Power to Live began with a frustration and a conviction.  The frustration was simple: too many people who need therapy cannot access therapy that is affordable, skilled, and genuinely transformative. The conviction was stronger: people do not change through advice alone. We change through relationship. Through practice. Through being met honestly by another human being. Through learning, slowly and bravely, that we can respond differently. ​ Why this work matters to us? Our founder spent years training in behavioural and relational approaches to psychotherapy, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Functional Analytic Psychotherapy. These approaches changed more than clinical technique. They changed what therapy could be. Therapy became less about fixing symptoms from a distance and more about understanding what happens in the living moment: how people reach, hide, protect, disconnect, please, collapse, perform, or long to be seen. The therapy relationship became a place where those patterns could be seen with compassion and changed through practice. Power to Live grew from witnessing the transformation of Tien's clients and herself, learning this powerful approach. Why we are a charity? We are a charity because high-quality therapy should not belong only to people who can afford standard private fees. We are also a charity because the work is bigger than one-to-one therapy.  We want to train therapists better. We want to study what works. We want to create spaces where people can practise connection. We want therapy to be more human, more rigorous, and more accessible. That is the work of Power to Live.