Psychology

Illustrated by case studies throughout, this book examines the experience of carers, considers the special characteristics of carers as a population, and considers how help might best be provided by those involved in the professional helping role.About...

Nostalgia is a topic that most lay people are familiar with, but, until recently, few social scientists understood. Once viewed as a disease, nostalgia is now considered to be an important psychological resource. It involves revisiting personally...

From 1936 to 1941, C. G. Jung gave a four-part seminar series in Zurich on children's dreams and the historical literature on dream interpretation. This book completes the two-part publication of this landmark seminar, presenting the sessions devoted to...

Hailed as "a superb textbook aimed at introducing psychoanalytic self psychology to students of psychotherapy" (Robert D. Stolorow), Psychotherapy After Kohut is unique in its grasp of the theoretical, clinical, and historical grounds of the emergence of...

Most consultation courses in school psychology focus heavily on theoretical models of consultation and associated intervention procedures. Little time is devoted to developing communication and process skills. Yet these process skills are key to properly...

Studying Lacan's Seminar VII offers a contemporary, critically informed set of analyses of Lacan's ethics seminar and astute reflections about what Lacan's ethics offer to the field of psychoanalytic thought today. The volume interrogates the seminar...

A complete summary of current knowledge about phobias, for the academic and clinicianFirst comprehensive handbook on the topic for 10 yearsThe latest research and findings presented in a single sourceContributions from eminent international clinicians...

The new edition of Fifty Key Thinkers in Psychology introduces the life, thought, work and impact of some of the most influential figures who have shaped and developed modern psychology, considering a more diverse history of the discipline. The revised...

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST - Transgender Non-FictionProviding new approaches for exploring gender identity and expression, this book is ideal for clinical practice with transgender and gender nonconforming/diverse clients. Importantly, it moves...

A research methods text with a unique focus on evidence-based practice with couples and families, this book bridges the divide between research and clinical work. The text offers comprehensive, user-friendly coverage of measurement and design issues and...

This manual presents a carefully researched, detailed psychodynamic treatment program for the alleviation of a transdiagnostic range of primary Axis I anxiety disorders, including panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder,...

The ways we know, think and believe about a whole variety of key areas - different forms of discourse, psychotherapy as well as religion - have much more in common than is usually perceived. Through a series of fascinating parallels running across...

Anxiety is a complex phenomenon and a central feature of many psychological problems. This new edition of Anxiety, part of the popular Clinical Psychology: A Modular Course Series, updates the remarkable developments that have occurred in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781543974522Author Russell SchreiberFormat PaperbackPage Count 460Imprint BookBabyPublisher BookBabyWeight(grams) 716g

What is a dream?Dreams are universal, but their perceived significance and conceptual framework change over time. This book provides new perspectives on the history of dreams and dream interpretation in western culture and thought. Dreams and History...

Featuring a wealth of examples and practical advice, this is the best possible resource for students conducting research online. Bringing together key topics, this student-friendly textbook guides you through the design and execution of different online...

Psychopathy: The Basics is an accessible text that provides a compact introduction to the major findings and debates concerning this complex personality disorder. This book provides an overview of the field and covers a wide range of research findings...

This book covers the works and life of Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949), who has been described as "the most original figure in American psychiatry".Challenging Freud's psychosexual theory, Sullivan founded the interpersonal theory of psychiatry, which...

This book explores the multitude of thoughts, theories, opinions, methods, and approaches to play therapy in order to highlight the unity and diversity of theory and perspective in the field.Each chapter is a common question related to play therapy to...

'I would recommend The Practitioner's Handbook as a useful resource for therapists concerned with their professional development and the development of others' - Therapy Today, February 2009 The Practitioner's Handbook is an essential guide to...

Skin in Psychoanalysis is an important theoretical contribution, revising several authors starting with Freud in whose writing we can now discover multiple direct or indirect references to the skin. It adopts a decidedly complex point of view regarding...

In Conversation with Karen Barad: Doings of Agential Realism is an accessible introduction to Karen Barad's agential realist philosophy. The authors take on a unique approach to involve the readers in in/formal conversations between Karen, postgraduate...

"Explor[es] the underlying history and psychology of public discourse . . . should be required reading for politicians and public advocates." -Real Change The most pressing problem we face today is not climate change. It is pollution in the public...

In The Mind within the Brain, David Redish brings together cutting edge research in psychology, robotics, economics, neuroscience, and the new fields of neuroeconomics and computational psychiatry, to offer a unified theory of human decision-making. Most...

In Person-Centered Psychotherapies, David J. Cain discusses the history, theory, research and practice of this seminal approach whose basic premises have influenced the practice of most therapeutic systems. Person-centered therapy, also called...

Tami Spry provides a methodological introduction to the budding field of performative autoethnography. She intertwines three necessary elements comprising the process. First one must understand the body - navigating concepts of self, culture, language,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807005552Author Viktor E. FranklFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm) 223mm * 144mm *...

The Ethics of Lacanian Psychoanalysis observes different aspects of life - childhood, romantic love, sex, death, and human suffering - through a Lacanian lens, with a glance toward a Buddhist point of view.Combining Lacanian psychoanalysis with insight...

What is the role of psychoanalysis in today's world? Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow presents a selection of papers written by Hanna Segal. The collection introduces the reader to a wide spectrum of insights into psychoanalysis, ranging from current...

Whether working in urban areas with high levels of cultural diversity, providing art therapy to 'unique' populations such as prisoners or asylum seekers, or introducing art therapy programs to parts of the world in which it is not yet established, it is...

Peter Myers' intricate and ornately patterned drawings are brought together for the first time in this volume, which is the fascinating result of the collaboration of an artist and two scientists. The beautiful, complex images (included in full-page...

Working as an independent contractor or in private practice is often the ideal scenario for creative therapists who want to control their own career and make decisions about the jobs and clients they take on.This practical guide to successful...

Deeper than Reason takes the insights of modern psychological and neuroscientific research on the emotions and brings them to bear on questions about our emotional involvement with the arts. Robinson begins by laying out a theory of emotion, one that is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845407469Author Matthew RatcliffeFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 450g

With each chapter representing a session, this engaging book is a guide to working collaboratively with individuals and incorporating recovery principles into your therapeutic practice. Incorporating both philosophical and theoretical background, the...

Many parents at some time dread that a child of theirs may be mentally ill or disturbed. But even after a generation of child psychology, psychiatry and psychotherapy, they still frequently fear to admit their fears, and fear the mystery of the remedy as...

'I just couldn't stop blushing... It was awful!' It's the thing you dread most. You're at a party, giving a presentation, joining a new evening class or even meeting your online date in real life for the first time. You feel the warmth creeping up over...

...a tour de force...a series of exquisite exercises which translate the philosophical ideas into practical and clearly understood directives for activities that are immediately experienced in the body. This work is useful to anyone engaged in education,...

Environmental Expressive Therapies contributes to the emerging phenomenon of eco-arts therapy by highlighting the work that international expressive arts therapists have accomplished to establish a framework for incorporating nature as a partner in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781638072997Author Ashton Whitmoyer-OberFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 229mm...