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From Simon & Schuster, Taking Responsibility is Nathaniel Branden's guide to self-reliance and the accountable life, including self-realization through that self-reliance, offering a vision of society transformed by a new ethical individualism.The...

Adam Phillips uses the idea of flirtation to explore the virtues of being uncommitted - to people, to ideas, to methods - and the pleasures of uncertainty. These buoyant essays promote a psychoanalysis with a light touch, a psychoanalysis for pleasure...

Based on a series of clinical studies of schizoid problems, this book is a sequel to Harry Guntrip's theoretical study of the emergence of the schizoid problem, Personality Structure and Human Interaction (1961). It includes revised versions of earlier...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570233975Author Lynne McClureFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Impact PublicationsPublisher Impact PublicationsWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 228mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636371351Author Theron Q DumontFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Bibliotech PressPublisher Bibliotech PressWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Through her own experience with miscarriage as well as through the voices of other parents who have suffered the devastation of their baby's death, psychologist Hannah Lothrop guides parents through the experience of bereavement, from shock and disbelief...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375709227Author Thomas LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

* It is a straightforward, conversational introduction to statistics that delivers exactly what its title promises. * Each chapter begins with a brief overview of a statistic that describes what the statistic does and when to use it, followed by a...

In his mission to help people attain what he felt was their greatest gift, Leo Buscaglia famously developed a university course on love. This remarkable volume was the result of the interactions of students in his course. Here is what he found love is...

The culmination of a lifetime of counselling, lecturing and writing, M. Scott Peck's major work leads us to a deeper awareness of how to live rich, fulfilling lives in a world fraught with stress, worry and anxiety. Writing with a depth of understanding...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060921996Author Arthur FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 256gDimensions(mm)...

This unique resource helps therapists build their skills in schema therapy (ST) by applying ST techniques to themselves and reflecting on the experience. Designed for use by individuals or groups, the book harnesses the power of...

Systemic Work with Organizations explores a powerful new perspective on the challenges faced by managers and consultants who work in large organizations. Building on principles and methods originally developed in the family arena, the authors show how...

Drawing on cutting-edge research on adult attachment--and providing an innovative roadmap for clinical practice--Susan M. Johnson argues that psychotherapy is most effective when it focuses on the healing power of emotional connection. The primary...

Why does knowing more mean believing-and doing-less? A prescription for change The more facts that pile up about global warming, the greater the resistance to them grows, making it harder to enact measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and...

Language Acquisition: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the must-know issues in child language development. Covering key topics drawn from contemporary psychology, linguistics and neuroscience, readers are introduced to fundamental concepts,...

Drawing upon extensive interviews and assessments of school-age children who have lost a parent to death, this book offers a richly textured portrait of the mourning process in children. The volume presents major findings from the Harvard Child...

This is a makeover for more than just your wardrobe, it's about improving your overall well-beingYour days of screaming 'I have nothing to wear' while clawing your way out of a heaving pile of clothes are officially over. In this unique and...

This book arises from a lifetime's practical experience of work with people with Asperger's syndrome and autism. People with Asperger's syndrome easily drop through the net and fall into the wrong services - sometimes staying at home, depending on their...

You can't sit still. You don't like unannounced visitors. You always triple-check if the lights are out. But you also see details that no-one else notices. You're always coming up with surprising solutions. You can focus intensely for hours at a stretch...

Self-compassion is a cornerstone of mental health. Yet many people struggle with critical self-talk that lowers their confidence and stands in the way of true happiness. In The Self-Compassion Daily Journal, clinical psychologist Diana Hill offers...

The definitive work on a groundbreaking study, this essential volume provides a coherent picture of the complexity of development from birth to adulthood. Explicated are both the methodology of the Minnesota study and its far-reaching contributions to...

This book is one of the foundation stones of NLP. First published in 1975, it was designed to give an explicit set of tools to help psychotherapists be more effective. The book is largely concerned with language systems and was the definitive work on the...

This book is the first to focus exclusively on person-centred supervision. The editors explore the practice of supervision in the light of person-centred philosophy and theory, review and critique the generic literature on supervision and then look at...

Family therapy is increasingly recognised as one of the evidence based psychotherapies. In contemporary therapeutic practice, family therapy is helpful across the age span and for distress caused by family conflict, trauma and mental health difficulties...

The psychologist Leslie Farber, who died in 1981, has been revered as one of the most astute observers of the human condition and a writer of penetrating wisdom. His essays, on topics as diverse as the pornographic anguish of jealousy and the despair of...

'A collection of essays by a psychoanalyst who practices in a country whose language is not familiar to the majority of readers in the Anglo-Saxon world is to be heartily welcomed - all the more so when the author is as experienced and worldly as Dr...

Getting Better Bite by Bite is an essential, authoritative and evidence-based self-help programmethat has been used by bulimia sufferersfor over 20 years. This new edition maintains the essence of the original book, while updating its content for today's...

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology uses popular myths as a vehicle for helping students and laypersons to distinguish science from pseudoscience. Uses common myths as a vehicle for exploring how to distinguish factual from fictional claims in popular...

This is the first scholarly book to fully address the topics of the psychology of deceptive persuasion in the marketplace and consumer self-protection. Deception permeates the American marketplace. Deceptive marketing harms consumers' health, welfare and...

Developed by internationally renowned neurosurgeons, this unique book is designed for students of psychology and the biological sciences, and medical, dental, and nursing students.About the AuthorMarian C. Diamond, Ph.D., is a Professor of Anatomy at the...

This is the remarkable story of Charlie Bacchus, who was diagnosed with a severe case of viral encephalitis and later with multiple sclerosis and bipolar. This moving, funny, sometimes explicit book charts his life, including recollections of his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440505006Author Barbara SherFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

What does Lacan show us? He shows us that desire is not a biological function; that it is not correlated with a natural object; and that its object is fantasized. Because of this, desire is extravagant. It cannot be grasped by those who might try to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062507105Author Margaret PaulFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 233mm...

Our learning in infancy, and for a considerable period afterwards, takes place in a dependent relationship to another human being. The quality of this relationship is vitally important for our development, since it deeply influences the hopefulness...

A complete introduction to the theory and practice of contemporary counselling psychology An excellent resource for students at undergraduate or graduate level, Counselling Psychology: A Textbook for Study and Practice provides valuable insights into the...

A ground breaking book, presenting a holistic, multidisciplinary and multicentred model of Functional Herbal Therapy (FHT). Within the pages of this foundational text, Kerry Bones' model draws on the modern concept of functional medicine but is also...

The ground-breaking book which attempts to bridge the gap between the psychoanalytic and cognitive psychological theories of child development.About the AuthorDaniel N. Stern, M.D., is Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Geneva,...

This thorough revision of the highly successful first edition of Life-Span Development offers the reader a wide-ranging and thought provoking account of human development throughout the lifespan. The lifespan approach emphasises that development does not...