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Author Mahoney, Michael J.

Title Human change processes : the scientific foundations of psychotherapy / Michael J. Mahoney
Published New York : BasicBooks, [1991]
©1991

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Description xiii, 590 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents I. Conceptual introduction and historical contexts -- Human change: The ultimate ethical frontier -- A brief history of ideas -- The foundations and the future of scientific psychology -- II. Scientific studies of human learning and development -- The cognitive sciences: Revolutions and evolutions -- Constructivism and self-organization -- Evolution and human development -- Human psychological development -- Emotional processes and human experience -- The self in process
III. Psychotherapy: Principles, techniques, and experiences -- Principles of developmental psychotherapy -- Selected techniques for encouraging psychological development -- The personal experience of change -- The person and experience of the psychotherapist -- Epilogue
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [457]-576) and index
Notes Also issued online
Subject Change (Psychology)
Developmental psychology.
Psychotherapy.
Adaptation, Psychological.
Psychology.
Psychotherapy.
LC no. 90080675
ISBN 0465031188