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