Abnormal psychology Books

Do you consider yourself a highly sensitive person? This book is for you.Highly sensitive people are those who experience emotions and react to situations more deeply than others. They are often said to have a greater capacity for empathy and creativity,...

Uncover the truth about the person you are with.  First, this book will describe how the narcissist got to you and convinced you that you needed them.  You will see how they methodically indoctrinated you into believing that they were your...

How to Overcome FearFeeling overwhelmed by fear? It's time to overcome fear and take back control of your life, your mind, and your future. The principles in Fearproof Your Life give you what you need to finally live in freedom!Joseph Bailey, M.A.,...

The Suicide & Self-Injury Prevention Workbook for adult clients is a proactive means for dealing with the many characteristics that may prompt people to experience self-injury and/or suicide ideation.This workbook consists of reproducible materials...

This book prompts the reader to recognize feelings and behavior systems, some conscious and some unconscious. Through poetry, the author illuminates emotional experiences, from grief and doubt to joy and faith. A major theme concerns man's insensitivity...

This text provides students and professionals with the knowledge they need to treat work-related psychopathology and contribute to this new and growing aspect of clinical practice.

In Loss of Self in Psychosis: Psychological Theory and Practice Simon Jakes takes a critical look at contemorary approaches to the psychology of psychosis. In doing so, he explores how these vastly different approaches, as well as our numerous...

Posttraumatic Growth reworks and overhauls the seminal 2006 Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth. It provides a wide range of answers to questions concerning knowledge of posttraumatic growth (PTG) theory, its synthesis and contrast with other theories and...

Forced Migration and Social Trauma addresses the topic of social trauma and migration by bringing together a broad range of interdisciplinary and international contributors, comprising refugee care practitioners, trauma researchers, sociologists and...

Treating PTSD presents a comprehensive, compassion-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) approach that provides therapists with the evidence-based information they need to understand trauma's effects on the mind and body as well as the phases of...

Wisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy focuses on the creation of the therapist as healing presence rather than technique administrator-in other words, how to be rather than what to do. Trauma survivors need wise therapists who practice with the...

Re-Circuiting Trauma Pathways in Adults, Parents, and Children presents the evidence-informed and substantiated Intergenerational Trauma Treatment Model (ITTM), with an emphasis on up-to-date trauma theory, the development of specialized clinical skills,...

The Hand of Addiction maps out addiction from an innovative and holistic perspective. Using the metaphor of a hand, the author examines addiction through five conceptual lenses- biomedical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual.

It's no child's play. It left you struggling to trust, insecure, feeling unsafe in your environment— in your own body. There's trouble with relationships, fear of being abandoned, and battles with negative self-condemning thoughts. You...

Experiential Group Therapy Interventions with DBT provides group and individual therapists with proven experiential exercises that utilize dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills and original educational topics and have been successfully used...

This highly readable book provides a comprehensive examination of the use of Open Dialogue as a treatment for psychosis. It presents the basic principles and practice of Open Dialogue, explains the training needed to practice and explores how it is...

Recent decades have seen a steady rise in the incidence of antisocial behavior in youth. Possible direct consequences aside, such behavior is predictive of chronic emotional, educational, vocational, and emotional impairment that is associated with...

Editors Calhoun and Tedeschi have pioneered the systematic study by scholars and clinicians of Posttraumatic Growth: the possibilities for individual and group positive growth from the struggle with crisis. The Handbook is the most current and authoritat

This was originally a sequel to my first book, which I have since taken off the market. I plan to make a prequel out of it at some point in the future, usung the first book (which was horrible) as a template. I have no idea why this description is...

Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress presents a model for supporting emotional well-being in workers who are exposed to the effects of secondary trauma. The book provides helping professionals with a portfolio of skills that supports emotion...

Les Vapeurs Et Maladies Nerveuses V1: Hypocondriaques, Ou Hysteriques (1767) est un livre �����crit par Robert Whytt. Il traite des maladies nerveuses et de l'hypocondrie, �����galement connue sous le nom d'hyst�����rie. Le livre est divis����� en deux...

Histoire Des Diables De Loudun: Ou De La Possession Des Religieuses Ursulines (1752) est un livre �����crit par Nicolas Aubin. Il raconte l'histoire de la possession des religieuses Ursulines de Loudun par des d�����mons au XVIIe si�����cle en France. Le...

What is it like to live with dissociative identity disorder? How does the brain respond to chronic, extreme trauma? Is recovery possible from such suffering?In this combined first and second volumes of her collected essays, Carolyn Spring writes candidly...

Over one million children and adolescents in the US suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), a baffling illness that can be debilitating for the child in school, with friends and family. Help is now available! Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)...

Is your life plagued with stress, anxiety, and overwhelming sadness? do you feel tightness in your chest or find it difficult to catch your breath? do you think constantly about problems that seem to have no solution? do you have difficulty controlling...

Though it may not seem like it, happiness really is a choice. However, living a peaceful, stress-free life isn’t an arbitrary destination where one ends up without effort. No. It takes practice and I am here to make it easy for you. With this...

Since ADHD became a well-known condition, decades ago, much of the research and clinical discourse has focused on youth. In recent years, attention has expanded to the realm of adult ADHD and the havoc it can wreak on many aspects of adult life,...

This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to perceptual development and motor development from infancy to adolescence. It integrates insights from typical and atypical development to reveal fundamental aspects of human growth and development,...

Trauma-Informed Music Therapy is a timely volume that combines theoretical perspectives on trauma-informed practice with real-life applications in music therapy practice.Board-certified music therapists are in a unique position to provide comfort, create...

As the research continues to accumulate, we find that the mainstream understanding of schizophrenia and the other related psychotic disorders has lost virtually all credibility. We've learned that full recovery is not only possible, but may actually be...

Using psychodynamic theory and riveting case material, this book dissects the figure of the malignant narcissist leader (MNL). Across the world today, individuals and societies are impacted by unprecedented disruptive influences, from globalization and...

Analytical Repertory Of The Symptoms Of The Mind (1881) is a comprehensive guide to the symptoms of the mind, written by Constantine Hering. The book is designed to help readers identify and understand the various mental and emotional symptoms that can...

The Handbook of Posttraumatic Stress provides a comprehensive review of posttraumatic stress in its multiple dimensions, analyzing causation and epidemiology through prevention and treatment. Written by a diverse group of scholars, practitioners, and...

Recent research indicates that depression, once believed to be relatively benign, is highly recurrent and does not respond well to treatment. The goal of this book is to facilitate the development of more encompassing theories and more effective...

Originally published in 1965 this book was an introduction to post-Freudian methods of diagnosing and treating neurotics of the time. These methods were known collectively as 'behaviour therapy', a term indicating their derivation from modern...

The most deviant forms of human behaviour can be disturbing, incomprehensible, and sometimes very frightening. Herschel Prins believes that even the most deviant-seeming behaviours have their counterparts in 'normality' and can often be seen as an...

Since the successful first edition of Case Formulation in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, there has been a proliferation of psychological research supporting the effectiveness of CBT for a range of disorders. Case formulation is the starting point for CBT...

Understanding and Healing Emotional Trauma is an interdisciplinary book which explores our current understanding of the forces involved in both the creation and healing of emotional trauma. Through engaging conversations with pioneering clinicians and...

Psychosis as a Personal Crisis seeks to challenge the way people who hear voices are both viewed and treated. This book emphasises the individual variation between people who suffer from psychosis and puts forward the idea that hearing voices is not in...

How close is spirituality to psychosis?Covering the interrelation of psychosis and spirituality from a number of angles, Insanity and Divinity will generate dialogue and discussion, aid critical reflection and stimulate creative approaches to clinical...

There is increasing recognition that emotional distress plays a significant part in the onset of psychosis, the experience of psychosis itself and in the unfolding of recovery that follows. This book brings together leading international experts to...

Can severe mental illness be prevented by early intervention? Mental illness is highly prevalent in the general population and has its onset mostly in adolescence and young adulthood. Early intervention usually leads to improved prognosis. This book...