WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES | THE PRESENTER | LOCATION

A One and a Half-Day Workshop in Oakland, California
September 10th (6pm-9pm) & September 11th (9am-5pm).

This one and a half day workshop offers advanced training in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). It is designed for clinicians who have experienced introductory ACT training and want to learn key in-session skills.

The workshop will begin by teaching skills on how to observe a client session mindfully as the client weaves back and forth between openness and avoidance. Then we'll focus on algorithms for using ACT processes, moment-to-moment, during the session. This is about knowing what to do next and why. Finally, we'll look at how to apply ACT to specific problems: anxiety, depression, trauma, anger, chronic pain, and interpersonal disorders. The focus will be on specific adaptations of the ACT protocol for each disorder.

The workshop will offer conceptual, experiential, and practical training. Experiential exercises will be conducted individually, in dyads, and in small groups. Exercises will all have the objective of showing how ACT specifically applies to multiple disorders

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Participants will learn how to:

1. Use therapeutic mindfulness to observe and respond to client in-session functioning
2. Decide on the appropriate response to anything the client says or does during the hour using the six ACT processes
3. Identify and use ACT conceptualizations and specific treatments for anger, depression, anxiety, and trauma
4. Apply a combination of ACT and schema therapy to disorders with maladaptive interpersonal response styles
5. Learn to develop a treatment plan based on the client's level of avoidance
6. Use the ACT hexaflex to find a beginning point for therapy

Workshop Location
The workshop will be held in a comfortable new conference room at New Harbinger Publications, 5720 Shattuck Ave., Oakland, CA 94609.

Workshop Schedule
Friday, September 10, 2010
6:00pm - 9:00pm

Saturday, September 11, 2010
9:00am - 12:15pm
1:45pm - 5:00pm

Presenters
Matthew McKay, Ph.D., is cofounder and publisher at New Harbinger Publications, Inc., a publishing company which has developed self-help, psychology, and health books for general readers and mental health professionals for nearly forty years. New Harbinger's titles are widely recommended by therapists, psychiatrists, and physicians to their patients and clients. A psychologist himself, McKay has coauthored more than thirty self-help and professional books, including The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook, Messages, Thoughts and Feelings, and the forthcoming Your Life on Purpose.

Patricia Zurita Ona, Psy.D., is a clinical supervisor at the Berkeley Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Clinic and the Wright Institute's Behavioral Medicine Training Program. There, she provides training for graduate-level therapists who are learning evidence-based interventions for emotional disorders. In private practice, Dr. Zurita Ona provides empirically-supported treatments for older adolescents and adults with mood and anxiety disorders. In addition, she provides specialized services for individuals with complex emotional problems including self-harm behaviors and emotional dysregulation problems. Her treatment approaches include CBT, DBT, and ACT. At the Wright Institute, Dr. Zurita Ona teaches a course on behavioral medicine, in addition to courses on CBT and evidence-based therapies at Argosy University.

WORKSHOP FEES:
Students $75.00
Professionals $175.00
Note: If you require CEU credit, please add $10 to your registration.
10 CEUs are available with this workshop.

TO REGISTER:
Please send a check to:
Matthew McKay
5674 Shattuck Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609

Make checks payable to: Matthew McKay

PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS:
You will receive an email confirmation of your registration.
Your workshop fees include:
-Handouts
-Tea and coffee service on Saturday
-30% discount on any books published by New Harbinger Publications purchased at the workshop venue.

LODGING INFO:
The following hotels have been suggested as the two closest business-grade accommodations. We have no connection with these hotels and cannot guarantee the quality.

• Woodfin Suites Hotel
  5800 Shellmound Street, Emeryville, CA ph: (510) 601-5880
• Courtyard by Marriott
  5555 Shellmound Street, Emeryville, CA ph: (800) 321-2211

Books by Matthew McKay, Ph.D.