ACT Coach

iOS: available in the App Store

Android: available in the Play Store

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) aims to help you live with unpleasant thoughts, feelings, and impulses without avoiding them or being controlled by them. In ACT, you are encouraged to commit to actions so that you can live your life by your values, even in the face of these unpleasant experiences. This app was developed for Veterans, Service members, and other people who are in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in consultation with a therapist. It offers exercises, tools, information, and tracking logs so you can practice what you’re learning in your daily life.

More details about this app can be found on the National Center for PTSD website.

National Center for PTSD’s one-page overview (PDF)

Introduction to the ACT Coach app (YouTube)

Hoffman, J.E., Walser, R., Wald, L.H., Kuhn, E., Greene, C., Ruzek, J.I., Sears, K., Oser, M., & Weingardt, K. (2014). ACT Coach (Version 1.3). [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://itunes.apple.com.

Questions or suggestions about this app? The National Center for PTSD can be reached by emailing MobileMentalHealth@va.gov.