2017 Annual Conference Presentations
Our wonderful presenters have kindly sent us their Presentations to ensure you can refer back to it if and when required.
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Dr Eric Morris
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Avigail Lev
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Couples
Clare Sillence
Children who engage in problematic sexual behaviours: How to respond from an ACT perspective
Darin Cairns, Lisa Coyne and Louise Hayes
Family, Society and Culture: The role of social systems in promoting the development of psychological flexibility.
Deborah Hart
Music Performance Masterclass ACT for music performance anxiety
Dr Eric Morris, Paul Flaxman, Joe Oliver, Vasiliki Christodoulou, Nigel Guenole, Jo Lloyd and Frank Bond
Processes of change in two worksite mindfulness-based interventions
Dr Eric Morris and Jesse Gates:
Enhancing participation in ACT groups: Lessons from working in public sector mental health
Dr Eric Morris, Pat Dudgeon, JoAnne Dahl, Elizabeth Cook, Baljinder Sahdra,
Rhonda Craven, Paul Atkins, Janet Mooney
What role can contextual behavioural science play in progressive social change?
Dr Eric Morris, Lisa Coyne, Matthew Smout and Daniel Simsion
The use of Exposure in ACT: what do we know?
Geetanjali Basarkod, Joseph Ciarrochi & Baljinder Sahdra
The Six Ways to Well-Being (6WWeb): A new measure of behaviours that reduce mental ill-health and promote well-being
Jacqueline Stump and Neil McClean
Jennifer Kemp
Using ACT with chronic illness
JoAnne Dahl
ACT to Prevent Prejudice: Using Perspective taking to develop empathy and psychological flexibility
JoAnne Dahl, Ph.D
Living beyond your pain: Using ACT for Clients in Pain
Jodie Wassner
Practical ACT strategies to engage young people with autism, ADHD and anxiety.
Dr Kenneth Pakenham & Shelley Viskovich
Lanaya Ethington
Lisa Coyne
Plenary Title: Walking with Fear: Curiosity, Willingness, & Flexibility
Fear and Flexibility: ACT for Anxiety and OCD in Young People
ACT for Parents of Anxious Children Manual
Louise Hayes
DNA-v: A process model of acceptance, mindfulness and positive growth for children and adolescents
Mark Lee
The Occupational Values and Psychological Well-being of Australian Lawyers
Mary Sawyer
ACT against professional burnout: taking care of you so you can take care of them
Dr Matthew Smout
The supervisor perspective: therapist behaviours that have the biggest impact on therapy outcome
ACTified Supervisor Perspective – Workshop Worksheet
Melissa Schellekens, Baljinder Sahdra & Joseph Ciarrochi
Short and sweet: Abbreviating a self-report measure of student engagement (POSTER)
Nikita Kotlarov
Bonding when it hurts – ACT with Couples
Pat Dudgeon
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
Workshop: Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: Solutions That Work: What the Evidence and Our People Tell Us
Paul Atkins
New developments in PROSOCIAL: Reducing coercion and enhancing autonomy in groups
Peta Blevins
Development of a Mindfulness Training Program for Vocational Dance Students (POSTER)
Reyelle McKeever and Sacha Rombouts
Reyelle McKeever, Sacha Rombouts, Darin Cairns & Sarah Emily Mooy
ACTing out of the clinic – working with parents and schools to support children with complex needs
Richard Ryan
Motivating Sustained Behavior Change: Research and Practices from Self-Determination Theory
Richard Ryan
Putting Motivation to Work: Practice and Principles in Fostering High-Quality Engagement
Sue Adamson
Conference Moves
Tiffany Rochester and Elizabeth Cook
From Practice to Policy: How can ACBS practitioners and scientists impact public policy?
Tiffany Rochester, Giovambattista Presti & Andrew Whitehouse
Building Resilient Parents: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Group Treatment for Parents of Newly-Diagnosed Children on the Autism Spectrum (POSTER)