Change
What Really Leads to Lasting Personal Transformation
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 23 January 2014
- ISBN 9780199981380
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages376 pages
- Size 157x241x25 mm
- Weight 658 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
What causes human beings to make a significant change in their lives, a transformative shift in thinking and actions? Research has shown that even in cases of unqualified success, a therapist and their client often have wildly different views on what made it work. Taking that as his starting point, Jeffrey Kottler leads the reader on an exploration of human behavior, seeking to find out what it is that really makes a difference that can lead to transformative and lasting change.
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Change is often a mystery, one that baffles doctors, therapists, teachers, coaches, parents-and especially those of us who struggle to alter bad habits or simply make lasting improvements in our lives. Why do we suddenly change for the better after years of failed efforts? Why do some of us never escape our self-destructive behaviors, even when we desperately want to? What is it that most reliably and effectively produces growth, learning and development that persist over time?
In this vividly written volume, psychotherapist Jeffrey Kottler weaves together inspiring stories and the latest research, taking the reader on a fascinating exploration of human behavior while highlighting what does-and does not-lead to lasting change. Kottler illuminates our many efforts to change-to stop taking drugs, reduce dependencies, leave a destructive relationship, find new and more meaningful work, or adjust to a devastating accident or trauma. Readers are invited to explore key triggers such as hitting bottom, moments of clarity, the power of altruism and service, travel to new surroundings, reading or listening to stories, religious conversion, and much more. Kottler also explores why most changes don't last and what we can do to prevent relapses.
Throughout the book, Kottler recounts stories of colleagues and patients-and even recalls episodes from his own life-often moving tales of remarkable, unexpected, and lasting transformation. He looks for instance at a young black basketball star, confined to a wheelchair for life after being shot four times, who turned his life around, becoming a scholar and a PhD.
An intriguing glimpse into the complexity of the human psyche, Change will engage anyone who has ever struggled to alter a habit, enrich relationships, recover from disappointment or failure, strive for more meaningful and productive work, deal with anxiety, loneliness, fears, stress, and depression, or transform their lives in any kind of significant way.
I was pretty impressed with this book. ... this is an extremely comprehensive work on many aspects of transformation, aiming to show how life changes can be made in many areas of behaviour and environment. It is wonderfully enhanced by a multiplicity of inspirational examples both from Kottler's personal experience (including, for instance, a very touching reference to the death of his mother) and from the hundreds of people he has interviewed and treated within a wide variety of backgrounds.
Table of Contents:
1 The Mystery of Change
2 What Works and What Doesn't
3 The Process of Change
4 The Power of Stories
5 The Benefits of Hitting Bottom
6 Growth through Trauma
7 Changing in Therapy
8 Transformative Travel and Spiritual Journeys
9 Between Truth and Lies: Deceiving Yourself and Others
10 Moments of Clarity: Insights & Breakthroughs Talking to Yourself
11 Facing Fears and Managing Stress
12 Creating Meaning and Happiness
13 Changing People's Lives While Transforming Your Won
14 Resolving Conflicts in Relationships
15 Why Whatever You Learned Might Not Last
