Acceptance & Commitment Therapy | in Vancouver

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Accept your experiences and take action toward your values.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps you acknowledge your thoughts and feelings with compassion rather than resistance. Through mindfulness and values-based actions, ACT supports growth, resilience, and living with greater intention. At SAO Therapy, our therapists use ACT to help with ADHD and other challenges, offering a supportive space to build skills for a more balanced and meaningful life.

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ACT vs. CBT

CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. ACT, on the other hand, emphasizes accepting thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that align with your values. Both approaches support growth, but ACT leans into mindfulness and acceptance, while CBT leans into restructuring thought patterns.

How can ACT help manage ADHD symptoms?

ACT can help you manage ADHD by building mindfulness, easing frustration with difficult thoughts, and guiding you toward actions that reflect your values. It creates space for self-acceptance while strengthening focus, flexibility, and confidence in daily life.

How else is ACT helpful?

Beyond ADHD, ACT can support anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions by helping you accept difficult feelings, stay present, and take steps that align with your values. It encourages resilience, self-compassion, and meaningful change across many areas of life.

What's the difference between values and goals?

Values are the guiding directions for how you want to live, while goals are the concrete steps you take to move in that direction.

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Offering mental health services through Telehealth across British Columbia.

In-person appointments are available in Vancouver, Yaletown.

Second location: 201-2780 Granville Street.

Currently accepting pre-teen, adolescent, and adult clients. Book Now!

Sao Therapy

300-1090 Homer Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 2W9, Canada

672.377.8789 ksao.therapy@gmail.com

Office Hours

Mon	10:00 a.m. – 07:00 p.m.
Tue	10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.
Wed	03:00 p.m. – 06:00 p.m.
Thu	10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.
Fri	10:00 a.m. – 07:00 p.m.
Sat	10:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.
Sun	Closed