Focused, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT), part 2
Delve deeper into your FACT knowledge and enhance your skills
FACT is a brief but powerful behavioural intervention approach, widely used in the USA and Europe.
ONLINE
17 October 2025
9am - 3.30pm
This advanced-level course is intensely practical, with a strong emphasis on skills-development. You’ll discover a treasure-trove of simple but powerful tools, techniques and processes that you can immediately start using to enhance your work and help your clients rapidly progress to post-traumatic growth.
This workshop assumes at least a beginners-level knowledge in FACT. Before enrolling, you must have attended an introductory level 1-day FACT workshop (with any trainer).
Dr Bruce Arroll will take you much deeper into the FACT model and show you how to adapt and enhance it to effectively address all the common problems of trauma therapy. If you already know your FACT basics and you want to enhance and adapt your skills to work efficiently, compassionately and creatively with the entire spectrum of trauma-related issues, this is the course for you.
Learning Outcomes - What it provides for clients
This workshop is a follow up on the FACT workshop.
The FACT program is based on the principle of accepting what is out of one's personal control while committing to action to enrich their life and make it more meaningful. It aims for individuals to learn to handle painful thoughts and feelings in such a way to have less impact and influence (mindfulness skills), and to clarify what is truly important and meaningful (clarify values). It teaches participants to use this knowledge to guide, inspire and motivate themselves to set goals and take action that enriches their life. This Advanced FACT workshop teaches participants more skills and a deeper understanding of the FACT model.
Who Should Attend
Ideally participants understand the principles of FACT, go to https://www.brucearroll.com/ .
This 6 hour workshop is suitable for counsellors, social workers, nurses, clinical psychologists, GP's, case workers, clinicians, and others focused on helping their clients address issues like anxiety, depression, stress and get on with life.
Please note: Health and Safety guidelines will be followed to ensure everyone's safety.
Here's what others say:
"Thank you so much for this opportunity! I learnt a great deal from this and am confident my practice will improve as a result of this training".
“The Advanced FACT workshop was a great follow on from the introduction to FACT, this has given me more confidence to use the skills I learnt and I am sure my clients will benefit from this immediately. Especially the new approach to resistance assessment and resistance challenging has already been very successful with some of my clients. Thank you Bruce” Wendy.
The ADVANCED FACT workshops are worth 20 points/6.5 hours CPD
This workshop has also been endorsed by The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) and has been approved for up to 5.25 CME credits for the General Practice Educational Programme (GPEP) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
About the presenter:
Bruce Arroll
Bruce is a Professor of General Practice and Primary Health Care at the University of Auckland New Zealand and was a practising GP in Manurewa in South Auckland for 32 years . He now does regular general practice at the Auckland City Mission (Calder Clinic) and also does special consultations using Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT) for people who are feeling stuck in their lives by stress, pain or low energy. He does this work with his own patients and those referred from his clinic colleagues as well as for people outside of the clinic.
Date & Location:
ONLINE
Friday 17 October 2025
9am - 3.30pm
This workshop will be delivered via ZOOM.
Participants will be able to do exercises in separate (virtual) break out rooms.
All you need is a computer with internet connection. You will be sent the details to access ZOOM, after you have registered.
Price & Registration Information
Price: $275 per person including GST
Payment online is by Debit or Credit Card: VISA, Mastercard or American Express only and there are 3 easy steps to complete the online booking process.
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If you have any issues or questions about your booking, please contact Nathalie van Dort: nathalie@grow.co.nz or ph: 021 066 9811
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What happens if you have to cancel?
We know that sometimes your plans can change for many different reasons. Should you be unable to attend, a substitute delegate is welcome to attend at no extra cost. If a substitute delegate is not available and you need to cancel your registration, please be aware of the following:
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