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.
I specialize in Depression, Anxiety, Grief, Stress reduction, and issues as they relate to the LGBTQ community. I pride myself on not being judgemental. I understand that each person is unique and needs to be treated as such. I also practice Reiki healing and teach mindful meditation using everyday activities....
COVID-19 Update: I specialize in online video-based therapy which is covered by most insurance and allows you to be seen from your home and/or other private spaces. Through this modality, I provide evidence-based treatments for anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and relationship issues. I also specialize in LGBTQ+ health, identity exploration, and issues related to minority...
I believe that counseling is a collaborative process between the client and counselor and that the client is the expert of their own life. I believe in the power of genuineness, acceptance, and empathetic understanding. It is my goal to foster a safe and non-judgmental space to facilitate growth and allow you to process through your experiences. At the same time, I think that being challenged c...
*Currently not accepting client's under the age of 18. Welcome to my profile! I have been working with teens and adults for over 6 years. I believe that therapy can have its best results when there is a genuine relationship between the client and therapist, this is why my first goal in treatment will always be to build a strong relationship with you. From there, we will develop a plan guided by...
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Johanna is the founder of Memory Farm a farm-based adult day center for those living with Alzheimer's and related diseases. Compassion and creativity are at the heart of Johanna's practice. At the farm, her clients engage in purpose fulfilling activities such as gardening and animal therapy. Johanna takes this same approach to her counseling clients. Johanna believes that every person's journe...
Bowling Green State University's Psychological Services Center (PSC) offers a broad range of mental health services to the NW Ohio community. Our staff of approximately 40 doctoral students in Clinical Psychology work under the close supervision of licensed psychologists who are BGSU faculty or adjunct faculty. Services are offered to individuals, couples, and families. The PSC embraces diversi...
At times, life can feel overwhelming, but you don't have to bear the burden alone. I have 22 years in the behavioral health field as an executive, teacher, consultant and dually-licensed clinician helping people move beyond their burdens to get on with their lives. I have been providing clinical services since 2005, and I'm a member of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science along wit...
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Actions are meaningful when inspired by values. If trauma, anxiety, depression, or addiction is troubling you, I would like to assist you in overcoming these issues and identify the life that you would rather have, if these things were not in the way. You deserve to be doing and achieving the things that are important to you. I take a holistic approach to counseling, believing you are already...
Healing happens when we have something larger than ourselves to grow towards. I believe that the quality of our connection to ourselves, our loved ones, and our community is essential to our well being. All too often, because of past traumatic experiences, unfortunate events, or simply because of an inability to communicate, we become disconnected from those points of contact. In my approach to...
I have always loved people’s stories. Loved reading about them in books, loved watching them in movies, loved being a part of people’s stories. In college, I realized that I didn’t want to simply watch people’s stories from a distanced vantage point, I wanted to enter into their stories. I wanted to sit with people in their hardships and help support them as they face the specific challenges li...
***Please submit all appointment requests through FrameworkPsych.com*** Dr. Leal is a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio as well as The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She specializes in helping individuals navigate through periods of high stress in their life. At her core Dr. Leal believes that every single person on Earth is truly capable of change. By using cogniti...
As a holistic therapist and yoga teacher, I help my clients to feel free and at peace in their own skin. I specialize in working with trauma survivors through the process of healing and recovery, as well as working with issues related to identity, attachment (i.e. feeling insecure or avoidant in relationships), stress, anxiety, and self-esteem. My approach emphasizes mind/body/spirit holism and...
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