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FL Acceptance & Commitment Therapy: 2-Day Intensive ACT Training

ADVANCED REGISTRATION DISCOUNT NOW AVAILABLE
Register today and save up to $200 – includes up to 12.5 CE hours
 
Your Chance for a Premier 2-Day ACT Training in Jacksonville or at Home via Live Webcast
 

ACT is not just another therapeutic approach...

It’s a life-changing philosophy that is flexible, individualized, creative, and fun for both the client and therapist!

You’ll learn how to apply the core principles in therapy to empower clients to accept their feelings without judgment, while taking committed action towards their values and goals.

By immersing yourself in this training, you will be able to tap into this transformative paradigm that empowers clients to break free from the shackles of emotional suffering.

Over two interactive days of professional training, you'll learn how to:

  • Incorporate ACT effectively in your everyday therapy practice
  • Go beyond DSM diagnoses to what's really driving emotional and behavioral problems
  • Put the ACT "Hexaflex" into practice for accurate case conceptualizations
  • Case examples, real-world discussions, and demonstrations to hone your skills and confidence
  • Adapt for anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and interpersonal challenges
  • Apply the best interventions and metaphors from ACT into your sessions
 

Register now and join us in beautiful Jacksonville, Florida!

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Intensive Training
 
February 15-16, 2027
 
Advanced Registration Discount Available for a Limited Time!
Register by 1/25/2027

 
Live in Jacksonville, FL
Hyatt Place Jacksonville
 
Two transformative days live with Daniel J. Moran
Deep experiential learning + Audience Q&A
Slides, tools & handouts included
Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours!
 
$499.99   $299.99
ATTEND IN JACKSONVILLE!
Live Online (Interactive Experience)
Broadcast Live from Jacksonville, FL
 
Attend from anywhere – real-time chat + Q&A
Experiential exercises & community connection
Slides, tools & handouts included
Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours!
 
$499.99   $299.99
JOIN LIVE ONLINE!
Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours! Click here for Credit details | Click here for virtual CE credit details
Can't attend these dates? Order the self-study version here! | Click here for on-demand CE credit details
Click here to register as the coordinator for the in-person event

Looking to improve your therapy approach?
 

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy has become one of the most rigorously studied approaches in modern behavioral health. With more than 1,000 peer-reviewed studies documenting its effectiveness across a wide range of clinical presentations, ACT offers practitioners a flexible, values-based framework grounded in decades of research.

Join ACT expert, trainer, past president of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science and author, Daniel J. Moran, PhD, BCBA-D, LIVE on February 15-16 to learn how to put ACT in practice and help your clients find their "why" and find their way!


What Colleagues Are Saying About DJ Moran's
2-Day Intensive ACT Training
★★★★★

"Outstanding and exceptional!!!!! I really learned so much from this high-quality training!!!!"

— Alane B. Counselor
★★★★★

"Outstanding presentation and helpful use of case conceptualizations."

— Innocent O. Psychologist
★★★★★

"Really wonderful and beneficial training. Thanks so much!"

— Eric O. Social Worker
★★★★★

"One of the best presentations I have attended through PESI. Excellent presentation of great material. Thanks!"

— Judy H. Psychologist
★★★★★

"This was a great seminar. Dr. Moran is an excellent presenter who makes the material very understandable and usable."

— Marianna W. Counselor
★★★★★

"This was a great training and I'm excited to learn more about ACT in helping my patients. ACT feels like it fills in the gaps of other approaches so I'm excited to have new tools and ways of describing things I think will help my patients. Dr. Moran did a wonderful job teaching about these concepts and I really appreciate his humor and enthusiasm."

— Sarah S. Social Worker
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Intensive Training
 
February 15-16, 2027

 
Live in Jacksonville, FL
Hyatt Place Jacksonville
 
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET
2-day LIVE training in Jacksonville, FL
Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours!
 
$499.99   $299.99
ATTEND IN JACKSONVILLE!
Live Online
Broadcast Live from Jacksonville, FL
 
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET
Join from your home or office
Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours!
 
$499.99   $299.99
JOIN LIVE ONLINE!
Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours! Click here for Credit details | Click here for virtual CE credit details
Can't attend these dates? Order the self-study version here! | Click here for on-demand CE credit details
Click here to register as the coordinator for the in-person event

ADVANCED REGISTRATION DISCOUNT – LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Reserve your room now at the exclusive conference rate!
 

When you book your stay at the Hyatt Place Jacksonville / St. Johns Town Center, you’ll be just steps away from the conference room! Enjoy the convenience of being on-site for your training – as well as being just a short Uber or shuttle ride from the Jacksonville International Airport! Onsite recreational amenities include a pool, fitness center, plus restaurant and bar The Placery. You'll be mere minutes from top attractions such as the St. Johns Town Center, University of North Florida, The Avenues, and EverBank Stadium!

 
Hyatt Place Jacksonville / St. Johns Town Center
4742 Town Center Parkway
Jacksonville, FL 32246
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Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Intensive Training
 
February 15-16, 2027

 
Live in Jacksonville, FL
Hyatt Place Jacksonville
 
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET
2-day LIVE training in Jacksonville, FL
Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours!
 
$499.99   $299.99
ATTEND IN JACKSONVILLE!
Live Online
Broadcast Live from Jacksonville, FL
 
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET
Join from your home or office
Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours!
 
$499.99   $299.99
JOIN LIVE ONLINE!
Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours! Click here for Credit details | Click here for virtual CE credit details
Can't attend these dates? Order the self-study version here! | Click here for on-demand CE credit details
Click here to register as the coordinator for the in-person event

What You’ll Learn During Your Two Days in Jacksonville
 

Take your practice to the next level! Here’s what you’ll learn at the amazing Hyatt Place Jacksonville / St. Johns Town Center, where you can find a pool, fitness center, an on-site restaurant, plus so much more within walking and driving distance!

 
The ACT Model
  • The nature of human suffering
  • "Healthy normality" is a myth
  • Language: The double-edged sword
  • Undermine unhelpful thoughts
  • Aiming for psychological flexibility and why
  • The ACT hexagon model
Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks
  • Children and adolescents
  • Acute, florid hallucinations
  • Catatonic depression
  • Individuals with an adverse reaction to mindfulness exercises
Acceptance
  • Strengthening a willingness to have emotions
  • The opposite of acceptance is experiential avoidance
  • Experiential avoidance throughout the lifespan
  • Why acceptance is important
  • Case example: Teenage shyness & hoarding
Defusion
  • Look at thoughts rather than from thoughts
  • Deal with automatic thoughts
  • The power of words
  • The problem with cognitive fusion
  • Address CBT-based disputation techniques with defusion
  • "Taking your mind for a walk" exercise
  • Case example: Eating disorders & social phobia
Perspective-Taking
  • Understand the “Self” in ACT
  • Self-as-content, self-as-perspective, self-as-context
  • Observer self-exercise
  • Deal with identity issues
  • Case examples related to PTSD & childhood sexual trauma
Mindfulness
  • Contacting the present moment
  • Why being in the here-and-now is critical for mental health
  • Relationship between mindlessness and psychopathology
  • Meditation, mindfulness and mindful action
  • Exercises for mindful action
  • Case example: Anger, personality disorders, alcoholism
Values Work
  • The positive side of language
  • Identifying core values
  • Differentiate values and goals
  • Writing values-based treatment goals
  • The ethics of values clarification
  • Establishing the lifeline
  • Case example: Heroin addiction, bipolar disorder
Committed Action
  • Define “commitment” objectively
  • Integrate evidence-based therapy with ACT
  • Develop ACT-based behavior therapy treatment plans
  • Improve behavioral activation with ACT
  • Accelerate exposure therapy with ACT
  • Case example: Depression, agoraphobia
Pulling It All Together
  • Hexaflex model for psychological flexibility
  • Ask the “ACT Question” for self-help and case conceptualization
  • Inflexahex model: Diagnosis from an ACT approach
  • Case example: Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Incorporate ACT into Your Own Approach
  • Social skills training
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Inpatient treatment programs systems
  • Exposure and ritual prevention
  • Behavioral activation
  • Parent management training
  • Executive coaching
The Mindful Action Plan
  • ACT simplified
  • Passengers on the bus: The classic ACT group exercise
  • How ACT can make you a better therapist

Objectives
 
  1. Demonstrate effective use of the six core processes of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients advance psychological flexibility.
  2. Employ clinical techniques for increasing psychological flexibility in clients using ACT.
  3. Utilize acceptance approaches with avoidance problems to strengthen a client’s willingness to have emotions.
  4. Apply clinical skills to help clients effectively handle automatic cognitions.
  5. Utilize effective ACT exercises in therapy to aid clients with developing new skills to engage in the present moment and move past struggles.
  6. Assess and clarify a client’s values in order to develop an effective treatment plan and avoid potential clinical problems.
  7. Integrate ACT into different therapeutic styles and methods as an approach to managing symptoms.
  8. Create committed action plans for clients with anxiety disorders to improve level of functioning.
  9. Use metaphors to undermine language-based avoidance repertoires to improve client engagement.
  10. Utilize clinical strategies to develop an ACT-based behavior therapy plan as it relates to treatment outcomes.
  11. Perform emotional, behavioral willingness and exposure techniques with clients to reduce experiential avoidance.
  12. Apply ACT techniques to the treatment of specific disorders including depression, anxiety, trauma and personality disorders.
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Intensive Training
 
February 15-16, 2027

 
Live in Jacksonville, FL
Hyatt Place Jacksonville
 
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET
2-day LIVE training in Jacksonville, FL
Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours!
 
$499.99   $299.99
ATTEND IN JACKSONVILLE!
Live Online
Broadcast Live from Jacksonville, FL
 
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET
Join from your home or office
Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours!
 
$499.99   $299.99
JOIN LIVE ONLINE!
Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours! Click here for Credit details | Click here for virtual CE credit details
Can't attend these dates? Order the self-study version here! | Click here for on-demand CE credit details
Click here to register as the coordinator for the in-person event
Meet Your Trainer
 
 
Daniel J. Moran
Daniel J. Moran, PhD, BCBA-D, is the former president of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS), the international ACT organization with over 8,000 members worldwide. He co-authored the first case conceptualization manual for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy entitled ACT in Practice (New Harbinger) and served on the first ACT training committee.

As a recognized ACT trainer in the ACBS community, Dr. Moran has an engaging training style that has led him to be an invited keynote speaker for many events in the last decade. He has also been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Network, TLC, and The Discovery Channel discussing the treatment of many clinical disorders and has published several articles and book chapters, including publications with CBT pioneer Albert Ellis and ACT pioneer Steven Hayes.

Click here for information about Daniel J. Moran
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Intensive Training
 
February 15-16, 2027

 
Live in Jacksonville, FL
Hyatt Place Jacksonville
 
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET
2-day LIVE training in Jacksonville, FL
Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours!
 
$499.99   $299.99
ATTEND IN JACKSONVILLE!
Live Online
Broadcast Live from Jacksonville, FL
 
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET
Join from your home or office
Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours!
 
$499.99   $299.99
JOIN LIVE ONLINE!
Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours! Click here for Credit details | Click here for virtual CE credit details
Can't attend these dates? Order the self-study version here! | Click here for on-demand CE credit details
Click here to register as the coordinator for the in-person event
Frequently Asked Questions
 

Is this training right for me?

If you're ready to take your practice to the next level by learning the latest Acceptance & Commitment strategies, yes! You'll learn and be able to apply uniquely tailored interventions to a wide range of diagnoses and problems, including trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and so much more! When you complete this training, you'll have a robust set of skills and techniques that you can safely use within your scope of practice to create treatment success with client after client, session after session.

This conference is designed for:

 
  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Psychiatrists
  • Psychotherapists
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Case Managers
  • Other Helping Professionals
 

Will this training just provide a bunch of research, or will I learn how to apply ACT?

Dr. Moran delivers an exercise and intervention-heavy course that will give you the tools you need to more effectively treat clients with PTSD, anxiety, depression, or personality disorders.

 

What if I don't currently know ACT, is this 2-day training for me?

Yes! This training is for all clinicians — trained in ACT or not.

 

Should I attend in-person or online?

If you want face-to-face connection, and potential networking opportunities, come in person. But if travel isn’t possible, you can still get the same world-class training via live webcast or self-study.

 

How do I get CE credit?

For live CE credit, you must attend the training or watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time and complete the CE quiz and evaluation within one week. Please note that this requirement may vary by credit type. Please see detailed credit information for specific requirements for each credit type.

If you choose to watch on-demand you get instant access and unlimited access so you can finish at your pace. Once complete just finish the CE quiz and evaluation.

 

What will the schedule look like?

February 15-16 from 8:00-4:00pm ET

There will be a 70-minute lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion. A more detailed schedule is available upon request.

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