ACT as a Brief Interventions FAQs

Absolutely. ACT as a Brief Intervention shows how to understand dual (or triple) diagnosis, and other complex presentations within an ACT framework - and rapidly identify the key elements maintaining client distress.

You’ll learn how to focus brief ACT interventions where they’re most effective, so you can target multiple issues in one go. You’ll learn to quickly spot the fusion and avoidance that operates across disorders - and how to address it with a brief ACT framework that’s suitable for the challenges of complex, comorbid cases.

8 CE/CME credits are available for completing this course. View the Learner notification to see the boards and jurisdictions, learning objectives and speaker disclosures for ACT as a Brief Intervention.

Participants will also receive at certificate of completion at the end of their course, which can be submitted to registration bodies for CPD.

No. If you’re a relative newcomer to ACT, it’s wise to do the ACT For Beginners course first, to build your foundational knowledge and develop the core skills.  But it’s not absolutely essential.

This course will show you how to crunch the ACT model into short but powerful interventions, ideal for any setting where there’s limited time.

• You’ll learn how to get ACT concepts across quickly and succinctly, in plain simple language, and move into active therapy without any fuss.

• You’ll gain a clear framework for productive sessions of only 20-30 minutes duration.

• And you’ll learn to introduce and work with any core ACT process within a 5-10 minute window.

Plus so much more! 

Absolutely! You’ll see therapy demonstrations for depression, anxiety disorders, grief, addiction, chronic illness, and more.

By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped for brief ACT interventions with a wide range of disorders and clinical issues. That’s why we recommend this course as an extension to our trainings on ACT for Depression and Anxiety Disorders.

Yes – there’s a wealth of published research on ACT as a brief intervention, showing it’s not only effective, but has long lasting results.