Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps you stop fighting painful thoughts and feelings and instead build a life guided by your values. It’s a flexible, evidence-based approach we use at Therapy Utah.
How ACT Works
Rather than trying to eliminate every difficult emotion, ACT teaches psychological flexibility — noticing thoughts without being controlled by them, accepting what you can’t change, and taking committed action toward what matters most.
What ACT Helps With
ACT has strong research support for anxiety, depression, chronic stress, OCD, and compulsive behaviors, including problematic sexual behavior — a randomized trial conducted in Utah found ACT produced large, lasting results for pornography use.
ACT at Therapy Utah
Several of our therapists are trained in ACT and tailor it to your goals.
Ready to stop struggling and start living by your values?
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