Psychology

The Uninvited Guest from the Unremembered Past: An Exploration of the Unconscious Transmission of Trauma Across the Generations

by Prophecy Coles

Freud wrote to Binswanger on the anniversary of his daughter's death, "We will remain inconsolable. I don't care for my grandchildren anymore, but find no joy in life anymore."The author poses the question in...

The Social Unconscious in Persons, Groups and Societies: Mainly Theory

by Earl Hopper & Haim Weinberg

The social unconscious is vital for understanding persons and their groupings, ranging from families to societies, committees to organisations, and from small to median to large therapeutic groups, and essential...

Hypnosis for Inner Conflict resolution

by Roy Hunter

Increasing numbers of therapists around the world are discovering the benefits of parts therapy and its variations to help clients get past personal barriers. Variations of parts therapy such as ego state therapy...

The Clinical Application of the Theory of Psychoanalysis

by Ahmed Fayek

Psychoanalysis - the one that we are familiar with - started in the clinical field. Freud and Breuer made some strides in the treatment of hysteria using hypnosis. They put together a theory of psychopathology...

Aggression: From Fantasy to Action

by Paul Williams

This book is a result of the 2nd International Psychoanalytic Conference: "Aggression: From Fantasy to Action", held in May 2010.It contains papers that were delivered to the conference, together with edited...

Eigen in Seoul: Faith and Transformation

by Michael Eigen

This book is a transcription of a three day, eighteen hour seminar Eigen gave in Seoul in 2009. It takes forward and complements the Seoul seminar in 2007 (Eigen in Seoul: Volume 1: Madness and Murder).Eigen...

Honor's Shadow

by Voula Grand

Honor's Shadow is a contemporary tale of betrayal and revenge. Honor and Madalena were rivals for the love of Thomas when they were young. Now middle aged, their paths have crossed again, awakening old feelings...

The Blessing of Burntisland

by Jenny Stanton

Joe Fairlie is a treasure dowser. As the novel opens, he locates The Blessing of Burntisland, a seventeenth-century treasure barge sunk in the Firth of Forth off Scotland. The treasure of King Charles I has...

The Life and Death of Psychoanalysis

by Jamieson Webster

From its peculiar birth in Freud's self-analysis to its current state of deep crisis, psychoanalysis has always been a practice that questions its own existence. Like the patients that risk themselves in this...

The Two-Second Advantage: How We Succeed by Anticipating the Future--Just Enough

by Kevin Maney & Vivek Ranadive

What made Wayne Gretzky the greatest hockey player of all time wasn’t his speed on the ice or the uncanny accuracy of his shots, but rather his ability to predict where the puck was going to be an instant...

Welcome to Your Brain

by Sam Wang & Sandra Aamodt

Does drinking really kill brain cells? Does listening to Mozart make your baby smarter? For all the mileage we've gotten from our own brains, most of us have essentially no idea how they work. We're easily susceptible...

Early development in neurogenetic disorders

by Deborah J Fidler

This special issue is among the first volumes to examine the topic of early development in children with neurogenetic disorders associated with intellectual disability. It includes discussions of theoretical...

A Good Night's Sleep

by Anna Wahlgren

Are you up all night? Are you so tired that you feel your sanity slipping away? Not being able to sleep is agony. Sleep deprivation is a tried and tested method of torture. If human beings are deprived of sleep...

From DNA to Social Cognition

by Richard Ebstein, Simone Shamay-Tsoory & Soo Hong Chew

Decision-making is an integral part of our daily lives. Researchers seek a complete understanding of the decision-making process, including the biological and social basis and the impact of our decisions. From...

Behavioral Assessment and Case Formulation

by Stephen N. Haynes, William O'Brien & Joseph Kaholokula

Comprehensive, scientifically based coverage on conducting behavioral assessments, analyzing results, and forming clinical recommendations

Behavioral Assessment and Case Formulation thoroughly outlines the underlying...

The Search for the Self: Selected Writings of Heinz Kohut 1978-1981

by Heinz Kohut & Paul Ornstein

'The re-issuing of the four volumes of Heinz Kohut's writings is a major publishing event for psychoanalysts who are interested in both the theoretical and the therapeutic aspects of psychoanalysis. These volumes...

Affect Regulation, Mentalization and the Development of the Self

by Peter Fonagy, Gyorgy Gergely & Elliot Jurist

In a brilliant examination of the frontiers of human emotion and cognition, four prominent psychoanalysts combine the perspectives of developmental psychology, attachment theory and psychoanalytic technique....

Understanding Boundaries and Containment in Clinical Practice

by Rebecca Brown & Karen Stobart

The authors propose to investigate the meaning and purpose of boundaries within and around the therapeutic experience. A boundary is more than a simple line delineating one space from another; it is an entity...

Thank You for Being Such a Pain: Spiritual Guidance for Dealing with Difficult People

by Mark Rosen

With wisdom and humor, Thank You for Being Such a Pain offers gentle and compassionate guidance for understanding and healing relationships with difficult people. By embracing four fundamental premises and putting...

About Behaviorism

by B.F. Skinner

The basic book about the controversial philosophy known as behaviorism, written by its leading exponent. Bibliography, index.

From the Paperback edition.