The Art of ACT: Working Skillfully with the Complexities and Nuances of Human Suffering
Sat, 21 Nov
|University of Auckland (Grafton Campus)
Join us for this pre-conference workshop led by Jamie & John Forsyth. The two-day event promises to deepen your therapeutic flexibility, precision, and therapeutic artistry.
Time & Location
21 Nov 2026, 9:00 am – 22 Nov 2026, 5:00 pm
University of Auckland (Grafton Campus), 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
About the event
Pre-Conference 2-Day Workshop with Jamie & John Forsyth
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy has often been taught as a set of six core processes, techniques, and interventions. But experienced ACT clinicians know that meaningful therapeutic work rarely unfolds in neat categories. Human suffering is layered, paradoxical, embodied, relational, and deeply contextual. The real challenge is not simply knowing the ACT model but learning how to move fluidly within it.
This immersive two-day workshop is designed for clinicians who already have foundational ACT knowledge and want to deepen their therapeutic flexibility, precision, and therapeutic artistry. Rather than revisiting ACT as a protocol, we will explore ACT as a living process of helping people come into deeper alignment with themselves, their lives, and what truly matters.
Together, we will re-examine the core ACT processes through a more nuanced and experiential lens. Values work becomes a process of cultivating alignment rather than…
Registration
Professional - Super Early
Sale ends
30 June, 11:50 pm
Super Early Bird registration rate For professionals - practitioners, researchers, educators, or trainers. GST is included for Australian residents. Non-Australian attendees, including NZ, should select ‘excl GST’ tickets Buy a membership and receive 20% off your ticket, discount applied at checkout.
From $525.00 to $580.00
$580.00
$525.00
Low-income - Super Early
Sale ends
30 June, 11:50 pm
Super Early Bird registration rate For professionals working less than full-time, retired, or otherwise in need of a lower rate - practitioners, researchers, educators, or trainers. GST is included for Australian residents. Non-Australian attendees, including NZ, should select ‘excl GST’ tickets Buy a membership and receive 20% off your ticket, discount applied at checkout.
From $450.00 to $495.00
$495.00
+$12.38 ticket service fee
$450.00
+$11.25 ticket service fee
Student - Super Early
Sale ends
30 June, 11:50 pm
Super Early Bird registration rate For current students in undergraduate, postgraduate, or research degrees. GST is included for Australian residents. Non-Australian attendees, including NZ, should select ‘excl GST’ tickets Buy a membership and receive 20% off your ticket, discount applied at checkout.
From $340.00 to $375.00
$375.00
+$9.38 ticket service fee
$340.00
+$8.50 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00