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25 Middle Street, Portland, ME 04101      Phone:  (207) 773-3275  
Health Education and Training Institute
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) is both a contemporary form of
cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and a mindfulness-based psychotherapy.  
ACT has shown much promise in helping clients with a wide range of emotional
and behavioral difficulties and, more generally, to help people move toward
living well.  ACT introduces a comprehensive model of therapy including a
creative set of metaphors and experiential exercises to help clients (a) move
away from unworkable change strategies, (b) make healthy contact with
thoughts, feelings, and other private reactions they have learned to avoid, (c)
re-connect with their deepest values to set a direction for change and to
motivate change, and (d) experience their struggles differently and in a manner
that permits them to move forward with their lives now.  

Using a combination of didactic presentation and experiential exercises, this
workshop will introduce participants to the ACT model.  Attendees will leave this
training with a basic understanding of ACT approaches to therapy and with
specific skills they can employ immediately.

Training objectives:  

After this one-day workshop, participants will be able to:

1.        Summarize the ACT model of human suffering including the roles of
experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion.
2.        Summarize how ACT therapy goals differ from those most traditional
cognitive and behavioral therapies (and the presenting goals
of most of our clients).
3.        Practice values interventions they can use
for themselves and their clients.
4.        Practice cognitive defusion interventions they can use for themselves
and their clients

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Please indicate if handicap accessibility will be required.  Before you proceed,
however, please read our cancellation policy:

Programs cancelled by HETI due to weather conditions, trainer availability or lack of
participants will be rescheduled or fully refunded. Cancellations received 7
business days in advance will receive full refund. There will be a $25 fee for
cancellations received 6 business days or less before a program. Fees will not be
refunded for "no shows" or cancellations received on the day of the program.
To pay by credit card, please fill out the form below.
These credit
cards accepted!
Bold Moves: Enhancing Your Practice with Acceptance
& Commitment Therapy (ACT)
February 24th, 2012
6 CEU's (Maine)  Cost: $99.00
Location:  25 Middle Street
Portland, ME 04101
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Taught by Joel Guarna, Ph.D.