Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT) Skills for career counseling
online CE
January 8, 2027
1 pm - 2:30 pm CDT
$45
Online (Zoom)
1.5 CE credit (Kansas BSRB)
This CE training teaches therapists how to use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for career transitions, helping clients move through uncertainty with intention.
Participants will learn evidence based ACT interventions for career change, including values clarification, defusion from self doubt, and reducing career decision anxiety.
Therapists will receive practical strategies for strengthening their career counseling skills to help clients better align with meaningful work, navigate burnout and career dissatisfaction, and take committed action despite fear.
This course is ideal for therapists working with adults who identify as high-achievers experiencing career change stress, identity shifts, or loss of direction, as well as individuals defining the early stages of their career.
This training is ideal for mental health professionals and student interns seeking to build confidence in supporting people navigating career changes.
Learning Objectives
Analyze common psychological barriers in career transitions, including experiential avoidance, fusion, and values disconnection, as well as evaluate practical or external constraints in terms of values-based decision-making.
Evaluate client readiness for career transition and design individualized ACT-based interventions that increase psychological flexibility and reduce avoidance-based decision making.
Assist clients in identifying their sense of identity and purpose amidst a career transition, using ACT concepts like functional contextualism.
Apply core Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) processes to help clients identify values, formulate direction, and demonstrate committed action in the context of career change.
About the Presenters
Morgan Piercy, LPC
Morgan Piercy, LPC is a therapist, educator, and content creator who works with religious trauma, faith deconstruction, OCD, ADHD, autism, AuDHD, church trauma, and complex trauma (C-PTSD). Morgan works with teens, young adults, and adults navigating identity development, life transitions, burnout, and major career changes through an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) framework focused on psychological flexibility, values clarification, and committed action. Morgan has a particular passion for helping clients navigate the emotional, relational, and vocational impact of deconstruction, including career transitions for former clergy, ex-missionaries, and former pastors.
Libby Nogel, LPC
Libby Nogel, LPC is a therapist who works with life transitions, depression, anxiety, and women’s issues including perinatal mental health and infertility. Libby works with teens and adults navigating major life transitions, such as career changes, becoming a new parent, or navigating a pregnancy. Libby takes an eclectic approach to her clients and draws from a variety of modalities including CBT, DBT, and ACT.
Libby has a passion for supporting pregnant clients, new mothers, or individuals facing infertility as they adapt to changes in their role and identity. Her work focuses on helping clients navigate the emotional and relational implications of becoming a parent or undergoing fertility treatments.
Libby was born and raised in Kansas City and became a therapist after a 10-year career in marketing. Her passion for the perinatal population grew through her own lived experiences, when she gave birth to her first child in September 2025 after her own infertility journey.
Libby’s private practice, the Open Road Therapy is located in Westwood, KS. In her free time, you can find her going on long walks, spending time with family and friends, and trying new restaurants.
1.5 continuing education unit
Approved by the kansas bsrb (26-009)
$45
Cancellation requests may be submitted in writing to [email protected] up to 7 calendar days prior to the event for a full refund, minus a $15 administrative fee for trainings 3 hours or less or $30 for trainings over 3 hours. Full refunds will not be given after the 7 days unless deemed an unavoidable emergency or illness, with notice prior to the event. CE credits will be granted only for attended hours in accordance with CE guidelines. Partial refunds will not be given for late arrivals or early departures. If Hope Roots Collective has to cancel a training due to low attendance, illness, or weather, participants will be given the option of a full refund or when applicable, transferring their enrollment to a rescheduled date.
