Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

The goal is to help you live a rich, meaningful life by accepting what is outside your control and committing to actions that are in line with their values. By using these principles, ACT encourages you to stop fighting with your internal experiences and instead focus on living a value-driven life. I am your guide, helping you to navigate this process with compassion and support.

I support clients to identify their values and take steps towards aligning their lives accordingly.

ACT is a type of psychotherapy that helps people improve their psychological flexibility and adapt to challenges in life.

ACT aims to develop and expand psychological flexibility. Psychological flexibility encompasses emotional openness and the ability to adapt your thoughts and behaviors to better align with your values and goals.

I’m trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which helps individuals accept difficult emotions and commit to actions aligned with their values. ACT focuses on increasing psychological flexibility by teaching mindfulness and self-compassion, while encouraging clients to pursue meaningful goals despite challenges. It’s effective for managing stress, anxiety, and depression, fostering a more fulfilling and value-driven life.

Mindfulness, an important part of self-acceptance, is a beautiful approach to giving yourself grace surrounding your challenges. It takes the "pressure" off of trying to be "perfect" and allows you to just live "as is" and adjust as you feel comfortable. My clients have found that this approach is calming and affirming for their lives. ACT allows a person to understand and observe that stressors come into one's life, but instead of resisting, learn to manage their state of being.

I have attended trainings and utilize skills from this approach regularly.

As a practitioner of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), I help clients embrace their thoughts and feelings instead of fighting them. This mindfulness-based approach increases psychological flexibility, enabling individuals to accept their experiences while committing to actions aligned with their values. By fostering self-compassion and resilience, I guide clients toward a more meaningful life, creating a safe space for exploration and empowering them to live authentically.

During my internship at Michigan State University’s Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS), I was referred clients that would benefit from Acceptance Commitment Therapy for both individual and group therapy. I also took an elective focused on emotional resilience and psychological flexibility. Additionally, my co-facilitator and I referenced the hexaflex and worked with clients on defusion as well as meditation.

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is an approach that helps clients learn to stop avoiding, denying, and struggling with their inner emotions and, instead, accept that these deeper feelings are appropriate responses to certain situations that should not prevent them from moving forward in their lives. This can help clients begin to accept their hardships and commit to making changes in their behavior, regardless of what is going on in their lives and how they feel about it.

My expertise in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) stems from extensive training and practical experience. I have honed my ability to help clients cultivate psychological flexibility, manage challenging emotions, and align their actions with their core values. By integrating ACT principles with other modalities, I can tailor treatments to meet each client's specific needs, enhancing their therapeutic journey and overall well-being.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is the cornerstone of my work. The goal under our work is to increase psychological flexibility. By connecting clients with their values, they feel empowered to behave and decide in ways that are affirming for them, work on being adaptive and open when unwanted moments naturally arise, and work to increase healthy ways of responding to life's many changes and demands.

ACT is a specialized form of psychotherapy that emphasizes psychological flexibility and mindfulness. It helps individuals accept their thoughts and feelings rather than trying to change or control them. ACT encourages clients to commit to values-based actions, fostering a richer, more meaningful life. By using techniques like cognitive defusion, acceptance, and mindfulness, ACT empowers individuals to confront their inner struggles, reduce avoidance behaviors, and enhance overall well-being.