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ACT with Love

Stop Struggling, Reconcile Differences, and Strengthen Your Relationship with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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ACT with Love by Russ Harris presents acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) as a powerful approach to nurturing compassionate, accepting, and loving relationships. The book addresses common relationship struggles, guiding couples to reignite passion, intimacy, and connection despite life's stresses. This revised edition includes new insights on attachment theory, alongside mindfulness, self-compassion techniques, assertiveness, and boundary-setting skills. Readers learn to embrace psychological flexibilityβ€”being present, open, and values-drivenβ€”to resolve conflicts and build meaningful partnerships together.
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This book is ideal for couples seeking to strengthen their relationship through evidence-based psychology, therapists and counsellors interested in ACT applications for couples, and anyone looking to improve communication, intimacy, and connection with their partner.

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Build more compassionate, accepting, and loving relationships with acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)

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Build more compassionate, accepting, and loving relationships with acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

Let's face it: Picture-perfect storybook romances don't exist in real life. Couples fight. Feelings of love wax and wane through the years. And the stress and tedium of everyday life and work can often drive a wedge between even the most devoted couples. So, how can you reignite passion and intimacy in your relationship, cultivate greater understanding and compassion between yourself and your partner, and bring the joy back to your love life?

In this fully revised and updated edition of ACT with Love, therapist and world-renowned ACT expert Russ Harris shows how developing psychological flexibilityβ€”the ability to be in the present moment with openness, awareness, and focus, and to take effective action in line with one's valuesβ€”can help you and your partner strengthen and deepen your relationship. Also included is new information on attachment theory, powerful mindfulness and self-compassion techniques, and assertiveness and boundary-setting skills.

ACT with Love will show you how to:

  • Let go of conflict, open up, and live fully in the present
  • Use mindfulness to increase intimacy, connection, and understanding
  • Resolve painful conflicts and reconcile long-standing differences
  • Act on your values to build a rich and meaningful relationship

If you're looking to increase feelings of intimacy, love, and connection with your partner, this book has everything you need to get startedβ€”together.

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Praised by Steven C. Hayes, PhD, originator of ACT, as beautifully written and highly practical, this edition deepens the application of ACT to interpersonal skills for enhancing relationships. Sheri Turrell, PhD, highlights its relatable examples, inclusive approach, and accessible exercises for improving communication and intimacy. The book is recognised for its compassionate, authentic writing style and valuable tools for couples.

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ISBN: 9781648481635

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 June 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: New Harbinger Publications

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 340g

Pages: 240

About the Author

Russ Harris is an internationally acclaimed acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) trainer, and author of the best-selling ACT-based self-help book, The Happiness Trap, which has sold more than one million copies and been published in thirty languages. He is widely renowned for his ability to teach ACT in a way that is simple, clear, and funβ€”yet extremely practical.

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