"Find meaning and purpose that fits now....." Dr Joe Oliver and live ACT demos

With so many people re-evaluating what's important to them and why, we've invited the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) expert, consultant clinical psychologist and author, Doctor Joe Oliver, to talk about Values and Purpose - Specifically: How to elicit values and how to help bring meaning and purpose to someone's life and work via an ACT approach.

We expect this event to appeal to therapists, coaches, leaders, anyone with an interest in psychology and personal growth.

This is a rare opportunity to watch a presentation, witness live demonstrations and hear from the therapist pre and post-session.

Our events are designed to give brain-food to our members. Insights and ideas to further inform and support the work they do.

WHAT IS "ACT?"
ACT uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, together with behaviour change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility. It is concerned with helping individuals identify what is important to them and taking committed action in order that their behaviour is more consistent with their values. ACT also promotes skills that help to change the relationship between an individual and their experience. It is rapidly developing a wide-ranging evidence base across numerous areas of clinical practice. May 4th's talk is designed for people who want to enhance and develop their effectiveness by developing skills in values procedures. The workshop will focus on helping develop knowledge and skills around one aspect of the psychological flexibility model, namely helping people to identify and clarify their values. This work helps an individual to work out what matters most to them in life and can inform goals, making them more meaningful and purposeful.

MORE ABOUT YOUR SPEAKER
Dr Joe Oliver is a consultant clinical psychologist and a highly experienced ACT practitioner, researcher and Association of Contextual Behavioural Science (ACBS) peer-reviewed ACT trainer. He is joint-director for the University College London Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Psychosis Post Graduate Diploma. He is also director for Contextual Consulting, an ACT based consultancy, providing ACT
training, therapy coaching and supervision.

Joe is also an engaging speaker and the co-author of the self-help book, “ACTivate Your Life”. He also co-edited the textbooks, “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness for Psychosis” and “ACT for Psychosis Recovery."

EVENT DETAILS
May 4th - talk STARTS at 7.00pm
Format: Presentation, live demos, then Q & A
Finishes: 9.00pm
Venue: ZOOM: so, where-ever you're locked down! (please note - UK CBT Group normally congregates at The Union Club, Soho. One day we will return!)

Attendees can pick up a certificate of attendance that they may be able to submit as part of their CPD (2 hours.)

THE UK CBT GROUP
We bring together genuine experts, mainly in and around the field of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, but also from other fields we feel our members will find interesting. Guest speakers present and then conduct live demonstrations of their approaches and techniques. Our guests are hand-picked by Professor Windy Dryden and Jim Brown to ensure they're "expert and interesting!"

YOUR HOST
Jim Brown is founder and lead coach at Ground and Air - the coaching and insights firm that works with boards, directors and emerging talent in media, technology and sport.

With a background in talent search Jim has founded and ran businesses in London and Sydney, and built teams for global media brands and technology firms. He has a Bsc Honours degree in Sports Science from Loughborough University, is a Cognitive Emotive Behaviour Coach, an NLP Master Practitioner and a certified assessor in Emotional Intelligence (ECR, ECR 360, EI Sports Inventory), HPTI and PPA (DISC.)

Jim hosts these events as a means to bring additional best practice and ideas to Ground and Air's work.

For UK CBT queries please use the platform
www.groundandair.co.uk