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Who Am I?: Psychological Exercises to Develop Self-Understanding

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Report copyright infringementby The School of Life (Author), Alain de Botton (Editor)An interactive guide to our complex and elusive inner selves.One of the most difficult tasks we face as humans is figuring out who we are. "Describe yourself" can be a surprisingly difficult task. Sometimes, we need prompts and suggestions to engage and energize us.With unusual, entertaining, and playful exercises, this journal is designed to help us tease out and organize who we are. With beautiful designs b...

The Rape of Childhood: Developmental, Clinical, and Sociocultural Aspects of Childhood Sexual Abuse

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Barrett (Contribution by), Shawn Blue (Contribution by), Gordon Caras (Contribution by)The Rape of Childhood: Development, Clinical, and Sociocultural Aspects of Childhood Sexual Abuse details the dark realm of childhood sexual abuse. While lived experience, memory, subjectivity, and affect cannot be classified into neat categories, this collection is divided into four core sections--epidemiology, emotional sequelae, psychoanalytic insight, and ameliorat...

Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality

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Report copyright infringementby Edward B. Davis (Editor), Everett L. Worthington Jr (Editor), Sarah A. Schnitker (Editor)This handbook aims to bridge the gap between the fields of positive psychology and the psychology of religion and spirituality. It is the authoritative guide to the intersections among religion, spirituality, and positive psychology and includes the following sections: (1) historical and theoretical considerations, (2) methodological considerations, (3) cultural considerati...

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Report copyright infringementby Maurice B. Mittelmark (Editor), Georg F. Bauer (Editor), Lenneke Vaandrager (Editor)This open access book is a thorough update and expansion of the 2017 edition of The Handbook of Salutogenesis, responding to the rapidly growing salutogenesis research and application arena. Revised and updated from the first edition are background and historical chapters that trace the development of the salutogenic model of health and flesh out the central concepts, most notab...

The Psychosocial Reality of Digital Travel: Being in Virtual Places

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Report copyright infringementby Ingvar Tjostheim (Author), John A. Waterworth (Author)This open access book takes a fresh look at the nature of the digital travel experience, at a time when more and more people are engaged in online social interaction, games, and other virtual experiences essentially involving online visits to other places. It examines whether these experiences can seem real to the virtual traveller and, if so, under what conditions and on what grounds. The book unpacks philo...

Organizational, Motivational, and Cultural Contexts of Volunteering: The European View

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Report copyright infringementby Stefan T. Güntert (Author), Theo Wehner (Author), Harald A. Mieg (Author)This open access book offers a comprehensive view of the phenomenon of volunteer work: it examines motivational factors and questions of corporate organization and the social environment. In particular, this is the first book to present volunteer work in detail as a psychosocial resource and a source of well-being that should not be overused or abused. The book is based on the authors' 15 ...

Unburdened Eating: Healing Your Relationships with Food and Your Body Using an Internal Family Systems (Ifs) Approach

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Report copyright infringementby Jeanne Catanzaro (Author)From the time we are born, we are inundated with messages about our bodies--what we should eat, how we should look, and how we should move to achieve certain standards. The pressure to conform is higher for those who don't fit into what society values: youth, thinness, whiteness, fitness, health, and able-bodiedness. But what if you could let go of the chronic shame, judgment, and self-loathing you hold about food and your body? What if...

Antisense RNA Design, Delivery, and Analysis

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Report copyright infringementby Virginia Arechavala-Gomeza (Editor), Alejandro Garanto (Editor)This open access volume gathers a variety of models, delivery systems, and approaches that can be used to assess RNA technology for exploiting antisense as a therapeutic intervention. Beginning with a section on the design of antisense technology and their delivery, the book continues by covering model systems developed to evaluate efficacy, both in vivo and in vitro, as well as methods to evaluate ...

The Straight Man Who Thought He Was Gay: Healing Childhood Sexual Trauma Through My Body

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Report copyright infringementby Faraz Kalash (Author)This memoir follows a man's healing from trauma-shaped, disembodied sex toward an embodied life. In clinical psychology, trauma is known to shape arousal and attachment, yet its effects on sexual identity are rarely discussed outside professional circles.Written from the nervous system outward, this memoir traces how early trauma can influence desire, bonding, and self-understanding. Born in Pakistan and later finding his way to the tech co...

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Report copyright infringementby Augustus y. Napier (Author), Carl A. Whitaker (Author)"If you have a troubled marriage, a troubled child, a troubled self, if you're in therapy or think that there's no help for your predicament, The Family Crucible will give you insights . . . that are remarkably fresh and helpful."--New York Times Book ReviewThe classic groundbreaking book on family therapy by acclaimed experts Augustus Y. Napier, Ph.D., and Carl Whitaker, M.D.This extraordinary book presents...

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Report copyright infringementby Sigmund Freud (Author), Christopher Hitchens (Introduction by), James Strachey (Translator)Written in the decade before Freud's death, Civilization and Its Discontents may be his most famous and most brilliant work. It has been praised, dissected, lambasted, interpreted, and reinterpreted. Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answer several questions fundamental to human society and its organization: What influences led to the creation of civilization? Why...

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Lewis (Author), Fari Amini (Author), Richard Lannon (Author)This original and lucid account of the complexities of love and its essential role in human well-being draws on the latest scientific research. Three eminent psychiatrists tackle the difficult task of reconciling what artists and thinkers have known for thousands of years about the human heart with what has only recently been learned about the primitive functions of the human brain.A General The...

Reaching Through Resistance: Advanced Psychotherapy Techniques

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Report copyright infringementby Allan MD Abbass (Author)About half of all psychotherapy clients have little to no response or can even worsen in treatment. Why? They unknowingly use treatment-defeating behaviors, or resistances, that prevent emotional closeness and successful collaboration with the therapist. Reaching through Resistance will help you detect treatment resistance from the first client contact understand the emotional factors behind resistance discern various degrees and forms...

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

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Report copyright infringementby Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Antifragile is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don't understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, Skin in the Game, and The Bed of Procrustes. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one o...

The Adult ADHD and Anxiety Workbook: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Skills to Manage Stress, Find Focus, and Reclaim Your Life

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Report copyright infringementby J. Russell Ramsay (Author), Ari Tuckman (Foreword by)Struggling with adult ADHD and anxiety? You're not alone--and you don't have to treat them separately.If you have attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you may struggle with focus, follow-through, emotional regulation, and rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RSD). Add anxiety--constant worry, tension, or overthinking--and everyday life can feel overwhelming. It's no surprise that adults with ADHD are ...

The Journey of Soul Initiation: A Field Guide for Visionaries, Evolutionaries, and Revolutionaries

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Report copyright infringementby Bill Plotkin (Author)Soul initiation is an essential spiritual adventure that most of the world has forgotten -- or not yet discovered. Here, visionary ecopsychologist Bill Plotkin maps this journey, one that has not been previously illuminated in the contemporary Western world and yet is vital for the future of our species and our planet. Based on the experiences of thousands of people, this book provides phase-by-phase guidance for the descent to soul -- the ...

Stitching Love and Loss: A Gee's Bend Quilt

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Report copyright infringementby Lisa Gail Collins (Author) Winner of the 2023 Horowitz Prize by the Bard Graduate CenterWinner of the 2025 James A. Porter and David C. Driskell Award in African American Art History from the Driskell Center at the University of MarylandShortlisted for the 2024 Charles C. Eldredge Prize by the Smithsonian American Art MuseumFinalist for the 2024 Sterling Stuckey Book Prize by the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African DiasporaA meditation on sufferi...

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Report copyright infringementby Erich Neumann (Author), R. F. C. Hull (Translator), C. G. Jung (Foreword by)The Origins and History of Consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. Erich Neumann was one of C. G. Jung's most creative students and a renowned practitioner of analytical psychology in his own right. In this influential book, Neumann shows how the sta...

This One Wild and Precious Life: The Path Back to Connection in a Fractured World

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah Wilson (Author)As seen in USA Today's hottest releases and The Washington Post's 10 New Books Spotlight"Sarah Wilson is a force of nature - quite literally. She hastaken her pain and grief about our sick and troubled world and alchemized itinto action, advocacy, adventure, poetry, and true love." -- ELIZABETHGILBERTWake up and reclaim your onewild and precious life. New York Times bestselling author SarahWilson shows you how in this radical spiritual guid...

The Male Brain: A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think

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Report copyright infringementby Louann Brizendine (Author)From the author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller The Female Brain, here is the eagerly awaited follow-up book that demystifies the puzzling male brain.Dr. Louann Brizendine, the founder of the first clinic in the country to study gender differences in brain, behavior, and hormones, turns her attention to the male brain, showing how, through every phase of life, the "male reality" is fundamentally different from the femal...

The Way of the Psychonaut Vol. 2: Encyclopedia for Inner Journeys

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Report copyright infringementby Stanislav Grof (Author)The second book of a two-volume work, The Way of the Psychonaut, Volume 2, is one of the most important books ever written about the human psyche and the spiritual quest. The new understandings were made possible thanks to Albert Hofmann's discovery of LSD―the microscope and telescope of the human psyche―as well as other psychedelic substances. This comprehensive work is a tour de force through the worlds of psychology and psychotherapy,...

The Bfrb Recovery Workbook: Effective Recovery from Hair Pulling, Skin Picking, Nail Biting, and Other Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors

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Report copyright infringementby Marla Deibler (Author), Renae Reinardy (Author)So, you want to work on recovery from your body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB)? Chances are, this is not the first time you've thought about changing your BFRB. And it's probably not the first time you've taken action to overcome it. This workbook provides evidence-based tools consistent with the most up-to-date behavioral science to examine your BFRB in a new way, shift perspective on how you relate to your BF...

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Report copyright infringementby Sal Mendaglio (Author)Kazimierz Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration (TPD), which includes the widely known "overexcitabilities," is one of the most influential theories in gifted education. This groundbreaking book, edited by Dr. Sal Mendaglio, brings together information from leading professionals, many of whom knew Dr. Dabrowski himself, and provides readers with a diversity of perspectives on TPD. It summarizes the research and application of TPD a...

The Negative Thoughts Workbook: CBT Skills to Overcome the Repetitive Worry, Shame, and Rumination That Drive Anxiety and Depression

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Report copyright infringementby David A. Clark (Author), Robert L. Leahy (Foreword by)A proven-effective CBT approach to help you break the cycle of repetitive negative thinkingIf you suffer from anxiety or depression, chances are you also experience unwanted, distressing, and repetitive thoughts. These negative thoughts are often grounded in anger, guilt, shame, worry, humiliation, resentment, or regret. And the more you try to gain control over these thoughts, the more they seem to spiral o...

Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love

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Report copyright infringementby Helen Fisher (Author)"If you want flashes and particular experiences of romantic love, read novels. If you want to understand this central quality of human nature to its roots, read Why We Love." --Edward O. Wilson In Why We Love, renowned anthropologist Helen Fisher offers a new map of the phenomenon of love--from its origins in the brain to the thrilling havoc it creates in our bodies and behavior. Working with a team of scientists to scan the brains of peo...

Emotions Revealed, Second Edition: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Ekman (Author)A bestselling, essential guide that will deepen your perception of strangers, loved ones, and those in between. Now featuring new chapters, Emotions Revealed, remains a trusted classic. "A tour de force. If you read this book, you'll never look at other people in quite the same way again."--Malcolm Gladwell Renowned psychologist Paul Ekman explains the roots of our emotions--anger, fear, disgust, sadness, and happiness--and shows how they cas...

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Report copyright infringementby Frank W. J. Anderson (Author)In Guide to the Mindful Awareness Perspective: How Mindfulness Works, physician Frank W.J. Anderson, MD, MPH invites readers to experience mindfulness not as a technique to master, but as a perspective-a stance of awareness that reveals peace, joy, love, and compassion as natural qualities of being.Drawing from decades in medicine, meditation practice, and his Exploring Awareness podcast, Dr. Anderson introduces the Mindful Awarenes...

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Report copyright infringementby Frank W. J. Anderson (Author)In Guide to the Mindful Awareness Perspective: How Mindfulness Works, physician Frank WJ Anderson, MD, MPH invites readers to experience mindfulness not as a technique to master, but as a perspective-a stance of awareness that reveals peace, joy, love, and compassion as natural qualities of being.Drawing from decades in medicine, meditation practice, and his Exploring Awareness podcast, Dr. Anderson introduces the Mindful Awareness ...

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Report copyright infringementby Louann Brizendine (Author)Since Dr. Brizendine wrote The Female Brain ten years ago, the response has been overwhelming. This New York Times bestseller has been translated into more than thirty languages, has sold nearly a million copies between editions, and has most recently inspired a romantic comedy starring Whitney Cummings and Sofia Vergara. And its profound scientific understanding of the nature and experience of the female brain continues to guide women...

Self Observation: The Awakening of Conscience: An Owner's Manual

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Report copyright infringementby Red Hawk Red Hawk (Author)This book is an in-depth examination of the much needed process of 'self'-study known as self observation. We live in an age where the "attention function" in the brain has been badly damaged by TV and computers - up to 90 percent of the public under age 35 suffers from attention-deficit disorder! This book offers the most direct, non-pharmaceutical means of healing attention dysfunction. The methods presented here are capable of resto...

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Bloom (Author)A Next Big Idea Club Must-ReadA compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science of psychology, based on one of Yale's most popular courses of all timeHow does the brain--a three-pound wrinkly mass--give rise to intelligence and conscious experience? Was Freud right that we are all plagued by forbidden sexual desires? What is the function of emotions such as disgust, gratitude, and shame? Renowned psychologist Paul Bloom answer...

The Trauma of Shame and the Making of the Self

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Report copyright infringementby Shelley Stokes (Author), Sherron Lewis (Joint Author)Shame influences more of our thoughts and actions than many other emotions. Used as a punishment for bad behavior, shame acts as an incentive for us to behave in socially acceptable ways. As a common method used to regulate children's behavior, shame is by far one of the most pervasive socializing agents. Many of our more persistent, punitive, and critical feelings about ourselves stem from humiliations in ea...