Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a form of psychotherapy that encourages people to accept painful thoughts, emotions, and situations instead of denying or avoiding them. ACT is built on the idea that agonizing or struggling over what you don’t like can make things worse. But if you can accept them as part of the human experience, then you can move on from it faster and focus on what truly matters—living a life guided by your values.

The main purpose of ACT is to help you develop psychol...