Psychology

While the Internet can enhance well-being, Elias Aboujaoude has spent years treating patients whose lives have been profoundly disturbed by it. Part of the danger lies in how the Internet allows us to act with exaggerated confidence, sexiness, and...

Executive leadership is critically important to understanding the workings and performance of organizations, yet it is a topic that is usually ignored by mainstream leadership research. Leadership and Information Processing provides a much-needed...

A neuroscientist reveals unique aspects of decision-making and the best strategies for protecting and enhancing the brain's ability to navigate life's uncertainties Contingency calculations-the ability to predict the outcomes of decisions and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140165586Author Joshua HalberstamFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House...

A widely used practitioner guide and text, this book presents a blueprint for meeting the challenges of severe problem behavior in grades PreK-8. It shows how to provide effective behavior support for the 1-5% of students who require intensive,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593234402Author Dorena WilliamsonFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)Publisher Waterbrook Press (A...

Fundamental questions about the morality of pediatric medical research persist despite years of debate and the establishment of strict codes of ethics. Is it ever permissible to use a child as a means to an end? How much authority should parents have...

People Skills for Young Adults is a complete course in social skills training for students in their teens, and is particularly appropriate for those with mild learning difficulties. The book is practical in emphasis, and comprises a series of sessions...

In this incisive study of the biological and cultural origins of the human self, the author challenges readers to re-think ideas about the self and consciousness as being exclusive to humans. In their place, he expounds a metatheoretical approach to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451626698Author Sian BeilockFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm * 23mm

A renowned psychologist argues that free will is not only real but essential to our well-being It's become fashionable to argue that free will is a fiction: that we humans are in the thrall of animal urges and unconscious biases and only think that we...

All the key ideas developed by psychoanalysis in Latin America are included in this book, as well as relevant historical events for psychoanalysis in each country. The authors of the chapters are selected from among the major analytic thinkers of Latin...

Enactive trauma therapy is grounded in so-called enactivism, which holds that, like anyone else, traumatized individuals are (1) embrained, embodied, and environmentally embedded; (2) constitute biopsychological organism-environment systems that are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780887065286Author Stanislav GrofFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

Sigmund Freud's discovery of psychoanalysis explores links between Freud's development of his thinking and theory and his personal emotional journey. It follows his early career as a medical student, researcher and neurologist, and then as a...

Woman's Relationship with Herself explores the relationship women have with themselves and demonstrates how this relationship is often dominated by debilitating practices of self-surveillance. Employing Foucault's notion of panoptical power, Helen...

This book describes the life of Karl Abraham, his work in Zurich and Berlin, and his scientific relationship with Freud. Abraham wrote important papers which form the base of clinical psychoanalysis and analytic technique: transference,...

When we're grieving, we need relief from our pain. Today we often turn to technology for distraction when what we really need is the opposite: generous doses of nature. Studies show that time spent outdoors lowers blood pressure, eases depression and...

Case formulation is a key skill for mental health practitioners, and this book provides examples of ten case formulations representing the most common mental health problems in a variety of populations and contexts, offering commentary on contrasting...

Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Therapies provides an overview of the history, practice, and ongoing developments in the field of psychoanalysis. As the original theory of psychotherapy, psychoanalysis is often presented as a starting point in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788433960290Author Oliver SacksFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint AnagramaPublisher AnagramaWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm * 20mm

Integrating Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Clinical Practice shows counseling and other mental health professionals how the theoretical bases and evidence-based practices of motivational interviewing (MI) and cognitive...