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How psychopharmacology has usurped the role of psychotherapy in our society, to the great detriment of the patients involved. William Glasser describes in Warning: Psychiatry Can Be Hazardous to Your Mental Health the sea change that has taken place in...

The post-Kleinian model of the mind, as developed by W. R. Bion and Donald Meltzer, is essentially an aesthetic one. It is founded on Melanie Klein's discovery of the "internal object" with its combined masculine and feminine qualities and ambiguous,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647398231Author Hayden FinchFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm...

From the first moment of life, language development occurs in the context of social activities. This book emphasises how language development interacts with social and cognitive development, and shows how these abilities work together to turn children...

This volume spotlights the unique problems that often accompany a high-income lifestyle and offers guidelines that can help individuals avoid the pitfalls wealth may bring. Two therapists show how the culture of affluence in America creates unique...

Melanie Klein Today, Volume 1 is the first of two volumes of collected essays devoted to developments in psychoanalysis based on the work of Melanie Klein.The papers are arranged into four groups: the analysis of psychotic patients, projective...

'Packed with fresh and clear insights that will change the way you think about the world' Uri Gneezy'One of those books that you pick up and then can't put down' Steve Stewart-Williams'This is a book I will come back to again and again' Nichola...

Informed by the latest research and written by two of the leading authorities in the field, this invaluable resource presents step-by-step guidelines for assessing and treating sexual assault survivors suffering from PTSD. The book provides a clear...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780919123212Author Edward F EdingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Inner City BooksPublisher Inner City BooksWeight(grams) 136g

You could lead the life you'd love, if only you lived the one you've been given! Are you really living or barely breathing? Do you feel sick, run-down, anxious, or low? In Count Your Blessings, Dr. John F. Demartini reveals the connection between health...

This acclaimed work, now in a new edition, has introduced tens of thousands of clinicians to mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for depression, an 8-week program with proven effectiveness. Step by step, the authors explain the "whys" and...

`Do read this book - it will refresh you if you have not come across critical psychology before. If you are already "critical", this is an excellent, up-to-date overview of the area' - THE (Times Higher Education) 'An excellent book in all...

Developmental evaluation (DE) offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers. In this book, eminent authority Michael Quinn Patton shows how to conduct evaluations within...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760781163Author Professor Gillian StrakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Macmillan AustraliaPublisher Pan Macmillan AustraliaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262535106Author Amos TverskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 19mm

This accessible text provides a roadmap for producing a high-quality literature review--an integral part of a successful thesis, dissertation, term paper, or grant proposal. Each step of searching for, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing prior...

For the first time, the controversial issue of physical contact in the consulting room is explored by distinguished psychoanalysts and psychotherapists representing a diverse range of psychoanalytic viewpoints. The contributors focus on the unconscious...

Blending humour and behavioural economics, the New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational delves into the truly illogical world of personal finance to help people better understand why they make bad financial decisions, and gives them...

An expert neurologist explores how the mind, brain, and body respond and heal after her personal experience with profound loss.Winner of the Best Book Award (Health: Death & Dying) by American Book FestIn Before and After Loss, neurologist Dr. Lisa M...

How can social bonds in society be strengthened? How do we learn and develop prosocial behaviour?This comprehensive textbook provides up-to-date coverage of the social phenomenon of prosocial behaviour, incorporating all the major developments in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781464107795Author Eric W. CortyFormat PaperbackPage Count 650Imprint Worth Publishers Inc.,U.S.Publisher Macmillan Learning

For over 25 years, Thomas G. West has been a leading advocate for the importance of visual thinking, visual technologies and the creative potential of individuals with dyslexia and other learning differences. In this new book, he investigates how...

The classic guide on how to build loving relationships. In this exploration of loving and living, bestselling author Leo Buscaglia addresses the intricacies and challenges of love relationships. He asks such important questions, as: How do we best...

How do clinicians select appropriate treatment strategies to match their clients' needs?Formulation and Treatment in Clinical Health Psychology brings together leading experts in the fields of clinical health psychology and behavioural medicine with the...

This volume consists of the collected letters of D. W. Winnicott, a central figure in British psychoanalysis in the generation following Freud. Suspicious of dogma and deeply committed to the value of his own observations, he maintained a highly personal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953710515Author Joan Raphael-LeffFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Institute of Psycho-AnalysisPublisher Institute of Psycho-Analysis

Insanity-in clinical practice as in the popular imagination-is seen as a state of believing things that are not true and perceiving things that do not exist. Most schizophrenics, however, do not act as if they mistake their delusions for reality. In a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967160154Author Victor LangbehnFormat HardbackPage Count 90Imprint Personal Growth HackersPublisher Personal Growth HackersWeight(grams)...

Increased worldwide mobility and easy access to technology means that the use of technological mediation for treatment is being adopted rapidly and uncritically by psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists. Despite claims of functional...

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The Fifteen Minute Rule sets out to help us tackle those things that we are always putting off: starting an exercise regime, looking for a new job, doing our tax returns or learning a new skill. Or perhaps doing something to improve the quality of life,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635575118Author V (formerly Eve Ensler)Format PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams)...

A practical guide to mindfulness that will empower teachers and school staff to take better care of their well-being and find calm in the day-to-day hustle and bustle of the school setting.About the AuthorKamalagita Hughes has been practicing mindfulness...

Presenting an evidence-based treatment for couples in which one or both partners suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this step-by-step manual is packed with practical clinical guidance and tools. The therapy is carefully structured to...

In recent years, much has occurred in the field of traumatology, including the widening of the audience and the awareness of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). This book from celebrated traumatology pioneer Charles Figley, further clarifies the...

This book provides all of the information a practitioner needs in order to begin work with clients with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Drawing on experiences from her own practice and extensive research conducted with the help of internationally...

This book provides all of the information a practitioner needs in order to begin work with clients with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Drawing on experiences from her own practice and extensive research conducted with the help of internationally...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939261199Author Gary M DouglasFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Access Consciousness PublishingPublisher Access Consciousness PublishingWeight(grams)...

'That is my fear. That I stand between her and any moments of life that should be hers...' Set against the backdrop of the Home Rule Crisis of 1912, Exiles is James Joyce's only surviving play. It tells the story of writer Richard Rowan and his...

Everyone waits till the last minute sometimes. But many procrastinators pay a significant price, from poor job performance to stress, financial problems, and relationship conflicts. Fortunately, just as anyone can endlessly delay, anyone can learn how to...