Positive plus : the practical plan for liking yourself better

Book 1994

"Dr. Joyce Brothers is to psychology what Dr. Benjamin Spock is to pediatrics. For decades she has been a sage, down-to-earth voice of reason to the millions who read her books and newspaper and magazine columns, and heed her advice on television and radio."--BOOK JACKET. "Now, in her tenth book, Positive Plus: The Practical Plan for Liking Yourself Better, Dr. Brothers takes everything she has learned over the years and shapes this tried and tru...

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Attitude change

Behavior modification

Self-help techniques

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ISBN:

9780399139376
0399139370

Description:

255 pages ; 24 cm

Contents:

I. Second chances : 1. The person you would like to be
2. What you need to know about change
3. Reversion to the mean
II. Your psychological tool kit : 4. The list techniques
5. Operant conditioning
6. The rehearsal techniques
7. The self-generated phenomena
III. Self-esteem deficits : 8. Self-defeating self-images
9. The passivity trap
10. Perfectionism
11. Procrastination
12. The spending trap
13. Boasting
14. Lying and gullibility
15. Jealousy
16. Acquired behaviors
IV. The stress factor : 17. Workaholism
18. Anxiety
19. Anger
20. Self-destructive behavior
V. Crises and turning points : 21. The loss of love
22. Divorce
23. Getting fired
24. The last chapter
Epilogue: Summing up

LCCN:

93048807

Control Number:

49209

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