TY - BOOK AU - Nardone, G [1958-] AU - Balbi, E TI - The logic of therapeutic change : fitting strategies to pathologies SN - 1782202269 PY - 2015/// CY - London PB - Karnac Books Ltd N2 - This book is an exploration of the precise logic of therapeutic change. Most intimidating mental disorders are based on perceptions of reality that when using an ordinary 'common-sense' logic as our reading lens, look as if they are irrational, bizarre, illogical and therefore hard to understand and manage. Yet if we can follow the patient's own logic, which is definitely a non-ordinary logic, we can come to recognise the 'rules of the game', a game that we can actually 'play and win'. The book shows that by understanding the non-ordinary logic of a problem (which is often based on the logic of belief, paradox and contradiction), we can come to choose the best strategies to bring about effective change ER -