Finding a Shared Direction:
Using Values to Orient Therapy in ACTÂ Â
May 21, 2027 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM PDT (GMT-7)
w/ Jenna LeJeune, Ph.D.
About The Workshop
Values are at the heart of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. But they are not just an intervention we do with clients. In this training, we will explore how values can create a shared therapeutic framework, helping everyone involved—the client, therapist, and other stakeholders—work toward what matters most to the client. When we orient toward what matters rather than what we want to eliminate, we open up new possibilities for connection and movement, even when people have different ideas about specific outcomes, priorities, or how to get there.Â
This workshop moves beyond helping clients identify their values to explore how values can be used flexibly and relationally to orient therapy and help clinicians work more effectively with clients. We’ll look at how to navigate moments when values get lost in the mix of competing goals and agendas, and how to keep returning to client values when choosing committed actions, evaluating progress, and deciding whether to persist or change course. Finally, clinicians will practice values-guided informed consent as a way to orient and ground therapy from the beginning and help everyone stay on the same page as treatment unfolds.Â
Meet Your Instructors
Jenna LeJeune, Ph.D.
Jenna LeJeune, Ph.D. 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. Â
AUDIENCE
This workshop is intended for mental health professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, licensed professional counselors, etc.) and students enrolled in a graduate-level health or mental health program working with any population in any treatment setting. This is not an intro ACT training and some familiarity with the concept of values from an ACT or CBS framework will be helpful in order to fully participate in the training.
INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL
Intermediate and Advanced
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After attending this training, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate values-based strategies to facilitate a shared understanding that orients treatment.
- Apply values-guided questions to connect treatment goals and committed actions to client values and evaluate between-session practice in terms of valued movement as well as goal attainment.
- Use values-guided informed consent and ongoing review to collaboratively establish or restore treatment alignment when goals, timelines, or strategies diverge.
REGISTRATION
Registration is online. Presentations will be recorded and sent to anyone who registers for the event.
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 underrepresented 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.
This workshop grants 3 CE credits for therapists with the purchase of Professionals with CE Certificate ticket and live attendance of the entire workshop. Credit will not be given for only watching the recording.
Commercial Support and Conflicts of Interest:
There is no commercial support for this program. The presenter, Jenna LeJeune, PhD, has no conflicts of interest to disclose.
REFUNDS/CANCELLATIONS:
We charge a $15 administration fee for cancellations made by participants more than two weeks before the training event. For cancellations within two weeks 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.
