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Chance action and therapy : the playful way of changing / Uri Wernik.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wernik, Uri.
Series:
Health and human development series.
Health and human development
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Recreational therapy.
Chance--Therapeutic use.
Chance.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (161 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Throughout history, in times of economic or political uncertainty, people have called on Lady Luck for help. This book shows how to let chance and chance-inspired action work for us. In addition, this book shows how the process of change can stop becoming a chore and become, instead, a playful experience.
Contents:
Oh captain, your boat is stuck
Senseless sex
They call you Lady Luck
Randomness can do you good
Weight loss with no-diet
Centaurs are us
Cards and playfulness
Willpower is not what it used to be
Giving up smoking without ever quitting
Habits, multiplicities, and paradoxes
Card games for two
Dice man and woman
Standing straight and tall
Epictetus meets Lady Luck
Panic, obsessions, and broken hearts
More card games
Chance, change, and action.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-142) and index.
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1-61209-874-6
OCLC:
704275129

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