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Rebuilding Life after Brain Injury: Dreamtalk tells the survival story of Sheena McDonald, who in 1999 was hit by a police van and suffered a very severe brain injury. Sheena's story is told from her own, personal standpoint and also from two further...

This book offers an original conception of trauma and of the working mind that has not been previously presented. It is mostly based on essentials taken from Bion's contributions. All human beings are fatalistically marked by the presence and eventual...

Is there a theory that explains the essence of consciousness? Or is consciousness itself an illusion? Am I conscious now?Now considered the 'last great mystery of science', consciousness was once viewed with extreme scepticism and rejected by mainstream...

This book presents ten cases conducted by Carl Rogers, eight of which are fully transcribed. Featuring critical commentaries by notable psychotherapists, the book affords readers the opportunity to read unedited case material by this pioneering -- though...

Changes in the focus of neurological practice worldwide have led to the need for new standard texts that reflect the current state of this expanding area of clinical expertise. The second edition of the Handbook of Neurological Rehabilitation is a major...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060742058Author Steve CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm)...

Neurolinguistic Psychotherapy offers a unique and exciting postmodern perspective on an advancing model of therapy. It places neurolinguistic psychotherapy in context and considers the history of NLP and its relationship to psychotherapy. Presented as an...

The Heartbeat at Your Feet is the first book to reveal how you can fully understand and communicate with dogs, and how you can easily eliminate any behavior problems, based on new information about animal behavior. Each chapter explores the mind of the...

The Cambridge Dictionary of Psychology is the first and only dictionary that surveys the broad discipline of psychology from an international, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary focus. This focus was achieved in several ways. The managing and...

The explosion of research on emotional intelligence (EI) in the past decade has provided increasing evidence that EI can be measured reliably and can be useful in predicting important outcomes, such as managerial effectiveness and relationship quality. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632866325Author Raymond M. KethledgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 250g

Factor analysis is a statistical technique widely used in psychology and the social sciences. With the advent of powerful computers, factor analysis and other multivariate methods are now available to many more people. An Easy Guide to Factor Analysis...

In this handbook, the world's leading researchers answer fundamental questions about dyslexia and dyscalculia based on authoritative reviews of the scientific literature. It provides an overview from the basic science foundations to best practice in...

Originally published in 1976, this title deals with the problem of how we tell left from right. The authors argue that the ability to tell left from right depends ultimately on a bodily asymmetry, such as preference for one or the other hand, or...

Cognitive Behavioral Art Therapy explores the intersection of art therapy practices and principles within cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) theories and models. This timely new resource examines CBT theory as it relates to art therapy, and offers an...

This book offers a practical, step-by-step guide to every phase of assessment and therapy, from the initial interview to follow-up treatments aimed at preventing relapse once formal treatment is over.About the AuthorArnold A. Lazarus is a Distinguished...

'...a fascinating read for mental health workers regardless of their own theoretical background. Working with disturbed and disturbing individuals in secure settings produces strong feelings, and working with those feelings is undoubtedly an essential...

'...a fascinating read for mental health workers regardless of their own theoretical background. Working with disturbed and disturbing individuals in secure settings produces strong feelings, and working with those feelings is undoubtedly an essential...

In this new edition of The Transpersonal, John Rowan takes account of the growing interest in spirituality, assessing the many new developments in the field and providing an essential overview of the multitude of guides now available on the subject.By...

An outstanding collection of papers written by Jungian analysts from different schools of analytical psychology on various aspects of psychopathology. The subjects covered include: depression, anorexia, schizoid personality, narcissistic personality...

This book brings together the latest knowledge from attachment research and neuroscience to provide a new approach to treating trauma for therapists from different professional disciplines and diverse theoretical backgrounds.The field of trauma suffers...

This book challenges the very idea of "profound and multiple learning disabilities" (PMLD) itself, and what constitutes appropriate educational provision for children described as having PMLD. It considers the role of ambiguity in articulating the...

'An excellent book' - Ted Honderich, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London (UCL) Introducing Consciousness provides a comprehensive guide to the current state of consciousness studies. It starts with the history...

SOULMATE RELATIONSHIPS is a fresh and original book that tells you everything you need to know about how to understand, find and keep a relationship that will make you and your partner deeply happy. It explains the dynamics between men and women in love...

Flow can be defined as the experience of being fully engaged with the task at hand, unburdened by outside concerns or worries. Flow is an enjoyable state of effortless attention, complete absorption, and focussed energy. The pivotal role of flow in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780939266265Author Jan C. SmutsFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Gestalt Journal Press,U.S.Publisher Gestalt Journal Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 495g

The Forensic Psychologist's Reporting Writing Guide is the first book to provide both student trainees and practitioners with best practice guidance for one of the core skills of their role.Written and edited by an international range of experts from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780939266173Author Frederick S. PerlsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Gestalt Journal Press,U.S.Publisher Gestalt Journal Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 426g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398447615Author Philomena ScullyFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Letters to a New Student is a study skills book with a twist. You decide how to read it.Based on a series of short, informal, problem page letters that you can read in any order, the book uses principles of human psychology, teaching, and coaching...

Borderline conditions are a growing presence in the treatment room, yet they are uncommonly resistant to treatment. Dr. Kernberg and his colleagues have already articulated the modality they call Transference-Focused Psychotherapy. Now, in an unusually...

A collection of papers focussing on all aspects of projection and identification. Contributors include: Otto Kernberg, Betty Joseph, W.W.Meissner, and Rafael Moses.About the AuthorJoseph Sandler qualified as a psychoanalyst in the British...

By integrating principles from her background as a movement psychotherapist and movement analyst with key concepts from contemporary psychoanalysis, the author offers a new perspective on exploring the interrelationships between nonverbal and verbal...

This preliminary text explores the phenomenon of social dreaming, a concept first introduced at the Tavistock Institute in 1982. The focus is on the dream and the social context of the dreamers rather than the individual dreamers. The dreams often...

This book explores the similarities and differences between the practice of psychotherapy and spiritual direction and suggests that, whilst there may be distinctions between the two activities, the process is essentially the same. The purpose of the book...

In the sequel to The Structure Of Magic, the authors bring their special skills as model builders to the art of nonverbal communication. In Part 1, the authors present and define the representational systems.About the AuthorCo-developer of NLP John...

In 1910, Karl Jaspers wrote a seminal essay on morbid jealousy in which he laid the foundation for the psychopathological phenomenology that through his work and the work of Hans Gruhle and Kurt Schneider, among others, would become the hallmark of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595154890Author Dr Rae AndreFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 197mm * 129mm * 19mm

Winner of the 2009 Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic Scholarship!Irwin Hirsch, author of Coasting in the Countertransference, asserts that countertransference experience always has the potential to be used productively to benefit patients. However, he also...

Entering the Child's Mind teaches a powerful technique for gaining insight into a child's way of thinking. In the tradition of Piaget and Vygotsky, Dr Herbert P. Ginsburg argues that standardized instruments of evaluation often fail to meet the...