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.