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THE HAPPY PERSON --- A SEVEN STEP PLAN by Harold Greenwald and Elizabeth Rich. Stein and Day, 1984

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1) The lady or the tiger (p11-20)

2) Steps in the right direction (p21-43)

3) Step 1 --- Decide what you want in order to be happy (or happier!) (p45-63)

4) Step 2 --- Find the decision behind the problem (p65-84)

5) Step 3 --- Find the context for the original decision (p85-104)


Ask yourself when it was made...


6) Step 4 --- List the payoffs for the decision (p105-123)

7) Step 5 --- Examine your alternatives to the behavior that is causing the problem (p125-141)

8) Step 6 --- Choose your alternative and decide to put it into practice (p143-160)

9) Step 7 --- Support your "self" in carrying out your decision (p161-175)

10) "I want to be a part of life..." (p177-189)


"I WANT TO BE HAPPY!"


APPENDIX A (p191)


A short form of "Direct Decision Therapy"

[1] Decide what you want in order to be happy (or happier!)

[2] Find the decision behind the problem

[3] Find the context for the original decision

[4] List the payoffs for the decision

[5] Examine your alternatives to the behavior that is causing the problem

[6] Choose your alternative and decide to put it into practice

[7] Support your "self" in carrying out your decision


APPENDIX B (p192)


Support groups

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