Psychology

Do you need to be a genius to be good at chess? What does it take to become a Grandmaster? Can computer programmes beat human intuition in gameplay?The Psychology of Chess is an insightful overview of the roles of intelligence, expertise, and human...

Are you a good boss--or a great one?Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most...

Set in a multilingual cleaning company that serves Anglophone customers in the upper-(middle) class suburbs of New York City, this book presents an ethnographic study into power, language policy and communication from the perspectives of the...

Think of a time in your life when you overcame a significant, chronic, intractable problem that had challenged you for years, until somehow you managed to completely turn things around in such a way that the change has persisted to this day. How did this...

Do you avoid social situations? Do you dread public speaking? Would you rather stay in a job you hate than go through the interview process? If so, you may have social anxiety-and you aren't alone. People who struggle with social anxiety have an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632651983Author Joseph SelbieFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint New Page Books,USPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

The collection of ten absorbing tales by master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom uncovers the mysteries, frustrations, pathos, and humour at the heart of the therapeutic encounter. In recounting his patients' dilemmas, Yalom not only gives us a rare and...

Focused Genograms provides a cutting-edge guide to utilizing the Intersystem Approach meta-framework and attachment theory to construct focused genograms. Focused genograms are graphic representations of intergenerational family interactions, and can be...

Svagito Liebermeister presents a way of counseling that is rooted in meditation. He examines the core aspects of a spiritual approach to therapy, beyond method and technique, focusing on the essentials of how personal growth and transformation occur...

For over a decade, Rekindling Desire has helped to restore and affirm pleasure-oriented sexuality for thousands of people. Drawing on respected therapist Barry McCarthy's extensive knowledge and experience, this updated third edition offers strategies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250212849Author Marc BrackettFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Celadon BooksPublisher Celadon BooksWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683732556Author Leslie SokolFormat PaperbackPage Count 265Imprint PESI Publishing & MediaPublisher PESI Publishing & MediaWeight(grams)...

The new edition of The Meaning of Movement serves as a guide to instruction in the Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP) and as the system's foremost reference book, sourcebook, and authoritative compendium. This thoroughly updated volume interweaves current...

Is it in our best interest to compete or to cooperate?Some have argued that humans are fundamentally competitive and that pursuing our self-interest is the best way to get ahead. Others believe that we are hard-wired to cooperate and are most successful...

Informed by the principles and practices of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), this book presents skills training guidelines specifically designed for adults with cognitive challenges. Clinicians learn how to teach core emotion regulation and adaptive...

Clinical Psychology & People with Intellectual Disabilities provides trainee and qualified clinical psychologists with the most up-to-date information and practical clinical skills for working with people with intellectual disabilities. * Represents...

Sexually curious adults can learn how to enjoy bedroom bondage in an easy step-by-step fashion while still being tasteful, playful, and authentic Rope bondage is not just about tying someone up; it is an opportunity for sensuality, creativity,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999809402Author Julie DiamondFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Belly Song PressPublisher Belly Song PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY WATERSTONES AND THE TIMES'Entertaining and original.' Guardian'Accessible and insightful, it's a thought-provoking read.' Observer' Highly readable.' The Times'Nothing less than brilliant.' Wall Street JournalWhat if...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781722505691Author Vincent GennaFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint G&D MediaPublisher G&D Media

Rewrite your story-and this time, you make the rules. Were you the victim of childhood bullying based on your identity? Do you carry those scars into adulthood in the form of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dysfunctional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641521239Author Victoria BooneFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Althea PressPublisher Althea PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Grounded in extensive research and clinical experience, this manual provides a complete guide to interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents (IPT-A). IPT-A is an evidence-based brief intervention designed to meet the specific developmental...

This revised and expanded edition adds over 300 new expressions that help unlock the meaning of everyday expressions.Both informative and entertaining, the book addresses an important aspect of social communication for people with Asperger Syndrome, who...

When this classic work was first published in 1975, it created a new discipline and started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. Although voted by officers and fellows of the international Animal Behavior Society the most...

Early in these essays, Bromberg contemplates how one might engage schizoid detachment within an interpersonal perspective. To his surprise, he finds that the road to the patient's disavowed experiences most frequently passes through the analyst's...

Michael Fordham's immense contribution to analytical psychology has been marked by its combination of practical and theoretical genius. Before retirement he ran a full clinical practice alongside the co-editorship of The Collected Works of Jung,...

Pioneering research has been carried out over the last decade on mentalization and the promotion of mentalizing capacity - the ability to interpret the behavior of oneself and others as based on intentional mental states, such as needs, desires,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781630517489Author Mark SabanFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Chiron PublicationsPublisher Chiron PublicationsWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Grounded in knowledge about the unique developmental challenges of adolescence, this book presents an innovative approach for teaching self-compassion to teens and young adults in clinical, educational, or community settings. Lorraine Hobbs and Niina...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425183403Author Steven ReissFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The application of psychiatry to war and terrorism is highly topical and a source of intense media interest. Shell Shock to PTSD explores the central issues involved in maintaining the mental health of the armed forces and treating those who succumb to...

Turn Uncomfortable Conversations into Meaningful Dialogue If you believe that talking about race is impolite, or that "colorblindness" is the preferred approach, you must read this book. Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence debunks the most pervasive...

For people who were emotionally and physically wounded as children, the journey from childhood to adulthood is a constant struggle with shame, self-criticism, and fear. This book shows these adult children of dysfunctional families how to use...

There is a persistent myth about the British: that we are a nation of stoics, with stiff upper lips, repressed emotions, and inactive lachrymal glands. Weeping Britannia - the first history of crying in Britain - comprehensively debunks this myth. ...

Insanity-in clinical practice as in the popular imagination-is seen as a state of believing things that are not true and perceiving things that do not exist. Most schizophrenics, however, do not act as if they mistake their delusions for reality. In a...

'Learning involves doing...Since action learning suggests that we may best master whatever unknown challenge appears by working with others who seek to triumph in the same way, its programmes should be collectively designed and launched by those who hope...

Winner of The University of Alabama 2017 President's Faculty Research AwardWhat does it mean to be a responsible methodologist? Certainly it is more than being a research middle-manager who ensures that the tools used in a thesis or dissertation are of...

Michael White's untimely death deprived therapists of a leading light. Here, available for the first time in book form, is a collection of the work he left behind-writings on topics dear to the psychotherapeutic world: turning points in therapy,...

While we know that psychotherapy works, there is hearty debate about what makes it work. In the past, rival arguments have maintained that psychotherapy proves effective because of the treatment approach, patient contributions, or the therapeutic...