Individual therapy

Individual therapy

As a culture, we seem to be dedicated to the idea that ‘negative’ human emotions need to be fixed, managed or changed – not experienced as part of a lifetime. We treat our own lives as problems to be solved, as if we can sort through our experiences for the ones we like and throw out the rest.

Acceptance, Mindfulness and Values are important psychological tools needed for the transformative shift.

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is an action-oriented approach to psychotherapy that stems from traditional behavior therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. Clients learn to stop avoiding, denying and struggling with their inner feelings and instead accept that these deeper emotions are appropriate reactions to certain situations that should not prevent them from moving forward in their lives. With this understanding, clients begin to accept their difficulties and commit to making necessary changes in their behavior, regardless of what is going on in their lives and how they feel about it.