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Product Description: Based on original research conducted by the author over the past twenty years, this book is a definitive investigation of enduring change. Hundreds of therapists and change agents, in addition to a diverse group of people who have self-initiated experiences, or structured therapy, have been interviewed about their most dramatic growth and the factors that contributed to making their changes last...read more

Product Description: Vivid and dramatic narratives of the single most transformative experience in the lives of some of the most prominent spiritual leaders, writers, and healers on the planet. Arun Ghandi, Thomas Moore, Riane Eisler, John Gray, Pat Love, Jose Cervantes, Barbara De Angelis and many others describe their spiritual transformations: in chapels and temples; on a walk in Ireland; on an icy New Hampshire road; in the African jungle; alone, or at the feet of a great teacher...read more

A psychotherapist discusses the meaning and value of privacy, explaining how to utilize private moments of solitude to enhance creativity and productivity, free oneself of guilt and negative feelings, and enrich one's life

Product Description: This is a book that integrates what is known from a wide variety of disciplines about the nature of storytelling and how it influences and transforms people's lives. Drawing on material from the humanities, sociology, anthropology, neurophysiology, media and communication studies, narrative inquiry, indigenous healing traditions, as well as education, counseling, and therapy, the book explores the ways that therapists operate as professional storytellers...read more

Product Description: From the files of Michael Yapko, Albert Ellis, Stephen Lankton, Susan Johnson, Pat Love, Michael Mahoney, Laura Brown, Bradford Keeney, Peggy Papp, Frank Pittman, Terrence Real, Scott Miller, Arnold Lazarus, William Glasser, and others, this volume contains the wisdom of some of the most adept therapists in the field...read more