Q. How much ACT experience will I need to take this course?
A. This course does not provide an introduction to the ACT model or theory, so you will benefit from an understanding of its principles before joining. If you already use ACT in your work (even if not exclusively), it's very likely that the level of this course will be appropriate for you.
Even without formal previous ACT training, you are welcome to explore values with us in this course. However, if you're looking for more of an introduction to the acceptance and commitment therapy model, you can learn the basics in an introductory training like ACT 1, or take a deeper dive into the model with ACT Immersion, and then revisit this course when you're ready.
Q. I don't only use ACT in my practice. Will this course be a good fit for me?
A. Just as ACT's process-based foundations make it easy to integrate with other
therapies, the principles you'll learn in this course will be applicable across methodologies to motivate and sustain change. You will come to understand, for example, how values work can track with exposure, mindfulness, selfcompassion, and other widely applicable interventions.
That said, the instruction and demonstrations inside the course are ACTfocused, and you will need at least some experience with the model and its principles to benefit from the material. If you have taken previous training in ACT and/or are currently using it in your practice, this course will help you develop a more nuanced understanding of values and how to use them effectively in your work.
Q. Is this training evidence-based?
A. Values are a central process within acceptance and commitment therapy, an
evidence-based model whose efficacy is supported by a large, growing body of research. Dr. Wilson is a co-founder of ACT as well as a widely cited researcher and scholar, former President of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, and a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Mississippi, so all of his instruction is firmly grounded in evidence-based methods. While this course uses both personal and theoretical content throughout to illustrate teaching points, at its base it follows a process-based account of how to facilitate behavior change that is well supported in the literature.
Q. I'm not a psychologist. Could this course be helpful to me?
A. If you have some experience using ACT and your work involves helping others
lead more liberated, meaningful lives, this course can absolutely help you become more effective.
You will see a therapy application inside the course, but the principles you learn will be useful in many settings where values-based behavior change is the goal and you have the ability to converse one-on-one with your clients, such as in coaching, social work, and other disciplines focused on the goal and you have the ability to converse one-on-one with your clients, such as in coaching, social work, and other disciplines focused on motivating and sustaining change.
Q. Will this course help me work with complex cases?
A. In the course, you will develop a deep and nuanced understanding of values
and how to use them in your work, even when you encounter obstacles like conflicting values, social resistance, or patterns of stuckness. This will absolutely help you navigate work with complex cases. Dr. Wilson also directly discusses how to approach clients who are especially resistant to values work, which would also be helpful in many complex scenarios.
In addition, there will be a live event in which Dr. Wilson will consult on a small number of cases, so members will have the chance to submit cases from their practice. (The live event will also be recorded and added to your course materials, so you will be able to view it at any time.)
Q. Will course videos have subtitles?
A. All video content will have subtitles available in English and Spanish (and you
may also slow down or speed up video playback if you wish). Additional language options will be considered seriously in the future, depending on interest.
Q. Will the course be available in other languages?
A. All course content and materials are in English, but to help make the training
accessible to our international community, subtitles in Spanish and English will be available for the video content, including the values conversations. (You can also slow down, or speed up, the video playback if you wish.)
Q. How much time will I need to dedicate to this course?
A. The 6 modules will be released weekly, and you can expect to spend
approximately 1.5 to 2.5 hours watching videos and doing exercises per module. The duration of the course as a whole will depend in part on you, since it's self-paced. The modules are released at a weekly interval to give you time to absorb the material before moving on. You can keep pace with the weekly schedule, or move through at a slower pace, if that suits your needs better. Enrollment includes lifetime access to all materials, so there's no need to rush. Even the live case consultation will be recorded so you can view it any time.
Q. How long will I have access to the course?
A. Enrollment in Exploring Values in ACT includes lifetime access to all course
materials, so you can work through the modules at your own pace and revisit videos and exercises at any time in the future. The live case consultation will also be recorded and added to your course materials, so you can view it at any time. You'll also have access to any future updates made to the course.
Q. I'm in the middle of another training; can I join now and start this course once I'm finished?
A. Yes! Since enrollment includes lifetime access to all course materials, you can
enroll in the course now and get started whenever it's convenient for you. The course is entirely self-paced, so you can move through the modules on your own schedule and revisit videos and exercises at any time in the future. The live case consultation will also be recorded and added to your course materials, so if you can't be present for the live event you'll be able to view it at any time in the future. You'll also have access to any updates made to the course.
Q. Is this course eligible for CE/CME credit hours?
A. Upon completion of the core course content and supplemental materials, plus
evaluations as required, participants will be eligible for 13 CE/CME hours, approved for the following professionals:
approved for the following professionals:
Counselors Psychologists
Nurses
Physicians
Behavior Analysts Substance Abuse Counselors
Educators Social Workers (approval pending)
Prior to registering, please review complete CE/CME information by clicking here: CE/CME Details
Q. Why do you limit enrollment?
A. There are multiple reasons for having a limited enrollment window. It allows
our team to provide the best support possible to new course members. It provides the opportunity for new enrollees to work through the course as a cohort and provide even more support to one another in the Facebook Group. It encourages potential participants to take the leap, sign up, and get started. But the most important reason is that we will make adjustments based on member feedback as the cohort moves through the training. In a sense, your needs and how they are met in the course will help shape the future needs and how they are met in the course will help shape the future of the course. Any updates to the course will be made available to you through lifetime access.
Q. Do you offer scholarships?
A. We have a limited reduced-fee program to help make this training accessible
to as many people as possible, including practitioners in developing countries and those who are facing financial hardship. We will offer as many partial scholarships and reduced-fee payment plans as we feasibly can to those who need them. To learn more about this program, please email us at courses@praxiscet.com.
Who should consider this course?
Exploring Values in ACT will be a good fit for you if...
• Your work involves helping others create lives of profound meaning and connection – whether it happens in the therapy room, treatment centers, in-patient services, or another setting
• You have some experience using ACT but want to make values a more central, authentic, and powerful part of your work
• You're eager to lead more discussions that infuse your work with energy and motivate your clients to transform their lives
• You want guidance in how to overcome obstacles that prevent your clients from taking meaningful steps forward
• You're passionate about helping people take a new perspective on life that helps expand their possibilities and precipitate life-altering change
If the points above resonate with you, this course will be helpful to you.
Enroll in Exploring Values in ACT
When you enroll in the course, you get lifetime access to all course materials.
What's included:
Closing Thoughts from Iman Iskander
When working with our toughest clients, we have a choice to make:
Will we approach them like math problems or like sunsets?
Sometimes, clients secretly, or not so secretly, want to be a math problem that we give up on.
That way, their story about how stuck, broken, and unsolvable they are will be confirmed. That end is painful but it is, at least, settled business.
I can trace that back in my own experience, when I was in such a spiral of addiction that I believed I could never change, even as I watched myself hurt the people I most cared for.
And inside that, I told myself: "They would be better off if they left me.”
To get at the heart of values, and this work more generally, we don't need to be one more person treating our clients like a problem to be solved.
We need to be disruptive of that entire narrative.
What if we could instead treat them like sunsets – like something to be witnessed and appreciated?
What if we could help them take that on and embody it? What as-yet unknown life might rise up?
"What if?"
That is a powerful question that I hope to infuse into all my work with values, especially when any positive outcome seems entirely out of sight.
In that simple inquiry lies liberation - all the potential of our lives and this world, possibilities we couldn't anticipate if we tried.
I hope you'll join me on this journey to see where it leads.
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