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Friday, October 25, 2024
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and occupational therapy share a consistent body of philosophical assumptions and practical modalities of facilitating health and well-being. For example, both occupational therapy and ACT emphasize meaningful activity, values-based living, pragmatism, and health and the promotion of well-being. Soft and hard skills (concepts and interventions) that work transdiagnostically (Dindo et al., 2017) provide tools to address human suffering in an effective way (Hofmann et al., 2021). Learning ACT will expand the intervention options of occupational therapists to promote a life enriched by participation in meaningful roles and valued occupations, even in the presence of pain.
This one-day workshop will explore creative ways that occupational therapists can utilize various acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) processes to support their clients in living well. Throughout the workshop, connections will be drawn between ACT as an intervention and occupational therapy as a profession. ACT will be described and compared to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Foundational concepts and processes in ACT – including functional contextualism, pragmatism, creative hopelessness, workability, psychological flexibility, the Hexaflex model, acceptance, experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion and defusion, and contact with the present moment – will be explored and applied to occupational therapy practice. The structure of ACT sessions in single-session and multiple-session therapy will be outlined. Experiential exercises, metaphors, and small group discussions will be used throughout the workshop to support participants in applying the information from the workshop to their practice.
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. (ET) |
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11:30 - 11:45 a.m. (ET) | Break |
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. (ET) |
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1:15 - 1:45 p.m. (ET) | Break |
1:45 - 3:15 p.m. (ET) |
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3:15 - 3:30 p.m. (ET) | Break |
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. (ET) |
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By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
Occupational therapist clinicians and educators who wish to learn how to use acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) effectively to support their clients in living well, even in the presence of psycho-emotional pain. Students in occupational therapy programs are also welcome to participate.
Please note: Each participant is responsible to ensure they apply the information within the context of their licensure, provincial/territorial legislations, institution regulations, scope of practice, etc.
Client age group
Adolescents (13-19 years old), Adults (20-64 years old), Older adults (65+ years old)
Areas of practice
Case Management, Chronic Disease Management, Chronic Pain, Cognition, Forensic Mental Health, Mental Health, Primary Care, Psychotherapy, Return to Work, Substance Use/Addictions
Workshop level
Intermediate (3-5 years of experience in this specific practice area)
Please note: Participants with more or less than this stated level of experience are welcome to attend the workshop. The workshop content will be geared towards those with 3-5 years of experience.
Catalin Fecior, OT Reg. (Ont.)
Cata Fecior has been practicing as an occupational therapist/mental health counsellor in primary care for 13 years. He currently works for the Hamilton Family Health Team where he facilitates therapeutic change via individual and group therapy. After training and practicing with more traditional CBT models, he found himself attracted (and at times confused and perplexed) by the philosophy of functional contextualism and the practice of acceptance and commitment therapy. He has been infected with an indelible virus: the virus of the ACT Matrix, which has fundamentally changed the way he relates and practices with clients (and himself). At his current workplace, he has been facilitating an acceptance and commitment therapy community of practice, where clinicians with ACT affinities meet to discuss and practice ACT-related skills. He developed an ACT-based therapeutic group that has been running for the last three years. He has facilitated ACT workshops, more recently for the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists and as part of the continuing professional education for The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neuroscience at McMaster University. His interests outside work include playing music with no audience, being on a tennis court, as well as reading and practicing Zen Buddhism to the best of his abilities.
Early bird rates: Registration and payment completed by August 28, 2024
CAOT Members and Associates | CAOT Student/ Provisional Associates & Retired Members | Non-member* |
$220 | $195 | $275 |
Regular rates: Registration and payment completed after August 28, 2024
CAOT Members and Associates | CAOT Student/ Provisional Associates & Retired Members | Non-member* |
$270 | $245 | $325 |
Registration deadline: October 25, 2024 at 9:59 a.m. (Eastern Time)
Please note that CAOT does not offer group registration fees.
*It may be more cost effective to become a CAOT Member or Associate rather than pay the non-member rate. See “Can a non-member register for a Workshop?” in our Professional Development FAQs to know which membership category you are eligible for.
Included in your registration fee:
Online workshop, access to the recording for a period of 14 days following the workshop, electronic copy of presentation slide handouts, opportunity to network and make connections with other occupational therapists interested in this topic, electronic certificate of attendance.
All cancellation/refund requests must be sent in writing to education@caot.ca. All cancellation requests received by October 9, 2024 will be given a full refund minus a $50.00 administrative fee. No refunds will be given after October 9, 2024. Substitutions and transfers requests received by October 9, 2024 are permitted and are subject to a $50.00 administrative fee.
If you are exceptionally unable to complete the workshop, please reach out to education@caot.ca by 25 days following the end of the workshop for extended access to the recording (up to one month after the end of the workshop) or a one-time transfer to another offering of the same workshop if currently open for registration.
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