Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in London and online across the UK

Helping you move through life with more openness, presence, and purpose.

An ACT based approach helps clients build emotional resilience without needing to fix or erase their past. It supports healing by honouring what is, while helping you reconnect with who you want to become.

What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)?

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a modern, evidence-based therapy that blends insights from Western psychology with practices rooted in Eastern philosophies—especially mindfulness and compassion-based approaches.

Rather than focusing on changing or suppressing difficult thoughts and emotions, ACT helps you build psychological flexibility—the ability to stay present with what’s painful and still choose to move toward what matters.

In ACT, you learn to gently turn toward discomfort rather than avoiding it. You begin to unhook from self-critical thoughts, reduce emotional avoidance, and connect to the deeper values that give your life meaning.

Who is ACT Therapy For?

ACT therapy may support you if you:

  • Struggle with anxiety, burnout, or emotional numbness

  • Feel stuck in perfectionism, people-pleasing, or fear of failure

  • Are navigating complex cultural or intergenerational expectations

  • Want to feel more connected to your own voice, boundaries, and purpose

  • Experience distressing thoughts or inner conflict you can’t “talk away”

  • Are tired of avoiding painful emotions and want to respond with greater compassion

For some clients, it can be especially healing to work with a therapist who understands the cultural weight of duty, silence, or shame—and can help you gently shift toward freedom and alignment.

A brief video explaining ACT.

What Happens in an ACT Therapy Session?

In ACT sessions, we don’t try to eliminate pain - we build your capacity to be with it, and still choose the life you want.

Here’s what that often includes:

  • Mindfulness practices to help you ground in the present moment

  • Defusion techniques to shift your relationship with unhelpful thoughts

  • Acceptance work to allow emotions without resistance or judgment

  • Values clarification to identify what truly matters to you

  • Committed action—taking steps that reflect your inner truth

ACT offers both practical tools and a spiritual depth, helping you move through emotional pain with presence, dignity, and intention.

ACT is more than a therapeutic technique- it’s a compassionate philosophy for living. Its foundation in Eastern mindfulness traditions resonates deeply with many of my South Asian clients, who are often more familiar with concepts like stillness, non-attachment, and inner witnessing than they realise.

Lets find the right support for you.

If you’re not sure where to start, book a free 15-minute consultation to talk through your needs. No pressure, no commitment — just a safe space to explore what might help.