Redirect
Subtitle: the surprising new science of psychological change
By: Timothy D. Wilson ; foreword by Daniel Gilbert
Edition: First Back Bay trade paperback edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780316051903
Subjects: Social psychology; Perception; Self-help techniques
Other titles: Redirect : changing the stories we live by
Description: A psychologist proposes techniques to tweak and reframe internal self-narratives to lead healthy, more productive lives and discusses the best way to recover from trauma and explains why self-help books may make you feel less happy after reading them.
Notes: First published in hardcover: 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-281) and index.
Table of contents: title: Redirect : small edits, lasting changes; title: Testing, testing : does it work?; title: Shaping our narratives : increasing personal well-being; title: Shaping our kids' narratives : becoming better parents; title: Just say ... volunteer : preventing teenage pregnancies; title: Scared crooked : reducing teenage violence; title: Everybody's doing it ... or are they? : reducing alcohol and drug abuse; title: Surely they won't like me; title: or will they? : reducing prejudice; title: It's about me, not my group : closing the achievement gap; title: Sustained change : finding solutions.