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Becoming: Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality
by Gordon W. AllportAllport outlines the need for a psychology of becoming, of growth and development of personality, one that can best be discovered by looking within ourselves.
Self Hypnosis for a Better Life
by William W. HewittFrom the book: WE HAVE the ability to solve most, if not all, of our problems in life if we know how. Self-hypnosis is one tool that can help us solve our problems and create better lives for ourselves. This book gives actual word-for-word self-hypnosis scripts for twenty three major problem-solving situations. Most of them will most likely apply to you at some point in your life. ... This book also includes very understandable explanations of what hypnosis is and how it works.
Songs from the Black Chair: A Memoir of Mental Interiors
by Charles BarberDay after day, night after night, the desperate men come and sit in the black chair next to Charles Barber's desk in a basement office at Bellevue and tell of their travails, of prison and aids and heroin, of crack and methadone and sexual abuse, and the voices that plague them. In the silence between the stories, amid the peeling paint, musty odor, and flickering fluorescent light, Barber observes that this isn't really where he is supposed to be. How this child of privilege, product of Andover and Harvard and Columbia, came to find himself at home among the homeless of New York City is just one story Barber tells in Songs from the Black Chair. Interlaced with his memoir, and illuminating the nightmare of mental illness that gripped him after his friend's suicide, are the stories of his confidants at Bellevue and the "mental health" shelters of Manhattan-men so traumatized by the distortions of their lives and minds that only in the chaotic aftermath of 9/11 do they feel in sync with their world. In the intertwined narrative of these troubled lives and his own, Charles Barber brings to shimmering light some of the most disturbing and enduring truths of human nature. Charles Barber is an associate of the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, Yale University School of Medicine.
Naked Lunch
by William S. BurroughsDelirious, nonlinear ravings of a junkie in hell. Also includes excerpts from the Boston trial where it was declared not obscene in 1966.
Psychosynthesis: A Manual of Principles and Techniques
by Roberto AssagioliA practical working method of psychology that includes many approaches to personal growth, unified around the idea of a self directing the harmonious development of all aspects of personality.
DSM-IV Made Easy: The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis
by James MorrisonThis book takes the reader through a step-by-step diagnostic process for every DSM-IV category, and explains how to derive a complete five-axis diagnosis. Each set of criteria is discussed in detail, illustrated by vivid clinical vignettes and interpreted in lucid terms.
Adult Psychopathology and Diagnosis (5th ed.)
by Michel Hersen Samuel Epes Turner Deborah C. BeidelAdult Psychopathology and Diagnosis, Fifth Edition offers comprehensive coverage of the major psychological disorders and presents a balanced integration of empirical data and diagnostic criteria to demonstrate the basis for individual diagnoses.
Broken Vows
by Eric FrancisFred Newlander, founder of a popular Jewish congregation in New Jersey, arrives home from synagogue to find his wife lying dead on the living room floor. Her blood is everywhere. Was it murder or suicide?
101 Ways To Get And Keep His Attention
by Michelle Mckinney-HammondScripture offers women guidance for winning the heart of the man she loves. This book is based both on Scripture and interviews with men of all ages, races, and backgrounds. The author reveals 101 powerful tips for attracting the right man for you, a man of quality, integrity, and who appeals to your senses too.
Developing Healthy Relationships: A Guide for Singles
by Jeff ParzialeWhat is holding you back from a healthy deeply fulfilling relationship?
A Death in the Sanchez Family
by Oscar LewisA Death in the Sanchez family is a short and poignant account of how the poor die—of the death of Aunt Guadalupe, and of her funeral, to which the members of the Sanchez family come as mourners. Jhe Children of Sanchez by Professor Lewis has become an anthropological classic, which is read and studied throughout the world. In this short book Professor Lewis revisits the members of the family, now a few years older, on the occasion of the death of their old aunt. As in his previous books, Professor Lewis allows the members of the family to tell their own stories: their reactions to the funeral and their memories of the impoverished but often heroic life of their deceased aunt. As Professor Lewis writes: "For the poor, death is almost as great a hardship as life itself.” The struggle to get Aunt Guadalupe decently into the earth is one of the themes of this book. But Professor Lewis’ main subject is how her death illuminated her life, and how her life and death reflected the culture of poverty in which she lived.
Waking the Tiger - Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences
by Peter A. Levine Ann FrederickA breakthrough book on the healing of trauma by the developer of Somatic Experiencing
The Three Christs of Ypsilanti: A Psychological Study
by Milton RokeachIn 1960 psychologist Milton Rokeach staged an unusual experiment to study questions of identity and delusional thinking. He brought together three chronic schizophrenic patients at Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan, each of whom believed himself to be Jesus Christ. For over a year the research team and the three patients met daily. This book is an account of what occurred in and outside these meetings as the three Christs struggled to adjust their concept of themselves against the fact that others claimed the same identity. Although some of the researchers' methods seem questionable by today's standards, this is a fascinating look at how beliefs are formed and sustained, and a poignant portrayal of three deeply troubled human beings.
Theories of Hypnosis: Current Models and Perspectives
by Steven J. Lynn Judith W. RhueA survey of current theories of hypnosis along with relevant research.
Silencing the Voices: One Woman's Triumph Over Multiple Personality Disorder
by Jean Darby ClineJEAN is a dutiful wife who will do anything to make her marriage work. But JODY hates Jean's husband and is determined to drive them apart. Little JD just hides from it all, emerging only when Jean's painful past is more than she can bear. These are the voices that live within the mind of Jean Darby Cline. As a child, Jean suffered unspeakable mental and sexual abuse at the hands of her father. As an adult, her first husband's verbal abuse and cruel outbursts of rage echoed the violence of her childhood. Jean hoped that psychotherapy would help ease her depression-and fill in the major lapses of her memory. Instead, Jean made a startling discovery. The childhood horrors she'd endured had caused her personality to fragment into three separate entities-three people with opinions and emotions all their own...
The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic
by Darby Penney Peter StastnyThis book grew out of ten years of research conducted by two journalists who discovered a trove of abandoned trunks and suitcases in an attic at Willard State Hospital in New York. Through extensive research they were able to reconstruct the histories of ten patients who were hospitalized at Willard during the years before deinstitutionalization. Through the microcosm of individual lives the authors humanize the tragedy of our treatment of people deemed to be mentally ill.
The End of Normal: A Wife's Anguish, A Widow's New Life
by Stephanie Madoff Mack Tamara JonesAn explosive, heartbreaking memoir from the widow of Mark Madoff and daughter-in-law of Bernard Madoff, the first genuine inside story from a family member who has lived through -- and survived -- both the public crisis and her own deeply personal tragedy. Stephanie Mack, the daughter-in-law of Bernie Madoff, share's her life story. Bernie scammed many Americans, but Stephanie and her husband knew nothing about his activities. Still his actions had a devistating impact on Stephanie, her husband, and her children.
American Courage
by Herbert W. Warden IIIDrawn from firsthand and historical writings, this book gives voice to the pilgrims, founding fathers, revolutionaries, pioneers, '49ers, cowboys, soldiers, pilots, and the many other heroes who have built the nation.
Madness: A Bipolar Life
by Marya HornbacherWhen Marya Hornbacher published her first book, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, she did not yet know the reason for her all-but-shattered young life. At age twenty-four, Hornbacher was diagnosed with Type 1 rapid-cycle bipolar, the most severe form of bipolar disease there is. <P><P> In Madness, in her trademark wry and utterly self-revealing voice, Hornbacher tells her new story. Through scenes of astonishing visceral and emotional power, she takes us inside her own desperate attempts to control violently careening mood swings by self-starvation, substance abuse, numbing sex, and self-mutilation. How Hornbacher fights her way up from a madness that all but destroys her, and what it is like to live in a difficult and sometimes beautiful life and marriage-where bipolar always beckons-is at the heart of this brave and heart-stopping memoir.
Bloodletting: A Memoir of Secrets, Self-harm, and Survival
by Victoria LeathamOn the Outside, Victoria Leatham appears to have it all. She's creative, beautiful, confident. But inside she struggles with silent, secret, and unbearable pain. In her late teens, Leatham is struck with an undeniable urge to cut herself. Oddly, the wounds she inflicts on herself mute the pain she feels inside. This memoir, a darkly humorous and often chilling account, vividly details Leatham's ordeal and reveals her most intimate thoughts as she struggles with cutting and a range of other psychological problems including eating disorders, sexual promiscuity, substance abuse, and bipolar disorder. And finally, it describes her discovery of the psychological secret that helps her escape from this spiral of self-destruction.
Principles of Social Pyschology: [Removed at request of original publisher]
by [Author removed at request of original publisher]This textbook is based on a critical thinking approach, and its aim is to get students thinking actively and conceptually – with a greater focus on the forest than the trees. Yes, there are right and wrong answers, but the answers are not the only thing. What is perhaps even more important is how students get to the answers – the thinking process itself. To help students better grasp the big picture of social psychology, this text has a consistent pedagogy across the chapters. For questions about this textbook please contact textbookuse@umn.edu
Psychology class 11 - GSTB - 23
by Gujarat State Board of School Textbooks"Psychology" is a concise and informative textbook designed for class 11 students following the GSTB curriculum. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the intriguing field of psychology, enabling students to grasp the intricacies of human behavior. Covering essential topics, the textbook includes chapters on the history and scope of psychology, research methods, biological influences, sensation and perception, learning and memory, intelligence and cognition, as well as motivation and emotion. Through a combination of engaging content and clear explanations, this textbook serves as an invaluable resource, fostering students' understanding of human behavior and sparking their curiosity for further exploration in the field of psychology.