On Demand Professional Workshop Series: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Applications in the Current Pandemic Era

This presentation was last reviewed on July 15, 2024, and broadcast live online on May 20, 2022, from 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM ET.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, countless disruptions and challenges impacted everyday life as well as clinical care. Clinicians were called upon to maintain flexibility in the context of uncertainty on a near-constant basis. The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) framework can support our adaptation to this unique context; ACT aims to foster psychological flexibility by disarming the struggle with uncomfortable thoughts and emotions and aligning actions with personal values and sources of meaning and purpose. To support providers, this workshop will summarize the ACT framework and transdiagnostic applications, then highlight the particular relevance of this approach to current pandemic-related mental health challenges. This workshop will be geared to engage providers at any level of previous ACT experience by linking theory and experiential practice, and developing integrative treatment plans incorporating ACT tools and techniques alongside other empirically supported treatments. 

Target Audience

This activity is intended for psychologists, social workers, counselors, and other mental health professionals.

Learning Objectives

After this lecture, registrants will be able to:

  1. Define the basic processes and approach to ACT psychotherapy and its transdiagnostic applications
  2. Describe the particular relevance of ACT in addressing pandemic-related stress, anxiety, and low mood
  3. Define ways in which ACT language and exercises can augment other psychotherapy approaches
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.00 ACEP NBCC clock hours
  • 3.00 Category II credits for Social Workers
  • 3.00 Psychologists
  • 3.00 Participation
Course opens: 
08/01/2024
Course expires: 
07/30/2026

There is no commercial support for this activity.

About These Speakers

Jordan Cattie, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory School of Medicine. She serves as Associate Director of Adult Outpatient Psychiatry at Emory Clinic, and Director of the Emory OCD & Anxiety Intensive Program. Dr. Cattie's work aims to increase access to effective mental healthcare through the provision of clinical care, training and dissemination of evidence-based practices, and advocacy. She provides didactic trainings and clinical supervision in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which aims to promote psychological and behavioral flexibility in pursuit of valued living. Clinically, she is interested in integrating third-wave behavioral therapies with other empirically informed interventions to provide comprehensive care for patients and families.

Dr. Katie Cullum is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor at Emory University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Cullum's clinical work and research focuses on the treatment OCD and related disorders using Exposure with Response Prevention (ERP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). She provides supervision and training in the ACT model and seeks to increase access to evidence-based care through her involvement in education and outreach. Dr. Cullum is a founding member of Emory University School of Medicine’s Caring Communities for COVID-19 and a board member of OCD Georgia.  

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Katherine A. Cullum, PhD, reports that she has no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months. She will discuss off-label use of pharmaceuticals in this presentation. All conflicts have been mitigated through review. 

Jordan Elizabeth Cattie, PhD, reports that she has no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months. She will discuss off-label use of pharmaceuticals in this presentation. All conflicts have been mitigated through review. 

Event Planners/Reviewers Disclosures: The following event planners and/or reviewers are reported as having no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months: Todd Peters, MD, Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSc, Louis J. Marino, Devi Bhuyan, PsyD, Faith Dickerson, PhD, Carrie Etheridge, LCSW-C, April Sobiech, LCSW-C, Latia Suite, LCSW-C, Rachel Smolowitz, PhD, Tom Flis, LCPC, Stacey Garnett, RN, MSN, Stephanie M. Robinson, MSN, RN, Lisa E. Seldon, DNP, MSA, RN, NEA-BC, Lisa Illum, MLIS, MEd, and Jennifer Tornabene.

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Available Credit

  • 3.00 ACEP NBCC clock hours
  • 3.00 Category II credits for Social Workers
  • 3.00 Psychologists
  • 3.00 Participation
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Professional Workshop Series:  Acceptance And Commitment Therapy (ACT): Applications In The Current Pandemic Era

Jordan Elizabeth Cattie, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA

&

Katie A. Cullum, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA

Last reviewed on July 15, 2024.
Originally broadcast live May 20, 2022, from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm ET.
Enduring Activity Credit Expiration Date: July 30, 2026.

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