Understanding and Treating Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria Through an Acceptance and Commitment Lens

DATE: Saturday, November 21, 2026

TIME: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET // 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CT  // 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. PT // 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. MT

PLATFORM: Via Zoom Webinar

COST: $69

FEATURES:

  • Live & Interactive Webinar
  • Presentation Slides PDF & Additional Resources Included
  • Provides for 3 CE hours of Ethics

Understanding and Treating Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria through an Acceptance and Commitment Lens is designed for mental health and allied health professionals seeking practical, evidence-informed strategies for working with clients who experience intense emotional pain related to perceived rejection, criticism, or failure. Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) is commonly associated with ADHD, trauma histories, and mood disorders, and often presents as rapid emotional escalation, avoidance, interpersonal conflict, and self-criticism. This training introduces Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as a flexible and compassionate framework for understanding RSD. Participants will explore how experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion, and values-based challenges contribute to RSD symptoms, and how ACT processes can help clients develop psychological flexibility, emotional regulation, and self-compassion. Through clinical examples and applied strategies, attendees will learn how to support clients in responding more effectively to rejection-related triggers while maintaining engagement in meaningful relationships and life roles.

Upon completion of the webinar, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the core features of Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) and identify how it commonly presents across clinical populations, including individuals with ADHD, trauma histories, and mood disorders.
  • Explain how key Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) processes—such as cognitive defusion, experiential acceptance, and values-based action—can be applied to conceptualize and treat rejection-related emotional dysregulation
  • Apply at least two ACT-informed clinical strategies to help clients respond more flexibly to perceived rejection while supporting emotional regulation, interpersonal functioning, and engagement in meaningful life activities

$69.00

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3 CE Hours of Ethics Continuing Education
NBCC #7091 & ASWB #1770 Approved Provider

Target Audience: Mental Health Counselors, Social Workers, Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialists, Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselors, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists

Course Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

NBCC ACEP # 7091, CE Training Workshops has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP #7091. Programs that do not qualify are clearly identified. CE Training Workshops is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. CE Training Workshops designates this continuing education activity for 3 continuing education hours.

CE Training Workshops, LLC, #1770, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/02/2025 to 08/02/2028. Social workers completing this course receive 3 Ethics continuing education credits.

Purchase Instructions

Registration Deadline: Register up until the start time!

Cost Includes: A PDF of the presentation slides and any supplemental training materials and a certificate of completion.

Evaluation / Certificate: Within 4 hours of the completion of the webinar, participants will receive an email with a link to complete an evaluation. Once completed, the participant will be able to download/print the certificate.

System Requirements: Internet and the ability to log into Zoom webinars when provided a meeting link which will be sent upon registration.

Interactive Webinar: This is a live & interactive webinar which means that participants can interact with other participants and the instructor in live time.

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Meet Your Facilitator

Jillian Graves, LCSW, Ph.D. is an associate professor at Eastern Michigan University in the School of Social Work.  Her scholarly work has focused on the experiences of family caregivers, especially siblings, in adolescent and emerging adult development, in reflexivity in qualitative research methodology, and in trauma-reactive violence.  Her most recent research has been on the impact of COVID-19 on retail workers’ mental health and the use of relational coordination as a mitigating factor.  She is currently the co-director of the IPE Center in the College of Health and Human Services.

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