Psychology / Psychopathology

Psychoanalysis in Transition: A Personal View

by Merton M. Gill

This work addresses the major features of the psychoanalytic situation.

The Theory and Treatment of Depression: Towards a Dynamic Interactionism Model

by Jozef Corveleyn, Patrick Luyten & Sidney J. Blatt

Recent research indicates that depression, once believed to be relatively benign, is highly recurrent and does not respond well to treatment. The goal of this book is to facilitate the development of more encompassing...

Creating Bodies: Eating Disorders as Self-Destructive Survival

by Katie Gentile

Amid the welter of clinical studies, memoirs, and other death-defying tales of eating disorders, we remain unclear about the relationships among trauma, anorexia, and bulimia, and about the psychological pathways...

The Alchemy of Wolves and Sheep: A Relational Approach to Internalized Perpetration for Complex Trauma Survivors

by Harvey L. Schwartz

The literature on psychological trauma and traumatic attachment has progressed over the past few decades, however issues of coerced and internalized perpetration have not been fully explored and deconstructed....

Bringing Mulligan Home: The Other Side of the Good War

by Dale Maharidge

Sergeant Steve Maharidge returned from World War II an angry man. The only evidence that he’d served in the Marines was a photograph of himself and a buddy tacked to the basement wall. On one terrifyingly...

Tics and Tourette Syndrome: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals

by Uttom Chowdhury

This book explains the clinical signs and symptoms of Tourette and related conditions, and their possible causes. Presenting strategies for dealing with associated difficulties, including low self-esteem, anger-management...

The Origins of Family Psychotherapy: The NIMH Family Study Project

by Murray Bowen, Jack Butler & Joanne Bowen

This book presents original papers from Bowen's NIMH Family Study Project with commentaries concerning the origins and developments of family psychotherapy and the beginnings of a new type of therapeutic relationship....

Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified

by Claes Norring & Bob Palmer

Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified covers all eating disorders that do not fall into either of the two main diagnostic groups: anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Although these less well known conditions...

The Self-Psychology of Addiction and Its Treatment

by Richard B. Ulman & Harry Paul

In the time of Freud, the typical psychoanalytic patient was afflicted with neurotic disorders; however, the modern-day psychotherapy patient often suffers instead from a variety of addictive disorders. As the...

Psychotherapy for Neuropsychological Challenges

by A. S. Aniskiewicz

Amidst increasing awareness among clinicians of the impact that psychological factors and treatment of those factors have upon the progress of neurological disease, Psychotherapy for Neuropsychological Challenges...

Creating the Capacity for Attachment: Treating Addictions and the Alienated Self

by Karen B. Walant

Detached, alienated people, many of them functioning with a pathologically developed false self, barely navigate life's challenges. Our cultural emphasis on autonomy and separateness has led to a retreat from...

Working with Drug and Alcohol Users: A Guide to Providing Understanding, Assessment and Support

by Tony White

An accessible guide to providing effective support to substance users. The book uses transactional analysis to provide models for understanding substance use, assessing clients, intervention and treatment. Counseling...

The Passionate Mind: How People with Autism Learn

by Wendy Lawson

Lawson lays out her theory of Single Attention and Associated Cognition in Autism. Whereas neurotypical people easily shift their attention from one interest to another, those on the autism spectrum tend to...

Understanding Intensive Interaction: Context and Concepts for Professionals and Families

by Cath Irvine, Graham Firth & Ruth Berry

This compendium offers a multidisciplinary perspective to intensive interaction, bringing together the authors' experience and research from different disciplines. Each chapter is devoted to an over-arching...

Helping Children with Autism Spectrum Conditions through Everyday Transitions: Small Changes - Big Challenges

by Jane Donlan, Bob Smith & John Smith

Facing any type of change can cause confusion and anxiety for individuals with autism spectrum disorders. This book looks at the changes in everyday life that can be a big deal for a child with autism and offers...

Getting to Grips with Asperger Syndrome: Understanding Adults on the Autism Spectrum

by Carol Hagland

This is a guide for those caring for or supporting an adult with AS. It will help them understand the condition and the difficulties it may cause so that they can offer support. Practical strategies are offered...

ADD / ADHD Breakthrough

by Enza Lyons

ADD / ADHD Breakthrough is about transforming children struggling with learning challenges to succeed at school and in life. Clearly you can see these children are intelligent, just stuck. Enza Lyons shares...

The Jokes of Sigmund Freud: A Study in Humor and Jewish Identity

by Elliott Oring

The Jokes of Sigmund Freud unravels the intimate connections between Sigmund Freud and his Jewish identity. Author Elliott Oring observes that Freud frequently identified with the characters in the jokes he...

Cyber Junkie: Escape the Gaming and Internet Trap

by Kevin Roberts

Recovering video game addict Kevin Roberts offers a step-by-step guide to recovery for those struggling with compulsive video gaming and internet surfing.

Video gaming and Internet surfing are the top sources...

Shock Waves: A Practical Guide to Living with a Loved One's PTSD

by Cynthia Orange

In the United States, about 60 percent of men and 50 percent of women experience, witness, or are affected by a traumatic event in their lifetimes. Many of them (8 percent of men and 20 percent of women) may...