Human Change Process: The Scientific Foundations of Psychotherapy

by Michael J. Mahoney

Book Overview

The mystery of how, when, and why people change lies at the heart of the therapy process. Many authors have given shape to different pieces of the puzzle. Here at last is a book that provides the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465031188
• ISBN13: 9780465031184
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A Comprehensive Overview -- at least!

Mahoney has written a comprehensive overview of the cognitive revolution in psychology -- at the very least. He provides clear timelines of philosophical, theoretical, and empirical events that put this complex history in clear context. The writing is "thick" while managing to be accessible to even a beginner (if highly motivated) who is trying to make sense of the complexities of the field of cognitive psychology. He goes on to develop a rationale for the development of what is now known as cognitive constructivism -- of which he is a seminal thinker. His rationale and theory development are logical, well constructed, heavily referenced, and inspired. After laying the historical, theoretical, and empirical groundwork, Mahoney provides examples of how this theory is applied to clinical practice. This work is a gem. It is truly worth the energy and investment necessary to read and absorb it.