ACT for OCD: Promoting Psychological Flexibility in Relational-Focused OCD
This activity is designed for: Psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFTs, physicians, and nurses.
Course: Intermediate to Advanced
Publication date: 03/27/2024
What Will You Learn in This Course?
Online Training You Can Immediately Apply to Your Practice
Sample Video:
All our sections are concise and clinically relevant; none of them lasts more than 12 minutes. That's our rule.
Meet Your Instructor: Michelle Woidneck Kieffe, Ph.D.
Michelle Woidneck Kieffe, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Omaha, Nebraska. She earned her doctorate in combined clinical/counseling/school psychology from Utah State University in 2013. She completed her doctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Boys Town Center for Behavioral Health. Prior to entering private practice, she was a staff psychologist for several years at the center, where she helped to start the Trauma Recovery Clinic and co-developed an adolescent dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) program.
Dr. Woidneck Kieffe provides individual and family therapy for adults and adolescents with diverse clinical presentations and is a peer-reviewed acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) trainer. Her clinical and research interests fall within the areas of acceptance- and mindfulness-based cognitive-behavioral interventions, ACT, DBT, trauma and posttraumatic stress, obsessive-compulsive disorder and related conditions, and evidence-based practice.
Accreditation Information
This course is co-sponsored by Medical Academy, LLC, and Psychotherapy Academy. Medical Academy, LLC, is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Medical Academy, LLC, maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Psychotherapy Academy, #1851, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 4/7/2024–4/7/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 1.50 continuing education credits.
ACT for OCD: Promoting Psychological Flexibility in Relational-Focused OCD
Date of Release: Apr 1, 2024
Date of Expiration: Apr 1, 2027
Location: Online
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Conceptualize Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), understanding its triggers and symptom patterns, including relationship-focused obsessions and mental compulsions.
2. Understand the use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) principles to set treatment goals, focusing on enhancing willingness to tolerate doubt, reducing mental compulsions, and encouraging values-based actions.
3. Implement ACT interventions to address functional impairments related to OCD, using exercises to increase self-awareness, self-compassion, values clarification, and acceptance of intrusive thoughts and feelings.
Acknowledgment of Financial Commercial Support
No financial commercial support was received for this educational activity.
Acknowledgment of In-Kind Commercial Support
No in-kind commercial support was received for this educational activity.
Satisfactory Completion
Participants must complete the activity online during the valid credit period that is noted above. Follow these steps to earn your CE credits.
1- Watch each video self-directed and participate in the entire activity, as partial credit is unavailable.
2- Pass the post-test with a score of 75% or higher.
3- Complete the evaluation form.
4- Download the certificate.
If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed above, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.
Relevant Financial Disclosures
None of the faculty, planners, and reviewers for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose during the last 24 months with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Contact Information
If you have questions regarding this enduring material activity, please contact us at [email protected].
These activities have been planned and implemented by Medical Academy, LLC, and Psychotherapy Academy.
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PDF transcripts
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Course Interaction & System Requirements
This video based online course is self-paced/noninteractive. Course questions can be directed to Psychotherapy Academy by email: [email protected]
System Requirements
• Operating Systems: Windows XP or higher, MacOS 10.11 or higher, Android 4.0 or higher
• Internet browser: Google Chrome 49.0 or higher, Firefox 40.0 or higher, Safari 10.1 or higher, Edge 14.0 or higher
• Broadband internet connection: Any medium that is internet accessible
• Media viewing requirements: None
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Practical Info
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- Instant and lifelong access to all materials.
- Download videos to watch offline at your convenience.
- Audio access for flexible learning opportunities.
- Access PDF transcripts for effective referencing and review.
- Enjoy the convenience of downloading all formats for offline accessibility.
