ACT for Depression and Anxiety Disorders FAQs

No — you can take this course on its own. If you’re somewhat new to ACT, we highly recommend the ACT For Beginners course, to build a strong foundation in basic knowledge and core skills.  But it’s not essential.

Yes, absolutely! Exposure is an essential component of any effective treatment for anxiety. This course takes you step-by-step through compassionate, values-based exposure, and how to overcome common barriers to doing it.

It sure will. This course takes you step-by-step through compassionate, flexible defusion strategies for taking the power out of schemas and core beliefs without any need to challenge or dispute.

Yes! Behavioural activation is often necessary in more severe presentations of depression. This course takes you step-by-step through compassionate, values-based behavioural activation – and how to overcome common barriers to doing it.

You’ll learn directly from the world’s foremost ACT trainer, Dr Russ Harris. Russ has a loathing of dull, boring training, so he’s gone out of his way to make this course fun, engaging, and incredibly practical –  while also ensuring it’s based on the latest research. Each lesson is clear, engaging, and thoughtfully crafted, so you can stay focused, absorb key ideas, and build confidence in using them.

You'll move beyond theory into real-world clinical application, learning how to deliver structured, compassionate therapy that makes a real difference in clients' lives.

16 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 for Depression and Anxiety Disorders.

If you need to pay the admin fee to add CE/CME credits for this course, click here.