LIVE STREAMING ~ JANUARY 7, 2021, 1 PM-5 PM (EST)
Patients need help with making changes to their behavior to improve their health, and this is challenging for healthcare providers working in settings that require brevity. This 4-hour workshop provides a foundation training in Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT), an approach that aims to enhance patient access and engagement. After this workshop, participants will be more able to assist a wide range of patients, including those suffering with heart disease, lung disease, diabetes, depression, anxiety, and chronic pain.
Dr. Patti Robinson, a co-founder of Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT) and a co-founder of the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model, will introduce FACT and PCBH and provide basic skill training for using these approaches in your practice setting.
Participants will learn 5 steps to use in guiding patients through the Quality of Life Matrix, a care plan tool that members of the primary healthcare team can use to help patients challenged by chronic diseases move toward greater meaning and purpose. During this practical, hands-on workshop, you will be paired with one or more learning buddies for skill practice exercises.
Workshop pre-reading: When you register for the workshop, you will receive two chapters to read prior to the workshop. They provide a brief introduction to PCBH and to FACT, innovative approaches designed to empower healthcare providers with serving the needs of more patients, particularly those suffering with both medical and psychological problems.
Learning Objectives
1. Describe and utilize the Primary Care Behavioral Health Model in providing non-medication, behavioral change treatment for many chronic diseases
2. Describe and utilize the Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT) approach to behavior change to positively impact chronic disease outcomes
3. Use the Quality of Life matrix to help a patient focus on quality of life (and not just symptom reduction), articulate what and who matters to them, identify barriers that get in the way, and commit to actions that they can take to move closer to what and who matters to them
4. Use the Quality of Life matrix to help a patient develop an observer or witness perspective that allows them greater freedom of choice in achieving behavioral change
Patti Robinson, PhD, is currently the Director of Training and Program Evaluation for Mountainview Consulting Group (www.Mtnviewconsulting.com). This company was founded in 1998 and won the APA Presidential Innovative Practice Award in 2009.
Dr. Robinson provides consultation and training services all over the world, including Hong Kong, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Italy, and the US. She is committed to improving access to behavioral health services and to the realization of health equity. She is the cofounder of the Primary Care Behavioral Health model and Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Earlier in her career, she worked as a researcher and clinician for Group Health Cooperative in Seattle, WA and as a Behavioral Health Consultant for Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic in Toppenish, WA. She has over 50 professional publications, including 11 books.