Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ACT
What you’ll learn
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT is a form of cognitive behavioural therapy that uses mindfulness
How to deliver ACT step-by-step
Use ACT to improve people’s mental health
Requirements
There are no perquisites as all ACT concepts will be explained from their foundations
Some knowledge of person-centred and CBT will aid understanding
ACT can be more technical than other psychotherapies, so students are encouraged to make notes and participate in exercises
Description
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a type of cognitive behavioural therapy that uses mindfulness-based techniques to help people change their lives.Where other psychotherapies focus on reducing symptoms, ACT focuses on helping individuals make changes and live with purpose. ACT helps people build psychological flexibility so that they can respond to their difficult experiences in new ways.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy has a strong evidence base and is recommended by the World Health Organisation, NHS and American Psychological Association.This course will teach you the fundamentals of what ACT is and how to use it. It is suitable for psychotherapists and mental health professionals, as well as individuals looking to apply ACT to their own wellbeing. We’ll cover the theory, practice and techniques of ACT including:What ACT is and the underlying theoretical modelWhy existing interventions such as traditional CBT often failThe six processes of psychological flexibilityDelivering ACT step-by-stepBuilding a strong therapeutic relationshipThe course includes video lectures, downloads, quizzes, practical exercises and a comprehensive course handbook. You will gain hands-on experience trying ACT techniques and finish the course with a variety of skills for building psychological flexibility.No prior knowledge of acceptance and commitment therapy is required to enrol on this course. You do not need a background in cognitive behavioural therapy or mindfulness, although having one may aid understanding. All concepts will be explained from the ground up.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Welcome
Lecture 2 Course goals and outline
Lecture 3 How to use this course
Lecture 4 Course handbook
Lecture 5 Meet your instructor
Lecture 6 Student community
Section 2: What is ACT?
Lecture 7 What makes ACT different?
Lecture 8 What is the alternative?
Lecture 9 What does the process look like?
Lecture 10 Transdiagnostic
Lecture 11 Comparison with CBT
Lecture 12 Comparison with person-centred
Lecture 13 History and development
Lecture 14 Evidence base
Section 3: Foundations of ACT
Lecture 15 Theoretical model
Lecture 16 Relational Frame Theory
Lecture 17 The power of language
Lecture 18 Psychological flexibility
Lecture 19 The hexaflex
Lecture 20 ABC model
Section 4: The control agenda
Lecture 21 Weakening the control agenda
Lecture 22 Pink elephants
Lecture 23 Pink elephants exercise
Lecture 24 Why do we use unhelpful strategies?
Lecture 25 Short-term benefits
Lecture 26 Creative hopelessness
Lecture 27 DOTS model
Lecture 28 DOTS exercise
Lecture 29 Tug of war with a monster
Lecture 30 Quicksand metaphor
Lecture 31 WAFs R Us
Lecture 32 Emotional control strategies
Section 5: Defusion
Lecture 33 The six processes of ACT
Lecture 34 Cognitive fusion
Lecture 35 Types of fusion
Lecture 36 True vs useful
Lecture 37 Mutual entanglement
Lecture 38 What is defusion?
Lecture 39 Defusion techniques
Lecture 40 Vocalisations
Lecture 41 Leaves on a stream
Lecture 42 Phishing
Lecture 43 Why labels can be unhelpful
Section 6: Present moment awareness
Lecture 44 Connecting with the present
Lecture 45 What is mindfulness?
Lecture 46 I don’t like meditation!
Lecture 47 Misconceptions about mindfulness
Lecture 48 Evidence for mindfulness
Lecture 49 Present moment exercises
Lecture 50 Here and now exercise
Lecture 51 Body scan exercise
Lecture 52 Barriers to present moment awareness
Section 7: Acceptance
Lecture 53 Experiential avoidance
Lecture 54 Is acceptance giving up?
Lecture 55 Willingness
Lecture 56 Does acceptance reduce symptoms?
Lecture 57 Clean pain and dirty pain
Lecture 58 Chinese finger trap
Lecture 59 Three As of acceptance
Section 8: Self-as-context
Lecture 60 We are not our thoughts
Lecture 61 Content, context and process
Lecture 62 Chessboard metaphor
Lecture 63 The conceptualised self
Lecture 64 Who am I then?
Section 9: Values
Lecture 65 Exploring purpose
Lecture 66 Values and goals
Lecture 67 What values are not
Lecture 68 Valued domains
Lecture 69 Imaginary funeral
Lecture 70 Funeral exercise
Lecture 71 Utopia life plan
Lecture 72 Utopia life plan exercise
Lecture 73 Barriers to values
Section 10: Committed action
Lecture 74 Taking committed action
Lecture 75 Defining committed action
Lecture 76 Workability
Lecture 77 Bus of life
Lecture 78 Exposure
Lecture 79 In vivo exposure
Lecture 80 Inhibitory learning model
Lecture 81 Exposure vs committed action
Lecture 82 Barriers to committed action
Section 11: Doing ACT
Lecture 83 Nonlinear model
Lecture 84 Structuring therapy
Lecture 85 Assessment
Lecture 86 Functional analysis
Lecture 87 Case formulation
Lecture 88 Structuring sessions
Lecture 89 Use of metaphors
Section 12: Therapeutic alliance
Lecture 90 Building the therapeutic alliance
Lecture 91 Core conditions
Lecture 92 Power balance
Lecture 93 Use of humour
Section 13: Case studies
Lecture 94 Introduction to case studies
Lecture 95 Agoraphobia case study
Lecture 96 Depression case study
Lecture 97 Chronic pain case study
Section 14: Conclusion
Lecture 98 Summary
Lecture 99 Conclusion
Lecture 100 References
Lecture 101 Bonus lecture
Psychotherapists and mental health professionals looking to introduce ACT,Individuals looking to improve their own mental health,Psychology students who want to learn about the acceptance and commitment model
Course Information:
Udemy | English | 3h 5m | 842.92 MB
Created by: Chris Worfolk
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