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Russ Harris

Né(e): October 16, 1966 – Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Russ Harris is an Australian physician-turned-psychotherapist and author focused on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness, and psychological wellbeing. He is best known for The Happiness Trap and ACT Made Simple; The Happiness Trap has sold over one million copies worldwide, been translated into more than 30 languages, and Harris has trained more than 95,000 health professionals in ACT.

Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur

Russ Harris is an Australian-based physician, psychotherapist, and author whose work has been central to bringing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, to a broad international audience. Born in England in 1966, he studied medicine at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, graduating in 1989, and emigrated to Australia in 1991 to work as a general practitioner. The decisive turn in his career came when he grew increasingly interested in the psychological side of suffering and less satisfied with a practice centered on prescriptions. That shift led him away from general medicine and into therapy, where he found the framework that would define his professional life. In his own account, discovering ACT gave him both a new clinical direction and a deeper sense of personal meaning. ((https://exislepublishing.com/russ-harris-author/?utm_source=openai))

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Citations

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Being human hurts
-The Happiness Trap
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Clearly, lasting happiness is not normal!
-The Happiness Trap
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is based on a radically different assumption: if you’re not happy, you’re normal
-The Happiness Trap
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It is simply because they do not know the rules of the confidence game
-The Confidence Gap
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Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong!
-Dance in the Dark Then Lead to the Light
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First dance in the dark, then lead to the light
-Dance in the Dark Then Lead to the Light
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It’s the spirit of kindness that counts when you make this gesture, not the duration of it
-The Compassionate Hand Exercise
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Think of it as “emotional first aid”
-The Compassionate Hand Exercise

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"Russ Harris is an open, centered, and engaged teacher of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)"

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"Russ Harris, a premier leader in ACT, has updated his watershed book ACT Made Simple with new vibrant content"

DJ Moran ((

"Russ Harris has once more written a simple, practical, comprehensive, easy-to-follow, state-of-the-art textbook"

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"Russ Harris explains ACT concepts in a style that is both engaging and straightforward"

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"Russ Harris has over the years also often contributed to make ACT more precise and more effective"

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"Russ Harris has succeeded in translating difficult psychological concepts embedded in ACT into plain, colorful, diverse language"

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"Russ Harris has completely reworked the new edition of ACT Made Simple"

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"Russ Harris is a master of helping us apply the life-changing power of acceptance and commitment therapy in our day-to-day lives"

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