Things people ask
before they begin.
Honest answers to the questions people ask most before joining. Still unsure? The /start assessment will tell you if this program is a fit — and if it isn't, it will tell you that too.
Take the 2-minute assessment →The best way is to take the short assessment at /start. It takes two minutes, asks five questions about where you are with tinnitus, and gives you an honest answer — including if the answer is "not yet." We are not trying to sell everyone into the program. We are trying to help the right people find it.
Most people who find this program have already tried something. CBT, sound therapy, masking, meditation apps — and they've helped to a degree, or not at all. ACT works on something those approaches often don't reach: not the thoughts about tinnitus, but your relationship to those thoughts. The mechanism is different. That's exactly why it can still make a difference when other things haven't fully worked.
Yes. Frieder is deaf in one ear and wears a hearing aid in the other. The program is designed with this in mind. Audio sessions have written transcripts, and hearing loss does not prevent full participation.
Each week has three components: one ACT-based lesson (15–25 minutes), one guided audio practice session, and one live weekly group coaching call with Frieder and a small group. The program moves through four phases: Orientation (weeks 1–3), Acceptance (weeks 4–6), Reclaiming (weeks 7–9), and Commitment (weeks 10–12).
Live, run by Frieder, and kept small — typically 8–12 people. Not webinars or lectures. Working sessions where participants bring what has come up during the week, Frieder facilitates, and the group responds. You are heard, not just present.
Course materials are yours for life. Live group calls continue as an optional ongoing subscription (€199/month). Many graduates stay in the community long after the course ends. No pressure to continue, and no pressure to leave.
ACT stands for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. It works by changing your relationship to difficult thoughts, feelings, and sensations — not by trying to eliminate them. For tinnitus, this matters: distress correlates poorly with the acoustic characteristics of the sound. The difference between people who habituate and those who don't is not the sound itself — it is what the nervous system does with it. ACT addresses that directly.
CBT identifies and challenges unhelpful thoughts, aiming to replace them with more balanced ones. ACT does not try to change what you think or feel. It works on your relationship to those thoughts — helping you hold them more lightly so they no longer dictate your behaviour or your distress. The goal is not to think more positively about the sound. It is to stop giving the sound the power to run your day.
Yes. Both the German S3 guideline for chronic tinnitus (the highest-grade clinical guideline, developed by the German Society for Otorhinolaryngology) and the NICE guideline for tinnitus specifically recommend ACT as a psychological intervention. Multiple randomised controlled trials have demonstrated meaningful reductions in tinnitus-related distress following ACT-based intervention.
About two to three hours. One lesson of 15–25 minutes, one guided audio practice, and the weekly group coaching call — which runs around 90 minutes. The practice sessions can be split up across the week if that works better. The program is designed so that one week at a time is enough.
Standard and Premium come with a 14-day cooling-off period from the date of purchase under EU consumer law. For Ultimate, a 14-day money-back guarantee applies provided that private coaching sessions have not yet begun — once sessions have started, the guarantee no longer applies. If you are uncertain, the /start assessment is free and will help you decide before you commit.
Still not sure if this is for you?
The /start assessment takes two minutes. It asks five honest questions and gives you an honest answer. If this program isn't the right fit for where you are right now, it will tell you that too.
See how this could help you →Or see the program in full →You don't have to figure this out alone.
That is what this program is for.