Applied Psychology category: 2264 books
Terror, Love and Brainwashing
Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Written by a cult survivor and renowned expert on cults and totalitarianism, Terror, Love and Brainwashing draws on the author’s 25 years of study and research to explain how almost anyone, given the right set of circumstances, can be radically manipulated to engage in otherwise incomprehensible...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Mastery - How to Master Your Brain & Your Emotions to Overcome Depression, Anxiety and Phobias
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Series, #2
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Series Book #2
There are many people who suffer from depression, anxiety and phobias. These can have severe negative impacts on their lives and can make them unable to fully enjoy everything that they should be able to enjoy, but the good news is that there are...
by David Rowland
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
“By far the best professional book ever published about understanding, assessing, and treating male sexual dysfunction.”
Sexual dysfunctions in men, such as erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory disorders, and low sexual desire, are typically sources of significant distress for men. This book, being...
The Mindful Athlete
Secrets to Pure Performance
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Michael Jordan credits George Mumford with transforming his on-court leadership of the Bulls, helping Jordan lead the team to six NBA championships. Mumford also helped Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum, and Lamar Odom and countless other NBA players turn around their games. A widely respected public speaker...
by Andrey Davydov, Olga Skorbatyuk
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
The topic of this book is Female Clichés. The book is devoted to new principles of female psychology. It is based on a new scientific direction called Non-Traditional Psychoanalysis. The information presents some of the results of scientific research and Non-Traditional Psychoanalysis led by the...
Gestalt Reconsidered
A New Approach to Contact and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
In this original and penetrating work, the origins of the Gestalt psychotherapy model are traced back to its roots in psychoanalysis and Gestalt cognitive and perceptual psychology. Drawing new implications for both Gestalt and psychotherapy in general from these origins - and with special emphasis...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2005
The goal of this edited volume is to provide a much needed bridge between the research on nonverbal communication and the application of those findings. The book features contributions from some of the leading researchers in the field. These distinguished scholars apply their understanding of nonverbal...
Promises, Oaths, and Vows
On the Psychology of Promising
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2011
Considering that getting along in civil society is based on the expectation that (most) people will do what they say they will do, i.e., essentially live up to their explicit or implicit promises, it is amazing that so little scientific attention has been given to the act of promising. A great deal...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Why do police officers, investigators, prosecutors, judges, and others with an interest in eliciting accurate memory-based testimony need to inform themselves of the research literature in experimental psychology that addresses the question of witness memory? The answer is straightforward, from the...
Empathy
What it is and why it matters
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Empathy is profoundly important for understanding people's feelings and behaviour. It is not only an essential skill in conducting successful personal and working relationships, it also helps us understand what makes people moral and societies decent.
With this compelling book, David Howe invites...
On Intimate Ground
A Gestalt Approach to Working with Couples
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Couples therapy has long been regarded as one of the most demanding forms of psychotherapy because of the way it challenges therapists to combine the insights of dynamic psychology with the power and clarity of systems dynamics. In this exciting new volume, Gordon Wheeler and Stephanie Backman, couples...
La grammatica dei conflitti
L'arte maieutica di trasformare le contrarietà in risorse
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Come imparare a ridurre i conflitti inutili e a riconoscere e affrontare quelli necessari.
Tutti i giorni viviamo un numero variabile di conflitti: di alcuni non ci accorgiamo neppure, altri invece lasciano il segno e possono cambiare la vita intera. Comunque tendiamo a sfuggirli, e a considerarli...
The Archetypal Pan in America
Hypermasculinity and Terror
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2018
The Archetypal Pan in America examines the complex moral and ethical dilemmas that Americans have had to face over the last few decades, including the motivations for the Vietnam War; who was in control of women’s productive rights; how to extend civil rights to all; protests for the historically...
The Comprehension of Jokes
A Cognitive Science Framework
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
The Comprehension of Jokes consolidates and develops the tradition of analysing jokes, by defining a framework of concepts which are suited to capturing what happens when someone understands a joke. The collection of concepts presented improves upon past work on joke analysis, outlining a simple...