Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • ACT 8-Week Course

    Experiential, psychoeducational, skills-based course which takes you through all the six ACT processes to build a good understanding of how you can make changes and choices to live a fuller, richer, more meaningful life.

  • ACT Individual Sessions

    Individual, tailored ACT sessions to suit your needs - whether you’re feeling stuck and aren’t quite sure why, or whether you’re feeling low or anxious and that’s holding you back - ACT can help you get unstuck, and live a richer, more meaningful life.

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If…

  • You feel like your thoughts, beliefs, emotions, or body sensations get in the way of being who you want to be, living the life you want to live, behaving the way you want to behave

  • You’re feeling somehow stuck in a rut, unclear on what's really important, how you want to spend your time, how you want to show up for life

Then…

ACT may be just what you need. It just depends on whether you want to do it together with others, supporting each other, creating the group together, breathing a sigh of relief that you’re not the only one - or you want a more individual setting, where it’s just you and me and you maybe have a bit more time to ask anything and go into a bit more detail.

There are pros and cons to both - if you’re not sure, I’m more than happy to talk it through with you. Just book a free consultation.

ACT 8-Week Course

Each session of this 8-week course focusses on an ACT process, and includes some psychoeducation and a lot of experiential practice and debrief on this.

The sessions build on each other - we start with clarifying values and committing to actions in line with these, before seeing what inevitably gets in the way. We then address this by learning to unhook from our thoughts, beliefs, and narratives about ourselves, others, the world; learning to relate more helpfully to our emotions; learning to understand our mental landscape differently, while cultivating mindfulness/present moment awareness throughout.

Curriculum

  • Session 1: Welcome and introduction to ACT

  • Session 2: What do you stand by? (Values)

  • Session 3: A look at behaviours (Committed action)

  • Session 4: What gets in the way? (Present moment awareness)

  • Session 5: How thoughts hook us and how to unhook (Defusion)

  • Session 6: Making room for emotions (Acceptance)

  • Session 7: The observing self (Self-as-context)

  • Session 8: Bringing it all together and moving forward

Logistics

  • The first thing you will need to do is complete a personal history questionnaire - to ensure I am aware of any particular difficulties. A follow-up call may be arranged, and if during this call there is a mutual decision that the course isn't for you at this time, a full refund or credit for any future courses will be offered.

  • 1 x 30 minutes pre-course orientation session

  • 8 x weekly 1.5-hour sessions

  • Home practice between sessions which will vary in duration, but will average ~15 minutes daily

Pricing

Your investment for the course is £320, to be paid in full when you book.

ACT Individual Sessions

Individual therapy sessions are very individualised and tailored to your particular needs and goals. Sometimes things just aren’t working well in people’s lives and they’re not sure why; other times people know quite well that it’s low mood or anxiety that’s keeping them stuck - whichever one you are, I and ACT can help.

I mostly specialise in working with common mental health difficulties such as stress, depression, and various anxiety disorders - as well as with people experiencing a general sense of “stuck-ness” or lack of fulfilment they can’t place their finger on.

Pricing:

  • Individual session: £120

Logistics

  • You can get started by booking either:

    • A free 15-minute call if you’re not sure ACT is for you, or

    • An initial appointment - during which we’ll discuss what is bringing you to therapy now, and what you’re hoping to get out of these sessions

  • Each session:

    • Is 50 minutes long

    • Takes place on Zoom

    • Takes place on the same day/time each week - so please pick an initial appointment slot that works for you on an ongoing basis

  • I usually suggest committing to six sessions to start with - but only after one or two initial sessions, to make sure the “fit” is right and you feel comfortable to continue

    • After this, we review and agree where to go next - ACT is goal-oriented and a therapy episode is usually completed in 3-6 months, but some people carry on for longer

Let’s work together

Any questions?