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Most people use only 8% of their mind power. You'll discover the source of unlimited ideas, awaken your creative imagination, and make decisions with confidence when you tap the remaining 92% of your mind's power. Psychogenesis tells you how to...

Defining ""medicalization"" as the perception of nonmedical conditions as medical problems and nondiseases as diseases, Thomas Szasz has devoted much of his career to exposing the dangers of ""medicalizing"" the conditions of some who simply refuse to...

This eloquent book translates attachment theory and research into an innovative framework that grounds adult psychotherapy in the facts of childhood development. Advancing a model of treatment as transformation through relationship, the author integrates...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062507211Author Helen PalmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 204mm *...

This title is based on the results of a project based at the Tavistock Clinic in London which set out to explore whether children and young people aged nine years to fifteen years suffering from depression could be helped using brief focused...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578569526Author Dan AllenderFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)Publisher Waterbrook Press (A Division...

The Solution Focused Approach with Children and Young People: Current Thinking and Practice brings together leading figures and innovative practitioners from different professions, contexts and countries to provide a unique overview of Solution Focused...

In Psychodynamic Coaching: Distinctive Features, Claudia Nagel presents a comprehensive overview of the unique features of psychodynamic coaching. As leaders and managers acknowledge the need to understand themselves and their context by looking...

Socioanalysis is the study of groups, organisations, and society using a systems psychoanalytic framework: looking beneath the surface (and the obvious) to see the underlying dynamics and how these dynamics are interconnected. This book examines several...

The Freud Wars offers a comprehensive introduction to the crucial question of the justification of psychoanalysis.Part I examines three powerful critiques of psychoanalysis in the context of a recent controversy about its nature and legitimacy: is it a...

Synthesizing a vast body of empirical research and organizing it around a comprehensive conceptual model, this book is recognized as the definitive reference on adult attachment. The authors explain how what began as a theory of child development is now...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994488046Author Brian ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint Lsa/FlarePublisher Lsa/FlareWeight(grams) 653gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 24mm

We don't operate only logically, consciously. Parts of our minds are less available. We can find ourselves inhibited and anxious, or resentful and ready to snap - and not really understand why.If psychoanalysis is about noticing what is disturbing,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374522698Author Alice MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)...

Long-regarded as the handbook of Individual Psychology, Understanding Human Nature provides an accessible introduction to Adler's key concepts, with which he moved away from his colleague Freud's thinking. These include inferiority/ superiority...

Such Stuff as Dreams: The Psychology of Fiction explores how fiction works in the brains and imagination of both readers and writers. Demonstrates how reading fiction can contribute to a greater understanding of, and the ability to change,...

Now considered a classic in the field, The Handbook of Sandplay Therapy is the core classic training manual and reference source in Jungian Sandplay therapy. It remains the most-read book in the field. The book comprehensively explains and illustrates...

This book presents the first behavioral activation (BA) program to help 12- to 18-year-olds overcome depression. The authors provide a systematic framework for increasing adolescents' engagement in rewarding activities and decreasing avoidant behavior...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399178740Author Edward M. HallowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

This book explores the life and theories of Michael Balint, who kept alive Ferenczi's analytic traditions in Budapest and brought them to London, where they became a vital part of the Independent Group's theory and practice. Balint's theoretical...

For centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In Nobody's Normal, anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker chronicles the progress and setbacks in the struggle against mental-illness...

Information-Processing Channels in the Tactile Sensory System addresses the fundamental question of whether sensory channels, similar to those known to operate in vision and audition, also operate in the sense of touch. Based on the results of...

Filling a tremendous need, this highly practical book adapts the proven techniques of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to treatment of multiproblem adolescents at highest risk for suicidal behavior and self-injury. The authors are master clinicians who...

This book provides a concise introduction to the increasingly important field of forensic mental health. It aims to set out both the key concepts in forensic mental health as well as the way the discipline operates in the broader context of criminal...

This book addresses a critical challenge in evidence-based psychotherapy: how to use empirically supported therapies (ESTs) in real-world clinical contexts. The author explains the basic theories of cognition, learning, and emotion that underlie...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849024136Author Maria MontessoriFormat HardbackPage Count 438Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams) 811gDimensions(mm)...

The study of language acquisition has become a center of scientific inquiry into the nature of the human mind. The result is a windfall of new information about language, about learning, and about children themselves.In Language Acquisition Jill and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395599235Author Robert ColesFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 480g

Edmund Burke's 1791 Reflections on the Revolution in France is a strong example of how the thinking skills of analysis and reasoning can support even the most rhetorical of arguments. Often cited as the foundational work of modern conservative political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916085343Author Dulcie SwanstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Top Right ThinkingPublisher Top Right ThinkingWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 198mm...

In Stories from Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy author Henry Kronengold explores the unpredictable world of child and adolescent psychotherapy through a series of engaging and innovative clinical vignettes. The ups, downs, and dilemmas of therapeutic...

The Dutch anthropologist Geert Hofstede is recognized as a pioneer in the fields of international management and social psychology - and his work is a perfect example of the ways in which interpretative skills can help solve problems and provide the...

The standard reference for practitioners, researchers, and students, this acclaimed work brings together internationally recognized experts from diverse mental health, medical, and allied health care disciplines. Contributors review established and...

The proper working of ritual is at the heart of the Western magical tradition. This book shows exactly how ceremonial techniques can be used to concentrate and harness the enormous psychic and spiritual potential of human consciousness. Dr Regardie's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553352689Author Gerald G. JampolskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing...

One country's sacrament is another's illicit drug, as officials in South America and the United States are well aware. For centuries, a hallucinogenic tea made from a giant vine native to the Amazonian rainforest has been taken as a religious sacrament...

A growing body of evidence supports the benefits of high-quality parent interventions for building social and communication skills in 0- to 5-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). How can clinicians coach parents to effectively incorporate...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316159388Author Deirdre BairFormat PaperbackPage Count 881Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay Books

Fundamentals of Brain and Behavior provides an accessible introduction to the study of human neuroscience.The book has been carefully designed to accompany a typical entry-level course, covering core topics including the function and structure of the...