Building Flexibility with ACT is a new 3-hour video continuing education (CE) course focusing on mindfulness-based behavioral therapy that emphasizes acceptance, cognitive defusion, and values-based action.
This comprehensive course provides clinicians with a thorough understanding of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) principles, processes, and techniques. The course is divided into three parts, each focusing on a different skill:
- Part One discusses Cognitive Defusion, the act of seeing thoughts as mental events rather than facts. Dr. Edery provides a detailed example of defusion, explaining how this helps reduce the influence of unhelpful thoughts. Participants are encouraged to try a mindfulness technique for defusing thoughts. Dr. Edery then draws the participants’ attention to acceptance, the ability to embrace emotions without avoidance, and helping clients to build resilience. A mindfulness technique for fostering acceptance is shared and case examples are provided.
- Part Two explores Values and Committed Action and how to align one’s behavior with purpose. The participant is taught how to distinguish values from goals and how to create specific, value guided action plans. Techniques such as using SMART Goals, barrier planning, and exposure are discussed.
- Part Three asks participants to reflect on Self as Context and Present Moment Awareness. Dr. Edery explains how to separate self-as-context (observing self) from self-as-content (conceptualized self) and shares the goals and benefits for this. Dr. Edery offers a thorough explanation of self-as-context and techniques for maintaining psychological flexibility.
Participants of this course will learn how to apply ACT to a variety of clinical presentations and develop effective interventions for individual and group therapy.
Course #31-43 | 2025 | 3 one-hour videos with handouts | 20 posttest questions
Course Instructor
Rivka Edery, PsyD, MSW, LCSW, brings over 16 years of expertise in trauma-informed care for diverse populations. She pioneered the U-Model, an integrated approach to therapeutic transformation, merging Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to enhance psychological flexibility. Author of Trauma and Transformation: A 12-Step Guide and numerous peer-reviewed articles, Dr. Edery specializes in attachment theory and complex trauma recovery. She provides clinical counseling, supervises clinicians, delivers transformative workshops, and holds multiple certifications. For more information, please visit her website: www.rivkaedery.com
Course Directions
This video course provides instant access to the course videos, handouts, and the CE test. The CE test is open book (you can print the test to mark your answers on it while watching the course videos).
Successful completion of this course involves passing an online test (80% required, 3 chances to take) and we ask that you also complete a brief course evaluation.
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Professional Development Resources is a nonprofit educational corporation 501(c)(3) organized in 1992. We are approved to sponsor continuing education by the American Psychological Association (APA); the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB); the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA); the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA); the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR); the Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy; the Florida Boards of Social Work, Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology & School Psychology, Dietetics & Nutrition, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and Occupational Therapy Practice; the Georgia State Board of Occupational Therapy; the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0135); the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker & MFT Board and Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; the South Carolina Board of Professional Counselors & MFTs; the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists and State Board of Social Worker Examiners; and are CE Broker compliant (all courses are reported within a few days of completion).
PDR offers over 150 accredited online CE courses for healthcare professionals.
Target Audience: Psychologists, School Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists (MFTs), Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), Occupational Therapists (OTs), Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs), and Teachers
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