ACT Skills Training for Therapists

This two-day intensive course is designed to improve ACT skills through experiential practice. Topics include:

• Functional analysis (FA) as the foundation of ACT and as a tool to increase the precision and effectiveness of therapy

• Using creative hopelessness as an application of PA and as an ongoing intervention to work more effectively with clients' experiential avoidance and disconnection from a life of values

• Use of metaphors and experiential exercises in session to work on language dominance and practice psychological flexibility

• Addressing challenges in clarifying values and committed action

Facilitator

Miranda Morris, PhD, is a psychologist in Bethesda, Maryland, specializing in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration Therapy (HRIT), Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (PAT), and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). As a Peer Reviewed ACT instructor, she regularly teaches workshops on ACT and related approaches — including Functional Analytical Psychotherapy (FAP), Relational Frame Theory (RFT), and PAT.

Dr. Morris is the co-founder and instructor of Perspective Retreats, which offers workshops and professional training retreats integrating ACT with Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy. She is also a founding member of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy & Healing (PATH), a collective of clinicians committed to advancing training and education about psychedelic medicines and ensuring equitable access to ketamine-assisted therapy.

In addition to her work with psychedelics, Dr. Morris co-founded True North Therapy & Training to bring contextual behavioral therapies to clients, professionals, and the broader community, and Women Summit, an organization dedicated to promoting connection, resilience, and empowerment among women.

A long-time leader in the Contextual Behavioral Science community, Dr. Morris is a member and past president of the Board of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS), as well as past president of the ACBS Mid-Atlantic Chapter.