ACT Training Pathway: Effective Techniques for Anxiety and OCD

Unlock the full potential of ACT in your practice with our dedicated training program, designed specifically for therapists eager to excel in treating anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Why “ACT Training Pathway”?

This training will sharpen your therapeutic techniques and equip you with advanced tools to become a confident ACT practitioner for anxiety disorders and OCD.

This intensive pathway will provide you with the following:

  • Focused Training: Over 20 hours of practical video content.
  • Real-World Clinical Cases: Including various anxiety disorders like GAD, panic disorder, and social anxiety, and different presentations of OCD.
  • Guidance from the Experts: Benefit from the experience of leading ACT specialists like DJ Moran, Ph.D., Kate Morrison, Ph.D., and many more.
  • Practical Tools: Learn the applications of ACT metaphors and techniques, plus get access to a library of support material.
  • Bonus Course: Learn MBCT techniques to treat anxiety and depression and expand your clinical toolkit.

Every module allows you to translate what you learn directly into improvements in client outcomes through immediate application.

What will I learn?

Through this training, you will:

  • Obtain a solid framework that helps you organize and optimize your therapy sessions.
  • Acquire specialized ACT skills and evidence-based strategies tailored to anxiety disorders and OCD.
  • Help your clients confront fears and compulsions through ACT-based exposure and committed action.
  • Empower clients to take valued steps amidst difficult internal experiences, reclaiming their lives from fear, avoidance, and compulsions.

ACT Training Pathway Components​

Foundations

1 course

Learn the fundamentals of ACT in this course led by Dr. DJ Moran, a clinical and school psychologist and trainer.

Discover the ACT core processes, practical exercises, metaphors, and how to implement this transdiagnostic approach.

Course length: 4:75 hours

Anxiety Disorders

3 clinical cases

In this clinical case, Michelle Woidneck, Ph.D., provides a process-focused ACT perspective for understanding and treating generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).

She employs the hexaflex model in addition to useful metaphors and tools while developing an ACT-guided diagnosis and treatment structure.

Course length: 1.25 hours

Dr. Jessica Borushok presents the clinical case of Sarah, a 25-year-old woman with panic disorder and agoraphobia. Adopting an acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) conceptualization, the therapist seeks to help Sarah develop self-confidence and flexible action guided by values.

The treatment plan includes psychoeducation, acceptance, and cognitive defusion techniques, as well as interoceptive and in vivo exposure exercises.

Course length: 1 hour

Brian Pilecki, Ph.D., talks about a client presenting with social anxiety. Through an ACT framework, he explains how to conceptualize a clinical case and develop a treatment plan.

Course length: 1.25 hours

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

1 course / 2 clinical cases​

Learn the ACT-based framework for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with Kate Morrison, Ph.D. She includes techniques, metaphors, and handouts that can be implemented directly in a clinical environment.

You will have access to multiple mock sessions in which you can observe Dr. Morrison applying ACT skills to treat OCD.

Course length: 8.25 hours

Kate Morrison, Ph.D., uses the ACT framework to conceptualize a clinical case about a client with harm obsessions regarding her daughter. She goes through the diagnostic process and the treatment structure.

Course length: 1 hour

Michelle Woidneck, Ph.D., explores a case of relationship-focused OCD, focusing on mental compulsions from an ACT perspective. This course highlights ACT interventions such as self-awareness, self-compassion, values clarification, and acceptance of intrusive thoughts.

Course length: 1.50 hours

Bonus Course

1 clinical case

Dr. Tina Runyan explores the mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) framework for individuals experiencing recurrent depression and anxiety.

She explores how MBCT aids in understanding these conditions, outlines the structure of the sessions, and explains how to teach essential skills, such as mindful breathing, experientially.

Course length: 1.50 hours

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Your ACT Toolbox: A Worksheets and Handouts Library

Gain access to a diverse collection of handouts and worksheets.

Client Resources

Client Resources:

Exercises, metaphors, and activities to assign as therapeutic homework, reinforcing learning between sessions.

Clinician’s Toolkit:

Guides, checklists, and planners to streamline your preparation and deliver impactful ACT interventions with confidence.

Sample Video: Cognitive Defusion Strategies for Social Anxiety

From our clinical case, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Social Anxiety: The Case of Charles.

All our sections are concise and clinically relevant; none of them lasts more than 12 minutes. That's our rule.

Meet Your Instructors

Dr. Daniel J. Moran is the founder of the MidAmerican Psychological Institute, founder of Pickslyde Consulting, and past president of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science. He received an Outstanding Mentor Award from the Association for Behavior Analysis International. 
Dr. Moran coauthored a case conceptualization manual for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and several publications applying ACT to clinical issues, leadership, and behavioral health. He has appeared on The Learning Channel, Animal Planet, and The Oprah Winfrey Network discussing anxiety disorders, and is a recognized ACT trainer and board-certified Behavior Analyst.

Michelle Woidneck, 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. 

Before 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.

Dr. Jessica Borushok, Ph.D., C.Psych. (she/her), is a clinical psychologist in private practice specializing in anxiety disorders and health-related concerns, including insomnia, chronic pain, and coping with chronic medical conditions. In addition to clinical work, Jessica provides Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) training and consultation to other mental health professionals. 
Dr. Borushok is the co-author of numerous books, including the award-winning introduction to ACT book, The ACT Approach. In an effort to bring evidence-based resources to the public, Jessica also runs a Youtube channel called The ACT Therapist.
Dr. Brian Pilecki is a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of such anxiety disorders as OCD, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, and panic disorder, in addition to trauma and PTSD, and matters related to the use of psychedelics. 
Dr. Pilecki completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and practices from an orientation based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). He also has extensive experience in the areas of mindfulness and meditation, and incorporates them into his therapeutic approach to clients. He is an active researcher and has published on topics including anxiety disorders, mindfulness, psychedelics, and the relationship between theory and practice in psychotherapy.

Kate Morrison, Ph.D., is a psychologist specializing in the treatment of OCD, anxiety, and related concerns. Her career has focused on the research, training, and application of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and exposure therapies for these concerns. 
Dr. Morrison is the owner of a telehealth clinical practice focused on these themes in Sandy, Utah. She has been practicing and studying ACT and clinical behavior analysis for well over a decade. 
Dr. Morrison has authored numerous articles and book chapters related to ACT, OCD, exposure therapy, and OC-related disorders. In addition to her clinical practice, she serves on the editorial board of the and trains other professionals in her areas of expertise.
Christine Runyan, Ph.D., is a clinical health psychologist, co-founder of Tend Health, and a professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. After starting her career as a psychologist in the US Air Force, she focused her research, clinical service, and teaching on behavioral science in family medicine, as well as promoting models of integrated primary care.
 
Dr. Runyan is also a mindfulness teacher at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness. At the height of the pandemic, recognizing the undeniable need for expert mental health services for healthcare professionals, she launched Tend Health. Tend Health provides specialized, private, and accessible mental health care and education to healthcare professionals, and consultation to healthcare organizations willing to invest in their most precious resource.

Accreditation Information

Credit Designation: This program 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.

Most professional boards, including those for Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Addictions Professionals, may accept APA CE credits.

Please contact your professional licensing board for further information. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.

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Physicians (ACCME) Credit Designation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of Medical Academy, LLC, and the Psychotherapy Academy. Medical Academy, LLC, is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are accepted by the boards responsible for regulating Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.

Please contact your professional licensing board for further information. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.

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• Operating Systems: Windows XP or higher, MacOS 10.11 or higher, Android 4.0 or higher
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• Broadband internet connection: Any medium that is internet accessible
• Media viewing requirements: None

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