Praxis Continuing Education & Training Acceptance And Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Anxiety Disorders
Praxis Continuing Education & Training Acceptance And Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Anxiety Disorders is organized by Praxis Continuing Education and Training (CET), Inc..
Release Date: 10/03/2022
Expiration Date: 10/03/2025
Description:
ACT for Anxiety Disorders is an online course taught by Dr. Michael Twohig, an expert ACT clinician and a graduate school professor with years of experience bringing ACT to bear on anxiety through exposure methods.
Within the 6 modules of clear instruction and clinical demonstrations, you will learn how to:
• Increase ACT’s effectiveness in treating anxiety by integrating ACT-based exposure exercises
• Skillfully identify and target core fears for clients with anxiety
• Create opportunities for clients to practice psychological flexibility with your support in session
• Ensure between-session “homework” activities are both accessible and helpful to the client
• Help clients with anxiety bridge the gap between ACT concept and ACT application
To help you grasp key points, you will also complete practical exercises and listen to detailed debriefings of clinical demonstrations.
After completing the course material, you’ll have a powerful new tool in your anxiety-treatment toolbox — one that will help you empower clients in practical ways as they learn to live rich, purposeful lives alongside their anxiety.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
• Assess a client’s psychological flexibility in relation to their anxiety.
• Describe and distinguish between the three models of exposure therapy: emotional processing, inhibitory learning, and ACT-based.
• Discuss a rationale for undertaking ACT-based exposure therapy.
• Describe how to implement acceptance, defusion, values, and self-as-context exercises with anxiety clients.
• Design appropriate in-session ACT-based exposure exercises for anxiety clients.
• Identify appropriate between-session ACT-based exposure exercises for anxiety clients.
• Describe how to implement appropriate treatment modifications for panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.
• Identify at least two ways to deal with opposition or stuckness from anxiety clients during in-session and between-session work.
• Discuss how to conceptualize and implement appropriate therapy termination.