First Wednesdays: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Drop the Rope in the Context of Challenging Therapy Cases

Oliver-Pyatt Centers Clinical Director of Intensive Outpatient and Transitional Living Programs Giulia Suro, PhD will present at OPC’s First Wednesdays Series for Clinical Professionals on Wednesday, February 1st. Dr. Suro will share her expertise on “Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Drop the Rope in the Context of Challenging Therapy Cases”.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) challenges conventional wisdom and overturns the ground rules of most of Western psychology. Within the framework of ACT, quality of life is dependent on mindful, values-guided action, regardless of how many symptoms you have. Applying an ACT approach in the context of complex pathology (e.g. personality disorders, trauma, eating disorders) provides an opportunity  to address the numerous and multifaceted factors that maintain the symptom presentation. ACT encourages clients to examine the function of their symptomatology from an objective and compassionate stance. Additionally, ACT techniques teach clients and clinicians alike how to live a meaningful and valued life in the presence of the most painful and unrelenting thoughts and feelings. For our February edition of First Wednesdays at OPC, Dr. Giulia Suro will provide a general overview of the theoretical underpinnings of ACT as well as specific clinical techniques to use in challenging cases.

Through this presentation, participants will be able to identify and define the six core components of the ACT hexaflex. Participants will learn techniques to illustrate the skills of diffusion and experiential acceptance in the context of thoughts and feelings associated with the eating disorder and to define the difference between a value and a goal in the framework of working with clients toward behavioral change.

Lunch begins at 12:00pm and the presentation will be from 12:30-1:30pm. One CE hour will be offered for PhD, PsyD, LMFT, LMHC, LCSW, LPCC and RD. If you would like to join Oliver-Pyatt Center’s First Wednesdays on February 1st, please RSVP to Florida Outreach Manager Callie Chavoustie at CChavoustie@www.oliverpyattcenters.com or RSVP here by Montday, January 30th.

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