Table of Contents

Conceptual Introduction and Historical Contexts * Human Change: The Ultimate Ethical Frontier * A Brief History of Ideas * The Foundations and the Future of Scientific Psychology Scientific Studies of Human Learning and Development * The Cognitive Sciences: Revolutions and Evolutions * Constructivism and Self-Organization * Evolution and Human Development * Human Psychological Development * Emotional Processes and Human Experience * The Self in Process Psychotherapy: Principles, Techniques, and Experiences * Principles of Developmental Psychotherapy * Selected Techniques for Encouraging Psychological Development * The Personal Experience of Change * The Person and Experience of the Psychotherapist * Epilogue

About the Author

Michael J. Mahoney, Ph.D., is professor and director of Clinical Training in Psychology at the University of North Texas. The author of twelve other books and numerous scientific articles, Dr. Mahoney helped pioneer the "cognitive revolution" in psychology. honoured by the American Psychological Association as a Master Lecturer in Psychotherapy Process, Dr. Mahoney was elected Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science "for significant theoretical and empirical contributions to the understanding of basic processes in human psychological development and psychotherapy."