The ACT approach

Acceptance

  • Opening up to experiences
  • Leaning from mistakes, rather than beating yourself up over them
  • Treating emotions as wisdom
  • ​Experiencing yourself differently

Commitment

  • Taking an active stance on changing your life
  • Developing meaningful practices
  • Re-committing when you make mistakes
  • ​Tuning into what deeply matters in your life
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Therapy

  • Originally meaning "to heal" or "make whole"
  • A process of change, not a goal
  • Self-exploration
  • Collaboration
  • Meaning-making

Therapy for:
​Individuals
Adolescents
​Couples
​Families

In-person only

John Powell, owner of MBS

Individual therapy

  • Trauma
  • Chronic worry / anxiety & depression / ADHD
  • Perfectionism
  • Bipolar concerns
  • "Imposter Syndrome"
  • Self-image and self-worth
  • Feeling unfulfilled
  • Family issues
  • Dating and relationships
  • Important life decisions
  • LGBTQ+
  • and more...

Adolescents

  • Perfectionism
  • School stress
  • Family relationships
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Lack of motivation
  • and more...

Couples

  • Lack of intimacy
  • Constant arguing
  • Frustration
  • Dishonesty
  • Family issues
  • and more...
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Families & parents

  • Feeling distant from one another
  • Bickering
  • Difficulty communicating
  • Taking responsibility
  • Listening
  • and more...

About me




After I dropped out of college and my girlfriend broke up with me, at 18 I felt lost and without purpose. From this dark place I resolved to make meaning and find vitality in life. Since then, I opened my practice, became a yoga teacher, a writer, and an adventurer. I believe therapy is about growing beyond your limitations and finding new ways of meeting life, choosing openness, expansion, and freedom.
Read more about me

Ready for something different?
Schedule with MBS today:
[email protected]
802.391.9104

Two Locations

Melbourne, Florida
100 South Harbor City Boulevard
(In the JourneyPure building)
Melbourne, Florida 32901​
Burlington, Vermont
Online only​