What you can change and what you can't : the complete guide to successful self-improvement /

Seligman, Martin E. P.,

What you can change and what you can't : the complete guide to successful self-improvement / Martin E.P. Seligman. - First edition. - x, 317 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-301) and index.

What changes? : what doesn't change? -- Booters and bootstrappers : the age of self-improvement and psychotherapy -- Drugs, germs, and genes : the age of biological psychiatry -- Everyday anxiety -- Catastrophic thinking : panic -- Phobias -- Obsessions -- Depression -- The angry person -- Post-traumatic stress -- Sex -- Dieting : a waist is a terrible thing to mind -- Alcohol -- Shedding the skins of childhood -- Depth and change : the theory.

This book] analyzes authoritative scientific research on treatments for alcoholism, anxiety, weight loss, anger, depression, and a range of phobias and obsessions to discover what is the most effective way to address each condition. It describes what does not work, and pinpoints the techniques and therapies that do work best for each condition, discussing why they work and how they can be used to make long-lasting change.

0679410244 9780679410249

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Change (Psychology)
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Behavior modification
Behavior therapy.
Self-Assessment

BF637.C4 / S45 1994

158.1

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