Beate Ebert's guest appearances

Beate Ebert

Functionally Speaking

15 in 15

Dennis Tirch

Steve Hayes

D.J. Moran

Anthony Biglan

Kelly Wilson

Louise Hayes

Miguel Rodriguez

Lauren Porosoff

Joann Wright

Julie Vargas

Norman Gustavson

Ingrid Ord

Brandon Gaudiano

Benji Schoendorff

Roger Vilardaga

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Richard speaks with Beate Ebert, who will be co-presenting a PROSOCIAL Pre-Conference workshop. Listen as they discuss they discuss her workshop, "Igniting change in your groups: The 8 PROSOCIAL principles in action",  and her work with Commit and ACT in Sierra Leone.

'15 In 15' Episode 8 - Beate Ebert

Beate Ebert isdoing a remarkable job helping reduce suffering and improve quality of livingfor people in Sierra Leone.  She’shelping establish mental health infrastructures, training professionals inAcceptance and Commitment Therapy, and doing important implementations ofpublic health initiatives to reduce the spread of Ebola in West Africa.  She and I worked together with Joanne Dahlpresenting ACT workshops in Sierra Leone. Beate and I reminisce about that experience and talk about thechallenges of disseminating the contextual behavioral sciences.  Beate explains how she used ACT to influencepeople’s actions to reduce the spread of the Ebola virus.  (Check out Steve Hayes’s blog about thistopic here.)  We also discuss our experience in the amputee camps,conversations with adults who were child-combatants, prevention measures, andour interaction with Father Peter Conte, a great community organizer inFreetown. (To read a little bit about Peter, look here).  If you’d like to assist in this Beate’s initiatives, checkout the Commit + Act organization’s website and Facebook page.

Beate Ebert is doing a remarkable job helping reduce suffering and improve quality of living for people in Sierra Leone.  She’s helping establish mental health infrastructures, training professionals in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and doing important implementations of public health initiatives to reduce the spread of Ebola in West Africa.  She and I worked together with Joanne Dahl presenting ACT workshops in Sierra Leone.  Beate and I reminisce about that experience and talk about the challenges of disseminating the contextual behavioral sciences.  Beate explains how she used ACT to influence people’s actions to reduce the spread of the Ebola virus.  (Check out Steve Hayes’s blog about this topic <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-c-hayes-phd/kissing-the-banana-trunk-_b_5839680.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.) We also discuss our experience in the amputee camps, conversations with adults who were child-combatants, prevention measures, and our interaction with Father Peter Conte, a great community organizer in Freetown. (To read a little bit about Peter, <a href="http://www.cordaid.org/en/news/no-customary-christmas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">look here</a>).  If you’d like to assist in this Beate’s initiatives, check out the <a href="http://www.commitandact.com/commit_and_act.com/home_engl..html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Commit + Act organization’s website</a><a href="http://http//www.commitandact.com/commit_and_act.com/home_engl..html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a>and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/commitandact" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>.

Functionally Speaking #11 - Interview with Beate Ebert