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ACT Made Simple

By: Russ Harris, Steven C. Hayes PhD - foreword
Narrated by: Hannibal Hills, Russ Harris
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Why is it so hard to be happy? Why do humans suffer so much? And what can we realistically do about it? No matter how rewarding your job, as a mental health professional, you may sometimes feel helpless in the face of these questions. You are also well aware of the challenges and frustrations that can present during therapy.

If you're looking for ways to optimize your client sessions, consider joining the many thousands of therapists and life coaches worldwide who are learning acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). With a focus on mindfulness, client values, and a commitment to change, ACT is proven-effective in treating depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, eating disorders, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder (BPD), and myriad other psychological issues. It's also a revolutionary new way to view the human condition.

A practical primer, ideal for ACT newcomers and experienced ACT professionals alike, ACT Made Simple offers clear explanations of the six ACT processes and a set of real-world tips and solutions for rapidly and effectively implementing them in your practice. This book gives you everything you need to start using ACT with your clients for impressive results.

©2019 Russ Harris (P)2023 Tantor

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An important, high quality data dump

If you have an interest in William Glasser or Alfred Adler, you should read about ACT. This is not the easiest book to listen to on act, because it is written to help therapists get up to speed, but the quality, quantity, and depth of information is excellent. If you want an easier listen, try The Happiness Trap. We all perceive narrators differently: I like the way the narrator reads the therapist and client’s voice, because it makes the information clear and easy to follow. The narrator does a good job of taking a tone something like the author’s own voice, but this might not be for everyone.

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Great book. Awful reader.

ACT is a brilliant therapeutic approach and Russ Harris is an outstanding practitioner and teacher/communicator.
Mr Hills performance almost ruins the experience. His delivery of didactic material is fine, but whenever he delivers the voices of therapist and client - an important inclusion in a practical manual, he voices the ‘therapist’ as overly earnest or smug, and the ‘client’ is portrayed as stereotypically gloomy, less intelligent and unrefined. This combines to undermine the coherence and credibility of the passages depicting client/therapist interactions.
It also seems antithetical to the ACT/Harris recommended approach in terms of the way to think about clients.
Russ Harris is a great communicator. I’d have preferred he’d voiced the whole book. I hope there is a second edition of the audiobook.

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