Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a unique and creative model for therapy or coaching, based on the innovative use of mindfulness and values. The aims of ACT are to reduce psychological suffering and maximise potential for a rich and meaningful life; to cultivate health, vitality and well-being through mindful values-based living.
Russ Harris’s highly-acclaimed ACT workshops have been held all over Australia and around the globe, and he is renowned for his ability to make training fun, engaging and practical. His workshops are suitable for all health practitioners, inclduing psychologists, psychiatrists, GPs, social workers, counsellors, coaches, mental health nurses, OTs, and BCBAs.
Russ’s ACT-based self-help book, The Happiness Trap, is an international best-seller, with over one million copies sold. (To download the first chapter click here ) And his textbook, ACT Made Simple, has sold over 200,000 copies. (To download the first chapter Click here.)
He has written many other books, including the textbook Trauma-Focused ACT; a book on ACT for common relationship issues, called ACT With Love, and a book on ACT for grief and loss, called The Reality Slap.