2 dages kursus med :
Professor, Ph.d. Robert D. Zettle,
Wichita State University, USA:
“Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy in the treatment of
depression”.
D. 19-20 maj 2014
Kognitiv klinik
v. / Susan Møller
Rasmussen
Odense & København
Praktisk information vedr. workshop:
Arrangører: CAM; center for act og mindfulness v. Leif
Schwensen, Kognitiv Klinik Odense v. Susan Møller
Rasmussen og Act house psykologerne v. Camilla Grønlund
Kursusdato d. 19-20 maj 2014: dag 1 fra 10-17 og dag 2
fra 9-16
Tilmeldingsfrist: 15 marts 2014.
Undervisningssted: Jysk Psykolog Center Århus ( og CAM center)
Frederiksgade, 75-77 indgang C, 8000 Århus C
Målgruppe: Kurset henvender sig til psykologer og læger.
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kognitiv adfærdsterapi under specialiseringsmodulerne. Af
den grund kan der kun optages et begrænset antal fra andre
faggrupper (10%).
Workshoppen vil foregå på engelsk.
Pris: 4700,Kursusgebyr vil omfatte evt. undervisningsmaterialer, kursusbevis,
kaffe/te/vand, frugt, frokost og eftermiddagssødt og morgenbrød på
dag 2.
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Robert D. Zettle, Ph.D,
Professor of psychology, Wichita
state university, USA.
Workshop abstract:
Acceptance and commitment
therapy (ACT) is recognized by
the Society of Clinical Psychology
(Section III, Division 12 of the
American Psychological
Association) as having modest
empirical support in the
treatment of unipolar
depression
(http://www.psychologicaltreat
ments.org/). Research
suggests that ACT compares
favorably to cognitive therapy in
alleviation of depression when
delivered in both individual
(Zettle & Hayes, 1986) and
group formats (Zettle & Rains,
1989), but does so through a
mechanism of action that differs
from cognitive therapy and
which is specific to the model of
psychological
flexibility/inflexibility upon which
ACT is based. Specifically,
defusion from negative
automatic thoughts that
characterize depression has
been shown to mediate
Robert Zettle completed his
predoctoral internship at the
Center for Cognitive Therapy in
Philadelphia, conducted the first
comparative outcome study on
what is now known as ACT as a
part of his dissertation under
the supervision of ACT founder
Steven Hayes. Robert Zettle has
published both basic and applied
research relating to rule
governance, experiental
avoidance and ACT for
depression for more than 20
years.
therapeutic improvement in ACT
(Zettle, Rains, & Hayes, 2011).
The main focus of this two-day
workshop will be on how ACT as
a transdiagnostic approach can
be adapted and extended in
working with clients who
struggle with depression.
Depression from an ACT
perspective is seen primarily as
a secondary or reactive emotion
that results from the ineffective
management of existing sorrow
and efforts to avoid further
sorrow. Within the context of a
case conceptualization
approach, the workshop will
identify multiple-levels of fusion
that link sorrow to depression
and demonstrate different ways
of loosening the
overidentification with certain life
narratives, reason-giving, and
automatic thoughts that
contributes to the initiation,
maintenance, and exacerbation
of depression. With successful
defusion and acceptance work,
sufficient psychological space is
created to then implement
behavioral activation strategies
in the service of clients moving
their lives in a valued direction.
Exercises and strategies to
assist clients in clarifying and
identifying personal values and
how they can “carry their
sorrow” while in engaging in
committed value-directed
actions will be discussed,
demonstrated, and practiced.
There are a number of
challenges that tend to arise
more often in working with
clients who struggle with
depression than other
presenting problems. These
challenges include, but are not
necessarily limited to, homework
noncompliance, lack of client
motivation, and suicidality. ACT
finds it useful to view these
“challenges” not as obstacles
that have to somehow be
surmounted before the “real
therapy” can begin, but as a rich
and integral part of the overall
therapeutic enterprise,
particularly if those who practice
ACT are willing to extend the
model and processes upon
which it is based to themselves
and their own values, emotional
reactions, and in-session
behaviors in responding to such
“challenges.” Toward this end,
workshop attendees will be
invited to participate in a
number of exercises designed to
clarify their values as therapists
and identify experiential barriers
to realizing them in responding
to the aforementioned
challenges.
Because ACT is an
experiential approach, it is best
learned by doing it rather than
merely talking about it. For this
reason, those attending the
workshop will be presented with
both didactic material about
using ACT in work with
depressed clients as well as
numerous opportunities to
practice what will be covered
through a series of related
exercises, demonstrations, and
role-plays.
References
Zettle, R. D., & Hayes, S. C.
(1986). Dysfunctional control by
client verbal behavior: The
context of reason-giving.
The Analysis of Verbal Behavior,
4, 30-38.
Zettle, R. D., & Rains, J. C.
(1989). Group cognitive and
contextual therapies in
treatment of
depression.
Journal of Clinical Psychology,
45, 438-445.
Zettle, R. D., Rains, J. C., &
Hayes, S. C. (2011). Processes
of change in acceptance and
commitment therapy and
cognitive therapy for depression.
A mediation reanalysis of
Zettle and Rains.
Behavior Modification, 35, 265283.