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The therapeutic relationship is increasingly becoming a central topic in systemic psychotherapy and cross-cultural thinking. Here, experienced systemic psychotherapists offer their reflections and thoughts on the issues of race, culture, and ethnicity in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791455340Author John FirmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

A reassuring guide on how to overcome failure, teaching us that we can learn to fail well This is a hopeful, consoling, gentle book about failure. Our societies talk a lot about success, but the reality is that no one gets through life without failing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783948177508Author Phyllis KrystalFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Sheema Medien VerlagPublisher Sheema Medien VerlagWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm)...

What is psychoanalysis? Is it relevant to today's mental health crisis? How can psychoanalysis help people suffering from psychological distress and illness? This vital new book examines how psychoanalysis has changed since its inception, and how it has...

The advice is sound; the client seems eager; and then... nothing happens! Too often, this is the experience that financial professionals encounter in their daily work. When good recommendations go unimplemented, clients' well-being is compromised,...

Freudian thought permeates virtually every aspect of 20th century life. To understand Freud is to explore not only his scientific papers but also his vivid writings on art, literature, politics, religion and culture. The Freud Reader is the first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957135007Author Amanda Star KingsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Into Light PressPublisher Into Light PressWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm)...

From the team that brought you the bestselling and trusted The Complete Companions, The Complete Companions Exam Workbooks provide students with skills-building activities and step-by-step practice questions to ensure they approach their exams confident...

'Not only is this the first key text on person-centred counselling psychology, but one of the best introductions to the approach. Gillon combines an in-depth understanding of the person-centred field with a highly accessible writing style to produce a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593193990Author Joshua BeckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)Publisher Waterbrook Press (A...

Examining the actual moment-to-moment process of therapy, this volume provides specific ways for therapists to engender effective movement, particularly in those difficult times when nothing seems to be happening. The book concentrates on the ongoing...

Understanding Psychopathy is an essential, accessible new guide on psychopathy and its development. Through the lens of the biopsychosocial model, Thomson explores a wide range of factors contributing to the development of psychopathy, from the genetic...

In his ground-breaking book "The Heart of Addiction", Dr. Lance Dodes rejected pat explanations of alcoholism as a disease and explored the underlying emotions that drive addictive behaviors-be they drinking, gambling, obsessive sex, or...

From an author with "Vince Lombardi power in a Bob Newhart personality" (The Washington Post): the real keys, the seeds, necessary to develop a truly meaningful life.In Seeds of Greatness, Denis Waitley shows how to nurture the greatness within you to...

Are we living in an age where we are more boredom-prone? Or are other people boring us? Or could we be that boring person?! In our current information age, we are constantly connected to technology, and have so many varied ways to spend our...

Dr Lacan's writings, and especially the seminars for which he has become famous, have provoked intense controversies in French analytic circles, requiring as they do a radical reappraisal of the legacy bequeathed by Freud. This volume is based on a...

'The best book I've read this year ... It's written in such a beautiful way' - Dr Suzi Gage, Book ShamblespodcastThis is an excellent book for anyone who wants to understand the psychology and the science behind what makes them them! - Professor Tanya...

Jacques Lacan's thinking revolutionised the theory and practice of psychoanalysis and had a major impact in fields as diverse as film studies, literary criticism, feminist theory and philosophy. Yet his writings are notorious for their complexity and...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Denial of Death, a penetrating and insightful perspective on the source of evil in our world."A profound, nourishing book...absolutely essential to the understanding of our troubled times." -Anais Nin"An...

For over three decades, Allan N. Schore has authored numerous volumes, chapters, and articles on regulation theory, a biopsychosocial model of the development, psychopathogenesis, and treatment of the implicit subjective self. The theory is grounded in...

What kinds of questions do experienced therapists ask themselves when facing a new client? How can clinical expertise be taught? From the author of the landmark Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, this book takes clinicians step-by- step through developing an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913185206Author Robert BurtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Stan's CafePublisher Stan's CafeWeight(grams) 109gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 6mm

We all want to be loved by our partners, and to have good relationships with friends and colleagues. What we don't always know is how to make that special sense of connection happen. In DARE TO CONNECT, Susan gives us the insights and tools we need to...

Since the original publication of this seminal work, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) has come into its own as a widely practiced approach to helping people change. This book provides the definitive statement of ACT--from conceptual and empirical...

People Skills for Behavior Analysts provides a much-needed introduction to the people skills needed to succeed as a behavior analyst.Divided into two primary parts - Foundational Skills and Specialized Skills - this book addresses an impressive breadth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671247362Author Viktor Emil FranklFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 256gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Essentials of Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales(SB5) Assessment provides comprehensive instructions on optimal use of the Stanford-Binet, including helpful step-by-step administration, scoring, and interpretation guidelines. Using the popular Essentials...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623172220Author Alaine D. DuncanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.

This book introduces the importance of Echoism as both a clinical entity and a theoretical concept. In Ovid's version of the myth of Echo and Narcissus, the character Echo receives equal attention to her counterpart, Narcissus, yet she has been...

A users manual to guide the interested practitioner through incorporating Western Herbal Tradition into their practice. Complete with charts, diagrams, tables and cross-references, Traditional Western Herbal Medicine synthesises and elaborates on all...

All teachers are in the unique position of influencing the future happiness and success of the next generation; therefore it is crucial that the wellbeing of teachers is not overlooked. This proactive guide will empower school staff; it will enlighten...

Dr. Henry Cloud, bestselling author of the Boundaries series, offers a life-changing book that provides ten strategies for overcoming self-defeating life patterns that will help you redirect your mistakes and make way for success-physically, personally,...

Winner of the 2013 Sigourney Award!Belief and Imagination brings together Ronald Britton's writing on these subjects over the last 15 years, exploring the concepts from a Kleinian perspective. The book covers:The status of phantasies in an individuals...

Being wrong is an inescapable part of being alive. And yet we go through life tacitly assuming (or loudly insisting) that we are right about nearly everything - from our political beliefs to our private memories, from our grasp of scientific fact to the...

Judy Cooper has unravelled the many enigmas and perplexities of Masud Khan's intriguing personality....a work of exquisite scholarship based on careful scrutiny of unpublished documents and extensive interviews with those who knew Khan intimately.About...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623176716Author Cornelia ElbrechtFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.

One of the most important books ever written on domestic violence, Coercive Control breaks through entrenched views of physical abuse that have ultimately failed to protect women. Evan Stark, founder of one of America's first battered women's shelters,...

"These compact vigorous essays constitute Dr. Jung's most sustained interpretation of the religious function in individual experience."-Journal of Social Philosophy "This psychological study of religion is particularly interesting in the light of...

The first comprehensive presentation for clinicians of the groundbreaking approach popularized in Ross Greene's acclaimed parenting guide, The Explosive Child, this book provides a detailed framework for effective, individualized intervention with highly...