Psychology

What does it mean to be female? Sarah Blaffer Hrdy--a sociobiologist and a feminist--believes that evolutionary biology can provide some surprising answers. Surprising to those feminists who mistakenly think that biology can only work against women. And...

Examines the painful impact of low self-esteem and a poor self-image, explaining how to identify negative behavior patterns and develop the confidence and self-awareness to overcome them.Book InformationISBN 9780312155704Author Rabbi Abraham J...

Marcia Herrin and Maria Larkin have collaborated on the second edition of Nutrition Counseling in the Treatment of Eating Disorders, infusing research-based approaches and their own clinically-refined tools for managing food and weight-related issues...

This important text shows how child development theory applies to professionals' working practice. Considering theories of development throughout the lifespan from the early years through to adolescence, and transitions to adulthood, this resource is...

Hypnotherapy Scripts to Promote Children's Wellbeing is a collection of tried-and-tested scripts that will aid hypnotherapists in developing and implementing treatment plans for promoting the wellbeing of children.The book offers a variety of approaches...

This text introduces the concepts, essential tenets and basic techniques of Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography. Through the use of case studies and the author's own professional experience, this book covers the practices, together with their...

Explore all the key fields of Psychology in one essential textbook Psychology is the internationally best-selling introduction to one of the world's most exciting sciences. This invaluable, accessible text covers every major branch in the field and will...

Psychosynthesis Leadership Coaching responds to the call of coaches who want to be able to work with the whole person, with the inner as well as the outer worlds, and not just at rational and behavioural levels but at emotional and spiritual levels as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648267010Author Daryl ChowFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Daryl Chow & AssociatesPublisher Daryl Chow & AssociatesWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm)...

A spellbinding travel book, exploring the psychology of walking, pilgrimage, solitude and escape.'An extraordinary, dreamlike journey through West Africa' Adharanand FinnAt the age of twenty-seven and afraid of falling into a life he doesn't want, Robert...

In this ground-breaking work, philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark turns a common view of the human mind upside down. In stark opposition to familiar models of human cognition, Surfing Uncertainty explores exciting new theories in neuroscience,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985616892Author Laura DennisFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Entourage PublishingPublisher Entourage PublishingWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm)...

In 1945, at the end of the Second World War and after a long illness, C. G. Jung delivered a lecture in Zurich on the French Romantic poet Gerard de Nerval. The lecture focused on Nerval's visionary memoir, Aurelia, which the poet wrote in an ambivalent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608686957Author Barbara AbercrombieFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library

Distinctive in its application as a foundational theory in the field of art therapy, this up-to-date second edition demonstrates how the Expressive Therapies Continuum provides a framework for the organization of assessment information, the formulation...

This book shows how art therapists can use found objects in their work with clients. Found objects can be a highly affordable, imaginative and creative way of working, and are particularly effective when working with marginalised populations and clients...

With a new foreword by Andre Green.Bollas eloquently argues for a return to our understanding of how Freudian psychoanalysis works unconscious to unconscious. Failure to follow Freud's basic assumptions about psychoanalytical listening has resulted in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909889491Author Sigrid RausingFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Granta MagazinePublisher Granta MagazineWeight(grams) 315gDimensions(mm) 20mm * 145mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632868305Author Johann HariFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Bloomsbury USAPublisher Bloomsbury USAWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 243mm * 163mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506481470Author Mark YaconelliFormat HardbackPage Count 206Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

By presenting current psychological theories alongside individual case studies, this book will guide you to understand the theory as it applies to specific instances of each crime. Covering a wide range of cases, from economic crimes, to terrorism and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647800567Author John R TorranceFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint High Performance MediaPublisher High Performance MediaWeight(grams)...

Drawing on the pioneering work of Janet, Freud, Sullivan, and Fairbairn and making extensive use of recent literature, Elizabeth Howell develops a comprehensive model of the dissociative mind. Dissociation, for her, suffuses everyday life; it is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933820484Author Indi YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Rosenfeld MediaPublisher Rosenfeld Media

WINNER OF THE GOLD PRIZE FOR RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF EASTERN THOUGHT AT THE 2016 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS. Can meditation and mindfulness exercise make us sharper, smarter, healthier, happier? In Siddhartha's Brain, James Kingsland reveals that a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780895948915Author Ambika WautersFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Crossing PressPublisher Crossing PressWeight(grams) 352gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm...

This outstanding new handbook offers unique coverage of all aspects of neuropsychological rehabilitation. Compiled by the world's leading clinician-researchers, and written by an exceptional team of international contributors, the book is vast in scope,...

Feeling Unreal is the first book to reveal what depersonalization disorder is all about. This important volume explores not only depersonalization, but the philosophical and literary implications of selflessness as well, while providing the latest...

'Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent' - ObserverWhen Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual...

Although it is a natural and inescapable part of life, death is a subject that is often neglected in psychotherapeutic literature and training. In When Death Enters the Therapeutic Space Laura Barnett and her contributors offer us insights into working...

Her analysis deals with the role of narcissism and idealization in the formation of a love object. She accounts for the role of the death drive by coining the term "love/hate."About the AuthorJulia Kristeva, internationally known psychoanalyst and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060904470Author Allen WheelisFormat PaperbackPage Count 117Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

What is the relationship between sexual and other kinds of politics? Few societies have posed this puzzle as urgently, or as disturbingly, as Nazi Germany. What exactly were Nazism's sexual politics? Were they repressive for everyone, or were some...

Are you a graduate? Looking for a brilliant job? Then you should know that over 95 percent of the FTSE 100 companies use psychometric and management tests to select their graduate recruits, as do the police, the Civil Service, local authorities, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812995848Author Brene BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 346gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Research indicates that at least one in ten new mothers experience post-natal depression, yet there is little help available to sufferers. Cara Aiken's book will help them, and the professionals who work with them, to understand this illness. The book...

Inspired by the clinical and ethical contributions of Muriel Dimen (1942-2016), a prominent feminist anthropologist and relational psychoanalyst, Sexual Boundary Trouble in Psychoanalysis challenges the established psychoanalytic and mental health...

Quantitative Psychological Research: The Complete Student's Companion, expertly guides the reader through all the stages involved in undertaking quantitative psychological research: designing a study, choosing a sample of people, undertaking the study,...

A rich and stimulating exploration of one of our most maligned emotions and how it might actually help us flourish In the first book to argue for the benefits of boredom, Peter Toohey dispels the myth that it's simply a childish emotion or an existential...

The subconscious is overdue a software upgrade. This primitive and emotional part of your brain follows rules for keeping you safe and well based on the caveman days, where sabre-toothed tigers and other predators were the biggest threat. If you have...