Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Introductory Workshop - May 2019

_Acceptance and Commitment Therapy_ (ACT) is growing in popularity and there is increasing research support for a large range of diagnoses and life problems. It combines mindfulness and behavioural principles to help clients make space for painful thoughts and feelings, bring their focus to the present and take steps towards the life they value.This fun and engaging two day experiential workshop will: * Teach strategies to help your clients hold their painful thoughts and emotions gently and with compassion. * Demonstrate ways for you and your clients to identify values and actively move towards these. * Draw on mindfulness strategies to increase awareness of the present moment. * Review the theory and research base for ACT. * Focus on the therapeutic relationship so support can be provided in a compassionate and flexible manner. * Practice formulating life struggles from an ACT perspective. * Provide many opportunities to practice ACT exercises and relate the concepts back to participants’ own lives and clinical experiences. Lunch and Morning/Afternoon teas are included. ------------------------- GISELLE BAHR and BEN SEDLEY are clinical psychologists and co-founders of the Wellington ACT Centre. They have been using ACT in their practices for ten years, and have been trained and supervised by many of the world’s leading ACT therapists and researchers. Giselle and Ben have both worked at Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, in Private Practice with adults and adolescents, and trained new clinical psychology students at Victoria University of Wellington. Giselle has developed and facilitated a group introducing ACT to Parents. Ben is the author of the book _Stuff that Sucks: Accepting what you can’t change and Committing to what you can_. ------------------------- QUESTIONS AND MORE INFORMATION    HOW CAN I CONTACT THE ORGANISER WITH ANY QUESTIONS? Please get in touch if you have any questions about this training.  You can call or email us at  training@actwellington.co.nz, 027 567 4496   WHAT'S THE REFUND POLICY? A full refund is available until 30 days before the workshop.  From then, your ticket is non-refundable but fully transferrable.  To transfer your ticket to another attendee simply contact the conference organiser with details.