Psychology

A Basic Theory of Neuropsychoanalysis

by Bernstein Bernstein

This book introduces a theoretical framework for studying the mind. Specifically, an attempt is made to frame ideas from psychoanalysis and cognitive-social psychology so that they can be taken readily into...

Coaching in the Family Owned Business: A Path to Growth

by David Lane & Manfusa Shams

This book aims to showcase scholarly work from leading coaching psychologists and coaches from different parts of the world, with an expectation that each author will provide thoughtful analysis of group dynamics,...

The Universal Refusal: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of the Feminine Sphere and its Repudiation

by Jacqueline Schaeffer & David Alcorn

Freud spoke of the "repudiation of femininity" as being an "underlying bedrock", part of the "enigma" of sexuality. The enigma is not so much the refusal of the feminine dimension as such; it has more to do...

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...

Clinical and Theoretical Aspects of Perversion: The Illlusory Bond

by Juan Jimenez & Rodolfo Moguillansky

'Perversion is a challenge for theory and psychoanalytic practice that Juan Pablo Jimenez and Rodolfo Moguillansky, American psychoanalysts known for the originality of their contributions, have managed successfully....

Psychotic States: A Psychoanalytic Approach

by Herbert Rosenfeld

Psychotic States brings together a number of Herbert Rosenfeld's papers written between 1946 and 1964 dealing with the psychopathology and treatment of various psychotic and borderline conditions from a psychoanalytic...

Psychoanalytic Theory, Therapy and the Self

by Harry Guntrip

Psychoanalytic Theory, Therapy and the Self presents, in a readily accessible form, the over-all theoretical position adopted by Harry Guntrip in his two earlier books Personality Structure and Human Interaction...

On Freud's "Constructions in Analysis"

by Thierry Bokanowski & Sergio Lewkowicz

In Constructions in Analysis Freud introduces the notion of constructions, different from interpretation, and considers it necessary - under certain conditions - to reconstruct a part of the infantile history...

The Happy Introvert: A Wild and Crazy Guide to Celebrating Your True Self

by Elizabeth Wagele

BE YOURSELF

BE INTROVERTED

BE HAPPY

All your life you’ve heard the myths . . .

•Introverts are depressed and lonely.

•Introverts wish they were more outgoing.

•Introverts lack self-confidence.

These stereotypes...

Psychoanalysis

by Janet Malcolm

Through an intensive study of "Aaron Green," a Freudian analyst in New York City, New Yorker writer Janet Malcolm reveals the inner workings of psychoanalysis.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body

by Courtney E. Martin

"Why does every one of my friends have an eating disorder, or, at the very least, a screwed-up approach to food and fitness?" writes journalist Courtney E. Martin. The new world culture of eating disorders and...

'Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse

by Robi Ludwig, Matt Birkbeck & Larry King

Every day six people in the United States are murdered by spouses or intimate partners. The stories of killer spouses tend to captivate us, as they beg the question of how so many seemingly normal and happy...

How Can I Get Through to You?: Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women

by Terrence Real

"What happened to the passion we started with?

Why aren't we as close as we used to be?"

PROBLEM: If you are a woman who is unfulfilled in your marriage...if you feel unheard or overburdened...if you quietly...

Breaking Free: My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder

by Herschel Walker & Jerry Mungadze

The NFL legend and Heisman Trophy winner shares the inspiring story of his life and diagnosis with dissociative identity disorder.

Herschel Walker is widely regarded as one of football's greatest running...

Birth and Death of Meaning

by Ernest Becker

Uses the disciplines of psychology, anthropology, sociology and psychiatry to explain what makes people act the way they do.

The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy Is as Necessary as Love and Sex

by David M. Buss

Why do men and women cheat on each other? How do men really feel when their partners have sex with other men? What worries women more -- men who turn to other women for love or men who simply want sexual variety...

Why We Love The Dogs We Do: How To Find The Dog That Matches Your Personality

by Stanley Coren

A Dog's Best Friend

In Why We Love the Dogs We Do, Stanley Coren provides a foolproof guide to understanding which dog will make the best lifetime companion. He brings together his expertise in the fields of...

Magnetic Partners: Discover How the Hidden Conflict That Once Attracted You to Each Other Is Now Driving You Apart

by Stephen Betchen

Do you and your partner argue about the same things over and over again? Are you often confused about why your partner is so angry with you? Are things getting worse and worse even though you’ve tried everything...

Sexually Victimized Children

by David Finkelhor

Based on a large-scale survey and in light of demographic and cultural factors, the author examines why children are sexually victimized, the sources of trauma, differences between reported and unreported cases...

Some Do Care

by Anne Colby & William Damon

A look at the lives of twenty-three American moral leaders shows how these hometown heroes acquired their moral goals and sustained them in the face of grave risk and sacrifice, working for everything from civil...