Join us for this insightful, free professional development on defining and tracking progress in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), with one of Australian’s leading ACT research psychologists.
This webinar is ideal for psychologists and other clinicians both new to ACT or experienced in this modality.
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Webinar Summary
In ACT, values are fundamental because they guide individuals towards meaningful and purposeful living. They reflect what is most important to a person and provide direction for actions and decisions. By identifying and committing to these values, clients can navigate challenges more effectively and align their behaviours with what truly matters to them.
However, in day-to-day clinical practice, it can be difficult to objectively gauge our clients’ progress in valued living. In this webinar, we’ll explore effective strategies to help clients identify their values and tools to evaluate and enhance the impact of therapeutic interventions. There will be a particular focus on understanding and using the Valuing Questionnaire (VQ) to measure client progress and outcomes in ACT. The VQ (Smout et al. 2014) is a 10-item self-report scale designed to measure how consistently an individual has been living with their self-determined values. It measures two constructs:
We will explore how measuring key ACT constructs – such as valued living – with a questionnaire helps make the ideas more tangible to clients, as well as enhancing motivation, the therapeutic alliance and treatment outcomes.
Dr Matthew Smout is a clinical psychologist and program director for the Master of Psychology (Clinical) program at University of South Australia where he teaches, conducts research and superviseses.
His research focuses on how to improve the effectiveness of psychological therapy in routine practice and involves developing questionnaires that better track client progress. Academic highlights include conducting the first randomised controlled trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Australia, co-developing the Valuing Questionnaire, benchmarking student clinic outcomes and co-authoring the Cambridge Guide to Schema Therapy.
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