Within Reach Workshops is here to help

The life you want is closer than you think

Within Reach Workshops is a a transformative platform offering focused, interactive workshops and self-paced online courses designed to empower you with practical tools for lasting change. At Within Reach Workshops, our courses teach a proven framework rooted in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a powerful approach developed to help you navigate life’s challenges with resilience and purpose. Whether you’re facing anxiety, depression, grief, or overwhelming life events, our workshops and courses are designed to change the way you relate to discomfort and empower you to build the life you truly want.



Two Ways to Learn, One Powerful Outcome

Live and interactive or self-paced and flexible

Is Within Reach Workshops for you?

The framework we offer is universal and can be personalized to meet your unique needs, no matter what challenges you’re facing. Whether you’re dealing with anxiety, stress, depression, grief, relationship struggles, or any other life obstacle, the tools we teach have been proven effective in helping people build resilience and create lasting change. If any of the following sound familiar, you could benefit from a Within Reach Workshop:

  • Do you feel overwhelmed by stress—or stressed about being stressed?
  • Are you exhausted, physically or mentally, or find it hard to recharge?
  • Are you caught in cycles of worry about the past or future?
  • Do you often feel insecure, doubtful, or lacking in confidence to pursue your goals?
  • Do you find yourself stuck in old patterns, feeling hopeless about making lasting changes?


Within Reach Workshops are designed to help you break free from these patterns and start living the life you want.

A roadmap for living fully

In our foundational workshop or course, you’ll develop a different relationship with your thoughts and emotions—one that involves less struggle—and gain clear, actionable steps to create meaningful change in your life.   Our live workshop and new online course are organized into six transformative steps:    

  1. Introduction to the Roadmap: We begin by identifying the obstacles standing between you and the life you desire. You’ll explore what truly matters to you and envision the life you want to live. With this clarity, we’ll help you craft a personalized roadmap that captures both your dreams and the challenges ahead, serving as a guide throughout your journey.   
  2.  Contacting the Present Moment:  Living in the present moment is essential for making meaningful progress. You’ll learn practical techniques to help you focus your attention on the here and now, making it easier to move toward what truly matters.    
  3. Acceptance of Thoughts and Feelings: You’ll discover a new way to open up to your inner experience, reducing internal struggle and allowing for greater emotional acceptance.    
  4. Unhooking from Thoughts and Feelings: You will learn how to “unhook” from overwhelming thoughts and feelings, enabling you to redirect your focus toward what really matters to you.
  5. If I am not my thoughts and feelings, who am I?: We’ll guide you through a process of self-reflection to help you uncover what is truly meaningful in your life.    
  6. Walk the Talk: Together, we’ll help you set meaningful, achievable goals tailored to your unique vision of the life you want. You’ll also learn effective strategies and techniques to stay on track and make consistent progress.

Meet Your Guides

Dr. Lori Eisner and Dr. Heather Kapson

Dr. Lori Eisner and Dr. Heather Kapson, clinical psychologists with over 15 years of experience and specialized training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), created Within Reach Workshops to make evidence-based mental health tools accessible and affordable outside of traditional therapy. With backgrounds in cognitive behavioral therapy and extensive clinical work at Massachusetts General Hospital, including programs for bipolar disorder and veterans, we bring deep expertise and real-world insight into the struggles people face. Our newest offering, a self-paced online foundations course, is designed to help you build meaningful change, grounded in the same effective methods we use in our live workshops and every day clinical practice.

FAQs

What to know before you enroll

  • Does this replace seeing a therapist?

    Within Reach offers a practical, focused, and evidence-based way to create meaningful change through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Our interactive workshops and self-paced online course provide accessible, affordable mental health tools—no prior therapy experience needed. Whether you're new to these concepts or looking to deepen your skills, the course is beginner-friendly and thoughtfully structured to build your understanding step by step. While our program delivers valuable strategies for improving mental health, it is not a substitute for individual or group therapy, which can offer deeper support and personalized guidance. We've designed Within Reach to meet the real-world challenges of time, cost, and access—so that effective help is always within reach.

  • What do I get and what does it cost?

    Our live workshop is just $300—less than the cost of a single therapy session—yet it includes six 1-hour live sessions with expert facilitators, interactive worksheets to personalize your learning, and downloadable audio files to support ongoing practice. You’ll gain real skills we use with clients in early therapy sessions—at a fraction of the cost. Prefer to go at your own pace? Our self-paced online course is $250 and gives you access to the same high-quality content through engaging educational videos, knowledge checks to reinforce learning, customizable worksheets, and audio exercises you can use anytime. It's a flexible, affordable way to build foundational mental health tools grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Because our courses are psychoeducational and not a form of therapy, we do not accept insurance—but the value is designed to far exceed the price. You're getting therapist-developed tools that are normally introduced over multiple sessions—now in your hands, on your schedule.

  • I am a clinician interested in taking your workshop. Do you provide CEUs?

    Anyone is welcome to enroll in Within Reach Workshops. However, please note that this course is designed for personal growth and is not intended as professional training for clinicians or for use in clinical practice. The content is for individual use only and may not be copied, shared, or distributed. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are not provided.

Transformative experiences

What people are saying about Within Reach Workshops

“I would recommend Within Reach Workshops to others primarily because it shifts your thinking in terms of how you may view or react to things in life that you really do not need to be worried or concerned about. It helped me stay focused on what I would like to do and not let anxieties hold me back.”  

“It was very cathartic to do such a self-evaluation. The sessions are applicable to everyone. Sometimes just acknowledging the problem/challenge can be productive."  

“I recommended it to my sister. I liked that it was straightforward and concrete. I thought it was great.”