How People Change by Allen Wheelis

How People Change

Allen Wheelis

HarperCollins · Paperback · July 10, 1975

"At a time when slick, superficial, psychological works are foisted on the lay-public, Allen Wheelis has written a serious treatise."--San Francisco Sunday Examiner-Chronicle

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A serious psychological treatise invites a considered look at how people change.
Themes
Personal change
Genres
Therapy & Counseling, Psychoanalysis, Psychology

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"At a time when slick, superficial, psychological works are foisted on the lay-public, Allen Wheelis has written a serious treatise."--San Francisco Sunday Examiner-Chronicle

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A serious psychological treatise invites a considered look at how people change.

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  • Psychology treated as a serious subject

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  • A weightier, more reflective read

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Therapy & Counseling41%
Psychoanalysis35%
Psychology25%

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  • Free Will & Fate
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  • Therapy & Counseling
  • Psychoanalysis
Authors
Allen Wheelis
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
July 10, 1975
Format
Paperback
Theme
Personal change
Reading lane
Essay Collections