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Clinical Skills & Consultation

Deepen your ACT work. Build FC/RFT fluency.     Think functionally.

ACT is more than a model—it’s a stance.

 

Functional contextualism is more than a philosophy—it’s a way of seeing behavior in real time.

 

This offering is designed for clinicians, supervisors, and trainers who want to:

  • Sharpen their use of functional analysis in the therapy room

  • Move from conceptual fidelity to functional fluency

  • Integrate RFT-informed interventions without theory overload

  • Develop confidence using ACT-in-Context moment-to-moment

 

Whether you're early in your ACT journey or looking to refine advanced skills, this page offers a set of tools, formats, and learning opportunities for ongoing professional growth.

For clinicians ready to move beyond tools and into fluency—this is where behavior comes alive.

AT A GLANCE

🧠 1:1 Contextual Consultation

Work through your own cases with a focus on:

  • Functional analysis in the moment

  • ACT-in-Context Conceptualization 

  • Process-based interventions, not protocol-driven fixes

🗓️ Schedule a Consultation

🔄 Flex Lab:
Clinical Craft

Monthly practice-based sessions for clinicians.  Each lab focuses on a live skill (e.g., “Evoke-Model-Reinforce,”)
Great for keeping your contextual instincts sharp and grounded.

📆 Join the Next Lab

📚 Training
& Tools

Access to both libraries of downloadable and teachable tools:

  • ACT-in-Context Note Templates

  • Mapping Worksheets

  • ACT-in-Practice Quick Reference Guides

📂 View the Weekly Tool Library

What You Will Learn to Do

✔ Use functional process notes to track workability, not just content

✔ Practice evoking, modeling, and reinforcing in session

✔ Spot the difference between a client’s story and their contextual function

✔ Deepen your use of defusion, values, and self-as-context as living processes

✔ Shape flexibility with real-time behavioral feedback—in clients and yourself

✔ Supervise using the same contextual lens you practice with

“Todd’s consults helped me shift from chasing content to working process-by-process—and my sessions are smoother and more meaningful now.”
— Licensed Therapist
“I bring the ACT-in-Context note format to every session now. It keeps me grounded in process instead of chasing content.”
— Group Practice Clinician
“Flex Labs gave me a space to try things out. That’s been more powerful than any workshop I’ve taken.”
— Clinical Social Worker

© 2015 by Todd Schmenk, M.S., M.Ed., LMHC

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