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"Psychoanalysis for Normal People" is a vintage book on personal psychology and psychoanalysis by Geraldine Coster. Within it, Coster explains the basic principles of psychoanalysis and offers the reader simple instructions on how psychology and psychoanalysis can help in their day-to-day life, from the little things to the seemingly big and insurmountable. This fantastic volume will appeal to those with an interest in self-improvement and psychology,...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 The first few weeks after fertilization are a major hurdle for embryos, and many stop developing at some point during this time. Only about a third of fertilized embryos survive to become a baby.
#2 The most common type of chromosomal abnormality is the addition of a copy of chromosome 21, which is what causes Down syndrome. However, sometimes a missing chromosome...
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Humour in Therapy
Have you ever wondered why humour sometimes is not very humorous and, in fact, can inflict more damage than good?
Lansdown's research to date has shown that all therapists interviewed acknowledge that it's the relationship between the therapist and client that is one of the most important factors in the therapeutic process. The question Lansdown asked, "Could humour enhance this relationship?" He was amazed with their reactions...
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This book explores how different people have dealt with the issues related to getting on with their mothers. Psychotherapist Alyce-Faye Cleese interviewed a wide range of people to get an in-depth understanding of the different questions that arise in our relationships with our mother. From a New York taxi driver to her former husband John Cleese, and a computer consultant to General Colin Powell, the interviews show a remarkable similarity between...
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Voice Therapy: A Psychotherapeutic Approach to Self-Destructive Behavior is a thought-provoking work that provides clinicians with a detailed description of Voice Therapy, an innovative therapeutic procedure developed by Dr. Robert W. Firestone that can be used to elicit and bring to the foreground negative thought patterns antithetical to the self and cynical toward others (the critical inner voice). Compelling case histories illustrate the core...
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Head Games is focused on the way in which ethnocentrism and cultural bias can impact public health, and in this case, psychotherapeutic process. It examines a family therapy program being run by a major public university, tied to the criminal justice system and the educational establishment, aiming to reform perceived 'dysfunctionality' in homes of the 'patients (subjects).' What follows is a tragic comedy of errors in which theory and practice normed...
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In this work the self, which is core to such concepts as self-esteem and self-actualization, is mapped using elemental units of culture called memes. To understand this self, we draw on Western philosophy, major schools of psychology, and the cross-cultural experience of the self in both collectivist and individualist cultures.
With this grounding a diverse sample of eleven selves representing three genders are mapped and analyzed, grouped in the...
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This book is a reflection of the author's clinical and human experience as a Clinical Psychologist and Somatic Psychoterapist for Couples, as well as of heart experience as a Woman.
The book is a divided in two parts. The firts part is shaped as a novel and tells us the story of the therapeutic sessions of several couples, their complaits, requests and suffering, as well as their psychoterapist
Laura. The second part is more clinical, with ideas,...
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Instead of analyzing why someone makes the choices they make, The Discriminating Therapist focuses on how people choose. Dr. Yapko developed this innovative and practical perspective for helping therapists identify and target therapeutic goals in order to make therapy more effective by helping clients make better, life enhancing decisions. Conventional wisdom can guide us but may also confuse us when good pieces of advice contradict each other. Consider...
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The theme of this book is that children with personality and behavior difficulties can be helped to help themselves. Topics discussed include the normal psychological growth process, the function of the family in the child's growth, and how therapy can help children.
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This early work on play therapy is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It details a non-directive method of play therapy and includes numerous records from therapy sessions. This is a fascinating work and highly recommended for anyone interested in child psychology and development.
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The works published by the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget and his associates during the past forty years constitute the largest repository of knowledge about the cognitive development of children that is available anywhere, and Piaget's general theory of intellectual development rivals, in scope and comprehensiveness, Freud's theory of personality development
Here is a self-contained general summary of Piaget's theory, written at a relatively nontechnical...
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Following up on his first book, The Heart is My Beat, Dr. Bernstein shares more "behind the curtain" stories and perspectives from the heart of his psychotherapy practice. If you've ever been curious what therapy is all about and what it's like to be a therapy patient, or even wondered whether personal growth and change is possible, this book will answer some of your questions. There are also more stories about the journey to becoming a therapist,...
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Whether it is a child, a spouse, or a close friend, is someone close to you is in therapy, they need support. This book shows what you can do to help them, and to help yourself. Dr. Michael Gold helps you to get past your own fear, confusion, and misunderstanding so you can give the support your loved one needs most.
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Hoy en día, la demanda de los pacientes por ser atendidos en psicoterapia breve de orientación psicoanalítica y la de los terapeutas por formarse en esta posibilidad de trabajo se mantiene y, más aún, crece. Por diversas razones, no todos los pacientes pueden tener la experiencia de una psicoterapia psicoanalítica de tiempo abierto o de largo aliento.
En este libro, Olinda Serrano de Dreifuss presenta un diseño original y una experiencia grupal...
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"Este texto nace como un homenaje en primer lugar a las horas que consultantes y estudiantes han dedicado a la intensa búsqueda de sí mismos. Y en segundo lugar, es un inmenso reconocimiento a los autores que a través de su palabra han influido en mi vida. Contiene muchos de los mensajes que han compartido maestros, amigos, compañeras y compañeros del camino, y que hoy intento plasmar dando continuidad a la tradición de la palabra... Contar...
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Este libro se propone a ofrecer tips y será de extrema utilidad. La autora aborda cuidadosamente el calentamiento y la dramatización; de forma perspicaz, busca la psicodinámica de los síntomas y conflictos. Rosa Cukier es una psicodramatista contemporánea que resalta la importancia de la psicoterapia individual, empleando la acción dramática sin dejar de tomar en cuenta los otros importantes avances de la psicología del pasado y presente siglo,...
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The Ultimate Betrayal is a unique inside look and view into the private realm of a therapist's office during seven intensive years of psychotherapy. Ms. Stolz is an adult survivor of terrifying and horrifying childhood battery and violence. In June 1996, suffering from severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), the author became a patient who kept an extensive journal of the conversations and emails that occurred between her and the therapist....
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"A brilliant and brave investigation by Michael Pollan, author of five New York Times best sellers, into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions...