Values in Action: Using ACT to Navigate Sexuality, Trauma, and Relationships Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites clinicians to deepen their understanding of psychological flexibility: the concept at the heart of ACT, which empowers clients to live values-driven lives and navigate the inevitable suffering that comes with being a person. In this interactive workshop, you’ll explore the six processes of the ACT Hexaflex–Acceptance, Cognitive Defusion, Contact with the Present Moment, Self-as-Context, Values, and Committed Action–through hands-on exercises and metaphors. You’ll learn how to apply them broadly, as well as specifically in the contexts of trauma work, sex therapy, and couples/relationship therapy. Together, we’ll explore strategies to help clients embrace difficult thoughts and feelings without avoidance. You’ll leave with a clear roadmap for integrating ACT into your clinical work: ready-to-use metaphors (“Drop the Rope,” “Leaves on a Stream”), structured experiential exercises, and a case-study to explore ACT in action. Participants will learn skills in fostering committed action and helping clients to move towards a more vital and meaningful life.
Presented by Stephen Heintz, LCPC
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This program, when attended in its entirety, offers 3.0 CEs for Psychologists, 3.0 IL CEUs for Counselors and Social Workers, 3.0 BBS California CEUs for LPCCs, LPSWs, and LMFTs, 3.0 AASECT CEs for Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, or 3.0 NBCC Clock Hours.
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Program Pricing:
- General Admission: $50
- The Chicago School Faculty, Staff, Alumni, and Site Supervisors: $40*
- Students: $25*
(*Please email officeofce@thechicagoschool.edu for coupon code. Code must be entered at time of checkout to receive discount.)
Refund Policy: 100% of tuition is refundable up to one week before the program. Within one week of the program, tuition is nonrefundable.
- Date:
- Friday, February 6, 2026
- Time:
- 9:00am - 12:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://tcsppofficeofce.com/feb_6_2026/
- Audience:
- Alumni Doctoral Students Faculty Graduate Students Masters Students Students The Chicago School Community Undergraduate Students