Level 1 Functional Analytic Psychotherapy 8-weeks Intensive - Online training

This workshop introduces Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP), a third-wave therapeutic approach that brings functional analysis into the therapeutic relationship. FAP’s proposed mechanism of change is using genuine therapist responses to contingently respond to problematic client behaviour as it occurs in session. Training in FAP helps clinicians identify functional classes of behaviours as treatment targets, maximize the benefits of the therapeutic alliance, and use their own reactions to client behaviours to build a powerful connection with their clients (Kohlenberg & Tsai, 1991). FAP is a process-based modality that is effective on its own or  integrated into other modalities. Over the course of this workshop, we will work with participants to assess psychological problems using the FAP model. Participants will learn how to identify clinically relevant behaviors, enhance rapport through a process of reciprocal exchanges of vulnerability and responsiveness, and evoke and reinforce more adaptive behaviours in session through interpersonal reinforcers such as empathy, statements of caring, and self-disclosure. We will use experiential exercises, small group work, and dyad work to encourage participants to practice and enhance new skills.

Each session is only £18.65 for a transformative experience! Our charity's aim is to disseminate behavioural therapies widely to improve treatment for clients.

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Audience:

This workshop is intended for mental health professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, etc.) at all levels of expertise and working with any population in any treatment setting, particularly practitioners interested in in-session functional analysis and interpersonal approaches to psychotherapy.

Instructional Level: Introductory to Intermediate

Learning Objectives: ● Describe the theoretical basis for Functional Analytic Psychotherapy ● Describe and practice functional assessment ● Define and explain clinically relevant behaviour (CRB) ● Explain the five rules of FAP which guide therapist interventions ● Immersive exercises that are transformative for the participant.

Lead Trainer:

Tien Kuei is the Trustee and CEO of Power to Live, a mental health charity with the mission to disseminate affordable behavioural treatments and trainings. Tien received her FAP training under Mavis Tsai and Bob Kohlenberg and was supervised by Mavis over many years. She is a certified FAP trainer by the University of Washington and have trained cohorts of P2L therapists to deliver FAP with CBT and ACT. Tien have also designed and delivered workshops on nonverbal interactions in therapeutic interactions at ACBS conferences.