The Psychology of Radical Acceptance

The Psychology of Radical Acceptance: The Art of Letting Go (3HR)

$45.00

Course Description

This training is designed to help you explore the transformative power of radical acceptance in clinical practice. Rooted in mindfulness, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Buddhist psychology, radical acceptance offers a path for clients to release resistance, reduce suffering, and embrace life as it is. This training will examine the psychological mechanisms behind acceptance, common barriers to letting go, and practical interventions that you can use to help clients cultivate self-compassion and emotional resilience. Through experiential exercises, psychoeducation, and guided practices, you will learn how to integrate radical acceptance into therapy to support clients in navigating pain, loss, and change with greater ease and empowerment.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

Define “radical acceptance”
Identify the clinical benefits of radical acceptance
Implement radical acceptance in session

Social workers completing this course receive 3 Clinical asynchronous continuing education credits.

For other board approvals, this course qualifies for 3 Clinical of Clinical continuing education training.

Course Instructor: Dreya Blume, LCSW

Recording Date: 08/21/2025

Course Format

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 Clinical continuing education credits.

Meet Your Facilitator

Dreya Blume, LCSW, has traveled a long and winding road to arrive where she is today,as a therapist, coach, author, and group facilitator.

She has taught English in Thailand, Japan, Australia, and Hawaii. She has worked in psychiatric wards, served as a case manager, and eventually launched her own private therapy practice.

She has taught part-time as an adjunct professor for over twenty years, led multi-day international retreats, and written seventeen books, with an eighteenth on the way.

Syllabus

Introduction

Objective 1: Define and Understand Radical Acceptance

Define “radical acceptance”
Establish a working definition for use in therapy
Examine the neuroscience behind acceptance
Identify common myths and misconceptions about acceptance

Objective 2: Identify the Clinical Benefits of Radical Acceptance

Reducing emotional and psychological symptoms
Application of radical acceptance in trauma and PTSD treatment
Impact on anxiety and depressive disorders

Objective 3: Implement Radical Acceptance in Clinical Practice

Mindfulness-based techniques to support acceptance
Cognitive restructuring approaches aligned with radical acceptance
Distress tolerance strategies to reduce suffering and resistance

Summary / Q&A

Review of key concepts and clinical applications
Integration into therapeutic practice
Participant questions and discussion