11/30/2025
  • The Florida Board of Nursing (CE Provider #: 50-4896) Expires 10/31/2026. Do not send certificates to the Florida Board of Nursing. You must keep this certificate for 4 years.
  • The California Board of Registered Nursing. CEP 15647 Expires 11/30/2026.
  • The Texas Board of Marriage & Family Therapists CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education. Effective 1/1/24, at least half of the 30 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in 801.261(f). This course meets that requirement.
  • New York Psychology Board CE-Classes.com, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Departments State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0211
  • The Texas Board of Social Work Examiners – CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education. Effective 1/1/24, at least half of the 30 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in 801.261(f). This course meets that requirement.
  • The Texas Board of Professional Counselors – CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education. Effective 1/1/24, at least half of the 30 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in 801.261(f). This course meets that requirement.
  • This course is NOT available for NBCC credit.
  • This training does not offer ASWB ACE credit to social workers.

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