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Specialisation · Certificate Course

You can't always change the thought. You can change your grip on it.

ACT doesn't fight what the mind throws up. It teaches a client to hold it lightly and move toward what matters anyway. This course trains you to guide that, not just describe it.

try it before you buy anything

Defusion, in one move

ACT's signature skill is defusion: loosening the grip of a thought without arguing with it. Watch what six words do to the same sentence.

"I'm not good enough to be a therapist."
Same thought. Now hold it, don't be held by it.
defused

"I'm noticing the thought that I'm not good enough to be a therapist."

Same words. But now there's a person, and a thought they're observing, instead of a person who is the thought. That gap is where all the freedom lives.

in the Practice Room you do this with a client who's completely fused to their story.

why ACT is different
Other models try to fix the thought. ACT changes your relationship to it.

You will meet clients whose painful thoughts are simply true-feeling and won't argue away. Trying to dispute them harder makes it worse.

ACT gives you somewhere else to stand: acceptance, defusion, values, action. But none of it works from a slide. You have to be able to run it, live, when a client is hurting.

the part that closes the gap

Practise on a client before a client

Inside this course you get an ACT client simulator, an endless, AI-generated person fused to a painful story. You run it: defuse, open up acceptance, find the value underneath, point them at action.

It scores your micro-skills, ranks you up, and lets you fail safely. By your first real client, the moves are muscle memory.

🔒 part of the course · for enrolled students

Want to feel it first? The free general Practice Room is open in the Commons. try it free ›

ACT Practice Room · simulated client
"There's no point even trying. I always ruin the things I care about."
Your move: defuse the story, then find the value hiding inside "things I care about".
defusion +7values work +6rank trainee III
what you'll be able to do

Not topics. Abilities.

first the stance, then the flexibility.

PART I · THE STANCE

Hold thoughts differently

  • Explain ACT and the research behind why it works
  • Help a client unhook from a thought through defusion
  • Guide acceptance and self-as-context, not avoidance
  • Run a metaphor or mindfulness exercise live in session
PART II · THE FLEXIBILITY

Move toward what matters

  • Walk a client through the six processes of psychological flexibility
  • Turn vague wishes into clarified values and committed action
  • Hold present-moment awareness when a session gets heavy
  • Understand functional contextualism and RFT, so you know why it works
two honest ways to train

Pick how far you want to go

self-paced certificate · always open

Learn and practise on your time

₹1,499 / one payment, lifetime
recorded, and clearly says so.
  • Every module, lifetime access
  • The ACT Practice Room, tuned to this course
  • Workbook, metaphors and exercises
  • A graded final assessment, not just attendance
  • A verifiable certificate
start self-paced
live cohort · quarterly · limited seats

Train live, with supervision

₹3,999 / next batch starts 11 August 2026
live: Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00 to 7:00 pm
the full three-phase training.
small, curated batches so role-plays and feedback actually work
  • Everything in self-paced
  • Live practical classes, no lectures
  • Experiential exercises, demonstrations, case work
  • Supervised casework with trainer feedback
  • Two certificates: the course one plus a Supervised Practice Certificate
  • Priority toward listing as a Souled therapist
join the next cohort
no wrong first step

Start self-paced, upgrade to live anytime

Begin today, and when a cohort suits you, move up by paying only the difference. Never pay twice.

+ ₹2,500to upgrade, that's it
inside the live cohort

What the live classes cover

practical, not theoretical, this is where you apply it with the faculty.

  • ACT case formulation, conceptualising client issues
  • Therapy demonstrations, watch expert sessions
  • Guided supervision & peer learning with structured feedback
  • Live Q&A to clear doubts from the self-paced modules
  • Mock therapy sessions, role-playing ACT skills
how you earn it

A certificate you earn, not collect

attendance isn't enough, you pass to earn it, and the ID is verifiable.

SELF-PACED

Assessed, then certified

  • Finish every module at your own pace
  • Practise in the ACT Practice Room
  • Pass a graded final assessment: a quiz plus a short written case formulation
  • Get a verifiable certificate, checkable on the verifier
LIVE COHORT

Assessed on real competence

  • Everything in the self-paced track
  • Supervised casework with trainer feedback
  • A case conceptualisation and treatment plan
  • A final competency assessment you have to pass
  • Finish with two verifiable certificates, the course certificate plus a Supervised Practice Certificate
who teaches it

Practising psychologists, named

Somdutta Ghosh
ACT Practitioner & Psycho-oncologist
Spreeha Bezbaruah
Counselling Psychologist, Mumbai
Shivika Chadha
Counselling Psychologist, Gurugram
before you ask

Fair questions

Is self-paced just recorded videos?

No. Recorded modules plus the ACT Practice Room, a workbook of exercises and metaphors, and a graded assessment for the certificate. You learn it and you practise it. There's just no live class in this tier, and we say so.

When does the live cohort run?

Quarterly, in small curated batches with limited seats. If a batch doesn't suit you, start self-paced now and upgrade into the next one.

Do I need to know CBT first?

No. ACT stands on its own, and beginners are welcome. It builds from the model up.

Does this let me practise as a therapist?

It builds the skill, not the licence. A Master's is still required to practise professionally in India. This counts toward listing once you qualify.

ready when you are

Stop explaining ACT. Run it.

Start self-paced today, or join the next live cohort. Same faculty, same skill, your pace.

choose how you train ›