ACT — Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Helping kids and adults build a life around what matters—without getting stuck in fear

How It Helps

ACT helps clients relate differently to distressing thoughts, feelings, or bodily sensations—without letting them take over. Through mindfulness, values exploration, and gentle behavior change, we teach clients to focus on what matters most, even in the presence of anxiety, illness, or uncertainty.

Best for

Children (8+), teens, and parents, and adults struggling with:
Health anxiety, generalized anxiety, perfectionism, or OCD
Coping with chronic illness, identity issues, grief
Procedural anxiety or medical avoidance

In our practice

We use ACT to support children making sense of illness or pain, teens feeling stuck in worry loops, or families dealing with medical trauma. We also use ACT to support and augment OCD treatment, with an integrative ACT/ERP combined approach.