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

Are you, like milllions of Americans, caught in the happiness trap? Russ Harris explains that the way most of us go about trying to find happiness ends up making us miserable, driving the epidemics of stress, anxiety, and depression. This empowering book presents  the insights and techniques of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) a revolutionary new psychotherapy based on cutting-edge research in behavioral psychology. By clarifying your values and developing mindfulness (a technique for living fully in the present moment), ACT helps you escape the happiness trap and find true satisfaction in life.

    The techniques presented in The Happiness Trap will help readers to:

   • Reduce stress and worry
   • Handle painful feelings and thoughts more effectively
   • Break self-defeating habits
   • Overcome insecurity and self-doubt
   • Create a rich, full, and meaningful life

• The Illustrated Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living
• Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
• ACT Made Simple: An Easy-To-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (The New Harbinger Made Simple Series)
• The Confidence Gap: A Guide to Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt
• The Reality Slap: Finding Peace and Fulfillment When Life Hurts
• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
• A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters
• ACT with Love: Stop Struggling, Reconcile Differences, and Strengthen Your Relationship with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
• Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself