Bring Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) to Life

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Diana Hill, PhD Related seminars and products

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Diana Hill, PhD, is a highly regarded clinical psychologist, international trainer and sought-out speaker on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and compassion. Host of the podcast Your Life in Process and author of ACT Daily Journal, The Self-Compassion Daily Journal and the upcoming book Wise Effort, Diana works with clinicians, organizations, and individuals to develop psychological flexibility so that they can grow fulfilling and impactful lives. She has a knack for unpacking complex, science-based concepts and making them applicable to clinical practice and daily life. Integrating her over 20 years of meditation experience with yoga and psychological training, Diana guest teaches at InsightLA, Blue Spirit Costa Rica, PESI, Praxis Continuing Education, Yoga Soup and Insight Timer Meditation. She is on the board for the Institute for Better Health, and blogs for Psychology Today and Mindful.org. Diana practices what she preaches in her daily life as a mom of two boys and bee guardian.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Diana Hill maintains a private practice and is a guest teacher for Insight LA Online Meditation Community. She is the co-host and co-founder of a podcast, Your Life in Process. She receives royalties as a published author, and she receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Diana Hill contributes videos to PsychFlex.

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Objectives

1. Demonstrate how to overcome therapist barriers to leading experiential practices with therapist psychological flexibility. 
2. Show how to engage clients in experiential exercises demonstrating being present, acceptance, values, committed action, perspective taking, and cognitive defusion. 
3. Utilize writing, physicalizing, and movement in session to increase engagement and skills practice. 

Outline

Stop talking about it and do it. 

• The benefits of doing over talking 
• Therapist barriers to experiential exercises 
• Client barriers to experiential exercises 

Getting Playful with Psychological Flexibility 

• The six core processes of psychological flexibility 
• The role of therapist psychological flexibility in session 

Ditch the Bus and Drop the Rope 

• Novel metaphors and practices that move beyond traditional ACT exercises 
• How to demonstrate ACT processes with movement, writing, physicalizing, and embodiment 

Try It On 

• “Real Play” practice with partners 

Target Audience

• Counselors 

• Social Workers 

• Psychologists 

• Psychiatrists 

• Case Managers 

• Addiction Counselors 

• Therapists 

• Marriage & Family Therapists 

• Nurses 

• Other Mental Health Professionals