Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Build psychological flexibility by accepting what you can’t control and taking action towards what matters most to you.

What Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Is

ACT helps you build a more flexible and compassionate relationship with your thoughts and emotions.

Rather than struggling to eliminate difficult feelings, ACT supports you in accepting what’s outside your control and taking meaningful action towards what matters most in your life.

Through mindfulness, values exploration, and practical skills, ACT teaches you how to notice unhelpful thoughts without being controlled by them — so you can respond with intention instead of avoidance.

The focus is on living a life that feels authentic and aligned with your values, even when challenges arise.

What ACT Can Help With

  • Anxiety and stress

  • Low mood and motivation

  • Perfectionism or self-criticism

  • Life transitions and uncertainty

  • Chronic pain or health anxiety

At Shire Therapies, our therapists use ACT to help you connect with what truly matters, supporting long-term wellbeing through acceptance, awareness, and purposeful change.

“Whatever you fight, you strengthen, and what you resist, persists.”

— Eckhart Tolle