About the workshop
The ACT Behind Bars Workshop draws from Dr. Brillhart’s considerable forensic clinical experience working with a wide-range of criminal offenders using ACT. His workshop premiered at the 2013 ACBS World Conferences in Sydney, Australia, with updated workshop components featured at the 2014 ACBS World Conference in Minneapolis, MN and 2015 Southeast ACBS Chapter Conference in Lafayette, LA. These workshops featured orientation and application to Energy Buck$®, the ACT-based mindfulness tool he created bringing awareness to the way people spend energy on uncontrollable situations, experiential and role-playing exercises, and clinical application working in these challenging and demanding settings.
Click here to download the Energy Buck$® Instructions, Templates, and Tracking Form.
In short, the ACT Behind Bars Workshop is targeted for all clinicians seeking CBT treatment alternatives to promote life-affirming, values-guided change for their forensic and correctional-setting clients. To hear more, click on the recent radio interviews prominent ACT psychologist, JoAnne Dahl, Ph.D., conducted with Dr. Brillhart about his ACT Behind Bars and on the subject of Persistency and Commitment. You can also read Dr. Brillhart’s chapter on ACT in the recently published Individual Psychological Therapies in Forensic Settings: Research and Practice 1stEdition (2017) available on Amazon.com.
Interested in scheduling a workshop at your facility?
The ACT Behind Bars Workshop is available in three-hour, half-day, and full-day training. To find out more about training opportunities at your correctional or forensic settings, please go to our main website and complete the information request form or visit our full website.
