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.
