Contextual Consulting

Contextual Consulting We provide expert training, supervision and therapy in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

05/06/2026

Never too late to learn new things. 💙

04/06/2026

Ever tried a breathing exercise on a 15 year old?
Working with teenagers is different. Your framework should be too.
Most therapy models were built on adult populations. DNA-V wasn't, it was designed specifically for young people aged 12–24.

Here's what developing your skills with it actually looks like:

🔵 Beginner — you understand the model and can observe the six DNA-V processes in yourself and your clients. You know how to introduce the framework in a way that feels tailored to each young person rather than formulaic, and you can assess and formulate using the DNA-V assessment tool.

🟡 Intermediate — you identify patterns of behaviour and examine their function, dive deeper into relational language patterns, use your own noticer to shape client responses fluidly, and work across all six processes with real depth including advisor, noticer, discoverer, values, self-view and social-view.

🟢 Advanced — nuanced formulation and practice. You shift across processes fluidly in session, work with complex presentations including trauma, create your own exercises, design group applications, and deliver supervision.

Where do you land?

Dr Louise Hayes, co-founder of DNA-V, is running a live intermediate workshop this June for practitioners working with young people aged 12–24.

📅 10–18 June 2026
💻 Online
🎙️ Dr Louise Hayes
📚 ACT for adolescents: an intermediate training
🎓 12 CE credits available
🎥 Recording available for 6 months

Go to our website: https://buff.ly/vXTf4qV

03/06/2026

Five traps that show up in ACT practice even when you know the model well.

Behaviour analysis gives you a lens for spotting all of them.

One. Acceptance that's actually avoidance. The client looks calm, disengaged from the struggle. But the behaviour hasn't shifted. The function of the avoidance is still being served.

Two. Values that never become actions. The client can articulate what matters to them. But articulating isn't doing. Values without behavioural follow-through aren't functioning as values yet.

Three. Defusion that skips the function. We help the client step back from the thought. But we never ask what the thought is doing, what it's been reinforcing, what it's in service of.

Four. Missing what's reinforcing the problem. The intervention makes sense in the room. But something in the client's environment is maintaining the very behaviour we're trying to change and we haven't looked there.

Five. Insight without behaviour change. The client understands. They can explain the model back to you. And nothing is different outside the session.

Most of the time it's not the intervention that's missing. It's the functional analysis underneath it.

Natalie Savage-Evans is running a practical half-day workshop on exactly this on 23 June.

📅 23 June 2026
💻 Online
🎙️ Natalie Savage-Evans
📚 Bridging ACT and behaviour analysis
🎓 4 CE credits available

https://buff.ly/kX4ALWv

Lots of great LIVE sessions coming up in the next few weeks! ➡️ Interactive Q&A: deepening your ACT skills with Kristy P...
30/05/2026

Lots of great LIVE sessions coming up in the next few weeks!

➡️ Interactive Q&A: deepening your ACT skills with Kristy Potter and Joe Oliver
3rd June 2026

➡️ ACT for adolescents: an intermediate training with Louise Hayes
10th - 18th June 2026

➡️ Bridging ACT and behaviour analysis with Natalie Savage-Evans
23rd June 2026

➡️ ACT intermediate skills with Elisabeth Baker and Ray Owen
1st - 8th July 2026

➡️ Integrating ACT and EMDR with Tammy Walker and Kristy Potter
21st July 2026

PLUS plenty more coming up in the autumn too - browse the full line-up and sign up here: https://buff.ly/4CERtwD

29/05/2026

NEXT WEEK! Join our very own Joe Oliver with Richard Bennett for an ACBS pre-conference experiential workshop offering a practical and accessible introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), organised around the “head, hands, and heart” of ACT practice. The workshop will place a strong emphasis on learning through experience, with participants actively engaging in experiential exercises, live demonstrations, role play, and behavioural rehearsal throughout the session.

This session is part of the ACBS Pre-Conference workshops series, offering exciting and opportunities that will engage therapists and researchers of any skill level. Rich and Joe's session will be LIVE online.

Learn more and sign up here: https://buff.ly/hNpjB6y

Hard to believe it's already been a week since our live in London event with Russ Harris! We've done a little review on ...
28/05/2026

Hard to believe it's already been a week since our live in London event with Russ Harris! We've done a little review on our blog for you but we also wanted to remind everyone that Russ will be back in October for ACT as a brief intervention, online this time so you can join from wherever you are based! Early-bird rate (20% off!) is valid until 25th June 2026 too. 🙌

T-FACT blog: https://buff.ly/q3dTwez
ACT as a brief intervention early bird: https://buff.ly/re21OZy

⁉️ What questions would you ask our experts? COMMENT to add yours 🥰 Join leading ACT experts Joe Oliver and Kristy Potte...
27/05/2026

⁉️ What questions would you ask our experts? COMMENT to add yours 🥰

Join leading ACT experts Joe Oliver and Kristy Potter for a live and engaging Q&A session designed to help you deepen your understanding, refine your skills, and address the real-world challenges you face in your practice. Whether you’re new to ACT, advancing through our ACT pathway, or simply looking for expert advice on specific applications, this session creates a space for rich discussion and personalised insights - AND it's just £15 to join (or FREE if you are already taking the ACT pathway)🤩

📆 3rd June 2026
🕖️ 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (UK) but online so join from anywhere!

Sign up today on our website! https://buff.ly/OHXtTjZ

Led by internationally renowned clinical psychologist Dr Louise Hayes, this workshop focuses on advancing your skills us...
26/05/2026

Led by internationally renowned clinical psychologist Dr Louise Hayes, this workshop focuses on advancing your skills using DNA-V, a developmental and neuroaffirming framework designed specifically for young people. https://buff.ly/dbK3Bib

This workshop is designed to help you expand your therapy skills and improve your capacity to engage young people aged 12-24 in counselling, therapy, or well-being support. It builds on foundational knowledge of ACT or DNA-V, offering an intermediate-level focus on moving beyond protocols and into process-based work. You’ll develop skills to deepen your therapeutic impact and tackle the complexities of working with adolescents.

👉 Starts 10th June 2026 and runs for four sessions over 2 weeks. Designed for professionals who work with young people aged 12-24, including , , , (BCBAs), , and other allied health professionals.

Made up ACT therapy phrases you can use to confuse your peers 🤓 Not sure where to start with acceptance and commitment t...
25/05/2026

Made up ACT therapy phrases you can use to confuse your peers 🤓

Not sure where to start with acceptance and commitment therapy? Try ACT essentials 👉 https://buff.ly/YGuls1z

Address

London

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+442031434772

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Contextual Consulting posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Contextual Consulting:

Shortcuts

Share

Category