Things people ask
before they begin.
If something isn't answered here, the /start assessment will tell you honestly whether this programme is a fit for you — or it won't be, and it will tell you that too.
Take the 4-minute assessment →The best way is to take the short assessment at /start. It takes four 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 programme. We are trying to help the right people find it.
No formal diagnosis is required, but you should have seen a doctor, audiologist, or ENT to rule out any underlying medical cause. The programme is designed for people whose tinnitus has no treatable medical origin. If you are still in the medical investigation phase, complete that first — then come back.
Duration matters. The programme works best for people who have been experiencing significant tinnitus distress for at least three months. If you are in the very early stage, your nervous system may still settle on its own. If you are in acute distress with long-standing tinnitus, the Premium or Ultimate options include private sessions with Frieder for more individual support alongside the group programme.
No. Habituation is possible at any stage. The nervous system retains the capacity to reclassify tinnitus as non-threatening regardless of how long you have had it. Some of the most significant outcomes we have seen have been in people who had been living with severe distress for a decade or more.
The ACT-based approach — particularly the work on the nervous system's threat response — is applicable to hyperacusis and sound sensitivity. The programme is designed for tinnitus, but the underlying mechanisms overlap significantly. Take the /start assessment and mention it if relevant.
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 programme 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.
Yes, all calls are recorded and available after each session. Missing a call is not falling behind.
The private online community that runs alongside the 12-week programme. Participants connect between sessions, access daily resources, and receive peer support from people at every stage of the journey — including graduates who habituated and stayed.
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.
Yes. Upgrade to Premium or Ultimate at any point and pay only the price difference. No lost progress or access during the transition.
You'll receive an onboarding email with your access link immediately after purchase. If anything is unclear, email directly and it will be resolved the same day.
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.
CBT for tinnitus often focuses on reducing anxious thoughts rather than the underlying nervous system response. TRT addresses the acoustic experience rather than the psychological one. ACT works on the threat response directly — at the level of behaviour and attention. A different mechanism is exactly why it can still help after other approaches haven't fully resolved the distress.
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.
Approximately 2–3 hours per week. One lesson of 15–25 minutes, one guided practice session of similar length, and the weekly group call of around 90 minutes. Practice sessions can be done in fragments across the week if that works better.
In select countries, we work with payment plan partners to make the programme more accessible. Where available, this option will appear at checkout. If you don't see it for your location and would like to discuss options, reach out directly.
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, as the time and preparation involved in those sessions cannot be reversed. If you are uncertain, the /start assessment is free and will help you decide before you commit.
The MyTinnitus.Club programme — course content, group calls, and community — runs in English only. However, individual one-to-one coaching sessions with Frieder are available in English, German, and Spanish. If you prefer to work in German or Spanish for your private sessions, that is entirely possible within the Premium and Ultimate tiers.
Yes. Frieder is deaf in one ear and wears a hearing aid in the other. The programme is designed with this in mind. Audio sessions have written transcripts, and hearing loss does not prevent full participation.
Still not sure if this is for you?
The /start assessment takes four minutes. It asks five honest questions and gives you an honest answer. If this programme isn't the right fit for where you are right now, it will tell you that too.
Is this for me? →Or see the programme in full →You don't have to figure this out alone.
That is what this programme is for.