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Saturday, February 28, 2026
"Demystifying ACT"
Presented by Daniel J. Moran, PhD, BCBA-D
Date: Saturday, February 28, 2026
Time:
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - CE Course
10:30 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. - HVPA members are
invited to join for a brief update meeting
starting 30 minutes before presentation time and ending 5 minutes before the presentation.
Location: This will be a Zoom presentation. (You will receive the Zoom login information the week before the presentation takes place.)
Program Summary
During this workshop, participants will gain both a conceptual and an applied understanding of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). This workshop will have experiential components, group work, and lecture material to assist each participant in learning:
- The six domains of ACT
- Why acceptance is difficult for people, and what to do about it
- How to make mindfulness practical for clients
- What to do when clients are resistant to mindfulness exercises
- How ACT relates to other empirically-supported therapies.
Because ACT is helpful for a variety of clinically relevant concerns, case examples will be used throughout the workshop, and may include social phobia, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, anger management, and the usefulness of mindfulness in working with parents of children with behavioral disorders.
Presenter: Daniel J. Moran, PhD, BCBA-D
Daniel J. Moran, PhD, BCBA-D is a licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Professor at Touro University who has practiced Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for over 30 years. He is the founder of Optimize Psychological Health and Pickslyde Consulting, where he integrates ACT with other evidence-based approaches. Dr. Moran has supervised over 200 clinicians and received the 2013 Outstanding Mentor Award from the Association for Behavior Analysis International. A past president of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, he authored several books on ACT, including
Finding Your Why and Finding Your Way, and has trained thousands of mental health professionals worldwide.
Target Audience: All mental health professionals. NOTE: Only Doctoral Level NY State licensed Psychologists can receive CE credits.
Learning Objectives
Participants in this workshop will be able to:
- Discuss the six basic tenets of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Recognize the problem of experiential avoidance in clinical work
- Utilize acceptance approaches with each client’s avoidance problems
- Discuss how ACT attempts to undermine problematic language functions
- Utilize defusion exercises to deal with verbal entanglement
- Discuss values authorship to increase motivation for committed action
- Utilize contacting the present moment exercises and mindfulness practice in therapy
FEES:
FREE for HVPA Members
$60.00 for Non-HVPA Members
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CE INFORMATION
Statement of Sponsorship: Hudson Valley Psychological Association (HVPA) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0200.
CE Credits: 3 CE credits for NYS Psychologists (only) are provided upon course's completion. HVPA is authorized to provide CE credits ONLY to NYS Psychologists.
To receive continuing education (CE) credit, you need to attend the program in its entirety. CE certificates will be provided for all NYS psychologists who attend this program in full and who complete/return an online program evaluation. Please indicate your license type and license number on your registration form.
FOR ONLINE COURSES: We verify your online attendance at the beginning & end of the program and by your completion of the evaluation form.
If you have questions, contact ContinuingEd@hvpa.org.