How and why people change : foundations of psychological therapy / Ian M. Evans.

By: Evans, Ian M, 1944-Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]Copyright date: 2013Description: 1 online resource (320 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199917280Subject(s): Behavior therapyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: How and why people change : foundations of psychological therapy.DDC classification: 616.89/142 LOC classification: RC489.B4 | E96 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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