What You Can Change... and What You Can't

by Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D.
In this meticulously researched book, Martin Seligman, distinguished psychologist and bestselling author of LEARNED OPTIMISM, helps us realize clearly and realistically exactly what we can change and what we can't. Grounding his conclusions in the most recent and most authoritative scientific studies, Seligman pinpoints the techniques and therapies that work best for each condition, explains why they work, and discusses how you can use them to change your life.

“This book is an extraordinary blend of real scholarship, an experimental scientist’s best judgment, and down-to-earth self-help advice.””

—George E. Vaillant, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

    “Highly recommended… Throughout, Seligman uses outcome studies to identify what works in making change… Extremely well-written ”

—Library Journal“”

    “Martin Seligman has done it again with this hard-headed discussion of an important topic. As in his previous books, he shows that a research scientist can ask big questions and arrive at even bigger answers. The reader may be disturbed. That’s good; maybe the reader will change.””

—Christopher Peterson, Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan, Coauthor of “Health and Optimism”

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