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What You Can Change and What You Can't: Learning to Accept What You Are: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement
 
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What You Can Change and What You Can't: Learning to Accept What You Are: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement (Paperback)

by Martin E.P. Seligman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing (10 May 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1857883977
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857883978
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.4 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 27,791 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"An extraordinary blend of real scholarship, an experimental scientist's best judgement, and down-to-earth self help advice." George E Valliant, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

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If you believe that dieting down to your "ideal" weight will prolong your life; that reliving childhood trauma can undo adult personality problems; that alcoholics have addictive personalities, or that psychoanalysis helps cure anxiety, then get ready for a shock. In the climate of self-improvement that has reigned for the last twenty years, misinformation about treatments for everything from alcohol abuse to sexual dysfunction has flourished. Those of us trying to change these conditions are often frustrated by failure, mixed success, or success followed by a relapse. But have you ever asked yourself: can my condition really be changed? And if so, am I going about it in the most effective way? Grounding his conclusions in the most recent and most authoritative scientific studies, Seligman pinpoints the techniques and therapies that work best for each condition, explains why they work, and discusses how you can use them to change your life. Inside, you'll discover: the four natural healing factors for recovering from alcoholism; the vital difference between overeating and being overweight, and why dieters always gain back the pounds they "lost"; the four therapies that work for depression, and how you can "dispute" your way to optimistic thinking; the pros and cons of anger, and the steps to take to understand it and much more!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Just goes to show ..., 12 April 2008
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That when it comes to emotional and psychological problems that both psychiatry and psychology are nothing but hot air and theories with no actual relief or hope of "cure" for the sufferers of these conditions. Each side peddling their own theories and philosophies and this book just adds to the mix. In fact the author seems to have gone in the opposite direction and concentrates his time on "mental wellness" having given up on "mental illness". The message here is "well, you will have to live with it." Here is a tip to all psychologists and psychiatrists ... stop writing books to make yourselves money and concentrate on finding cures for mental illness.
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