Navigating Challenge using ACT
This session is part of the psychosocial resources for personal wellbeing and professional competence series and looks at how change is inevitable—but how we meet it can shape our wellbeing, confidence, and sense of agency.
Description
This training offers a practical, psychologically informed space to explore how we respond to uncertainty, and how we can build resilience in the face of shifting roles, systems and expectations.
Designed for staff navigating organisational change, transitions, or personal upheaval, the session blends therapeutic insight with workplace relevance. Drawing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), participants will explore tools for grounding, values-led decision-making, and emotional regulation.
This session will be delivered online.
Intended outcomes and benefits of attending
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a form of psychotherapy that helps people:
- Accept difficult thoughts and feelings instead of fighting them
- Commit to actions that align with their personal values
- Build psychological flexibility, meaning the ability to stay present and act meaningfully even when life gets tough
It uses tools like mindfulness, cognitive defusion (stepping back from thoughts), and values-based decision-making to help people live fuller, more meaningful lives—even with emotional pain.
Tutors
- Freyja Douglas-McTurk, a BACP-accredited counsellor and trainer in Workplace Counselling at the University of Leeds.
Booking your place:
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You can also view upcoming dates of all the Psychosocial Resource suite of workshops or register your interest if there are no available dates.
For more information about this session please email [email protected]