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.
Deciding to go to therapy can be a tough and vulnerable process. My goal as a therapist is to make each individual feel as safe and supported as possible with high levels of empathy and genuineness. Throughout the therapy process, I value the importance of improving relationships, managing stress, and increasing the ability to identify and regulate emotions. I have experience in the inpatient a...
Welcome and congratulations on choosing to embark on a different journey!! I have spent 25 yrs getting to know people of all ages: 6 - 80 years young. I find my passion lies with ages 17 and older. There seems to be a common struggle with finding a sense of meaning and purpose, or the loss of such, while juggling the demands of school, career, relationships and society. The more we lose ourselv...
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Welcome! Thank you for viewing my profile. I am available to guide you through situations including relationship problems, grief, personal or professional transitions including major life challenges, such as divorce, and managing mental health conditions like depression and anxiety. I have spent years assisting people develop healthier lives. I offer a therapeutic environment of professionalism...
I am experienced in offering client centered therapy for a variety of issues including anger management, depression, anxiety, and PTSD and trauma. I am certified in EMDR and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Therapy is not about “fixing” you, but about helping you to understand and accept yourself, to work with the tools you have while also trying to adapt your worldview in a way that will benefit ...
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