Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) employs a variety of verbal and experiential processes and
techniques to assist clients in making life-enhancing choices based on personally held values. ACT, as a
modern behavioral approach within the third wave of cognitive-behavioral therapies, emphasizes
psychological flexibility, helping clients live in alignment with their values in the service of creating
meaningful living. This training aims to deepen participants' understanding of how ACT promotes
resilience and adaptive coping by encouraging clients to open up to difficult experiences instead of
avoiding them. Attendees will gain insights into fostering an accepting, value-driven therapeutic
relationship and experience ways to integrate mindfulness and experiential exercises within their
practice, assisting the client to live meaninfully. Using case examples and role-play, participants will be
equipped with practical tools to help clients cultivate awareness, respond flexibly to life challenges, and
pursue meaningful goals. (Walser, R. D., & O'Connell, M., 2021; Walser, R. D., 2019; Gloster, A. T.,
Walder, N., Levin, M. E., Twohig, M. P., & Karekla, M.,2020).