Psychology

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by Paul Gilbert (Author)Throughout history people have sought to cope with a life that is often stressful and hard. We have actually known for some time that developing compassion for oneself and others can help us face up to and win through the hardship and find a sense of inner peace. However in modern societies we rarely focus on this key process that underpins successful coping and happiness and can be quick to dismiss the impact of modern living on our minds and well-being. Instead we co...

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Report copyright infringementby Chris Stokel-Walker (Author)A pithy, vibrant and accessible explainer to the past, present and future of fake news, from Ancient Greece to Donald Trump and beyond. Anyone can go online, write something about what's going on the world, and share it with potentially millions of people. We are living in an era of radically democratized information. And it's a threat to democracy itself. Social media has made it easier than ever to spread falsehoods, amplified by i...

Why Do They Act That Way?: A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen

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Report copyright infringementby David Walsh (Author)This anniversary edition--revised and updated--goes beyond raging hormones and peer pressure to explain why adolescents act the way they do and what parents and teachers can do about it. Why Do They Act That Way? was the first book to explain the scientific, brain-based reasons behind teens' impulsive behavior, lack of focus, self-consciousness, territoriality, fatigue, and their quickness to anger and take risks--to name just a few common t...

The Joy of Being Selfish: Why You Need Boundaries and How to Set Them - Hardcover

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by Michelle Elman (Author)'A practical guide that will reclaim your time, energy and self-belief' --Stylist '[A] smart guide to setting boundaries...While the wise counsel will be tough love for some, those willing to put in the work will get much out of this.'--Publishers Weekly Do you frequently say 'yes' to people and events to keep those around you happy? Do you often find yourself emotionally exhausted and physically drained? Do people describe you as a pushover or 'too nice'? It's t...

Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer - Paperback

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by Jillian Lauren (Author), Michael Connelly (Foreword by)"Sam Little is the monster in this story and Jillian Lauren is the slayer. She is the one who stuck her nose into it, saw something was not right, was dreadfully wrong, in fact, and did something about it." --Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling authorHe was sitting right across the table... and he would have killed her if he couldJillian Lauren had no idea what she was getting into when she wrote her first letter to prolifi...

Adventures in Memory: The Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting - Paperback

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by Hilde Østby (Author), Ylva Østby (Author), Sam Kean (Foreword by)A novelist and a neuroscientist uncover the secrets of human memory.What makes us remember? Why do we forget? And what, exactly, is a memory?With playfulness and intelligence, Adventures in Memory answers these questions and more, offering an illuminating look at one of our most fascinating faculties. The authors--two Norwegian sisters, one a neuropsychologist and the other an acclaimed writer--skillfully interweave history, ...

Uncertainty Rules?: Making Uncertainty Work for You - Paperback

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by Richard Plenty (Author), Terri Morrissey (Author)Uncertainty is currently a hot topic. As our societies have become more complex, the level of uncertainty has increased and people find they have to deal with fast changing, rapidly evolving situations and circumstances which do not fit their previous experience, where planning is difficult and where the outcomes are uncertain. The unexpected has become the norm. It can be difficult to know how best to deal with this increasingly uncertain w...

The Talking Cure: Normal People, Their Hidden Struggles and the Life-Changing Power of Therapy - Paperback

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by Gillian Straker (Author), Jacqui Winship (Author)'Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.' Carl JungThe essence of successful therapy is the relationship between the therapist and the patient, a dance of growing trust and understanding. It is an intimate, messy, often surprising and sometimes confusing business -but when it works, it's life-changing. In The Talking Cure, psychotherapists Gill Straker and Jacqui Winship bring us nine ins...

This Is What Anxiety Looks Like: Relatable Stories, Targeted Solutions, and CBT Skills for Lasting Relief - Paperback

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by David A. Clark (Author)Proven-effective tools for when you feel like the world is closing in on you. Anxiety has many faces. It can look like chronic avoidance, rumination, fear of uncertainty, reassurance seeking, catastrophic thinking, or fear of losing control. There's more than a dozen recognized categories of anxiety, but they all have one thing in common--they all get in the way of living your life. Your work suffers, your family suffers, you suffer. But you don't have to. Written b...

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by Luann Colombo (Author), Craig Zuckerman (Illustrator), Jennifer Fairman (Illustrator)Discover how the amazing and impressive human body works with this innovative fact-filled book that includes a layered 3-D model built right into the pages Informative text and illustrations accompany the unique 3-D model that can be deconstructed and rebuilt layer by layer, system by system, just by turning the page. This makes it easy for children to understand how all the major systems of the body work...

Overcoming Anticipatory Anxiety: A CBT Guide for Moving Past Chronic Indecisiveness, Avoidance, and Catastrophic Thinking - Paperback

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by Sally M. Winston (Author), Martin N. Seif (Author)Get ahead of your anticipatory anxiety, and start living with flexibility and peace of mind.Do you automatically assume the worst-case-scenario when faced with difficulty? Do you stress about situations that haven't happened yet, or find yourself anticipating disaster around every corner? Does the prospect of making a decision leave you feeling overwhelmed and paralyzed? From subtle avoidance behaviors to the most nightmarish terrors, antic...

Rewire Your Ocd Brain: Powerful Neuroscience-Based Skills to Break Free from Obsessive Thoughts and Fears - Paperback

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by Catherine M. Pittman (Author), William H. Youngs (Author)Rewire the brain processes that cause obsessions and compulsions--and take back your life If you've ever wondered why you seem to get trapped in an endless cycle of obsessive, compulsive thoughts, you don't have to wonder anymore. Grounded in cutting-edge neuroscience and evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Rewire Your OCD Brain will show you how and why your brain gets stuck in a loop of obsessive thinking, uncertaint...

Anxiety Happens: 52 Ways to Find Peace of Mind - Paperback

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by John P. Forsyth (Author), Georg H. Eifert (Author)Break free from anxiety--once and for all From the authors of The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety, this powerful yet portable guide offers fifty-two in-the-moment mindfulness strategies you can use anytime, anywhere to cultivate calm and radically transform your life.We live in an age of anxiety, and studies show that it's only getting worse. Anxiety forces itself into our awareness and can deplete our energy, resources, an...

Against Platforms: Surviving Digital Utopia - Paperback

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by Mike Pepi (Author)A bold and imaginative critique of the hidden costs of digital life - and a manifesto for a better future . . . At the turn of the millennium, digital technologies seemed to have immense promise for transforming our society. With these powerful new tools, the thinking went, we would be free to live our best lives, connected to our communities in ways full of infinite potential. A quarter of a century on, this form of utopianism seems like a cruel mirage. Our lives are mor...

Finding Radical Wholeness: The Integral Path to Unity, Growth, and Delight - Hardcover

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by Ken Wilber (Author)From integral philosopher Ken Wilber, a practical guide to finding a radical and complete Wholeness through a path that blends integral theory, psychology, spiritual practice, and shadow work. According to Ken Wilber, the perpetual human search for growth and fulfillment is often incomplete. In this book, Wilber integrates the wisdom of spirituality, psychology, shadow work, science, and integral theory to offer us a path to a radical and complete Wholeness of Waking Up,...

Outshining Trauma: A New Vision of Radical Self-Compassion Integrating Internal Family Systems and Buddhist Meditation - Paperback

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by Ralph de la Rosa (Author), Richard Schwartz (Foreword by)Discover a path of post-traumatic growth, spiritual insight, and deep compassion for the most challenging parts of yourself. Ralph De La Rosa integrates Richard Schwartz's revolutionary Internal Family Systems (IFS) model with Buddhist meditation practice to offer a radically different healing paradigm. If you're among those who've tried therapy and meditation but wonder why you still suffer repetitive patterns and emotions, Outshini...

Heart. Soul. Pen.: Find Your Voice on the Page and in Your Life - Hardcover

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by Robin Finn (Author)Harmoniously blending actionable advice and spiritual insight, a renowned writing mentor gives women the tools they need to discover their voice--and themselves--on the page. Step into an extraordinary voyage of self-discovery with Robin Finn's life-altering guide. Crafted with the female experience at its core, this transformative compendium unlocks the keys to individual expression within all of us. Beginning with HEART, readers engage with an empowering space to reev...

Adult Children of Borderline Parents: A Trauma-Informed Guide to Recover from a Toxic Childhood and Discover a Healthy Sense of Self

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel S. Lobel (Author)Heal the hidden wounds of growing up with a parent who has borderline personality disorder (BPD), develop a healthy sense of self, and reclaim your full potential. Did you grow up with a parent who has borderline personality disorder (BPD), or you suspect they did? Was your parent's behavior unpredictable or scary? Did it seem like they were angry one minute and happy the next? Were your basic needs ignored? If so, it wasn't your fault. ...

Beyond Genius: A Journey Through the Characteristics and Legacies of Transformative Minds - Hardcover

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by Bulent Atalay (Author)An in-depth and unified exploration of genius in the arts and sciences through the life and works of five seminal intellectual and cultural figures: Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Ludwig von Beethoven, and Albert Einstein. Who among us hasn't read Hamlet, listened to the Fifth Symphony, gazed at the Mona Lisa, or marveled at the three laws of physics and the Theory of Relativity and been struck with the same simple question: how on Earth did th...

Change: How to Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity (Career Advice and Leadership Mentoring) - Hardcover

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by Curtis Bateman (Author), Marche Pleshette (Author), Andy Cindrich (Author)Change offers readers a guide to implementing "The Change Paradox" mentality into everyday life. Fear of change is counterintuitive, and FranklinCovey team members Curtis Bateman, Curtis Garbett, Marchéeacute; Barney, and Andy Cindrich have compiled advice and anecdotes that encourage readers to not only accept, but own change, inside and outside of the work office. Number of Pages: 260 Dimensio...

Think for Yourself: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence - Hardcover

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by Vikram Mansharamani (Author)We've outsourced too much of our thinking. How do we get it back?Have you ever followed your GPS device to a deserted parking lot? Or unquestioningly followed the advice of an expert—perhaps a doctor or financial adviser—only to learn later that your own thoughts and doubts were correct? And what about the stories we've all heard over the years about sick patients—whether infected with Ebola or COVID-19—who were sent home or allowed to travel because busy staff ...

Duped: Why Innocent People Confess - And Why We Believe Their Confessions - Hardcover

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by Saul Kassin (Author)Why do people confess to crimes they did not commit? And, surely, those cases must be rare? In fact, it happens all the time--in police stations, workplaces, public schools, and the military. Psychologist Saul Kassin, the world's leading expert on false confessions, explains how interrogators trick innocent people into confessing, and then how the criminal justice system deludes us into believing these confessions. Duped reveals how innocent men, women, and children, in...

A Clinician's Guide to Teaching Mindfulness: The Comprehensive Session-By-Session Program for Mental Health Professionals and Health Care Providers - Paperback

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by Christiane Wolf (Author), J. Greg Serpa (Author), Jack Kornfield (Foreword by)Mindfulness-based interventions have exploded in popularity due to their success in treating everything from everyday stress to more serious mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).This breakthrough book provides professionals with a comprehensive, session-by-session guide to teaching mindfulness, complete with the scripts and training materials needed to te...

Happier, No Matter What: Cultivating Hope, Resilience, and Purpose in Hard Times - Hardcover

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by Tal Ben-Shahar (Author)Pioneering positive psychologist and New York Times-bestselling author Tal Ben-Shahar shows us how in Happier, No Matter What. Ben-Shahar busts the all-too-common ideas that success brings happiness and that we can seek happiness itself. When hard times thwart our success and steal our joy, these ideas actually invite despair by leaving us with nothing to do. But we can do something: We can climb the SPIRE--Ben-Shahar's five-step staircase to hope and purpose. Spir...

Coping Skills: Tools & Techniques for Every Stressful Situation: Tools & Techniques for Every Stressful Situation - Paperback

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by Faith G. Harper (Author)You know those days when you just can't even? When everything is haywire and everyone, including yourself, seems to be against you, not to mention against reason? Your to-do list is a mile long, your kid is sick, traffic sucks, and you just spilled coffee all over yourself as you were about to walk out the door? How do you cope? Most of us don't have great coping skills, and turn instead to addictions, zoning out, or freaking out. Dr. Faith, author of the bestsellin...

From Chaos to Creativity: Building a Productivity System for Artists and Writers: Building a Productivity System for Artists and Writers - Paperback

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by Jessie L. Kwak (Author)Art and writing can be the most fulfilling part of our lives. But it's often difficult to make space for it in our day-to-day existence, especially if we're not at the point yet where creating it is our job. Sometimes we have so many ideas it's difficult to keep them all organized, much less maintaining a creative schedule or dedicated workspace. With all the clutter overwhelming your scattered brain (not to mention your desk), it's all too easy to fall into procrast...

Don't Feed the Monkey Mind: How to Stop the Cycle of Anxiety, Fear, and Worry - Paperback

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by Jennifer Shannon (Author), Doug Shannon (Illustrator), Michael A. Tompkins (Foreword by)The very things we do to control anxiety can make anxiety worse. This unique guide offers a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based approach to help you recognize the constant chatter of your anxious "monkey mind," stop feeding anxious thoughts, and find the personal peace you crave.Ancient sages compared the human mind to a monkey: constantly chattering, hopping from branch to branch--endlessly moving...

Reset Your Child's Brain: A Four-Week Plan to End Meltdowns, Raise Grades, and Boost Social Skills by Reversing the Effects of Electronic Screen-Time - Paperback

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by Victoria L. Dunckley (Author)A no-cost, nonpharmaceutical treatment plan for children with behavioral and mental health challenges Increasing numbers of parents grapple with children who are acting out without obvious reason. Revved up and irritable, many of these children are diagnosed with ADHD, bipolar illness, autism, or other disorders but don't respond well to treatment. They are then medicated, often with poor results and unwanted side effects. Based on emerging scientific research ...

Breaking the Cycle: Free Yourself from Sex Addiction, Porn Obsession, and Shame - Paperback

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by George Collins (Author), Andrew Adleman (Author)Anyone who has struggled with sex addiction knows that living with constant sexual compulsions can be extremely difficult. But summoning the courage to find help for this condition can be even more of a challenge. If addictions to pornography, strip clubs, massage parlors, prostitutes, phone sex, or chat rooms have made you feel trapped, this book can help you find a way to break free. Written by a former sex addict who specializes in counse...

Trauma: Niños Traumatizados, Adultos Con Problemas / Trauma: Traumatized Children, Troubled Adults - Paperback

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by Rafa Guerrero (Author)Un libro imprescindible para comprender por qué los traumas de nuestra infancia nos siguen afectando si no han sido integrados en nuestro cerebro de manera sana, y cómo resolverlos.Solemos pensar que el trauma es aquello que acontece a un porcentaje muy bajo de la población ante situaciones estresantes extremas como un desastre natural, un accidente aéreo o un maltrato físico severo. Sin embargo, hoy en día los expertos consideran el trauma la epidemia invisible de la...

30-Minute Groups: Online Safety: Spotting Red Flags, Protecting Privacy, and Being a Positive Voice

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Report copyright infringementby Raychelle Cassada Lohmann (Author)Are you ready to equip your students with the digital skills they need to thrive in the online world? In today's interconnected world, online safety is more crucial than ever. Our Online Safety for Middle and High School curriculum provides the tools and strategies to empower your students to navigate the digital landscape responsibly. Key Features and Benefits: Engaging Activities: Interactive exercises and discussions spar...

Parental Alienation Syndrome in Court Referred Custody Cases - Paperback

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by Janelle Burrill (Author)This dissertation summarizes the research of 30 court referred, custody dispute cases assessing the behaviors of the parents and their children to determine the presence or absence of Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS). The criteria to determine the parent and their children's behaviors is Dr. Gardner's definition of Parental Alienation Syndrome. The parents were placed in three categories (mild, moderate or severe) based on their symptoms and behaviors. Their child...