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The Abraham Low Institute was founded in 1989 to develop programs, in addition to Recovery, based on Low's self-help principles. [4] [9] The Institute awarded grants to further scholarly research on Low's work, provided research resources for people interested in Low's methods, and developed the Power to Change program and The Relatives Project ...
A self-help group from Maharashtra, India, making a demonstration at a National Rural Livelihood Mission seminar held in Chandrapur. Self-help or self-improvement is "a focus on self-guided, in contrast to professionally guided, efforts to cope with life problems" [1] —economically, physically, intellectually, or emotionally—often with a substantial psychological basis.
"Autonomy is the ability to take charge of one's own learning." (Henri Holec [5]) "In order to help learners to assume greater control over their own learning it is important to help them to become aware of and identify the strategies that they already use or could potentially use." (Holmes & Ramos, 1991, cited in James & Garrett, 1991: 198). [6]
Peer support occurs when people provide knowledge, experience, emotional, social or practical help to each other. [1] It commonly refers to an initiative consisting of trained supporters (although it can be provided by peers without training), and can take a number of forms such as peer mentoring, reflective listening (reflecting content and/or feelings), or counseling.
[6] est was a four-day, 60-hour self-help program given to groups of 250 people at a time. [7] The program was very intensive: each day would contain 15–20 hours of instruction. [ 6 ] During the training, est personnel utilized specialized vocabulary to convey key concepts, and participants agreed to rules which remained in effect for the ...
The CTI Education Group (CTI) was a registered, private higher education institution in South Africa. [2] Full-time and part-time students can study within the fields of Information Technology, Psychology & Counselling, Creative Arts & Graphic Design, Commerce and Law on campuses spread throughout South Africa.
Maton (1988) reports that occupying both "helper" and "helpee" roles in a self-help/mutual-aid group (i.e., bidirectional support) was positively correlated with psychological well-being and positive perceptions regarding the benefits of group membership, and that these members with dual-roles had a greater sense of well-being and a more ...
Oliver Napoleon Hill (October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an American self-help author. He is best known for his book Think and Grow Rich (1937), which is among the best-selling self-help books of all time. [1] [2] Hill's works insisted that fervid expectations are essential to improving one's life.