ACT Coach
ACT Coach for Providers
ACT Coach for Providers
ACT Coach is a mobile app developed for people in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to be used in conjunction with their therapist to bring ACT practice into daily life. The app includes education about the concept of mindfulness practice, strategies for integrating personal values into their daily lives, reminders of ACT philosophy and principles, and tools for tracking how they are doing in their therapy.
ACT incorporates mindfulness and acceptance strategies to help people cope with unpleasant emotions and symptoms. Clients are encouraged to move toward committed actions based on what they value, with a focus on the present experience.
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Introduction to the ACT Coach app
ACT Coach is a free and publicly available mobile app for people who are participating in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with a mental health provider.
How to Use ACT Coach
ACT Coach is based on information contained in the following publications: The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety, Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, Learning ACT, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Trauma-Related Problems. The convenient ACT Coach interface is designed to improve rates of patient participation in treatment and, as a result, improve treatment outcomes. This app is also intended to improve provider adherence to the published treatment protocol.
ACT Coach is not a self-help tool for patients, and it does not provide training in ACT for clinicians.
Privacy and Security
See our full Privacy Policy for Mobile Apps.
Any data created by the user of this app are only as secure as the phone/device itself. Use the security features on your device if you are concerned about the privacy of your information. Users are free to share data, but as the self-monitoring data belongs to each user, HIPAA concerns do not apply while the data are stored or shared. If the user were to transmit or share data with a health care provider, the provider must then comply with HIPAA rules.
Who created ACT Coach?
ACT Coach was created by VA's National Center for PTSD.
