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ACT for Powerful Life Change with the ACT Matrix
BA One-Day Experiential Training | 6 APA CE Credits
March 27, 2026
đź“Ť Live, In-Person Training
🎓 Approved for 6 APA Continuing Education Credits
Learn a Mindful, Science-Based, and Powerful Approach to Life Change
The ACT Matrix is a deceptively simple yet profoundly effective tool for psychological flexibility and values-based action. Often described as a “Word Mandala,” the Matrix combines the conscious focus of a mandala with the precision of language to support meaningful life change.
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In this one-day experiential training, you’ll learn how to use the ACT Matrix immediately with clients — and then explore what’s happening under the hood that makes it such a powerful intervention.
Whether you work with anxiety, depression, trauma, or everyday life challenges, the ACT Matrix offers a grounded, mindful framework that aligns beautifully with how many clinicians already think and work.
Why the ACT Matrix?
- Simple enough to learn in minutes
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Deep enough to support lasting transformation
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Highly visual, experiential, and client-friendly
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Ideal for mindful clinicians and values-oriented work
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Flexible across diagnoses, settings, and populations
The Matrix helps clients:
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Notice internal experiences without getting stuck in them
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Clarify values and direction
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Shift from experiential avoidance to committed action
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Build psychological flexibility in real time
What You’ll Learn
This training blends experiential practice, clinical application, and conceptual clarity so you leave confident using the ACT Matrix in your work.
You will:
- Learn how to introduce and use the ACT Matrix with clients immediately
- Practice guiding clients through acceptance and present-moment awareness
- Understand how experiential avoidance shows up — and how to work with it skillfully
- Connect the Matrix to the core processes of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Apply the Matrix across a range of clinical issues
Learning Objectives (APA Required)
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate how to utilize acceptance and present-moment awareness in addressing anxiety and depression with clients
- Identify the role of experiential avoidance and how to generate acceptance and committed action processes
- Identify the ACT core processes for change in psychological interventions for a variety of issues
Who Should Attend
This training is designed for:
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Psychologists
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Clinical social workers
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Counselors
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Marriage & family therapists
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Other mental health professionals interested in ACT-based approaches
Especially well-suited for clinicians who already value mindfulness, experiential learning, and values-based practice.
About the Instructor
DR. KEVIN POLK
Creator of the ACT Matrix & ProSocial Matrix
Kevin created the ACT Matrix and has spent 17 years developing the ProSocial Matrix approach for organizational work. He's worked with stuck teams ranging from Wall Street firms to community organizations to gun rights vs. gun control groups (featured in documentary "A Civil Conversation About Guns").
He has also edited, authored, and co-authored several books on applying the ACT and Prosocial Matrix in therapeutic settings, executive coaching, and crisis management.
Kevin holds a PhD in clinical psychology and has trained thousands of practitioners worldwide in ACT and Matrix-based approaches.
Training Details
Title: ACT for Powerful Life Change with the ACT Matrix
Date: March 27, 2026
Format: One-Day Live Training
CE Credits: 6 APA CE Credits
Location: [Add location details or “Southern Maine”]
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