Jason Luoma, PhD

Dr. Jason Luoma is CEO of Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, & Training Center and Director of Research at the Portland Institute for Psychedelic Science (pipsinstitute.com). He also serves as Associate Scientist at Oregon Research Institute and affiliate faculty at Oregon Health & Science University. His research focuses on shame, self-stigma, and human connection, particularly using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and psychedelic-assisted therapy to foster greater self-compassion and belonging. Dr. Luoma was principal investigator on a clinical trial on MDMA-assisted therapy for social anxiety disorder and is starting a trial of psilocybin-assisted therapy for chronic pelvic pain. He also co-founded the Oregon Psychedelic Evaluation Nexus (OPEN; openpsychedelicscience.org) to study Oregon's psilocybin services. An internationally recognized ACT trainer and past president of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, he has authored over 80 scientific publications and co-written two books: Learning Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Values in Therapy.

Jenna LeJeune, PhD

Jenna LeJeune, PhD, is President and co-founder of Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research and Training Center in Portland, Oregon. She is also a therapist at the Portland Institute for Psychedelic Science where she is involved in various clinical trials involving psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. As a clinical psychologist, Dr. LeJeune is deeply interested in issues of meaning, purpose, and values. Much of her work focuses on working with shame, sexuality, and relationship struggles, including an individual’s relationship with their own body. She is the co-author of the book Values in Therapy: A Clinician's Guide to Helping Clients Explore Values, Increase Psychological Flexibility, and Live a More Meaningful Life as well as numerous other book chapters, journal articles, and other publications. Dr. LeJeune is also a peer-reviewed ACT trainer and provides ACT trainings for professionals around the world. 

AUDIENCE 

This workshop is intended for those with little knowledge of ACT to those with advanced experience. Those experienced with mindfulness might benefit from new practices based on ACT. Some previous familiarity with ACT would likely be helpful for this workshop, but those completely new to ACT but interested in issues of self, intimacy, the other, shame, self-criticism, mindfulness, compassion, or perspective taking should all find something of value in this workshop. 

INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL

This workshop is intended for any therapist or student in a mental health field who is relatively new to the ACT model. Participants should have a beginning familiarity with ACT and have, at a minimum at least have read a chapter before attending the workshop.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Understand a functional and evolutionary account of shame and self-criticism 
2. Formulate problems with shame in terms of ACT and affective science 
3.  Identify interventions they can use to work with shame in the present moment with clients 
4. Explain how to sequence ACT interventions for chronic shame and self-criticism 
5. Detect shame through nonverbal cues more easily 
6. Gain better facility with defusion in treating clients with self-critical thoughts 
7. Apply ACT theory of self, including concepts of conceptualized self and other, to guide flexible perspective taking and implementation of compassion focused interventions 
8. Describe how to adapt ACT processes for use with highly self-critical and shame-prone clients 
9. Describe how compassion-focused interventions fit inside an ACT model 
10. Develop a basic understanding of the use of chair work in an ACT approach to shame and self-criticism.

WORKSHOP LOCATION

Hilton Garden Inn Portland Airport (Garden Ballroom)

12048 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97220

Information on the Room Block will be sent to participants after they sign-up.

SCHEDULE

• 8:15am - Recommended Arrival Time
• 8:30am- Workshop begins
• 90 minute break for lunch (with 2 other 15 minute breaks throughout the day)
• 4:30pm - Workshop ends

SCHOLARSHIPS

We reserve a number of partial scholarships for potential attendees who could not otherwise afford to come. We give particular priority to those who would add diverse and under represented voices to our field. To submit an application, please click here.

CE CREDITS

Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research & Training Center is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research & Training Center maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

12 CE credits (with the purchase of Professionals with CE Certificate ticket, completion of the Learning Activity Evaluation, and attendance of the entire workshop)

Commercial Support and Conflicts of Interest:
There is no commercial support for this program. The presenters, Jason Luoma, PhD and Jenna LeJeune, PhD, have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Refund/cancellation policy:

Cancellation Policy:

In the unlikely event that the workshop needs to be cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control (e.g. natural disaster, emergency that prevents the trainer from attending), we will alert attendees as soon as possible and will refund the fees people paid for the event. However, we are unable to reimburse for related expenses such as lodging or personal travel costs. Therefore, we encourage attendees to purchase travel insurance that would cover those expenses if that is a concern.

We charge a $15 administration fee for cancellations made more than one week before the training event. For cancellations within one week of the training event, we will refund 50% of the tuition. Alternately, participants may elect to apply 100% of their tuition to a future training event. No refunds will be given after training events.

Special Accommodations :

Please contact us if you need accommodations to enable you to fully participate in the workshop. We will work with you and do our best to find a way to ensure your participation.