Learning objectives:

• Introductory knowledge of RFT
• Introductory knowledge of functional contextualism
• Introductory knowledge of ACT
• Appreciation of the possibilities and challenges of integrating RFT with ACT and clinical practice generally

Workshop leaders/trainers:

Prof. Dermont Barnes-Holmes is Professor of Psychology at NUI Maynooth. He is Number 1 in the world in published work on RFT, with several hundred publications on the theory and its links to many other areas. Dr Yvonne Barnes-Holmes is Head of Department in Psychology at NUI Maynooth. She is Number 3 in the world in published work on RFT, with over 100 publications on the theory, including its links to ACT. She is a World Trainer in ACT. Ian Hussey and Ciara McEnteggart are senior doctoral researchers at NUI Maynooth, with extensive expertise in RFT and ACT. As a recent recipient of the prestigious Flanders Odysseus award, Dermot Barnes-Holmes, along with Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, Ian Hussey and Ciara McEnteggart will commence new research positions as Ghent University in Belgium in the coming months.

Target audience:

professionals, psychology students interested in the topic

Package Includes:

A general certificate of participation

Programme:

• 9.00-11.00 Chronic Pain mechanisms, lifestyles and ACT*
• 11.00-11.20 Break
• 11.20-13.10 The matrix, assessment and values in chronic pain
• 13.10-14.10 Break
• 14.10-15.40 Mindfulness- acceptance and defusion in ACTion
• 15.40-16.00 Break
• 16.00-18.00 Practice and repetition

*participants should have a basic knowledge about ACT processes. Recommended readings:
Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., Wilson, K. G., (2013). Terapia akceptacji i zaangażowania: Proces i praktyka uważnej zmiany. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Rozdział 1-3, s. 21-142.
Hayes S. C., Smith S.(2014) W pułapce myśli. Jak skutecznie poradzić sobie z depresją, stresem i lękiem. Gdańsk: GWP.
Hayes S. C., Luoma J., Bond F., Masuda A., Lillis, J. (2006). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Model, processes, and outcomes. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 1-25.

Description:

Pain can be a challenge, not only for our clients, but for many of us working with somatic conditions. To disentangle this area, two well balance skills are needed 1) To know how pain is related to physical, psychological and lifestyles aspects and 2) to be able to approach these in an effective and flexible way, with focused ACT.

In this workshop you could learn about how physical pain share mechanisms with mental 'pain' and understand how to target them. You experienced and practiced a short ACT protocol (that can be delivered to groups) with novel mindfulness exercises and physical components to enrich your therapeutic repertoire.

Learning objectives:

To learn more about pain and its relation with behavior, function and psychological flexibility. Which behaviors are critical to change?
To train and practice with multiple exemplars how to lead body based interventions consistent with ACT.
To learn the difference between using mindfulness to control the mind and the pain vs. using body-based mindfulness skills with functional contextual ACT- consistent approach.
All health professions are welcome.

Workshop leaders/trainers:

Dr Rovner is a doctor in Rehabilitation Medicine and specialist in Chronic Pain (with focus on widespread pain and fibromyalgia). She has three masters: in clinical Medical Sciences (at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden), in Physiotherapy (at University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and in Psychology (University of Linköping, Sweden).
Dr Rovner is the first (and until now, the only) doctor in rehabilitation medicine and physiotherapist that is peer reviewed ACT/RFT trainer (by the ACBS) in the world.

Target audience:

The participants should have basics in ACT and also experience in leading mindfulness.

Package Includes:

A general certificate of participation