Mindfulness in Action: Acceptance & Commitment Training (ACT)

In Person | 5 week course

Led by Miia Dhinita Chambers

Wednesdays 7pm to 9pm | Session dates: 6, 13, 20 May (No Session on 27 May), 3, 10 June

Costs: £195 [£150 Concession]
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What is Acceptance & Commitment Training (ACT) ?

What if you could handle difficult thoughts and emotions without being pushed around by them?
What if you could stay grounded, present, and move toward what truly matters — even when life feels overwhelming?

Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) is a powerful, evidence-based approach that helps you build psychological flexibility — the ability to respond to life with awareness, openness, and purpose rather than reacting on autopilot.

This 5-week course offers an introduction to these practical and life-enhancing skills to help you relate differently to stress, self-doubt, anxiety, and emotional pain — so you can focus your energy on living a rich and meaningful life.

Is This Course for You?

This course is for you if you want to:

• Deepen your self-awareness and better understand your patterns

• Respond to challenges with greater flexibility and resilience

• Reduce the struggle with difficult thoughts and emotions

• Clarify what truly matters to you

• Take meaningful steps in the direction of your values

Whether you're navigating stress, anxiety, low mood, life transitions, or simply seeking personal growth, ACT provides tools you can begin using immediately. Please note, the course has therapeutic benefits, but is not a form of group therapy.

Why ACT?

Research shows that ACT can support people experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, chronic pain, and stress. Beyond symptom relief, many participants report:

• Greater emotional resilience

• Improved self-understanding

• Increased clarity about values and purpose

• More confidence taking action, even when discomfort is present

ACT doesn’t aim to eliminate uncomfortable feelings — it helps you change your relationship with them, so they no longer run your life.

What You’ll Learn: The Six Core ACT Skills

ACT is built around six interconnected processes that strengthen psychological flexibility:

1. Acceptance
Learn how to make space for difficult emotions instead of fighting or avoiding them.

2. Cognitive Defusion
Develop the ability to step back from unhelpful thoughts and see them for what they are — passing mental events, not facts.

3. Present-Moment Awareness
Cultivate mindful attention to what’s happening here and now, increasing clarity and calm.

4. Self-as-Context
Discover a steadier sense of self — the part of you that can observe experiences without being defined by them.

5. Values
Clarify what truly matters to you and what kind of person you want to be.

6. Committed Action
Take meaningful, values-guided steps forward — even when it feels uncomfortable.

A Supportive and Experiential Learning Environment

This course is practical, interactive, and grounded in real-life application. Each session includes:

• Experiential exercises

• Guided mindfulness practices

• Reflection (individual and optional shared discussion)

• Metaphors and practical tools you can apply immediately

You’ll be encouraged to participate in ways that feel right for you. The atmosphere is warm, supportive, and respectful — with an emphasis on patience, curiosity, and self-compassion.

By the End of the 5 Weeks, You Can Expect To:

• Start to relate to difficult thoughts and emotions more skilfully

• Feel clearer about your values and direction

• Develop practical tools for everyday challenges

• Take purposeful initial steps toward the life you want to live

Life will always include challenges. ACT helps you meet them with flexibility, courage, and intention.

Course Facilitator:
Dhinita (Miia Chambers) is a Trainer and Supervisor in MBSR (Bangor University), MBCT (Oxford University) , ACT (City St George’s, University of London), MSC, CFT, & Radical Self Care programmes.

Dhinita has worked for and with Mind mental health charity for more than a decade, and currently works with a range of organisations as a trainer, coach and supervisor.

Previously co-chair of the British Association of Mindfulness Based Approaches, and Chair of City and Hackney LGBTQ+ Special Interest Group. As an accomplished mental health practitioner, she has extensive experience of working with individuals and groups using Mindfulness approaches, as well as developing impactful, evidence-based training and interventions.