About Reno, Nevada

Reno, Nevada: Come for the conference, stay for Nevada.
Been to Reno? If so, then you know why you want to come back. Never been to Reno? Then you're in for a real treat!

Reno is located on the eastern side of the majestic Sierra Nevada Mountains. From the casinos to its unprecedented natural surroundings, Reno is a city rich in both tradition and exciting entertainment.

Forty-five minutes from world-famous Lake Tahoe (Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe pictured right), the Reno-Sparks community is surrounded by natural beauty and limitless recreational opportunities. The Reno-Sparks-Lake Tahoe region has over 18 world-class ski resorts, many just a short 45 minutes from downtown, and 40-plus golf courses. World-class fishing, hiking, biking, kayaking, and numerous other outdoor activities abound. The area also boasts 60 gaming locations with excellent entertainment and restaurants, the National Bowling Stadium, the National Automobile Museum, the Nevada Museum of Art and the historic silver boomtown of Virginia City. The Reno Rodeo will also be in town at the time of the conference (and after).

High-peaked mountains surround the region in every direction. The geography ranges from high desert hills to valleys covered with deciduous and evergreen trees. The Truckee River flows casually through the heart of the city, winding its way through an eclectic mixture of stately manors, quaint churches, sleek high rises, city parks, and casinos. Shopping malls and new residential developments canvas the city limits and are nestled against mountains that offer endless outdoor recreation, and cradle the magnificent Lake Tahoe.

Calling itself “The Biggest Little City In The World”, Reno offers an extraordinary mix of history and culture, world-class ski and golf resorts, gaming and entertainment, a mild climate with four distinct seasons, a healthy, diverse economy, and an enduring sense of community spirit.

Reno now has it's very own Triple-A baseball team and a brand new stadium, within walking distance of the conference hotel. The Reno Aces have tickets available from $7-$29 dollars and there is no bad seat in the house!

ACT Summer Institute - Now within the World Conference

ACT Summer Institute:
Anyone interested in the ACT Summer Institute... that event has been completely absorbed into the annual World Conference. The ACT SI was always an international event anyway, and now you'll get a chance to attend the half day workshops, as well as learn about current research going on in the ACT/RFT community. So you get it all!

Call for Posters - Closing April 1

Call for Poster Submissions - Open!

Go to Online Submission Form

Deadline for poster submissions: April 1, 2010
Deadline for workshops, symposia, papers, panels, etc. was Sunday, February 7, 2010.

I am happy to announce that the ACBS Annual World Conference VIII will be in Reno, Nevada, USA, from June 21-24.

Pre-conference 2-day workshops will be held on June 19 & 20. The conference will take place at the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno. Bus service for all participants will be included in the registration cost between the conference hotel and the campus.

The structure of the program will be similar to previously successful ACBS World Conferences, and will be both ACT and RFT focused. We are hoping to reach out broadly at this conference and bring in people from outside ACT/RFT who can bring something new to the conference and broaden the attendance to include more new attendees. We want to give research and RFT a prominent place and we are looking for innovations and new clinical, as well as non-clinical, applications.

We will host a meet & greet evening event on June 20 at the Silver Legacy Hotel for those attending the World Conference. On June 21, after the first day of the conference, we will have a poster session/ barbecue which is intended to showcase clinical and experimental research in RFT and ACT—a great way to see what is happening around the world. Wednesday, June 23, we’ll have our famous 'Follies' night, with funny songs, skits, etc.

At this time, we would like to put out a call for submissions to the ACBS World Conference VIII. We want to open the call broadly and encourage proposals for short workshops (3 hrs. or less), panel discussions, research symposia, research papers (looking for a symposium), consultation sessions, or other types of sessions you think would be an asset to this year’s program. Feel free to contact me (jbluoma@gmail.com) to propose sessions you would like to see, along with those you would like to conduct.

We are eager to hear your ideas and will continue to post information regarding the conference as planning moves along.

For further description of purpose, audience, and style of sessions please read below.

On behalf of the program committee,

Jason Luoma, Ph.D.
ACBS Conference Program Chair

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PURPOSES
The primary purpose of the conference is to advance contextual behavioral science through sharing knowledge, scientific work, ideas, and skills. All over the world people are producing an exciting array of work, varying from fundamental research on basic processes, to clinical and nonclinical application of ACT, RFT, and related scientific approaches. We want the conference to be a place where all of these folks can meet and exchange the richness of their scientific and applied work.

A second purpose is to increase the skill of attendees in implementing ACT. This will be accomplished through a combination of targeted workshops, symposia, poster session, video demonstrations, live demonstrations, role playing, clinically focused case discussions, and experiential work.

A final purpose of the World Conference is to help interested attendees better understand RFT, its significance in understanding human suffering and how RFT principles can be translated into clinical practice, and to help attendees learn and develop methods and strategies for conducting ACT process and outcome studies in applied and academic settings. This will be accomplished through “user friendly” workshops and small group discussions.

AUDIENCE
The target audience for this conference is any practitioner, researcher, or student interested in learning more about the clinical and non-clinical application of ACT/RFT or related clinical approaches or in contributing to contextual behavioral science.

STYLE OF SESSIONS
We want the conference to be very interactive, with participants getting chances to increase their knowledge, enhance their understanding and develop skills, with lots of time for questions, presentations on different levels, chances to do role plays, watch videos, get feedback on difficult clients, and watch tapes of clinical work they have brought with them.

There will also be scientific symposia presented by researchers, with one entire track devoted to RFT research and applications for those with varying levels of familiarity.

Conference Hotel

Conference Hotel:
Silver Legacy Resort Casino
407 N. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89501

You can reserve your hotel room for a great rate through our conference hotel landing page here (select your dates at the very top of the page). We have an unheard-of conference rate for your stay at the Silver Legacy. Only $109 per night on the weekends, and $59-$69 during the week (Wed. & Thurs.- $59; Sun., Mon., & Tues.- $69) for double occupancy.

• you need to select your check in date and number of nights you're staying, at the very top of the hotel landing page, to do your registration online

The Silver Legacy has deluxe rooms with terrific views of the Washoe Valley, with either 1 King sized bed (pictured), or 2 Queen sized beds. The Silver Legacy offers a free airport shuttle, dining and shopping coupons, a convenient downtown location within walking distance to the University of Nevada, Reno, onsite car rental, onsite Adventure Desk to plan your visit, six in-house restaurants, and much more.

Conference Venue

Conference Venue:
The conference will be held in the beautiful new Joe Crowley Student Union Building on the campus of the University of Nevada. (Evening event locations TBD.)

Continuing Education (CE) Credits

Possible credit hours:

• 2-day pre-conference workshops: 14 hours

• Mindfulness & Meditation pre-conference workshop: 12 hours

• ACBS World Conference VIII (attending all events): TBD (pending program completion in the Spring [last year was 21 hours, this year will be more])

Types of Credit Available:

• CE credit is available for psychologists (APA type).

• CE credit is available for LCSW and MFT credits with the State of California.

• We plan to apply for CE approval with the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) for CEs for counselors and also with the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). (We can not do this until the program is finalized, but we received approval the last time we applied.)

The Association for Contextual Behavioral Science is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The Association for Contextual Behavioral Science maintains responsibility for the program. APA CE rules require that we only issue credits to those who attend the entire workshop. Those arriving more than 15 minutes late or leaving before the entire workshop is completed will not receive CE credits.

ACBS is an approved provider of continuing education for MFCCs and/or LCSWs by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, provider #PCE 4653.

Refunds & Grievance Policies: Participants may direct any questions or complaints to ACBS Executive Director Emily Neilan Rodrigues, 1-775-544-0991 or through the "Contact Us" link on this website.

• CE credit fees are included in the price of registration. No further fee is required.

• CEs are only available for events that qualify as workshops or end of the day plenary sessions. Poster sessions, symposia, and paper presentations do not qualify for Continuing Education.

• (Note: CE credits are only available for professionals. You may not earn CE credits with a student registration.)

Diet / Catering (Special Needs)

The University of Nevada is able to provide Kosher, Gluten Free, and Vegan meals if needed for attendees of the World Conference VIII, and the Pre-Conference workshops. They make the Gluten Free and Vegan meals in-house and purchse the Kosher meals from outside.

If you require one of these special order meals or have further dietary restrictions we will do everything possible to accommodate your request. If the university is unable to provide you with your required menu (due to kitchen limitations), please talk to us about other arrangements we can make with you.

• All requests for special meals must be made in writing to acbs@contextualpsychology.org by June 1, 2010, due to catering deadlines.

Please email ACBS at the email address above with your meal requirements after you have registered for the World Conference or for a Pre-Conference workshop. If your dietary requirements are different from "Kosher, Gluten Free, or Vegan", please email us (Emily Rodrigues) at acbs@contextualpsychology.org before registering so that we can discuss your needs.

We apologize that we are unable to accommodate special meal requests made after June 1, 2010.

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (All Transportation)

Getting to Reno:
By Air:
The following airlines service the Reno-Tahoe International Airport (airport code: RNO): Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, Horizon Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United, U.S. Airways.

You probably have your own method to search for flights, but, in the USA/ Canada, I love Kayak, it has a funny name but is a great tool for finding good fares, and good schedules. The only domestic US airline that it does not include is Southwest Airlines. You'll have to create a free login, but it's worth it.

For Europe-USA flights, I recommend trying Kayak or SkyScanner. (Please note, if you're thinking of doing some other traveling within the US while here for the conference, please check Southwest Airlines, they only fly domestically, but I'd say they're like a deluxe version of EasyJet (not quite as cheap though), and as of January, 2010, you can still check 2 bags onto the plane for free.)

By Train:
The Amtrak train provides service to Reno via the California Zephyr line. This line goes from Chicago all the way to Emeryville, CA (Bay Area) with service to Reno. The train station is approximately 2 blocks from the Silver Legacy conference hotel.

By Car:
Reno, Nevada is approximately this far (by car) from:

Lake Tahoe (Incline Village) - 49 minutes / 37.48 miles
San Francisco - 3 hours 42 minutes / 217.85 miles
Las Vegas - 7 hours 11 minutes / 448.48 miles
Portland, Oregon - 9 hours 14 minutes / 547.10 miles

While in Reno:
Airport - Hotel Shuttle:
The Silver Legacy Hotel shuttle departs from the hotel at the top of the hour from 5 am to 11 pm and departs from the airport on the bottom of the hour from 5:30 am to 11:30 pm. Upon your arrival at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport, proceed to the baggage claim area and follow the signage directing you to the general airport shuttle area to board the Silver Legacy shuttle. (The airport is 4.12 miles (about 12 minutes) from the Silver Legacy Hotel. If you instead chose to take a taxi, it would cost $10-$15 one-way.)

Parking:
Parking at the Silver Legacy Hotel is convenient and free in their 11-story self-parking garage; complimentary valet service is also available. In addition, Silver Legacy's valet can accommodate oversized vehicles such as RV’s and boats at an off property location.

You can park at the UNR campus on the top level of the Brian J Whalen Garage (building #083 on this map) for $5 for all day. Other visitor Parking at the University of Nevada, is available for 2 hours at a time at paid metered parking on campus ($1.50 per hour). You can park at any meter on campus for free on Saturday and Sunday. Please plan to use our conference shuttle service, or the city's free Sierra Spirit shuttle.

City Shuttle - Sierra Spirit:
Sierra Spirit Route Map
This is a free public bus that you can ride, every 10 minutes, between the University and downtown (where the Silver Legacy Hotel is) between 7:00am and 7:00pm every day.

Conference Shuttle:
The conference hotel and conference venue are about 2 miles apart, therefore we are offering a free shuttle between the hotel and the University before and after conference & 2-day workshop events. (Schedule to be posted later.)

Reno City Buses:
City bus information is available on the RTC website.

Car Rental:
You can rent with Hertz at the Silver Legacy. All other car rentals can be obtained at the airport.

Traveling to San Francisco:
A number of people have already told me that they are planning to go to San Francisco after the conference. San Francisco is a terrific city and I highly recommend it. You can take the Amtrak train, or I would recommend taking Southwest Airlines into Oakland, or another airline into the San Francisco Airport. From the Oakland Airport you can get a shuttle to the BART (San Francisco's public transportation train system). If you fly into the San Francisco Airport, you can directly access the BART, but it's just a few minutes farther away than Oakland. You can drive to San Francisco, but be prepared to pay $20-$30 per day for parking. When I go there, I try to stay in the "Union Square" area. It's a nice area and fairly central, although there are other great areas to stay in. Try http://www.hotels.com or Kayak for hotels and neighborhoods.

(If you live in the area, or have visited recently and have other suggestions, please click "Add new comment" at the bottom of this page, and I'll incorporate your info here.)

Pre-Conference Workshops (June 19 & 20, 2010)

These 2-day workshops will be held the 2-days immediately preceding the ACBS World Conference VIII, at the same venue. (The Meditation workshop is the exception to this.) They will be 9:00-5:00pm on Saturday and Sunday, June 19 & 20, 2010.

*These workshops run concurrently, therefore you may only attend one of the workshops below, and they require their own registration and fee (they are not a part of the ACBS World Conference).

Pre-Conference 2-day Workshops Early Registration (June 19-20, 2010):
Note: Onsite registration is not available for the pre-conference workshops

Students: $145
Professionals: $280

Above prices include 2 lunches, coffee/tea on site, as well as transportation to/from the hotel.

FAP Workshop (June 19-20, 2010)
Students: $170
Professionals: $300

Above prices include 2 lunches, coffee/tea on site, as well as transportation to/from the hotel.

Mindfulness & Meditation ACT Workshop (on Lake Tahoe, evening June 18- June 20, 2010)
Students: $175
Professionals: $340

Above prices include shared dorm sleeping, 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and 2 dinners.

*Online registration will be available in early February, 2010.

*Early Registration ends May 1, 2010. (Prices will increase after this date.)

• Disarming Anxious Suffering Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A 2-Day Professional Workshop (introductory/ intermediate):
  John Forsyth, Ph.D.
• Introductory ACT Workshop (introductory/ intermediate): Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.
• ACT with Children & Families (introductory - advanced): Lisa Coyne, Ph.D.
• An Experiential Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (not just for beginners) (introductory - advanced): Kelly G. Wilson, Ph.D.
• Introduction to Relational Frame Theory (RFT) for Clinicians (intermediate): Niklas Törneke, M.D., & John T. Blackledge, Ph.D.
• ACT: Advanced Training in Core Skills and Flexible Use of the Model (intermediate/ advanced): Robyn Walser, Ph.D.
• Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP): New Frontiers in Awareness, Courage, Love, and Behaviorism (introductory/ intermediate): Mavis Tsai, Ph.D., & Robert Kohlenberg, Ph.D.
• Mindfulness & Meditation ACT Workshop Retreat (intermediate): JoAnne Dahl, Ph.D., Lindsay Fletcher, M.A., Fredrik Livheim

Registration & Fees

REGISTER NOW! (Online)

Alternative Registration Form (Print & Fax/Mail )

Early Registration Rates:

World Conference

World Conference VIII (June 21-24, 2010):
Students: $195
Professionals: $395

Above prices include 4 lunches, 1 dinner, coffee/tea on site, 1 opening cocktail reception (June 20), as well as transportation to/from the conference hotel and conference venue.

Pre-Conference Workshops

2 Day Workshops (June 19-20, 2010)
Students: $145
Professionals: $280
Above prices include 2 lunches, coffee/tea on site, as well as transportation to/from the conference hotel.

FAP Workshop (June 19-20, 2010)
Students: $170
Professionals: $300

Above prices include 2 lunches, coffee/tea on site, as well as transportation to/from the conference hotel.

Mindfulness & Meditation ACT Workshop Retreat (Lake Tahoe, evening June 18- June 20, 2010)
Students: $175
Professionals: $340

Above prices for the Meditation Retreat include shared dorm sleeping, 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and 2 dinners.
• Early Registration ends May 1, 2010. (Prices will increase by $25 after this date.)
Regular and Onsite Registration:
• Online registration will end June 17, 2010.
• Regular registration will be $25 more than early registration.
• Onsite registration fees will be the regular registration fees plus $50.

  Note: Onsite registration is not available for the pre-conference workshops.

Refunds:
A $25 processing fee will be charged for World Conference & Pre-conference registration refunds up to June 1, 2010. We regret that after June 1, 2010, refunds can not be made.

Enrollment limitations:
Enrollment may be limited due to the limitation of our venue to accommodate additional sessions and attendees.

Paper Registration Form - WC8


If you have trouble with our online form, feel free to use this paper version for Early Registration. You may email, mail, or fax it to us.
Early Registration: World Conference 8 - Reno, Nevada, June 2010

Name:______________________________________________________________________________
Institutional Affiliation: (university/ private practice/ etc.) ______________________________________
Mailing Address:_______________________________________________________________________
City:________________________________________ State:_________________ Zip:_______________
Daytime Phone:_________________________________ Fax:__________________________________
Email address (required):________________________________________________________________

First Name (as you’d like it to appear on your name badge): ___________________________________
First & Last Name (as you’d like it to appear on your name badge): ______________________________
Affiliation (as you’d like it to appear on your name badge): ____________________________________
City, State, Country (as you’d like it to appear on your name badge): ____________________________

Meal Preference: _____ non-vegetarian _____ vegetarian

Type of Certificate/ CE credits needed (please choose one):

____ no certificate needed
____ general certificate of attendance
____ general certificate of attendance with number of hours attended (must sign in onsite to receive this)
____ CE credits for Psychologists (APA type)
____ California LCSW or MFT CEs
____ NBCC for counselors (pending approval)
____ NASW credits (pending approval)

License Number (if you need it to appear on your certificate): ______________________

For the World Conference VIII (June 21-24, with poster session June 20, evening)
Note: Fees include 4 lunches, 1 dinner, coffee/tea on site, 1 opening cocktail reception (June 20), as well as transportation to/from the conference hotel and conference venue.

_____Professionals: $395
_____Students: $195

For the 2-day Workshops (June 19-20) (these workshops run concurrently, you may choose to attend only one)
Note: Fees include 2 lunches, coffee/tea on site, as well as transportation to/from the conference hotel.
Note: Fees for the MEDITATION RETREAT (June 18-20) include shared dorm sleeping, 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and 2 dinners.

Please mark the 2-day workshop you wish to attend:

______ John Forsyth
______ Steven Hayes
______ Lisa Coyne
______ Kelly Wilson
______ Niklas Torneke & J. T. Blackledge
______ Robyn Walser

_____Professionals/Affiliates: $280 (for above workshops)
_____Students: $145 (for above workshops)

______ Mavis Tsai & Bob Kohlenberg (FAP workshop)

_____Professionals/Affiliates: $300 (for FAP workshop)
_____Students: $170 (for FAP workshop)

______ JoAnne Dahl, Lindsay Fletcher, & Fredrik Livheim (Meditation Retreat Workshop)

_____Professionals/Affiliates: $340 (for Meditation Retreat Workshop)
_____Students: $175 (for Meditation Retreat Workshop)

__________ Total Cost

You may pay via Visa, MasterCard, American Express, PayPal, or by a check in US Dollars.

I am paying by : ______________________

PayPal:
Go to http://www.paypal.com/sendmoney
Our account is under the email address: acbs@contextualpsychology.org

Credit Card:
If paying by credit card, you may fax your registration to: 1 (225) 302-8688

__Visa __MasterCard __American Express

No.__________________________________ Expiry Date_________ Sec. code _______
Signature:___________________________________

Checks:
Please make checks, in US Dollars, payable to ACBS.
_______________________________________________

Mail*, fax*, or email this completed form and payment to:
ACBS
42398 Haltom Rd.
Hammond, LA 70403
USA

1 (225) 302-8688 (fax)
acbs@contextualpsychology.org
_______________________________________________

*This form and payment must reach ACBS in Hammond, Louisiana, by May 1, 2010, to take advantage of the Early Registration Rate. If you need to register after May 1, 2010, please contact ACBS at acbs@contextualpsychology.org for a registration form with updated pricing.

Note: Registrations are processed in the order that they are received AND paid for. If a workshop is full before your registration reaches us, you will be contacted to make alternative arrangements. If you send a registration without payment, it does not secure your place, only a registration with payment can do that.

Note: Onsite registration is not available for 2-day Pre-Conference workshops.

Note: Some CEs require post-conference paperwork completion, as well as onsite sign in, for the credits to be awarded.
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Note: A $25 processing fee will be charged for registration refunds up to June 1, 2010. We regret that after June 1, 2010, refunds can not be made.

Enrollment may be limited due to the limitation of our venue to accommodate additional sessions and attendees.

Reno Conference Maps

University of Nevada Campus Map
We'll be in the Joe Crowley Student Union (building number 087, near the very center of campus).

Sierra Spirit Route Map
This is a free public bus that you can ride, every 10 minutes, between the University and downtown between 7:00am and 7:00pm every day.

View World Conference VIII in a larger map

Room Share/ Ride Share

Please use this page to find hotel roommates, rides to the World Conference, and/or rental car sharing.

To post your need, click "add new comment" (which appears in blue below). It is recommended that you list your email address so that you may be contacted directly, but that is up to you.

To respond to a posting, click "reply" at the bottom of a post, and your reply will appear on this page (you may want to give your email address so that you may be contacted directly).

When your need has been met, please go back to your comment (be sure you are logged in) and click "edit", and delete the content of your post. Otherwise people will just keep contacting you....

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Schedule of Events

General Schedule of Events:

• June 19 & 20: Pre-conference, 2-day, Experiential Workshops
• June 20, evening: Poster Session, Early Registration, & Social event at the Silver Legacy Hotel
• June 21- 24: World Conference VIII (June 24th will be a half day or a full day of events, but that is still to be determined.)
• June 21 evening: BBQ & Evening Social Event
• June 23, evening: Follies

Program & Schedule
After the call for submissions is complete, and the program is finished, the detailed program will be loaded to this website.

WC8 Conference Committee

Thank you to our generous volunteer Conference Committee!

Conference Chair:
Jason Luoma, Ph.D.

Program Committee:
Linda Bilich, University of Wollongong, Australia
Frank Bond, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Jennifer L. Boulanger, University of Nevada, Reno
Martin Brock, Nottingham Psychotherapy Unit, UK
Lisa Coyne, Suffolk University, Boston, MA
Brandon Gaudiano, Brown University, Providence, RI
Steven C. Hayes, University of Nevada, Reno
Jason Luoma, Portland Psychotherapy Clinc, Research, & Training Center, PC, Portland, OR
Louise McHugh, University of Wales, Swansea, UK
Giovanni Miselli, ASCCO-Parma; IULM University-Milan; AUSL-Reggio Emilia, Italy

On Site Event Planners:
Jennifer Boulanger, University of Nevada, Reno
Lindsay Fletcher, University of Nevada, Reno
Mikaela Hildebrandt, University of Nevada, Reno
Tami Jaffcoat, University of Nevada, Reno
Mike Levin, University of Nevada, Reno
Jennifer Plumb, University of Nevada, Reno
Emily Rodrigues, ACBS
Merry Sylvester, University of Nevada, Reno
Jamie Yadavaia, University of Nevada, Reno

2-Day Pre-Conference Workshops

All of the Pre-Conference Workshops have filled. Please check our Training Events Calendar for other training opportunities in your area. Or come to the World Conference, where you can learn from all of these trainers, and more.

These 2-day workshops will be held the 2-days immediately preceding the ACBS World Conference III, at the same venue. They will be roughly 9:00-5:00/5:15pm on Monday and Tuesday, June 29 & 30, 2009.

*These workshops run concurrently, therefore you may only attend one of the workshops below, and they require their own registration (they are not a part of the ACBS World Conference).

Pre-Conference 2-day Workshop Early Registration (June 29 & 30):
Note: Onsite registration is not available for the 2-day workshops

€275: Professional/ Affiliate
€165: Student

Prices include 2 lunches, coffee/tea.

• WORKSHOP FULL: ACT with Youth and Parents (introductory - advanced):
  Amy Murrell, Ph.D., and Rikard Wicksell, Ph.D.
• WORKSHOP FULL: Tweedaagse Experientiele Introductie Workshop Acceptance en Commitment Therapie (In het Nederlands- In Dutch!!!) (introductory):
  Ando Rokx, MSc, and Lucas Goessens, MSc
• WORKSHOP FULL: Using the Hexaflex Functional Dimensional Experiential Interview (intermediate - advanced):
  Kelly Wilson, Ph.D., Emily Sandoz, & Regan Slater
• WORKSHOP FULL: Introductory ACT Workshop (introductory/intermediate):
  Steve Hayes, Ph.D.
• WORKSHOP FULL: Applying ACT to Complex Chronic Dug in Problems emphasizing the use of experiential dramatization of Core Processes (intermediate/advanced):
  JoAnne Dahl, Ph.D.
• WORKSHOP FULL: Personal Willingness and Compassion: Advanced Workshop in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (advanced):
  Robyn Walser, Ph.D.

Call for POSTER Submissions - Closed

ACBS WORLD CONFERENCE III- 2009

Call for Submissions - Closed

Go to Online Submission Form
Poster Submission Deadline Extended to April 1, 2009

I am happy to announce that planning for the ACBS World Conference III is underway. The Institute will be held at the Technical University of Twente on 1-3 July, 2009 in Enschede, The Netherlands.

Pre-conference 2-day experiential workshops will be held on 29-30 June. The conference as well as the social events will take place at the campus of the University. Enschede can be reached by a direct, two-hour train trip from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Most of the designated hotels are within walking distance of the campus (designated hotels farther away will provide shuttle service).

The structure of the program will be similar to previously successful ACBS World Conferences, and will be both ACT and RFT focused. We are hoping to give the conference a European flavor so we especially want to hear from European clinicians and/or researchers. Of course we also hope to welcome a lot of folks from outside Europe. We want to give research and RFT a prominent place and we are looking for innovations and new clinical, as well as non-clinical, applications.

We will host an opening evening on Tuesday (30 June) with a poster session/ cocktail event which is intended to showcase clinical and experimental research in RFT and ACT—a great way to see what is happening around the world. There will be a big barbecue on Wednesday evening for all participants of the conference. On Thursday we’ll have our famous Follies night as well as a separate place with music and drinks if you prefer.

At this time, we would like to put out a call for submissions to the ACBS World Conference III. We want to open the call broadly and encourage proposals for short workshops (3 hrs. or less), panel discussions, research symposia, research papers (looking for a symposium), consultation sessions, or other types of sessions you think would be an asset to this year’s program. Feel free to propose sessions you would like to see, along with those you would like to conduct.

We are eager to hear your ideas and will continue to post information regarding the ACBS World Conference III.

For further description of purpose, audience, and style of sessions please read below.

Looking forward to seeing you all here!

On behalf of the program committee

Ando Rokx
GGNET Apeldoorn
The Netherlands
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PURPOSES
The primary purpose of the conference is to share knowledge, scientific work, ideas, and skills about ACT and RFT. All over the world people are producing an exciting array of work, varying from fundamental research on basic processes to clinical and nonclinical application of ACT and RFT. We want the conference to be a place where all of these folks can meet and exchange the richness of their scientific and applied work.

A secondary purpose is to increase the skill of attendees in implementing research and application of ACT. This will be accomplished through a combination of targeted workshops, symposia, poster session, video demonstrations, live demonstrations, role playing, clinically focused case discussions, and experiential work.

A final purpose of the World Conference is to help interested attendees better understand RFT, its significance in understanding human suffering and how RFT principles can be translated into clinical practice, and to help attendees learn and develop methods and strategies for conducting ACT process and outcome studies in applied and academic settings. This will be accomplished through “user friendly” workshops and small group discussions.

AUDIENCE
The target audience for this conference is any practitioner, researcher, or student interested in learning more about the clinical and non-clinical application of ACT/RFT or who is interested in building the scientific ACT/RFT base of knowledge.

STYLE OF SESSIONS
We want the conference to be very interactive, with participants getting chances to increase their knowledge, enhance their understanding and develop skills, with lots of time for questions, presentations on different levels, chances to do role plays, watch videos, get feedback on difficult clients, and watch tapes of clinical work they have brought with them.

There will also be scientific symposia presented by researchers, with one entire track devoted to RFT research and applications for those with varying levels of familiarity.

CE Credits (Continuing Education)

Possible credit hours:

• 2-day pre-conference workshops: 14 hours

• ACBS World Conference III (attending all events): 21 hours
  (July 1 - 6.5 hours, July 2 - 7.5 hours, July 3 - 7 hours)

Types of Credit Available:

• Accreditation (CE's) for Dutch participants will be available for the VGCT, FGzP, NVVP and Eerstelijnspsycholoog NIP.

• CE credit is available for psychologists (APA type).

Approval:
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Enschede, The Netherlands - Maps, Restaurant Info, etc.

Visit Enschede

• Includes transportation, bed & breakfast, restaurant, event information, etc.

General information about visiting The Netherlands

The Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions

Enschede City Map I found an Enschede City Map of the downtown area, with landmarks noted, at VisitEnschede.nl It is attached at the bottom of this page for ACBS members. (You won't see the link if you're not logged into your current, paid ACBS member account.)

Interactive Google Map of Enschede & the University of Twente

Scroll to the northwest to see hotels, restaurants, and more in Hengelo.

Click "Sat" in the top right corner of the map to see a satellite view.

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Michelin Map

There is an alternative map from Michelin here: Michelin Map.

General Schedule of Events

Pre-Conference Experiential Workshops (2-days):

• Monday, June 29, 9:00am-5:00/5:15pm
• Tuesday, June 30, 9:00am-5:00/5:15pm

ACBS World Conference III:

• Tuesday, June 30, 7:30pm-10:00pm (poster session begins at 8:00pm) - Poster Session/ Opening Cocktail Social Event
• Wednesday, July 1, 9:00am-5:45/6:00pm, 1st day of sessions (workshops/ symposia/ plenary sessions)
• Wednesday, July 1, 6:00pm-11:30pm - University Hosted BBQ Dinner and Social Event
• Thursday, July 2, 9:00am-5:45pm, 2nd day of sessions (workshops/ symposia/ plenary session)
• Thursday, July 2, 6:00pm - Midnight - Dinner, ACBS Follies/Skit night, and Social Event
• Friday, July 3, 9:00am-5:30, 3rd and final day of sessions (workshops/ symposia/ plenary session)

Hotel Accommodations

ACBS World Conference III, 2009

We have blocked rooms at the following hotels in Enschede. (Please note, the conference rate is only available until the dates listed for each hotel.)

• The prices listed are the conference room rates (including or excluding breakfast).

• Only the Drienerburght has rooms suited for one individual, the rest are rooms with two beds, intended to accommodate 1 person per bed.

• ACBS recommends staying at the Drienerburght or Eden Broeierd because of their proximity to the conference location.

1. Eden Dish, Eden Star, (Eden Broeierd - the Broeierd is currently full)

Location	Nearby the conference location and in the cities Enschede and Hengelo
Telephone	+31 53 85 06 500 (number for reservation for all the Eden-hotels)
Amount of Rooms	35 (Broeierd)/65 (Eden Star)/25 (Eden Dish)
Room Rates	€90,- for a room, breakfast €15,- per person
Reservation	Before the First of March rooms will be guaranteed, after 3/1/2009 reservations are possible for the reduced price until 4/28/2009 (while rooms last).
Subscription	You can make your reservation via this Eden hotels English language reservation PDF. If you are unable to view the pdf, you may get the form here.
Website	www.edencityhotels.com
Remarks	The reservations will first be placed in the Eden Broeierd, then Dish Hotel, because of the distance to the conference location. The Eden Broeierd Hotel is a chique place in a former farm (founded in 1831).

2. Van der Valk

Location	Hengelo
Telephone	+31 74 25 55 055
Amount of Rooms	100
Room Rates	€85,- for a room, breakfast €12.50 per person
Reservation	Reservations can no longer be made at the conference rate, but rooms are still available in this hotel as of 18 June.
Subscription	By e-mail receptie@hengelo-valk.nl or by telephone (+31 74 25 55 055).
Website	www.valk.com
Remarks	www.valk.com (English)

3. Drienerburght - THIS HOTEL IS FULL.

Location	Twente University (on campus)
Telephone	+31 53 43 31 366
Amount of Rooms	64
Room Rates	€72.50 incl. breakfast for a single room, €82.50, incl. breakfast for a double room.
Reservation	Booking should be made before April 15, 2009
Subscription	www.drienerburght.nl (English), choose reservations, complete your hotel room reservation and type ACT under "I take part in the congress" to book a room with the discount. Or by telephone: +31 53 43 31 366 under the reference ACT.
Website	www.drienerburght.nl
Remarks	The Drienerburght offers 51 single rooms and 13 double rooms. The hotel only has basic service and facilities.

Transportation
ACBS only offers free touringcar transportation from the hotels above. The
Drienerburght and Broeierd are within ten walking minutes. ACBS does not offer transportation for these two hotels. You must submit a transportation request by June 1, 2009, at this link contextualpsychology.org/wc3_transportation to take advantage of the free shuttle.

Alternative Housing
For information concerning Bed & Breakfasts, cheap holiday homes (6-8 pax) call +31 53 432 32 00 or by e-mail info@enschedepromotie.nl

Or check out: http://www.hotelenschede.nl/holiday%20apartments.htm
I'm told it's 15 min from the University. You'll likely need to rent a car if you stay at this location, or sort out information about busing, to see if this will work for you.

Powerpoint presentations for World Conference III events

We have collected many of the powerpoint presentations and handouts from presenters at the ACBS World Conference III, which took place July 1-3, 2009, in Enschede, The Netherlands.

These are available for download for any current, paid ACBS member. It can cost you as little as $1 to join, so please consider it! Find out how to join and learn about the benefits of membership!

• The ABC Course: A pilot ACT course for learning mindfulness - Trepka
• Acceptance and Present-Moment Processes with People who Hear Distressing Voices - Morris, Garrety, Peters
• ACT as a Brief Intervention: Theory and Application - Strosahl
• ACT based Treatment of Chronic Pain - Outcome data to three years - Vowles, McCracken, & Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert
• ACT Early: Acceptance, Mindfulness, and Values in Early Intervention for Psychosis - Morris, Oliver, Bloy
• ACT for Young Adults (16-28 year olds) - ACT used in Group Format as Prevention or an Early Intervention aimed towards Psychological Ill-health and Stress - Livheim
• ACT in Teams - Heuts
• ACT to prevent stress and promote health: Psychological Treatment of Youth under Stressful Conditions - A Pilot Evaluation of the Impact of ACT in an Adolescent Group - Livheim & Stavenow
• ACT with Love- Harris
• ACT with the Challenging Patient - Strosahl
• "ACTifying" Religious Traditions - Robb
• Applying ACT to Cases of Complex Depression: New Clinical and Research Perspectives - Gaudiano
• Applying ACT to Cases of Complex Depression: New Clinical and Research Perspectives - Dalrymple
• Building systems with values: Integrated care and beyond… - Webster, Ormston, & Harrington
• Can a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Intervention Change Personality? - Nyklicek
• Creative Confusion: An Idiot's Guide to ACT in Groups - Polk, Webster, Schoendorff, & Hambright (handout)
• A Group ACTivation Program for Us Old Folks - Rydberg
• From Verbal Content to Experiential Process with the iView - Polk
• From Verbal Content to Experiential Process with the iView - Polk (handout)
• Evaluating introductory ACT workshops: Changes in knowledge and responses to experiential exercises - Morris
• Identifying the Active Ingredients in ACT - Ciarrochi
• The Impact of ACT Training on Stress and Burnout in Human Services Workers - Lloyd & Bond
• The ImPActS model of principled living: Measuring the extent that people find principles to be Important, Pressured by others, Activated, and successfully engaged - Ciarrochi
• The Importance of RFT to the Development of Contextual Behavioral Science (Presidential Address) - Hayes
• Living a Vital Life with Obsessions: Treating OCD with ACT - Plumb & Schoendorff
• Measuring acceptance and fusion in individuals seeking treatment for chronic fatigue - Vowles, Catchpool, Johnson, Bristow, & Hadlandsmyth
• Mindfulness and Acceptance in the Treatment of Depression - Strosahl & Robinson
• On being present and feeling good: The link between present-moment awareness and emotional well-being amongst adolescence - Ciarrochi
• Overcoming Resistance - Made Simple - Harris
• OCD and Case Formulation in ACT - Brock (handout)
• Practical Mindfulness for Meditation Hating Clients: The appliance of Heartrate Coherence Training - Kleen
• The Primary Care Behavioral Health Model: A Platform for ACT - Robinson
• RFT & the Self: Theory, Research, and Applications - Boulanger & Stewart (pdf version)
• RFT: An Overview of the Evidence to Date - Stewart & Sandoz (pdf version)
• RFT - Basic Concepts and Clinical Implications - Torneke & Luoma or (pdf handout version)
• RFT and evolution: Are memetics the missing link? - Kleen
• Self-as-Context Made Simple - Harris
• Thought Suppression and the Transfer on Stimulus Functions - Hooper, McHugh, Saunders (pptx file)
• Using ACT to Empower the Unconscious - A-Tjak
• Using ACT to Improve Management of Chronic Pain in Primary Care - Robinson
• Working with Values in Chronic Pain - Vowles

Program

Complete, Final, Program - July 1, 2, & 3 (for ACBS members) (please login to your current paid member account to download/view the pdf)

(If you need to find something specific in the program, do a "Control+F" to find a name or title.)

If you prefer, far below is a list of what will be at the World Conference III. Below are Workshops, Invited Talks, Symposia, Papers, & Posters.

Complete Program with abstracts, presenters, etc.

Wednesday, July 1
Wednesday Morning 9:00-9:45am
1. Welcome to the ACBS World Conference III, the University of Twente, and Enschede
Plenary (9:00-9:45am):
Room: Vrijhof – Agora/ Amphitheater
ANDO ROKX, GGNET, Netherlands
PROF. DR. HUBERT COONEN, Deacon Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, Twente University
DRS. K. LEMKE, M.D., Member of the board of directors of GGNET
STEVE HAYES, University of Nevada, Reno
EMILY RODRIGUES, ACBS
Target Audience: All

Wednesday Morning 10:00am
2. ACT in the Workplace
Symposium (10:00-Noon): ACT - Other/ Organisational Psychology, Stress at Work, Burnout, Human Services Workers, Stigma
Room: Vrijhof – Agora
Chair: FRANK BOND, Goldsmiths, University of London, U.K.
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• The Impact of ACT training on Leadership
FRANK BOND, Goldsmiths, University of London, U.K.
• The Impact of ACT and CBT on Stress at Work
Paul Flaxman, City University, U.K.
FRANK BOND, Goldsmiths, University of London
• The Impact of ACT Training on Stress and Burnout in Human Services Workers
JO LLOYD, Goldsmiths, University of London, U.K.
Frank Bond, Goldsmiths, University of London
• Can ACT reduce staff stigma? Preliminary findings and work in progress
SUE CLARKE, Dorset Healthcare Foundation Trust, UK
GEORGINA TAYLOR, University of Southampton
Kelly Wilson, University of Mississippi, USA
Bob Remington, Southampton University, UK
This symposium will present original research on organisational applications of ACT. The papers cover ACT interventions and investigations for stress management, leadership, stigma and burnout in a range of organisational contexts including human services workers, public sector workers and financial services.

3. From Verbal Content to Experiential Process with the iView
Workshop (10:00-Noon): ACT - Clinical/ Functional Contextualism and Mindfulness
Room: Vrijhof – Amphitheater
KEVIN POLK, PH.D., ACT Gone Wild and Togus VA
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
This will be a discussion of setting up the therapeutic context for ACT using the iView and then showing how the iView is used to transform a client's verbal story into experiential process. In this way clients are given multiple exemplars of ACT-consistent discrimination tasks.
Educational Objectives:
1. Participants will learn what the iView is.
2. Participants will learn how to use the iView in relationship to their clinical practice.

4. Using ACT to Improve Management of Chronic Pain in Primary Care
Workshop (10:00-Noon): ACT - Clinical/ Chronic Pain
Room: Drienerburght – Zaal A
PATRICIA ROBINSON, PH.D., Mountainview Consulting Group
Target Audience: Beginner
Most chronic pain patients receive the majority of their care in primary care settings. They are often unhappy with the services they receive, and primary care providers often feel unprepared to address pain that does not respond well to treatment. This workshop suggests specific strategies for re-organizing care delivered to primary care patients who suffer from chronic pain. Participants will learn methods for integrating ACT strategies into primary care team interactions with patients, techniques for using ACT in on-going, monthly classes, approaches to evaluating outcomes, and strategies for preventing onset of chronic pain.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn strategies for teaching ACT to medical colleagues
2. Learn techniques for using ACT in monthly primary care classes
3. Learn strategies for preventing onset of chronic pain

5. Applying ACT to Cases of Complex Depression: New Clinical and Research Perspectives
Workshop (10:00-Noon): ACT - Clinical/ Depression
Room: Drienerburght – Zaal B
BRANDON A. GAUDIANO, PH.D., Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Butler Hospital
KRISTY L. DALRYMPLE, PH.D., Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital
Target Audience: Intermediate
Clients who present or are referred to psychotherapy for "major depression" typically have a heterogeneous mix of problematic behaviors for which they are seeking help. However, current clinical trial research and empirically-supported psychotherapy manuals tend to narrowly focus on depressed mood as the target problem, and fail to provide clinicians with a real-world approach for dealing with the multiple, complex problems that often co-exist with complaints of depression. ACT represents a trans-diagnostic approach that may offer a particularly useful clinical model for treating and understanding the depressive experience and its typically co-occurring problems. This workshop will describe newer clinical and research applications of ACT for complex cases of depression. Participants will learn how to use ACT in concert with traditional behavioral interventions such as behavioral activation and exposure techniques. Novel research being conducted by the presenters in these areas will also be described, including treatment development and testing of ACT-based interventions for depressed individuals with psychotic experiences, social anxiety concerns, or suicidal behaviors.
Educational Objectives:
1. Participants will learn how ACT can be used to extend and enhance traditional behavioral interventions for multi-problem, depressed individuals.
2. Participants will understand how to apply ACT to problems often related to depression, including psychosis and social anxiety.
3. Participants will learn about new research being conducted using ACT to treat complex cases of depression.

6. Developing Your Skills as an ACT Trainer, Part 1
Workshop (10:00-Noon): ACT - Skills/ Training
Room: Drienerburght – Zaal C
JASON LUOMA, PH.D., The Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, & Training Center, PC
ROBYN D. WALSER, PH.D., National Center for PTSD at the VA Palo Alto
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
In a discussion format, we will conduct a needs assessment for trainer development. We will help trainers identify common places where trainers can get stuck in workshops, conduct an assessment of their own strengths and weaknesses as a trainer, and help them develop plans for self-development as a trainer. This needs assessment will provide the material for the second part of the workshop to be conducted on the last day of the conference. In this second workshop, experienced trainers will develop a workshop that responds to the training needs identified in part 1 of this workshops series. If someone plants to attend part 2 of the workshop, it would also be helpful to go to part 1 in order to provide input into what will be in part 2 of the workshop.
Educational Objectives:
1. Identify learning needs as a trainer.
2. Develop a plan for next steps in trainer development.
3. Develop learning focus for part two of the workshop.

7. ACT for Well-Being of Children and Adolescents: Conceptualization, Prevention, and Intervention
Symposium (10:00-Noon): ACT - Clinical, ACT - Other/ Mindfulness, Early Intervention, General Psychological Health, Stress, Adolescents, Diabetes
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1212
Chair: JOSEPH CIARROCHI, University of Wollongong
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• On being present and feeling good: The link between present-moment awareness and emotional well-being amongst adolescence
JOSEPH CIARROCHI, University of Wollongong
Todd Kashdan, George Mason University
Patrick Heaven, University of Wollongong
Peter Leeson, University of Wollongong
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) To prevent stress and promote health: Psychological Treatment of Youth under Stressful Conditions - A Pilot Evaluation of the Impact of ACT in an Adolescent Group
FREDRIK LIVHEIM, Karolinska Institutet, medical university
Emma Stavenow, University of Copenhagen
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for adolescents: Study 1 - individual treatment delivered in mental health services, and Study 2 - a group program delivered in schools
LOUISE HAYES, Ph.D, University of Ballarat
• Measuring processes of behavioral modification during a Diabetes Management Summer Camp: Acceptance in Diabetic Children
GIOVANNI ZUCCHI, PSY.D., Villa Maria Luigia Hospital, Parma
Giovanni Miselli, Psy.D., IULM University
Giovambattista Presti, M.D., IULM University
Paolo Moderato, Ph.D., IULM University
Paola Accorsi, M.A., C. Magati Hospital, Reggio Emilia
Valerio Miselli, M.D., C. Magati Hospital, Reggio Emilia
This symposium will explore the relevance of ACT for improving the well-being of children and adolescents. Paper 1 examines the relation between the present-moment awareness component of mindfulness and other psychological measures such as tendency to avoid, neuroticism, antisocial tendencies, and psychological flexibility in 10th grade students. Paper 2 describes a study using ACT – delivered by group leaders with limited traning – as an early intervention for young adults with already elevated levels of mental ill-health. Paper 3 reports on two pilot studies using ACT with adolescents as part of beyondblue: Australia’s national depression initiative. Paper 4 investigates the effect of a brieft 5-day summer camp for children with type 1 diabetes.

8. Values in ACT: Conceptualization, Clinical Exercises and Assessment
Symposium (10:00-Noon): ACT - Clinical/ Values
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1216
Chair: REGAN M. SLATER, University of Mississippi
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• What are Values? Unpacking Values as Conceptualized in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
REGAN M. SLATER, University of Mississippi
Stephanie L. Nassar, University of Mississippi
Maureen K. Flynn, University of Mississippi
Kate K. Kellum, University of Mississippi
Kelly G. Wilson, Ph.D., University of Mississippi
• An Improved Measure of Valued Living: The Valued Living Questionnaire-II (VLQ-2)
STEPHANIE L. NASSAR, University of Mississippi
Maureen K. Flynn, University of Mississippi
Regan M. Slater, University of Mississippi
Kate K. Kellum, University of Mississippi
Kelly G. Wilson, Ph.D., University of Mississippi
• Values-Centered Exercises: Impact of Values Work on Psychological Well-Being
MAUREEN K. FLYNN, University of Mississippi
Regan M. Slater, University of Mississippi
Stephanie L. Nassar, University of Mississippi
Kate K. Kellum, University of Mississippi
Kelly G. Wilson, Ph.D., University of Mississippi
This symposium will discuss values, from unpacking the definition presented in Mindfulness for Two, an assessment of values to be used in both research and clinical work, and exercises to explore values work.

9. Experimental analysis of complex human behavior: Disambiguation of relational networks and transformations of functions through hierarchical and analogical relations.
Symposium (10:00-Noon): RFT - Research/ Relational responding
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1220
Chair: FRANCISCO RUIZ, University of Almería
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Relational coherence in ambiguous and unambiguous relational networks
Jennifer L. Quiñones, University of Nevada
STEVEN C. HAYES, Ph.D., University of Nevada
• Transformation of functions through hierarchical frames.
ENRIQUE GIL, University of Almería
Carmen Luciano, Ph.D., University of Almería
Francisco Ruiz, University of Almería
Vanessa Sánchez, University of Almería
• Transformation of functions through analogical relations: An experimental analysis of metaphors as clinical method.
FRANCISCO RUIZ, University of Almería
Carmen Luciano, University of Almería
• Modelling Hierarchical Relational Responding
IAN STEWART, NIU Galway
This symposium brings together different topics from relational responding and Relational Frame Theory (RFT) fields. The first paper addresses the topic of the derivation of ambiguous relations. Specifically, the paper presents two experiments that were conducted to examine how individuals disambiguate relational networks.
The second presentation discusses the nature of hierarchical relational responding and presents the advances to extend the model presented by Griffee & Dougher (2002) to arbitrarily related stimuli and categorization under the control of contextual cues for hierarchical relational responding.
The third presentation provides further evidence of the transformation of functions through hierarchical relations proceeding from an independent laboratory. Participants were trained to respond to arbitrary stimuli as several relational contexts (specifically as similar, different and hierarchical relations) and then a complex relational network was formed. Functions were given to some stimuli and the transformation of functions was observed according with the specific relational context.
Finally, the fourth presentation tries to provide a RFT account of the use of metaphors as clinical methods. Specifically, this paper shows a series of studies that explore the conditions under which transformation of functions occurs through analogical relations.

10. Introduction to ACT in Dutch; Introductieworkshop ACT – Nederlandstalig
Workshop (10:00am-4:15pm): ACT - Skills/ Theoretical and experiential introduction to ACT therapy
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1224
JACQUELINE A-TJAK, PsyQ at Zaandam, The Netherlands
INGRID POSTMA, GGZ West Friesland, Hoorn, The Netherlands
Target Audience: Beginner
This is a workshop to introduce ACT to folks who take an interest in ACT, but know little of this form of therapy. The workshop will be held in Dutch, because it aims at Dutch and Flemish people who want to attend the world conference. We will address the ACT model of Psychological Flexibility and Inflexibility at a theoretical level and in experiential exercises. This will be done according to the ACT book: Learning ACT, which is available in Dutch at the beginning of 2009. The workhop aims at giving people some basic understanding of ACT, which will help understanding other workshops at the world conference with more ease. It can also been seen as a stand-alone workshop for people who want to get more acquainted with ACT.
Deze workshop is bedoeld voor wie behoefte heeft aan een overzichtelijke en praktische kennismaking met ACT. Theoretische basiskennis wordt afgewisseld met experientiële oefeningen, waarin de deelnemer aan den lijve kan ondervinden wat ACT ‘met je doet’. De workshop laat deelnemers kennismaken met de basisprincipes van het ACTmodel van psychologische (in)flexibiliteit.
Educational Objectives:
1. Have an understanding of the model of psychopathology underlying ACT
2. Being acquainted with the six core processes
3. Having experienced what it is like to undergo experiential exercises (experience the six processes)
1. kennismaken met de 6 ACT kernprocessen: acceptatie, defusie, zelf-als-context, contact met het huidige moment, waarden en toegewijde actie.
2. kennismaken met de ACT opvatting van wat psychopathologie is
3. kennismaken met enkele ACT interventies

11. Framing different behavioral strategies in a coherent picture: Where ACT takes place
Symposium (10:00-Noon): ACT - Clinical/ Insomnia, academic behavior, social behavior, gambling
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1228
Chair: GIOVAMBATTISTA PRESTI, M.D., Ph.D., IULM University, Milan; IESCUM (Italy)
Discussant: BENJAMIN SCHOENDORFF, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon (France)
Target Audience: Intermediate
• Case report: Compulsory, school and social problem behaviors in an 18 yrs old student
GRETA CARLOTTI, PSY.D., Humanitas School of Childhood and Adolescence Clinical Psychology, Milan, IESCUM (Italy)
Giovambattista Presti, M.D., Ph.D., IULM University, Milan; IESCUM (Italy)
Paolo Moderato, Ph.D., IULM University, Milan; IESCUM (Italy)
• Case report: Dysfunctional behavioral repertoire in a pre-adolescent girl with congenital dwarfism
Ramona Carlotti, Psy D., Humanitas School of Childhood and Adolescence Clinical Psychology, Milan, IESCUM (Italy)
GIOVAMBATTISTA PRESTI, M.D., PH.D., IULM University, Milan; IESCUM (Italy)
Paolo Moderato, Ph.D., IULM University, Milan; IESCUM (Italy)
• Case report: Dysfunctional behavioral repertoire in a young woman with mild mental retardation and bipolar disorder
FRANCESCA SCAGLIA, Psy. D., Academy of Behavior and Cognitive Sciences (ASCCO), Parma; IESCUM (Italy)
• ACT and 'Impulsive' behavior: A case study of pathological gambling
SARA BORELLI, Psy. D., Academy of Behavior and Cognitive Sciences (ASCCO), Parma; Risorse Psicologiche, Reggio Emilia; IESCUM (Italy)
• Case report: Applying ACT in a case of prolonged avoidance of school by an adolescent boy with performance anxiety
MASSIMO RONCHEI, Psy. D., Academy of Behavior and Cognitive Sciences (ASCCO), Parma; IESCUM (Italy)
• ACT approach in Chronic Insomnia: A case study
KATIA COVATI, Academy of Behavior and Cognitive Sciences (ASCCO), Parma; Istituto Fysios, Parma; IESCUM (Italy)
ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) works on human cognition, by creating spaces for expanding behavioral repertoires beyond the boundaries that restrict individual functioning. In addition it helps lowering barriers to implementing additional behavioral strategies that might directly address individual dysfunctional behavioral patterns. This symposium aims to address the synergy that arises from implementing ACT with other behavior modification strategies: e.g. functional behavior analysis, token economy, stimulus control strategies. Clinical cases presented and discussed have a wide range of behavioral disfunctioning often nested in complex symptomatic pictures. ACT contribution within a unique coherent behavioral frame of intervention will be presented. Advantages and disadvantages of using different strategies, in terms of efficacy and effectiveness, will be also discussed

12. Psychological Flexibility and Disordered Eating: Conceptualization and Treatment
Symposium (10:00-11:00am): RFT - Research, ACT - Clinical, Other/ Eating Disorders, Experiential Avoidance and Eating Pathology, Mindfulness, Health Promotion
Room: Vrijhof – Kleine Zaal
Chair: THOMAS PARLING, M.SC., Department of Psychology, Uppsala University
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Anorexia nervosa and implicit attitudes: An IRAP-study
THOMAS PARLING, M.SC., Department of Psychology, Uppsala University
Martin Cernvall, M.Sc., Department of Psychiatry, Uppsala Academic Hospital
Ata Ghaderi, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Uppsala University
• Experiential Avoidance and Eating Pathology in a Sample of College Students in Cyprus
MARIA KAREKLA, PH.D., University of Nicosia
• Evaluation of relaxation response and mindfulness strategies in overweight women: A two year randomized trial
CAROLINE HORWATH, PH.D., University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Greer Hawley, MSc, Andrew Gray, B Com (Hons),
Alison Bradshaw, MSc, Lisa Katzer, MSc, Janine Joyce, M Health Sci., Sue O'Brien, BHSc
This symposium discusses the analysis and treatment of eating disorders. Paper 1 reports on preliminary findings from a study examining the implicit attitudes towards body-shape and body perceptions using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP). Paper 2 examines the relationship between experiential avoidance and other psychological factors, and eating pathology. Paper 3 compares a relaxation and mindfulness program with two other non-dieting programs using results from a 10-week intervention as well as follow-up data.

13. ACT and Chronic Illness
Symposium (10:00-Noon): ACT - Clinical/ Physical Health, ACT Processes, Intervention, Research
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 5
Chair: DAVID GILLANDERS, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
• Beliefs, Acceptance, Knowledge, Emotional Distress and Self Care in Older People with Type 2 Diabetes.
DAVID GILLANDERS, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
Vicky Thurlby, NHS Lanarkshire, U.K.
• ACT based Treatment of Chronic Pain - Outcome data to three years
KEVIN VOWLES, PH.D., University of Bath, U.K.
Lance McCracken, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, U.K.
Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, U.K.
• Flexing the gut - Quality of Life in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
NUNO FERREIRA, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
David Gillanders, UNiveristy of Edinburgh, U.K.
• The Evolution of General Psychological Flexibility and Pain Specific Acceptance across time in people with Chronic Pain
ALEXANDRA DIMA, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
David Gillanders, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
In this symposium we will explore ACT relevant processes such as avoidance, fusion, acceptance, beliefs and behaviour as these apply to living successfully with chronic illness. Papers will outline original clinical research on chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome and diabetes.

14. Getting Started with ACT Experiential Supervision Skills
Workshop (10:00-Noon): ACT - Skills/ Supervision for ACT Clinicians
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 6
MARY SAWYER, Private Practice Sydney Australia
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
This workshop will focus on how to do ACT experiential supervision and the challenges of providing supervision for your peers, interns or students. It will be both didatic and experiential, exercises will be completed in pairs as well as in group. On the spot feedback/guidance will be given during the workshop process. There will be adequate time to process and discuss the experinces of each participant. The main aims of the workshop are to develop psychological flexibility within the supervisor and the supervisee to assist both to utilise the processes of mindfulness, acceptance and committed action to do with whatever shows up in your ACT practice.
Educational Objectives:
At the completion of this workshop participants will have:
1. A better understanding of ACT experiential supervision.
2. Practiced supervising using role play with feedback.
3. Experienced their own barriers to clinician competence in the same process used with their clients.

15. Tinnitus and acceptance - "Is it the sound or your relationship to it?"
Symposium (10:00-11:00am): ACT - Clinical/ Clinical trial
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 3
Chair: GERHARD ANDERSSON, Linköping University
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
• Randomized Controlled Trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Tinnitus Distress
VENDELA WESTIN, Linköping University
• Clients' in-session acceptance and cognitive defusion behaviors in ACT treatment of tinnitus distress
HUGO HESSER, M.SC., Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning; Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Sweden
Vendela Westin, M.Sc., Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning; Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Sweden
Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, USA
Gerhard Andersson, Ph. D., Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning; Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Sweden
Tinnitus it defined as the perception of internal noises without any outer auditory stimulation and is a common condition reported by approximately 10-15% of general adult population. Despite recent advantages in research on tinnitus, few medical treatments can successfully alleviate the symptom. A growing number of studies support acceptance to be associated with less distress across chronic medical conditions, but to date this new avenue has not been extensively explored with tinnitus. This symposium will present the research on acceptance and related psychological processes with tinnitus. We will provide a brief overview of the condition and consider the theoretical ideas and clinical observations why acceptance might be useful for individuals suffering from tinnitus. Outcomes from acceptance-based psychological treatment of tinnitus distress will be highlighted along with the mechanisms by which the therapy might work. Data from controlled outcome trials, clinical process studies, correlational analyses will be presented to illustrate what we know so far about acceptance and tinnitus and provide listeners with broad coverage of the research within the area.

Wednesday Morning 11:15am
16. When Physical Struggles Overwhelm: ACT and Behavioral Medicine
Symposium (11:15-Noon): ACT - Clinical/ Lupus, Chronic Pain, Health Psychology
Room: Vrijhof – Kleine Zaal
Chair: FRANCISCO MONTESINOS, PH.D., Spanish Cancer Association (aecc)/Instituto ACT, Madrid, Spain.
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Application of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Treatment of Psychological Problems Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
TOMÁS QUIROSA-MORENO, University of Almería
Carmen Luciano, Ph.D., University of Almería
N. Navarrete-Navarrete, Systemic Autoimmune Disease Unit, University Hospital "Virgen de las Nieves," Granada
Olga Gutiérrez Martínez Ph.D., Universidad de Barcelona
• Web Based Interventions for Relapse Prevention after Pain Management Program
NINA BENDELIN, M.SC., Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Sweden
Gerhard Andersson, Ph.D., Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Sweden
Björn Gerdle, Ph.D., Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Sweden
• Psychooncology and ACT: State of research and new challenges
FRANCISCO MONTESINOS, PH.D., Spanish Cancer Association (aecc)/Instituto ACT, Madrid, Spain.
Marisa Páez, Ph.D., Instituto ACT, Madrid
ACT-based interventions have been successfully used with a several chronic diseases. The papers in this symposium examine the effectiveness of ACT components for patients with lupus, chronic pain, and cancer. Paper 1 reports on a study examining the efficacy of a brief six-session protocol for women diagnosed with systemic lupus eythematosus. Paper 2 evaluates an acceptance-based intervention for chronic pain delivered via the internet. Paper 3 reviews the state of ACT research with individuals with cancer using data from case studies, clinical trials, and randomized studies.

Wednesday Lunch 12:00-1:15pm

Wednesday Afternoon 1:15pm
17. Working with Values in Chronic Pain
Panel Discussion (1:15-3:00pm): ACT - Clinical/ Pain
Room: Vrijhof – Agora
JOANNE DAHL, University of Uppsala
KENNETH FUNG, M.D. FRCPC MSc, University of Toronto
MATEUSZ ZUROWSKI, M.D. MSc FRCPC, University of Toronto
RIKARD WICKSELL, Pain Treatment Service, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital
KEVIN VOWLES, PH.D., University of Bath, U.K.
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
ACT is emerging as a useful modality to treat chronic pain, a prevalent condition with significant long-term disability. For those afflicted with chronic pain, values are often abandoned in the natural pursuit for pain alleviation. Clinically, working with values is an important cornerstone in therapy, and in many treatment protocols, tend to become a therapeutic focus earlier compared to the treatment of other conditions. In this symposium, we would like to share, discuss, and raise questions about values work in the treatment of chronic pain. Specifically, we will explore: (i) definition of values; (ii) clinical application of values in chronic pain, including techniques to facilitate identification of values and ways of working with them; (iii) operationalization of values for measurement to facilitate tracking of clinical progress and research.

18. Towards a functional contextualist neuroscience
Symposium (1:15-3:00pm): Other/ Basic behavioural science, neuroscience, ACT
Room: Vrijhof – Amphitheater
Chair: BENJAMIN SCHOENDORFF, Inserm, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
Discussant: STEVEN C. Hayes, PH.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Discussant: Kelly G. Wilson, PH.D., University of Mississippi
Target Audience: Intermediate
• Don't you mind speaking of mind? Reflecting on mirror neurons and other homunculi on the Neuroscience scene
PAOLO MODERATO, IULM University, Milan (Italy)
• An exploration of acceptance related processes in presurgically implanted epileptic patients by means of real-time frequency-band analysis system
BENJAMIN SCHOENDORFF, Inserm, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
Traditionally, behavior analysis has largely tended to consider brain functioning as being the preserve of physiologists rather than part of the science of behavior. This symposium/panel discussion will address the question of whether there is room for a functional contextualist neuroscience, or are attempts at linking neuroscience and behaviour necessarily reductionist? This symposium/panel discussion will bring together a general discussion of the issues as well as how they relate to presented neuroscience research projects.

19. ACT-Based Contextual Behavioral Supervision
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Other/ ACT Supervision
Room: Drienerburght – Zaal A
SONJA V. BATTEN, PH.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine
ROBYN D. WALSER, PH.D., National Center for PTSD, Palo Alto
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
Supervision in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is vital to learning to competently use this treatment model. In order to be an effective supervisor in this model, a context for establishing willingness to experience is fundamental. The supervisor needs to both model willingness and promote such behavior in supervisees in a way that is tangible and transferable to therapy sessions. Thus, working with the supervisee on personal acceptance and commitment, while also pointing to the parallel processes for the client can be a powerful training tool. Strategies for providing quality supervision that is ACT-consistent and compassionate will be presented. This workshop will begin with a discussion of the importance of the expression of emotion in ACT-based supervision. Suggestions will be made for shaping the ability of therapists in training to willingly experience and express emotion, with clarification of appropriate supervisory boundaries. This didactic discussion will be followed by multiple role plays and experiential exercises in which attendees will practice different ways of responding to challenging content in a supervisory setting.
Educational Objectives:
1. Discuss the theoretical basis for including emotions in the psychotherapy supervision process.
2. Describe how to focus on acceptance of emotion and thoughts, both within the supervisee's experience and the client's experience.
3. Describe how to help supervisees assess the cost of avoidance as it relates to their own and to their clients' lives, as well as the process of psychotherapy.

20. Investigations into Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Real Life
Symposium (1:15-3:00pm): ACT - Other/ Non-Clinical Populations
Room: Drienerburght – Zaal B
Chair: NADIA LUCAS, University of Mississippi
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• The Effect of Commitment and Behavior Change Processes in ACT on Public Speaking Anxiety
NADIA LUCAS, University of Mississippi
Regan Slater, University of Mississippi
Kelly G. Wilson, University of Mississippi
Kate K. Kellum, University of Mississippi
• Mindfulness at the Front of the Room: An Evaluation of ACT for Public Speaking Anxiety
REGAN M. SLATER, University of Mississippi
Nadia Lucas, University of Mississippi
Kelly G. Wilson, University of Mississippi
Kate K. Kellum, University of Mississippi
• The Effects of ACT for Body Image Disturbance on Eating Behavior and Valued Living
Emily K. Sandoz, University of Mississippi
K. K. Kellum, University of Mississippi
Kelly G. Wilson, University of Mississippi
LINDSAY MARTIN, University of Nevada, Reno
• Examining the Effects of a Values Intervention to Enhance Motivation and Commitment to Engage in Studying Behavior
JENNIFER C. PLUMB, University of Nevada, Reno
Michael Levin, University of Nevada, Reno
Steven C. Hayes, University of Nevada, Reno
Kate L. Morrison, University of Nevada, Reno
People often have psychological difficulties in their everyday lives that are not necessarily diagnosable but still create significant distress and disruption of valued living. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a therapeutic approach rooted in behavior analysis and has been found to be effective in helping people to live a valued life in the face of a variety of psychological difficulties. The following studies are designed to consider interventions rooted in ACT principles and relevant outcomes and change processes in non-clinical populations.

21. Self-as-context Made Simple
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Skills/ Mindfulness/Self-as-context
Room: Drienerburght – Zaal C
RUSS HARRIS, M.D., private practice, Melbourne, Australia
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
This is a highly experiential workshop that was well-attended and well-received in ACT SI4. It demonstrates in simple, clear, non-technical language many different ways to talk about and facilitate the experience of self-as-context -- from lengthy interventions such as the classic "Observer Exercise" to extremely brief ones. It brings together metaphors and experiential exercises from ACT practitioners such as Steve Hayes, Robyn Walser, Kirk Strosahl, Kelly Wilson, JoAnne Dahl, and Hank Robb (as well as some of my own innovations). By the end of this workshop, attendees will have repeatedly experienced the psychological space of self-as-context, and will have a variety of tools to facilitate this process in therapy. They will also get an opportunity to practice some of these techniques on each other.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn how to talk in simple everyday language about self-as-context
2. Experience the "psychological space" of self-as-context
3. Learn a variety of techniques for facilitating this experience in therapy

22. Integrating Values in Context: Conceptualizations and Applications of Valued Living
Symposium (1:15-3:00pm): ACT - Other, ACT - Clinical/ Values, Therapy with Christians, Measurement, Values, Spirituality, Religion, "Other" Acceptance-based approaches
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1212
Chair: AMANDA C. ADCOCK, M.S., University of North Texas
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• The ImPActS model of principled living: Measuring the extent that people find principles to be Important, Pressured by others, Activated, and Successfully engaged
JOSEPH CIARROCHI, University of Wollongong
• Practising ACT with Christians - challenges and opportunities
INGRID ORD, Private Practice
• The Meta-Valuing Measure: Measuring Valuing Behavior and the Whole Life Concept
AMANDA C. ADCOCK, M.S., University of North Texas
Cicely LaBorde, M.S., University of North Texas
AMY MURRELL, PH.D., University of North Texas
• Preliminary support for a spiritually integrated approach to valued living in the face of spiritual struggles
CARMEN K. OEMIG, M.A., Bowling Green State University
Kenneth I. Pargament, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Meryl Gibbel, M.A., Bowling Green State University
Maria Gear, M.A., Bowling Green State University
Elizabeth Krumrei, M.A., Bowling Green State University
Carol Ann Faigin, M.A., Bowling Green State University
Shauna McCarthy, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Kavita Desai, M.A., Bowling Green State University
The papers in this symposium focus on values and their role in psychological well-being. Paper 1 discusses the ImPActS model of principled living. This model suggests that ACT helps people to (1) identify what principles are important to them (Importance), (2) identify what principles are under compliance pressure (Pressure), (3) increase the extent that they engage in principle-congruent activity (ACTivity), and (4) increase the extent that they succeed at living their principles (Success). Paper 2 explores how practicing ACT with Christians can be aided or hindered by the rules that are brought into the therapy room. Paper 3 discusses values as augmentals and the importance of flexibility in valuing. In order to measure the difference between valuing flexibly and values as augmentals, a new measure called the Meta-Valuing Measure (MVM) will be discussed and the psychometric properties will be presented. Paer 4 deals with a nine-week, spiritually-integrated, group intervention – for the negative mental and physical health indicators associated with the “darker side” of religion and spirituality – called the Winding Road and its similarities with an ACT-based approach.

23. The Primary Care Behavioral Health Model: A Platform for ACT in Health Care
Workshop (1:15-3:00pm): ACT - Clinical/ Primary Care, Transdiagnostic
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1216
PATRICIA ROBINSON, PH.D., Mountainview Consulting Group
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate
This workshop describes a model for behavioral health consultation services in primary care settings. Given a trans-diagnostic approach, broadly applicable strategies, and theoretical principles that suggest a focus on struggle between patient and provider, ACT offers a great deal to the mission of integrating behavioral health services into primary care.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn about a new job for behavior therapists (the primary care "Behavioral Health Consultant")
2. Consider case examples demonstrating use of ACT in brief encounters with primary care adult and child patients
3. Learn strategies for working as a part of a primary care team that includes a behavioral health provider

24. An Introduction to Behaviorism & Relational Frame Theory for Beginners
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): Behavior Analysis/ RFT
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1220
JOHN T. BLACKLEDGE, Morehead State University
Joanne Steinwachs, Private Practice
NIKLAS TÖRNEKE, Private Practice, Sweden
Target Audience: Beginner
The workshop will discuss basic behavioral principles (e.g., operant & classical conditioning, generalization) and their relevance to psychotherapy. In addition, relational frame theory will be introduced, along with a discussion of RFT's continuity with basic behavioral principles and its implications for clinical practice. The workshop is appropriate for those unfamiliar with behaviorism and/or RFT, with the links and common focus between the two, or the relevance of all these behavioral principles to psychotherapy.
Educational Objectives:
1. Be able to define basic behavioral principles like operant conditioning, classical conditioning, extinction, stimulus function, and generalization, and identify their relevance to psychotherapy
2. Understand the links and common focal points between relational responding and more conventional behavioral processes like operant and classical conditioning.
3. Understand why RFT is relevant to psychotherapy.

25. RFT: Research, Measurement, and Theoretical Issues
Symposium (1:15-3:00pm): RFT - Research, RFT - Other, RFT - Clinical/ IRAP, Implicit Attitudes, Experimental Behavioural Analysis, Evolution, Selectionism, Executive Functioning, Schizophrenia
Room: Vrijhof – Kleine Zaal
Chair: SEAN HUGHES, B.A, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Novel Implicit Attitudes: What Do We Know about Them and What Do We Have to Learn?
SEAN HUGHES, B.A, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
• RFT and evolution: Are memetics the missing link?
MARCO KLEEN, PsyAdvies and BrainDynamics Groningen
• A behaviour-analytic perspective on the diagnosis of executive dysfunctions
GWENNY JANSSEN, DRS, Radboud University Nijmegen
Jos Egger, Ph.D., Radboud University Nijmegen
Hubert De Mey, Ph.D, Radboud University Nijmegen
• Schizophrenia, language and cognition: Suggestions for RFT research
MARTIN CERNVALL, M.SC., Uppsala Academic Hospital
Ian Stewart, Ph.D., National University of Ireland, Galway
Ata Ghaderi, Ph.D., Uppsala University
The scope of RFT research and analyses has expanded considerably since the inception of the theory. This symposium discusses the further extension of RFT to several areas of interest. Paper 1 presents a series of four studies on establishing and consolidating novel implicit attitudes and the utility of the IRAP in distinguishing between naturally occurring versus laboratory-induced implicit attitudes. Paper 2 discusses the relationship between memetics and RFT in explaining contragenetic behavior, such as terrorism and warfare. Paper 3 explores the idea that the broad set of cognitive skills known as executive functions is a subset of rule-governed behavior. Paper 4 examines the potential for RFT research on schizophrenia when it is understood as a failure of lateralization and the dominance of language in one hemisphere.

26. Applications of ACT to children, adolescents and their parents: Case studies
Symposium (1:15-3:00pm): ACT - Clinical/ Children and parents
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 5
Chair: FRANCISCO RUIZ, University of Almería
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Application of ACT on a persistent oscurity phobia in a 11 years old boy.
FRANCISCO RUIZ, University of Almería
Vanessa Sánchez, University of Almería
Carmen Luciano, Ph.D., University of Almería
Rosa M. Vizcaíno, University of Almería
• Application of ACT on a case of bullying in a 9 year old boy
Francisco Ruiz, University of Almería
ROSA M. VIZCAÍNO, University of Almería
Carmen Luciano, University of Almería
• Application of ACT to improve the performance of a 12 year old chess-player, to treat familiar problems and self-injury behaviors.
FRANCISCO RUIZ, University of Almería
Carmen Luciano, University of Almería
• ACT in family: a case on eating disorders
MARISA PÁEZ, PH.D., Instituto ACT
This symposium presents four clinical cases of children/adolescents an their parents treated with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
The first paper describes the intervention and results of an application of ACT in a 11-years-old boy who presented a persistent oscurity phobia. The second paper explore the utility of ACT in bullying. Specifically, a case of a 9-years-old boy suffering bullying and social exclusion is presented. The third paper extends previous studies on chess performance presenting the case of a 12-years-old chess-player who suffered high levels of competitive anxiety and presented oscurity phobia, familiar problems and self-injury behaviors. Finally, the fourth paper presents a case of an adolescent with a swallow phobia who presented a very restricted diet because of her fear to choke.
The interventions are described highlighting the sinergical effect of the use of ACT components with contingencies management in the treatment of clinical problems in children, adolescents and their parents.

27. RFT and the Self: Theory, Research and Applications
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): RFT - Clinical/ The Self
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 6
CARMEN LUCIANO, University of Almeria, Spain
JENNIFER BOULANGER, University of Nevada, Reno
IAN STEWART, University of Ireland, Galway
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate
The self is a key concept within Acceptance Commitment Therapy as well as psychology more broadly. Relational Frame Theory defines the self in terms of responding verbally to one's own behavior and predicts that relational responding give rise to three distinct senses of self. Over the last decade RFT/ACT research has empirically examined several concepts related to the self including verbal self-discrimination, perspective-taking and self-rules. The current workshop will outline the RFT/ACT approach to self; describe developmental and clinical research that has explored these concepts; discuss self-issues in therapy, drawing on RFT conceptualizations and provide for experiential exploration of senses of self.
Educational Objectives:
1. Understand the RFT conceptualization of self and its implication for self-discrimination, perspective-taking, and self-regulation.
2. Become familiar with key RFT studies on the self & perspective taking.
3. Understand the nature of "language traps" and how they contribute to difficulties in self-regulation.

28. OCD and Case Formulation in ACT
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Clinical/ Case Formulation OCD
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 3
MARTIN BROCK, Institute of Mental Health Nottingham
Target Audience: Intermediate
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a new model of behavioural treatment that emphasizes acceptance of internal experience while maintaining a focus on positive behaviour change. This approach is designed to address maladaptive avoidance of internal experiences associated with many problems in functioning while also focusing on making and keeping commitments.
A Functional Contextual Model for OCD and also a Case Formulation approach in ACT has been developed; both will be described in this workshop.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is recognized as a complex disorder and is difficult to treat, due in part to the intrusive nature of the types of thoughts which can be highly distressing and motivation to abate, avoid or eliminate them is strong.
In this experiential workshop opportunities will be given to develop awareness of the typical experiences found in OCD and to explore and share the challenges for therapists.
Finally an opportunity will be given to formulate a case within OCD.
Educational Objectives:
1. Participants will begin to understand the Core Activities of Case Formulation in ACT.
2. Participants will have an understanding of a Functional Contextual Model of OCD.
3. Participants will explore the highly intrusive nature of OCD.

Wednesday Afternoon 3:15pm
29. Training Nurses in ACT Skills for Medical Treatment Planning
Invited Lecture (3:15-4:15pm): ACT - Skills/ Training
Room: Vrijhof – Agora
KEVIN POLK, PH.D., ACT Gone Wild and Togus VA
FANNY ROBICHAUD, RN, VAC Canada
Target Audience: Intermediate
Nurses are often on the front line of recommending and monitoring behavioral goals for physical health that ultimately affect mental health. This program will show a training that we do to help nurses help clients through a contextual point of view.

30. Identifying Key Processes Involved in Disorders and Therapies
Symposium (3:15-4:15pm): ACT - Clinical/ rumination, borderline personality disorder, Cognitive mediation
Room: Vrijhof – Amphitheater
Chair: JOSEPH CIARROCHI, University of Wollongong
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• The role of rumination in borderline personality disorder
RUTH A. BAER, PH.D., University of Kentucky
• Key cognitive constructs in classical and new-wave cognitive behavioral psychotherapies: relationships with each other and with emotional distress
IOANA CRISTEA, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
Daniel David, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
Madalina Sucala, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
• Identifying the Active ingredients in ACT. What we know and what we need to know.
JOSEPH CIARROCHI, University of Wollongong
This symposium will explore the importance of identifying processes that may be critically involved in the development or the treatment of disorders. Paper 1 examines the role of rumination as avoidance behavior in Borderline personality disorder. Paper 2 presents a study comparing the key cognitive constructs of three forms of cognitive behavioral therapy - Rational-emotive behavioral therapy, cognitive behavior therapy Beck version, and ACT. The final paper reviews evidence on the core ACT mediational hypotheses and discusses ways to help pinpoint the active ingredients in ACT.

31. Theoretical Frameworks and Therapeutic Possibilities
Invited Lecture (3:15-4:15pm): Other/ Philosophy of Psychology
Room: Drienerburght – Zaal B
MICHAEL MCEACHRANE, Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
This talk will cast doubt on the seemingly ubiquitous connection between Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Relational Frame Theory (RFT) in two ways. (i) By questioning some of the connections between language and cognition as posited by RFT. And (ii), by considering a more piecemeal approach to explaining, and seeking remedies for, human suffering. Instead of aspiring to a capitol-F-theoretical-Framework in service of a capitol-T-Therapy, a more piecemeal approach could perhaps cast new light on ACT as well as open up to a greater range of therapeutic possibilities.

32. The Efficacy and Process of ACT: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Invited Lecture (3:15-4:15pm): ACT - Other/ Meta-Analysis
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1212
LARS-GÖRAN ÖST, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a treatment that has attracted a lot of clinical interest during the past 5-10 years. The number of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) has also increased to a large extent and there are now 22 published RCTs on psychiatric or medical disorders. In this invited lecture, a meta-analysis using the primary outcome measure from each study will be presented. Then the APA Task Force criteria for empirically supported treatments (Chambless et al., 1998) will be applied to assess if ACT can be considered evidence-based for one or more specific disorders. Finally, process research assessing factors that mediate treatment outcome will be reviewed and evaluated. The presentation will end with suggestions concerning further outcome and process research on ACT.

33. Reinventing Empirical Clinical Psychology in the Electronic Age: An Invitation to Participate in the First Fully Distributed Research Network Ever Created
Invited Lecture (3:15-4:15pm): Other/ Science as a Public Trust
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1216
KELLY G. WILSON, PH.D., University of Mississippi
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
There is a received view of empirical clinical psychology and the way to make progress within it that masquerades as the only well-reasoned view. The received view accepts a number of dubious assumptions. The assumed prerequisites to progress include large randomized clinical trials, a focus on DSM diagnostic categories, enormous concern for internal validity over external validity, for Type 1 error at the expense of Type 2 error, and on outcome over change processes, among others.
This collection of assumptions creates problems that are unlikely to be self-correcting. While they have led to increasing confidence, I will question whether they have led to increasingly effective and disseminable treatments. Barriers to self-correction that emerge from a model of science are ironic, since science, as a way of knowing, is unique in its capacity for self-correction.
We have a chance within ACBS to cultivate a different sort of research effort than has ever existed. In part the potential for this research effort emerges from contextual science sensibilities, but also in part from the availability of electronic means for the distribution knowledge and collection of data. What would it look like to build a network of providers who participated in research across settings, client difficulties, cultures, and countries? What would our treatments look like if they were vetted in a persistent and iterative way by both real world providers as well as by behavioral scientists? What would our treatments look like if they were persistently examined in clinical trials, real world clinics, and in the basic laboratory—where all are equal partners?
The answer to these questions is: I don’t know. However, trends within and without ACBS are telling. In this address, I will advocate for a contextual behavioral science that is inclusive, horizontal, relevant, iterative, and progressive. I will advocate that ACBS take a leadership role in the development not just of a new psychology, but also a new way of doing psychology. Finally, I will invite the membership, all of the membership, to join in the invention of a new way forward.

34. Welcome to the functional Babel: Talking ACT in non English-speaking countries
Symposium (3:15-4:15pm): ACT - Other/ Research and language issues
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1228
Chair: GIOVAMBATTISTA PRESTI, M.D., Ph.D., IULM University, Milan; IESCUM (Italy)
Discussant: GIOVANNI MISELLI, PSY. D., IULM University, Milan, IESCUM (Italy)
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Babel's AAQ-II: Do different languages result in different outcomes in Europe?
JEAN-LOUIS MONESTÈS, CNRS 8160, Centre Hospitalier Ph. Pinel
NELE JACOBS, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek (Belgium)
Marco Kleen, PsyAdvies.nl / Brain Dynamics Groningen, Groningen (Netherlands)
Francis De Groot, Psychiatrisch Centrum Broeders Alexianen, Boechout (Belgium)
Jacqueline A-Tjak, PsyQ, Zaandam, (Netherlands)
Maria Karekla, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Frank Bond, Goldsmiths, University of London
Giovanni Miselli, Psy. D., IULM University, Milan; IESCUM (Italy)
Matthieu Villatte, Ph.D., University of Picardie
• Building towers in Babel: Spreading and sharing knowledge, translating manuals and self-help books
MATTHIEU VILLATTE, PH.D., Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens (France)
Jean-Louis Monestès, CNRS 8160, Centre Hospitalier Ph. Pinel (France)
Giovambattista Presti, IULM University, Milan; IESCUM (Italy)
ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) seems to have gained the great momentum in the last year 10 years, developing outside the English-speaking laboratories and clinics where it was studied and experimentally developed. The behavioural tradition behind it distinguishes between topography and function of verbal as well as non verbal behaviours. Thus ACT is based on a functional contextual vision of language and its effects on human behaviour and cognition. Translating and adapting textbooks, self-help manuals, clinical techniques and assessment instruments imply thorough research whether different verbal topographies, which may be correct from a grammatical and syntactic point of view, might not exert equal functions in the different verbal communities. This phenomenon, which follows logically from RFT (Relational Frame Theory) itself, the model of mind functioning behind ACT, needs to be addressed within the different research, clinical, publishing contexts that help the implementation of ACT in non-English speaking countries. This symposium aims to draw the lines of action taken in different countries all over the world in translations of books, adaptation and validation of scales, in everyday clinical work, and in research while implementing ACT in each verbal community. In addition it aims to foster international collaboration on relevant problems. Roadblocks arising from cultural differences between countries, cultures and languages are discussed, and recommendations for future work on these matters.

35. Using ACT with Non-Clinical Populations: Findings from Recent and Ongoing Outcome Studies
Symposium (3:15-4:15pm): ACT - Other/ Non-Clinical Populations, ACT Treatment Outcome
Room: Vrijhof – Kleine Zaal
Chair: MICHAEL LEVIN, University of Nevada, Reno
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• ACT for Stigma and Burnout with Substance Abuse Counselors
STEVEN C. HAYES, University of Nevada, Reno
Jacqueline Pistorello, University of Nevada, Reno
Jason Luoma, Ph.D., Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, & Training Center, PC
Barbara Kohlenberg, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Roger Vilardaga, M.A,
Michael Levin, University of Nevada, Reno
Jason Lillis, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Mikaela Hildebrandt, University of Nevada, Reno
• Using ACT to prevent mental health problems among college freshman
JACQUELINE PISTORELLO, PH.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Jason Lillis, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Chelsea MacLane, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Michael Levin, University of Nevada, Reno
Jennifer Boulanger, University of Nevada, Reno
Anthony Biglan, Ph.D., Oregon Research Institute
John Seeley, Ph.D., Oregon Research Institute
Research has tested the impact of ACT across an increasingly broad range of problems. Recently, this has included using ACT in non-clinical populations targeting areas such as stigma and prevention. This symposium will present a series of studies using ACT in non-clinical populations. Results from outcome trials that have been recently completed, or are in progress, will be presented. In addition, we will discuss differences encountered in using ACT in these populations as compared to clinical populations.

36. The Trainer Peer Review Process: Introduction and Updates
Panel Discussion (3:15-4:15pm): Other/ Training
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 5
JASON LUOMA, PH.D., The Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, & Training Center, PC
AMY MURRELL, PH.D., University of North Texas
RAINER SONNTAG, M.D., Private practice, Germany
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Being listed as a trainer on the ACBS site is meant as a pragmatic way to help learners find high quality ACT training. The ACT Trainers in this community are committed to training with high fidelity to the model and work from explicit, agreed-upon shared values as they train others in ACT. The ACBS community uses a peer-review process to balance the need to protect and foster the high fidelity of ACT training with the need to keep the community open to new talented, innovative, qualified trainers. This panel discussion will provide an overview of that peer-review process and answer audience questions.

Wednesday Plenary 4:30-5:45pm
37. Perspectives on How Best to Produce Progress in Applied Psychological Science
Plenary (4:30-5:45pm): /
Room: Vrijhof – Agora/ Amphitheater
Chair: KELLY WILSON, University of Mississippi
RUTH BAER, University of Kentucky
STEVE HAYES, University of Nevada, Reno
LARS-GÖRAN ÖST, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden
Target Audience: All
This session will examine the model of scientific development underlying ACT, contextual behavioral science, and will compare it to other models of how best to produce progress in the behavioral sciences. In that context we will discuss the state of the current evidence in ACT and to a lesser degree other third generation approaches, consider whether adequate progress is being made, and compare where we are relative to progress being made in the field at large.
Educational Objectives:
Participants will:
1. Have a general understanding of the extant ACT evidence base.
2. Understand the potential value of an iterative, horizontal, theory-driven approach to treament development.
3. Understand the current criticisms of ACT treatment development to date.

Wednesday Night Barbeque & Music
6:00pm-12:00am
Dinner (6:30-8:00pm)
Location: Boerderij Bosch
Music/Social (6:00pm-11:30pm)
Location: Boerderij Bosch

Thursday Morning 9:00am
38. Learning Hexaflex Processes Using Mindfulness for Two Videos
Workshop (9:00-Noon): ACT - Clinical/ Psychotherapy training
Room: Vrijhof – Agora
KELLY G. WILSON, PH.D., University of Mississippi
EMILY K. SANDOZ, University of Mississippi
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Learning to detect shifts in core ACT processes is central to flexible responding on the part of the therapist. The six core ACT processes described in the hexaflex can be detected through a variety of verbal and nonverbal manifestations. In this workshop, attendees will be provided with coding instructions for all six core ACT processes. We will watch a series of video segments and learn to code the segments based on the indicators described in the coding instructions. Reviewing of segments will quickly help therapists and researchers to see instances of all ACT processes and transitions from high to low levels of functioning in each. In addition, we will brainstorm potential intervention strategies based on changes in ACT processes. This will be a very active, hands on session intended to build on the fly fluency in seeing and responding to shifts in ACT processes.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn verbal and nonverbal signs of psychological inflexibility.
2. Learn to detect values and commitment fusion.
3. Learn to generate treatment alternatives based on detected changes in ACT processes.

39. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Finding Life Beyond Trauma for the Survivor and the Therapist
Workshop (9:00-Noon): ACT - Clinical/ Trauma, PTSD
Room: Vrijhof – Amphitheater
ROBYN D. WALSER, PH.D., National Center for PTSD
JACQUELINE PISTORELLO, PH.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Victoria M. Follette, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Target Audience: Intermediate
Many individuals who have been diagnosed with PTSD or have experienced trauma are struggling with difficult memories, painful feelings and unwanted thoughts and they take great efforts to avoid these private experiences. Trauma can have a powerful negative impact in individual’s lives. Therapists, too, can come to feel overwhelmed, burnt-out and discouraged by the repeated and often horrific stories of trauma. Avoidance can began to play a role in therapist’s life. Acceptance, an alternative to avoidance, can create a new context from which the trauma survivor and therapist may view the world and the self. This workshop will focus on use of acceptance and mindfulness techniques and on re-committing to values following trauma. We will also explore the clinician’s experience of working with traumatized individuals and personal impact and how ACT applies to the therapist when working in the field of PTSD.
Educational Objectives:
1. Explore the process of experiential avoidance as it relates to trauma.
2. Describe the application of ACT with trauma survivors with a particular focus on values lost as a result of the trauma.
3. Conduct experiential exercises to demonstrate the implementation of ACT to reduce burn-out in working with trauma survivors.

40. ACT with The Challenging Patient
Workshop (9:00-Noon): ACT - Clinical/ personality disorders
Room: Drienerburght – Zaal A
KIRK STROSAHL, Central Washington Family Medicine
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
Most clinicians struggle to find a positive therapeutic foothold with challenging patients. Challenging patients often present with high risk behaviors such as suicidal/self destructive behavior, alcohol or drug abuse and are often described as "help seeking, help rejecting". Challenging patients have a way of shifting responsibility onto the clinician for solving the patient's problems or influencing the patient to try more adaptive behaviors. The combination of high risk behavior and power shifting creates a therapeutic impasse and often, confrontation, mutual negative labelling and therapy termination. This workshop will introduce participants to an ACT model for addressing challenging behaviors ranging from suicidality to missing appointments to non adherence to agreed upon homework. We will explore how fusion and emotional avoidance on both the part of the patient and the therapist feed this vicious cycle. Participants, through large and small group exercises, will get to practice skills designed to solve these communication obstacles. Video demonstrations will be used to demonstrate a simple case conceptualization method that will allow the clinician to predict in advance whether a patient is likely to turn into a "challenging patient".
Educational Objectives:
1. Appreciate the central characteristics of a challenging patient from an ACT perspective.
2. Learn how to address high risk and challenging behaviors from an ACT framework.
3. Learn to identify and manage "hot buttons" that draw clinicians into therapeutic struggle with challenging patients

41. Demystifying Relational Frame Theory
Workshop (9:00-Noon): RFT - Other/ Functional Contextualism
Room: Drienerburght – Zaal B
DANIEL J. MORAN, PH.D., BCBA, Trinity Services, Inc.
PATRICIA BACH, PH.D., Illinois Institute of Technology
Target Audience: Beginner
Arbitrarily applied what? Derived relational who? If you started learning about Relational Frame Theory (RFT), and then stopped when you read: Crel {ArxB and BrxC...}, or have just been interested in learning the basics of RFT, this is the introductory workshop for you.
This workshop will outline and explain the basic concepts of RFT and help the audience members understand an expanded functional approach to verbal behavior. We will discuss, from a behavior analytic point of view, how people can listen with understanding and speak with meaning. The workshop will simplify functional contextualism principles and discuss the basic RFT research methods and results in a manner that will help people who are new to RFT to begin applying the concepts to their own behavior analytic endeavors.
We plan to make clear the core assumptions of functional contextual behavior analysis and how they apply to discussing language and cognition. We aim to not let your eyes glaze over as we discuss transformation of stimulus functions, generalized operants, and the different types of derived relating. Most importantly, we plan to help everyone have an enjoyable time while "framing events relationally" about RFT.
Educational Objectives:
1. Workshop attendees will be able to list and describe six basic principles of functional contextualism, and also contrast those principles from mainstream psychology principles.
2. Attendees will be able to compare and contrast conditioned discrimination and derived relational responding, in research contexts and in daily use.
3. Attendees will be able to define arbitrary applicable relational responding, along with mutual entailment and combinatorial entailment.

42. A Practitioner’s Field Guide to Developing Effective Language Training Programs Using Relational Frame Theory (RFT): Part 1- The Basics of RFT
Workshop (9:00-Noon): RFT - Clinical/ RFT-Research, ABA, Early Language Training Programs, Education, Fluency, Precision Teaching
Room: Drienerburght – Zaal C
NICHOLAS M. BERENS, University of Nevada, Reno/ Center for Advanced Learning, Inc.
TIMOTHY WEIL, University of South Florida
CARMEN LUCIANO & FRANCISCO JOSÉ RUIZ-JIMÉNEZ, Universidad de Almería
MARTHA PALAEZ, Florida International University
Target Audience: Beginner
This two part workshop will guide practitioners and researchers through the basics of RFT, how to conceptualize early language training programs using RFT, and finally using the core premises of RFT in more traditional educational programs. The first workshop will cover beginner level concepts of behavior analysis and RFT. Having established a foundational understanding of RFT, this workshop will then begin to assist in the conceptualization of early language training scenarios. The first workshop is ideal for those working with autistic children, young children with mild-language delays, and young children in general. Those interested in the basics of RFT and/or language building programs based on RFT will benefit from the workshop.
Educational Objectives:
Attendees will:
1. understand the core principles and premises of RFT,
2. be able to think about how these core features may extended to clinical contexts involved in language training with young children, &
3. understand preliminary frames (coordination, comparison, distinction, and opposition) and be able to use these behavioral distinctions in their current clinical settings.

43. Creative Confusion: An idiot's guide to ACT in groups
Workshop (9:00-Noon): ACT - Clinical/ Groups
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1212
KEVIN POLK, VA - Togus
MARK WEBSTER, South Hampshire CBT Ltd- Southampton
BENJAMIN SCHOENDORFF, Claude Bernard University- Lyon
JEROLD HAMBRIGHT, VA - Togus
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
In this workshop we will first give live demonstrations of the group sessions and then present the theory behind each module. The day will be divided into four separate sections and at each juncture the various therapist skills that are used will be discussed. Participants in this workshop will be introduced to the group treatment manual that has been developed and will learn a basic set of skills to deliver it. Included in the day will be an introduction to the iView which is the basic ACT stance that is used throughout. The main modules will then be covered in turn- Suffering and Solutions, Rule of World and Rule of Mind, Hooked and Unhooked and finally the MegaView.
Educational Objectives:
1. Understand the ACT stance in Groups.
2. Become familiar with the group protocols.
3. Learn skills required to deliver in group format.

44. Turning your life toward maturity: ACT with older adults
Workshop (9:00-10:30am): ACT - Clinical/ Older Adults
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1216
ERWIN LUTZKE, Riagg Rijnmond, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
“All aspects of experience have a benign quality to them, having a language of their own which can be looked upon with a friendly, compassionate gaze” is inherent to ACT and to maturity. The life-line method, adapted from FAP and introduced to ACT by JoAnne Dahl, is quick to demonstrate all 6 core processes. This has profound and far reaching implications for therapy with older adults. Its’ practice is able to evoke an immediate felt sense of the ground on which one stands, calling for acceptance, awareness of one’s conditioning, but also for mindful action. Clarifying values on personal and spiritual levels introduce a higher order context, showing a path on which we are simply free to build and expend energy as we choose. A freedom that many older adults may have deemed not possible.
Educational Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to use all 6 core processes operating in unison, in one excercise;
2. Participants will be able to illustrate how all response types are clarified on the life-line;
3. Participants will be able to explain from where ACCEPTANCE derives its’ power.

45. ACT Early: Acceptance, mindfulness and values in early intervention for psychosis
Workshop (9:00-10:30am): ACT - Clinical/ Psychosis
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1220
ERIC MORRIS, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust/ Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
JOE OLIVER, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK
SALLY BLOY, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate
The stance of acceptance and committed action may allow for flexibility in response to persisting psychotic experiences, as has been suggested in ACT studies with the seriously mentally ill (Bach & Hayes, 2002; Gaudiano & Herbert, 2006). There may also be exciting potential for researching the impact of ACT in the early phase of psychosis - helping first episode clients to recover from psychosis through the development of mindfulness toward unusual experiences and critical appraisals, and committing to values-based actions (Morris & Oliver, 2009).
More specifically, the use of ACT may:
1. foster the development of a psychologically flexible stance toward anomalous experiences,
2. enable a "values-based" recovery,
3. reduce the impact of "fear of recurrence" of psychosis through development of mindfulness and self as context,
4. enable individuals to notice the process of self-stigmatisation, contexts where this operates as a barrier, and commit to valued directions in the face of these appraisals, and
5. improve relapse prevention plans through the use of mindfulness and committed action.
We will describe a group program we have developed, as well as individual work with young people who have experienced a first episode of psychosis. We will present adaptations to ACT to suit the needs of young people from an inner-city setting, including variations of "classic" exercises and procedures to engage a traditionally difficult group of clients. Examples of case formulations and treatment approaches will illustrate the principles of using ACT in an early intervention setting.
Educational Objectives:
1. To learn the rationale for ACT/mindfulness interventions with clients experiencing a first episode of psychosis.
2. To learn the theoretical background for using mindfulness interventions with young people who are at risk of psychosis.
3. To build understanding for using ACT in groups with young people who are experiencing psychotic symptoms.

46. ACT and Anxiety: Toward Flexibility with Fear and Worry
Symposium (9:00-10:30am): ACT- Clinical/ Psychological Flexibility and Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Treatment Mediation, Psychological Flexibility, Randomized clinical trial
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1224
Chair: MARIA KAREKLA, Ph.D., University of Nicosia
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Psychological Flexibility and Anxiety: Preliminary Data from an Epidemiological Study in Cyprus
MARIA KAREKLA, Ph.D., University of Nicosia
Margarita Kapsou, M.A., University of Cyprus
Georgia Panayiotou, Ph.D., University of Cyprus
• Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Group Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: Preliminary Results
NANCY KOCOVSKI, PH.D., Wilfrid Laurier University; Ryerson University
Jan Fleming, M.D., Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; University of Toronto; Ryerson University
Martin Antony, Ph.D., Ryerson University; Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre, St. Joseph's Healthcare
• Psychological Flexibility as a Mediator of Treatment Outcome in Exposure-driven CBT NOT based on ACT: Intermediate Results from a Randomized Treatment Study of Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia
ANDREW T. GLOSTER, Technical University of Dresden
Michael Höfler, Technical University of Dresden
Jens Klotsche, Technical University of Dresden
Franziska Einsle, Technical University of Dresden
Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, Technical University of Dresden
• Cognitive therapy versus rational emotive behavior therapy versus acceptance and commitment therapy in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder: a randomized clinical trial
Daniel David, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
Aurora Szentagotai Tatar, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
IOANA CRISTEA, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
This symposium examines therapeutic approaches to anxiety including mindfulness, acceptance, and psychological flexibility. Paper 1 presents results from a survey on the prevalence of anxiety disorders in Cyprus, and its correlation with psychological flexibility. Paper 2 compares Mindfulness and Acceptance Group Therapy with Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy for the treatment of social anxiety disorder. Preliminary data on approximately 70 participants will be presented. Paper 3 examines the role of psychological flexibility as a mediator of treatment outcome in patients diagnosed with Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia based on the results from a randomized treatment outcome study consisting of two exposure-based CBT groups and a waitlist condition. Paper 4 discusses the progress of a study designed to investigate the efficacy, mechanisms of change, and the cost-effectiveness of Cognitive Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder.

47. ACT Through CBT and CBT Through ACT - Are they so different?
Workshop (9:00-10:30am): ACT - Clinical/ Comparative Psychotherapy
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1228
KENNETH FUNG, M.D. FRCPC MSc, University of Toronto
MATEUSZ ZUROWSKI, M.D. FRCPC MSc, University of Toronto
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
Relational frame theory (RFT) posits that the core of language is the process of arbitrarily applied relational responding. Indeed, research outside RFT has shown that individuals with schizophrenia exhibit deficits in associative learning and acquired equivalence learning (Keri et al., 2005; Farkass, et al., 2008) and these processes could be readily described from an RFT-perspective, ie. as mutual entailment, combinatorial entailment and transformation of stimulus functions.
Educational Objectives:
1. Identify and appreciate common therapeutic processes and techniques in ACT and CBT.
2. Distinguish unique therapeutic processes and techniques in ACT and CBT.
3. Reflect on the optimal application of ACT and CBT principles and techniques appropriate to the specific therapeutic context.

48. Recent Investigations Using The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure
Symposium (9:00-10:30am): RFT - Research/ IRAP
Room: Vrijhof – Kleine Zaal
Chair: NIGEL VAHEY, NUI Maynooth
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
• Resistance to Anti-smoking Information As a Function of Implicit Expectancies Toward Smoking and Smoking-cessation
NIGEL VAHEY, NUI Maynooth
Dermot Barnes-Holmes, NUI, Maynooth
• An implicit measure of emotional avoidance
NIC HOOPER, University of Wales, Swansea
• Will the Real Nazi Please Stand-Up; Attitude Formation and the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP).
SEAN HUGHES, NUI Maynooth
• Testing an adaptation of the IRAP to increase sensitivity to detect implicit relations at the individual level
MIKE LEVIN, University of Nevada, Reno
The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) is an RFT-based protocol for the investigation of implicit cognition, or, in RFT terms, relational responding as it occurs under conditions of minimal contextual control. The respondent in an IRAP study is required to respond under strict time constraints in accordance with relational networks that are either consistent or inconsistent with hypothesised learned relational repertoires. Differences in average reaction times to consistent versus inconsistent networks provide some confirmation of the hypothesised relational learning history. In the present symposium, research from a number of international laboratories will be presented. The studies involved constitute a range of different IRAP based investigations examining technical IRAP as well as applied social and clinical issues. The presentations, from expert IRAP researchers, will hopefully provide some useful insight into the state of the art with respect to this protocol.

49. ACT Treatment of Stuttering
Workshop (9:00-10:30am): ACT - Clinical/ Control of automatic behavior
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 5
JOSÉ ANTONIO GARCÍA HIGUERA, Centro de Psicología Clínica 2, Madrid, Spain
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate
Stuttering is a speech problem that, in adults, is reluctant to treatment and may limit strongly stutterers' life. ACT may provide a therapeutic body to overcome such limitations.
Normally, ACT is presented through its core processes. Each one of these processes influence psychological flexibility. A psychological problem may be analyzed by referring to these core processes.
The advantage of building an ACT model of a psychological problem is that ACT provides a set of treatment strategies to solve it. From core processes related to utter blockings, the following may be related to stuttering: (1) Thought fusion, (2) Experiential avoidance, (3) Being present, (4) Values, and (5) Self as content. Consequently, the ACT strategies that may help cope with stuttering are: (1) Defusion, (2) Acceptance of emotions associated with blocking, (3) Mindfulness of speech behaviors, (4) Values clarification, (5) Self as context, and (6) Committed action.
Clinical experiences of how to perform these strategies and results obtained in clinical practice will be shared in workshop. Generalization of the model to other behaviours will be discussed.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn an ACT model of stuttering in adults.
2. Learn how to apply ACT-consistent techniques to stuttering cases.
3. Learn how the model may be applied to other conscious control attempts of automatic behaviours.

50. Time-Series Designs in Clinical Practice
Symposium (9:00-10:30am): ACT - Clinical/ single case design
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 6
Chair: JENNIFER L. BOULANGER, University of Nevada, Reno
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• A multiple-baseline study of ACT for self-stigma around sexual orientation: Issues in the measurement of less overt behaviors.
JAMES YADAVAIA, University of Nevada, Reno
• Exploring feasibility through single case design: A single case of ACT with a woman with traumatic brain injury
MERRY SYLVESTER, M.A., University of Nevada, Reno
• Time-Series Designs in Clinical Practice and an Example Using the Training of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy through Videoconferencing
JASON LUOMA, PH.D., Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, & Training Center, PC
Rikard Calmbro, Södra Älvsborgs Sjukhus, (the Hospital of Southern Alvsborg), Västra Götalands
• Using Time-Series Designs to Aid in Case Conceptualization, Treatment Targeting, and Progress Monitoring: A case of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the long-term treatment of a severe, multi-problem client
JENNIFER L. BOULANGER, University of Nevada, Reno
Time-series designs are a well-established and effective scientific method for developing and testing new interventions or adapting established treatments for use with unique populations or clinical problems. Time-series, or single-subject designs, focus more intensively on intervention with a smaller number of individuals through the repeated measurement over time of a client's behavior and the context in which it occurs. Because these designs do not require large samples of participants, they are ideal for clinicians who are interested in improving client outcomes and contributing to the scientific literature through their own clinical practices. This symposium will familiarize the audience with the logic of time-series designs, demonstrate the application of these methods through case presentations, and discuss the unique issues that arise in designing and implementing time-series designs in nontraditional research settings.
The first paper will describe the logic of time-series designs, with a focus on the multiple-baseline design. To illustrate the application of this method, data on the training of a clinician in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy using videoconferencing will be presented. The second paper will demonstrate how to use repeated measures to choose treatment targets and monitor progress by presenting data on a long-term Acceptance and Commitment Therapy case with a multiproblem client diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. A third paper will present a multiple-baseline evaluation of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to reduce self-stigma regarding sexual orientation. This study will illustrate the development and evaluation of problem-specific measures and interventions targeted at less overt behaviors. Finally, a single case of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with a woman with traumatic brain injury will be used as an exemplar of the use of time-series design to determine feasibility for larger-scale clinical trials.

51. ACT of Love: Sex and Intimacy
Workshop (9:00am-4:15pm): ACT - Clinical/ Relationships
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 3
ANDO ROKX, GGNET
AAD VAN LEEUWEN, Private Practice
MONIQUE BARNOUW, GGNET
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
For most of us and our clients intimate relationships are at the core of what we value in our lives. Relationships seem to be related to physical and mental health, quality of life and even survival. Nevertheless intimate relationships seem to be hard to get and even harder to keep. Divorce rates in the US and in Europe are around 50 % and even higher for second or third marriages. Adultery rates are on a conservative guess 30 %, but in some studies numbers up to 75% are found. Relationships are a major source of emotional pain and suffering even (or maybe, in some cases, especially) if they don't end up in divorce. It's difficult to balance the need for security, intimacy and dependency versus the need for self-development, passionate love, sex, autonomy and honesty.
In this workshop we want to linger around these questions. Who are the people who once were so close in your life that it felt they were the one and only you cared for, and where did you lose them? How do you feel about your present relationship, what do you value, and what do you avoid? Where is the longing part, where is the missing part? What have become your solution(s) to "make things work" and what is the price you pay for that? How do sex and intimacy influence each other? What is your story about your partner(s) and your relationship and how does that story relate to the life you value?
Educational Objectives:
1. Getting some understanding of the role of avoidance and conflicting values in intimate relationships.
2. Understanding how "solutions" ( i.e. denial, justification, understanding, creating distance or leading a double life) might create the actual problems.
3. Finding a way to get stuck relationships back on the move again. Partners are caught in their story, that might serve multiple purposes, but stands in the way of getting what they really are longing for.

Thursday Morning 10:45am
52. A Group ACTivation Program for Us Old Folks
Invited Lecture (10:45-Noon): ACT - Other/ The Aged
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1216
SVEN RYDBERG, PH.D., Fahraeus & Rydberg, Ltd.
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate
A behavioural activation format is presented. Purposes: (1) Acceptance of ageing and death for all, (2) commitment to helping others, for those willing, (3) entertainment and socializing. At a Swedish senior-citizens residence, the author has been running weekly 1-hour morning meetings for 1.5 years. Now we usually have 20 minutes (initially more) of unpretentious readings, at times a song, etc.; followed by a previously announced, more formal presentation and/or discussion. Increasingly, invited external and younger presenters, including TV companies, have come. Participants usually have been 12-36, initially 4. Ages: 70-95 years. A small grant finances this mainly qualitative research. It is mainly based on video recordings, interviews, and questionnaires.

53. Training Psychological Flexibility and Successful Living Outside of the Clinic
Symposium (10:45-11:45am): Other, ACT - Skills, ACT - Clinical/ Experiential Avoidance, Education, E-learning, Research, Parent Training, Autism, Parental Stress
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1220
Chair: GIOVANNI MISELLI, PSY.D., IULM University Milan; IESCUM Italy
Target Audience: Intermediate
• Coping Strategies and the Mediating Role of Experiential Avoidance
TIZIANA PENNATO, University of Pisa
Olivia Bernini, University of Pisa
Fiammetta Cosci, University of Pisa
Carmen Berrocal, University of Pisa
• Elearning and behavior modification: Measuring the differences of ACT based and CBT based Podcast on the academic behavior of students of an Italian University
GIOVANNI MISELLI, PSY.D., IULM University Milan; IESCUM Italy
Julian McNally, M.Psych, Counselling Psychologist
Francesco Pozzi, M.S., IULM University Milan; IESCUM Italy
Elisa Rabitti, M.A., IULM University Milan; IESCUM Italy
Giovambattista Presti, M.D., IULM University Milan; IESCUM Italy
Giovanni Zucchi, Psy.D., Villa Maria Luigia Hospital, Parma
Paolo Moderato, Ph.D., IULM University
• ACT for parent of childern diagnosed with autism: Developing and evaluating group intervention for supporting parents in Italy
GIOVANNI MISELLI, PSY.D., IULM University Milan; IESCUM Italy
Giovambattista Presti, M.D., IULM University Milan; IESCUM Italy
Paolo Moderato, Ph.D., IULM University Milan; IESCUM Italy
This symposium explores the relevance of ACT related concepts to non-clinical populations. Paper 1 discusses the mediating role of experiential avoidance in the relation of specific forms of coping strategies such as self distraction, denial, behavioral disengagement, and self blame with depression, anxiety, and alexithymia. Paper 2 evaluates the efficacy and effectiveness of two audio e-learning programs on psychological flexibility, performance, and academic behavior with students at an Italian university. The research project, the electronic tools developed, and the preliminary results will be presented and discussed. Paper 3 discusses the development and evaluation of an ACT based group intervention for supporting parents of autistic children. The ACT intervention delivered in a short format and data on its outcomes at follow-ups of 1 and 3 months will be presented.

54. Using ACT to empower the unconscious
Workshop (10:45-Noon): ACT - Skills/ Social and cognitive psychology
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1224
JACQUELINE A-TJAK, PsyQ at Zaandam, the Netherlands
Target Audience: Beginner
Social and Cognitive Psychology have shown a great interest in the differences between conscious and non-conscious information processing. Research in this area has shown the huge impact of non-conscious information processing on behavior. As such, it is interesting for therapists in general and ACT therapist in particular to make use of this knowlegde and help client to make good use of this unconscious processing. This contribution gives a short overview of research findings and draws conclusions on the consequences for therapy. There will be exepriential exercises to bring these consequences into practice.
Educational Objectives:
1. Gain knowlegde of research findings concerning the unconscious information processing
2. Apply this knowledge to the theory and practice of ACT (therapy)
3. Being able to use this knowledge in the practice of doing therapy

55. Assessment, Treatment, and Process in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Illness
Symposium (10:45-Noon): ACT - Clinical/ Assessment, Treatment, Process Analysis, Chronic Illness
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1228
Chair: KEVIN E. VOWLES, PH.D., Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Measuring acceptance and fusion in individuals seeking treatment for chronic fatigue
KEVIN VOWLES, PH.D., Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath
Nikie Catchpool, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases
Anne Johnson, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases
Kathryn Bristow, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases
Katherine Hadlandsmyth, University of Missouri - St Louis
• The function of acceptance and values in pediatric Sickle Cell Disease
LINDSEY L. COHEN, PH.D., Georgia State University
Aki Masuda, Georgia State University
Kevin E. Vowles, Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath
Josie Welkom, Georgia State University
Crystal Lim, George State University
Amanda Feinstein, George State University
• ACT in the treatment of epilepsy: Where are we now and where are we going?
TOBIAS LUNDGREN, University of Uppsala
JoAnne Dahl, University of Uppsala
Lennart Melin, University of Uppsala
Nandan Yardi, Yardi Hospital
Bryan Kies, University of Cape Town
• Development and Evaluation of a Self-help based ACT treatment for persons with long-standing chronic pain
JOANNE DAHL, PH.D., University of Uppsala
Tobias Lundgren, University of Uppsala
In recent years, the burden of chronic illnesses on healthcare systems in the developed world has been increasingly recognized. With the ACT literature, there is now a substantial amount of data indicating that many ACT processes are key predictors of functioning in individuals with chronic illness. The present symposium will highlight new areas of measurement, as well as refinements in areas that have been the subject of previous inquiry. Our intention is to be broad in scope; therefore, data from a number of diverse conditions will be presented (i.e., Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, chronic pain, epilepsy, Sickle Cell Disease) from adolescents and adults. The analyses presented will focus on how key ACT processes can best be approached in clinical and research settings to guide intervention and experimentation.

56. RFT Methods Applied to Clinical & Health Psychological Issues
Symposium (10:45-Noon): RFT - Research/ RFT-Clinical
Room: Vrijhof – Kleine Zaal
Chair: LOUISE McHUGH, Swansea University
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Thought Suppression and the Transfer on Stimulus Functions
NIC HOOPER, Swansea University
Louise McHugh, Swansea University
Jo Saunders, Swansea University
• Transformation of Health Risk Functions of Pseudo-Food Names
EMILY K. SANDOZ, University of Mississippi
Chad E. Drake,
Kelly Wilson, University of Mississippi
• Comparing IRAP, IAT and Facial Electromyography (EMG) as measures of implicit attitudes towards the overweight
Sarah Roddy, NUI Galway
IAN STEWART, NUI Galway
• Implicit future expectations and autobiographical memory in depression
LIV KOSNES, Swansea University
Louise McHugh, Swansea University
Jo Saunders, Swansea University
Robert Whelan, Trinity College
Relational Frame Theory has suggested that language and cognition may be analyzed as derived relational responding, and over the last decade RFT researchers have been exploring a variety of linguistic and cognitive phenomena based on this theoretical interpretation. The present symposium presents a selection of recent studies that demonstrate the application of RFT-based methods to empirical issues in areas of health and clinical psychological interest. Paper 1 investigated the transformation of thought suppression functions; Paper 2 investigated the transformation of health risk functions of pseudo-food names; Papers 3 and 4 employed the Implicit Relational Evaluation Procedure to examine implicit versus explicit anti fat attitudes and future thinking in depression, respectively.

57. Stress Reduction through Acceptance and Mindfulness
Symposium (10:45-Noon): Other, ACT - Clinical/ Mindfulness, ACT and Work Stress
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 5
Chair: IVAN NYKLICEK, PH.D., Tilburg University
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Can a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Intervention Change Personality?
IVAN NYKLICEK, PH.D., Tilburg University
• The Effectiveness of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Intervention for Work Stress on Innovation, Cognitive Interference, and General Health Symptoms
ERIN BANNON, Bowling Green State University
This symposium examines the role of mindfulness and acceptance in reducing stress. Paper 1 discusses the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention in reducing characteristics of Type D personality and present results from a randomized controlled trial. Paper 2 describes the results of an ACT intervention for work stress and its impact on propensity to innovate, cognitive interference, and general health symptoms.
58. New Research on Measuring Stigma and its Relationship to ACT Processes
Symposium (10:45-Noon): ACT - Other/ Stigma, ACT Processes
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 6
Chair: MICHAEL LEVIN, University of Nevda, Reno
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Measuring weight stigma
Jason Lillis, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
MICHAEL LEVIN, University of Nevada, Reno
• Development and Psychometrics of a New Measure of Self-Stigma in Addiction
JASON LUOMA, PH.D., Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, & Training Center, PC
Alyssa Rye, University of Nevada, Reno
Kara Bunting, University of Nevada, Reno
Chad Drake, Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, & Training Center, PC
Barbara Kohlenberg, University of Nevada Medical School
Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
• Generalized Prejudice: Testing a Relational Frame Theory Account of Prejudice and Stigma
MICHAEL LEVIN, University of Nevada, Reno
Roger Vilardaga, M.A., University of Nevada, Reno
Jason Lillis, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Jacqueline Pistorello, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Jason Luoma, Ph.D., Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, & Training Center, PC
Barbara Kohlenberg, University of Nevada Medical School
• Predictors of stigma among addictions counselors
ROGER VILARDAGA, M.A., University of Nevada, Reno
Jason Luoma, Ph.D., Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, & Training Center, PC
Michael Levin, University of Nevada, Reno
Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Jacqueline Pistorello, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Mikaela Hildebrandt, University of Nevada, Reno
Barbara Kohlenberg, University of Nevada Medical School
Nancy Roget, University of Nevada, Reno
This symposium will present a series of papers examining stigma and its relationship to ACT processes. Papers will present new measures of self stigma related to weight and substance abuse, as well as potential models for how ACT processes may interact with other important factors to predict stigmatizing attitudes towards oneself and others.

Thursday Lunch 12:00-1:15pm
ORIËNTATIE LUNCH VOOR MOGELIJK OP TE RICHTEN NEDERLANDS/VLAAMSE CHAPTER VAN DE ACBS (DUTCH/FLEMISH MEETING)
Organizational Meeting
Room: Vrijhof - Kleine Zaal
JACQUELINE A-TJAK, PsyQ at Zaandam, The Netherlands
MARCO KLEEN, BrainDynamics Groningen, PsyAdvies
Target Audience: Dutch/Flemish interested in networking and possibly starting an ACBS chapter
Informatie: deze lunch is bedoeld voor Nederlandstalige ACBS leden die mogelijk geïnteresseerd zijn in het helpen opzetten van een Nederlands-Vlaams ACBS Chapter. Meer informatie bij Jacqueline A-Tjak en/of Marco Kleen.

GERMAN-SPEAKING ACT GROUP
Organizational Meeting
Room: Vrijhof - Vergaderzaal 5
JAN MARTZ, FMH Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, ACT-Therapeut, Switzerland
RAINER SONNTAG, Private Practice, Germany
Target Audience: All German speakers interested in networking
An opportunity to get connected, vitalize our relationships, and discuss / plan for the further dissemination and development of ACT and RFT in German-speaking countries. Who knows, we might even launch a german-speaking chapter at ACBS?

Thursday Afternoon 1:15pm
59. Walking Through an Initial ACT Session
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Clinical/ Assessment and Intervention
Room: Vrijhof – Agora
STEVEN C. HAYES, PH.D., University of Nevada
Target Audience: Intermediate
In this session I will present an initial ACT session with an actual client. After considering possible ACT targets we will walk through the session with an eye toward ACT processes.
Educational Objectives:
1. To learn the seven processes that underlie and ACT model.
2. To learn client cues that indicate presence or absence of these processes.
3. To apply these concepts to the interpretation of an actual case.

60. ACT in Practice: Case conceptualization in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Clinical/ Case conceptualization
Room: Vrijhof – Amphitheater
PATRICIA BACH, PH.D., Illinois Institute of Technology
DANIEL J. MORAN, PH.D., BCBA, Trinity Services, Inc.
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate
This workshop will provide a step-by-step framework for functionally conceptualizing client behavior problems, and will discuss selection and application of specific ACT interventions based on the six core ACT processes described in Steven Hayes 'hexaflex' model. Participants will practice experiential exercises and have the opportunity to practice case conceptualization and developing their own ACT consistent interventions, exercises, and metaphors using clinical examples from their own practices.
This workshop will be based on content from the publication ACT in Practice: Case Conceptualization in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, (Bach and Moran, 2008).
The workshop will use a case-based approach beginning with instructor supplied cases and later using participants' clinical cases for practice in ACT case formulation, selecting interventions, and assessing the effectiveness of interventions, and outcomes.
There will be a 60 minute slide presentation, demonstrations, large group exercises and case-based practice. Participants will be provided with handouts to use with their clients for assessment and homework assignments to augment in session interventions. Worksheets will also be distributed for the participants to use to facilitate ACT case formulation.
Educational Objectives:
1. Workshop participants will become familiar with the six core ACT principles of defusion, self-as-context, acceptance, values, committed action, and contacting the present moment, which will be described from a strict behavior analytic perspective.
2. Workshop participants will be able to select ACT interventions appropriate for addressing specific core principles and learn how to apply specific ACT interventions based on the case formulation.
3. Workshop participants will learn to use ACT case conceptualization to facilitate creating one's own ACT consistent metaphors, exercises, and interventions for application in the context of a client's unique history and presenting complaints and assessing the effectiveness of interventions.

61. Mindfulness and Acceptance in the Treatment of Depression
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Clinical/ Depression
Room: Drienerburght – Zaal A
KIRK STROSAHL, Central Washington Family Medicine
PATRICIA ROBINSON, PH.D., Mountainview Consulting Group
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
ACT has been shown to be an effective treatment for clinical depression. In this workshop, participants will learn a systematic approach to depression using ACT principles. Based on the Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression (Strosahl & Robinson, 2008), attendees will learn how emotional avoidance and fusion with unworkable rules about living combine to foster depression. In the ACT model, depression is a result of systematic avoidance of more pressing personal issues. Attendees will learn an 8 step approach to depression that helps the patient identify core values; understand the protective role that depression plays in avoiding painful private experiences; identify strategies for separating self from the products of reactive mind; identify and defuse from self defeating story lines that reinforce depressive behaviors; and techniques for developing an "ACT lifestyle" that will help inoculate the patient against relapse. Video demonstrations and small group role-playing will be used to demonstrate core treatment strategies.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn how emotional avoidance and fusion with unworkable rules about living combine to foster depression.
2. Learn an ACT-consistent 8 step approach to addressing depression symptoms
3. Learn techniques for developing an 'ACT lifestyle' that will help inoculate patients against relapse

62. Child ACT-ing with Functional Contextualism: From the Playroom to the Supervisor's Office
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Clinical/ Children
Room: Drienerburght – Zaal B
AMY R. MURRELL, University of North Texas
AMANDA C. ADCOCK, University of North Texas
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Contrary to the traditional majority view of adult psychopathology, the psychological distress of child clients has often been conceived in contextual terms. The influence of environmental factors on children is, in deed, a cornerstone of developmental psychology. This influence is seen in a variety of treatment approaches, including psychoanalysis, cognitivism, and behaviorism alike. The definition of context has expanded over time; and now, many clinical scientists, from varying theoretical backgrounds, acknowledge that such influence is complex and interactive - including internal as well as external - and historical, as well as current, events.
This broad definition of context as relevant to child development and distress is fitting of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). The underlying philosophy of ACT is functional contextualism (FC). Derived from radical behaviorism, functional contextualism focuses on behavior ongoing in and with context. Individuals subscribing to FC as their worldview, such as ACT therapists, can thus see clients sitting inside a rich and broad context of environmental stimuli. This examination allows for a view of child clients, and people in general, as whole, complete, and perfect.
A brief overview of contextual approaches to child treatment will be presented, most heavily emphasizing ACT. The effectiveness of FC as it relates to therapy and supervision will be discussed. The presenters will describe examples of how FC informs their approach to clinical work, primarily using examples of child clients. Presenters will also focus on how a FC approach informs training. This workshop will be primarily didactic; however, some role plays and experiential work will be used.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn how to conduct an ACT consistent functional analysis with a child client.
2. Learn how to recognize how functional contextualism is related to therapeutic stance.
3. Learn how to facilitate transfer of information from therapy to supervision and vice-versa.

63. A Practitioner's Field Guide to Developing Effective Language Training Programs Using Relational Frame Theory (RFT): Part 2- From Research to Practice
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): RFT - Clinical/ RFT-Research, ABA, Early Language Training Programs, Education, Fluency, Precision Teaching
Room: Drienerburght – Zaal C
NICHOLAS M. BERENS, University of Nevada, Reno/ Center for Advanced Learning, Inc.
TIMOTHY WEIL, University of South Florida
CARMEN LUCIANO & FRANCISCO JOSÉ RUIZ-JIMÉNEZ, Universidad de Almería
MARTHA PALAEZ, Florida International University
Target Audience: Beginner
This two part workshop will guide practitioners and researchers through the basics of RFT, how to conceptualize early language training programs using RFT, and finally using the core premises of RFT in more traditional educational programs. The second workshop will provide a brief review of the main concepts of RFT that are relevant to early language training, review some new developments in the RFT research base that are relevant to practitioners, and provide examples of more advanced clinical strategies that promote language development. Experts in the field will show their data, present clinical videos, and engage attendees in activities that will translate into good clinical work. This workshop will be ideal for practitioners and researchers interested in accelerating language development for semi-verbal children, who work with children with learning disabilities, and who just want to get a deeper understanding of RFT.
Educational Objectives:
Attendees will:
1. understand the current state of the RFT research base as it applies clinical settings dealing with language training,
2. be able to translate recent research into their current practice, &
3. understand more advanced or later developing frames (e.g., temporal/spacial, deictic, hierarchical, and relations among relations) and be able to conceptual how to target those behavior in a clinical setting.

64. ACT and Living Successfully with Psychotic Experience
Symposium (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Clinical/ Psychosis, ACT Processes, Intervention, Research
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1216
Chair: DAVID GILLANDERS, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Acceptance and Present-Moment Processes with People who Hear Distressing Voices
ERIC MORRIS, Institute of Psychiatry, U.K.
Philippa Garrety, Institute of Psychiatry, U.K.
Emmanuelle Peters, Institute of Psychiatry, U.K.
• Psychotic Symptoms and Illness Beliefs do not Predict Successful Valued Living With Psychosis, But Psychological Flexibility Does.
LAURA WEINBERG, NHS Fife, U.K.
DAVID GILLANDERS, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
• The Relationship between Self-Schemas, Illness Beliefs, Psychological Flexibility and Distress in people with Psychosis.
REBECCA LOWER, NHS Forth Valley, U.K.
DAVID GILLANDERS, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
• The Impact of Psychological Flexibility and Negative Schemas on Changes in Delusional Ideation Over Time
JOE OLIVER, South London & Maudsley NHS Trust, U.K.
KENNEDY MCLACHLAN, Open Polytechnic, New Zealand
• Developing a trans-diagnostic ACT group in an acute psychiatric inpatient ward.
GORDON MITCHELL, NHS Fife, U.K.
AMY MCARTHUR, NHS Fife, U.K.
LAURA WEINBERG, NHS Fife, U.K.
Lucy Clark, NHS Fife, U.K.
Marie Mirfield, NHS Fife, U.K.
In this symposium we will explore ACT relevant processes such as avoidance, fusion, acceptance, present-moment processes, beliefs, schema, distress, and behaviour as these apply to living successfully with psychotic experiences. Papers will outline original clinical research on ACT processes and interventions for this client group.

65. ACT for Disordered Eating: Conceptualization, Assessment, and Intervention
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Clinical/ Disordered Eating
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1220
EMILY K. SANDOZ, University of Mississippi
LINDSAY M. MARTIN, University of Mississippi
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Disordered eating is a class of behaviors associated with devastating disruptions of life, frightening medical consequences, and traditionally unsuccessful interventions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an emerging behavior therapy that may offer a unique approach to changing an individual's relationship with food, the body, the self and others in service of a life that he or she values. This workshop will focus on a combination of didactic and experiential orientation to conceptualization, assessment, and treatment of disordered eating from an ACT perspective.
Educational Objectives:
1. Become oriented to empirical support for ACT with eating disorders
2. Learn how to conceptualize disordered eating from an ACT perspective
3. Learn strategies for treatment of disordered eating from an ACT perspective

66. Teaching ACT More Directly & Making Room for "Second Wave" Moves
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Clinical/ Teaching more directly
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1224
HANK ROBB, PH.D., Private Practice
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Many practitioners attempting to grasp the basic moves in ACT find the explanations often get in the way. In this workshop participants will experience more direct methods to transmit basic ACT moves including acceptance, defusion, self-as-context, committed action, values and contact with the present moment; all of which are aimed collectively at developing psychological flexibility. Additionally, the workshop will show practitioners how to "make room" for "Second Wave" Behavior Therapy moves. The workshop aims to demonstrate A way, not THE way, to introduce ACT processes in preparation for their use to address troublesome life issues. Participants will watch this introductory protocol conducted with a workshop participant in a manner similar to that provided to most of the speaker's new clients. Participants will be asked to offer personal or role-play case material with the aim of seeing how that material can be situated in this landscape of ACT processes and addressed within that context. Participants will discuss and integrate what they have experienced.
Educational Objectives:
1. Observe more direct methods of instantiating ACT principles while including "Second Wave" moves;
2. Explore the application such methods actual issues;
3. Consider ways to incorporate basic moves in participant's repertoire.

67. Issues of Values and Committed Action in the Context of End of Life
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Skills/ End of Life
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1228
MARTIN BROCK, Institute of Mental Health Nottingham
SONJA V. BATTEN, PH.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
Within the ACT model, the context for change is underpinned by a focus on the processes of Values and Committed Action, that is, defining and pursuing the path that makes one's life rich and meaningful.
End of life presents a stark perspective to view these processes, provides unique opportunities and challenges for both clients and therapists and is indeed the one event that will happen in all our lives.
This workshop will offer an experiential setting in which to explore these issues and will give the opportunity to practice relevant techniques with each other. We propose that whether or not clinicians specifically work with clients at end of life, these issues will face all clients from time to time, or their family members -- thus affecting the work of therapy. In addition, we suggest that an ongoing awareness of the inevitability of end of life can energize both day to day living, and the clinical setting.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn about current data relevant to ACT approaches to End of Life
2. Explore the challenges presented by End of Life, either for self or loved ones
3. Explore utilising components of values and committed action in context of awareness of imminent or future end of life

68. The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP): Where From, How To, and Where To
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): Other/ IRAP
Room: Vrijhof – Kleine Zaal
NIGEL VAHEY, National University of Ireland Maynooth
IAN STEWART, National University of Ireland Galway
LOUISE MCHUGH, University of Wales Swansea
LIV KOSNES, University of Wales Swansea
Dermot Barnes-Holmes, NUI, Maynooth
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate
A key objective of the workshop will be to summarise the key empirical literatures that gave rise to the IRAP, and to then collate the rapidly expanding IRAP literature itself. The authors will draw on this empirical base to outline key principles of how best to design and implement IRAPs so as to both maximise precision and minimise attrition. These principles will be illustrated in practice for workshop participants by the workshop facilitators. The IRAP is a computerised response-time measure derived from an integration of the account of human language and cognition provided by Relational Frame Theory (RFT), and the substantial cognitive literature addressing so-called “implicit” attitudes. In broad terms the model underlying the IRAP conceptualises implicit effects as being driven by immediate and relatively brief relational responses; in contrast, explicit (self-report) measures then are thought to reflect more elaborated and coherent relational response networks for which implicit attitudes are precursors. More simply, the IRAP captures spontaneous and automatic evaluative responses, whereas self-report measures capture more carefully considered deliberative reactions. Whereas explicit measures are frequently criticised as suffering from the limitations of introspection, and as largely reflecting a person’s tendency to respond in a socially desirable manner, implicit measures are relatively impervious to such confounding biases. Indeed, to date numerous studies have shown that the IRAP supplements traditional explicit measures, to provide greater prediction of target behaviours and a more precise understanding of the processes of attitude and behaviour change (see http://psychology.nuim.ie/IRAP/IRAP_Articles.shtml). Implicit attitudes appear to be particularly useful in the analysis of relatively established behaviours that do not often come under deliberative control such as those underlying addictive compulsions or prejudice. The workshop facilitators will provide workshop participants advice on how best to harness these strengths for the purposes of their individual research interests.
Educational Objectives:
1. To describe, introduce and place the IRAP within the extant literature. This will include communicating the broad psychometric properties of the IRAP within the theoretical framework of the newly offered Relational Elaboration and Coherence Model (RECM), a model derived from RFT.
2. Using role-play, to provide workshop participants with the core practical knowledge of how to prepare and maintain subjects across the IRAP procedure. This information is particularly important for minimising the substantial possibility of task attrition among novice users.
3. To use role-play experience to illustrate important IRAP design parameters that have a bearing on the difficulty and relevance of each IRAP design to target groups. The objective is to equip workshop participants decide between the qualities of competing IRAP designs for their particular application.

69. Relational Frame Theory (RFT) for Dutch-speaking participants: The theory, its rootings and implications
Relational Frame Theory (RFT): De theorie, haar oorsprong en implicaties
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): RFT - Other/ RFT - Concepts, history, applications
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 5
HUBERT DE MEY, PH.D., Radboud University Nijmegen
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate
Deze workshop bestrijkt het brede gamma van aspecten die te maken hebben met RFT. Eerst komen de fenomenen aan de orde die middels RFT verklaard moeten worden. Vervolgens geef ik een inleiding in basisbegrippen van de gedragsanalyse, een noodzakelijk preludium omdat RFT niet uit de lucht komt vallen maar naadloos aansluit op de onderzoeksagenda van B.F. Skinner en het onderzoek van Murray Sidman. In de ontwikkeling van RFT staat het experiment, met menselijke deelnemers, centraal. Ik zal laten zien dat hoe dit gebeurt, en hoe deze experimenten ons hebben geleid naar het juiste inzicht in de rol van taal en cognitie. Dit inzicht wordt ons verschaft door het baanbrekende werk van Steven Hayes c.s. in Amerika, en van Dermot Barnes-Holmes c.s. in Ierland. Rule-governed behavior (RGB) is een term door Skinner bedacht ter onderscheiding van “contingency-shaped,” en heeft duidelijk gemaakt hoe belangrijk taal en cognitie zijn in de sturing van gedrag. RGB maakt gebruik van relational frames. Wat is relational framing, hoe komt het tot stand, wat doet het, en waarom is het geen cognitieve theorie maar gaat het wel over cognities? Deze en andere vragen zijn onderwerp van de workshop. Deze workshop is dus breed van opzet, en geeft de deelnemer een beeld van het grote belang van de gedragsanalyse, en van RFT in het bijzonder, ten behoeve van de praktijk van alledag, van de clinicus, de opvoeder, de therapeut, de maatschappelijk werker, de onderwijzer, maar ook van de econoom en de politicus, zeker in tijden waarin de door hen gefêteerde neoliberale theorie van de vrije markt heeft bewezen psychologisch niet levensvatbaar te zijn.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn how to evaluate the role of private events (language and cognition) in the determination of behavior.
2. Learn how to set up an experiment on equivalence learning.
3. Learn how to better appreciate and specify the role of context in the analysis of contingencies.

70. Developing Your Skills as an ACT Trainer, Part 2
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Skills/ Training
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 6
JASON LUOMA, PH.D., The Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, & Training Center, PC
ROBYN D. WALSER, PH.D., National Center for PTSD at the VA Palo Alto
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
This workshop is part two of a two-part workshop. In this second part of the workshop, a series of exercises and didactic segments will be developed by experienced trainers that will respond to training needs identified in part one of the workshop. This workshop is intended for those who are interested in developing their skills as trainers and supervisors in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn new ways to respond to difficult points in training.
2. Learn new ideas for how to address future training needs.
3. Engage experiential exercises designed to help with trainer flexibility.

Thursday Plenary 4:30-5:45pm
71. Presidential Address: The Importance of RFT to the Development of Contextual Behavioral Science
Presidential Address (4:30-5:45pm): RFT - Other/ Contextual Behavioral Science
Room: Vrijhof – Agora/ Amphitheater
STEVEN C. HAYES, PH.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Target Audience: All
ACBS is not about acceptance and commitment therapy or even third generation CBT more generally -- it is about creating a more progressive psychology based on a developmental strategy called "contextual behavioral science." In this talk I will review the progress of Relational Frame Theory, and its importance to that development strategy. RFT is showing itself to be a clinically useful analysis, with good precision, scope, and depth in a domain that has challenged psychology since its inception. As progress continues, RFT will present opportunities for the ACBS community but it will take considerable effort to realize those opportunities.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn what context behavioral science is.
2. Learn some of the recent progress in RFT research.
3. Learn some ways in which RFT can be clinically useful.

Thursday Night Dinner & Follies
6:00pm-12:00am
Dinner (6:00-8:00pm)
Room: Vrijhof – Audiozaal
Follies (8:15-10:00pm)
Room: Vrijhof – Agora/Amphitheater
Music/Dancing (9:30pm-12:00am)
Room: Vrijhof – Audiozaal

Friday Morning 9:00am
72. ACT With Love
Workshop (9:00-Noon): ACT - Clinical/ Relationship Issues
Room: Vrijhof – Agora
RUSS HARRIS, M.D., private practice, Melbourne, Australia
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
This workshop, which draws on my forthcoming book "ACT With Love" looks at how we can simply and effectively apply the ACT model in relationship issues - whether one or both partners attend sessions!
ACT is very effective with relationship issues. (I base this statement not just on my own clinical experience, but on that of anecdotal evidence from numerous other therapists I have trained). The workshop is both didactic and experiential. Experiential components focus on compassion, acceptance and forgiveness of a partner. Attendees will also get the opportunity to practise some simple exercises in pairs, to learn some useful defusion techniques for couples.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn a simple model for applying ACT to relationship issues
2. Learn to adapt classic ACT exercises to couples
3. Learn a simple technique for developing compassion

73. ACT and Mindfulness with chronic pain
Symposium (9:00-10:30am): ACT - Clinical/ chronic pain
Room: Vrijhof – Amphitheater
Chair: ERNST BOHLMEIJER, Ph.D, University of Twente
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Results of a meta-analysis
Martine Veehof, University of Twente
ERNST BOHLMEIJER, Ph.D, University of Twente
• A multidisciplinary approach in a rehabilitation centre
KARLEIN SCHREURS, PH.D., Roessingh Rehabilitation Centre, University of Twente
• ACT in Teams
PETER HEUTS, Rehabilitation physician; Rehabilitation Centre Leijpark, Tilburg
The aim of this symposium is to present and discuss current evidence for ACT and mindfulness as treatment of chronic pain and the implementation of ACT in multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatments.
Results of a meta-analysis
Paper 1 presents the results of a meta-analysis of 15 studies on the effects of acceptance-based therapies (Mindfulness and ACT) with people with chronic pain on mental and physical health.
Paper 2 discusses the implementation of ACT interventions in one of the inpatient programs for chronic pain at the pain department of the Roessingh Rehabilitation Centre started in 2005. Treatments are delivered in groups of 6 to 7 patients. The program consists of three days inpatient treatment during eight weeks and one day of treatment six months later. Values are introduced to all patients in the first four weeks of the program. In the second part, four group sessions of ACT are offered to those patients who show the most experiential avoidance.
These ACT interventions are implemented in a context of a multidisciplinary treatment delivered by psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational and sport therapists and social workers, supervised by a rehabilitation physician. When we started, the psychologists were the only professionals who were trained in ACT. Meanwhile, the other professionals are more aware of ACT, although most of them have not yet followed any form of training. Results of this program will be presented. We would like to discuss the design of the studies, measurement instruments and the challenges of implementing ACT in a non-academic setting with professionals of different education.
Paper 3 describes the development and implementation of an ACT training for multidisciplinary teams. The training consists of 5 lines (i.e.: introduction in RFT; clinical ACT model/hexaflex; case conceptualization; personal development of the care provider; exercises & metaphores).
The training consists of 3 sessions of 2 days each. The first session is mainly informative and partly experiential. The second and third sessions are highly experiential and offer plenty of opportunity to develop skills. We would like to share our experiences with this programme with colleagues for the purpose of further development of multidisciplinary work with ACT.

74. Sticky Thoughts & Other Unwanted Experiences
Workshop (9:00-Noon): ACT - Skills/ Intrusive Thoughts
Room: Drienerburght – Zaal A
ROBYN D. WALSER, PH.D., National Center for PTSD
MARTIN BROCK, Institute of Mental Health Nottingham
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a promising treatment that is progressing contemporary psychological approaches more appropriate to the human condition.
Within the ACT model the context for change is underpinned by a focus on the role of experiential avoidance and the associated control agenda. The current data for ACT is promising and the ACT model suggests that developing willingness to be present to currently avoided thoughts and other unwanted experiences is helpful.
However it is apparent , particularly within presentations such as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that some thoughts and experiences seem more "sticky" than others.
That is, the intrusive nature of these kinds of thoughts can be highly distressing and motivation to abate, avoid or eliminate them is strong.
Willingness to be present to these types of thoughts is challenging, given their nature and the attendant social disapproval.
This workshop will offer an experiential setting in which to explore these issues and will give the opportunity to practise relevant techniques with each other designed to promote willingness and acceptance around these sorts of "sticky" experiences.
Educational Objectives:
1. Explore typical "sticking points" in developing willingness to be present to unwanted thoughts and experiences.
2. Explore how one's personal fusion as a therapist and non-acceptance may be an obstacle.
3. Develop enhanced skills in recognising and responding to experiential avoidance as it is related to particularly challenging thoughts found in OCD and PTSD.

75. Contextual Behavioral Science and ACT/RFT: Discussing scientific strategy and future directions in research
Workshop (9:00-Noon): ACT - Other/ Philosophy of Science, Research Methods in ACT/RFT
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1212
MICHAEL LEVIN, University of Nevada, Reno
ROGER VILARDAGA, University of Nevada, Reno
JENNIFER BOULANGER, University of Nevada, Reno
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
The ACT/RFT research program is part of a larger scientific strategy within psychology, which we term contextual behavioral science (CBS). Features of CBS include a clear explication of philosophical assumptions, development of analytic abstractive theoretical models from basic research, and an expanded list of methodologies used to answer research questions. Exploring the various features of our scientific strategy can be helpful for evaluating the current progress of the ACT/RFT research program and provide insight into future directions for research.
The current workshop will involve an interactive discussion with attendees regarding CBS and the ACT/RFT research program. During the workshop we will present an overview of CBS, outlining its key features. The audience will engage in an active discussion around each of these features, including their role in ACT/RFT research and areas for further development and exploration such as new methodologies to use or questions to address. We will discuss functional contextualism and how it informs theory, methodology and intervention technologies. We will discuss the important role of basic research and how this work can inform the development and refinement of theoretical models of pathology and intervention. We will then discuss the variety of methodological approaches employed within CBS to address our scientific questions including measurement development, component studies, processes of change research, time series designs, RCTs, effectiveness research, and training studies. Other features of CBS, such as the need to foster dissemination in the community and the culture at large will also be discussed. A review of the current ACT literature, and to a lesser extent RFT, from the perspective of this CBS approach will be presented throughout and audience members will engage in evaluating the current success in meeting the goals of CBS and potential future directions, including the exploration of new research questions and the use of new methodologies.
Educational Objectives:
1. To present a review of the specific goals and features of contextual behavioral science
2. To discuss the success of current ACT and RFT research in meeting these goals
3. To discuss future research directions for ACT and RFT research based on these reviews

76. Practical mindfulness for meditation hating clients: The appliance of heartrate coherence training
Workshop (9:00-10:30am): ACT - Clinical/ Mindfulness
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1216
MARCO KLEEN, BrainDynamics Groningen, PsyAdvies
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
In ACT the concept of mindfulness is applied pragmatically. The effectiveness of the exercises taught are more important than their theoretical form. When confronted with clients who do not like meditation-like interventions heartrate coherence training is an option. By using an easy to apply biofeedback method clients can be taught defusion and mindfulness skills without spending hours exploring raisins.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn about the possibities to use biofeedback within an ACT context.
2. Learn about heartrate variability as a possible biological marker for mindfulness.
2. Think about ways to let 'difficult clients' make use of mindfulness.

77. Young clinical ACT researchers from Uppsala University
Symposium (9:00-Noon): ACT - Clinical/ pain, epilepsy, obesity, LGBT teenagers
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1220
Chair: JOANNE DAHL, PH.D., University of Uppsala, Sweden
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• A short term self help based manual treatment for patients with severe chronic pain
JENNY THORSELLl, University of Uppsala, Sweden
REBECCA TINGVALL, Uppsala University
ANNA FINNAS, Uppsala University
MARIA GYBRANT, University of Uppsala, Sweden
Emma Jokimaki, Moa Brathen, Elin Waxin, Karin Andersson, Sofia Fredriksson, Johanna Aronsson
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Increase of Social Support in Families of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth: A pilot study with multiple baselines
MALIN DAHLSTROM, University of Uppsala, Sweden
EMMA WALLIN, University of Uppsala, Sweden
• Acceptance and Commitment therapy for bariatric surgery patients
JoAnne Dahl, University of Uppsala, Sweden
SANDRA WEINELAND, University of Uppsala, Sweden
• ACT in the treatment of epilepsy: Where are we now and where are we going
TOBIAS LUNDGREN, MS, University of Uppsala, Sweden
JoAnne Dahl, University of Uppsala, Sweden
Lennart Melin, University of Uppsala, Sweden
Nandan Yardi, Yardi Hospital, Pune
Bryan Kies, University of Cape Town, South Africa
The aim of this symposium is to show the research activity in clinical research research applications in the ACT model. The symposium will show a wide range from on-going research, to completed master theses, doctoral level research. The application cover ACT treatments of chronic illness such as pain, epilepsy, and obesity as well as other applications such as problems of acceptance between parents and LGBT teenagers. Many of these applications use internet based treatment and are as a rule are very short and cheap.

78. Explorations into ACT and Literature
Symposium (9:00-10:30am): ACT - Clinical/ Literature
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1224
Chair: MAUREEN K. FLYNN, University of Mississippi
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Crying Out in the Dark: A Look into ACT and Literature
MAUREEN K. FLYNN, University of Mississippi
Kelly Wilson, Ph.D., University of Mississippi
• My Deep and Abiding Interest in Transitions
KELLY G. WILSON, Ph.D., University of Mississippi
• Once, Twice, Three Times a Loser: Cognitive Fusion and the Antihero in Mid-Twentieth Century American Short Fiction
TROY DUFRENE, New Harbinger Publications
Many forms of psychological inflexibility that people often experience are exemplified in the mediums of literature and poetry. Through these works, the ubiquity of human suffering can truly be seen and felt. Their words resonate with the anguish and freedom that our neighbors, friends, co-workers, clients, family members, and perhaps even ourselves experience at some point in life. This symposium will examine three examples of such experiences from an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) conceptualization.

79. Behavioral Approaches to Learning Using Derived Relational Responding and Fluency
Symposium (9:00-10:30am): RFT - Research, Behavior Analysis/ Establishing Relational Responding, RFT in Education, Behavioral Momentum and Fluency Training
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1228
Chair: NICHOLAS M. BERENS, University of Nevada, Reno/Center for Advanced Learning
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Acquisition and fluency of the arbitrarily applicable derived relational responding in accordance with opposition and comparison contexts
Rosa M. Vizcaíno, University of Almería
Carmen Luciano, Ph.D., University of Almería
Vanessa Sánchez, University of Almería
FRANCISCO RUIZ, University of Almería
• Increasing the Rate of Derived Relational Responding: An Applied Investigation
NICHOLAS M. BERENS, University of Nevada, Reno/Center for Advanced Learning
Steven C. Hayes, Ph. D., University of Nevada, Reno
Kimberly N. Berens, Ph. D., Center for Advanced Learning/UNR
• A Demonstration of an Easy Token Economy in an Applied Setting
ALYSSA WILSON, University of Mississippi
Jonathan H Weinstein, University of Mississippi
Kelly G. Wilson, University of Mississippi
Karen Kate Kellum, University of Mississippi
This symposium will discuss aspects of a behavioral approach to education and learning, particularly derived relational responding and fluency. Paper 1 describes a study with a four-year old child to examine the process involved in establishing fluency and flexibility across several frames of relational responding. Paper 2 evaluates the use of a fluency criterion across multiple exemplars of derived relational responding with synonyms and antonyms to improve the rate of responding to novel sets of stimuli. Paper 3 discusses an intervention to increase the target behavior and demand compliance of a participant at an after-school tutoring program.

80. Relational Frame Theory: An overview of the evidence to date
Workshop (9:00-Noon): RFT-Research/ Empirical Evidence
Room: Vrijhof – Kleine Zaal
IAN STEWART, NUI Galway
EMILY K. SANDOZ, University of Mississippi
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
Relational Frame Theory (RFT; e.g., Hayes, Barnes-Holmes & Roche, 2001) is a comprehensive account of language and cognition from a behaviour analytic perspective, with potential applications in disparate areas of psychology and current applications in such major areas as adult clinical psychotherapy, education, developmental delay, occupational and social psychology. The present workshop will introduce the core principles of RFT and present an up-to-date overview of the empirical evidence in favour of this approach, including work by RFT researchers and others whose work strongly supports the RFT conception of language as arbitrarily applicable relational responding. The workshop will attempt to convey the current state of the evidence as well as possible future directions for RFT research. Implications for clinical research and practice will also be discussed.

81. Living a Vital Life with Obsessions: Treating OCD with ACT
Workshop (9:00-Noon): ACT - Clinical/ OCD
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 5
JENNIFER PLUMB, M.A., University of Nevada, Reno
BENJAMIN SCHOENDORFF, Calypsy, Lyon, France
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is one of the few DSM diagnoses that is functionally defined. The DSM criteria for OCD is more dimensional (as opposed to categorical) than many other disorders, and as such is more amenable to a functional approach to treatment such as ACT. ACT can be successfully applied to OCD due to its 1) focus on acceptance, defusion, self-as-context and mindfulness strategies aimed at changing the function (rather than the form or frequency) of obsessions, and 2) focus on increasing values-based behavior (as opposed to behavior predominantly in the service of reducing obsessions) in the face of such uncomfortable private experiences. ACT is also suitably flexible to work with many forms of OCD, including sub-types of OCD deemed difficult-to-treat (e.g., hoarding, primary obsesssional cases) and behaviors on the O-C spectrum (e.g., tics, skin-picking, hair-pulling). In this workshop we will discuss a) state of the extant literature on ACT for OCD, b) case conceptualization of OCD and O-C spectrum cases from an ACT perspective including a discussion about exposure from an ACT perspective, c) the challenges associated with using ACT in this population, d) OCD-specific assessment instruments, and e) specific methods we have found fruitful in treating OCD. This workshop will be interactive, and participants will be asked to take part in experiential exercises and role plays.
Educational Objectives:
1. Understand the relevance of the ACT model for the treatment of OCD
2. Experientially contact some of the difficulties faced by OCD sufferers
3. Learn how to flexibly use ACT moves and exercises with OCD sufferers

82. Relational Frame Theory - Basic concepts and clinical implications
Workshop (9:00am-4:15pm): RFT - Other/ A conceptual overview of RFT with a clinical focus
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 6
NIKLAS TÖRNEKE, NT Psykiatri, private practice
JASON LUOMA, PH.D., Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, and Training Center; Private practice
Target Audience: Intermediate
Relational Frame Theory (RFT) is the result of an attempt to deal with the area of human language and cognition from a behavioural perspective. Together with well known principles of operant and respondent conditioning it forms the theoretical basis of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
This workshop presents the basic concepts of RFT. The workshop also shows how these concepts can be used to understand common psychological problems and give directions for clinical interventions.
The workshop is mainly didactic but will include some experiential parts for illustrative purposes. It is assumed that partakers have a basic understanding of operant and respondent learning.
Educational Objectives:
1. To give the attendees an understanding of all the basic concepts of RFT
2. To show the relevance of RFT for understanding psychological problems
3. To show how RFT can be used to understand the central therapeutic strategies of ACT

83. Short mindfulness interventions with the old, the young and the fearful
Symposium (9:00-10:30am): Behavior Analysis/ Mindfulness
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 3
Chair: LOUISE McHUGH, Swansea University
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Short web-based manipulation of self-focused attention: a comparison of Attention Training and mindfulness
JEAN-LOUIS MONESTÈS, Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie - Neurosciences Fonctionnelles & Pathologies – CNRS UMR 8160 - Centre Hospitalier Ph. Pinel.
Matthieu Villatte, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens
G. Loas, Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie - Neurosciences Fonctionnelles & Pathologies – CNRS UMR 8160 - Centre Hospitalier Ph. Pinel
• Can changing perspective on one’s own experience increase awareness of negative psychological events in others?
MATTHIEU VILLATTE, PH.D., Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens
Louise McHugh, Swansea University
Jean-Louis Monestès, Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie - Neurosciences Fonctionnelles & Pathologies – CNRS UMR 8160 - Centre Hospitalier Ph. Pinel.
• The Behavioural Approach Test (BAT); Thought Suppression Vs Mindfulness
NIC HOOPER, Swansea University
Laura Davies, Swansea University
Louise McHugh, Swansea University
• Stimulus over-selectivity as a model of cognitive functioning in older adults: Mindfulness as a potential intervention
LOUISE McHUGH, Swansea University
Anna Simpson, Swansea University
Phil Reed, Swansea University
The current symposium consists of four papers the unifying concern of which is the empirical testing of short mindfulness interventions. The first paper involves a web-based manipulation of mindfulness (self-focused attention) and an unfocused attention intervention. The second paper involves comparing level of mindfulness and psychological flexibility when taking ones own versus another person's perspective in both positive and negative emotional contexts. The third paper compares mindfulness and thought suppression as coping strategies for phobic individuals with phobia related content. The final paper investigates the utility of mindfulness versus unfocused attention in overcoming dysfunctional levels of stimulus over-selectivity in an elderly population. The findings from all four studies suggest the utility of mindfulness in comparison with other interventions including unfocused attention and thought suppression in a range of populations.

Friday Morning 10:45am
84. ACT as public mental health
Workshop (10:45-Noon): ACT - Clinical/ perevention
Room: Vrijhof – Amphitheater
ERNST BOHLMEIJER, PH.D., TU Twente
ANDO ROKX, MSc, GGNET
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate
Many people suffer from mild or moderate psychological distress. The presence of mild (subclinical) symptoms e.g. depression, anxiety is the most important risk factor for developing clinical disorders. Experiential avoidance possibly plays an important role in this process. However most people do not seek help. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) could be actively offered to the general population. As an early intervention, it could help people to accept their distress and commit to their values. And thereby prevent unnecessary long duration or deterioration of distress.
The University of Twente developed a new preventive intervention for adults with mild to moderate psychological distress: Voluit Leven (living to the full). It is a group intervention for 8-10 people that consists of 8 sessions of 2 hours. It is based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and mindfulness. Recruitment takes place by advertisements and interviews in local newspapers.
The workshop will start with some exercises from the intervention. We will then present the intervention and the results of a randomized controlled trial with 90 participants. We also present some results of a process evaluation that gives insight in how participants appreciate the different exercises and metaphors.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn how ACT can be applied with subclinical populations
2. Development and implementation of an ACT-based prevention programme
3. How pre-and post measurements can be useful in evaluating and adapting a prevention programme

85. The Long Road: The Role of Acceptance and Values in Substance Abuse Treatment
Symposium (10:45-Noon): ACT - Clinical, ACT - Other/ Substance Abuse, Addictions, ACT Substance Abuse Disorder
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1216
Chair: MARISA PÁEZ, ACT Institute, Spain
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Alcoholics Anonymous From a Contextual Behavioral Perspective
MAUREEN FLYNN, University of Mississippi
Kelly Wilson, University of Mississippi
• Acceptance, Values and Motivation to Change in Alcohol Addicted Patients
GIOVANNI ZUCCHI, PSY.D., Villa Maria Luigia Hospital, Parma
Giovanni Miselli, Psy.D., IULM University
Giovambattista Presti, M.D., IULM University
Paolo Moderato, Ph.D., IULM University
• Preliminary data of a Random Clinical trial of ACT and TU (cognitive-behavioural) with substance abuse disorder
MARISA PÁEZ, ACT Institute, Spain
M. López, University of Almería
M. C. Luciano, University of Almería
Several approaches to the treatment of substance abuse, including ACT, have been shown to be effective. This symposium examine compatibilities between ACT and other approaches, and compares ACT with a standard cognitive approach. The fit between Alcoholics Anonymous and ACT, the relationship between variables involved in the psychological models underlying ACT and the Motivational Interview, and a comparison of ACT to a cognitive approach with polysubstance abusing clients will be discussed.

86. Building systems with values: Integrated care and beyond…
Invited Lecture (10:45-Noon): Other/ Systems, Integrated Care
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1224
MARK WEBSTER, South Hampshire CBT Ltd- Southampton
MICHELLE ORMSTON, Portsmouth City PCT
JULIE HARRINGTON, Portsmouth City PCT
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
The addiction service in Portsmouth began using ACT in its treatment services, and then developed an integrated care pathway, based on values, across the different agencies, including those not using ACT. The concept and process of implementation will be described along with the obstacles that had to be overcome. The pathway will be put in the wider context of management models and computer systems requirements. The current data forms and management information outputs will be presented to show how a values approach provides a basis for healthcare systems to become integrated and run more effectively.

87. ACT in the Room: Implications and Applications of ACT in Practice
Symposium (10:45-Noon): ACT - Other, ACT - Clinical/ ACT Values, Mindfulness
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1228
Chair: CHRIS TREPKA, Bradford District Care NHS Trust
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
• Core ACT values are "Prediction and influence with precision scope and depth": A guide
JOE CURRAN, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Trust, UK
• The ABC Course: a pilot ACT course for learning mindfulness
CHRIS TREPKA, Bradford District Care NHS Trust
This symposium will examine issues pertinent to the training and use of ACT by therapists. Paper 1 discusses the role of “prediction and influence with precision, scope, and depth” as values in ACT and RFT. It explores the history and development of these values, examines and contrasts their role in other psychological approaches, and considers the ways in which clinicians can work towards instantiating them in their everyday practice. Paper 2 describes a brief mindfulness training course designed to run alongside a course of individual ACT. Results from a pilot course involving 5 weekly classes conducted for a mixed group of therapy clients and other therapists will be presented.

88. Social Communication and Relational Frame Theory
Workshop (10:45-Noon): RFT - Clinical/ Perspective Taking
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 3
LOUISE MCHUGH, Swansea University
MATTHIEU VILLATTE, Université de Lille
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Researchers within cognitive and traditional developmental fields have written volumes on the social-cognitive nature of social problems in disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, with the "Theory of Mind" (ToM) construct receiving the majority of attention. While behavior analysis has offered descriptions of how to teach basic social behaviour to individuals with autism, descriptions of complex social behaviour (e.g., understanding deception, empathy, "self-reflection" - all falling under the rubric of "perspective taking") have eluded commonly utilized behavioural intervention resources, and little or no research has attempted to remediate social deficits in schizophrenia. However, researchers within behavior analysis are beginning to investigate how complex social behavior constructs can be examined within a behaviour analytic framework, with recent progress in derived multiple stimulus relations offering particular promise. "Relational Frame Theory" (RFT) accounts of ToM, perspective-taking in particular, have yielded testable hypotheses, developmental profile analyses, and descriptions of treatment protocols. This workshop will summarize this literature, and discuss the relevance to clinical disorders such as autism-related and schizophrenia spectrum related deficits (e.g., understanding deception, intentions, other's interest in discussion topics, other's feelings, etc.).
Educational Objectives:
1. Understand the RFT conceptualization of perspective taking and its implication for social communication.
2. Become familiar with key RFT studies on perspective taking.
3. Learning RFT based techniques to train social communication in populations who are deficient, such as those diagnosed with ASD or schizophrenia.

Friday Lunch 12:00-1:15pm
ACT with Christians – challenges and advantages
Organizational Meeting
Room: Vrijhof – Kleine Zaal
INGRID ORD, Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapist, Dubai, UAE
Target Audience: All
ACT with Christians may encounter issues specific to this population. This SIG is for pooling ideas and discussing experiences with or information about aspects such as unconditional acceptance, values and rule-governed behaviour, and mindfulness with Christian clients. Therapists do not need to be Christians themselves to be able to make valuable contributions to this very specific topic.

Friday Afternoon 1:15pm
89. Know Thyself, Choose Thyself: Exploring Flexibility with Self and Valued Living
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Clinical/ Self-as-Context
Room: Vrijhof – Agora
EMILY K. SANDOZ, University of Mississippi
ROGER VILARDAGA, University of Nevada, Reno
STEVEN C. HAYES, PH.D., University of Nevada, Reno
STEPHANIE NASSAR, University of Mississippi
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Common to a number of diagnostic categories are disturbances in the way an individual experiences him or her Self. Through complex relational conditioning processes, individuals come to experience themselves in ways that narrow their behavioral repertoire, creating less and less freedom and more distance between them and a live they would value. This workshop will orient the participant to the different ways that the Self can be experienced and to the relationship between Self and Values processes.
Educational Objectives:
1. To understand a behavioral account of the development of sense of self.
2. To describe how inflexibility with self can hamper valued living
3. To list three ways to encourage flexibility with self that will contribute to valued living

90. The Art and Science of valuing in psychotherapy
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Clinical/ Clinical
Room: Vrijhof – Amphitheater
JOANNE DAHL, PH.D., University of Uppsala
JENNIFER PLUMB, M.A., University of Nevada, Reno
IAN STEWART, NIU Galway
TOBIAS LUNDGREN, University of Uppsala
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
This workshop aims at helping therapists approach human problem through a values perspective as a part of the ACT/RFT model. The participants will learn: helping clients clearly define what matters to them; creating a sense of meaning and purpose; providing a framework for setting specific goals in both the short term and the long term; providing a context in which a client may be more willing to experience difficult thoughts and feelings as she moves in valued directions; helping clients practice being more aware of the reinforcing qualities of behaviors in the moment that are related to a larger value.
Values clarification is the process of developing values statements that guide client behavior. This is a process that is ongoing throughout therapy. When a client enters therapy, she may not have a clear sense of her values or may have difficulty engaging in behaviors consistent with her values. As therapy progresses, a client’s chosen values and value-directed behaviors may shift as her behavior becomes more flexible. Just as you would periodically check your compass bearing to make sure you haven’t strayed too far from your intended direction, it is also important to engage in values clarification throughout therapy. Second, clients and clinicians work together to develop goals: discrete behaviors that can be evaluated and completed to move the client in the direction of her stated values. Choosing particular goals that are in line with one’s values can take practice. To determine whether a particular goal is in line with her values, the client must practice becoming aware of the reinforcing properties of her values-consistent behaviors. Third, clients build larger and larger patterns of behavior in line with their values, building meaning and developing a purpose to work toward in each moment.
This workshop consists of demonstrations, RFT theoretical perspectives, experiential exercises and own applications.
Educational Objectives:
Participants will learn:
1. How to distinguish between values and feelings, values and judgements, values and rules.
2. To understand the RFT perspective on valuing.
3. How to use the values compass.
4. How to use the bull's eye for valued living.
5. How to use a dramatization of the life-line to identify values directions.

91. ACT as a Brief Intervention: Theory and Application
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Skills/ Brief Interventions
Room: Drienerburght – Zaal A
KIRK STROSAHL, Central Washington Family Medicine
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
The transdiagnostic focus of the ACT model makes it an ideal approach for addressing a broad range of human problems. The twin themes of acceptance and valued actions are also ideal for application in brief intervention contexts such as primary care, crisis centers, hospitals and schools. This workshop will introduce the basic principles of brief intervention and how to create a useful interface between these principles and ACT work. Participants will learn the defining principles of strategic interventions and how acceptance and valued actions can be integrated into the strategic change framework. Video and live role play demonstrations will be used to highlight key learning points.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn the clinical and service utilization data that argue for a brief intervention approach in most settings
2. Learn to apply the key principles of strategic therapy
3. Learn to use ACT interventions in a way that is consistent with the strategic therapy framework.

92. ACT for young adults (16-28 year olds) - ACT used in group format as prevention or an early intervention aimed towards psychological ill-health and stress
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Clinical/ General psychological health, stress, prevention, early intervention
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1212
FREDRIK LIVHEIM, Karolinska Institutet, medical university
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
According to calculations by the World Health Organization (WHO), the second largest health problem of the Swedish population today is psychological ill-health. In some further years it is predicted to be the very largest health problem in the Swedish populace (Swedish National Institute for Public Health, 2005). Self reported mental health is found to rapidly deteriorate especially among Swedish "young adults" (defined as 18-24/29 years of age), where the problems are reported to have doubled or tripled in the period of 1988/89 to 2001 (Swedish National Institute of Public Health; 2006). Common problems as reported are anxiety, worry, pain and sleep problems.
Since 2006 Fredrik Livheim has been working for Stockholm Centre for Public Health, within Stockholm County Council, to make a detailed treatment-protocol and train new group leaders in "ACT- To cope with stress and promote health" (as it now is called in Swedish). Until now approximately 75 new group leaders (school-counsellors etc) has been trained. Fredrik has also begun to educate new trainers of group leaders in this particular ACT group format. Those trainers also constitutes an ACT-network that can arrange regular ACT booster sessions for the existing group leaders and also arrange education of new group leaders.
The focus of the workshop will be on the content in "ACT- To cope with stress and promote health". This will give the participants an understanding and examples of one way of working with young adults in group-settings as prevention or as an early intervention.
The workshop will also provide examples of how it is possible to create an infrastructure to make ACT-interventions available to young adults in a larger scale.
The participants will be guided through handpicked exercises that are part of the course "ACT- To cope with stress and promote health" as if they themselves were taking part in the full course. A special focus will be on components, exercises and metaphors that are a bit new or unusual in the more "traditional ACT tool-box". For example using a "reward-system" when following up homework, the "bus-metaphor" role-played in a group setting, RFT easily explained for young adults etc.
There will be time for questions throughout the workshop. Participants will be encouraged to ask any questions they want, and questions about pitfalls when working with groups will get extra attention. The presenter has extensive experience both of giving the course clinically directly with young adults and also with training group leaders. The presenter is also the program developer of this ACT group format.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn how to apply an ACT-consistent group approach to presenting problems of diffuse mental health problems and stress.
2. Learn how to work with the "life-compass" as a tool for values clarification.
3. Learn exercises and metaphors that are easy for the participants to adopt and use in their own clinical work, either individually or in group settings.

93. Applications of deictic relational framing
Symposium (1:15-2:45pm): RFT - Research/ Perspective taking
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1216
Chair: LOUISE McHUGH, Swansea University
Target Audience: Intermediate, Advanced
• The Effects Of Teaching Situation-Based Emotions On Perspective Taking
LOUISE McHUGH, Swansea University
Alina Bobarnac, Swansea University
Phil Reed, Swansea University
• Deictic Relational Framing and Connectedness among College Students: A Small Analog Study
ROGER VILARDAGA, University of Nevada, Reno
Thomas Waltz, University of Nevada, Reno
Michael Levin, University of Nevada, Reno
Steven C. Hayes, University of Nevada, Reno
Colin Stromberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Kimberly Amador, University of Nevada, Reno
• Deictic framing protocols to increase discrimination of own behavior and reduce impulsive behavior
CARMEN LUCIANO, University of Almería
V. Sánchez, University of Almería
Francisco Ruíz, University of Almería
Marisa Páez, University of Almería
R. Vizcaino, University of Almería
O. Gutiérrez, University of Almería
• Deictic relational responding in beliefs attribution: People with high social anhedonia are impaired in reversing the frame of I-YOU
MATTHIEU VILLATTE, PH.D., University of Picardie
Jean-Louis Monestès, Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie - Neurosciences Fonctionnelles & Pathologies – CNRS UMR 8160 - Centre Hospitalier Ph. Pinel
Louise McHugh, Ph.D., University of Wales, Swansea
Esteve Freixa i Baqué, Ph.D., University of Picardie
Gwenolé Loas, Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie - Neurosciences Fonctionnelles & Pathologies
The current symposium reports four empirical studies examining deictic relational responding across a number of different populations. The first study trained children with Autistic Spectrum Condition to tact their own emotions, and examined the effect of this training on deictic framing / perspective taking. The second study tested deictic relational framing and connectedness among college students. The third study used deictic framing protocols to increase discrimination of own behavior and reduce impulsive behavior in high and low emotional avoiders. The fourth study explored deictic relational responding and belief attribution in people with high levels of social anhedonia. Findings from the four studies support the contention that deictic relational framing is a distinct relational repertoire the training of which can facilitate social communication.

94. Overcoming Resistance - Made Simple
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Skills/ Barriers To Change
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1220
RUSS HARRIS, M.D., private practice, Melbourne Australia
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
This is workshop is both experiential and didactic. It goes step-by-step through the most common factors in resistance and barriers to change -- and how we can not only help clients (and ourselves) to get unstuck, but we can also turn these obstacles and barriers into useful opportunities to develop core ACT skills. It also covers an incredibly simple defusion technique that can be used to overcome any objection to therapy and teach defusion skills at the same time!
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn the most common factors in resistance
2. Learn a different and more comprehensive interpretation of the popular F.E.A.R. acronym
3. Learn a variety of techniques for overcoming resistance and increasing motivation.

95. "ACT-ifing" Religious Traditions
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Clinical/ Spiritual-Theoretical & Practical
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1224
HANK ROBB, PH.D., Private Practice
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate
The principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy have been suggested already to be in, or available for use to support, many traditional dualistic spiritual beliefs and practices. This workshop suggests ACT based principles and practices could be used to support a monistic, pragmatically oriented approach to spiritual development. This workshop will explore the philosophical and practical aspects of such a proposal.
Educational Objectives:
1. Identify the outlines of a monistic, pragmatically oriented approach to spiritual development;
2. Identify a possible root metaphor for the approach;
3. Consider ACT principles as a basis for spiritual development rather than an adjunct to it.

96. A Perfect Match: Meditation and ACT
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Clinical/ Mindfulness, Meditation, Buddhism
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1228
LINDSAY FLETCHER, M.A., University of Nevada, Reno
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is one of several third wave behavioral treatments to incorporate mindfulness into therapy. The term mindfulness is borrowed from Eastern religious and spiritual traditions that emphasize meditation practice as an important technique for the alleviation of suffering. While many third-wave therapies emphasize informal mindfulness practices, including ACT, this workshop will explore the inclusion of “formal” practices that may enhance treatment when they are adapted for use with the ACT model. There is a growing literature showing that meditation is a powerful tool for therapists and clients and Buddhist traditions provide a nearly limitless supply of different meditation practices. Furthermore, most meditation-based therapies do not include a values component. Thus, ACT and meditation may mutually benefit each other.
The purpose of this workshop will be to teach participants how to conceptualize particular meditation practices in terms of an ACT definition of mindfulness. During the workshop, meditation exercises will be taught experientially. Participants will learn to apply these techniques to provide an ongoing practice for therapists and clients. We will explore how to apply mindfulness skills in the therapy interaction and use clinical examples. This workshop is meant to inspire clinicians and researchers to investigate how meditation may enhance mindfulness when used with clients and therapists.
Educational Objectives:
1. Learn meditation techniques that have been adapted for use with ACT.
2. Learn how to conceptualize Buddhist meditation techniques in terms of the ACT definition of mindfulness.
3. Learn about the empirical support for meditation as a psychological intervention.

97. Single Case Designs for Clinicians- Bridging the gap between research and practice
Workshop (1:15-4:15pm): ACT - Clinical/ Single subject research, case formulation, treatment planning
Room: Vrijhof – Kleine Zaal
JENNIFER BOULANGER, M.A., University of Nevada, Reno
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Clinicians in private practice rarely have the time, resources, or support to conduct the kind of applied research that is typically awarded grants or published in major peer-reviewed journals. As a result, those who develop, test, and train new therapies rarely have access to the wealth of clinical experience and knowledge possessed by those who practice outside of academic or research settings. However, there is a way for clinicians to incorporate research strategies into their existing practice, thereby improving therapy outcomes for their clients and contributing to the scientific literature.
Single-case designs do not require large samples of participants or statistical expertise, but allow clinicians to analyze a client’s behavior and the context in which it occurs through repeated measurement over time. These designs can be used to conduct functional analyses of behavioral targets, facilitate case formulation and treatment planning, and improve therapy efficiency and effectiveness. This workshop will introduce clinicians to the logic of single-case designs, demonstrate the application of these methods through case presentations, and help clinicians develop a strategy for incorporating these methods into their existing practices. We will walk through the steps of designing, implementing, analyzing, and publishing/presenting single case designs. Clinicians will also learn to use single case design elements to facilitate case formulation, treatment planning, and progress monitoring. No prior research experience is necessary.
Educational Objectives:
1. Understand the logic and methodology of single-case, or time-series, research.
2. Learn how to use single-case designs to facilitate case formulation, treatment planning, and progress monitoring.
3. Develop a strategy for designing, implementing, and analyzing single case research within private practice settings.

98. Cognitive Rigidity: Conceptualizations, Mechanisms, Measurement, and Intervention
Symposium (1:15-2:45pm): Other, ACT - Other, ACT - Clinical/ Cognitive flexibility, physiology, ACT Processes, Measurement, Cognitive Defusion
Room: Vrijhof – Vergaderzaal 5
Chair: DAVID GILLANDERS, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Developing a Measure of Cognitive Fusion
DAVID GILLANDERS, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
HELEN BOLDERSTON, Private Practice
Maria Dempster, NHS Grampian, U.K.
Frank Bond, Goldsmiths University of London
• The study of Defusion in clinical setting: a replication of word-repetition studies with an inpatient sample
GIOVANNI ZUCCHI, PSY.D., Villa Maria Luigia Hospital, Parma
Akihiko Masuda, Ph.D., Georgia State University
Giovanni Miselli, Psy.D., IULM University Milan
Giovambattista Presti, M.D., IULM University Milan
Paolo Moderato, Ph.D., IULM University
Cognitive defusion is one of the core processes in ACT and its relation to well-being has been the subject of numerous investigations. However, there are still gaps in our knowledge of this core process. This symposium will attempt to fill some of those gaps by discussing issues surrounding cognitive fusion and defusion. Paper 1 describes the development of a self-report measure of cognitive fusion, while Paper 2 presents the preliminary results of an investigation into the relevance of cognitive defusion with a clinical population, instead of with non-clinical samples as has typically been done in prior studies.

Friday Afternoon 3:00pm
99. “What Just Happened?” What We are Training and How
Symposium (3:00-4:00pm): ACT - Skills/ Training, ACT Training
Room: Hogekamp – HO 1216
Chair: M. C. LUCIANO, University of Almería
Target Audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Evaluating introductory ACT workshops: Changes in knowledge and responses to experiential exercises
ERIC MORRIS, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK
• How to measure what really works in ACT training
M. C. LUCIANO, University of Almería
MARISA PÁEZ, ACT Institute, Spain
The first paper discusses how workshop participants evaluate introductory ACT workshops on various measures. Pre-, post-, and follow-up ratings on ACT knowledge, comparisons of ACT with mainstream CBT, interest in further ACT training, and rating about the experiential exercises from over 50 workshop attendees will be presented.
The second paper highlights the fact that we do not know much about the key components involved in learning ACT. While several methods seem to be useful (e.g., learning the conceptual background, reviewing video or audio recordings, role playing, using experiential work in supervision groups, etc.), no instruments are available for measuring the progress that therapists achieve after different kinds of learning sessions. Ideas about the structures of learning sessions and instruments to measure the impact of work done as well as results from therapist training over the last two years in ACT Institute will be presented.

Friday Plenary 4:30-5:30pm
100. Enhancing everyday life using ACT and RFT/ Closing
Plenary (4:30-5:30pm): ACT/RFT - Everyday Life/
Room: Vrijhof – Agora
FRANK BOND, PH.D., Goldsmiths, University of London, U.K.
ERNST BOHLMEIJER, PH.D., Twente University
PATRICIA BACH, PH.D., Illinois Institute of Technology
Target Audience: All
One of the most useful features of ACT and RFT is that they provide a comprehensive analysis of verbal behaviour, which, thus, creates guidance for not only reducing mental ill-health but for promoting vital and effective living in all areas of people’s lives. The aim of this plenary is to discuss research that has explored how the application of contextual behavioural science is producing a greater understanding of how to help people thrive in their daily life—to more effectively move through the everyday psychological barriers that get in our way and more successfully create contexts (e.g., at work) that encourage ourselves and others to maximise our potential.
Educational Objectives:
1. Understand the qualities of ACT and RFT that make it applicable to everyday life.
2. Learn how ACT and behaviour analysis can enhance leadership and group performance.
3. Learn how ACT, RFT and mindfulness can facilitate health promotion, as well as reduce stigma and re-offending.

Workshops

• "ACT-ifing" Religious Traditions־־־ Hank Robb, Ph.D.
• A Perfect Match: Meditation and ACT־־־ Lindsay Fletcher, M.A.
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Finding Life Beyond Trauma for the Survivor and the Therapist־־־ Robyn D. Walser, Ph.D., Jacqueline Pistorello, Ph.D., Victoria M. Follette
• The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP): Where From, How To, and Where To --- NIGEL VAHEY, IAN STEWART, LOUISE MCHUGH, LIV KOSNES, Dermot Barnes-Holmes
• ACT as a Brief Intervention: Theory and Application־־־ Kirk Strosahl
• ACT as public mental health־־־ Ernst Bohlmeijer, PhD, Ando Rokx, MSc
• ACT Early: acceptance, mindfulness and values in early intervention for psychosis־־־ Eric Morris, Joe Oliver, Sally Bloy
• ACT for Disordered Eating: Conceptualization, Assessment and Intervention ־־־ Emily K. Sandoz, Lindsay M. Martin
• ACT for preventing mental health problems־־־ Jason Lillis, Ph.D., Jennifer L. Boulanger, M.A.
• ACT for weight related issues ־־־ Jason Lillis, Ph.D., Lindsay B. Fletcher, M.A.
• ACT for young adults (16-28 year olds) - ACT used in group format as prevention or an early intervention aimed towards psychological ill-health and stress.* ־־־ Fredrik Livheim
• ACT in Practice: Case conceptualization in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy־־־ Patricia Bach, Ph.D., Daniel J. Moran, Ph.D., BCBA
• ACT of Love: Sex and Intimacy־־־ Ando Rokx, Aad van Leeuwen, Monique Barnouw
• ACT Through CBT and CBT Through ACT - Are they so different?־־־ Kenneth Fung, MD FRCPC MSc, Mateusz Zurowski, MD FRCPC MSc
• ACT Treatment of Stuttering־־־ José Antonio García Higuera
• ACT With Love ־־־ Russ Harris, MD
• ACT-Based Contextual Behavioral Supervision־־־ Sonja V. Batten, Ph.D., Robyn D. Walser, Ph.D.
• An Introduction to Behaviorism & Relational Frame Theory for Beginners־־־ John T. Blackledge, Joanne Steinwachs, Niklas Torneke
• Applying ACT to Cases of Complex Depression: New Clinical and Research Perspectives־־־ Brandon A. Gaudiano, Ph.D., Kristy L. Dalrymple, Ph.D.
• Contextual Behavioral Science and ACT/RFT: Discussing scientific strategy and future directions in research־־־ Michael Levin, Roger Vilardaga, Jennifer Boulanger
• Creative Confusion: An idiot's guide to ACT in groups־־־ Kevin Polk, Mark Webster, Benjamin Schoendorff, Jerold Hambright
• Demystifying Relational Frame Theory־־־ Daniel J. Moran, Ph.D., BCBA, Patty Bach, Ph.D.
• Getting Started with ACT Experiential Supervision Skills ־־־ Mary Sawyer
• Introduction to ACT in Dutch־־־ Jacqueline A-Tjak, Ingrid Postma
• Issues of Values and Committed Action in the Context of End of Life־־־ Martin Brock, Sonja V. Batten
• Know Thyself, Choose Thyself: Exploring Flexibility with Self and Valued Living־־־ Emily K. Sandoz, Roger Vilardaga, Steve Hayes, Stephanie Nassar
• Learning Hexaflex Processes Using Mindfulness for Two Videos־־־ Kelly G. Wilson, Ph.D., Emily K. Sandoz
• Living a Vital Life with Obsessions: Treating OCD with ACT־־־ Jennifer Plumb, MA, Benjamin Schoendorff, MSc
• Mindfulness and Acceptance in the Treatment of Depression ־־־ Kirk Strosahl, PhD, Patricia Robinson
• A Practitioner’s Field Guide to Developing Effective Language Training Programs Using Relational Frame Theory (RFT) --- NICHOLAS M. BERENS, TIMOTHY WEIL, CARMEN LUCIANO & FRANCISCO JOSÉ RUIZ-JIMÉNEZ, MARTHA PALAEZ
• OCD and Case Formulation In ACT־־־ Martin Brock
• Overcoming Resistance - Made Simple־־־ Russ Harris, MD
• Practical mindfulness for meditation hating clients: The appliance of heartrate coherence training־־־ Marco Kleen
• Relational Frame Theory - Basic concepts and clinical implications־־־ Niklas Torneke, Jason Luoma, PhD
• Self-as-context Made Simple ־־־ Russ Harris, MD
• Sticky Thoughts & Other Unwanted Experiences־־־ Robyn Walser, Martin Brock
• Teaching ACT More Directly & Making Room for "Second Wave" Moves־־־ Hank Robb, Ph.D.
• The Art and Science of valuing in psychotherapy־־־ Joanne Dahl, PhD, Jennifer Plumb, MA, Ian Stewart, Tobias Lundgren
• The Primary Care Behavioral Health Model: A Platform for ACT in Health Care־־־ Patricia Robinson, PhD
• Turning your life toward maturity: ACT with older adults ־־־ Erwin Lutzke
• Using ACT to empower the unconscious ־־־ Jacqueline A-Tjak
• Using ACT to Improve Management of Chronic Pain in Primary Care־־־ Patricia Robinson, PhD
• Relational Frame Theory (RFT) for Dutch-speaking participants: The theory, its rootings and implications
  Relational Frame Theory (RFT): De theorie, haar oorsprong en implicaties (in Dutch) --- Hubert De Mey

Symposia

• Towards a functional contextualist neuroscience־־־ BENJAMIN SCHOENDORFF, STEVEN C. HAYES, KELLY G. WILSON

  Don't you mind speaking of mind? Reflecting on mirror neurons and other homunculi on the Neuroscience scene־־־ PAOLO MODERATO
  An exploration of acceptance related processes in presurgically implanted epileptic patients by means of real-time frequency-band analysis system־־־ BENJAMIN SCHOENDORFF
  ‘Behavior is what the organism is doing’ – limbs, neurones, biochemistry, thoughts, and feelings. Within a context. Reaching out to the neurosciences, starting from where they are.־־־ ROB PURSSEY

• ACT and Living Successfully with Psychotic Experience־־־ DAVID GILLANDERS
  

  Acceptance and Present-Moment Processes with People who Hear Distressing Voices־־־ ERIC MORRIS, Philippa Garrety, Emmanuelle Peters
  Psychotic Symptoms and Illness Beliefs do not Predict Successful Valued Living With Psychosis, But Psychological Flexibility Does־־־ LAURA WEINBERG, DAVID GILLANDERS
  The Relationship between Self-Schemas, Illness Beliefs, Psychological Flexibility and Distress in people with Psychosis־־־ REBECCA LOWER, DAVID GILLANDERS
  The Impact of Psychological Flexibility and Negative Schemas on Changes in Delusional Ideation Over Time ־־־ JOE OLIVER, KENNEDY MCLACHLAN
  Developing a trans-diagnostic ACT group in an acute psychiatric inpatient ward. ־־־ GORDON MITCHELL, AMY MCARTHUR, LAURA WEINBERG, Lucy Clark, Marie Mirfield

• ACT in the Workplace ־־־ FRANK BOND
  

  The Impact of ACT training on Leadership־־־ FRANK BOND
  The Impact of ACT and CBT on Stress at Work־־־ Paul Flaxman, FRANK BOND
  The Impact of ACT Training on Stress and Burnout in Human Services Workers־־־ JO LLOYD, Frank Bond
  Can ACT reduce staff stigma? Preliminary findings and work in progress־־־ Sue Clarke, Georgina Taylor, Kelly Wilson, Bob Remington

• ACT and Chronic Illness־־־ DAVID GILLANDERS
  

  Beliefs, Acceptance, Knowledge, Emotional Distress and Self Care in Older People with Type 2 Diabetes.־־־ DAVID GILLANDERS, Vicky Thurlby
  ACT based Treatment of Chronic Pain - Outcome data to three years־־־ KEVIN VOWLES, PH.D., Lance McCracken, Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert
  Flexing the gut - Quality of Life in Irritable Bowel Syndrome־־־ NUNO FERREIRA, David Gillanders
  The Evolution of General Psychological Flexibility and Pain Specific Acceptance across time in people with Chronic Pain־־־ ALEXANDRA DIMA, David Gillanders

• Assessment, Treatment, and Process in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Illness־־־ KEVIN E. VOWLES, PH.D. (Chair)
  

  Measuring acceptance and fusion in individuals seeking treatment for chronic fatigue ־־־ KEVIN VOWLES, PH.D., Nikie Catchpool, Anne Johnson, Kathryn Bristow, Katherine Hadlandsmyth
  The function of acceptance and values in pediatric Sickle Cell Disease־־־ Lindsey L. Cohen, Ph.D., Aki Masuda, Kevin E. Vowles, Josie Welkom, Crystal Lim, Amanda Feinstein
  ACT in the treatment of epilepsy: Where are we now and where are we going?־־־ TOBIAS LUNDGREN, JoAnne Dahl, Lennart Melin, Nandan Yardi, Bryan Kies
  Development and Evaluation of a Self-help based ACT treatment for persons with long-standing chronic pain־־־ JoAnne Dahl, Ph.D., Tobias Lundgren

• Short mindfulness interventions with the old, the young and the fearful־־־ LOUISE McHUGH
  

  Short web-based manipulation of self-focused attention: a comparison of Attention Training and mindfulness ־־־ JEAN-LOUIS MONESTÈS, Matthieu Villatte, G. Loas
  Can changing perspective on one’s own experience increase awareness of negative psychological events in others?־־־ MATTHIEU VILLATTE, PH.D., Louise McHugh, Jean-Louis Monestès
  The Behavioural Approach Test (BAT); Thought Suppression Vs Mindfulness־־־ NIC HOOPER, Laura Davies, Louise McHugh
  Stimulus over-selectivity as a model of cognitive functioning in older adults: Mindfulness as a potential intervention־־־ LOUISE McHUGH, Anna Simpson, Phil Reed

• RFT Methods Applied to Clinical & Health Psychological Issues־־־ LOUISE McHUGH
  

  Thought Suppression and the Transfer on Stimulus Functions־־־ NIC HOOPER, Louise McHugh, Jo Saunders
  Transformation of Health Risk Functions of Pseudo-Food Names־־־ EMILY K. SANDOZ, Chad E. Drake, Kelly Wilson
  Comparing IRAP, IAT and Facial Electromyography (EMG) as measures of implicit attitudes towards the overweight־־־ Sarah Roddy, Ian Stewart
  Implicit future expectations and autobiographical memory in depression־־־ LIV KOSNES , Louise McHugh , Jo Saunders, Robert Whelan

• Recent Investigations Using The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure --- NIGEL VAHEY
  

  Resistance to Anti-smoking Information As a Function of Implicit Expectancies Toward Smoking and Smoking-cessation --- NIGEL VAHEY
  An implicit measure of emotional avoidance --- NIC HOOPER
  Will the Real Nazi Please Stand-Up; Attitude Formation and the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) --- SEAN HUGHES
  Testing an adaptation of the IRAP to increase sensitivity to detect implicit relations at the individual level --- MIKE LEVIN

• Applications of deictic relational framing־־־ LOUISE McHUGH
  

  The Effects Of Teaching Situation-Based Emotions On Perspective Taking־־־ LOUISE McHUGH, Alina Bobarnac, Phil Reed
  Deictic Relational Framing and Connectedness among College Students: A Small Analog Study־־־ ROGER VILARDAGA, Thomas Waltz, Michael Levin, Steven C. Hayes, Colin Stromberg, Kimberly Amador
  Deictic framing protocols to increase discrimination of own behavior and reduce impulsive behavior־־־ CARMEN LUCIANO, V. Sánchez, Francisco Ruíz, Marisa Páez, R. Vizcaino, O. Gutiérrez
  Deictic relational responding in beliefs attribution: People with high social anhedonia are impaired in reversing the frame of I-YOU ־־־ MATTHIEU VILLATTE, PH.D. , Jean-Louis Monestès, Louise McHugh, Ph.D., Esteve Freixa i Baqué, Ph.D., Gwenolé Loas

• Framing different behavioral strategies in a coherent picture: Where ACT takes place־־־ GIOVANBATTISTA PRESTI, MD, PhD (chair), BENJAMIN SCHOENDORFF (discussant)
  

  ACT and 'Impulsive' behavior: A case study of pathological gambling־־־ SARA BORELLI, Psy. D.
  Case report: compulsory, school and social problem behaviors in an 18 yrs old student־־־ Greta Carlotti, Psy. D., Giovambattista Presti, MD, PhD, Paolo Moderato, PhD
  Case report: dysfunctional behavioral repertoire in a pre-adolescent girl with congenital dwarfism־־־ Ramona Carlotti, Psy D., Giovambattista Presti, MD, PhD, Paolo Moderato, PhD
  Case report: dysfunctional behavioral repertoire in a young woman with mild mental retardation and bipolar disorder־־־ FRANCESCA SCAGLIA, Psy. D.
  Case report: Applying ACT in a case of prolonged avoidance of school by an adolescent boy with performance anxiety ־־־ MASSIMO RONCHEI, Psy. D.
  ACT approach in Chronic Insomnia: A case study־־־ KATIA COVATI

• Welcome to the functional Babel: Talking ACT in non English-speaking countries־־־ GIOVANBATTISTA PRESTI, MD, PhD (chair), GIOVANNI MISELLI, Psy. D. (discussant)
  

  Babel's AAQ-II: do different languages result in different outcomes in Europe?־־־ JEAN-LOUIS MONESTÈS, NELE JACOBS, Marco Kleen, Francis De Groot, Jacqueline A-Tjak, Maria Karekla, Frank Bond, Giovanni Miselli, Psy. D., Matthieu Villatte, Ph.D.
  Building towers in Babel: spreading and sharing knowledge, translating manuals and self-help books־־־ MATTHIEU VILLATTE, PH.D. , Jean-Louis Monestès, Giovambattista Presti

• ACT and Mindfulness with chronic pain־־־ ERNST BOHLMEIJER, Ph.D, Martine Veehof, Ph.D., Karlein Schreurs, Ph.D., Peter Heuts
  

  Results of a meta-analysis־־־ Martine Veehof, Ernst Bohlmeijer, Ph.D.
  A multidisciplinary approach in a rehabilitation centre־־־ KARLEIN SCHREURS, PH.D.
  ACT in Teams־־־ PETER HEUTS

• Tinnitus and acceptance - "Is it the sound or your relationship to it?"־־־ Gerhard Andersson, Vendela Westin, Hugo Hesser, Caroline Croft
  

  Randomized Controlled Trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Tinnitus Distress־־־ VENDELA WESTIN
  Clients' in-session acceptance and cognitive defusion behaviors in ACT treatment of tinnitus distress־־־ HUGO HESSER, M.SC., Vendela Westin, M.Sc., Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., Gerhard Andersson, Ph.D.

• New Research on Measuring Stigma and its Relationship to ACT Processes־־־ MICHAEL LEVIN
  

  Measuring weight stigma־־־ JASON LILLIS, PH.D., Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., Michael Levin
  Development and Psychometrics of a New Measure of Self-Stigma in Addiction־־־ JASON LUOMA, PH.D., Alyssa Rye, Kara Bunting, Chad Drake, Barbara Kohlenberg, Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.
  Generalized Prejudice: Testing a Relational Frame Theory Account of Prejudice and Stigma־־־ MICHAEL LEVIN, Roger Vilardaga, M.A., Jason Lillis, Ph.D., Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., Jacqueline Pistorello, Ph.D., Jason Luoma, Ph.D., Barbara Kohlenberg
  Predictors of stigma among addictions counselors־־־ ROGER VILARDAGA, M.A., Jason Luoma, Ph.D., Michael Levin, Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., Jacqueline Pistorello, Ph.D., Mikaela Hildebrandt, Barbara Kohlenberg, Nancy Roget

• Using ACT with Non-Clinical Populations: Findings from Recent and Ongoing Outcome Studies־־־ MICHAEL LEVIN
  

  ACT for Stigma and Burnout with Substance Abuse Counselors־־־ Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., Jacqueline Pistorello, Jason Luoma, Ph.D., Barbara Kohlenberg, Ph.D., Roger Vilardaga, M.A., Michael Levin, Jason Lillis, Ph.D., Mikaela Hildebrandt
  Using ACT to prevent mental health problems among college freshman ־־־ JACQUELINE PISTORELLO, PH.D., Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., Jason Lillis, Ph.D., Chelsea MacLane, Ph.D., Michael Levin, Jennifer Boulanger, Anthony Biglan, Ph.D., John Seeley, Ph.D.

• Experimental analysis of complex human behavior: disambiguation of relational networks and transformations of functions through hierarchical and analogical relations. ־־־ FRANCISCO RUIZ
  

  Relational coherence in ambiguous and unambiguous relational networks־־־ Jennifer L. Quiñones, STEVEN C. HAYES, Ph.D.
  Transformation of functions through hierarchical frames.־־־ ENRIQUE GIL, Carmen Luciano, Ph.D., Francisco Ruiz, Vanessa Sánchez
  Transformation of functions through analogical relations: An experimental analysis of metaphors as clinical method. ־־־ FRANCISCO RUIZ, Carmen Luciano
  Modelling Hierarchical Relational Responding־־־ IAN STEWART

• Applications of ACT to children, adolescents and their parents: Case studies־־־ FRANCISCO RUIZ
  

  Application of ACT on a persistent oscurity phobia in a 11 years old boy. ־־־ Francisco Ruiz, Vanessa Sánchez, Carmen Luciano, Ph.D., Rosa M. Vizcaíno
  Application of ACT on a case of bullying in a 9 year old boy־־־ Francisco Ruiz, ROSA M. VIZCAÍNO , Carmen Luciano
  Application of ACT to improve the performance of a 12 year old chess-player, to treat familiar problems and self-injury behaviors.־־־ FRANCISCO RUIZ, Carmen Luciano
  ACT in family: a case on eating disorders־־־ MARISA PÁEZ, PH.D.

• Young clinical ACT researchers from Uppsala University־־־ JOANNE DAHL
  

  A short term self help based manual treatment for patients with severe chronic pain־־־ JENNY THORSELLl, REBECCA TINGVALL, ANNA FINNAS, MARIA GYBRANT, Emma Jokimaki , Moa Brathen, Elin Waxin, Karin Andersson, Sofia Fredriksson, Johanna Aronsson
  Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Increase of Social Support in Families of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth: A pilot study with multiple baselines־־־ Malin Dahlstrom, Emma Wallin
  Acceptance and Commitment therapy for bariatric surgery patients־־־ JoAnne Dahl, Sandra Weineland
  ACT in the treatment of epilepsy: Where are we now and where are we going־־־ Tobias Lundgren, MS, JoAnne Dahl, Lennart Melin, Nandan Yardi, Bryan Kies

• Time-Series Designs in Clinical Practice־־־ JENNIFER L. BOULANGER, Jason Luoma, Ph.D., Merry Sylvester, M. A., James Yadavaia
  

  A multiple-baseline study of ACT for self-stigma around sexual orientation: Issues in the measurement of less overt behaviors־־־ JAMES YADAVAIA
  Exploring feasibility through single case design: A single case of ACT with a woman with traumatic brain injury־־־ MERRY SYLVESTER, M.A.
  Time-Series Designs in Clinical Practice and an Example Using the Training of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy through Videoconferencing־־־ JASON LUOMA, PH.D., Rikard Calmbro
  Using Time-Series Designs to Aid in Case Conceptualization, Treatment Targeting, and Progress Monitoring: A case of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the long-term treatment of a severe, multi-problem client־־־ JENNIFER L. BOULANGER

• Values in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Conceptualization, Clinical Exercises and Assessment־־־ REGAN M. SLATER
  

  What are Values? Unpacking Values as Conceptualized in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy־־־ REGAN M. SLATER, Stephanie L. Nassar, Maureen K. Flynn, Kate K. Kellum, Kelly G. Wilson, Ph.D.
  An Improved Measure of Valued Living: The Valued Living Questionnaire-II (VLQ-2)־־־ STEPHANIE L. NASSAR, Maureen K. Flynn, Regan M. Slater, Kate K. Kellum, Kelly G. Wilson, Ph.D.
  Values-Centered Exercises: Impact of Values Work on Psychological Well-Being־־־ MAUREEN K. FLYNN, Regan M. Slater, Stephanie L. Nassar, Kate K. Kellum, Kelly G. Wilson, Ph.D.

• Investigations into Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Real Life־־־ Nadia Lucas, Regan Slater, Lindsay Martin, Jennifer C. Plumb, M.A.
  

  The Effect of Commitment and Behavior Change Processes in ACT on Public Speaking Anxiety־־־ NADIA LUCAS, Regan Slater, Kelly G. Wilson, Kate K. Kellum
  Mindfulness at the Front of the Room: An Evaluation of ACT for Public Speaking Anxiety־־־ REGAN M. SLATER, Nadia Lucas, Kelly G. Wilson, Kate K. Kellum
  The Effects of ACT for Body Image Disturbance on Eating Behavior and Valued Living־־־ Emily K. Sandoz, K. K. Kellum, Kelly G. Wilson, LINDSAY MARTIN (presenter)
  Examining the Effects of a Values Intervention to Enhance Motivation and Commitment to Engage in Studying Behavior־־־ JENNIFER C. PLUMB, Michael Levin, Steven C. Hayes, Kate L. Morrison

• Explorations into ACT and Literature ־־־ MAUREEN K. FLYNN, M.A., KELLY WILSON, Ph.D., TROY DUFRENE
  

  Crying Out in the Dark: A Look into ACT and Literature־־־ MAUREEN K. FLYNN, Kelly Wilson, Ph.D.
  My Deep and Abiding Interest in Transitions־־־ KELLY WILSON, Ph.D.
  Once, Twice, Three Times a Loser: Cognitive Fusion and the Antihero in Mid-Twentieth Century American Short Fiction־־־ TROY DUFRENE

Papers

• A behaviour-analytic perspective on the diagnosis of executive dysfunctions־־־ GWENNY JANSSEN, DRS, Jos Egger, Ph.D., Hubert De Mey, Ph.D
• RFT and evolution: Are memetics the missing link?־־־ MARCO KLEEN
• Schizophrenia, language and cognition: Suggestions for RFT research־־־ MARTIN CERNVALL, M.SC., Ian Stewart, Ph.D., Ata Ghaderi, Ph.D.
• Novel Implicit Attitudes: What Do We Know about Them and What Do We Have to Learn? ־־־ SEAN HUGHES, B.A.
• A Demonstration of an Easy Token Economy in an Applied Setting ־־־ ALYSSA WILSON, Jonathan H Weinstein, Kelly G. Wilson, Karen Kate Kellum
• Acquisition and fluency of the arbitrarily applicable derived relational responding in accordance with opposition and comparison contexts־־־ Rosa M. Vizcaíno, Carmen Luciano, Ph.D., Vanessa Sanchez, Francisco Ruiz
• Increasing the Rate of Derived Relational Responding: An Applied Investigation־־־ NICHOLAS M. BERENS, Steven C. Hayes, Ph. D., Kimberly N. Berens, Ph. D.
• Integrating cognitive and autonomic flexibility: Preliminary support for a neurobiological mechanism־־־ PAUL W. GOETZ, William H. O'Brien, Ph.D., Carmen K. Oemig, M.A., Erin Bannon
• Application of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Treatment of Psychological Problems Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus־־־ TOMÁS QUIROSA-MORENO, Carmen Luciano, Ph.D., N. Navarrete-Navarrete, Olga Gutiérrez Martínez, Ph.D.
• Web Based Interventions for Relapse Prevention after Pain Management Program ־־־ NINA BENDELIN, M.SC., Gerhard Andersson, Ph.D., Björn Gerdle, Ph.D.
• ACT for parent of childern diagnosed with autism: Developing and evaluating group intervention for supporting parents in Italy־־־ GIOVANNI MISELLI, PSY.D., Giovambattista Presti, MD, Paolo Moderato, Ph.D.
• Psychooncology and ACT: State of research and new challenges ־־־ FRANCISCO MONTESINOS, PH.D. , Marisa Páez, Ph.D.
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for adolescents: Study 1 - individual treatment delivered in mental health services, and Study 2 - a group program delivered in schools ־־־ LOUISE HAYES, Ph.D.
• Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Group Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: Preliminary Results ־־־ NANCY KOCOVSKI, PH.D., Jan Fleming, M.D., Martin Antony, Ph.D.
• Preliminary data of a Random Clinical trial of ACT and TU (cognitive-behavioural) with substance abuse disorder־־־ MARISA PÁEZ, M. López, M. C. Luciano
• Psychological Flexibility as a Mediator of Treatment Outcome in Exposure-driven CBT NOT based on ACT: Intermediate Results from a Randomized Treatment Study of Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia־־־ ANDREW T. GLOSTER, Michael Höfler, Jens Klotsche , Franziska Einsle, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen
• Elearning and behavior modification: Measuring the differences of ACT based and CBT based Podcast on the academic behavior of students of an Italian University־־־ GIOVANNI MISELLI, PSY.D., Julian McNally, M.Psych, Francesco Pozzi, M.S., Elisa Rabitti, M.A., Giovambattista Presti, MD, Giovanni Zucchi, Psy.D., Paolo Moderato, Ph.D.
• Preliminary support for a spiritually integrated approach to valued living in the face of spiritual struggles־־־ CARMEN K. OEMIG, M.A., Kenneth I. Pargament, Ph.D., Meryl Gibbel, M.A., Maria Gear, M.A., Elizabeth Krumrei, M.A., Carol Ann Faigin, M.A., Shauna McCarthy, Ph.D., Kavita Desai, M.A.
• Practising ACT with Christians - challenges and opportunities־־־ INGRID ORD
• "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) To prevent stress and promote health
  Psychological Treatment of Youth under Stressful Conditions
  - A Pilot Evaluation of the Impact of ACT in an Adolescent Group" ־־־ FREDRIK LIVHEIM, Emma Stavenow
• Measuring processes of behavioral modification during a Diabetes Management Summer Camp: Acceptance in Diabetic Children־־־ Giovanni Zucchi, Psy.D., Giovanni Miselli, Psy.D., Giovambattista Presti, MD, Paolo Moderato, Ph.D., Paola Accorsi, M.A., Valerio Miselli, MD
• The Effectiveness of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Intervention for Work Stress on Innovation, Cognitive Interference, and General Health Symptoms־־־ ERIN BANNON
• The Meta-Valuing Measure: Measuring Valuing Behavior and the Whole Life Concept ־־־ AMANDA C. ADCOCK, M.S., Cicely LaBorde, M.S., AMY MURRELL, PH.D.
• Developing a Measure of Cognitive Fusion־־־ DAVID GILLANDERS, HELEN BOLDERSTON, Maria Dempster, Frank Bond
• Core ACT values are "Prediction and influence with precision scope and depth": A guide־־־ JOE CURRAN
• Evaluating introductory ACT workshops: Changes in knowledge and responses to experiential exercises־־־ ERIC MORRIS
• How to measure what really works in ACT training־־־ M. C. LUCIANO, MARISA PÁEZ
• The study of Defusion in clinical setting: a replication of word-repetition studies with an inpatient sample ־־־ Giovanni Zucchi, Psy.D., Akihiko Masuda, Ph.D., Giovanni Miselli, Psy.D., Giovambattista Presti, MD, Paolo Moderato, Ph.D.
• Acceptance, Values and Motivation to Change in Alcohol Addicted Patients־־־ Giovanni Zucchi, Psy.D., Giovanni Miselli, Psy.D., Giovambattista Presti, MD, Paolo Moderato, Ph.D.
• Psychological Flexibility and Anxiety: Preliminary Data from an Epidemiological Study in Cyprus־־־ MARIA KAREKLA, Ph.D., Margarita Kapsou, M.A., Georgia Panayiotou, Ph.D.
• Experiential Avoidance and Eating Pathology in a Sample of College Students in Cyprus־־־ MARIA KAREKLA, PH.D.
• The ABC Course: a pilot ACT course for learning mindfulness־־־ CHRIS TREPKA
• On being present and feeling good: The link between present-moment awareness and emotional well-being amongst adolescence־־־ JOSEPH CIARROCHI, Patrick Heaven
• The ImPActS model of principled living: Measuring the extent that people principles to be Important, Pressured by others, Activated, and Successfully engaged־־־ JOSEPH CIARROCHI
• Coping Strategies and the Mediating Role of Experiential Avoidance־־־ TIZIANA PENNATO, Olivia Bernini, Fiammetta Cosci, Carmen Berrocal
• Evaluation of relaxation response and mindfulness strategies in overweight women: A two year randomized trial־־־ CAROLINE HORWATH, PH.D., Greer Hawley MSc, Andrew Gray B Com (Hons), Alison Bradshaw MSc, Lisa Katzer MSc, Janine Joyce M Health Sci, Sue O'Brien BHSc
• Can a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Intervention Change Personality?־־־ IVAN NYKLICEK, PH.D.
• Anorexia nervosa and implicit attitudes: An IRAP-study־־־ THOMAS PARLING, M.SC., Martin Cernvall, M.Sc., Ata Ghaderi, Ph.D.

Invited Talks

• From Verbal Content to Experiential Process with the iView--- Kevin Polk, Ph.D.
• Training Nurses in ACT Skills for Medical Treatment Planning--- Kevin Polk, Ph.D., Fanny Robichaud, RN
• A Group ACTivation Program for Us Old Folks--- Sven Rydberg, Ph.D.
• Theoretical Frameworks and Therapeutic Possibilities--- Michael McEachrane
• Reinventing Empirical Clinical Psychology in the Electronic Age: An Invitation to Participate in the First Fully Distributed Research Network Ever Created--- Kelly Wilson, Ph.D.

Posters

• Experiential Avoidance and Self-Compassion in Chronic Pain: Relations with Depression, Anxiety and Stress-- Joana Costa, José Pinto Gouveia, PhD
• Acceptance and commitment therapy with religiously committed clients: Using the crucible of faith to foster more authentic meaningful living-- Christopher Larsen
• ACT for Stress Management Amongst Staff in Challenging Behaviour Services-- Dr Nick Gore
• Assessing psychological flexibility: Preliminary psychometric properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire - II in clinical and healthy German samples-- Katrin Hummel, Jens Klotsche, Samia Chaker, Jürgen Hoyer
• An in-progress program of validation of ACT oriented clinical tools in Italy-- Elisa Rabitti, Psy. D., Giovanni Miselli, Psy. D., Rossana Somalvico, Psy. D., Giovambattista Presti
• Correlates of acceptance in patients with and without substance abuse-- Marco Kleen, Nele Jacobs, Francis de Groot, Jacqueline A-Tjak
• The Influence of Values Induction on Cold Pressor Pain Tolerance: A Pilot Study Brooke M. Berry, Jennifer L. Boulanger, Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.
• Descriptions of short natural instructions sequences within education and psychotherapy in terms of relational frames-- Stefan Billinger Ms
• Using the IRAP to investigate emotional reactions to challenging behaviour-- Dr Nick Gore
• ACT for Health Anxiety - a randomized controlled trial-- Trine Eilenberg, Msc. Lisbeth Frostholm, Ph.D., Emma Rehfeld, MD, Per Fink, MD. Ph.D.
• ACT for Bodily Distress Disorder - a Randomized Controlled Trial-- Lisbeth Frostholm, Ph.D., Emma Rehfeld, MD, Per Fink, Dr. Med. Sc., Ph.D.
• An ACT-based Treatment to Improve Methadone Detoxification Success Rates-- Angela L. Stotts, Ph.D. , William D. Norwood, Ph.D., Charles Green, Akihiko Masuda, Ph.D.
• Spanish adaptation of Acceptance and Action Questionnaire - II: Factor structure and psychometric properties-- Álvaro I. Langer, Francisco J. Ruiz, Adolfo J. Cangas, Carmen Luciano
• Radical Behaviour View Of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-- Michaele Terena Saban
• Exposure and Acceptance in Chronic Debilitating Pain – an Evaluation of a Residential Treatment Model-- Mike Kemani, Rikard Wicksell, Camilla Wiwe, Gunnar Olsson
• ACT Physiotherapy treatment protocol for clients with long-lasting pain. Preliminary results of a pilot study at a multidsciplinary pain clinic in Sweden-- Graciela Rovner
• Patient selection criteria to enter ACT-based pain rehabilitation programs. Is our clinical reasoning (case conceptualization) and decision making supported by the self-report questionnaires?-- Graciela Rovner
• The effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Mindfulness-- Philipp Breil
• The differential effect of suppression, reappraisal and defusion strategies to coping with aversive private events-- Carmen Luciano, Francisco J. Ruiz, Enrique Gil-González, Juan C. López
• An analog study comparing mindfulness- and values-based strategies for coping with food cravings-- Priscilla V. Almada, B.A., Agnes Matter-Dang, Kemisha James, Jennifer A. Gregg, Ph.D.
• An experimental comparison of Acceptance and Congitive Restructuring-- Lydie Cornu, Benjamin Putois, MA, Benjamin Schoendorff

Registration Rates & Information

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ACBS World Conference III Registration Rates:

€425: Professional/ Affiliate
€225: Student

Prices include 3 lunches, 2 dinners, coffee/tea.

Pre-Conference 2-day Workshop Registration (June 29 & 30):
Note: Onsite registration is not available for the 2-day workshops

€275: Professional/ Affiliate
€165: Student

Prices include 2 lunches, coffee/tea.

Regular and Onsite Registration:
• Online registration will end June 26, 2009.
• Onsite registration fees will be the above fees plus €50. Note: Onsite registration is not available for the 2-day workshops.

Refunds:
A €25 processing fee will be charged for World Conference registration refunds up to June 1, 2009. We regret that after June 1, 2009, refunds can not be made.

Enrollment limitations:
Enrollment may be limited due to the limitation of our venue to accommodate additional sessions and attendees.

Thanks!
ACBS

Registration Rates & Information- How to Pay

Paying via Euro Bank Transfer is limited to those who registered before June 10, 2009. Registrations after this date must be paid for via credit card or PayPal at the time of registration.

Our Dilemma:
The ACBS website is a US based website. These means that all transactions are performed in US dollars. Of course, when we have an event in Europe (yeah Netherlands!), those from Europe have their money transferred from Euros, to our US dollars, and then we exchange it back into Euros to pay for our expenses in the Netherlands. For this reason we prefer for those with Euros to pay directly to our account in the Netherlands. This eliminates the need to exchange currencies twice.

Euro Bank Transfer:

If you choose to submit your payment via a Euro bank transfer* to our partner, GGNET, please send it now to:

For payments in the Netherlands:
Naam: GGNET
Plaats: Warnsveld
Referentie: ACT conference 17008 NAAM DEELNEMER

For Euro payments (not within the Netherlands):
Name: GGNET
Place: Warnsveld
GGNet bank account number: 65.92.84.529
Reference: ACT conference 17008 NAME OF PARTICIPANT
Bank Name: ING
Bank Address (if needed):Friese Wal 1, 8011 XE Zwolle, Netherlands
You will also need the following IBAN and BIC numbers:
IBAN NL08 ING B0659284529
BIC INGBNL2A

NOTICE: The "Total Price" and "Event Total" listed on your registration is in U.S. Dollars ($). You can find the Euro (€) prices under "Item" if you printed off your registration. Please pay this amount, when paying in Euros. Or see the registration fees at the bottom of this page.

Cheque in US dollars:

If you chose to submit your payment in US Dollars by cheque*, please send it here:

ACBS, 933 Gear St., Reno, NV 89503, USA

*Please note: if you are making your payment by cheque or Euro money transfer to our partner GGNET, your registration is NOT final until payment has been received. The 2-day workshops may fill due to space limitations. Registrations will be accepted in the order that payment is received.

Credit Card/ Debit Card:

You can pay for your registration with a Credit Card/ Debit Card during the registration process.

REGISTER NOW! (Please login first, if you have an account.)

RATES:

ACBS World Conference III Registration Rates:

€425: Professional/ Affiliate
€225: Student

Prices include 3 lunches, 2 dinners, coffee/tea.

Pre-Conference 2-day Workshop Early Registration (June 29 & 30):
Note: Onsite registration is not available for the 2-day workshops

€275: Professional/ Affiliate
€165: Student

Prices include 2 lunches, coffee/tea.

Regular and Onsite Registration:
• Online registration will end June 26, 2009.
• Onsite registration fees will be the above fees plus €50. Note: Onsite registration is not available for the 2-day workshops.

Refunds:
A €25 processing fee will be charged for World Conference registration refunds up to June 1, 2009. We regret that after June 1, 2009, refunds can not be made.

Transportation - Information and Directions

Shuttle Bus/ Touring Car in Enschede, Netherlands:

ACBS is offering free shuttle bus/ touring car transportation to-and-from the Eden Dish, Eden Star, and Van der Valk hotels. This shuttle can take you from your hotel to the site of the World Conference on the campus of the University of Twente, and back to your hotel in Enschede/Hengelo during designated hours, June 29 - July 3.

The Drienerburght and Broeierd are within ten walking minutes. ACBS does not offer transportation for these two conference hotels.

To use the Shuttle Bus/ Touring Car services, you must notify us by June 1, 2009. After you have booked your room at the Eden Dish, Eden Star, or Van der Valk hotel, you must reserve with us via this webform.

The deadline for signing up for the free shuttle bus has passed. If you need transportation, convenient and frequent buses operate, and are inexpensive. See local bus information below.

Exact shuttle bus schedules will be emailed to those who reserved with us, a few weeks before the event.

Parking at University of Twente:

If you have a car and would like to drive it to the University of Twente, parking is available at no cost on campus

Train from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport:

On the Schiphol Airport there is a train station from the Dutch Railroads (NS). In the main Hall (arrivals hall) you can find an information desk (where they can help you plan the trip and print this on a hardcopy) and ticket machines. On the following website you can see which train will leave from Schiphol to Enschede: http://www.ns.nl/cs/Satellite/travellers
(on this website, you'll choose "From: Airport", Airport:"Amsterdam Airport Schiphol", Travel Method:"Bus, Tram, Metro,...", To:Station:"Enschede", then enter your date and approximate time of travel.)

There is a direct train to Enschede but this doesn’t depart that often (once every 2 hours). However every 20 to 30 minutes there is a train that goes to Hilversum, with a stop in Almelo where you should get off. Then take the train to Hengelo which also stops in Enschede. (There are other train routes as well.)

Depending on which train, the travel time to Enschede will be approximately 2 hours and 16 minutes. This trip will cost 24,50 Euro.

If you are staying at the Drienerbrught or Eden Broeierd Hotels, you may want to get off of train at the "Enschede Drienerlo" Station. If you are staying in Enschede at the Eden Dish, you will want to get off of the train at the "Enschede" Station; if at the Eden Star in Hengelo, you'll want the "Hengelo" Station; if staying at the Van der Valk Hotel, you'll want the "Borne" or "Hengelo" stations. Please look at the map on this page, and you can find your hotel as well as the train stations.

Bus, Local (Enschede, Hengelo):

Check out JourneyPlanner for Enschede/Hengelo bus information. You can enter the Twente University bus stop "UT/Viaduct" and then your hotel's address (for example) if you want to figure out the bus number, route, and times. Or enter the name of the train station you'll get off at, then your hotel's address, for transportation options.

Detailed Bus Information for conference attendees:

All of these buses run every 10-30 minutes.

The “UT/Viaduct” and “UT/Parallelweg” bus stops can be found on the campus map on the back cover of this program at the entrance of the university on Hengelose Straat (UT/Viaduct) and on Parallelweg Noord (UT/Parallelweg).

Eden Dish Hotel, Enschede
From Eden Dish Hotel, Boulevard 1945 no. 2, Enschede to the University of Twente (first morning bus 6:17am)

• From “Centraal” station in Enschede take Bus 9 destination Hengelo, and get off at “UT/Viaduct” bus stop.

From University of Twente to Eden Dish Hotel (last evening bus 11:38pm)

• From “UT/Viaduct” bus stop take Bus 9 destination Enschede, get off at “Centraal” station; or from “UT/Parallelweg” bus stop take CityBus 1 destination Wesselerbrink, and get off at “Van Heekplein” bus stop.

Eden Star Hotel, Hengelo
From Eden Star Hotel, B.P. Hofstedestraat 50, Hengelo to the University of Twente (first morning bus 6:15am)

• From “Station NS” station in Hengelo take Bus 9 destination Enschede, and get off at “UT/Viaduct” bus stop.

From University of Twente to Eden Star Hotel (last evening bus 11:46pm)

• From “UT/Viaduct” bus stop take Bus 9 destination Hengelo, get off at “Station NS” station.

Van der Valk Hotel, Hengelo
From Van der Valk Hotel, Bornsestraat 400, Hengelo to the University of Twente (first morning bus 5:41am)

• From “Vosboer” bus stop take bus 51 destination Hengelo, get off at “Station NS” station; then take Bus 9 destination Enschede, get off at “UT/Viaduct” bus stop.

From University of Twente to Van der Valk Hotel (last evening bus 11:16pm)

• From “UT/Viaduct” bus stop take Bus 9 destination Hengelo, get off at “Station NS” station, then take CityBus 13 destination Hengelo North, get off at “Stadskantoor” bus stop; or from “UT/Viaduct” take Bus 9 destination Hengelo, get off at “Station NS” station, then take Bus 51 destination Almelo, get off at “Vosboar” bus stop; or from “UT/Viaduct” take Bus 8 destination Kristenbox, get off at “Vosboer” bus stop.

Taxi Service (Enschede):

ETC taxi services
Phone: 0534338889
Website: http://www.taxi-enschede.nl/

Di Taxi Enschede
Phone: 0534615060
Website: http://www.ditaxi-enschede.com/

Airplane

You probably have your own method, but, in the USA, I love Kayak, it has a funny name but is a great tool for finding good fares, and good schedules. The only domestic US airline that it does not include is Southwest. You'll have to create a free login, but it's worth it.

Ryanair flies into Eindhoven, Netherlands, and easyJet flies into Amsterdam (among many others of course).

Airfare Discount

ACT SI 3 is pleased to offer attendees and their travel companions discounted airfare through American Airlines. Tickets booked through American Airlines qualify for a 5% discount.

Flights into Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) and Bush Intercontinential Airport (IAH) qualify for the discount and is valid July 12-25, 2007. (Note to passengers: Houston Hobby is about 25 minutes by car from the ACT SI 3 venue, while Bush Intercontinental is approximately 45 minutes by car from the ACT SI 3 venue.)

This discount is good for travel on partner airlines as well (including international) as long as at least one leg of the trip is on an American Airlines plane, and the ticket is purchased through American Airlines. International originating passengers, will need to call their local reservations number and refer to the Discount Code below (STARfile authorization number).

Website: www.aa.com

Phone: 1-800-433-1790*

Discount Code/ Tour Code: A8077AS

*Please note that there is a $10 ticketing fee for all tickets reserved via phone.

Airport Shuttle/ Rental Car Discounts

SuperShuttle (Airport Shuttle)
To/from Hobby Airport (HOU) to/from Hilton NASA/Clear Lake is $19 one-way per person (round trip is $38)

To/from George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) to/from Hilton NASA/Clear Lake is $33 one-way per person (round trip is $66)

When you arrive at the airport, simply collect your baggage and follow signs to "Ground Transportation" and you will see the SuperShuttle counter. You do not need to make reservations from the airport but for your return trip from the hotels, you do need reservations. You can either make your return reservation when you are arranging your transportation to the hotel or you can make your reservations in advance on-line at www.SuperShuttle.com or you can call 1-800 BLUE VAN.

Discounted Shuttle: The per person one-way fare to/from IAH to Hilton Nasa/Clear Lake is $31 and for HOU it's $18. You need to go on-line at www.SuperShuttle.com to make your reservation and enter group discount code K6HNV to take advantage of this discounted rate.

(According to our research, SuperShuttle is the most affordable and most reliable airport shuttle service in town. The above quote was gotten directly from Stacey Lee Roberts, Director of Sales & Marketing, SuperShuttle Houston.)

AVIS Rental Car
We have negotiated a discount with AVIS for car rentals during the Summer Institute if you need one.

Please use the Avis Worldwide Discount (AWD) Number: D757505.

Use this AWD number when calling Avis directly at 1-800-331-1600 or when booking online at AVIS to receive the best car rental rates available.

CE Credits

Continuing Education Credits from our APA approved sponsor, NSPA, and Texas State Board LPC Credits now available!

We now have CEs available from our APA approved sponsor for the ACT Summer Institute III and the Pre-Conference workshops. (Thank you to the Nevada State Psychological Association!) They are $25 in addition to registration.

These CEs, sponsored by the NSPA are available for a flat fee of $25 for the week, weekend, or both.

CEs are also sponsored by the Houston Psychological Association. The CEs they can provide are free to all conference attendees, but they are not an APA approved sponsor. Many states, Texas, Louisiana, and Nevada, to name a few, accept CEs from sponsors who are not APA approved. Please check with your state Psychological Association to see what is required of you. (This link lists most of the state Psychological Associations (scroll down on the page) so you can check your state's requirements.)

CE hours available for Pre-Conference workshops: 15

CE hours available for the Summer Institute (5 days): 35.5

We have also have CE provider status with the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. With this, we can provide CEs to LPCs. You can purchase them for $15 in addition to registration.

Approval: Nevada State Psychological Association (NSPA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NSPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content. NSPA will issue certificates of completion. APA CE rules require that we only issue credits to those who attend the entire workshop. Those arriving more than 15 minutes late or leaving before the entire workshop is completed will not receive CE credits.

Refunds & Grievance Policies: Participants may direct any questions or complaints to ACBS Executive Director Emily Neilan Rodrigues, 1-775-746-2013 or through the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of the page.

Free Ground Transportation at SI (AM, PM, and Evening)

Free Ground Transportation at SI

We are happy to announce that ACT SI 3 has hired ground transportation during the SI and pre-conference workshops. Once you are at the conference Hilton hotel, you will not need a rental car to attend the workshops and institute, nor to go out for dinner. (If you want to explore the area further, you can rent a car for a discount via this AVIS link.)

We have hired a 47 passenger bus to make multiple AM and PM trips to and from the Summer Institute and workshops back to the Hilton (July 14-20). The bus will also run in the evenings (from the Hilton) to take you out for dinner and for your return to the hotel at night.

The Hilton and SI venue are about 5-10 minutes apart. The majority of dining is only 15 minutes away or less.

The bus will run between the Hilton and the University of Houston- Clear Lake (UHCL) 7:30-9:30am each day, July 14-20.
The bus will run from 5:30pm until 10:30pm on Sat., Sun., Mon., and Wed.
The bus will run from 5:30pm until 8:30pm on Tues. & Thurs. (We have evening events at the Hilton on those nights.)
The bus will run Friday afternoon from approximately 1:00pm-4:00pm.

The exact schedule and routes will be posted at a later date. We are attempting to create a schedule so that you may have access to a wide variety of dining, taking advantage of all that Houston has to offer.

Hotel

Our conference hotel is the Hilton - Houston NASA Clear Lake.

To reserve your room call Hilton reservations at 1-800-HILTONS (1(800)445-8667) or call directly:

Hilton - Houston NASA Clear Lake
3000 NASA Parkway
Houston, TX 77058
1(281)333-9300

Where available, reservations may also be made through the World Wide Web. - www.houstonnasaclearlake.hilton.com.

Our discounted room block is full, and because we're so close to the SI, I'm afraid that we can't get more rooms for a discount.

People who book rooms by June 14, 2007, will qualify for a raffle for 1 free hotel night gift certificate (2 gift certificates will be awarded prior to the institute).

The free certificates have been awarded to..... (drum roll please)... Lynn McFarr, Ph.D., of UCLA, and Chris Wemple of Washington, D.C. They were awarded using www.random.org to select the numbers from my Excel file of registrants.

Free parking is available at the Hilton.

ALTERNATIVE HOTEL
An alternative hotel in the area is:

Candlewood Suites
HOUSTON-CLEAR LAKE
2737 BAY AREA BLVD
HOUSTON, TX 77058 UNITED STATES
Hotel Front Desk: 1-281-4613060

According to MapQuest, this hotel is about 1/2 mile from the University. No shuttle service is provided by ACT SI3 to this location.... only to the Hilton. (just in case you were wondering... you will likely need a vehicle if you stay here)

Free parking is available at Candlewood Suites.

Pre-Conference Workshop Information

Pre-conference workshops:

REGISTRATION FOR THESE PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS IS NOW CLOSED. ONSITE REGISTRATION IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS. Please check the "Upcoming Events" calendar on the right for other training opportunities.

These 2-day workshops will be held the weekend before the ACT Summer Institute at the same venue. They will be roughly 9:00-5:15pm on Saturday and Sunday, July 14 & 15, 2007.

These workshops are independent of the Summer Institute and require a separate registration fee. Registration at the Summer Institute is not required in order to take advantage of these workshops. APA and LPC CE credits are available.

DRIVING?
Directions to UHCL and Campus Map

UHCL parking is free of charge in the Visitor's lots on the weekend. I recommend you park in the visitor's lot on the west side of the Bayou Building (the workshops are in the Bayou Building). The sign says "parking $5", but they lift the gate at noon on Saturday, so you won't have to pay as you exit, and it will be open (and free) all day Sunday. The other visitor lot is a bit of a hike.

See our Weekend Workshop Info PDF for the complimentary busing schedule, dinner schedule, and map.

View/ download Weekend Workshop Info

Please arrive by 8:30am at the latest on Saturday, July 14th, so that everyone can get their name badges and get settled so that the workshops can start on time.

LATE REGISTRATION RATES: (early registration is done)
$265: Professional/ Affiliate ACBS members
$145: Student ACBS members
$320: Professional non-members
$175: Student non-members
(becoming an ACBS member first is cheaper than paying the non-member rate!)
Price includes lunch both days.

Registration is now available here.

Introductory ACT Experiential Workshop (Introductory): THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL.
Sonja Batten, Ph.D.

ACT Core Skills and Competencies (Introductory):
Niklas Törneke, M.D., & Jason Luoma, Ph.D.

ACT: Advanced Experiential Workshop (Advanced):
Robyn Walser, Ph.D.

ACT in the Present Moment (Advanced):
Kelly Wilson, Ph.D., & Emily Sandoz, M.S.

Program (final) & Directions

To see the FINAL PROGRAM click below.

View/download ACT Summer Institute III Draft Program

EARLY ONSITE (Hilton) REGISTRATION AVAILABLE:
Early registration will be available from 6:00-7:00pm on Sunday, July 15th, in the lobby of the Hilton. You can get the program, namebadge, and other info. (And miss the rush on Monday morning!)

We will begin Monday, July 16th at 9:00am (registration opens at 7:30am), and conclude Friday, July 20th at approximately 2:00pm.

DRIVING?
|Directions to UHCL and Campus Map

Parking Info Update
I have a small change to the parking information. Monday - Friday parking in the visitor's lot on the southwest side of the Bayou building is $5 per day. You pay as you exit.
Parking in the visitor's lot on the northeast side of the Bayou building is $4 per day. HOWEVER, you pay as you enter and exact change is required. It accepts coins and $1 bills. (If you put in a $5 bill it will be read as $1.)

Maps of campus and the Bayou Building are also on the last pages of the program above.

Registration/ Rates

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.

LIMITED ONSITE REGISTRATION WILL BE AVAILABLE DUE TO CATERING LIMITATIONS.

NO ONSITE REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS.

Program information can be found here.

Don't forget to reserve your hotel room!

Prices include lunch Monday - Friday. Early registration ends June 27, 2007. (After this date, $25 will be added to each registration and $10 to each single day registration (for each day).)

ACT Summer Institute III Late Registration Rates: (early registration is finished)
$410: Professional/ Affiliate ACBS members
$235: Student ACBS members
$475: Professional non-members
$275: Student non-members

Single Day Rate:
$125: Professionals
$75: Students

Pre-Conference 2-day Workshops Early Registration:
$265: Professional/ Affiliate ACBS members
$145: Student ACBS members
$320: Professional non-members
$175: Student non-members
(Single day registration not available for these 2-day workshops, you must be able to attend both days.)
Price includes lunch both days.

A $25 processing fee will be charged for Institute registration refunds up to June 30, 2007. After June 30, refunds will be granted only at the discretion of the organizers.
Enrollment may be limited due to the limitation of our venue to accommodate additional sessions and attendees.

Sponsors

ACBS would like to extend our thanks to our ACT Summer Institute III sponsors:

Houston Psychological Association

2-Day Pre-Institute Workshops

These 2-day workshops will be held the 2-days immediately preceeding the ACT Summer Institute IV, at the same venue. They will be roughly 9:00-5:15/5:30pm on Monday and Tuesday, May 26 & 27, 2008.

Onsite registration will be available (for you to pick up your name badge, materials, etc.) on Sunday, May 25th from 8:00pm-10:00pm in "Stevens Center, 3" on the lower level of the Hilton Chicago. (This is the "reception" room and time for ACBS during the ABA (Association for Behavior Analysis) conference taking place at the same hotel). Otherwise, you can pick these up onsite, on Monday morning.

Please arrive at Hermann Hall on the campus of IIT by 8:30am, on Monday, May 26, at 3300 South Federal Street. Please check here for directions.

Registration for the 2-day workshops has closed. No onsite registration is available for the 2-day workshops.

CLOSED (this workshop is full) Introductory ACT Experiential Workshop (introductory):
Sonja Batten, Ph.D.

Introductory ACT Workshop (introductory/intermediate):
Steve Hayes, Ph.D.

ACT Training Made Simple (all levels of experience):
Kevin Polk, Ph.D., Jerold Hambright, Ph.D., John Agee, Ph.D., Chad E. Drake, M.S., & Katharine Mocciola, Psy.D.

ACT Case Conceptualization Workshop (intermediate/advanced):
Kelly Wilson, Ph.D.

ACT SI4 Presentation Materials/Resources

Available powerpoint presentations from the ACT Summer Institute IV are attached below.

Note: You will not be able to view these or any other attachments on this website without a current, paid ACBS membership.

CE Credit Hours

Possible credit hours:

• 2-day pre-conference workshops: 14 hours

• ACT Summer Institute IV (attending all events, including 6am session): 22 hours
  (May 28 - 6.5 hours, May 29 - 9.5 hours, May 30 - 6 hours)

Continuing Education Credit Hours from our APA approved sponsor, NSPA, will be available at the ACT Summer Institute IV and the Pre-Conference workshops in Chicago, 2008!

Thank you to the Nevada State Psychological Association!

Approval: Nevada State Psychological Association (NSPA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NSPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content. NSPA will issue certificates of completion. APA CE rules require that we only issue credits to those who attend the entire workshop. Those arriving more than 15 minutes late or leaving before the entire workshop is completed will not receive CE credits.

Refunds & Grievance Policies: Participants may direct any questions or complaints to ACBS Executive Director Emily Neilan Rodrigues, 1-775-746-2013 or through the "Contact Us" link on this website.

Social Worker's CE credits:
This program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) (Provider # 886495791) for 36 Continuing Education Contact Hours.

Please note, the NASW CEs are not accepted by the following 5 states... California, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and West Virginia.

Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC) CE credits:
This program has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) for CE credit approval.

Many states accept NBCC approved hours, but each state is different, please check with your state LPC board to verify that they will accept NBCC approved hours.

• CE credit fees are included in the price of registration. No further fee is required.

• (Note: CE credits are only available for professionals. You may not earn CE credits with a student registration.)

Chicago Entertainment & Cheap Eats (near Hilton & near IIT)

A Brief Glance at Tourism and Entertainment in Chicago

** A tip for traveling in Chicago
Most of Chicago’s north-south and east-west streets are set in a simple grid pattern. The city’s numerical street system starts at the intersection of State and Madison downtown. From here (0,0) street numbers go up in all directions at about 100 numbers each block. “800” equals 1 mile. If you’re at 720 S. Michigan Ave., 880 N. Michigan Ave. would be exactly 2 miles away.

Have Fun at the Ballpark.
Chicago White Sox are home the week of the conference. U.S. Cellular Field is located within walking distance of IIT at 35th St. and Shields St., just west of campus. Catch a 7:11 p.m. night game May 20th, 21st, 22nd , or 23rd.

Chicago Cubs are home May 17th & 18th, but then play away games until the 26th. You can take the red line CTA “El” train to Wrigley Field, located at Addison and Clark. This Chicago neighborhood, “Wrigleyville,” is also a great place to dine and/or spend a late night out with friends.

Go Sightseeing and Museum Hopping.
South of the Loop (downtown Chicago), near Lake Shore and Columbus drives (as well as close to the Hilton), are Grant Park, Buckingham Fountain, Millennium Park, Adler Planetarium, Field Museum, and Shedd Aquarium and Oceanarium… Not to mention, beautiful Lake Michigan and the breathtaking Chicago skyline. The lake offers a walking path, beaches, and bike rental. Ride the Farris wheel or catch a 3-D movie, boat ride, or the fireworks at Navy Pier… even travel through the Amazing Chicago Funhouse Maze!

Go shopping, sightseeing, and dining on the famous Magnificent Mile.
In just eight spectacular blocks, explore over 460 exclusive stores and boutiques. Enjoy fine dining at over 200 restaurants. Marvel at Chicago’s famous architecture by boat, trolley or on foot. Visit the John Hancock Observatory or the Sears Tower Skydeck. Learn why North Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago is called The Magnificent Mile.

Eat your way around the world.
Chicago has a spectacular array of restaurants. Dining options are abundant. The ethnic diversity of Chicago’s population is represented in the wide variety of cuisine offered. In addition, there are lots of choices at affordable prices. One helpful website is http://chicago.metromix.com/.

Have a night on the town.
Comedy clubs, dance clubs, blues and jazz bars, and theatres… the attractions are endless. A great source for more information on Chicago nightlife is the Chicago Reader, a free weekly arts and entertainment newspaper. You can pick up a copy at the Conference Center/Hermann Hall or the McCormick Tribune Campus Center. It is also available online.

One of the better known blues clubs, Buddy Guy’s Legends, is located just a couple of blocks from the Hilton at 734 Wabash.

Cheap Eats near IIT

*Unless noted, most off-campus locations are NOT considered within walking distance.

Starbucks
3506 S. State St.
35th & State Street, just south of campus, within walking distance

Off-campus Pharmacy and Convenience Stores

Walgreens
3405 S King Dr
35th & King Drive, east of campus

Walgreens
3000 S Halsted
Halsted & 30th, west of campus

CVS Pharmacy and Drug Store
741 W 31st Street
Halsted & 31st, west of campus

Off-Campus Cheap Eats (under $9)

Fast Food:

All located east of campus on 35th St....

Church’s Chicken
101 E. 35th St.
McDonalds
207 E. 35TH St.

KFC/Pizza Hut
300 E. 35th St.

Popeye’s
318 E. 35th St.

Subway
753 W 31st St
near Halsted & 31st, west of campus

Other Eateries:

Carbon
Mexican and American Tex Mex
300 W. 26th St.
Go west on 31st, turn north (right) on Princeton, located on Priceton & 26th St.

Chinese Kitchen
430 W. 31st St.
31st & Canal St., west of campus, within walking distance

Erendira Tacos
3207 S. Halsted
32nd & Halsted, west of campus

Fratellini Pizza & Pasta
3258 S. Well St.
West on 31st, south (left) on Wells, near 33rd & Wells, within walking distance

Opart Thai House
1906 S. State
North of campus on State St. & Archer Ave.

Parkside Cafe
Sandwhiches, hot dogs, pizza
308 W. 33rd St.
33rd & Princeton Ave., west of campus, within walking distance

Ricobene's
Italian, famous breaded steak sandwich
252 W. 26th St.
West on 31st, turn north (right) on Wells, near 26th & Wells

Off Campus Restaurants

Franco's Ristorante
Small, family owned Italian Eatery, price range $9-$15
300 W. 31st St.
31st & Princeton, west of campus, within walking distance

Cafe Bionda
Italian Eatery, Bar, price range $16-25
1924 S. State St.
North of campus, located on State St. & Archer Ave.

Kroll's
Sports Bar, famous burgers, chili, milkshakes, price range $9-$15
1736 S. Michigan Ave.
North of campus, located near 18th St. & Michigan Ave.

Pancho Pistola's
Mexican and American Tex Mex, Full Bar, price range $9-$15
700 W. 31st St.
31st & Union Ave., west of campus

Polo Cafe & Catering
Candy Store & Restaurant featuring Steaks, Full Bar, price range $16-25
3322 S. Morgan St.
Go west on 31st, turn south (left) on Morgan, near Morgan & 33rd Pl.

Room 21
Historical Al Capone hot spot, Contemporary American Food, price range $26-30
2110 S. Wabash
Go north on State St., turn east (right) on Cermak Ave., go 1 block, turn north (left) on Wabash

Trattoria 31
Upscale Italian, Seafood
605 W. 31st St.
31st & Wallace St., west of campus

Chinatown Restaurants (Off-campus)
Chinatown is located a little north of IIT’s campus at Cermak Road (22nd Street) and Wentworth Avenue. On the CTA elevated transit (“El”) red line, it is one stop north of IIT. Here are some suggestions…

Happy Chef Dim Sum House
Great for seafood lovers, diverse wall menu
2164 S Archer Ave
Archer Ave. & Cermak Rd. (22nd St.), west of State St.

Lao Sze Chaun
Great for spicy lovers, delicious
2172 S Archer Ave
Archer Ave. & Cermak Rd. (22nd St.), west of State St.

Joy Yee’s Noodle Shop
Mix of Vietnamese, Chinese, Pan-Asian; Moderately Priced, Large portions, Well-liked
2139 S China Pl.
At the intersection of Prinction Ave., Archer Ave., & Cermak, go north on Princeton to China Pl.

Phoenix Restaurant
Expensive, however deemed cleanest, best service, best cuisine
2131 S Archer Ave # 2
Archer Ave. & Cermak Rd. (22nd St.), west of State St.

7 Treasures
Cheap, Home-made noodles
2312 S. Wentworth Avenue
23rd & Wentworth Ave.

Cheap Eats near the Hilton Downtown Chicago, the conference hotel
All locations considered within walking distance to the hotel. The hotel’s address is 720 S. Michigan Ave.

Arby’s Roast Beef Restaurant
Fast food sandwiches, fries, etc.
20 E. Jackson Blvd.

Blackies
Bar/Restaurant with Burgers & Breakfast
Mon-Thurs. 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Fri-Sun. 7:30 a.m. to 2 a.m.
755 S. Clark St.

Bennigan’s Grill & Tavern
Traditional American
150 S. Michigan Ave.

Chicago Carry Out
Cheap Burger and Fry Joint, Cash Only
63 E. Harrison Ave.

Chipotle Mexican Grill
14 E. Jackson Blvd.

Corner Bakery Café **good for breakfast near Hilton**
224 S. Michigan Ave. #108
Open 7:30am - 8:00pm

Dunkin’ Donuts **good for breakfast near Hilton**
Donuts, bagels, muffins, coffee, etc.
406 S. Michigan Ave.
(312) 235-0955‎

Eleven City Diner
Diner & Coffee Shop, Deli
1112 S. Wabash Ave.

Giordanio’s Pizzeria
Chicago’s Famous Deep Dish Pizza
236 S. Wabash Ave.

Gino’s East of Chicago
Chicago’s Famous Deep Dish Pizza
633 N. Wells St.

Hackneys’ Printers’ Row
Traditional American, Burgers
733 S. Dearborn St.

Harold’s Chicken Shacks
Fried Chicken, Wings, Fries, etc.
636 S. Wabash Ave.

Hi Tea
Coffee Shop & Diner
14 E. 11th St.

Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches
Deli Sandwiches & Chips
725 S. State St.

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
612 S. Wabash Ave.

Pizza-Ria
Pizza by the slice and whole pies
719 S. State St.

Orange
American, Breakfast
75 W. Harrison St.

Panera Bread
Bakery, Deli sandwichs, salads, soups, coffee
525 S. State St.

Pat’s Pizzeria
Great thin crust pizza
638 S. Clark St.

Potbelly Sandwich Works (2 nearby locations)
Hot deli sandwiches, salads, soups & milkshakes
55 E. Jackson Blvd.
542 S Dearborn St.

Quiznos
Hot deli sandwiches, salads, soups
333 S. State St.

Sbarro
Pizza, Italian fast food
333 S. State St. #1

Subway
Deli Sandwiches
604 S. Wabash Ave.

Thai Spoon & Sushi
601 S. Wabash Ave.

Yolk
American, Breakfast & Lunch, M-F 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.
1120 S. Michigan Ave.

California Pizza Kitchen
In Water Tower Place (“skyscraper mall”)
835 N. Michigan Ave.

Caribou Coffee
20 N. Michigan Ave.

Chicago Flat Sammies
Sandwiches & Flatbread Pizzas
811 N. Michigan Ave.

Corner Bakery Café
900 N. Michigan Ave.

Dunkin’ Donuts
20 E. Chicago Ave.

Downtown Dogs Inc.
Chicago Style Hot Dogs
804 N. Rush St.

Einstein Bros Bagels
44 E. Walton St.

Ethel’s Chocolate Lounge
Coffee, Tea, and Dessert
900 N. Michigan Ave.

Foodlife
In Water Tower Place (“skyscraper mall”)
13 kitchens, each dedicated to a different cuisine
835 N. Michigan Ave.

Gino’s East Pizza
Chicago’s Famous Deep Dish Pizza
162 E. Superior St.

Giordano’s
Chicago’s Famous Deep Dish Pizza
730 N. Rush St.

Great Steak & Potato Co.
700 N. Michigan Ave.

Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwich Shop
46 E. Chicago Ave. #1W

McDonald’s
700 N. Michigan Ave.

Original Pancake House
A delicious breakfast; Mon-Fri 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
22 E. Bellevue Pl.

Panda Express
700 N. Michigan Ave.

Panera Bread
501 S. State St.

Pizano’s Pizza & Pasta
Open until 2 a.m.
864 N. State St.

Potbelly’s Sandwich Works
900 N. Michigan Ave.

Quiznos
106 W. Chicago Ave.

Soup Box
50 E. Chicago Ave.

Starbucks
42 E. Chicago Ave.

Subway
700 N. Michigan Ave. #8

Taco Bell
700 N. Michigan Ave.

Tempo Café
24 hours, American Food, Serves Breakfast
6 E. Chestnut St.

West Egg Café
American, Great Breakfast and Lunch Items
620 N. Fairbanks Ct.

Wow Bao
In Water Tower Place (“skyscraper mall”)
Hot Asian Buns filled with meat and veggie combinations
835 N. Michigan Ave.

Hotel

Conference Hotel, May 25-May 31:

Hilton Chicago
720 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: 312-922-4400
Fax: 312-922-5240
http://www.chicagohilton.com

Discounted Room Block Full

Group Rates:
Single person: $179
Additional person: $25
(looking for a roomate??? check here)

When making your reservations by phone, be sure to indicate that you are with the ACT Summer Institute (ACT) group. Or visit the website above and use the Group/Convention Code: ACT. ACBS encourages you to make your hotel reservations early as the block begins to fill early.

Other Options:

A number of folks will be staying at Hostelling International Chicago. All ages are welcome. There may be an "ACT room" (it's been requested at least) so mention the ACT Summer Institute group when booking. It sounds like they have lockers, but you should bring your own lock. (You should also verify all of the above info before booking...) They are just a few blocks from the conference hotel.

HI-Chicago
24 East Congress Parkway
Chicago, Illinois 60605
Telephone: +1 (312) 360-0300

I've also recently seen some pretty good deals at Hotels.com. I'd recommend staying near the SI hotel, 720 S. Michigan Ave., or any place North of that hotel, in the downtown area. A few folks will be at the Club Quarters on Wacker Drive for sure...

I would not recommend getting a hotel close to the SI venue, the Illinois Institute of Technology. While IIT is on a beautiful campus, the accommodations, eating options, and access to public transportation are not ideal on the south side of Chicago. I highly recommend downtown Chicago instead.

Program/ Schedule

Welcome to the ACT Summer Institute IV in Chicago, May 28-30, 2008.

Complete, final PROGRAM.

SI4 General Schedule
2-day Workshop Schedule
Early Registration Schedule

All events take place at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) unless otherwise noted.

SI Schedule:
May 28, Wednesday

9:00am-9:45am, Opening
10:00am-12:00pm, Workshops
12:00pm-1:15pm, Lunch
1:15pm-4:15pm, Workshops
4:30pm-6:00pm, Plenary Session
8:00pm-10:00pm, Poster Session (Hilton)

May 29, Thursday

6:00am-8:00am, Optional "Yoga and ACT" session to be held at the conference hotel (Hilton)
9:00am-12:00pm, Workshops
12:00pm-1:15pm, Lunch
1:15pm-4:15pm, Workshops
4:30pm-5:45pm, Plenary Session
8:00pm-11:30pm, Follies (Hilton)

May 30, Friday

9:00am-12:00pm, Workshops
12:00pm-1:15pm, Box Lunch and SIG meetings
1:15pm-4:15pm, Workshops

Pre-institute 2-day Workshops:
May 26, Monday

9:00am-12:00pm
12:00pm-1:00pm, Box Lunch
1:00pm-5:00/6:00pm (exact end time will vary by workshop)

May 27, Tuesday

9:00am-12:00pm
12:00pm-1:00pm, Box Lunch
1:00pm-5:00/6:00pm (exact end time will vary by workshop)

Early Registration:
You will be able to pick up your name badges and registration packets/ CE paperwork/ etc. (as needed) during one of these times:

May 25, Sunday

8:00pm-10:00pm
Hilton Chicago, room "Stevens 3"

May 27, Tuesday

12:00pm-1:00pm
Illinois Institute of Technology, Hermann Hall

7:00pm-8:00pm
Hilton Chicago, room "3rd Floor Coat Check"

You can of course pick up these materials on the morning of your first event in Hermann Hall at IIT if you prefer.

Registration/ Rates

Registration is now closed.

ACT Summer Institute IV Registration Rates (May 28-30):

$365: Professional/ Affiliate
$120: Student

Prices include lunch.

Pre-Conference 2-day Workshop Registration (May 26 & 27):
Note: Registration for the 2-day workshops has closed. Onsite registration is not available for the 2-day workshops

$270: Professional/ Affiliate
$115: Student

Prices include lunch.

Onsite early registration will be available (for you to pick up your name badge, materials, etc.) on Sunday, May 25th from 8:00pm-10:00pm in "Stevens Center, 3" on the lower level of the Hilton Chicago. (This is the "reception" room and time for ACBS during the ABA (Association for Behavior Analysis) conference taking place at the same hotel).	Early registration material pick-up for SI4 attendees will be available at the Hilton on Tuesday evening, May 27th, 7:00pm-8:00pm at the "3rd Floor Coat Check Room".

A $25 processing fee will be charged for Institute registration refunds up to May 9, 2008. After May 9, refunds will be granted only at the discretion of the organizers.

Enrollment may be limited due to the limitation of our venue to accommodate additional sessions and attendees (although we don't anticipate this problem).

Room share / Ride share

Please use this page to find hotel roommates, rides to the Summer Institute, and/or rental car sharing in Chicago.

To post your need, click, "add new comment" (which appears in blue below). It is recommended that you list your email address so that you may be contacted directly, but that is up to you.

To respond to a posting, click "reply" at the bottom of a post, and your reply will appear on this page (you may want to give your email address so that you may be contacted directly).

When your need has been met, please go back to your comment (be sure you are logged in) and click "edit", and delete the content of your post. Otherwise people will just keep contacting you....

Click "Contact Us" above in the header of the site for feedback or assistance. You only need a login to interact with this page, paid membership is not required to participate.)

Sponsors

ACBS would like to extend our thanks to our ACT Summer Institute IV sponsors:

Transportation - Getting There and Getting Around

Quick Links on this page: (or just read down the page)
Getting to Chicago
Getting to the Hilton Hotel from Airport (O'Hare & Midway)
Getting to conference venue (Illinois Institute of Technology) from Hilton hotel:
----By Bus
----By "L" Train
Map of Hilton area
Map of IIT (Illinois Institute of Technology) campus
Map of IIT parking
Chicago Public Transportation Info. (costs, purchasing passes, link to official website with route maps)

By Air:
You can fly into either O'Hare International Airport, or Midway Airport.
O'Hare is about 19 miles from the Hilton Hotel, while Midway is about 11 miles from the Hilton Hotel.

By Train:
Amtrak trains arrive in Chicago at Union Station. Union Station is 1.3 miles from the Chicago Hilton. This is very walkable.

We don't recommend driving to Chicago if you can help it. It will cost you $41 per day to park at the Chicago Hilton. A little less around town, but not much less. If you're local with a car, check out the Parking Instructions for IIT.

Sample Amtrak fares one-way:
$27 Detroit - Chicago
$18 Kalamazoo - Chicago
$21 Milwaukee - Chicago
$53 St. Paul/ Minneapolis - Chicago
$23 St. Louis - Chicago

Directions from Airport to Hilton Hotel:

When taking public transportation from O'Hare International Airport:
Take CTA BLUE LINE TRAIN (TO 54TH/CERMAK) to JACKSON/DEARBORN. Walk 0.6 miles Southeast to 720 S MICHIGAN AVE.

(or just take the Blue Line Train to the LaSalle station beyond Jackson, exit the LaSalle station on Congress Pkwy. and head left/East to Michigan Ave., then turn right/South and you'll arrive at the Hilton in 2 or 3 blocks; Note: the Jackson station has a elevator available if you have luggage, the LaSalle station does not)

When taking public transportation from Midway Airport:
Take CTA ORANGE LINE TRAIN to ROOSEVELT. Walk 0.5 mile N to 720 S MICHIGAN AVE.

When taking a taxi from the Airports to the Hilton, it will cost:
Taxi Fare from O’Hare to downtown is about $35-40.
Taxi Fare from Midway to downtown $25-28.
(subject to change with rapidly rising gas prices!)

View/Print Large Google Map of Hilton Location

The ACT SI4 conference location at the Illinois Institute of Technology is 4.5 miles straight south from the Hilton Hotel.

Directions from Hilton Hotel to IIT (conference venue) via city bus or the "L" (short for the elevated train/ subway):
Hermann Hall
From the hotel to IIT via bus: The bus runs every 10 minutes during rush hour and every 10 – 15 minutes the rest of the day (except the wee hours 2:00 – 5:00 am when it runs every 30 minutes)

Exit the back of the hotel, you will be facing west; take Balbo St. (the north side of the hotel) west two blocks, turn right on state and look for signs on the west side of the street for bus route #29/State Street and stop at Illinois Institute of Technology stop (33rd street) (watch the street signs out the window and make sure you ring the bell when approaching 33rd Street) when you get off you will be on State St. and as you look towards the campus you will see the "Hermann Hall/ IIT Conference center" about 100 yards in front of you. For the return trip wait across the street from where you got off of the bus at the stop in from of the McCormick Campus Center and exit at the Balbo/Harrison stop.

Campus Map

To take the “L” to IIT: The L runs every four minutes during rush hour and every five to 8 minutes most of the rest of the day.

Exit the back of the hotel, you will be facing west; take Balbo St (the north side of the hotel) west two blocks, turn right on State on either side of State Street you will see a staircase going underground with a red sign above it that says “Red Line Trains”. This is the Harrison Street stop. Trains in both directions stop on the same platform so make sure you get on a southbound train to Dan Ryan/95th street. Get off at the third stop, Bronzeville/Sox Park/IIT/35th street. When you step off of the train walk left/North to the 33rd street exit. Once at 33rd head East (right of station exit) two blocks and the "Hermann Hall/ IIT Conference center" will be on your left at Federal Street.

To return, simply reverse directions taking Northbound train to Howard and exit Harrison Street.

If you prefer a taxi the fare is approximately $10.00 each way.

Public Transportation Costs & Passes:

You'll need to use public transportation to reach the conference venue. The ACT SI4 conference location at the Illinois Institute of Technology is 4.5 miles straight south from the Hilton Hotel. You can catch a bus headed south on State St. (this street is at the rear of the Hilton) and get off at 33rd St. It's a straight shot.

Unless you have a "Chicago Card" public transportation card, all Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) fairs are $2.00 cash. Exact fare is required, no change is given.

CTA passes offer the best value for CTA riders. "Passes" are available in 1-day, 7-day and 30-day versions. "Visitor Passes" are available in 1-day, 2-day, 3-day, and 5-day versions. These passes cannot be shared or recharged. They are activated the first time they are used at a train station or on a bus.

7-day passes cost $20 (less than $3 per day) and allow unlimited rides on CTA buses and trains.

5-day passes cost $18 (less than $4 per day) and allow unlimited rides on CTA buses and trains.

You can purchase your passes here. The website states that if you order it online they will mail it to you within 10 days. I ordered from Reno, Nevada, and received it within 8 days. An attendee in Australia ordered it, and received it in 9 days. (I highly recommend getting it by mail, then you don't have to fuss with dollar bills every day.)

For more info than you ever wanted to know, check out the Chicago Public Transportation official website. You can find schedules, maps, etc.

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