Act Mindfully

The aims of ACT are to reduce psychological suffering and maximise human potential for a fulfilling and meaningful life. ACT (which is pronounced as the word ‘act’, not as the initials ‘A.C.T.’) does this by helping you to:

a) Develop new skills to handle difficult thoughts and feelings more effectively; learn how to take the power out of them, reduce their impact and influence.

b) Clarify and act on your values. (Values are your heart’s deepest desires for how you want to behave as a human being; how you want to treat yourself, others and the world around you. ACT teaches you to use your values to guide, inspire and motivate effective, life-enhancing action: to help you do what matters, face your fears, live meaningfully, tackle your problems, and change your life for the better.)

c) Focus your attention on what is important, and engage fully in whatever you are doing.

Mindfulness is a "hot topic" in Western psychology right now - increasingly recognised as a powerful therapeutic intervention for everything from work stress to depression - and also as an effective tool for increasing emotional intelligence. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a powerful mindfulness-based therapy (and coaching model) which currently leads the field in terms of research, application and results.