Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Elizabeth Forman specializes in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She utilizes the ACT model to help you create a new, flexible relationship with your thoughts, emotions, and memories.

ACT is a mindfulness-based therapy that encourages your psychological flexibility. It helps you to accept what can’t be changed and commit to action where change is possible.

ACT challenges that pain, stress, and negative thoughts or emotions are inherently bad and should be avoided. It proposes that trying to avoid or control distressing experiences can actually lead to more pain, stress, and negativity. It helps show that acceptance, rather than control, can lead to committed change.

ACT has proven to be helpful in the treatment of:

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Addiction

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

  • Chronic Diseases

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques include:

  1. Clarifying your Values - What is most important to you? How do you want to live your life?

  2. Identifying your Triggers - Identify the thoughts/feelings/circumstances that make it hard for you to make values-based decisions.

  3. Observing - Observe your triggers and thoughts as opposed to judging yourself for them or immediately going into problem-solving mode.

  4. Practicing Mindfulness - Practice being in the present moment.

  5. Remembering to have Self-Compassion - Behaviors won’t change overnight so give yourself some grace when you make mistakes.

To find out more or to schedule an appointment, call or text us at (276) 200-4521 or email us at support@wellmindliving.com!