1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143230803321

Titolo

Handbook of motivational counseling [[electronic resource] ] : concepts, approaches, and assessment / / edited by W. Miles Cox and Eric Klinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2004

ISBN

1-280-10116-4

9786610101160

0-470-71312-7

0-470-09258-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (539 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CoxW. Miles

KlingerEric <1933->

Disciplina

158.3

158/.3

Soggetti

Counseling

Psychotherapy

Motivation (Psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Handbook of Motivational Counseling; Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Foreword by Professor Peter E. Nathan; Preface; Part I: Basic Concepts and Theories; Chapter 1 Motivation and the Theory of Current Concerns; Chapter 2 Motivation and Addiction: The Role of Incentive Motivation in Understanding and Treating Addictive Disorders; Chapter 3 Behavioral Economics: Basic Concepts and Clinical Applications; Chapter 4 Personal Project Pursuit: On Human Doings and Well-Beings; Chapter 5 Goal Conflicts: Concepts, Findings, and Consequences for Psychotherapy

Chapter 6 Motivational Counseling in an Extended Functional Context: Personality Systems Interaction Theory and AssessmentChapter 7 A Motivational Model of Alcohol Use: Determinants of Use and Change; Part II: Assessment and Relationships to Behavior; Chapter 8 Measuring Motivation: The Motivational Structure Questionnaire and Personal



Concerns Inventory; Chapter 9 The Motivational Structure Questionnaire and Personal Concerns Inventory: Psychometric Properties; Chapter 10 Volitional and Emotional Correlates of the Motivational Structure Questionnaire: Further Evidence for Construct Validity

Part III: Systematic Motivational Counseling and its ApplicationsChapter 11 Systematic Motivational Counseling: The Motivational Structure Questionnaire in Action; Chapter 12 Systematic Motivational Counseling in Groups: Clarifying Motivational Structure during Psychotherapy; Chapter 13 Systematic Motivational Analysis as Part of a Self-Help Technique Aimed at Personal Goal Attainment; Chapter 14 Systematic Motivational Counseling at Work: Improving Employee Performance, Satisfaction, and Socialization; Chapter 15 Systematic Motivational Counseling in Rehabilitation Settings

Chapter 16 Assessing and Changing Motivation to OffendPart IV: Other Motivational Approaches to Changing Behavior; Chapter 17 Enhancing Motivation for Psychotherapy: The Elaboration of Positive Perspectives (EPOS) to Develop Clients' Goal Structure; Chapter 18 Viktor E. Frankl's Existential Analysis and Logotherapy; Chapter 19 Changing Alcohol Expectancies: Techniques for Altering Motivations for Drinking; Chapter 20 The Motivational Drinker's Check-Up: A Brief Intervention for Early-Stage Problem Drinkers

Chapter 21 Motivational Enhancement as a Brief Intervention for College Student DrinkersChapter 22 Community Reinforcement Approach and Contingency Management Interventions for Substance Abuse; Chapter 23 Goal-Setting as a Motivational Technique for Neurorehabilitation; Chapter 24 Motivational Interviewing in Health Promotion and Behavioral Medicine; Part V: Conclusion; Chapter 25 Motivational Counseling: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Motivation is a pervasive force that can affect well-being in a variety of life situations, from the more minor through to the ability to overcome addictions and other serious psychological problems. This book presents empirically supported theories (featuring current concerns theory), questionnaires based on these theories (highlighting the Motivational Structure Questionnaire) and varied interventions based on these, with special emphasis on Systematic Motivational Counselling but also including chapters on such approaches as Personality Systems Interaction Theory, expectancy-based approache



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910825510003321

Autore

Rudebusch George <1957->

Titolo

Socrates / / George H. Rudebusch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

1-283-20465-7

9786613204653

1-4443-0800-9

1-4443-0801-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Collana

Blackwell great minds

Disciplina

183.2

184

Soggetti

Philosophers, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

socratesGeorge Rudebusch; contents; acknowledgments; translations used; introduction; the ion; chapter 1 interpreting socrates; the apology; chapter 2 mission from god; chapter 3 puzzling notoriety; the protagoras; chapter 4 bravery; chapter 5 knowledge rules; the laches; chapter 6 bravery again; chapter 7 puzzling pedagogy; the lysis; chapter 8 love; the euthydemus; chapter 9 luck; the meno; chapter 10 desire; book 1 of the republic; chapter 11 benevolence; chapter 12 happiness; chapter 13 freedom; the euthyphro; chapter 14 reverence; the crito; chapter 15 world religion; the phaedo

chapter 16 last wordsepilogue: socrates or plato?; index of passages cited; general index

Sommario/riassunto

Socrates presents a compelling case for some life-changing conclusions that follow from a close reading of Socrates' arguments. Offers a highly original study of Socrates and his thought, accessible to contemporary readersArgues that through studying Socrates we can learn practical wisdom to apply to our livesLovingly crafted with humour, thought-experiments and literary references (from the Iliad to Harry Potter), and with close reading sof key Socratic argumentsAids readers with diagrams to make clear complex arguments