The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT

The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT

by Russ Harris Author and Steven C. Hayes, PhD Foreword

Build a more satisfying and meaningful life with this guide to freeing yourself from depression, anxiety, and insecurity through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. This empowering book presents the insights and techniques of ACT, a revolutionary new psychotherapy based on cutting-edge research in behavioral psychology. The way most of us go about trying to find happiness ends up making us miserable and driving the epidemics of stress, anxiety, and depression. Reduce stress and worry, handle painful feelings and thoughts more effectively, break self-defeating habits, overcome insecurity and self-doubt and create a rich, full, and meaningful life. By clarifying your values and developing mindfulness, ACT helps you escape the happiness trap and find true satisfaction in life.