The Reality Slap 2nd Edition: How to survive and thrive when life hits hard - Softcover

Harris, Russ

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472146360 ISBN 13: 9781472146366

Verlag: Robinson, 2021

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A self-help book that will teach you how to cope effectively when life hurts and how not only to survive life's unexpected curve balls, but also how to thrive, despite them.

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Dr Russ Harris, M.B.B.S., is a physician and psychotherapist, working in private practice in Melbourne, Australia.

He was born in England in 1966, and graduated in medicine from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, in 1989. He emigrated to Australia in 1991, where he began working as a GP. He became increasingly interested in the psychological aspects of health and wellbeing, and this interest led to a career change - from medical practitioner to therapist.

Since 2005, Russ has provided training in ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) for over 80,000 health professionals around the globe. He has authored four ACT textbooks, and six ACT-based self-help books. His best-known book, The Happiness Trap, has sold over one million copies worldwide, with translations into over thirty languages.


In 2015 Russ created an ACT protocol for the WHO (World Health Organization), for use in refugee camps. The WHO have now researched and published three trials based on this protocol, showing that it not only significantly reduces depression and PTSD but also prevents the onset of mental health disorders in those at high risk. Russ also wrote and designed a cartoon-based book for the WHO (based on ACT) called Doing What Matters In Times of Stress - and this is now the most commonly downloaded mental health resource on the WHO website.

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'This wise book is one to keep within reach. It will do more than soothe - it will ground you, guide you and help you grow' Steven C. Hayes, Foundation Professor of Psychology, University of Nevada, and author of Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life

If we live long enough, life will knock us around. Relationships will fail. Loved ones will die. Injury, illness and disease will all take their toll. Our suffering might seem unbearable at these times, but there is hope. The Reality Slap is a compassionate and extremely practical guide to handling the anxiety, grief and suffering that inevitably follow such major life blows.

This updated and revised edition - with over 50 per cent brand new material - contains a wealth of strategies for coping well when life truly hurts. You'll learn how to handle all those difficult thoughts, feelings, emotions and memories; how to take the impact out of them - and let them flow through you without sweeping you away. You'll discover:
· how to be there for yourself in a kind and supportive way
· how to take a courageous stand in the face of your life
· and how to rebuild your life, one small step at a time

Russ Harris, a medical doctor and psychotherapist, is based in Melbourne. He is one of the world's leading authorities on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and author of several books on the subject, including the million-copy bestseller The Happiness Trap.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Robinson
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1472146360
• ISBN 13: 9781472146366
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Hachette Ireland; info@hbgi.ie; ; 8 Castlecourt Centre, Castleknock Road, Castleknock, Dublin 15, D15 XTP3; Dublin; Irland