ACT: A Practical Guide for Rehabilitation Providers

This course was designed for OTs, PTs, and other rehab professionals who want real-world strategies for bringing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into clinical practice.

You’ll learn to use ACT both formally with structured tools and practices and informally, by weaving purposeful language and curiosity-driven questions into everyday sessions.

Expect a range of practical strategies, case examples and reflection prompts to help you integrate these skills into your clinical work. You’ll leave with a clear foundation in ACT’s core processes and the confidence to tailor an ACT approach to your own caseload.
Format
Self-Paced
Facilitator
Lara Desrosiers BSc. Kin, MSc. OT Reg. (Ont)
Prerequisites
No expertise or previous learning in the content area is required.
Duration
  • Lifetime Access! 
  • 9.5 hours of video lessons & guided practices
  • Reflections, Case Studies and Downloadable Resources to review at your pace
  • Live Support: Access to monthly office hours for 1 year from purchase.

Price (including tax)
$497
Course Description
Course Objectives
Course Features
Meet the Facilitator
Assessment & Certification
Target Audience
Cancellation Policy

Course Description

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is gaining traction in rehab for a reason.

Clients across orthopedics, neurology, concussion, pelvic health, chronic pain, and mental health often struggle just as much with their relationship to symptoms as with the symptoms themselves. ACT offers an evidence-based way to help them build psychological flexibility—so they can get unstuck and move toward what matters, even when symptoms persist.


This course was built for rehabilitation providers—especially OTs and PTs—who are ready for clear, concrete strategies to bring ACT into their practice. You’ll learn how to apply ACT both formally, using structured tools, handouts and metaphors, and informally, by weaving intentional language and curiosity-driven questions into everyday sessions.


You’ll also get BONUS Integration Guides—showing how ACT can be used not only as a powerful stand-alone intervention, but also as a lens to amplify the impact of the tools and approaches you already use in practice.


You’ll leave with a strong foundation in ACT’s core processes, clarity on how ACT supports rehabilitation goals, and the confidence to adapt these tools for your unique caseload. Mental health clinicians who want to strengthen their ability to support clients struggling with physical symptoms are also welcome and will benefit from this course.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the core philosophy, theoretical foundations, and key processes of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and explain how they support behavior change in rehabilitation contexts.

2. Apply ACT principles in both structured and informal ways using therapeutic language, metaphors, and scripted strategies within client conversations.

3. Use ACT strategies to support the development of psychological flexibility in clients by encouraging present-moment awareness, openness to difficult internal experiences, and movement toward valued action.

4. Use ACT strategies to address complex rehabilitation presentations such as persistent pain, fatigue, and fear-based avoidance.


5. Integrate ACT with other rehabilitation approaches including education, pacing, exercise, sensory strategies, and CBT techniques in order to develop flexible, client-centred care plans.

6. Modify ACT-informed strategies to fit different clinical contexts, practice settings, and caseload demands.

7. Select and implement ACT-informed scripts, tools, and client-facing practices to support psychological flexibility in rehabilitation.




Meet the Facilitator

Lara Desrosiers BSc. Kin, MSc. OT Reg. (Ont)

Lara Desrosiers is an Occupational Therapist with a background in mental health and addictions, and a passion for supporting individuals navigating persistent pain and distressing pelvic health challenges.

Drawing on occupational therapy foundations and evidence-based approaches—including Pain Reprocessing Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and Polyvagal Theory—Lara helps clients understand their symptoms, regulate distress, and restore meaningful engagement in daily life.

Lara is also a sought-after educator, mentor, and clinical supervisor for clinicians across disciplines who are committed to building psychologically informed, trauma-informed, and person-centered practices. 

Whether in the clinic or the classroom, Lara’s work centers on empowering others to move beyond the “fix-it” model and toward more collaborative, compassionate care.

Assessment & Certification

Participants will be expected to complete all of the self-paced modules and practice reflections (flexibility boosts).

Upon completion, AMP Healthcare Education will collect participant evaluations of the overall learning experience.


Participants will receive a course certificate upon competition of course requirements.



Target Audience

This course is designed for:

  • Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and other rehabilitation professionals who work with clients experiencing complex, persistent, or emotionally-loaded symptoms—such as pain, fatigue, functional neurological symptoms, pelvic health challenges, or post-concussion difficulties.
  • Clinicians working in outpatient rehab, community health, pelvic health, pain management, neuro rehab, or return-to-function programs who want practical, client-centered strategies to support engagement and behavior change.
  • Rehabilitation providers interested in building confidence with psychologically-informed care, including tools to help clients navigate distress, avoidance, and stuckness—without stepping outside their professional scope.
  • Providers seeking to integrate ACT with other approaches in their toolbox, such as pain neuroscience education, pacing, exercise, or CBT-informed strategies.
  • Mental health clinicians who support clients with persistent physical symptoms or health-related distress and want to boraden their use of ACT to address chronic illness and physical symptoms.


Whether you’re just beginning to explore ACT or looking to refine and expand how you use it in-session, this course will equip you with practical tools, clinical examples, and flexible strategies you can use right away.



Cancellation Policy

We’re confident you’ll love what you find here. But if you take a look and decide it’s not the right fit, or the right time, no problem — we are happy to offer a 30-day money-back guarantee for this course. Just let us know within 30 days of your purchase, and we’ll issue a refund (less a 10% administration fee). To request a refund, please email admin@amp-healthcare.ca.

LIFETIME ACCESS: your access to the course materials does not expire


Flexible, self-paced modules: breaking down concepts and illustrating translation to practice


Live Support! Access to monthly office hours for 1 year from purchase.


Key Strategies E-books: downloadable summaries of each ACT process and key strategies for working on it to have at your finger tips


Case Examples: practical, downloadable stories so that you can see how to translate concepts into your conversations and interventions


Integration Guides: ideas for applying ACT principles across your current toolset, with creativity and flexibility


Flexibility Boosts: short reflections that help you build your own adaptability as you apply this stuff


Quick Reference Snapshots: single-page reminders of ACT processes, signs of key stuck points to watch for, and key strategies to use


Case Formulation Template: a structure for deconstructing complex cases, spotting flexibility gaps, and planning your next steps

 All materials are downloadable and yours to keep—your very own ACT toolbox designed specifically for rehabilitation practice!

Testimonials

What our learners say

I went into the course thinking I already had a pretty good handle on working with chronic pain and the emotional side of it. But it actually shifted my thinking in a really helpful way. The ideas and skills were simple to bring into the clinic right away, and my conversations with patients feel a lot more natural now. Thanks Lara!!!
I am still trying to process all of the wonderful information, but I loved diving into ACT and can’t wait to keep going! The breakdown of each component was helpful, along with the resources and recommendations shared. I loved the introduction of “SMARTER” goals, as I’ve never heard that one before! I also really appreciate the suggestion to use the practices on ourselves, as the work we’re doing can be difficult and triggering at times. As a practitioner and an empath, I find myself feeling anxious from the hustle and bustle of each day and it can be hard to “embrace the shake”, so the suggestion to use it on myself is a nice reminder to give myself some grace.
The focus on practical application within this course was really helpful in solidifying my understanding of the concepts. So, hearing about Lara's real-life client examples was super helpful (and interesting)!

Course Lessons

Meet your instructor

Lara Desrosiers OT Reg. (Ont.)

Lara has worked in community mental health and addictions programs since 2009 working with clients individually and facilitating group programming. She now operates a private practice, Pelvic Resilience in Ontario, where she supports individuals struggling with persistent pain and pelvic health challenges to get back to living life. Lara enjoys teaching multidisciplinary audiences how to build impactful psychologically-informed and trauma-informed practices. In addition to ACT: A Practical Guide for Rehabilitation Providers, she also teachesn CBT Skills for Distressing Physical Symptoms and the Trauma Informed Pelvic Health Practitioner Program with Lindsey Vestal at The Functional Pelvis. Lara joyfully offers Clinical Mentorship and Psychotherapy Supervision for Occupational Therapists. www.pelvicresiliencepro.ca

30-Day Satisfaction Guarantee

We’re confident you’ll love learning with us, but we understand that sometimes plans change! That’s why we offer a 30-day guarantee for our self-paced courses.

If you decide to change your mind within 30 days of signing up, simply email us at admin@amp-healthcare.ca, and we’ll gladly provide a refund, minus a 10% processing fee.

Your learning journey is important to us, and we’re here to support you every step of the way!