Psychology

Hooter Magic

by Caroline Bett

Description Postnatal depression or what? Do I think I became depressed? Probably, yes. This book documents my experience of having a baby and afterwards. I was positive, keen and energetic but struggled and...

Gathering Roses

by Ellen Weisberg

Description 'Gathering Roses' is a young adult novel with a much wider appeal. Introverted and studious Lori Solomon meets nonconformist Grateful Dead follower, Nick Warren, and soon finds herself on a seemingly...

I Go From Bad to Verse

by Donna S. Rubin

Description I've written a book, but it's not the usual kind of "I've got this disorder, this is how I deal". My book is funny and it rhymes. I think it helps people. Those I've shared it with said it's made...

Journey to Somewhere

by Becky Barrett

Description 'Journey to Somewhere Else' is a moving insight into one young woman's intense episode of depression. A series of poems highlight the many differing emotions that those with depression experience....

I Sit in the Light

by Fatma Durmush

Description 'I Sit in the Light' is a collection of short plays and stories written by a successful artist, playwright and former schizophrenic. They chart 20 years of life experience and are clearly influenced...

Questions and Answers on Death and Dying: A Companion Volume to On Death and Dying

by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

On Death and Dying is one of the most important books ever written on the subject and is still considered the bench-mark in the care of the dying. It became an immediate bestseller, and Life magazine called...

On Children and Death

by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

On Children and Death is a major addition to the classic works of Elisabeth Küuuml;bler-Ross, whose On Death and Dying and Living with Death and Dying have been continuing sources of strength and solace...

On Death and Dying

by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

One of the most important psychological studies of the late twentieth century, On Death and Dying grew out of Dr. Elisabeth Küuuml;bler-Ross's famous interdisciplinary seminar on death, life, and transition....

Rescuing Psychoanalysis from Freud and Other Essays in Re-Vision

by Peter Rudnytsky

In his latest groundbreaking book, Peter L. Rudnytsky examines the history of psychoanalysis from a resolutely independent perspective. At once spellbinding case histories and meticulously crafted gems of scholarship,...

Illusions and Disillusions of Psychoanalytic Work

by Andre Green & Andrew Weller

Illusions and Disillusions of Psychoanalytic Work recounts and explores the disappointing and sometimes tragic evolutions of the treatments of certain patients who are resistant to the effects of analytic work....

In the Traces of our Name: The Influence of Given Names in Life

by Juan Tesone

The book is grounded in psychoanalytic thinking, but it is also placed at an intersection of several fields of thought: linguistics, anthropology and literature. The focus of the book is the primary importance...

On Freud's "Negation"

by Salman Akhtar & Mary O'Neil

Ever since Freud proposed that certain ideas can be permitted to become conscious only in their inverted and negative forms, interest has grown into the entire realm of the presence of absence, so to speak....

The Vibrant Family: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals

by Susanne Christensen, Piet Draiby & Vibeke Hejgaard

Family life! We tackle it head-on with great enthusiasm and lots of hopes and dreams that our family will be filled with love, closeness, well-being and development.However, for many of us family life, parenthood,...

The Motherhood Constellation: A Unified View of Parent-Infant Psychotherapy

by Daniel Stern

The author addresses the field of infant mental health. He draws on his experience - in both the lab and the clinic - to present an integrated model of treatment for both infants and their parents.

Clinical and Observational Psychoanalytic Research: Roots of a Controversy - Andre Green & Daniel Stern

by Rosemary Davies, Anne-Marie Sandler & Joseph Sandler

There are few topics in psychoanalysis today more controversial than the place of research in justifying or expanding upon analytic theory. This is a collection of papers presented at a conference held in London...

The Brightening Glance: Imagination and Childhood

by Ellen Handler Spitz

In this remarkable book, Ellen Handler Spitz shows how to promote children’s creative and emotional growth by making the most of the unlimited possibilities of everyday experiences.Through delightful anecdotes...

ADD/ADHD: A Guide for Parents and Teachers

by Ph.D., Herb Marlow

This book is not written as a professional journal - though counseling professionals will certainly appreciate the practical application of therapy techniques found in its pages. It is what it proclaims to be:...

A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis

by Diane Ackerman

his astonishing book by the prizewinning, bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses reveals Ackerman's parallel lives as an observer of the wildlife in her garden and as a telephone crisis counselor....

Your Struggling Child: A Guide to Diagnosing, Understanding, and Advocating for Your Child with Learning, Behavior, or Emotional Problems

by Robert F. Newby & Lynn Sonberg

Here is a practical, compassionate book parents can turn to when they first recognize that their child has a "problem" –– but aren't sure what it is or where to seek help.

At this very moment, millions of...

Confessions of an Unashamed Asperger

by Ron Hedgcock

Description This book is not any sort of professional manual on Asperger's Syndrome nor yet an autobiography. It comprises a revealing series of Essays on Ron's experiences and speculations in the light of the...