The Mindful Way Through Anxiety
Acceptance Based Behavior Therapies (ABBT) integrate traditional cognitive-behavioral strategies with practices aimed at cultivating acceptance and promoting engagement in personally meaningful activities. These approaches effectively reduce symptoms and enhance quality of life for clients suffering from a wide range of clinical disorders. In this workshop, Dr. Orsillo will: Demonstrate how to formulate a case from this perspective Present strategies aimed at increasing awareness and acceptance Describe methods used to help clients clarify what matters to them personally and take consistent actions
Vintage courses do not offer ASWB ACE credit for social workers
J&K Seminars does not provide NBCC credit for this program.
All orders include the entire presentation with handouts and a CE test.
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Objectives
- The empirical basis of Acceptance-Based Behavior Therapies (ABTT)
- Assessment strategies that identify experiential avoidance and values inaction
- How to calculate a time-in-bed prescription
- How to conceptualize a case from an ABBT perspective
- How to formulate an ABBT treatment plan
- Methods of using psycho-education to help clients change their relationship to their internal experiences (thoughts, emotions, sensations)
- Self-monitoring strategies to enhance awareness
- How to distinguish clear and muddy emotions
- The use of formal and informal mindfulness
- Methods used to help clients clarify and articulate their personally held values
Topics
An Overview of the ABBT Model
- Why enhance current treatments for anxiety?
- Overview of the ABBT Model
- Empirical Support
Assessment & Case Conceptualization
- Strategies aimed at cultivating an acceptance stance
- Therapeutic Relationship
- Psycho-education
Cultivating An Acceptance Stance With Formal Mindfulness
- Overview of mindfulness
- Introduction to formal practices
Additional Acceptance Strategies
- Connecting formal practice to symptoms
- Addressing stuck points
- Informal practice
- Diffusion strategies
Defining Personal Values
- Values articulation
- Psycho-education
Values Clarification & Articulation
- Common themes in values writing
- Sorting out values in session
Bringing It All Together
- Willingness and making commitments
- Termination
Case Examples
- Common stuck points
- Q & A?