Trauma-Focused ACT

We begin by introducing the course and what to expect in your learning journey.

We investigate 'what is trauma', with teaching and examples to enrich your learning.

This module focuses on how ACT can help, with the choice point triflex investigated.

We delve into the neuroscience of trauma, with bonus content to enrich your learning experience.

This module focuses on the value of the therapeutic relationship.

We focus on how to set up a session for success in this module, with practical demonstrations to illustrate.

We investigate if clients HAVE to talk about their trauma in session.

We focus on the why and how of establishing goals with clients.

We take some time to focus on self-care for therapists in this module.

This module is packed with bonus content to enrich your learning.

The optional assignments and reading for the week are outlined in this module.

Quiz questions

We begin week 2 by delving into emotional dysregulation and dropping anchor.

We explore how to introduce dropping anchor with our clients.

This module tackles dropping anchor with flashbacks, with teaching and demonstrations to guide your learning.

We focus on psycho-education with flashbacks, with tips to guide your clients.

The module introduces exposure, covering new school and graded exposure.

This module delves into what to do when things go wrong in session, with bonus content to enrich your learning.

We cover working with hyperarousal in this module.

This module focuses on hypoarousal, with demonstrations to illustrate key learning areas.

We investigate how to guide our clients from freezing, to thawing.

A bonus module packed with exercises to use with your clients.

The optional assignments and reading tasks for the week are explained in this module

Quiz questions and week conclusion

We begin week 3 by looking at how to use a functional analysis of behavior to guide your interventions.

This module explores how to help clients defuse from hopelessness.

This optional module is a refresher course on creative hopelessness.

We delve into acceptance, covering the four A's of acceptance.

We introduce working with numbness, with demonstrations to guide your learning experience.

We explore guiding your client to reconnect with their body in this highly practical module.

Dancing with defusion is the focus of this module, with teaching and demonstrations to enrich your learning journey.

We investigate fusion and avoidance as barriers to therapy in this module.

This optional module focuses on inner child work - imagery and re-scripting.

We tackle tips for working with shame in this module.

A bonus module packed with extra resources.

This optional module contains assignments and reading for the week.

Quiz questions and conclusion

We begin a new week by delving into self-compassion.

This module tackles the nuts and bolts of exposure.

Setting up for exposure is the focus of this module, with practical strategies you can apply with your clients.

A highly demonstrative module which focuses on formal exposure to memories.

This module covers case formulation.

A bonus module packed with extra demonstrations and strategies

This optional module contains your assignments and reading for the week.

Quiz questions and conclusion

We begin week five by looking at values.

We delve into values-based problem solving in this module.

This module focuses on committed action, with an exploration of SMART goals.

Russ Harris demonstrates working with values, goals, action and barriers in session.

We tackle forgiveness in this module, both of self and others.

This module delves into working with anger, with demonstrations to illustrate key ideas.

Working with trust issues is the focus of this module.

We look at how to overcome resistance in this module.

A bonus module packed with extra resources to enrich your learning.

This module contains optional assignments and reading for the week.

Quiz questions and conclusion.

We begin a new week by focusing on event centrality, with metaphors and imagery to guide the learning experience.

A highly practical module which covers self-as-context experiential exercises.

We delve into taking a stand in this module.

This module focuses on guiding your clients to build better relationships.

An optional module with bonus ACT materials from WHO

We focus on post-traumatic growth in this module and what makes it more likely.

We delve into getting unstuck, with practical strategies to help guide clients.

We recap the course and our learning journey.

A bonus module packed with extra resources to enrich your learning.

Further optional assignments and reading for the week.

Your last module contains quiz questions and a course conclusion.