ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
Real-Life Experience – You’re exhausted from fighting your thoughts. You’ve done the “fix myself” loop, and it hasn’t worked. You want to move forward but the fear, shame, or grief keeps pulling you back.
There comes a point when trying to “fix yourself” starts to feel like just another trap. You’ve read the books, tried the hacks, repeated the affirmations but underneath it all, you’re still stuck. Not because you’re broken, but because life is heavy and complex and sometimes the pain doesn’t go away just because you really want it to. ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) doesn’t ask you to feel better before moving forward, it helps you move forward while making space for everything you’re carrying.
At IMH, we use ACT to help you untangle from the thoughts that hold you hostage – shame, fear, grief, self-doubt – and reconnect with what actually matters to you. This isn’t about getting rid of pain. It’s about learning how to be with it without letting it run your life. You’ll learn how to step back from the internal noise, reconnect with your values, and take meaningful action, even when it’s uncomfortable.
If you’re tired of trying to change how you feel and ready to change how you relate to what you feel, ACT is a powerful way through. You don’t have to wait until the pain is gone to start living. You just have to decide that showing up is more important than staying stuck. We’ll help you do the rest.
How to Know You Might Need This:
- You feel stuck even though you want to change
- You have intense inner conflict or identity struggles
- You’re tired of trying to “feel better” and just want to feel real
- You want your life to align with your values
Why It Helps
ACT helps you stop struggling against pain and start building a life with meaning. It doesn’t require perfection, just willingness. We help you untangle from unhelpful thoughts and move toward what actually matters to you.
ACT isn’t about getting rid of pain. It’s about learning how to carry it differently without letting it run your life. When you’ve spent years trying to control, avoid, or outthink your emotions, it makes sense that you’re exhausted. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps you stop fighting what you can’t change and start building a life that means something, even in the presence of fear, shame, or grief.
We use ACT to help you create space between you and the thoughts that hold you hostage. You don’t have to believe every thought your brain throws at you. You don’t have to feel “better” before you take action. You just need a clear sense of what matters to you and the willingness to move in that direction.
Ready to Start Living
Some days the fog lifts a little. Other days, it rolls right back in. But every small win: getting out of bed, showing up to therapy, taking your medications, setting a boundary, is action. It’s resistance. At IMH, we meet you in that space. We work with your nervous system, not against it. Whether it’s through TMS, trauma-informed therapy, psychiatric support, or a combination, we walk with you through the dark until your own sense of direction starts to come back online.
You don’t have to feel ready. You just have to be willing. Depression will tell you to shut down. We’ll help you do the opposite. We’ll help you participate in your life again, even if it starts with the smallest steps. This is how healing happens: not by fixing you, but by reminding you that you’re not beyond hope. You’re just getting started.
