Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people become more psychologically adaptable. ACT encourages you to be more fully in the present. Accepting your deep emotions, traumas, or negative coping mechanisms is key in this therapeutic approach.
ACT maintains that to adapt and grow, a person must fully accept themselves as they are. Therapists practicing ACT believe that suppressing or ignoring painful emotions or experiences is counter-productive to growth and change.
You must investigate your current patterns of thinking to change. After examining these patterns, you can better understand the way your thinking impacts you. This acceptance of your patterns and habits helps you change your behaviors.
Trying to stop ways of thinking can be detrimental to ACT. Your therapist will help you understand how and why you think a certain way. Your ACT therapist will encourage you to accept yourself within a given moment. This acceptance is ultimately the catalyst for change.
After fostering the acceptance of the present moment, with all its thoughts, beliefs, and experiences, your ACT therapist will encourage you to develop a new, more compassionate relationship with your experience.
Individuals experiencing a wide range of psychological issues can benefit from ACT because it emphasizes their unique relationship with their problems.
Therapists Who Specialize in Using ACT
Casey Kohl
Reno
Nevada
Casey Kohl
Reno
Nevada
Welcome! My name is Casey and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor with over 17 years of experience. I work to provide a calm and peaceful environment where healing can happen. In treatment I focus heavily on increasing awareness through the use of mindfulness. For example, consider how much time we spend thinking about the past or future compa...
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Kelly Broadwater
Wilmington
North Carolina
Kelly Broadwater
Wilmington
North Carolina
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Porter H Green
Chicago
Illinois
Porter H Green
Chicago
Illinois
My ideal client is someone who is feeling stuck in their life and who is looking for the tools and support to make changes. I believe that sadness and hardship are as much a part of the human experience as happiness and joy. Our pain becomes suffering when we try to push it away or avoid experiencing it all together. Therapy is the process of accepting the self as it is in a mix of strengths an...
Abbi Klein
Brooklyn
New York
Abbi Klein
Brooklyn
New York
Engaging in therapy can mean many different things, but more than anything, it the shared creation of a safe space for support. I work with my clients on building a space where one can truly feel seen and cared for, in order to identify unmet needs and create a better life for oneself. I primarily work with individuals on managing stress and anxiety in work and relationships, as well as learnin...
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Xin Wang
Houston
Texas
Xin Wang
Houston
Texas
Life is beautiful, but not always perfect. It can become challenging and difficult sometime. Dealing with life stress can be overwhelming, may cause feeling of being stuck/lost, or even leads to anxiety, depression, and relationship problems in your personal, family, or professional life. Seeking counseling is courageous and empowering way of positive coping. I believe therapy is a collaborativ...
I have experience working in both inpatient, outpatient and community based services with a variety of clients experiencing challenges including: alcoholism and drug addiction, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, domestic violence, grief/loss, trauma, marital issues, relationship issues, and parenting concerns etc. I utilize an eclectic approach tailoring the therapeutic process to the needs...
Cyndi Pulsinelli
San Diego
California
Cyndi Pulsinelli
San Diego
California
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