Join us as a community to discuss Indigenous Wisdom & ACT in this live virtual event on December 12th at 12 PM!

Join Us for our annual Winter Social on December 6th at 7 PM at Sweet & Vicious!

Join us for our next virtual workshop on November 18th where Dr. Brian Thompson will help you understand exposure in an ACT context, conceptualize how exposure may target core ACT psychological flexibility processes, and identify core ACT psychological flexibility processes that are strengthened during exposure!

Join Us for a Powerful Live Virtual Workshop on Death Acceptance and Psychological Flexibility on October 29th at 7 PM ET!

Join us for our Summer Social on June 14th!

Join us for the final installment of our ACT in Process Lecture Series where Brian Mundy will present an RFT Primer virtually on May 9th at 12 PM!

Join us for our Outdoor Spring Social BBQ on May 4th at 12 PM at East River Park!

Join Jennifer Kemp in this virtual webinar on May 2nd at 7 PM!

The seventh lecture in our ACT in Process Lecture Series will be on Committed Action, led virtually by Dr. Vidal Annan on April 12th at 10 AM.

Co-sponsored by NYC ACBS, Supporting Young People of Color is a 5-week live online course designed to give you, and the BIPOC adolescents and young adults you work with, a toolkit for more confidently addressing experiences related to racial identity and associated stress.

Join us April 5th at Reichenbach Hall for our Spring Meet Up!

Register for an NYC ACBS member, Lou Lasprugato’s, upcoming Praxis Training, starting April 4th, 2024 at 1 PM!

The sixth lecture in our ACT in Process Lecture Series will be on Self as Context, led by Dr. Donal Marks on March 20th at 6 PM. You can engage in this hybrid event via zoom or in person at The New School!

The fifth lecture in our ACT in Process Lecture Series will be on Values, led virtually by Dr. Yash Bhambhani on February 21st at 12 PM.

The fourth lecture in our ACT in Process Lecture Series will be on Contact with the Present, led by Dr. Michael Maher on January 31st at 6 PM. You can engage in this hybrid event via zoom or in person at The New School!

The third lecture in our ACT in Process Lecture Series will be on Acceptance, led by NYC-ACBS President Dr. Rocha on Wednesday, January 10th at 6 PM. This free hybrid event can be joined virtually or in person at the New School!

The second lecture in our ACT in Process Lecture Series will be on Acceptance, led by NYC-ACBS President Dr. Jonathan Kaplan on Wednesday, December 6th at 6 PM. This free hybrid event can be joined virtually or in person at the New School!

Join fellow NYC ACBS members for our winter social on December 1st!

Praxis is providing a 4-week virtual course, meeting every Tuesday from 4-6 PM EST, starting November 28th through December 19th. Led by Dr. Robyn Walser and Manuela O’Connell, this live online course will help you examine how you can deepen your connection with clients through the therapeutic stance. The course will explore how you can apply the tools you already have — the ACT processes — to help you respond more flexibly and creatively with each individual client as you increase your capacity to connect more deeply with those you serve.

Praxis is providing a 4-week virtual course, meeting every Friday from 4-6 PM EST, starting October 6th through October 27th. Led by Dr. Robyn Walser, Dr. Sean Barnes, and Dr. Lauren Borges, this live online course will empower you to bring a different perspective to suicide. You’ll learn how to respond in a way that’s driven by flexibility rather than fear, and how to not only prevent death more effectively, but to also foster engagement in life.

Praxis is providing a 9-week virtual consultation course, meeting every Friday from 1-3 PM EST, starting October 6th through December 15th. Led by Dr. Thomas Szabo, this consultation course addresses how to introduce ACT into your practice effectively and appropriately within your scope of practice, and adapting ACT practices to fit your work.

We are thrilled to announce the kickoff of our "ACT in Process Lecture Series" with Dr. Abu M. Nasim. In this enlightening lecture, we will delve into the fascinating relationship between language and psychological well-being. You'll gain valuable insights into the formation of psychological flexibility and how it is conceptualized in connection with happiness, resilience, and competence.

Pain and suffering can be seen as part of the same continuum, or they can be seen as opposites. Their connecting and opposing nature are often what bring people into the therapeutic space. This workshop, led by Brian Mundy & Matt Wofsy, will focus on aspects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and how clinicians can use this work to help people build resilience and address adverse challenges.

In this roundtable discussion, panelists will talk about their experiences as Black- and African American-identified practitioners of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). In celebration of Juneteenth, they will reflect on the significance of the holiday and address themes of freedom and justice within the context of systemic racism and oppression. The application of ACT towards personal and collective liberation will be explored, while addressing the influence of intersectional identities.

Over the last decade, psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) has emerged as a novel form of mental health treatment and is unique in using a combination of psychotherapeutic techniques with an altered state of consciousness to facilitate change and transformation. This presentation will provide a brief overview of this new form of treatment from the perspective of contextual behavioral science. In addition, evidence from recent rigorous clinical trials will be reviewed and evaluated. Finally, the presenter will examine acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) -- and contextual behavioral science more broadly -- as a framework for providing psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Intimate, sexual, and romantic relationships can bring joy and heartache and everything in between.  In this workshop, we’ll focus on the more difficult aspects of love and explore how ACT can help people navigate them.  Further, because relationships need not be monogamous, we’ll discuss other forms of relationships (e.g., polyamory) and their unique challenges for partners and therapists.