"Treating Trauma with ACT: Utilizing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Additional Evidence-Based Interventions to Alleviate Post-Traumatic Suffering & Improve Quality of Living" with D.J. Moran, PhD, BCBA-D

Embodied Mind presents: "Treating Trauma with ACT: Utilizing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Additional Evidence-Based Interventions to Alleviate Post-Traumatic Suffering & Improve Quality of Living" with D.J. Moran, PhD, BCBA-D.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a promising intervention for treating people diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (Muscara et al., 2020). This training event will cover the practical aspects of ACT and how they can be tailor-made for individuals with trauma histories. The main theme of this workshop will be demonstrating how ACT can serve as a platform to supplement other empirically-supported treatments for PTSD. The traditional ACT Hexagon components will be reviewed (acceptance, defusion, contact with the present moment, values, self-as-context, and committed action), and linked to the practical aspects of other interventions effective for PTSD, such as exposure therapy. Case examples will be drawn from work with clients from the Veterans Administration (VA), the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), and the Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests (SNAP). This workshop can be enjoyed by novices to the ACT material, and has additional elements that will be instructive for experienced ACT clinicians in the mental health field.