Join Us In Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Practical, Flexible ACT Skills for Meaningful Change
March 04 - 07, 2027 with Lisa Coyne, PhD
at the Iberostar Punta Cana
Train in the morning, vacation in the afternoon!
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Early Access:
$750.00 (until Sep 03, 2026)
Early Bird:
$800.00 (until Jan 07, 2027)
Last Chance:
$850.00
Alumni Access Only
Full Registration Opens Sep 03, 2026
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is about presence, purpose, and flexibility—and this workshop meets you wherever you are in your ACT journey.
Rooted in mindfulness and values-based action, ACT helps clients turn toward their inner experiences while taking action in the service of what matters most. Rather than focusing on symptom reduction, ACT cultivates psychological flexibility—the ability to stay grounded in the present and choose meaningful, values-driven responses even in the presence of difficult thoughts or emotions. Whether you’re new to ACT or looking to deepen your existing skills, this training is designed to help you grow as a clinician.
ACT is evidence-based, widely applicable, and deeply human.
With more than 1,400 randomized controlled trials supporting its effectiveness, ACT has been shown to help with depression, anxiety, OCD, psychosis, substance use, chronic pain, and many other challenges. Its transdiagnostic nature makes it especially well suited for the wide range of concerns therapists encounter every day. In this workshop, you’ll learn how ACT principles can guide case conceptualization and intervention across diverse clinical situations.
Learn ACT by doing ACT.
This interactive workshop introduces psychological flexibility both intellectually and experientially. Through mindfulness practices, experiential exercises, and structured skills practice, you’ll explore how to help clients shift from struggle to presence—and from avoidance to values-based action. Along the way, you’ll deepen your comfort with ACT’s six core processes and learn how to apply them flexibly and responsively with clients, rather than as a set of rigid techniques.
Train with a master ACT facilitator—practical, experiential, and engaging.
Through clinical demonstrations, case examples, small-group exercises, and large-group discussions, this workshop brings ACT to life in a way that is both accessible and clinically meaningful. No matter where you are in your ACT journey, you’ll leave with greater clarity, stronger clinical instincts, and practical tools you can immediately bring into your work with clients.
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
About Lisa Coyne, PhD
Lisa W. Coyne, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with nearly 20 years of experience supporting children, teens, adults, and families. She is the founder and owner of the New England Center for OCD and Anxiety and previously held a tenured professorship in Clinical Psychology at Suffolk University for nine years. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, established the McLean Child and Adolescent OCD Institute (OCDI Jr.), and serves as a Senior Clinical Consultant at McLean Hospital. Dr. Coyne is a former President of the Association for Contextual Behavior Science and serves on the Pediatric and Clinical Advisory Boards of the International OCD Foundation. She is also a peer-reviewed ACT trainer with ACBS and has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and books on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, anxiety, OCD, and parenting.
Iberostar Punta Cana All-Inclusive Resort
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Use promo code EBTSMARCH27 when booking your room
Participants are required to stay on-site and must book their accommodations directly through the Iberostar website link below using the promo code provided by EBTS. Reservations made through third-party vendors, such as travel agencies, cannot be included in our group.
There are 5 hotels on the resort property, and participants are free to book at the hotel of their choice. When using our code, participants will be allowed to add up to 3 days to the beginning and/or end of their stay, if so desired.
*Due to resort demand, some hotels on the property may require a longer minimum stay than the 4-day minimum for our training. Requirements vary by hotel, so we recommend checking room details when booking.
- Iberostar Waves Punta Cana | BUDGET FRIENDLY
- Iberostar Waves Dominicana | BUDGET FRIENDLY
- Iberostar Selection Bávaro Suites | MID-TIER
- Iberostar Selection Coral Bávaro | MID-TIER
- JOIA Bávaro by Iberostar | ADULTS ONLY, HIGH-TIER
- The hotel requires a minimum booking of March 3 – 7, 2027.
- Hotel rooms are subject to availability. Don’t wait to secure yours!
- Participants are strongly encouraged to complete their training registration and hotel booking at the same time. Guest rooms and training spots are limited, and EBTS cannot guarantee availability of either. EBTS is not responsible if the training or guest rooms sell out.
The training will be held at Iberostar Selection Bávaro Suites which is centrally located within the hotel complex.
All other hotels are a comfortable walking distance from the meeting rooms, and golf carts are available across the complex for those who do not wish to walk.
- Iberostar Punta Cana
- +1 (809) 552-1359
- Av Xaman-Ha. Lote hotelero Fraccionamiento Playacar Nro 2
- Punta Cana,
- Dominican Republic
Getting There
Airport:
Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ)
Time to resort:
30min
Transportation:
Uber/other ride shares, while readily available, are not allowed to enter the Arrivals area at PUJ. While they are a 1/3 of the cost of a taxi, you will need to meet the Uber on the main road in front of the airport, which is a short walk. Registered airport taxis are available, or you can choose to preschedule a shuttle.
For your return trip from Iberostar back to the airport, many hotels prohibit Ubers from entering. If you choose to book an Uber you might be required to leave the Iberostar property and wait on your ride in front of their main entrance. Alternatively, Iberostar can call a taxi or you can pre-arrange a shuttle.
Learning Objectives
Upon Completion of This Training, Participants Will Be Able To:
- Define psychological flexibility and identify its six components: acceptance, defusion, present moment awareness, self-as-context, values, and committed action.
- Identify three strategies for facilitating acceptance and willingness with clients.
- Identify three strategies for facilitating defusion with clients.
- Identify how to help clients contact the moment-to-moment experience of thoughts, feelings, and sensations without becoming absorbed in them or trying to push them away.
- Identify how to help clients contact a sense of self that is more stable than thoughts and feelings and transcends personal narratives about who they are and what they are capable of.
- Describe how to Facilitate conversations with clients about personal values and values-based behavior activation.
- Describe how the psychological flexibility model applies to the therapeutic relationship and a lifelong practice of cultural humility.
- Apply psychological flexibility skills in their personal lives.
- Course Content Level: Beginner, Intermediate
- Audience: Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFTs & other mental health providers
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 CEs 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.
- 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-12-174-0627 Expires 06-2027
- California Board of Registered Nursing. CEP 15647 Expires 11/30/2026.
- California Association of DUI Treatment Programs (CADTP) Provider Number 231
- Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider #852 BAP-Expires 3/31/2027
- 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.
- Florida Certification Board
- Illinois - CE-Classes.com is a registered social work CE sponsor by the State of Illinois. License 159.001607 Expires 11/30/2027
- Massachusetts Authorization Number: (TBD)
- New York Mental Health Practitioners Board CE-Classes.com, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0260
- New York Psychology Board CE-Classes.com, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0211
- 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.
- 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.
- Oklahoma Board of Behavioral Health Licensure (LPCs, LMFTs and LBCs)
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- This course is NOT available for NBCC credit.
- This training does not offer ASWB ACE credit to social workers.
- Many state boards of social work, counseling and MFT do accept CEs that are approved by the APA or other state boards (such as those listed above). We encourage you to check with your state board regarding the applicability of these credits.
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