Live by Your Values with ACT Values-Based Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps you develop mindfulness skills, accept difficult emotions, and take meaningful action guided by your values—leading to greater resilience and life satisfaction.
What Is ACT Values-Based Living and How Does It Help?
ACT focuses on six core processes: acceptance, cognitive defusion, mindfulness, self-as-context, values, and committed action. This approach helps you reduce the impact of difficult thoughts and emotions while pursuing what truly matters to you.
Key Benefits
Reduces Struggle with Difficult Emotions
Learn to accept emotions without letting them control your actions.
Increases Mindfulness
Develop present-moment awareness to respond more intentionally to challenges.
Clarifies Core Values
Identify what matters most and use it as a compass for decision-making.
Encourages Committed Action
Take consistent steps toward your goals, even in the presence of discomfort.
Treatment Goals
Acceptance
Develop willingness to experience difficult emotions without avoidance.
Cognitive Defusion
Learn to see thoughts as mental events rather than absolute truths.
Values Clarification
Identify and prioritize your deeply held values.
Committed Action
Build habits and take steps aligned with your values for a more meaningful life.
What Is ACT Values-Based Living and How Does It Help?
ACT values-based therapy teaches clients how to accept distressing internal experiences while living in alignment with personal values. Instead of avoiding or fighting emotions, ACT guides people to take action toward meaningful goals—despite discomfort.
Initial Assessment and Values Clarification
We explore what the client values most in life—relationships, health, growth, integrity—and begin mapping therapy around those priorities.
Mindfulness and Present Moment Awareness
ACT strengthens non-judgmental awareness of thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations to foster insight and calm reactivity.
Cognitive Defusion Training
Clients practice unhooking from thoughts using techniques like “naming the story” or visual metaphors to reduce their power.
Emotional Acceptance Skills
Clients learn to sit with discomfort without escape behaviors like avoidance, withdrawal, or control.
Committed Values-Based Action
Each session integrates goal setting and real-life action steps aligned with personal values—creating movement despite emotional discomfort.
Values Clarification Worksheet
Clients identify and define core values using structured prompts across different life areas.
Committed Action Tracker
Weekly log for tracking values-aligned behaviors and identifying roadblocks.
Defusion Practice Log
A place to document intrusive thoughts and practice defusion strategies.
Mindful Living Journal
Clients track awareness of present experiences and intentional responses throughout the week.
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