Mental Health category: 18328 books
by Christopher Bollas
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2008
In The Evocative Object World Christopher Bollas builds on Freud's account of dream formation, combining it with perceptive clinical, theoretical and cultural insights to show how the psychoanalytical method can provide a rich understanding of what has traditionally been regarded as 'the outside world'.
Moving...
Help Me!
A Psychotherapist's Tried-and-True Techniques for a Happier Relationship with Yourself and the People You Love
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
In Help Me! A Psychotherapist’s Tried-and-True Techniques for a Happier Relationship with Yourself and the People You Love, Dr. Richard Joelson, a respected psychotherapist with a loyal and long-time counseling practice, presents real-life challenges and the practical solutions that have worked...
Escape From Anxiety
Supercharge Your Life With Powerful Strategies From A to Z
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
A comprehensive easy-to-read guide through over 100 transformational strategies. This self-help book is uniquely organized to suit personal lifestyles. Part I is a veritable alphabet of bite-sized solutions from A to Z to use immediately. Part II shares advice on cultivating a personalized program...
Transactional Analysis
A valuable tool for understanding yourself and others
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2018
Change is only 50 minutes away! Find out everything you need to know about transactional analysis with this straightforward guide.
Transactional analysis was developed by the Canadian-born psychiatrist Eric Berne in the 1950s, and the method’s enduring popularity is a testament to its effectiveness...
Care-Giving in Dementia V3
Research and Applications Volume 3
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2004
The first two volumes of Care-Giving in Dementia integrated up-to-date neurobiological information about dementia with specific developments in care-giving. Taking the same multidisciplinary approach, and drawing contributions from leading practitioners, this third volume will prove invaluable to...
Maybes & Nevers
On our journey through mental illness
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
You can’t fix it – You can’t change it. But, you can love them through it. I came to believe that’s the answer. I’ve learned over time that’s all I could do. My son came apart at eighteen. The years ahead were torturous for all of us. Everyone has a story. Maybes & Nevers is my story. I hope in some way this book will help you on your journey.
by Jane Van Buren
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Mothers and Daughters and the Origins of Female Subjectivity challenges the theory of the Oedipus complex, which permeates psychoanalytic theory, psychology, semiotics and cultural studies. The book focuses on the re-examination of women’s development through the theories of primitive mental states.
Women’s...
by Melissa Keane
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Women worry. A lot!
We are so concerned about literally every aspect of our life and other peoples’ lives (even if we know this is none of our business) that we often limit ourselves in so many ways in fear of making a fool of ourselves, not being liked and so much more.
We even...
The Truth About Exercise Addiction
Understanding the Dark Side of Thinspiration
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Designed for individuals concerned about their workout habits, personal trainers, family and friends of folks with a problem, as well as working mental health professionals treating exercise addicts, The Truth About Exercise Addiction provides an easy-to-read, illuminating glimpse into the rising...
Unhinged
The Trouble with Psychiatry - A Doctor's Revelations about a Profession in Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
IN THIS STIRRING AND BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN WAKE-UP CALL, psychiatrist Daniel Carlat exposes deeply disturbing problems plaguing his profession, revealing the ways it has abandoned its essential purpose: to understand the mind, so that psychiatrists can heal mental illness and not just treat symptoms....
My Life
Not Mine to Control
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Colette Keefe brings us an emotional, poignant account of her turbulent childhood in which she was physically, emotionally, and sexually abused. Into her adulthood, these traumatic experiences manifested themselves in an array of mental illnesses, including depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder....
Understanding OCD
A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Giving a full overview of childhood obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and discussing all major treatment options, including cognitive behavioural therapy and medication, this guide provides the essential information that families, teachers, caregivers, clinicians and mental health professionals...
Managed Lives: Psychoanalysis, inner security and the social order
Psychoanalysis and the Administrative Task
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
An inherent tension exists in the history of psychoanalysis and its applications between the concepts of freedom and security. In Managed Lives, this tension is explored from the point of view of therapeutic experience. Set against the background of Freud’s contested legacy, the book examines ways...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Psychotherapy, like most other areas of health care, is a synthesis of scientific technique and artistic expression. The practice, like any other, is grounded in a series of standardized principles, theories, and techniques. Individual practitioners define themselves within the field by using these...