Interactive Q&A: ACT in the workplace
Enhance employee wellbeing, resilience and performance
Join ACT expert Ross McIntosh for a dynamic and interactive Q&A session focused on the application of acceptance and commitment training (ACT) in workplace settings. This session will explore how psychological flexibility can support resilience and well-being while offering practical insights into using ACT in organisational contexts. Whether you’re curious about setting up ACT-informed programmes, engaging leadership, or understanding its evidence base, this is your chance to have your most pressing questions answered by an experienced expert.
Background to the session
Workplaces today face increasing challenges such as stress, burnout, and navigating change, which require innovative approaches to support employees’ well-being and performance. Psychological flexibility, the foundation of ACT, has proven highly effective in addressing these difficulties. Yet, applying ACT in workplace environments often raises practical questions about programme design, engagement strategies, and research evidence. This session is designed to bridge that gap, providing a space to explore real-world applications of ACT principles in organisational settings.
What you will gain from this session
By attending this session, you will:
- Gain clarity on how ACT and psychological flexibility can enhance well-being and resilience in the workplace.
- Explore practical ideas for introducing ACT in organisations and engaging leadership and teams.
- Learn about innovative approaches like the prosocial model and ACT for authentic leadership.
- Understand the evidence base supporting ACT in workplace interventions.
- Receive tailored insights through an open Q&A format, addressing your specific workplace challenges.
About this session
This session will be informal and participant-driven, with Ross McIntosh addressing pre-submitted and live questions. With a flexible format, the focus will be on practical insights and strategies that you can immediately take into your work. The session will provide a snapshot of key ideas, leaving you inspired and equipped to explore ACT further in workplace settings.
Who will benefit from this workshop?
This session is designed for psychologists, therapists, organisational consultants, HR professionals, and leaders interested in applying ACT to enhance workplace resilience and well-being. Whether you’re new to ACT or already working with it and keen to expand your application to organisational contexts, this session offers valuable guidance and inspiration.
Attendees are expected to have a basic working knowledge of ACT. For those seeking introductory ACT courses, explore available options here.
Submit your questions
To make the most of your time with our ACT expert, you’ll have the opportunity to submit or edit your questions in advance using this link. This ensures your specific areas of interest are addressed during the session, whether or not you ask them live.
Not sure what to ask? Here are some ideas to get you started:
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How can you introduce ACT to an organisation that hasn’t heard of it before, without overwhelming people with psychological jargon?
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What are effective ways to persuade senior leaders to buy into ACT-based programmes when they want quick, measurable outcomes?
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How do you adapt experiential ACT exercises (like defusion or values work) so they feel safe and relevant in a corporate setting?
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What does the research say about ACT for workplace well-being and performance compared to other approaches like mindfulness or CBT?
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How can ACT help teams facing major organisational change, high workload, or burnout?
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What are the most common pitfalls practitioners face when bringing ACT into the workplace — and how can they avoid them?
You’re welcome to use these as inspiration or submit your own questions on the link above. The session will be shaped around what matters most to you and your work.
Continuing education credits are available both for attending the live workshop and for completing the workshop by viewing the recording of the live event.
APA psychologists: This program is sponsored by Contextual Consulting and is approved for 1.5 CE credits for psychologists. Contextual Consulting is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Contextual Consulting maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Nationally certified counselors: This workshop is available for 1.5 credit hours. Contextual Consulting Ltd. has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7578.
To find out more, including attendance requirements and how to access your certificate, go to our continuing education information page.
If you have disability and require adjustments or accommodation, please email us at admin@contextualconsulting.co.uk to discuss your needs and we will do our best to help you.
Booking cancellation
The registration fee will be refunded minus a administration charge if cancellations are received at least two weeks before the workshop date.
Cancellations within two weeks of the event date are charged the full registration fee, other than in exceptional circumstances that can be verified.
Event cancellation
In the event of cancellation of the course outside of our control we will not be held accountable for travel and/or accommodation costs incurred. However, the workshop fees will be refunded.
All workshops will be subject to minimum delegate numbers being met; in the event that a workshop should be cancelled delegates will be given no less than 2 months’ notice.
Replacing delegates
If a delegate is unable to attend and a replacement is nominated there may be a charge depending on the individual circumstances, this will be advised at the time. Please contact the us to request a replacement of delegates at least a week before the workshop date.
Contextual Consulting is committed to the identification and resolution of potential conflicts of interest in the planning, promotion, delivery, and evaluation of continuing education. Potential conflicts of interest occur when an individual assumes a professional role in the planning, promotion, delivery, or evaluation of continuing education where personal, professional, legal, financial, or other interests could reasonably be expected to impair their objectivity, competence, or effectiveness.
There was no commercial support for this event. None of the planners or presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
After this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Explain how psychological flexibility, a core component of ACT, can enhance resilience and well-being in workplace settings.
- Identify practical strategies for introducing ACT to organisations, including approaches to engage leadership and teams effectively.
- Apply insights from the session to address specific workplace challenges, using ACT principles to support employee well-being and performance.