Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with ThinkPsychology

For our 2nd Friday of the Month Session due to a cancelation we will be having a session that will act as an introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Quite a few ME/CFS and Long COVID services have ACT as an underlying model for the work they do.

This is an evidence based approach that can be used to enable people to live more in the present or just to find a new relationship and understanding of the pain, fatigue and other issues they may be experiencing. ACT is rooted in mindfulness practice.

There are many ways you can discover and bring ACT into your life including self led learning such as through books like “The Happiness Trap” which I am reading and enjoying so far.

The Friday session is suitable to all and everyone is welcome. It should give you a good foundation of ACT and see if it is something you want to explore more. We have received funding from Forever Manchester Autotrader fund, Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership Wellbeing fund and Greater Manchester Long Covid Support that we are using towards this cost. With that everyone is welcome particularly from Greater Manchester Long Covid Support.

After the introductory session there will be 8 group sessions for a workshop/course of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy run by ThinkPsychology. These will run every Wednesday at 5pm from 18th March.

There are about 12 places available for this which I expect will be roughly how many people are interested in the sessions. We ideally want people who expect to be able to attend all of the sessions to take a place. To reduce the chances of someone requesting a place, never turning up and taking a space from someone else who is keen we have included a non-refundable deposit of £5 paid through STRIPE.

8 sessions are long enough that people who are using ACT to be better connected with what their body wants, who experience some blockage or barrier to effective condition management might be able to make some progress in addressing it. It should give a good foundation in ACT and applying it to your life.

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We will prioritise people who have or will attend the introductory session and otherwise it will be largely first come first served. If there are any access requirements, questions or information you would like the facilitator to be aware of prior to starting the group sessions then please email Ben at Benwickens55@gmail.com

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If you want to wait and see if the sessions are for you then you can contact Ben to informally reserve a place.

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