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Shamelessly Imperfect: A Guide to Help Your Clients Break Free from Perfectionism Using ACT, MCT and IFS-Informed Interventions

In a society that glorifies perfectionism and overachieving, it can be challenging to help clients with clinical perfectionism desist from the diffusional aspects of these tendencies (I.e. unrealistic expectations, overdependence on productivity to achieve well-being, self-punishment tendencies when perceiving failure amongst others). These clients often become treatment-resistant, and the therapeutic process becomes often stagnates.

In this training, you will acquire cutting-edge tools based on the integration of ACT, MCT and IFS-Informed Interventions.

You will learn:

Origins, development and maintenance of clinical perfectionism.
Do’s and Don’ts in Treatment of Clinical Perfectionism.
How to recognize when clients bring perfectionism into the therapy process and how to target it.
Tools and interventions to navigate resistance, and help your clients increase awareness and self-compassion.
Development of a Relapse Prevention Plan to endure long-lasting benefits after the therapy process has ended.

After this training you will feel the confidence you need to help your clients ease rigidity, drop the fight within themselves and break free from harmful aspects of perfectionism which will set them on the path towards a rich, full and self-led life.

Are you struggling with helping clients overcome resistance when it comes to working on perfectionism tendencies? Do you feel you have tried all interventions and the therapeutic process feels stuck? This training is for you. From the origins, development and maintenance of perfectionism to effective tools to target it, this training will help you gain confidence when treating clients with treatment-resistant perfectionism.
Imagine being able to finally see significant changes in your client with perfectionism, imagine being able to help your clients begin a path toward a life free from shame which will set them on the path towards a rich, full and self-led life.

This product is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification.

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Objectives

Recognize clinical perfectionism in clients and gain insights into its origins, development, and maintenance.
Utilize evidence-based interventions (ACT, MCT, IFS) to mitigate the impact of clinical perfectionism effectively.
Develop a comprehensive relapse prevention plan to minimize the risk of re-engagement in perfectionism-related behaviors and enhance clients' resilience.
Learn strategies to manage your own reactions when perfectionism appears in the therapy process, avoiding common pitfalls.
Understand how to treat perfectionism with sensitivity to cultural, racial, gender, and ethnic contexts, emphasizing clients' strengths and resilience.
Utilize motivational interviewing strategies to effectively navigate and reduce clients' resistance to change, tailored to different stages of contemplation.

Outline

The origins, development and maintenance of clinical perfectionism

What are the signs and symptoms
Typical cognitions, emotions
How perfectionism negatively impacts one’s functioning
Perfectionism within social context (family, friends, work, community)
Co-morbid conditions

How to integrate, ACT, MCT and IFS interventions into treatment for clinical perfectionism

Brief introduction to ACT, MCT and IFS
Case conceptualization
Case study
Video example
Client handouts/resources
Cultural considerations
Limitations of the research and possible risks

Recognition and navigate resistance to change in clients with Clinical Perfectionism

Perceived advantages of perfectionism
MI strategies for perfectionism

Perfectionism within a therapeutic environment

How to notice perfectionism in therapy
Therapists counter transference
How a therapy/therapist can reinforce

Relapse Prevention Plan

How to notice a relapse
Strategies to build resiliance

Target Audience

Licensed Clinical/Mental Health Counselors
Marriage & Family Therapists
Psychotherapists
Psychologists
Social Workers

Copyright : 07/24/2024

ACT for Anxiety-Driven Perfectionism: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Tools to Decrease Worry, Fear of Failure, and More

Helping anxious perfectionistic clients lower their standards feels impossible.

They cling to rigid rules and ideals, and therapy sessions can turn into exhausting reassurance-filled visits, yes-butting, and even arguing.

You need another option to reach these clients.

Whether you’re a seasoned Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) therapist or just getting started, now you can give your clients the tools they need to pivot from the quest for perfection toward a rich, meaningful, imperfect life.

Watch Dr. Clarissa Ong, ACT expert and lead author of The Anxious Perfectionist for this skills-packed training to build your clients’ psychological flexibility so they can focus on living their values rather than striving to reach unattainable standards. You’ll learn:

Effective ways to help clients cultivate the bravery they need to take risks
Top techniques for accepting challenging emotions that fuel avoidance
Values-based action plans to get clients centered on what’s really important

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Objectives

Identify perfectionistic behaviors and their function in clients with anxiety.
Develop an ACT-consistent case conceptualization of anxiety-driven perfectionism.
Evaluate cognitive defusion skills to decrease the impact of perfectionistic-driven self-criticism.
Utilize at least one mindfulness practice to improve clients’ ability to tolerate worry.
Choose interventions for a values-based action plan with clients struggling with perfectionism-driven anxiety.
Identify a common barrier to treatment with anxious perfectionistic clients.

Outline

Psychological Flexibility as the Antidote to Perfectionism: Why ACT for Perfectionism?

The ACT model: psychological flexibility and its six core processes
Undermine rule-following and avoid intellectualizing
Common functions and characteristics of perfectionism
The hidden value in perfectionism
Transdiagnostic factor: associated mental health diagnoses
The latest research on ACT for perfectionism

Assessment and Case Conceptualization: The Hidden Costs of Striving for Flawlessness

Top assessment tools for anxiety – generalized, specific, social, and more
Four signs that your client might be struggling with perfectionism
How to talk with clients about perfectionism
Explore the impact of perfectionismdriven anxiety on functioning
How self-stories about control and success strain relationships and limit connection
Case conceptualization skills for clients with anxiety-driven perfectionism
Help clients find the strength to be vulnerable
Metaphors to illustrate the paradox of control
Case study

ACT Interventions for Anxiety-Driven Perfectionism: Constant Control or Creativity and Commitment

Help clients notice perfectionistic thoughts that accompany anxious feelings
And what else? Techniques to increase attentional flexibility
Experiential exercises to facilitate clients’ out-of-session mindful awareness
When negative self-talk arises – how to help clients let go
Top cognitive defusion skills to get space from fear of failure
Cultivate acceptance of shame, worry, and other challenging emotions
Expand clients’ views of themselves to see who they are outside of perfectionism
Self-compassion practices for when clients come up short
Creative hopelessness exercises to motivate clients to try something different
How to foster clients’ willingness to make mistakes
Top tips for taking steps even when anxiety is present
What makes life worthwhile? Help clients discern important life values
Create values-based action plans that challenge rumination and procrastination
Committed action despite anxiety and self-doubt
Case study

Clinical Considerations: Not Just Symptom Relief

Which clients are a good fit for ACT versus CBT?
Integration of ACT strategies into other treatments
Factors to determine length of treatment
Treatment consolidation and relapse prevention
Cultural considerations
Toolbox of experiential exercises
Troubleshooting top barriers to treatment
What to do when perfectionism is identified as a value
When the therapist is also perfectionistic
Limitations of the research and potential risks

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Psychiatrists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 02/26/2024

Treating the Intersection of Social Anxiety and Perfection

Your clients with perfectionism are in a no-win situation, and it can feel like you’re stuck there with them.

When perfectionism exacerbates social anxiety, your clients struggle to stand up for themselves – to assert their needs in high-stakes situations – and seek assistance from others. Their lives are one missed opportunity after another.

When your clients fail to meet their own unachievable standards, they maintain that being hard on themselves is necessary for success – despite your attempts to soften their self-criticism and educate them on how it impairs performance.

When you highlight their victories, they reset the bar and insist that the standards weren’t demanding enough in the first place.

The toolbox for social anxiety treatment that you already have is incomplete if it doesn’t have strategies to shift perfectionism.

Watch distinguished expert Dr. Martin M. Antony for this unique one-day training that provides practical, step-by-step, evidence-based strategies for helping clients overcome perfectionism-driven social anxiety. You will learn to:

Deliver concrete cognitive strategies tailored to create positive change for clients who struggle with unreasonable social standards
Overcome common roadblocks to exposure therapy and utilize exposure exercises to increase social interaction
Connect clients with their values as a source of motivation for shifting both their perfectionistic mindset and their social behaviors

Your clients need your help to address unrealistic standards and build real connections. Get the cutting-edge strategies you need to make a difference in their lives. All with our 100% Satisfaction guarantee. Purchase today!

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Objectives

Evaluate the relationship between social anxiety disorder and perfectionism to inform clinical interventions.
Conduct interview-based, self-report, and behavioral assessments of social anxiety and perfectionism to inform the clinician's choice of treatment interventions.
Practice three cognitive therapy strategies targeting distorted thinking patterns relevant to social anxiety and perfectionism.
Differentiate effective versus ineffective principles for designing exposure assignments to alleviate symptoms of social anxiety and perfectionism.
Employ mindfulness practices to help clients shift from a control-focused state to an acceptance-focused state to improve treatment outcomes.
Construct effective strategies to defuse resistance to change and improve client engagement.

Outline

What Does Perfectionism Have To Do With Social Anxiety?
The Survival Value of Fear and Fitting In

Myths and realities of social anxiety
The transdiagnostic nature of perfectionism
Best practice assessments for social anxiety and perfectionism
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social anxiety

So, Should I Help My Clients Lower Their Standards?
Implementing Cognitive Strategies

Common core beliefs, underlying assumptions, and automatic thoughts of socially anxious perfectionistic clients
How to catch distorted thinking:
- Probability overestimations
- Catastrophic thinking
- Double standards
- Overgeneralizations
- Should statements
- Selective attention
Cognitive restructuring done right – thought records and pie charts
How to design behavioral experiments and surveys that challenge clients unhelpful thought processes
Imagery rescripting to revisit and resolve painful social memories
Avoid common cognitive therapy mistakes and troubleshooting for common issues
Adaptations for working with children and adolescents

Help Clients Confront What Scares Them
Facilitating Successful Exposure

Common client and therapist misconceptions about exposure-based strategies
Principles of effective versus ineffective exposure
How to choose and plan the best exposure modality for socially anxious perfectionistic clients
- In-vivo exposure
- Simulated exposure and social skills training
- Virtual reality
- Imaginal exposure
- Interoceptive exposure
The latest inhibitory learning approaches to maximize exposure therapy
Avoid common exposure therapy mistakes and troubleshooting for common issues
Adaptations for working with children and adolescents

Fostering Non-Evaluation
Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Approaches

Cultivate clients’ self-compassion and willingness to have internal experiences that are “negative”
Strategies for facilitating clients’ mindfulness skills
Facilitate behavioral change in line with clients’ core values

Motivational Interviewing for Socially Anxious Perfectionistic Clients:
Honoring Clients’ Ambivalence While Helping Them Change

How to monitor for and facilitate change talk in clients’ stories of social anxiety
Effective rolling with the resistance of perfectionism
Strategies for responding to discord in the therapy relationship
Tips to improve out-of-session assignments

Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Psychiatrists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Physicians
Nurses
Occupational Therapists
Other mental health professionals

Body Perfectionism: Innovative Tools from DBT, CBT, ACT, ERP and More to Improve Self-Worth

I have to look perfect.” “I need to lose weight.” “I’ll only wear loose clothes.” “I don’t want to be in photos.”

When your client struggles with body perfectionism, it can feel like the one session you have with them per week doesn’t stand a chance.

Societal pressure and expectations – combined with the disordered eating shame cycle of restricting, bingeing, and compensatory behaviors – makes it feel impossible to help your clients break away from deepseated beliefs and ingrained behaviors.

Watch Deanna Smith, LCSW, CEDS, eating disorders and body image expert, for this comprehensive training that will give you integrative tools to meet the needs of your clients who are struggling with perfectionism, disordered eating, body image, and related negative effects like anxiety and depression. She’ll give you a roadmap for navigating these complex issues, including:

Key assessment tools to gain crucial understanding of how your client sees themselves and the world
Cutting edge strategies from DBT, CBT, ACT, ERP, and more to decrease symptoms and improve self-worth and self-esteem
An intuitive eating framework to heal clients’ relationship with food and body
Top tips for working with clients with entrenched beliefs and high relapse potential

Stop your clients’ perfectionistic self-hatred so they can obsess less about food and perceived flaws and build a fulfilling, imperfect life.

PURCHASE TODAY!

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Objectives

Differentiate adaptive versus maladaptive perfectionism.
Conduct a case conceptualization for clients with disordered eating, body image, and perfectionism.
Utilize cognitive restructuring to challenge negative perfectionistic beliefs about the self.
Integrate clients’ values related to food, weight, and body into treatment to increase motivation for change.
Choose distress tolerance skills to assist clients with managing food and body image triggers.
Utilize a self-compassion practice to decrease perfectionistic self-criticism.

Outline

Pressure to Portray a Perfect Image
Myths and Realities of Perfectionism

Functions of perfectionism: gain approval, feel in control, compensate for shame
Key differences between adaptive versus maladaptive perfectionism
Relationships between perfectionism, disordered eating, and body image
Disordered eating behaviors typically used by perfectionists
The role of diet culture in reinforcing perfectionism
The changing nature of beauty standards
Social anxiety and appearance-related isolation
How to help clients see the costs of perfectionism

Assessment and Case Conceptualization
Overcontrolled or Out of Control?

Top signs that your client might be struggling with perfectionism
How to explore the impact of perfectionism on functioning
Key assessment tools for perfectionism
How to take a body image assessment
Eating disorders screenings
How to talk with clients about food-related behaviors
Case conceptualization for clients with perfectionism-related body dissatisfaction
How to determine when a higher level of care or specialist is necessary
Case study

DBT, CBT, ACT and Other Interventions
Clinical Tools to Shift Beliefs and Behaviors

Uncover internalized and externalized perfectionistic expectations
DBT middle path and decision-making skills for clients who polarize
Cognitive restructuring for self-worth and selfesteem beliefs
How to help clients tolerate fears of disappointment
Strategies to reduce common body imagerelated avoidance
CBT practices to promote flexible thinking
Inference-based interventions for reality challenging
How to decrease anxious reasoning and comparison-making
ACT interventions to identify values related to food, weight, and body
Self-compassion practices to decrease perfectionistic self-criticism
Distress tolerance skills for body image triggers
Inhibitory learning strategies to promote impulse control
Mental flexibility practice for fear foods
Exposure and response prevention techniques for lowering food fears
Inference-based techniques to decrease food obsessions
Construct a perfectionism exposure hierarchy
Intuitive eating to improve relationship with food and body
Case study

Clinical Considerations
Provide the Best Care for Clients with Perfectionism

Troubleshoot top barriers to treatment
Tools for working with clients who have limited insight into their symptoms
How to integrate treatment interventions from multiple modalities
Top relapse prevention strategies
How to do this work when you’re not an eating disorders specialist
Involve healthcare providers and dieticians
When and when not to recommend support groups
Strategies to bolster clients’ social support systems
Impact of the therapist’s own perfectionism and body/food relationship
Cultural considerations
Limitations of the research and potential risks

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Psychiatrists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Other Mental Health Professionals
Nurses
Physicians

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Treating the Intersection of Social Anxiety and Perfection

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