International Institute of Counselling and Applied Psychology sealInternational Institute of Counselling and Applied Psychology
Counselling & Psychotherapy Practice

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) + Forgiveness Therapy

A 20+ hour training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Forgiveness Therapy — psychological flexibility, values, and emotional healing.

20 Hours2 weeksAdvanced

Course overview

This 20+ hour course provides an understanding of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Forgiveness Therapy as powerful approaches for emotional healing and psychological flexibility. Participants explore ACT principles including acceptance, cognitive defusion, mindfulness, values clarification, self-as-context and committed action, and the course also covers forgiveness processes, releasing emotional pain, self-forgiveness, compassion and meaning-making. Through practical exercises, worksheets, case discussions and therapeutic activities, participants learn how to support clients in developing resilience, emotional freedom and value-based living.

Delivered as 20+ hours of live, interactive online training, the course combines lectures with hands-on live practice in real time, in small groups in breakout rooms, plus role plays, worksheets, therapeutic tools and case-study discussions. On successful completion you receive a certificate, having developed the confidence to apply these approaches in counselling, educational, organisational and community settings.

What you'll learn

  • Apply ACT processes including acceptance, defusion and mindfulness
  • Support values clarification and committed action
  • Facilitate forgiveness and self-forgiveness processes
  • Build resilience, emotional freedom and value-based living

Curriculum

Module 1 — ACT foundations

  • Psychological flexibility
  • Acceptance and cognitive defusion
  • Mindfulness and self-as-context

Module 2 — Values and committed action

  • Values clarification
  • Committed action
  • Value-based living

Module 3 — Forgiveness Therapy

  • Forgiveness processes and releasing emotional pain
  • Self-forgiveness and compassion
  • Meaning-making

Accreditation

Advanced training comprising 20+ live hours with a certificate of completion; approximately 20 hours suitable for professional-development portfolios.

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