Change for the Better : Personal Development Through Practical Psychotherapy.
- 5th ed.
- 1 online resource (313 pages)
CHANGE FOR THE BETTER- FRONT COVER -- CHANGE FOR THE BETTER -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- FOREWORD BY DR JASON HEPPLE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON THE COMPANION WEBSITE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1- CHANGE IS POSSIBLE WHY CHANGE? WHAT IS IT THAT CHANGES? HOW TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF CHANGE -- CHAPTER 1- CHANGE IS POSSIBLE -- PART 2- THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF WHO WE ARE FEELINGS, EMOTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS: WITH OURSELVES AND OTHERS -- CHAPTER 2- UNDERSTANDING THE DANCE OF RELATING -- CHAPTER 3- PROBLEMS AND DILEMMAS WITHIN RELATIONSHIPS -- PART 3- GETTING OFF THE SYMPTOM HOOK NAMING THE PROBLEM -- CHAPTER 4- TRAPS -- CHAPTER 5- DILEMMAS -- CHAPTER 6- SNAGS AND SELF-SABOTAGE -- PART 4- THE TIP OF THE EMOTIONAL ICEBERG UNBEARABLE FEELINGS, DEPRESSION AND SYMPTOMS -- CHAPTER 7- UNBEARABLE AND UNMANAGEABLE FEELINGS -- CHAPTER 8- HOW UNMANAGEABLE FEELINGS AND BELIEFS BECOME SYMPTOMS -- PART 5- THE EMOTIONAL ROLLER-COASTER -- CHAPTER 9- THE CHALLENGE OF SHIFTING STATES -- PART 6- GATHERING INFORMATION -- CHAPTER 10- EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF OUR BEGINNINGS -- PART 7- MAKING THE CHANGE -- CHAPTER 11- WRITING OUR LIFE STORY -- CHAPTER 12- TARGETING THE PROCEDURES THAT CREATE PROBLEMS AND DECIDING ON AIMS FOR CHANGE -- CHAPTER 13- MAKING MAPS AND DIAGRAMS -- CHAPTER 14- TECHNIQUES FOR WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CHANGE AND HOLDING ON TO CHANGE -- PART 8- CHANGING WITHIN A RELATIONSHIP -- CHAPTER 15- LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH -- PART 9- RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AND THERAPISTS AND FOR CO-COUNSELLORS -- CHAPTER 16- THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CAT -- APPENDIX 1- THE PSYCHOTHERAPY FILE: AN AID TO UNDERSTANDING OURSELVES BETTER -- APPENDIX 2- MINDFULNESS EXERCISES AND MEDITATIONS -- APPENDIX 3- FINDING A THERAPIST -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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