ACT-ivation in the Face of Pain

Provider: Birmingham Maple Clinic

Category: Related

Hours: 3

Overview:

This workshop will provide an introduction to ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and ACT’s role in promoting life engagement when dealing with physical pain. There are now over 1000 RCT’s demonstrating the effectiveness of ACT in a variety of contexts including pain management, anxiety, depression, OCD, eating disorders, maladaptive perfection and performance.

Objectives:

Learn the six processes of Psychological Inflexibility that can influence the transition of acute pain to chronic pain.

Learn the Six Processes of Psychological Flexibility that promote increased life engagement when dealing with physical pain.

Learn 3 ACT evidence-based skills that have been shown to promote a shift in Psychological Inflexibility towards Flexibility.