Association for Contextual Behavioral Science

The list of trainers below is meant to help learners more easily locate qualified and effective ACT Trainers.

Trainers listed here have committed to help others learn ACT with high fidelity and to work from a shared set of values. They are viewed as able to train ACT accurately, fully conveying the model both didactically and experientially. In the past this was evaluated by a committee of developers of ACT/RFT (see actual invitation) and now is evaluated by peer-review based on defined criteria.

Trainers pay no fees to anyone to be listed. This list is not meant to be de facto certification: there are other trainers equally qualified who simply choose not to be on such a list (because, for example, they would rarely be available; they are primarily researchers or academics; they are still students; etc.). If others in your area are apparently available to train in ACT they may be equally qualified: if you want input on that issue you can contact local ACT therapists or researchers (see lists elsewhere on the website), one of the trainers below, or members of the training committee for advice.

To learn more about how to be listed here and view the application forms please see the Training Standards page.

Patricia Bach, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, Illinois United States

Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, Ph.D. University Lecturer National University of Ireland Maynooth Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Sonja Batten, Ph.D. Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry Georgetown University School of Medicine and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine Silver Spring, Maryland United States

John T Blackledge, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychology Morehead State University Morehead, Kentucky United States

Frank W. Bond, Ph.D. Professor Goldsmiths, University of London London, United Kingdom

Martin Brock, MSc Principle Adult Psychotherapist Nottingham Psychotherapy Unit Nottingham, United Kingdom

Joseph Ciarrochi, Ph.D. Associate Professor University of Wollongong Wollongong, New South Wales Australia

Lisa W Coyne, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Suffolk University Boston, Massachusetts United States

JoAnne Caroline Dahl, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Psychology, Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden

Georg H. Eifert, Other Professor and Department Chair Chapman University, Department of Psychology Orange, California United States