Using a Functional Contextual Approach for LGBTQI+ Clients
About THE EVENT
Our understanding of gender identities and sexual minorities has expanded, and therapists need to be able to adapt their approach. This training will provide a functional contextual approach to working with LGBTQI+ clients that examines the gender/sexual minority factors that shape psychological flexibility. Participants will learn how to integrate ACT and Functional Analytic Psychotherapy to help clients explore and disclose their experiences of gender and sexuality.
In case you won't be able to join us on the night, your ticket will also give access to a recording of the presentation for 3 months.
ANZ ACBS Chapter members, click here for your member discount code.
About the Presenter
Aisling Leonard‐Curtin is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, peer-reviewed acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) trainer, functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP) trainer, and polyvagal theory consultant. She has experience working across a variety of settings including organisational, psychiatry, addictions, psycho-oncology, community, public, and educational settings.
Aisling teaches on multiple university courses at Masters and Doctorate level and regularly delivers ACT workshops internationally. Aisling is a published author, most recently co‐authoring The Power of Small published by Hachette Ireland, a number one bestseller in Ireland, which has been translated into four languages and released in North America by St. Martin’s Press, Macmillan. Aisling’s first book, an edited volume co-edited by Matthew Skinta, Mindfulness and Acceptance for Gender and Sexual Minorities was published by New Harbinger. Aisling regularly contributes to the media on how to make small but powerful changes when everything feels too much. She has been featured in multiple media outlets including the Irish Times, The Today Show, and Psychology Today.
Aisling is keen to bring this transformative approach out to as many people as possible.
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