Intentional Changes : A Fresh Approach to Helping People Change

What are the natural processes people follow when they choose to change something important in their lives? What implications do these processes have for practitioners in helping professions, for policymakers, and for researchers? These are the questions Allen Tough deals with in this comprehensive analysis of field research where interviews with 330 persons were conducted in the United States, Canada, and England over the past few years. The book describes the choices people make when they make major changes, such as developing self-awareness, becoming physically fit, changing a personal relationship, choosing a new job, and growing spiritually. And it describes what steps they took to make those changes.