Kirk Strosahl
He brought ACT into the doctor’s office.
Co-founder of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy who pioneered its brief, real-world delivery in primary-care settings.
techniques
In ACT, we view depression not as a problem to be solved but as a signal that life is out of balance.
Who they were
Kirk Strosahl is an American clinical psychologist and a co-founder of ACT with Steven Hayes and Kelly Wilson. He is known for translating ACT into frontline practice, pioneering the Primary Care Behavioral Health model and, with Patricia Robinson, the brief Focused ACT approach. His training has shaped integrated behavioral health in medical settings.
Terms they cared about
Ideas worth knowing
Their techniques
How the work was done
Their big idea
Acceptance & Commitment Theory
Suffering grows when we fight inner experience; flexibility comes from accepting it and acting on values.
The approach they founded
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Make room for hard inner experience instead of fighting it, then act on what you truly value.
Questions in their spirit
What they’d ask you
Sit with one. Answer online, or in the app.
Carry the idea forward
Strosahl — What they’d ask you
Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.