Transition Expertise and Identity
Through a systematic review of relevant literature and an analysis of in-depth interviews with key expert performers, this book examines the nature of expertise that enables individuals to make repeated successful transitions over the course of their career. Focusing on business, sports, and music, it examines the roles of motivation, cognitive flexibility, personal intelligence, generative thinking, and contextual intelligence in this process. It further shows how identity changes and adapts during a career transition and how self concept evolves over the course of a career. This book has wide appeal for academics in psychology, sports, music, and business, as well as coaches, mentors, talent management, and training organisations across these domains.
The Tribal Mind and the Psychology of Collectivism
Tribalism is a key evolutionary feature of humans, and the recent growth in tribal polarisation presents a serious challenge to our highly individualistic civilization. This fascinating book examines the psychological origins and consequences of tribalism both in our private and in our public lives.
Leadership at the Spiritual Edge
This insightful book explores the intersection of spirituality and leadership, examining cutting edge research, theory, and practices that help build healthy and long-term effective leadership, and expand consciousness to enable better problem solving when addressing the complex challenges of organizations and societies.
Critical Essays on the Drive
This thorough text provides a complete overview of the drive in Lacanian psychoanalysis.
The Group Dimension
The Group Dimension presents a thorough exploration of the history and theory of the group dimension, particularly in the context of modern capitalist society.
Celebrating Quiet Artists
Finally a Book that Celebrates the Creativity and Rich Imagination of IntrovertsDo you really think legends like Steven Spielberg, Agatha Christie, J.K. Rowling, Leonardo Da Vinci, Amitabh Bachchan and the like were extroverted and outgoing- unlike you? No. Absolutely wrong. They were quiet. And introverts. Like me. Like you. And yet, their contribution is so well known. Just imagine a world WITHOUT them. What would it be like? Without Harry Potter. Without Mona Lisa. Without Hercule Poirot. Without Inspector Vijay. Without E.T.So if these artists were really introverts like you and me, how did they leave such an indelible imprint on this world? Did they learn to become fake extroverts? Did they practise skills of socialising? Did they learn to talk non-stop?Hell no. They stayed true to themselves.Puzzled? Then grab a copy today!And enjoy many refreshing stories of introverted artists who used their god gifted strengths of introversion to overcome heart-breaking tragedies, challenges, and setbacks.
Welcome Mind Challenges
In a world filled with choices, distractions, and uncertainties, we often find ourselves trapped by our minds. Welcome Mind Challenges is your guide to navigating the tumultuous seas of decision-making and daily life. This book cuts through the clutter like a sharpened blade, offering practical strategies to conquer decision paralysis, procrastination, and information overload. Learn to face emotional roadblocks head-on, and uncover the hidden biases that cloud your judgment. Discover the power of single-tasking, and break free from the chains of perfectionism. In this journey of self-discovery and personal growth, you'll find solace in knowing you're not alone. We all grapple with the complexities of our minds. But with Welcome Mind Challenges as your compass, you'll emerge stronger, wiser, and better prepared to face whatever storms lie ahead.
Welcome Mind Challenges
In a world filled with choices, distractions, and uncertainties, we often find ourselves trapped by our minds. Welcome Mind Challenges is your guide to navigating the tumultuous seas of decision-making and daily life. This book cuts through the clutter like a sharpened blade, offering practical strategies to conquer decision paralysis, procrastination, and information overload. Learn to face emotional roadblocks head-on, and uncover the hidden biases that cloud your judgment. Discover the power of single-tasking, and break free from the chains of perfectionism. In this journey of self-discovery and personal growth, you'll find solace in knowing you're not alone. We all grapple with the complexities of our minds. But with Welcome Mind Challenges as your compass, you'll emerge stronger, wiser, and better prepared to face whatever storms lie ahead.
Unveiling 11 Relationship Styles
Multiple award-winning book that recently earned acclaim from the prestigious Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the National Indie Excellence Awards, and Readers' Favorite!Unveiling 11 Relationship Styles by Ahmad Aljazeeri has been praised for its innovative approach to interpersonal connections. Readers' Favorite calls it a "must-read," and "a perfect hit!", while Booklife notes that "it offers a well-researched, comprehensive overhaul of human connection that incorporates the physical, emotional, philosophical, and scientific components of humanity's bonding systems," comparing it to titles like Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller, The Four Relationship Styles by Anita Knight Kuhnley, and Clarion Reviews comparing it to The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman.According to Kirkus Reviews, the book starts by stressing the importance of 'Starting from Within', inviting readers to a deep understanding of self as the groundwork for building relationships. The PICCK A SPICE framework introduces readers to a diverse range of connection styles that are essential for navigating both platonic and romantic attachments. For instance, it covers Playful Teasing, Intellectual Connection, and Creative Expression, among others. This comprehensive framework helps readers achieve secure attachment and build healthier, more fulfilling relationships. For a detailed breakdown of the PICCK A SPICE acronym, refer to the book's outline.Cierra Taylor from Foreword Clarion Review admires the meticulous integration of historical and scientific scholarship, rendering complex theories into accessible wisdom that can ignite 'Relationship Revival' and applauds the book for its deft blend of personal anecdotes, rigorous research, and actionable strategies.Described by editorial reviews as one of the best and most contemporary interpretations of relationships, this book creates a new framework that challenges traditional models with unique and fresh theories. Its unique structure, blending relatable narratives, literary echoes, useful tips, and reflective questions, sets it apart as a standout relationship guide. The book also delves into the role of technology in modern relationships, exploring its impacts on emotional intimacy. With practical advice on building trust and online relationships, it equips readers to create meaningful connections in a digital world.This book can help you foster genuine connections and improve emotional wellness by encouraging real-life interactions and providing tools for effective communication skills, conflict resolution, and couples counseling. The insights provided are universally applicable to all types of relationships-existing ones, new connections, in-person, and online. Readers' Favorite reviewers, including Foluso Falaye and Emma Megan, highlight the book's practical utility and the inclusive vision of the TerriTie app, a map-based app designed to promote face-to-face interactions. Discussed briefly at the end of the book, the app offers a promising solution to the digital age's relational challenges and helps users navigate the complexities of online dating and friendships.In conclusion, Emma Megan from Readers' Favorite reflects: "In essence, Unveiling 11 Relationship Styles is a comprehensive resource that will empower you to navigate the complexities of love and discover new connections."
Hidden Grace
Hidden Grace: Growing through Loss and Grief offers a hopeful model of bereavement for persons experiencing painful losses. Rather than viewing this universal human experience as an illness to be cured or sorrow to be tolerated, Blevins portrays grief as a holistic process that offers the possibility of personal transformation when life is shattered by a significant loss.Blevins draws upon his experience as a mental-health professional and university professor and the traumatic loss of his daughter. He affirms that while grief is agonizing, it is a normal and instinctive human response that can nurture personal growth and wholeness grounded in meditative spirituality. In this way, grief can become both gift and grace in responding to a significant loss, depending upon how one chooses to respond.
Journey of Pain and Peace
Walking helps! Walking is therapy for me. When I walk I think; I sort; I get in touch with my anger; I relive my pain as a way of coming to terms with it; I process. I do some of my best thinking when I walk. Often something that I am dealing with is much clearer when I return from a walk.Walking helps! Walkingis therapy for me. When I walk I think;I sort; I get in touch with my anger; I relive my pain as a way of coming to terms with it; I process. I do some of my best thinking when I walk. Often something that I am dealing with is much clearer when I return from a walk.Much of this book was born as I walkedin our neighborhood. I relived the pain. I relived the compassion. I struggledwith loss. I tried to sort out how I live with this loss. I prayed.Thoughts about pain, loss, and peace became clearer as I walked.Heading to the computer as I entered the house to jot down those thoughtswas a typical experience. Perhapsit is appropriate that a book about a personal journey was significantly birthed as I walked.Walking is therapy for me.So is reading. A few months after our daughter Kym's death, I began to search for books to guide me on this new journey. Many good books by others who had walked similar journeys or by professional grief counselors stimulated and comforted me.I learned so much from them. Writingabout what I learned became another avenue of healing.Walking, reading and writing pave the path of this journey.Carolyn DeArmond Blevins is AssociateProfessor, Emerita of the School of Religion at Carson-Newman College.She lives with her husband, Bill, in Jefferson City, Tennessee, where she enjoys walking, reading and writing.
The Psychology Book
How do our minds influence the way we behave? How do our bodies and minds work together? Do we have free will? Exploring and explaining the big ideas and groundbreaking theories in psychology clearly and simply, The Psychology Book answers these questions and more and is the perfect introduction to the subject. Untangling knotty theories and shedding light on abstract concepts, entries unpack each complex idea with easy-to-follow explanations and eye-catching images. In this book, you can find: The history of psychology, from its roots in philosophy to modern studies of autism and psychiatry across all of the key fields of study, from psychotherapy to cognitive psychology and behaviorism. Groundbreaking ideas of great thinkers, from Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung to Noam Chomsky and Daniel KahnemanInformation about the key personalities of the 19th and 20th centuries whose work has significantly contributed to our understanding of human behavior. With millions of copies sold worldwide, The Psychology Book is part of DK's award-winning Big Ideas series. The series uses images, tables, fact files, and engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand. Other titles include The Biology Book, The Medicine Book, and The Science Book.
The Psychology Book
Learn about human nature, behavior and how the mind works with The Psychology Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Psychology in this overview guide to the subject, great for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Psychology Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in. This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Psychology, with: More than 100 ground-breaking ideas in this field of sciencePacked with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core conceptsA visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughoutEasy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understandingThe Psychology Book is the perfect introduction to the science, aimed at adults with an interest in the subject and students wanting to gain more of an overview. Here you'll discover key concepts by psychologists who have significantly enhanced our understanding of the human mind and behavior. Learn about everyone who's contributed to the big ideas in psychology, incorporating the ideas of today's scientists as well those of the ancient philosophers and pioneers. Your Psychological Questions, Simply Explained If you thought it was difficult to learn psychology and its many concepts, The Psychology Book presents the key ideas in a clear layout. Learn about the key personalities of the 19th and 20th centuries whose work has made significant contributions to our understanding of human behavior. Fantastic mind maps and step-by-step summaries explain the line of thought clearly for students of psychology and for anyone with a general interest in understanding the human mind. The Big Ideas SeriesWith millions of copies sold worldwide, The Psychology Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK. The series uses striking graphics along with engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand.
Monetary Wisdom
Globalization creates economic prosperity for citizens around the world. It changes people's deep-rooted attitudes, values, and behavioral patterns. Editor Thomas Li-Ping Tang is the first to scientifically capture the meaning of money and coin the contemporary love of money construct. Ardent monetary aspirations involve affective, behavioral, and cognitive subconstructs. Monetary Wisdom: Monetary Aspirations Impact Decision-Making bridges the gaps between behavioral economics, business ethics, decision-making, and the psychology of money. It compiles research from world-renowned experts in 37 countries across 6 continents. This book presents an excellent collection of innovative and multicultural views. Monetary Wisdom investigates how individuals apply monetary aspirations as a lens, frame critical concerns at the proximal and omnibus contexts, and maximize expected utility and ultimate serenity at the individual, organizational, and global levels. The books' practical implications help readers apply and enjoy these discoveries' benefits.
"Revolution in Poetic Language" Fifty Years Later
Revisits Julia Kristeva's magnum opus on the fiftieth anniversary of its original publication to open up new paths of interdisciplinary inquiry.In her 1974 Revolution in Poetic Language, Julia Kristeva resisted the abstract use of language, with its aim of totalization and finality, in all its colonizing and alienating forms. A major thinker and critic, Kristeva reappropriated Hegel's concepts of desire and negativity, in conjunction with the thought of Heidegger, Arendt, Freud, and Lacan, to revolt against modernity's culture of nihilism and the West's inability to deal with loss. This collection celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of Revolution in Poetic Language by revisiting Kristeva's oeuvre and establishing exciting new directions in Kristeva studies. Engaging with queer and transgender studies, disability studies, decolonial studies, and more, renowned and rising scholars plot continuities in-and push the boundaries of-Kristeva's thinking about loss, revolution, and revolt. The volume also includes two essays by Kristeva, translated into English for the first time here-"The Impossibility of Loss" (1988) and "Of What Use Are Poets in Times of Distress?" (2016).
More than a number
The Enneagram is one of the world's most dynamic and enduring personality models. Its origins are ancient, but it has profound contemporary applications. Through its nine patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving, it shows us how to overcome our habitual patterns and how to think, feel and behave more consciously. More than a number has all the information the reader needs to understand both themselves and others. There are also a number of applications, both personal and work-related, where the reader can examine features of themselves. The book is both a source of information and a workbook to guide the reader through the model. It is also a reference book for students and teachers working with the Enneagram. Coaches, therapists, counsellors and other professionals who work with people will find this book an invaluable resource and support.As a long time Enneagram teacher myself I highly recommend this book for new and continuing students and practitioners.Peter O'HanrahanCore faculty member of the Narrative Enneagram SchoolIf you're new to the Enneagram, this book is perfect for you. If you are already Enneagram savy, you'll want to read this book because it is that good.Ginger Lapid-Bogda, PhDFounder of the Enneagram in Business
Rebounce
The main theme of "Rebounce" is resilience, particularly in the context of rising up from troubles. It focuses on transgenerational resilience, highlighting the journey of Rwanda after the Genocide against the Tutsi. "Rebounce" delves deep into the concept of resilience, using Rwanda's journey after the Genocide against the Tutsi as a backdrop. It offers insights and tips on how individuals and communities can overcome challenges, showcasing Rwanda as a symbol of resilience and hope. The book explores transgenerational resilience, highlighting the role of survivors in reframing hope in Rwanda. It features letters of appreciation to survivors and includes 30 messages that the world can learn from Rwanda.
Breaking Chains
In 2021, I began to navigate the waters of anxiety. The anxiety that I faced was more than just an anxious feeling. It was crippling. It was debilitating. It became such a stronghold that I couldn't even go into my kitchen without having a panic attack. The walk to the car felt impossible and the drive to the store was terrible. I have never had a dream of becoming a writer. I did write a few things for my kids when they were younger. I could never find stories or devotionals that were exactly what I was looking for, so I would write them myself. As I said, writing was never my dream. I did love writing songs, but books were never something that I wanted to make a career out of. Fast forward to 2021. This was the start of a really long journey. One with so many trials. So many obstacles. But through these obstacles, I felt God's presence. The nights when I would lay awake crying. The days when I just felt like I wanted to give up. To give up on ever leaving the house. I felt God so close to me. Finding strength in God when I had none. Because when I was weak, He was strong. After about 7 months of living with anxiety, fear, and panic, I felt it on my heart to start writing down my journey. Ever since the beginning of writing, I knew that God would use this testimony to show others what happens when you press on. When you persevere, even when you want to give up. This journey has been far from easy. It's been hard and difficult. In these pages you will find pain, but you will also find hope, healing, and a God who never fails. There were days when I woke from dead sleep to write, because God put something on my heart to share. What started as me writing my journey turned into a book of love, healing, and messages that I hope you will find more of God in.
Celebrating Quiet Leaders
What do you think is common between George Washington, and the Buddha, Mustafa Kemal Atat羹rk and Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks and Florence Nightingale....That they were great leaders?True. But did you know that they were also all introverts?From Prasenjeet Kumar, comes an outstanding collection of uplifting stories of the greatest leaders of all times that have used their powers of introversion to rewrite History.Most importantly, these leaders succeeded not because they could overcome their introversion, BUT because of their gifted strengths of introversion. So, ladies and gentlemen, be prepared to immerse yourselves into legendary tales of courage and valour shown by quiet, shy and sensitive men and women from all around the world. You will read how these quiet leaders faced the biggest challenges and threats of their lives and how they rose from the ashes like the legendary Phoenix bird BUT quietly. Like a Quiet Phoenix, as this series of books is called.
Hack Your Habits
Hack Your Habits: Win with Brainpower" is a compelling guide that delves into the intricate workings of our habits and offers practical strategies to leverage the power of our brains for positive change. Through insightful exploration, this book illuminates how habits are formed, how they shape our lives, and most importantly, how they can be hacked for personal growth and success. Drawing on neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral science, "Hack Your Habits" presents accessible techniques to rewire our neural pathways and cultivate habits that serve our goals and aspirations. From establishing effective routines to breaking free from detrimental behaviors, each chapter is packed with actionable insights and real-world examples to inspire lasting transformation. Whether you're striving to boost productivity, improve health and wellness, or enhance overall well-being, "Hack Your Habits: Win with Brainpower" equips you with the knowledge and tools to harness the extraordinary potential of your mind and cultivate habits that propel you towards success.
Jung and the Epic of Transformation - Volume 1
What have the Middle Ages got to do with us? For Jung, it seems, quite a lot; after all, he tells us: "I must catch up with a piece of the Middle Ages - within myself," adding: "We have only finished the Middle Ages - of others." In Wolfram von Eschenbach's "Parzival" and the Grail as Transformation, Paul Bishop considers the significance for Jung of a masterpiece of medieval German literature, and a major work in the tradition of the legendary Holy Grail. Wolfram's Parzival epic depicts a three-fold quest: for the hero's identity, for vr繹ude ("joy"), and for the mysterious Grail. In the course of this quest, Parzival himself is transformed from a fool into the lord of the Grail, and the power of the Grail brings about a collective transformation as well.This is the first volume in a series of books, examining key texts in German literature and thought that were, in Jung's own estimation or by scholarly consent, highly influential on his thinking. The project of Jung and the Epic of Transformation consists of four titles, sequentially arranged to explore great works from a Jungian perspective and in turn to highlight their importance for interpreting The Red Book.Table of Contents-List of Abbreviations -Grail Studies (in chronological order) -Parzival/Parsifal Studies (in chronological order) -Editions cited -Acknowledgements -Preface: The Grail and Arthurian Legend -Chapter 1 An Introduction to Epic -Chapter 2 Wolfram's Parzival -Chapter 3 Jung and the Grail Myth: Analytical Psychology as a New Form of Quest for Transformation -Bibliography
Jung and the Epic of Transformation - Volume 1
What have the Middle Ages got to do with us? For Jung, it seems, quite a lot; after all, he tells us: "I must catch up with a piece of the Middle Ages - within myself," adding: "We have only finished the Middle Ages - of others." In Wolfram von Eschenbach's "Parzival" and the Grail as Transformation, Paul Bishop considers the significance for Jung of a masterpiece of medieval German literature, and a major work in the tradition of the legendary Holy Grail. Wolfram's Parzival epic depicts a three-fold quest: for the hero's identity, for vr繹ude ("joy"), and for the mysterious Grail. In the course of this quest, Parzival himself is transformed from a fool into the lord of the Grail, and the power of the Grail brings about a collective transformation as well.This is the first volume in a series of books, examining key texts in German literature and thought that were, in Jung's own estimation or by scholarly consent, highly influential on his thinking. The project of Jung and the Epic of Transformation consists of four titles, sequentially arranged to explore great works from a Jungian perspective and in turn to highlight their importance for interpreting The Red Book.Table of Contents-List of Abbreviations -Grail Studies (in chronological order) -Parzival/Parsifal Studies (in chronological order) -Editions cited -Acknowledgements -Preface: The Grail and Arthurian Legend -Chapter 1 An Introduction to Epic -Chapter 2 Wolfram's Parzival -Chapter 3 Jung and the Grail Myth: Analytical Psychology as a New Form of Quest for Transformation -Bibliography
Girls and Their Monsters
For readers of Hidden Valley Road and Patient H.M., an "intimate and compassionate portrait" (Grace M. Cho) of the Genain quadruplets, the harrowing violence they experienced, and its psychological and political consequences.​ In 1954, researchers at the newly formed National Institute of Mental Health set out to study the genetics of schizophrenia. When they got word that four 24-year-old identical quadruplets had been diagnosed with the mental illness, they could hardly believe it. Here was incontrovertible proof of hereditary transmission. But the case of the pseudonymous Genain quadruplets was hardly so straightforward. Contrary to fawning media portrayals of a picture-perfect Christian family, the sisters had endured the stuff of nightmares behind closed doors and been the object of paranoid public fantasies. Even as the sisters' erratic behaviors became impossible to ignore and the NIMH whisked the women off for study, their sterling image did not falter. Girls and Their Monsters chronicles the extraordinary, shocking lives of the quadruplets while exploring the delusions that gripped the American psyche in the middle of the twentieth century.
The Dyslexia Debate Revisited
In every country, and in every language, a significant proportion of children struggle to master the skill of reading. In 2014, The Dyslexia Debate examined the problematic interpretation of the term 'dyslexia' as well as questioning its efficacy as a diagnosis. Ten years on, The Dyslexia Debate Revisited reflects on the changes in dyslexia assessment and treatment over the last decade, including the introduction of dyslexia legislation in many US states. Addressing the critical responses to their original challenge of the dyslexia construct, Julian G. Elliott and Elena L. Grigorenko also consider why, despite scientific critiques, existing dyslexia conceptions and assessment practices continue to be highly attractive to many professionals, individuals, and families. Based on current scientific knowledge, the authors strive to promote a shared understanding of reading difficulties and emphasize the importance of providing timely and appropriate intervention and support to anyone who faces difficulties with learning to read.
Understanding Autistic Adults
Understanding Autistic Adults: Supporting Personal and Professional Pathways and Overcoming Challenges delves deeply into the experiences of autistic adults, providing comprehensive insights into potential professional paths and the psychological hurdles they may face in adulthood. It illuminates the experiences of autistics in professional fields like medicine, music, teaching, and therapy, alongside challenges like gender diversity, eating disorders, dissociative disorders (depersonalization-derealization disorder and DID), sex work, and professional stagnation. Theoretical chapters offer differentiations between autism and other psychiatric conditions; describe autistic thinking in terms of a disrupted integration between primary and secondary processes; provide a matrix for mapping various manifestations of autism; and outline support strategies tailored for autistics, therapists, government systems, and future research. Geared toward the ever-expanding audience of autistic individuals and mental health professionals, this book provides valuable insights into previously underexplored experiences to foster more understanding and validation.
The Dyslexia Debate Revisited
In every country, and in every language, a significant proportion of children struggle to master the skill of reading. In 2014, The Dyslexia Debate examined the problematic interpretation of the term 'dyslexia' as well as questioning its efficacy as a diagnosis. Ten years on, The Dyslexia Debate Revisited reflects on the changes in dyslexia assessment and treatment over the last decade, including the introduction of dyslexia legislation in many US states. Addressing the critical responses to their original challenge of the dyslexia construct, Julian G. Elliott and Elena L. Grigorenko also consider why, despite scientific critiques, existing dyslexia conceptions and assessment practices continue to be highly attractive to many professionals, individuals, and families. Based on current scientific knowledge, the authors strive to promote a shared understanding of reading difficulties and emphasize the importance of providing timely and appropriate intervention and support to anyone who faces difficulties with learning to read.
Understanding Autistic Adults
Understanding Autistic Adults: Supporting Personal and Professional Pathways and Overcoming Challenges delves deeply into the experiences of autistic adults, providing comprehensive insights into potential professional paths and the psychological hurdles they may face in adulthood. It illuminates the experiences of autistics in professional fields like medicine, music, teaching, and therapy, alongside challenges like gender diversity, eating disorders, dissociative disorders (depersonalization-derealization disorder and DID), sex work, and professional stagnation. Theoretical chapters offer differentiations between autism and other psychiatric conditions; describe autistic thinking in terms of a disrupted integration between primary and secondary processes; provide a matrix for mapping various manifestations of autism; and outline support strategies tailored for autistics, therapists, government systems, and future research. Geared toward the ever-expanding audience of autistic individuals and mental health professionals, this book provides valuable insights into previously underexplored experiences to foster more understanding and validation.
Surrealism and Psychoanalysis in Grace Pailthorpe's Life and Work
This book outlines the life and intellectual thought of the English surrealist artist and psychoanalyst, Dr Grace Pailthorpe (1883-1971). It gathers her published and unpublished writings, providing an in-depth study of the importance of surrealism of her work and legacy.
Expanding Psychoanalysis
Expanding Psychoanalysis explores the work of the acclaimed psychoanalyst, writer, and activist Susie Orbach.
Arts-Based Approaches to Promote Mental Health and Well-Being
This book focuses on arts-based approaches to psychosocial health among children, youth, and their caregivers living in conditions of adversity around the world.
Getting Control (Revised Edition)
Six million Americans suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and they know firsthand the often devastating effects it has on their lives. Some symptoms, such as the nagging feeling you have left the stovetop burner on, can be mildly distracting. Yet others, like compulsive hand washing, the inability to throw anything out, or nerve-racking feelings of guilt, can be completely paralyzing and make it nearly impossible for sufferers to lead healthy lives. Dr. Lee Baer gives readers the tools to assess their own symptoms, set goals, and create therapeutic programs for themselves. He also helps readers differentiate between OCD and other psychological illnesses such as depression. From the latest treatments to important facts on the medications currently available and how they work, Getting Control is thorough, concise, and positive--a lifesaver for anyone whose well-being is affected by OCD.
Rebounce
The main theme of "Rebounce" is resilience, particularly in the context of rising up from troubles. It focuses on transgenerational resilience, highlighting the journey of Rwanda after the Genocide against the Tutsi. "Rebounce" delves deep into the concept of resilience, using Rwanda's journey after the Genocide against the Tutsi as a backdrop. It offers insights and tips on how individuals and communities can overcome challenges, showcasing Rwanda as a symbol of resilience and hope. The book explores transgenerational resilience, highlighting the role of survivors in reframing hope in Rwanda. It features letters of appreciation to survivors and includes 30 messages that the world can learn from Rwanda.
The Theory of Everything Else
"A pleasure. ... Suitable for beach reading or for mainlining before a dinner party." --Dan Piepenbring, New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)"Absorbing. ... As thoughtfully written as it is nuts." --Chicago TribuneA collection of the world's most mind-boggling, thought-provoking, and downright hilarious theories by the co-host of the hit podcast No Such Thing as a Fish, Dan Schreiber.Why are we here? Do ghosts exist? Will we ever travel back in time? Are we being visited by extraterrestrials? Will we ever talk to animals? Are we being told the truth? Are mysterious creatures roaming the Earth? And why, when you're in the shower, does the shower curtain always billow in towards you?We don't know the answers to any of these questions (that includes the shower-curtain one, which is a mystery that has eluded scientists for decades, and which they are still trying to solve). But don't worry, no matter what questions you have, you can bet on the fact that there is someone (or something) out there, investigating it on your behalf--and Dan Schreiber collects their latest findings.From the Silicon Valley tech billionaires currently trying to work out whether or not the universe is one giant video game simulation to the self-proclaimed community of Italian time-travelers who are trying to save the world from destruction; The Theory of Everything Else will act as a handbook for those who want to think differently.
Coping with Psychosis and Schizophrenia
Supporting a relative living with a psychotic disorder can be uniquely challenging when compared to other health conditions, leaving many family carers isolated and struggling with questions: Why us? How do others cope? Is it my fault? How much more can I take? This collection of personal accounts provides family carers with a helpful framework to make sense of their individual experiences and support their own coping and wellbeing. It details the myriad of positives, challenges and life-changing experiences that families encounter following the development of a psychotic illness in a loved one. The authors of these accounts are varied and include the parents, partners, siblings and children of those experiencing psychosis. This book will also serve as an excellent resource for psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, psychologists, social workers, GPs and students who should find the book relevant both for their own practice and for those families they support.
Puzzle Pieces of Life
Puzzle Pieces Life is just that - giving people the opportunity to understand some pieces within themselves, that until now did not make sense. Engaging people to ponder on the parts within themselves that are confusing, or that they have tried to bury as a means of trying to get on with their lives. Yet faltering and stumbling thinking this is how life is, when it doesn't have to be. Getting to know themselves better leads to a flourishing within their being that is liberating.
Feminisms, Technology and Depth Psychology
Feminisms, Technology and Depth Psychology explores the intersection of a variety of feminist thought with technology through the lens of depth psychology, and investigates how current approaches to technology impact female life globally - from internet use, to biotechnology, to how female creators imagine life.This thought-provoking collection is a discussion on changing female capacities and creativity. It questions whether female oppression is becoming more easily enabled within the context of technology use, touching on topics of manipulation, ecological awareness, female decision making, and more. Part One is a three-chapter investigation on queer history, birthing, and reproductive technologies in science fiction novels. Part Two explores images of females and technology in a variety of cultural products ranging from science fiction films to contemporary TV dramas and novels. Part Three looks at the political impact of technology on female worlds, and Part Four examines perspectives on the creative process behind writing science fiction and fantasy. Feminisms, Technology and Depth Psychology will appeal to Jungian analysts and psychotherapists, and analytical psychologists. It also offers insightful perspectives to academics and students of psychology, gender studies, and politics.
Transforming Careers in Mental Health for BIPOC
This book provides targeted advice to Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) in the mental health professions on how to navigate, resist, and transform institutions and policies that were not designed for them.
An Integrative Approach to Treating Eating Disorders
An Integrative Approach toTreating Eating Disorders walks therapists through how to effectively resolve the most common yet nuanced struggles that clients with disordered eating face on a daily basis.
The Ultimate Guide To Overcoming Shopping Addiction
A Proven, Step-By-Step Method To Overcome Shopping Addiction For Life Once And For AllAddiction to Shopping is a usual behavior for many people. They unconsciously keep on buying things they don't need, I meant unconscious because at early stage we know we are buying things which are of not much value in our life but we keep on doing it and slowly this behavior becomes an habit and we unconsciously do it. Shopping addiction is one of the foremost reason for not saving enough for life and making our life cluttered with stuffs which we don't require. In the past you might have tried your best to get over this habit but were unsuccessful. You were not successful because of lack of effective strategy. This book goes into details about how to overcome this destructive habit. Once you overcome this, you will be more controlled, happy and fulfilled within.Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn...Chapter 1: Shopping Spree or Shopping Addiction?Chapter 2: Getting to the Root of the ProblemChapter 3: RecoveringChapter 4: Avoiding RelapseMuch, much more!Purchase your copy today!Take action right away to Overcome Shopping Addiction by purchasing this book "The Ultimate Guide To Overcoming Shopping Addiction: The Most Effective, Permanent Solution To Finally Control Compulsive Shopping And Buying Disorder".Tags: Shopping Addiction, compulsive shopping disorder, compulsive buying disorder, Oniomania, cbd, shopaholism, overcome cbd, overcome oniomania, overcome compulsive shopping disorder, overcome compulsive buying disorder, overcome shopaholism, control shopping addiction, How to overcome shopping addiction, how to overcome buying temptation, buying temptation, shopping temptation--
Fear Of Heights
A Proven, Step-By-Step Method To Overcome Fear Of Heights Once And For AllThis book contains proven steps and strategies on how to overcome fear of heights. You can overcome acrophobia. It is a more than possible feat and is something that is within your reach, so long as you take the time for it. You just have to do some things and avoid doing some particular things in order to achieve your goal. Know what it takes to overcome your fears of heights. Read it from here. Act now and be free of the misery of carrying that fear with you.Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn...Chapter 1. Comprehending AcrophobiaChapter 2. Possible Causes and TriggersChapter 3. Types of TreatmentsChapter 4. Overcoming the Fear of HeightsMuch, much more!Purchase your copy today!Take action right away to Overcome Fear Of Heights by purchasing this book "Fear Of Heights: The Ultimate Guide to Overcome Your Fear Of Heights".Tags: Fear Of Heights, Acrophobia, overcome acrophobia, overcome fear of heights, height phobia, phobias, fear, overcoming the fear, vertigo
Sensitive
"This important book reframes the way we think about sensitivity--our own or someone else's--and shines a light on the great power in being highly attuned to the world."--Susan Cain, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet and Quiet A paradigm-shifting look at a long-undervalued yet hugely beneficial personality trait, from the creators of the world's largest community for highly sensitive people "Don't be so sensitive!"Everyone has a sensitive side, but nearly one in three people have the genes to be more sensitive than others--both physically and emotionally. These are the people who pause before speaking and think before acting; they tune in to subtle details and make connections that others miss. Whether introverted or extroverted, they tend to be bighearted, creative, and wired to go deep, yet society tells them to hide the very sensitivity that makes them this way. These are the world's "highly sensitive people," and Sensitive is the book that champions them. From the creators of the world's largest community for sensitive people, Sensitive teaches us how to unlock the potential in this undervalued strength and leverage it across the most important areas of our lives: friendships and intimate relationships, the workplace, leadership, and parenting. Through fascinating research and expert storytelling, Jenn Granneman and Andre S籀lo--sensitive people themselves--show us that the way to thrive as a sensitive person is not to hide our sensitivity but to embrace it, and how to do that in every area of life. Weaving together actionable advice, relatable anecdotes, and the latest scientific research, Granneman and S籀lo demonstrate how leaning into sensitivity unlocks a powerful boost effect to propel us ahead in life. They hand us the tools and insights we need to thrive as sensitive people in a loud, fast, too-much world. A powerfully validating, destigmatizing, and practical book, Sensitive plants a gently fluttering flag in the ground for sensitive people everywhere. This inspiring book has the power to change, once and for all, how we see sensitive people--and how they see themselves.
The Fool's Poems
Honouring our brokenness and happiness is like seeing a broken pot repaired with gold dust in the glue so all the breaks are visible. The gold cracks show that when repaired with all its scars visible, the imperfect piece of pottery may be more beautiful than the perfect original. It can be a restorative process representing a changed perspective, of healing and wholeness, accepting the imperfectly beautiful.
On Dreams
Contributors: Charles P. Fisher, MD - William Fried, PhD - Eugene Mahon, MD Edward Nersessian, MD - Arlene Kramer Richards, EdDArnold Richards, MD - Arnold Rothstein, MD - Brent Willock, PhDThe dream is that nightly 'state of the psyche address' that presents us with our social emotional life in the language of metaphor. Arlene Kramer Richards, as editor of this volume, On Dreams, has brought our attention to the dream world once again. The chapters, written by distinguished analysts, take us back to Freud and beyond to consider the wish for immortality in dreams, the role of neuroscience in dreams, transference phenomena in dreams, and so much more. Eugene Mahon's interesting article on the "dream-within-a-dream" becomes a subject of careful commentary for several of the other authors. Arlene reminds us of one of Freud's most important influences, Artemidorus of Daldis, who wrote 1800 years ago and provided much of the basic structure upon which Freud built his view of the dream. Significantly Artemidoris saw the dream as a pertaining to the future while Freud said it was based in the past and addressing the present. Charles P. Fisher describes the treatment of dreams among the indigenous Achuar people in the Ecuadorian Amazon jungles. For the Achuar, as for Artemidorus, the dream is oriented to the future. Additionally, they see the dream "as more real than reality." And finally the dream is not simply for the dreamer or addressing the analyst but is explicitly addressing the community and is in fact interpreted within a community setting. Brent Willock asserts that Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams is "the most important book ever penned in psychology" but "it is not the last word on this subject." Arlene Kramer Richards's volume On Dreams confirms this assertion and gives us so much more to think about and, dare I say, even dream about.-Daniel S. Benveniste, PhD, author of Libido, Culture, and Consciousness: Revisiting Freud's Totem and Taboo (IPBooks 2022)Dreams have fascinated dreamers for the 200,000 years of human existence on earth. Sigmund Freud made dream analysis a core element in his brilliant development of the concepts and techniques of a new discipline, psychoanalysis. In this noteworthy collection of essays by eight eminent psychoanalysts on dreams, we discover new perspectives, new insights, touching on the time-honored tradition of dream interpretation, understanding our earliest life, acknowledging a wish for immortality, retaining a sense of mystery in the intellectual milieu of psychoanalysis.-Merle Molofsky, MFA, NCPsyA
The Laws of Connection
This groundbreaking study reveals how social connections are far more important than we thought, showing us the steps we can take to build better relationships and improve our lives. Social connection is as essential for our health and happiness as a balanced diet and regular exercise. It reduces our risk of stroke, heart disease, and Alzheimer's. It enhances our creativity and adds years to our life span. Yet many of us struggle to form strong and meaningful bonds--and the problem lies not with our personalities but with a series of cognitive biases that stop us from fulfilling our social potential. In The Laws of Connection, award-winning science writer David Robson describes the psychological barriers that lead us to keep others at a distance and offers evidence-based strategies to overcome them. Drawing on philosophy, neuroscience, and cutting-edge psychology, Robson introduces readers to new concepts such as the liking gap, the novelty penalty, the fast-friendship procedure, the beautiful mess effect, and the Japanese art of amae. Whether we are shy or confident, introvert or extrovert, we can all build deeper relationships. The Laws of Connection shows us how.
The Drop
In this revelatory and original book, award-winning author of the acclaimed surf memoir On a Wave illuminates the connection between waves, addiction, and recovery, exploring what surfing can teach us about the powerful undertow of addictive behaviors and the ways to swim free of them.Addiction is arguably the dominant feature of contemporary life: sex, gambling, exercise, eating, shopping, Internet use--there's virtually no pleasurable activity that can't morph into a destructive obsession. For Americans under the age of fifty-five, the leading cause of death is drug overdose. But there is another side of addiction.In some instances, the very activities that can lead to addiction can also lead out of it. As neurologists have recently discovered, surfing is a kind of study in the mechanism of addiction, delivering dopamine to the "pleasure" center of the brain and reshaping priorities and desire in a feedback loop of narrowing focus. Thad Ziolkowski knows this dynamic intimately. A lifelong surfer, he has been surrounded by addiction since his boyhood. In this unique, groundbreaking book, part addiction memoir, part sociological study, part spiritual odyssey, Ziolkowski dismantles the myth of surfing as a radiantly wholesome lifestyle immune to the darker temptations of the culture and discovers among the rubble a new way to understand and ultimately overcome addiction. Combining his own story with insights from scientists, progressive thinkers and the experiences of top surfers and addicts from around the world, Ziolkowski shows how getting on a board and catching a wave is a unique and deeply instructive means of riding out of the darkness and back into the light. Yet while surfing is his salvation, its lessons can applied to other activities that can pull us free from the lethal undertow of addiction and save lives.
Tough To Talk
MANUP by Tough to Talk is a no-nonsense look into the silent war that countless men across the globe are fighting with their mental health. These are their stories in their own words.Society sits back while men are grappling silently with their biological, emotional, psychological, past trauma, current life events and gendered issues. And these men do not get the help they need because to them they do not have a mental health problem, they have financial problems, an addiction, relationship problems, health problems, and past traumas. And it's just not worth it.Is it any wonder then that these factors combined turn out to be the main causes of suicide behaviours?Every 40 seconds another life is lost to suicide: 75% of these are men. This isn't just a statistic; it's a call to action, a demand for change. Men are being either ignored or emasculated by both society and the narrative around toxic masculinity.Traditionally men have been told to man up, not to cry or show emotions, and to be the tough guy. Stoicism has masked severe mental health issues, and the consensus has been one of defining masculinity as something that is toxic in its very being. These men are our fathers, brothers, husbands, sons, friends, colleagues, and peers.With the rise of toxic feminism, more women in the workplace, and a greater awareness of gender inequality, men are constantly having to re-define and re-discover who they are allowed to be, have to be and should be, whilst also coping with the raging fire within them called testosterone. They try to keep their emotions locked-up, but when the trigger is pulled, they explode leaving carnage everywhere.Men's mental health is fast becoming the most prevalent social issue of our time, and in this raw and real, engaging and provocative new book, men of various ages, nation cultures, ethnicities and socio-economic groups share their own struggles with masculinity. Each chapter covers a range of challenging, sometimes uncomfortable topics including strength and vulnerability of mind and body, romantic and workplace relationships, body image, abuse and narcissism, racial and gender equality, and fatherhood.
The true prophecies or prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, physician to Henry II. Francis II. and Charles IX. Kings of France, and one of the best astronomers that ever were
The true prophecies or prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, physician to Henry II. Francis II. and Charles IX. Kings of France, and one of the best astronomers that ever were, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Mysteries of the Rosie Cross; Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Le
Mysteries of the Rosie Cross; Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
