The Happiness Trap is a unique and empowering self-help book, that will enrich your life and fundamentally transform the way you handle painful thoughts and feelings. The title reflects a key theme in the book: that many popular ideas about happiness are misleading or innacurate, and will make you miserable in the long term. (To download the first chapter of The Happiness Trap, at no cost, click here.)

The Happiness Trap is based on the principles of ACT, a revolutionary new model of therapy and coaching, developed from cutting-edge research in behavioral psychology. ACT helps you to clarify what is important and meaningful to you in life, and to develop mindfulness - a mental state that enables you to live fully in the present moment, and to handle painful thoughts and feelings far more effectively. 

Through such methods, the scientifically-proven ACT program (as featured in Time Magazine) will help you escape “the happiness trap” and find meaning and fulfilment in life.
On this website you’ll find a variety of free resources to use with the book.
You can also purchase related books and CDs or enroll in an e-course.
There’s also a section for therapists and coaches, which provides support materials for using this book with your clients.
Finally, you can also find useful links, articles and papers about ACT, or subscribe to our newsletter (just below the main menu).