Recent Presentations

Recent Workshops and Paper Presentations at Conferences

Polavarapu, A., Horan, K., McAbee, S.T., & O’Brien, W.H. (2025, April). Coop or Coup: The Impact of Social Factors on Work Outcomes in Nursing. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

O’Brien, W. H. (2024, December). Acceptance and commitment therapy: Integrating Eastern and Western perspectives. Two-day training workshop for psychiatry residents, faculty, and mental health professionals. Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

O’Brien W. H. (2024, November). The 3rd wave of behavior therapy: Acceptance and commitment therapy, functional analytic psychotherapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and the need for East-West integration to promote global mental health. Two-day training provided at Nazarbayev University, Astana Kazakhstan.

O’Brien, W. H. (2024, July). Acceptance and commitment therapy: Combining Western and Eastern Perspectives. Two-day training provided at Chiang Mai University, Thailand.

O’Brien, W. H. (2024, June). The 3 waves of Behavior Therapy: Integrating Eastern and Western Perspectives. Two-day training provided at East China Normal University. Shanghai, China.

O’Brien, W. H. (2024, July). Functional analysis in assessment. How to do clinical case conceptualizations and conduct assessments using data to guide intervention design. Two-day training for the Thailand Ministry of Mental Health. Bangkok, Thailand.

O’Brien, W. H. (2024, July). Empirical status of the 3^rd wave cognitive behavior therapies. Keynote address. 23^rd Annual International Mental Health Conference. Bangkok, Thailand.

O’Brien, W. H., Short, L. B., & Xia, R. (2024, April). Eastern Perspective Combined with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Healthcare Workers. Professional Development Workshop at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference. Chicago, Illinois, USA.

O’Brien, W. H. (2023, September). Bridging perspectives for holistic wellbeing: Integrating Eastern and Western Approaches. Change 2023 Thought Leader Conference: Transforming Organizations, Revitalizing Communities, Developing Human Potential.  Perrysburg, Ohio, USA.

Le, M., Lim, C. X., O’Brien, W. H. (2023, August). The mediating role of work burnout between work environment and musculoskeletal symptoms in healthcare professionals. The Second Annual Thailand International Conference on Psychology. All Day Workshop. Bangkok, Thailand.

O’Brien, W. H., (2023, August). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for health and wellbeing. The Second Annual Thailand International Conference on Psychology. All Day Workshop. Bangkok, Thailand.

O’Brien, W. H., (2023, August). “I’m everything bad” Psychotherapeutic application in the BANI world: selected challenging cases. The Second Annual Thailand International Conference on Psychology. All Day Workshop. Bangkok, Thailand.

O’Brien, W. H., Pisitsunkagarn, K., Suavansri, P., Chavanovanich, J., & Wang, S. (2022, November). Spotlight Research 3 - Predictors and Determinants of Coping with COVID-19: Cross-cultural Perspectives. Spotlight Research presentation at the 56^th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. New York, USA

Lim, C. X., Mueller, E., Le, M., Kalantzis, M., O’Brien, W. H. (2022, June 14 - 19). Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory accounted for unique variance in COVID-19 traumatic stress. Paper presented at the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science World Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Lim, C. X., Mueller, E., Le, M., Kalantzis, M., O’Brien, W. H. (2022, June 14 - 19). Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory accounted for unique variance in COVID-19 traumatic stress. Paper presented at the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science World Conference, San Francisco, CA.

O’Brien, W. H., Wang, S., Varga, V., Lim, C. X., Xu, H., Jarukasemthawee, S., Pisitsungkagarn, K., Suvanbenjakule, P., Braden, A., Mueller, E., Kalantzis, M. (2022, June 14 - 19). Psychological Flexibility and Inflexibility Prospectively Predict PPE Use and Social Distancing across a Two Month Interval. Paper presented at the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science World Conference, San Francisco, CA.

O’Brien, W. H., Watford, T., Lim, C. X., Sims, T., Jarukasemthawee, S., Pisitsungkagarn, K., Suvanbenjakule, P., Settawacharanich, S., Mueller, E. (2022, June 14 – 19). Empathy, Compassion, and Patterns of High Frequency Heart Rate Variability Reactivity to Stress. Paper presented at the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science World Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Wasson, R., Dietrich, K. M., Barratt, C. L., O’Brien, W. H. (2021, November). Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of an online mindful self-compassion intervention for medical students. Work, Stress, and Health Conference. Ohio, USA.

*Please see CV for a list of poster presentations, earlier workshops, and earlier conference papers.