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

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 action is using genuine therapist responses to contingently respond to problematic client behavior as it occurs in session. Training in FAP helps clinicians identify functional classes of behaviors as treatment targets, maximize the benefits of the therapeutic alliance, and use their own reactions to client behaviors to build a powerful connection with their clients (Kohlenberg & Tsai, 1991). While FAP is an effective therapeutic modality on its own, practitioners can also integrate its lessons 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 behaviors 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.

The funds raised from this workshop helps our charity and to make the dissemination of behavioural therapies and future FAP intensives affordable to clinicians.

If you require a fee reduction due to extenuating circustances, please email us with your evidence.

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 full-hearted 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 behavior (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 dedicated to making behavioral treatments and training accessible and affordable. Tien received her Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) training under the guidance of Mavis Tsai and Bob Kohlenberg, with extensive supervision from Mavis over the years. She is a certified FAP trainer by the University of Washington and serves on the FAP SIG Ethics Board. Tien has trained multiple cohorts of Power to Live therapists to deliver FAP integrated with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). She has also designed and delivered workshops on therapeutic interactions at ACBS conferences and is the organizer of the Annual European FAP Intensive Workshops in Budapest.

Co-Trainer:

Ioana Ivans is a psychotherapist and trainer specialised in process-based interventions. She is a core member of the Romanian Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Association and serves on the Scientific Committee of the Romanian ACBS Chapter. For over four years, she has been providing ACT training to clinicians and psychotherapy trainees and is now a trainer in the first Romanian process-based psychotherapy school. Additionally, she is an assistant professor of psychology at Babes-Bolyai University and oversees a CBS training program for students at the Terra-Pi Clinic, where she also maintains a private practice. Her training in FAP includes completing Levels 1 and 2 with Tien Kuei and participating in the FAP Intensive organized by Power To Live in 2024. She is also recognized as an Awareness, Courage, and Love Leader. As a PhD researcher, Ioana investigates the impact of transformational experiences on psychotherapists' performance. In all her roles, she is dedicated to introducing FAP to both the Romanian CBS community and the academic community.

Attendance Certificate with hours will be given.

Cancellation policy:

For full refund less card processing fees - cancellation requests must be made in writing and emailed to the organiser on the 10th of September 2024, to fapintensive@powertolive.uk.

No refunds will be granted if the request is received after 10th of September 2024. 

No refunds will be granted for no-shows.

(Note: Shared registrations are not permissible... meaning that you can't attend one session and your colleague the next, etc.)

Any cancellation request received fewer than 10 business days prior to a scheduled event (or after the event date has passed) due to an extenuating circumstance may be reviewed by the respective Organisers. Extenuating circumstances can be (but not limited to) serious illness or death in the family. If the event is cancelled by the FAP Intensive Organisers and Power to Live, registrants may be extended a full refund less the card processing fee.