ACT Foundations

• Estimated Course Length:  2 hrs. and 33 mins.
• CE Credits:  2.50 continuing education/contact hours for psychologists and social workers / 2.00 continuing education hours for counselors and marriage and family therapists
• Course Includes: 3 modules consisting of a mixed media approach with roleplays, video interviews with subject matter experts, and knowledge checks
• Supplementary PDFs: 5 downloadable PDFs expanding on relevant course topics
• Target Audience: Mental Health Practitioners, Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Psychologists, Mental Healthcare Students
• Level of Instruction: Intermediate
• Prerequisite: None
• Instructional Method: Self-paced, interactive, hybrid of audio, text, video, and knowledge checks 
• Accessibility Accommodations: Closed captioning of all audio and video components. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com
• Completion Requirements: To obtain your CE certificate, you must complete a pre-test (not scored), progress through all course segments, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post test quiz. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.
• Financial/Commercial Support Statement: This course has no commercial support.
• Conflict of Interest: This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.
• Grievance and Refund Policies: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.
• Participation Costs: The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.
• Course Creation Date: 8/22/2022

Course Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to describe and employ the following:

1. Explain the key concepts and six core principles of ACT.

2. Describe the common barriers for practitioners and clients new to ACT and ways to overcome.

3. Evaluate how to apply the six core principles and the hexaflex model, using metaphor and exercises in conducting individual ACT therapy sessions.

TIMED COURSE OUTLINE

Since the course is interactive and each learner will proceed at their own pace, timing is not exact. These are approximations based on average pre/post-test time of pilot testers as well as the run-time of course videos. This course does not have to be completed in one session. 

COURSE ACTIVITIES FOR CE CREDIT (≥ 2 HOURS 04 MINUTES)

• Pre-Course Assessment (16 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]

• Module 1: Course Introduction & Context Setting of ACT (37 minutes)

• Module 2: Implementing ACT with a Client (21 minutes)

• Module 3: ACT Principles in Action (1 hour 6 minutes)

• Post-Course Assessment (16 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]

COURSE ACTIVITIES NOT FOR CE CREDIT

• Participant Evaluation (5-10 minutes)

• (OPTIONAL) Supplementary Videos for Learner