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Learning Objectives
Appraise ACT concepts such as experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion in session.
Assess clients’ fusion with thoughts about the past or future and illustrate mindfulness exercises to clients in a clinical setting.
Evaluate the role of psychological flexibility in ACT and devise interventions for increasing it to improve treatment outcomes.
Determine how to reduce experiential avoidance by implementing emotional and behavioral willingness exercises with clients.
Analyze the efficacy of exercises in values clarification as it relates to treatment outcomes.
Integrate the ACT approach into treatment to address clinically-relevant issues for specific disorders including depression, anxiety, trauma and personality disorders.