What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)?
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a modern form of cognitive-behavioral therapy that helps you relate to difficult thoughts and emotions in a more flexible and compassionate way.
Instead of trying to eliminate discomfort, ACT focuses on accepting what we cannot control, while committing to actions that align with your values.
Through mindfulness, self-awareness, and value-based goal setting, ACT supports you in living a more meaningful and fulfilling life, even in the presence of challenges.
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How does it work?
ACT helps you build psychological flexibility: the ability to stay present, open, and engaged with life, even in the face of discomfort. Instead of struggling to eliminate difficult thoughts or emotions, ACT teaches you how to observe them without judgment, while staying connected to what really matters to you.
The goal is not to control your inner experience, but to live with more freedom, purpose, and alignment with your values.
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To do this, ACT works across six key processes:
• Acceptance:
Making room for unpleasant thoughts and emotions, instead of avoiding or fighting them.
• Cognitive Defusion:
Learning to step back from unhelpful thoughts, seeing them as passing experiences rather than facts.
• Mindfulness:
Staying grounded in the here and now, with mindful awareness.
• Self-as-Context:
Cultivating a broader sense of self, beyond your thoughts and feelings.
• Values:
Clarifying what truly matters to you in life.
• Committed Action:
Taking meaningful steps, guided by your values, even when it’s hard.
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Through these processes, ACT helps you move toward a more meaningful, flexible, and resilient way of living.