The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Australia (ACTAUS) website is devoted to providing Australian
practitioners with a free and reliable source of information about ACCEPTANCE and COMMITMENT THERAPY and its practice
in Australia.
We are dedicated to building a community of ACT practitioners in Australia and assisting them
in their ongoing professional development and networking.
WHAT IS ACT?
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence based model of behavioural treatment that emphasises
acceptance of internal experience while maintaining a focus on positive behaviour change and psychological flexibility. This
approach is designed to address maladaptive avoidance of internal experiences associated with many problems in functioning
while also focusing on making and keeping commitments.
ACT uses a variety of verbal, experiential and homework techniques to help patients make experiential
contact with previously avoided private events (thoughts, feelings, sensations), without excessive verbal involvement and
control – and to make powerful life enhancing choices.
