ACT Made Simple Quotes

“To build a meaningful life, we need to take action. And the power to act only exists in this moment. The past has already happened, and the future doesn't exist yet, so we can only ever take action here and now. And in order to act effectively, we need to be psychologically present: aware of what is happening, how we are reacting, and how we wish to respond. When we operate on autopilot, go through the motions do things n an unfocused or disengaged manner, we do them poorly.”
― Russ Harris, ACT Made Simple: An Easy-to-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

“Indeed, when we give our full attention to another human being with openness, compassion, and curiosity, that is therapeutic in itself.”
― Russ Harris, ACT Made Simple: An Easy-to-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

“In ACT, we assume that the normal psychological processes of a normal human mind readily become destructive and create psychological suffering for all of us. And ACT speculates that the root of this suffering is human language itself.”
― Russ Harris, ACT Made Simple: An Easy-to-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

“So we can describe psychological flexibility as the ability to “be present, open up, and do what matters.”
― Russ Harris, ACT Made Simple: An Easy-To-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy