Chance action and therapy [[electronic resource] ] : the playful way of changing / / Uri Wernik

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791818503321
• Autore: Wernik Uri
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2011
• ISBN: 1-61209-874-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Collana: Health and human development
• Disciplina: 616.89/1653
• Soggetti: Recreational therapy; Chance - Therapeutic use
• 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 (p. [139]-142) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Oh captain, your boat is stuck -- Senseless sex -- They call you Lady Luck -- Randomness can do you good -- Weight loss with no-diet -- Centaurs are us -- Cards and playfulness -- Willpower is not what it used to be -- Giving up smoking without ever quitting -- Habits, multiplicities, and paradoxes -- Card games for two -- Dice man and woman -- Standing straight and tall -- Epictetus meets Lady Luck -- Panic, obsessions, and broken hearts -- More card games -- Chance, change, and action.