ACT Training

ACT training is held in Australia and worldwide. On this website you will find links for many ACT training opportunities such as workshops, conferences, institutes, and other events.

ACT Trainers in Australia

The official organization worldwide for ACT and RFT is known as ACBS: Association for Contextual Behavioural Science. The ACBS website maintains a list of ACT trainers around the world that have met the following criteria: "Peers view this person as able to train ACT accurately, fully conveying the model both didactically and experientially, when evaluated against criteria defined by ACBS." ACBS has deliberately moved away from the training policies of most other therapy models - such as giving people special licenses or accreditations, or fancy titles. When you are included on the ACBS list, it means: a) you are part of a group within the ACT/RFT community who've committed to helping train others to the highest fidelity with the ACT model; b) you've agreed to work from a shared set of values, including peer-review as a way to shape/grow competency as a trainer; c) your training has been assessed by other ACT trainers and found to be of a high standard.

Currently there are only 3 Australian ACT trainers on the ACBS list: Joseph Ciarrochi, Russ Harris, and Graham Taylor.

However, there are an increasing number of Australian practitioners currently running ACT training. These include Bernard Parker, Judy Pickard, Robert Purssey, Julian McNally, Dung Nguyen, Mary Sawyer and Louise Shepherd. Below are some links.

ACT Trainers on the ACBS List

Joe Ciarrochi is based in Wollongong. To visit his website: http://www.acceptandchange.com

Russ Harris is based in Melbourne: To visit his website: http://www.actmindfully.com.au

Graham Taylor is based in Perth. To visit his website: http://www.therapist-training.com.au

Other ACT Trainers

Julian McNally is based in Melbourne. To visit his website: http://www.julianmcnally.com

Dung Nguyen is based in Adelaide. Email: dung@bigpond.net.au

Bernard Parker is based in Canberra. Email: bernardparker@velocitynet.com.au

Judy Pickard is based in Wollongong. Email: alivepsych@bigpond.com

Robert Purssey is based in Brisbane. Email: rpurssey@bigpond.net.au

Mary Sawyer is based in Sydney. To visit her website: http://www.actaus.com.au/

Louise Shepherd is based in Sydney: Email louiseshepherd@optusnet.com.au

You will also find information about ACT training on the world ACT website: http://www.contextualpsychology.org/