How and why people change : foundations of psychological therapy /

Evans, Ian M., 1944-

How and why people change : foundations of psychological therapy / Ian M. Evans. - 1 online resource (320 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Setting the scene: why we need a theory for change -- What is therapeutic change? -- Motivation to change -- Individual differences in ability to change: personality and context -- Conditioning: changing the meaning and value of events -- Contingencies: therapy is learning and unlearning -- Response relationships: the dynamics of behavioral regulation -- Cognition: changing thoughts and fantasies -- Self-influence -- Social mediators and the therapeutic relationship -- Culture as behavior change -- Conclusions: how and why people can change and be changed.

9780199917280


Behavior therapy.


Electronic books.

RC489.B4 / E96 2013

616.89/142