ACT is now recognized as a cornerstone treatment approach, making this training invaluable for broadening your clinical skills and enhancing your professional impact. This comprehensive course will deepen your understanding and application of ACT, helping you stand out to clients and employers alike.
Become a PESI ACT-Trained Clinician with This State-of-the-Art Online Program!
Enrollment is now OPEN for the most comprehensive Acceptance and Commitment Therapy training program we've ever offered — and this is the only cohort scheduled for 2025.
Evidence-based and proven effective for trauma, anxiety, and almost any clinical issue, ACT is the go-to treatment for thousands of therapists around the world.
Because with ACT you can move away from draining, "problem-focused" approaches that try to control or suppress your clients" feelings…
…and start doing therapy the way it was meant to be — transformative and empowering treatment that heals AND gives clients tools to embrace their authentic selves, pursue their passions, and lead meaningful lives.
And now in this 3-month online program, you can become an ACT therapist with leading ACT trainer and best-selling author Dr. Richard Sears, whose work has been praised by ACT developer Steven Hayes.
In a convenient learning style that you'll only need to dedicate 1 or 2 hours to each week, Dr. Sears will make mastering this approach feel simple and instantly useable with the clients you work with every single day.
When you register you'll get:
- 11 weekly video modules that make learning ACT easy and convenient
- LIVE Q&A Calls to ensure you get personalized answers and expert guidance on applying ACT principles
- Real-life demonstrations showing you how to use ACT in a variety of clinical scenarios
- Dr. Sear's comprehensive ACT toolkit, filled with detailed guidance, practice scripts, printable worksheets, and expertly crafted slides
This course includes
- Unlimited access to all 11 modules
- Four hours of live Q&A sessions
- Up to 15 CE hours
- Access to an online student portal with handouts and resources
$1,659.95
Value
Just $199.99!
PLUS upon completion of this training, you'll receive an exclusive digital badge you can use on your digital profiles to let clients, colleagues, and employers know you've completed this extended training.
But don't delay because registration for the full intensive program is only available for a brief time.
See what recent participants had to say about this course...
"Outstanding training! Great use of examples and case studies. Loved the hands-on nature of the workshop. Best PESI workshop I have ever attended!"
— Valerie D
— Valerie D
"Again, I want to say Sears is a great therapist and a brilliant presenter. This is one of the best CE programs I've attended."
— Susan C
— Susan C
"Wonderful presenter. Made it easy to understand and applicable to daily life, as well as practice with clients."
— Tracy F
— Tracy F
"This is an excellent course. It opened my eyes to things I hadn't thought of."
— Brian O
— Brian O
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Online Intensive
Become an ACT Therapist to Enhance Your Treatment of Trauma, Anxiety, and More
Become an ACT Therapist to Enhance Your Treatment of Trauma, Anxiety, and More
Begins February 3, 2025
$1,659.95 Value — Just $199.99 Today!
$1,659.95 Value — Just $199.99 Today!
GET STARTED NOW
Plus, earn up to 15.0 CE Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for Credit details | Click here for course objectives and outline
Click here for Credit details | Click here for course objectives and outline
An invitation from Dr. Richard Sears…
Dear Fellow Clinician,
I am thrilled to announce that enrollment for my ACT Immersion Course is now open!
In the early years of my practice, I found the traditional focus on diagnosing and reducing symptoms too restrictive, feeling more like a checklist of problems rather than a door to growth and fulfillment.
That's when ACT's transformative approach completely changed my practice.
ACT's revolutionary approach lets us focus on what truly matters: helping our clients thrive, achieve their goals, and live lives aligned with their values.
After years of practice, teaching, and authoring best-selling books on ACT, I've focused on distilling the sophisticated science of ACT into practical tools that you can apply immediately no matter what other theoretical orientations you use.
Today, I invite you to join me in my exclusive program. Each week, you'll discover the tools to create real and lasting change in clients facing trauma, anxiety, depression, and other clinical issues.
The course includes practical approaches to the processes of change, guided experiential exercises, and real-life case studies designed to prepare you for greater treatment success and reignite your passion for your practice.
Unlike standard programs, this course also offers LIVE consultation sessions, demonstrations, and skill-building practice opportunities conducted by me.
This is the only immersion course I am scheduling in 2025. I hope you'll join me!
Best,
Richard Sears, PhD, Licensed Psychologist
Your colleagues are raving about this course...
"Great course full of information and laughter to keep it interesting and applicable to clinical practice and life."
— Lyndsay I
— Lyndsay I
"Very enlightening! Already implementing in private practice."
— Stephen M
— Stephen M
"Loved his sense of humor. He is obviously very knowledgeable with the subject matter and comfortable with presenting it!"
— Lindsay K
— Lindsay K
"Great course, excellent presenter. Would recommend to others! Thank you!"
— Catherine C
— Catherine C
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Online Intensive
Become an ACT Therapist to Enhance Your Treatment of Trauma, Anxiety, and More
Become an ACT Therapist to Enhance Your Treatment of Trauma, Anxiety, and More
Begins February 3, 2025
$1,659.95 Value — Just $199.99 Today!
$1,659.95 Value — Just $199.99 Today!
GET STARTED NOW
Plus, earn up to 15.0 CE Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for Credit details | Click here for course objectives and outline
Click here for Credit details | Click here for course objectives and outline
Your Roadmap to Richard Sears' ACT Online Intensive
Master the Six Processes of Change with ACT
Recording available February 3, 2025
Recording available February 3, 2025
Kick off your journey by exploring the foundational principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Gain insights into the Six Processes of Change that facilitate deeper engagement and understanding in therapy. By the end of this session, you'll acquire practical tools to enhance your therapeutic practice, empowering clients to connect with their values and take actionable steps toward meaningful change.
Becoming Psychologically Flexible: The Keys Thriving in Change and Building Resilience
Recording available February 10, 2025
Recording available February 10, 2025
Building on your understanding of ACT principles, this session uncovers the hidden truths about psychological flexibility. Discover how struggles often stem from control attempts and learn why letting go can lead to greater ease than you ever imagined. By engaging in powerful exercises like the Bus Metaphor and Creative Helplessness, you will identify ineffective strategies that hinder progress, equipping your clients to embrace meaningful change with confidence.
Clients Are Not Their Struggles: How to Expand the Sense of Self
Recording available February 17, 2025
Recording available February 17, 2025
Continuing from the previous session, you'll learn to guide clients in breaking free from over-identifying with their problems. Utilize the Chessboard Metaphor to illustrate how clients can get lost in the game of their thoughts and emotions. This session teaches you how to help clients shift from self-as-content to self-as-context, using exercises like the Cosmic Self Meditation to empower them to see their struggles in a broader context.
Defusion: Break Free from The Battle with Thinking
Recording available February 24, 2025
Recording available February 24, 2025
With a solid foundation in self-expansion, this module delves into how the mind forms internal representations. Understand why thoughts often become loaded with meaning and emotion, and discover why arguing with them can exacerbate issues. You will master defusion techniques to help clients break negative spirals, using metaphors to shift their focus from being caught up in thoughts to simply observing them. This session enhances your toolkit for promoting mental clarity and emotional resilience.
★★ Live Q&A and Discussion Call: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 12-1:30 CT ★★
Not Required but Highly Recommended
Not Required but Highly Recommended
Acceptance: Break Free from the Battle with Unpleasant Feelings
Recording available March 3, 2025
Recording available March 3, 2025
As you deepen your skills, learn how to help clients embrace their feelings rather than fight against them. This module will teach you to change their relationship with unpleasant emotions through metaphors like the rope and finger trap. Engage in targeted exercises in exposure therapy, self-compassion, and empathy development, empowering clients to navigate their emotions with greater ease and understanding, even in challenging situations.
Just this Moment: Break free from Future Worries and Past Regrets
Recording available March 10, 2025
Recording available March 10, 2025
Transitioning from acceptance to mindfulness, this session equips you with practical tools to define mindfulness clearly for clients. Help them uncover the concept of "eternity in this moment" and learn to be productive without feeling overwhelmed. By focusing on sensory experiences and employing mindful inquiry, you will guide clients to approach challenges with curiosity, transforming their past and future concerns into opportunities for growth.
★★ Live Q&A and Discussion Call: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 12-1:30 CT ★★
Not Required but Highly Recommended
Not Required but Highly Recommended
Help Clients Set Their Life's Course: Don't Let Struggles "Drive the Bus"
Recording available March 17, 2025
Recording available March 17, 2025
As clients develop mindfulness, this module emphasizes connecting their values to meaningful goals. Define what constitutes a life worth living, even amid challenges, and guide clients through exploring the 10 value domains. Using engaging exercises like "And if you had that..." and "the voice" of struggle, assist clients in discerning their core values and discovering strategies to align their actions with what truly matters.
Just Do It: Take Committed Action
Recording available March 24, 2025
Recording available March 24, 2025
Now that clients are equipped with clarity on their values, this session focuses on taking actionable steps. Address chronic anxiety by understanding the shift from natural stress responses to chronic reactivity. Explore how anxiety about anxiety can limit clients' lives and learn to apply an ACT framework to conceptualize conditions like GAD, Panic, OCD, Health Anxiety, and PTSD. Utilize practical tools like the Quicksand and Crying Baby metaphors to differentiate between clean and dirty anxiety while using internal exposure techniques.
Mastering Anxiety with ACT: From Understanding to Effective Intervention
Recording available March 31, 2025
Recording available March 31, 2025
This module builds upon your understanding of anxiety by revealing how anxiety about anxiety can trap clients. Teach clinicians to reframe GAD, Panic, OCD, Health Anxiety, and PTSD through an ACT lens. Discover how rumination serves as an avoidance strategy and utilize psychophysiological insights to help clients focus on what truly matters. Equip yourself with practical tools and clear methods to master internal exposure techniques, driving effective change.
Unraveling Trauma: ACT Strategies for Effective Healing and Resilience
Recording available April 7, 2025
Recording available April 7, 2025
Expanding your expertise, this session explores the nature of trauma and the reasons clients often feel trapped in their experiences. Understand why focusing on the intricate details of trauma can be counterproductive and learn how mindfulness exercises can balance exposure with avoidance. Delve into the science of memory reconsolidation to comprehend how memories are processed and updated. Utilize practical exercises like the File Cabinet and Tin Can Monster to help clients manage and reframe their trauma experiences effectively.
★★ Live Q&A and Discussion Call: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 12-1:30 CT ★★
Not Required but Highly Recommended
Not Required but Highly Recommended
ACT-Based Strategies for Depression, Personality Disorders, and Clinician Self-Care
Recording available April 14, 2025
Recording available April 14, 2025
Concluding your learning journey, this final module applies ACT principles to address depression, personality disorders, and the vital area of clinician self-care. Learn to assess medical and medication issues while employing behavioral activation and addressing mood-dependent learning. Explore the latest research on personality disorders, including genetic and critical traits, and develop skills for setting behavioral goals and enhancing self-care practices to maintain a balanced, effective therapeutic approach.
★★ FINAL Live Q&A and Discussion Call: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 12-1:30 CT ★★
Not Required but Highly Recommended
Not Required but Highly Recommended
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Online Intensive
Become an ACT Therapist to Enhance Your Treatment of Trauma, Anxiety, and More
Become an ACT Therapist to Enhance Your Treatment of Trauma, Anxiety, and More
Begins February 3, 2025
$1,659.95 Value — Just $199.99 Today!
$1,659.95 Value — Just $199.99 Today!
GET STARTED NOW
Plus, earn up to 15.0 CE Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for Credit details | Click here for course objectives and outline
Click here for Credit details | Click here for course objectives and outline
MEET YOUR COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Richard Sears, PsyD, PhD, MBA, ABPP, is a licensed psychologist in Cincinnati, Ohio, board certified in clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), runs a private psychology and consultation practice, and is the director of the Center for Clinical Mindfulness & Meditation. He has run hundreds of mindfulness groups and was the lead clinician in the first brain scan study involving mindfulness with children and adolescents. He is also an adjunct professor in the University of Cincinnati psychology department, clinical research faculty at the UC Center for Integrative Health and Wellness, volunteer professor of psychiatry & behavioral neurosciences at the UC College of Medicine, and a former research/psychologist contractor with the Cincinnati VA Medical Center.
Click here for information about Richard Sears
Click here for information about Richard Sears
The Next Steps in Advancing Your Practice
Watch your email for your order confirmation, and get instant access to get started on this course, including access to the bonus material. Click here for course objectives and outline.
Review the course materials at your own pace and at your convenience! You'll have unlimited access to all course videos and materials online forever. Plus, use the PESI Mobile app to access the course content on your phone or tablet. Choose video or audio-only versions of online courses from the world's best instructors, and complete your CE requirements anywhere, anytime, at your own pace.
Instantly collaborate with other professionals on the course materials through interactive message boards. You'll be part of a community of hundreds of practitioners all focused on integrating Advanced EMDR trauma treatments via telehealth and in-person delivery setup in clinical practice, providing valuable opportunities to share insight and experiences and to build your professional network.
Complete your online CE tests and earn up to 15.0 CE hours! Click here for Credit details and credit details specific to your profession.
Frequently Asked Questions
ACT is now recognized as a cornerstone treatment approach, making this training invaluable for broadening your clinical skills and enhancing your professional impact. This comprehensive course will deepen your understanding and application of ACT, helping you stand out to clients and employers alike.
No problem! All live sessions are recorded, so you'll have unlimited access to revisit them whenever you need. While attendance is highly recommended to engage with Dr. Sears and your cohort in real time, participation in live calls is not required.
The first training module will be available on February 3rd, 2024. Each module will unlock weekly, and you'll have live Q&A calls with Dr. Sears throughout to support your learning journey.
No, this is a hybrid course designed to offer the flexibility of pre-recorded modules combined with live interactions. Modules 1 through 11 are pre-recorded video trainings crafted specifically for this program. PLUS, you'll have access to 4 LIVE Q&A sessions with Dr. Sears and fellow cohort members, where you can ask questions and dive deeper into the material. See the schedule for module release dates and live Q&A session timings.
Upon completing the course and passing the post-test, you'll receive a displayable certificate of completion along with a digital badge. The certificate indicates that you've completed the training, though it does not certify a specific level of expertise, competency, or proficiency in ACT.
We want you to be completely satisfied with your experience. This course is 100% risk-free, and if you find it's not what you expected, you can request a full refund—no questions asked.
By completing this course, you are eligible to earn up to 15 CE credit hours.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Online Intensive
Become an ACT Therapist to Enhance Your Treatment of Trauma, Anxiety, and More
Become an ACT Therapist to Enhance Your Treatment of Trauma, Anxiety, and More
Begins February 3, 2025
$1,659.95 Value — Just $199.99 Today!
$1,659.95 Value — Just $199.99 Today!
GET STARTED NOW
Plus, earn up to 15.0 CE Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for Credit details | Click here for course objectives and outline
Click here for Credit details | Click here for course objectives and outline
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