Online ACT Therapy in English
You do not have to wait until you feel better
to take a step towards what matters.
I’m Pierpaolo Paparo, an accredited psychotherapist offering Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) online.
Together, we can work on responding differently to difficult thoughts and feelings, so you have more choice in how you live.
15 minutes to ask questions and see whether we’re a good fit.
No obligation to continue.
IAHIP-accredited · MA in Psychotherapy · €80 per 50-minute session
Online sessions for adults in the UK, Ireland and France.
Elsewhere in Europe? Get in touch about availability.
You may understand the pattern.
Changing it can still be hard.
You can know that you are overthinking and still spend hours caught in your thoughts. You can know what matters and still find yourself avoiding it.
In ACT, we work on what happens in those moments, and practise ways to respond with more choice.
Is ACT therapy the approach you’re looking for?
You may have read about ACT, tried some exercises or been encouraged to explore it.
You may recognise yourself in one or more of these patterns:
Caught in your thoughts
Replaying conversations, analysing decisions or trying to think your way out of every difficult feeling.
Driven by pressure
Pushing yourself to keep going while self-criticism, worry or the fear of getting things wrong sets the pace.
Putting life on hold
Waiting to feel calm, confident or certain before having a conversation or taking a step you care about.
Losing touch with what matters
Spending so much energy managing discomfort that relationships, interests or a sense of direction get less space.
We can use the introductory call to explore what you are looking for and whether my approach fits your needs.
How Acceptance and Commitment Therapy works
ACT helps you build psychological flexibility: the ability to notice what is happening inside you and choose a response that serves what matters to you.
Acceptance means making room for thoughts and feelings. It does not mean approving of harm, giving up on change or accepting an unhealthy situation.
Understand what keeps you stuck
We look at the situations, thoughts, feelings and responses that repeat, including strategies that bring short-term relief but create difficulties over time.
Clarify what matters to you
We explore the qualities you want to bring to your relationships, work and everyday life. Your values help give the work direction.
Practise a different response
We explore ways to step back from thoughts, reconnect with the present and make space for difficult feelings, without automatically acting on them.
Take useful steps in daily life
We turn that direction into manageable actions, practise between sessions where useful, and review what is changing. The pace is something we agree together.
We can use the introductory call to explore what you are looking for and whether my approach fits your needs.
Practical therapy,
grounded in real experience
I’m an integrative psychotherapist with an MA in Psychotherapy from Dublin Business School and accreditation with the Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (IAHIP).
ACT is central to how I work. I also draw on humanistic and relational approaches, paying attention to your history, relationships and the circumstances you are living in.
Before becoming a therapist, I worked in corporate finance. Having lived in Italy, Ireland and France, I also understand something of the pressure and uncertainty that can accompany major changes. Those experiences inform my work; your experience remains the focus.
You can expect a collaborative, thoughtful and practical approach. We make room to understand what is difficult, while keeping sight of what you want to change.
What happens next?
1
Introductory call
A 15-minute conversation to ask questions, explain what brings you here and explore whether working together feels right.
2
Find a useful direction
In the first therapy session, we explore what is happening, what you have already tried and what you would like to work towards.
3
Work Together
We agree a rhythm for sessions and review the work as we go. Online therapy sessions last 50 minutes and cost €80.
Sessions are in English. You will need a private place to talk and a reliable internet connection.
In-person sessions are also available in Paris 16th.
Start with an introductory call
You do not need to have everything figured out before reaching out.
These short introductory calls are a chance to talk briefly about what is happening, ask questions, and explore whether this approach feels like the right fit for you.
Many people I work with arrive feeling anxious, stuck, overloaded, or tired of repeating the same patterns. — it is simply to begin.
Confidential • No obligation • 15–20 minutes
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