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ACT is based on the concept that psychological suffering arises from our attempts to avoid or control unpleasant thoughts, feelings, and experiences and offers a unique approach to helping individuals develop psychological flexibility and lead a more meaningful life. If you are seeking a therapeutic approach that will help you overcome perpetual avoidance behaviours and live life more in accordance with your beliefs and values, ACT may be a productive fit.

Our Team Members Providing This Service

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Registered Provisional Psychologist Calgary
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Registered Psychologist Calgary
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What Is ACT Therapy?

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a psychological intervention developed in the late 1980s by Steven Hayes. It is grounded in the belief that while the natural human tendency to avoid pain and seek pleasure may be helpful in some situations, it can also lead to inflexibility as well as psychological and emotional suffering when we are faced with the inevitable challenges and discomforts of life.
The core processes of ACT can be summarized using the acronym ACT:

Accept Your Inner Experiences
Make room for your unwanted thoughts and difficult emotions or sensations. Instead of trying to control or eliminate them, learn to acknowledge their presence and coexist with them.
Choose Your Values
Clarify your values and use them as a guide for decision-making and behaviour.
Take Committed Action
Engage in purposeful behaviours even in the presence of past or anticipated anxiety or other emotional challenges. Use specific techniques to achieve goals and create a rich and fulfilling life.

Techniques and approaches used in ACT may include mindfulness, cognitive defusion, acceptance, and committed action.

Benefits of ACT Therapy

ACT can help clients foster psychological flexibility, clarify their values, and lead a more meaningful life. It may be particularly helpful for individuals who frequently struggle with a reactive stance to their unwanted thoughts and feelings or are seeking to find deeper meaning in life but feel held back by their own psychological patterns.

Conditions Treated

ACT is supported by the American Psychological Association for the treatment of:

  • Depression
  • Mixed anxiety disorders
  • Psychosis
  • Chronic pain
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

It may also be effective in treating many other mental health conditions.

Our Approach

At One Life, we believe that ACT can be an effective approach in helping clients grow and develop as individuals and meet their desired goals. For more information about ACT or to make an appointment at One Life Counselling & Coaching, contact our team directly.

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Ready to make a change in your life? At One Life Counselling & Coaching, we make therapy and counselling services approachable. We offer ACT to help you learn skills that empower you to cope with tough situations and change your behaviours.

Change starts with you. Change starts today. If you’re ready to challenge negative thinking and behaviours, we can help. 

At our office, we’re open 7 days a week, including weekends and evenings. With no waitlists, we’re ready to get started when you are. To book your first ACT appointment, contact One Life Counselling & Coaching today!
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Rates and Insurance

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Individual Sessions

(60 minutes)
$220 + GST
Per Session
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Couples Sessions
(Recommended first 4-6 sessions)

(90 minutes)
$330 + GST
Per Session
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Maintenance Couples Counselling
Follow-up or Maintenance

(60 minutes)
$220 + GST
Per Session
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Coaching

(60 minutes)
$220 + GST
Per Session

If being able to use your insurance benefits is an important factor in your selection, our team would be happy to recommend one of our therapists who's services are covered by most insurance plans. Please be sure to confirm in advance if insurance coverage is preferred.

Our standard fees are aligned with the recommended fee schedule from the Psychologist’s Association of Alberta. However, we offer the added value of 60-minute sessions in contrast to the recommended 50-minute session for this fee.

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