ACT for Depression and Anxiety Disorders

We begin by introducing the course and the various ways you can engage with the content.

This module focuses on understanding depression and anxiety through the lens of the ACT model. 

We tackle case formulation in this module, with practical strategies and resources to use with your clients.

This module explores how to flexibly use ACT within your clinical practice. 

We focus on setting up sessions, with therapy demonstrations from Russ Harris.

We focus on establishing therapy goals, with demonstrations that model key ideas.

This module contains simple and powerful strategies to help foster defusion.

Optional bonus module that explores the choice point, with demonstrations and teaching to guide your learning.

Optional bonus module addressing combining medication with ACT.

Optional bonus module that provides expert clinical tips for the ACT newbie.

Quiz questions.

We kick off this week by discussing the importance of setting an agenda at the start of sessions.

This module provides a comprehensive recap and practical steps for addressing Creative Hopelessness.

This module explores dropping the struggle, with demonstrations by Russ Harris to enrich your learning.

This module focuses on acceptance and self-compassion.

We investigate the powerful strategy Dropping Anchor, and its interplay with acceptance.

We explore worry rumination in this module, packed with metaphors and imagery to guide your learning.

This module teaches the Dipping In And Out Of The Stream exercise, along with demonstrations by Russ Harris.

This module focuses on cognitive flexibility.

Bonus module containing several core ACT competencies.

Bonus module showcasing therapy demonstrations of playful defusion techniques.

Quiz questions

This module provides practical techniques for working with any problematic behaviour.

We discuss the important clinical considerations regarding validation and normalisation.

This module addresses how to work with clients struggling with motivation.

Values are at the centre of this module, with demonstrations by Russ Harris to guide your learning.

This module discusses committed action; translating values into goals and actions.

This module explores the 7 Rs to help strengthen new skills and patterns of behaviour.

We learn about values-based problem solving in this module.

This module explores defusion from rigid rules.

This module contains additional skills for working with depression and anxiety.

Optional bonus module highlighting how to resolve values-conflicts.

Optional material discussing how the ACT model addresses a client’s past.

Quiz questions

This module delves into the crucial application of ACT-based exposure for clients with depression and anxiety.

We turn to understanding the interplay between exposure and acceptance.

This module addresses the development of acceptance skills through the use of metaphors.

We investigate exposure hierarchies in this high practical module.

This module explores the application of exposure to panic attacks.

Bonus module containing recent research on the efficacy of exposure.

Optional content containing in-depth therapy demonstrations.

Optional content packed with ACT-based emotion regulation strategies.

Bonus module with demonstrations related to brainstorming exposure tasks.

Quiz questions

We begin week five by introducing early interventions for addressing suicide.

This module discusses how to adapt core ACT processes with suicidal clients.

This module demonstrates how to work with suicidal clients in therapy.

We explore building self-compassion in this module, with step-by-step practical strategies.

This module troubleshoots goal-setting and confidence issues with clients.

Optional bonus module containing scripts for developing self-compassion.

Quiz questions

We begin this week by tackling resistance to change.

We investigate how to handle mandated, coerced or reluctant clients in this module.

This module explores flexible-selfing, with demonstrations by Russ Harris to enrich your learning.

This module focuses on addressing sleep difficulties through relaxation and self-soothing strategies.

We delve into homework horrors in this highlight practical module.

This module teaches how to foster a client’s appreciation for their own life, no matter the struggles they face.

Some final thoughts from Russ Harris.

This module teaches how to address impulsive and compulsive behaviours.

This module is about creating your own ACT Toolkit.

Quiz questions and final conclusion.