How does change with people come about anyhow, whether it be positive change (empowerment) or negative change (regression)?
Many people believe that change among people is a complex issue, in part due to the workings of the unconscious or sub-conscious mind. Although the unconscious does play a role in resistance to change, what makes people change is a relatively simple issue, unconsciousness or no unconsciousness. This is because change does not occur happen because of one single factor alone, but, rather, a collection of factors that result in movement in a positive or a negative direction. It is cause-and-effect thinking that influences people to believe that one factor, and one factor alone, will make someone change, e.g. a single punishment or a single reward. But when we look at this issue as a more complex issue, understanding how change, paradoxically, becomes easier to understand. However, a brief, oversimplified comment about the unconscious may be helpful in understanding why people dont change. When anything gets too painful for a person to deal within his or her life, mechanisms of defense com
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