After Piaget
Eduardo Marti, Cintia Rodriguez (eds)
Transaction Publishers, HB, 9781412847650
After Piaget moves beyond the harsh critiques of Piaget that have for decades circled among the followers of more popular paradigms such as socio-cultural or cognitivism approaches since Piaget lost his prominence. This collection of essays looks at the achievements of Jean Piaget and how his ideas have advanced long after his death. Piaget should be viewed as a thinker who ... More/Buy
Brains: The Mind as Matter
Marius Kwint, Richard Wingate
Profile Books, PB, 9781781250402
Brains explores the ways that we have sought to understand and classify the brain over the centuries. It delves into the eerie world of brain collecting: the practice of storing and cataloguing brains - including those of Albert Einstein, the notorious murderer Edward H Ruloff and pioneering feminist Helen Gardner - as well as addressing the sinister practices involving brains that ... More/Buy
Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD: Harnessing the Healing Power of Relationships
Candice M Monson, Steffany J Fredman
Guilford Publications, PB, 9781462505531
Presenting an evidence-based treatment for couples in which one or both partners suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this step-by-step manual is packed with practical clinical guidance and tools. The therapy is carefully structured to address both PTSD symptoms and associated relationship difficulties in a time-limited framework. It is grounded in cutting-edge knowledge about interpersonal aspects of trauma and its treatment. ... More/Buy
Coming of Age on Zoloft: How Antidepressants Cheered Us Up, Let Us Down, and Changed Who We Are
Katherine Sharpe
Harper Collins, PB, 9780062059734
A compelling and troubling exploration of a generation raised on antidepressants, and a book that combines expansive interviews with substantive research-based reporting, Coming of Age on Zoloft is a vitally important and immediately engrossing study of one of America's most pressing and omnipresent issues: our growing reliance on prescription drugs. Katherine Sharpe, the former editor of Seed magazine's ScienceBlogs.com, addresses the ... More/Buy
The Erotic
Lou Andreas-Salome
Transaction Publishers, HB, 9781412846257
Lou Andreas-Salome may seem to be a figure remote from us, one belonging to a pre-1914 Europe, but in many ways, she is our contemporary. She travelled in a highly romantic world as socialite, sociologist, and author. She was part of Georg Simmel's salon, the most exclusive in Berlin, frequented by elusive poet Stefan Georg, dramatist Paul Ernst, social theorist and ... More/Buy
Finding Meaning in the Experience of Dementia: The Place of Spiritual Reminiscence Work
Elizabeth MacKinlay, Corinne Trevitt
Jessica Kingsley, PB, 9781849052481
This groundbreaking book is based on the findings of the first major study on spiritual reminiscence work with people with dementia. Carried out over a decade, the study involved recording, transcribing and analysing sessions with many hundreds of individuals, and confirmed spiritual reminiscence to be an effective means of helping people with dementia to find meaning in their own experience, and ... More/Buy
Firesetting and Mental Health
Geoffrey L Dickens et al (eds)
Royal College of Psychiatry, PB, 9781908020376
Arson and other types of deliberate firesetting have major human and financial costs across the globe. People with mental disorder are disproportionately involved and mental health practitioners are frequently required to assess, treat and manage this troubling group. Half of all deliberate fire-related damage is caused by adults and this is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the ... More/Buy
Group Cognitive Therapy for Addictions
Amy Wenzel et al
Guilford Publications, HB, 9781462505494
This pragmatic guide - from a stellar team of authors including cognitive therapy originator Aaron T. Beck - describes how to implement proven cognitive and behavioral addiction treatment strategies in a group format. It provides a flexible framework for conducting ongoing therapy groups that are open to clients with any addictive behavior problem, at any stage of recovery. Practical ideas are ... More/Buy
The Hour Between Dog And Wolf: Risk-taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust
John Coates
Harper Collins, PB, 9780007476695
In a series of groundbreaking experiments, Coates has shown that under the pressure of risk our biology transforms us into different people, a transformation he refers to as the hour between dog and wolf. Traders and investors are especially prone, becoming revved-up and testosterone-driven when on a winning streak, and tentative and risk-averse when cowering from losses. The Hour Between Dog ... More/Buy
In the Beginning: The brain, early development and learning
Michael C Nagel
Acer Press, PB, 9781742860329
In the Beginning: The brain, early development and learning explores, synthesises and distils current knowledge of child development at the nexus of neuro-scientific discovery. The book's premise that the brain has a remarkable capacity to change is underpinned by extensive empirical research. With a deft touch and clarity Dr Nagel explains how the environment, relationships and care provided in the earliest ... More/Buy
The Maternal Lineage: Identification, Desire and Transgenerational Issues
Paola Mariotti
Routledge, PB, 9780415681650
Why do women want to have children? How does one 'learn' to be a mother? Does having babies have anything to do with sex? At a time when mothers are bombarded by prescriptive and contradicting advice on how to behave with their children, The Maternal Lineage highlights various psychological aspects of the mothering experience. International contributors provide clinical examples of frequent ... More/Buy
Placing Psyche: Exploring Cultural Complexes in Australia
Craig San Roque, Amanda Dowd, David Tacey (eds)
Spring Journal, PB, 9781935528173
Placing Psyche is the first in a series of books that will explore the notion of cultural complexes in a variety of settings around the world. The continent of Australia is the focus of this inaugural volume in which the contributors elucidate how the unique geography and peoples of Australia interact and interpenetrate to create the particular ‘mindscapes’ of the Australian ... More/Buy
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Penguin, PB, 9780141033570
Why is there more chance we'll believe something if it's in a bold type face? Why are judges more likely to deny parole before lunch? Why do we assume a good-looking person will be more competent? The answer lies in the two ways we make choices: fast, intuitive thinking, and slow, rational thinking. This book reveals how our minds are tripped ... More/Buy
Treating Self-Injury: A Practical Guide 2ed
Barent W Walsh
Guilford Publications, HB, 9781462505395
This trusted practitioner resource is acclaimed for its clear, compassionate, and hopeful approach to working with clients who self-injure. Barent Walsh and his associates provide current, evidence-based knowledge about the variety and causes of self-injurious behaviour, its relationship to suicidality, and how to assess and treat it effectively. Illustrated with detailed case examples, chapters review a wide range of cognitive-behavioral interventions. ... More/Buy
Wait: The art and science of delay
Frank Partnoy
Profile Books, PB, 9781846685941
Warren Buffett compares stock trading to great athletes: they excel, not because of fast neurological responses, but because of their ability to delay as long as possible before reacting. Successful CEOs, fire fighters, and military officers all know how to manage delay to gather as much information as possible to get the results they need. In Wait, Frank Partnoy argues ... More/Buy
What Men with Asperger Syndrome Want to Know About Women, Dating and Relationships
Maxine Aston
Jessica Kingsley, PB, 9781849052696
Positive, practical and realistic, this book offers everything men with Asperger Syndrome (AS) need to know about women and relationships. Many AS men are totally confused and bewildered by women, dating and relationships and find it hard to know what to do, what to say and how to get it right. For these men, understanding the emotional side to relationships and ... More/Buy
The Winner Effect: How Power Affects Your Brain
Ian Robertson
Bloomsbury, PB, 9781408831892
What makes a winner? Why do some succeed both in life and in business, and others fail? And why do a few individuals end up supremely powerful, while many remain powerless? Are men more likely to be power junkies than women? The 'winner effect' is a term used in biology to describe how an animal that has won a few fights ... More/Buy
Writing in Bereavement: A Creative Handbook
Jane Moss
Jessica Kingsley, PB, 9781849052122
Writing in Bereavement is a practical creative handbook that will assist counsellors, volunteers and others in their work with bereaved adults. Writing is a powerful outlet for the emotions that accompany grief and it is therefore a valuable therapeutic tool to help those who are bereaved communicate their experiences and adjust to life after their loss. Jane Moss provides imaginative creative writing ... More/Buy