Psychology

Psychotherapy: An Erotic Relationship challenges the traditional belief that transference and countertransference are merely forms of resistance that jeopardize the therapeutic process. David Mann shows how the erotic feelings and fantasies experienced...

Shortlisted for the 2020 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book PrizeNamed a Best Book of 2020 by The Guardian * The Telegraph * The TimesIn the early 1970s, Stanford professor Dr Rosenhan conducted an experiment, sending sane patients into...

Over recent decades, attachment theory has come to be seen as fundamental to understanding not only childhood development and how people survive and grow, but also the capacity of partners, parents and carers to offer safe and consistent care,...

A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated guide to understanding the humours of the body and balancing them with plant medicine. This in-depth textbook explores the traditional art of restoring health by balancing the four humours of the body and...

Pluralistic therapy offers an open, inquiring, flexible framework for client-centred practice. It was introduced in response to the schoolism that emerged from the growing numbers of competing schools and models of therapy in the early years of the 21st...

In this book, Marcus Evans argues that in addition to providing a helpful treatment for patients who suffer from serious psychological difficulties, psychoanalytic thinking can also help mental health staff develop a better understanding of their...

'A mind-expanding tour of what touch means.' DAVID EAGLEMAN, neuroscientist and author of Incognito and LivewiredWhy is a hugged person a healthier person?Why do high-fiving teams win more matches?How does a shared handshake make you more likely to tell...

`Anthony Crouch examines the internal and subjective reality of being a counsellor. Using a series of vignettes, rather than case studies, Crouch builds in all participant perspectives, counsellor, client and supervisor... [the book] proves to be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312427580Author Tom WolfeFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 140mm...

'In my world, the word inspirational gets bandied around a lot, but Jonny Benjamin is truly deserving of that adjective.' - HRH The Duke of CambridgeIn 2008, twenty-year-old Jonny Benjamin stood on Waterloo Bridge, about to jump. A stranger saw his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780770436551Author Jane NelsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 346gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Tells how to learn from job assignments, fellow workers, and hardships, shares the lessons of successful executives, and shows how to evaluate the developmental value of a job.Book InformationISBN 9780669180954Author Morgan W. McCallFormat HardbackPage...

This book collects three early papers that-along with Childhood and Society-many consider the best introduction to Erikson's theories. "Ego Development and Historical Change" is a selection of extensive notes in which Erikson first undertook to relate...

Since the publication of the first edition in 1966, Eye and Brain has established itself worldwide as an essential introduction to the basic phenomena of visual perception. Richard Gregory offers clear explanations of how we see brightness, movement,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826123176Author Paul MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Springer Publishing Co IncPublisher Springer Publishing Co Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556439964Author Norman FischerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Eco-Art Therapy in Practice is uplifting, optimistic, and empowering while outlining cost-effective, time efficient, and research-based steps on how to use nature in session to enhance client engagement and outcomes. Dr. Pike employs her background and...

Creative supervision can be a stimulating and valuable alternative to questioning and discussion in the context of a supervision session. This book proposes using many different techniques and materials, as well as the rich experience of the imagination...

How do you want to change your life? Every day is a fresh start, just bursting with opportunities. This book will show you how to fire up each day with positivity and passion, and reinvent your downtime to make it work for you. Inject some magic into...

This user-friendly workbook provides adults with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), the tools they need to move beyond their disorder using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and it also serves as compact text for clinicians/practitioners to use...

In this important theoretical treatist, Jean Lave, anthropologist, and Etienne Wenger, computer scientist, push forward the notion of situated learning - that learning is fundamentally a social process. The authors maintain that learning viewed as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307587589Author Judith OrloffFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Since 2008, the government's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme has been rolled out across England and Wales. In the 10 years of its existence it has transformed primary care mental health services and changed the landscape of...

'Equal parts practical, funny and illuminating - belongs on the required reading list for life' - Sarah Knight, internationally bestselling author of Get Your Sh!t TogetherAccessible and inspirational, The Unbreakable Student is the self-care guide that...

Children and teenagers with autism can struggle to cope with the loss of a loved one, and the complicated and painful emotions of bereavement. This book explains death in concrete terms that the child with autism will understand, explores feelings that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060782207Author Jean Shinoda BolenFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER! IF YOU'RE IN SALES, FEAR HAS COST YOU MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU. Fear is the reason most salespeople don't like to pick up the phone (salespeople average just four hours per week on the phone, and our...

Forensic Group Psychotherapy: The Portman Clinic Approach stands as a comprehensive account of theoretical and practical approaches to the group treatment of patients who present with problematic sexual behaviour, criminality, and violence. The first...

Psychotherapy: An Erotic Relationship challenges the traditional belief that transference and countertransference are merely forms of resistance which jeopardize the therapeutic process. David Mann shows how the erotic feelings and fantasies experienced...

Candace Bushnell gets personal in her new memoir - an investigation into what happens when a woman of a certain age (ok, let's call it 'middle') finds herself not-so-young, free and single in the city.MILFs, cougars, love, sex, divorce - Candace's...

What does an autism diagnosis mean for everyday family life? Explore different rooms in the home to better understand how children with autism experience daily activities, and what you can do to support their development.* Head to the bathroom...

Economic collapse, poverty, disease, natural disasters, the constant threat of community unrest and international terrorism--a quick look at any newspaper is enough to cause almost anyone to feel trapped and desparate. Yet the recent election also...

For thousands of years yoga has offered what Western therapists are seeking: a way to achieve the total health of body, mind, emotions, and spirit. YOGA AND PSYCHOTHERAPY provides a unique comparison of modern therapy and traditional methods. Drawing...

A revelatory investigation of human and animal adolescence from the New York Times bestselling authors of Zoobiquity. Teenagers: behind the banter, the tediously repetitive games and clicks, the moping and screaming, the fast living, and the jockeying...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877735267Author Marie-Louise von FranzFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

This stirring and insightful book explores how family dynamics among refugees are affected by the trauma of forced migration.Written by an experienced family therapist, it uses a systemic perspective to understand the impact on couple relationships and...

Music therapy is recognised as being applicable to a wide range of healthcare and social contexts. Since the first edition of Music Therapy: An art beyond words, it has extended into areas of general medicine, mainstream education and community practice...

THE UK BESTSELLER'If I can go from obesity to the Olympics in four years, and then become a professional boxer, then anything is possible in your life.' Lawrence OkolieDREAM BIG. FOCUS. CHANGE YOUR LIFE.Lawrence shares 40 short life lessons and explains...

As children, most of us are scared of the dark. Although we may put that fear behind us, it remains nonetheless buried deep in places where we prefer not to look. It is a terror-as old as the human race-that survives in spite of the magic of electricity,...

Mindfulness has become a vital skill for many people working in the fields of physical and mental health, teaching, business, leadership and sports. While plenty of books explain the uses of mindfulness, until now none has addressed the particular...