The most useful therapy (to me)

Read this to learn more about it...

The mental health landscape is full of different therapeutic modalities and styles.

(Mostly) civil debates happen all the time about which one is better for which condition, what type of client, what type of issue.

Almost every professional will have their one ‘pet’ style.

I am no different, and I’d like to cut to the chase on my favorite style of therapy. It’s Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

(It’s pronounced ‘act’, not ‘A-C-T’, as clarified by Dr. Steven Hayes, one of ACT’s cofounders.)

Why is it so useful? Because to me, it is the most practical one that focuses on skills to lead a life-well-lived.

It takes on the principle that pain will always be present, but suffering does not have to be.

If you know The Subtle Art of Not Giving a **** by Mark Manson, he finds ACT to be one of the most useful tools he’s ever encountered.

I agree with him, and here’s why.

---

This email is for you if:

• You suffer from a variety of mental health conditions e.g. anxiety, trauma depression, OCD, not just one

• You want to learn how to live with the pain of life and yet go in the directions you care about

• You want to acquire a helpful self-help skill to improve your mental health

What’s in this email:

• The core principles of ACT

• Why it was so helpful in my mental health journey for my anxiety and OCD

• The most helpful analogy that reduced tons of my suffering

To access this email and all my previous writing, please consider becoming a paid subscriber!