My Practice: On ACT, and the Art of Noticing

When working with a clinician who practices ACT, the experience can feel a little different from what you might expect from therapy. You're not there to be fixed and your thoughts and feelings (even painful ones) aren't the enemy. We start with Values: who you are, what matters to you, and what kind of life you want to live. From there, we explore together the gap between those Values and your behaviors, especially the moments where difficult thoughts and feelings pull you away from your Values. Part of what we look at together is the ways we unconsciously avoid discomfort - and how that avoidance, over time, can quietly pull us further from the life we want.