ACT in times of turmoil and change: Helping adults with stress and thriving

We are now, more than ever, living in a world full of uncertainty and change. How we adapt in this time is a question we all face.  In this context, DNA-v as a growth model of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a liberating way to approach your work with adults. 

This workshop will deliver a readily applied change model to the contextual problems we all face today, including -  cultural, climate and political turmoil. It is based on the new book by Louise Hayes, Joseph Ciarrochi, and Ann Bailey, What Makes You Stronger: How to Thrive in the Face of Change and Uncertainty Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy released in July 2022.

About the presenter:

Dr Louise Hayes is a clinical psychologist, author, international speaker and educator. Louise currently holds a position as Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at La Trobe University, where she collaborates on projects using contextual behavioural science. She is a peer-reviewed Acceptance and Commitment Therapy/Training trainer, engaged in training professionals worldwide. She is also a Fellow and Past President of ACBS.

Together with Joseph Ciarrochi, she developed DNA-V, a leading acceptance and commitment therapy model that has sparked international studies and school curricula. Louise is also an active clinician working with adults and adolescents.

She is the co-author of best-selling books

• for young people, Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life for Teenagers; and Your Life Your Way; 
• for practitioners, The Thriving Adolescent; 
• and this year for adults, What Makes You Stronger. 

Louise leads a community of mindfulness practitioners, and is a certified Buddhist meditation teacher. She takes professionals into the Himalayas to develop their mindfulness skills and raise funds for children in remote Nepal.