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Future Horizons Incorporated Visual Techniques for Developing Social Skills:
Book SynopsisThis book provides practical, hands-on strategies for teaching social skills to children with high-functioning autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. For use in both general education and special education classrooms, each chapter includes a detailed description of the social deficits of these children and ways to address them. Such issues include difficulties with understanding idioms, taking turns in conversation, understanding tone of voice, and body language.
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AAPC Publishing Yes, Please Tell Me!: Using the PEERSPECTIVE Learning Approach to Help Preteens Navigate the Social World
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Springer Genialität, Depressivität, Resilienz: Byron,
Book SynopsisDieses essential behandelt die psychischen Erkrankungen von Lord George Byron, William James und Ernest Hemingway – drei genialen Persönlichkeiten der Poesie, Wissenschaft und Literatur. Es wird untersucht, wie diese Genies mit ihrer schweren Depressivität zeit ihres Lebens umgegangen sind. Dabei interessiert besonders die Frage, welche psychischen Widerstände sie gegen ihre Depressionen mobilisieren konnten (Resilienz). Ihr persönliches Schicksal wird jeweils unter einem biopsychosozialen Blickwinkel der Möglichkeiten und Grenzen ihrer kognitiv-emotionalen Abwehrkräfte behandelt. Damit wird auch die Frage berührt, welche Bedeutung die Resilienz für die Kontrolle von Suizidalität hat.Table of ContentsGenialität und Depressivität.- Lord George Byron – junger Held der romantischen Poesie Englands.- William James – Vorreiter der amerikanischen Psychologie als Wissenschaft.- Ernest Hemingway – Wegbereiter der modernen amerikanischen Literatur.- Depressivität und Resilienz genialer und kreativer Persönlichkeiten.
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Information Age Publishing The Plight of Stigmatized Groups in Organizations
Book SynopsisPeople are often stigmatized by virtue of their status on such dimensions as race, ethnicity, gender, age, weight, disability, or sexual orientation, and this book deals with the plight of those who are stigmatized in organizations. For example, they often experience prejudice, unfair discrimination, mistreatment, and exclusion from organizations and society as a whole. As a result, there has been an increased interest in developing ways to decrease the negative experiences of stigmatized groups, increase their inclusion in organizations, and ensure that they have the opportunity to enjoy a satisfying work life. Despite an increased interest in decreasing the negative experiences of stigmatized groups, most of the studies in human resource management (HR) and organizational behavior (OB) have focused on only a subset of these individuals including African-Americans, women, older workers, and people with physical disabilities (Dipboye & Colella, 2005). A number of other stigmatized groups have been practically neglected by organizational research including people with psychological disabilities (e.g., anxiety and depressive disorders), Asian Americans, immigrants, those with foreign accents, individuals with different sexual orientations, people who are single in organizations, women entering the corporate suite, and adolescents. Thus, the primary purposes of this issue of Research in HRM is to consider research on The plight of stigmatized groups in organizations, and foster research on those groups who have been neglected in organizational research.In view of these arguments, this issue (a) presents a brief review of the research on the plight of several stigmatized groups in organizations (e.g., Asian Americans, those with psychological disabilities, people who are single, women entering the corporate suite, and individuals with different sexual orientations, (b) identify needed research on these stigmatized groups, © offer directions for future research, and (c) consider the implications for practice that can decrease the negative experiences of these group members, and facilitate their inclusion in organizational settings.
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Information Age Publishing The Plight of Stigmatized Groups in Organizations
Book SynopsisPeople are often stigmatized by virtue of their status on such dimensions as race, ethnicity, gender, age, weight, disability, or sexual orientation, and this book deals with the plight of those who are stigmatized in organizations. For example, they often experience prejudice, unfair discrimination, mistreatment, and exclusion from organizations and society as a whole. As a result, there has been an increased interest in developing ways to decrease the negative experiences of stigmatized groups, increase their inclusion in organizations, and ensure that they have the opportunity to enjoy a satisfying work life. Despite an increased interest in decreasing the negative experiences of stigmatized groups, most of the studies in human resource management (HR) and organizational behavior (OB) have focused on only a subset of these individuals including African-Americans, women, older workers, and people with physical disabilities (Dipboye & Colella, 2005). A number of other stigmatized groups have been practically neglected by organizational research including people with psychological disabilities (e.g., anxiety and depressive disorders), Asian Americans, immigrants, those with foreign accents, individuals with different sexual orientations, people who are single in organizations, women entering the corporate suite, and adolescents. Thus, the primary purposes of this issue of Research in HRM is to consider research on The plight of stigmatized groups in organizations, and foster research on those groups who have been neglected in organizational research.In view of these arguments, this issue (a) presents a brief review of the research on the plight of several stigmatized groups in organizations (e.g., Asian Americans, those with psychological disabilities, people who are single, women entering the corporate suite, and individuals with different sexual orientations, (b) identify needed research on these stigmatized groups, © offer directions for future research, and (c) consider the implications for practice that can decrease the negative experiences of these group members, and facilitate their inclusion in organizational settings.
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Room Three Ltd La Respuesta ante la Ansiedad Social: El libro de
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Ned Hans Asperger, Autismo Y Tercer Reich
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Editorial Sirio Neurociencia Para Vencer La Depresion
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Editorial Reverte Gestiona La Ansiedad Managing Your Anxiety
Book Synopsis003cp003eLa ansiedad es el trastorno mental más común en el mundo. Pero la rumiación, la preocupación y la catastrofización no tienen por qué frenarte en el trabajo. Al entender cómo funciona la ansiedad, puedes gestionar mejor estos sentimientos. Este libro te ayudará a distinguir entre el estrés y la ansiedad, utilizar la autocompasión y la atención plena para combatir los síntomas, encontrar el apoyo necesario y avanzar con mayor comodidad y confianza en tu trabajo. Este volumen incluye el trabajo de: - Alice Boyes - Judson Brewer - Rasmus Hougaard - Jacqueline Carter La serie de Inteligencia Emocional de HBR presenta una lectura inteligente y esencial sobre el lado humano de la vida profesional, extraída de las páginas de Harvard Business Review. Cada libro de la serie ofrece investigaciones comprobadas que muestran cómo nuestras emociones afectan nuestras vidas laborales, consejos prácticos para gestionar personas y situaciones difíciles, y ensayos inspiradores sobre lo que implica cuidar nuestro bienestar emocional en el trabajo. Estos libros, edificantes y prácticos, describen las habilidades sociales que son esenciales para que los profesionales ambiciosos dominen. /// Make anxiety work for you. Work is stressful: We race to meet deadlines. We extend ourselves to return favors for colleagues. We set ambitious goals for ourselves and our teams. We measure ourselves against metrics, our competitors, and sometimes, our colleagues. Some of us even go beyond tangible metrics to internalize stress and fear of missing the--ruminating over presentations that didn't go according to plan, imagining worst-case scenarios, or standing frozen, paralyzed by perfectionism. But hypervigilance, worry, and catastrophizing don't have to hold you back at work. When channeled thoughtfully, anxiety can motivate us to be more resourceful, productive, and creative. It can break down barriers and create new bonds with our colleagues. Managing Your Anxiety will help you distinguish stress from anxiety, learn what anxiety looks like for you, understand it, and respond to it with self-compassion at work. With the latest psychological research and practical advice from leading experts, you'll learn how to recognize how your anxiety manifests itself; manage it in small day-to-day moments and in more challenging times; experiment and find a mindfulness practice that works for you; and build a support infrastructure to help you manage your anxiety over the long term.
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Manual del TDAH
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Edaf Antillas Bye Bye Ansiedad. Diario Para Crear Habitos En 66
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Ediciones Paids Ibrica, S.A. La Personalidad Neurotica De Nuestro Tiempo The
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Ediciones Robinbook Cómo Controlar La Ansiedad
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Obelisco El Viaje a Traves del Trauma
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Editorial Kairos Despertar El Don Bipolar: Un Camino Hacia La
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Prison of Food
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Psychoanalysis Meets Psychosis
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Taylor & Francis Lectures on Violence Perversion and Delinquency
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Taylor & Francis Ltd MentalizationBased Treatment for Adolescents A Practical Treatment Guide
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Compulsive Sexual Behaviours A PsychoSexual Treatment Guide for Clinicians
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Medical Crises in Eating Disorders
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Thriving in College with ADHD
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Object Relations in Depression
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Object Relations in Depression
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Taylor & Francis A Collaborative Approach to Eating Disorders
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Psychosis as a Personal Crisis
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Neurotic Constitution Outlines of a Comparative Individualistic Psychology and
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Automatic Affective Processing A Special Issue of Cognition and Emotion 15 Special Issues of Cognition and Emotion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disordered Thinking and the Rorschach
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Trauma and Its Impacts on Temporal Experience
Book SynopsisThis unique text develops an original theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between trauma and time by combining phenomenological and psychoanalytical traditions. Moving beyond Western psychoanalytical and phenomenological traditions, this volume presents new perspectives on the assessment and treatment of trauma patients. Powerfully illustrating how the temporal dimension of a patient's symptoms has until now been overlooked, the text presents a wealth of research literature to deepen our understanding of how trauma disrupts individual temporal experience. Ultimately, the resulting phenomena that occur (including dissociation and cognitive distortions) position time as a transdiagnostic psychological dimension, closely connected to the subject's sense of self.This text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and trauma and dissociation studies more broadly. Those specifically interTrade Review"While Mezzalira’s book is only 156 pages, it is an extensive compilation and summary of theory and research, past and present, on time and trauma. She includes perspectives from philosophy (especially phenomenology), psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and cognitive science. This book explores many, many useful concepts and research findings and is a valuable reference source for clinicians and researchers."-Michael Stadter, Psychodynamic PracticeTable of ContentsAbout the Author Introduction: Trauma and the Elusive Nature of Psychic Time1: Time and the Nature of Psychological Trauma2. The Concept of Nachträglichkeit and the Traumatic Disruption of Linear Time3. Time, Trauma, and the Unconscious Mind4. Trauma, Time, and Psychopathology5. Dissociation and Traumatic Temporality6. Time, Trauma, and Memory7. Time, Trauma, and Neural (Dis-)Integration8. Time, Trauma, and Therapeutic ChangeConclusion: Healing From TraumaIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Autism and The Predictive Brain
Book SynopsisWhat if our previous teachings and beliefs regarding processing stimuli, reading emotions, and understanding human behavior is all untrue? In this book, Peter Vermeulen investigates new findings on the predictive brain and what these insights mean for autism and current interventions. Trade Review'Peter Vermeulen makes accessible our understanding of how the brain works. Using vivid examples, he unpacks the theory to better explain the difficulties that autistic people experience in the uncertain and unpredictable world of everyday life. His recommendations for autistic people, parents, and practitioners are startling as well as compelling, a rare match between theory and practice.' — Uta Frith, DBE FRS FBA FmedSci, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Development, University College London'After reading this book, my first reaction was: what a positively written book. It reflects my opinion and experience as an autistic person. Nowhere is it absolutely stated that people with autism cannot do something at all. This innovative book radiates a lot of strength, hope and optimism.' — Sam Peeters, Autistic Self-Advocate, Author and Blogger, Belgium'Translating cutting-edge research and complex theories into clear and useful information is challenging. Reading Peter’s book is not. It offers opportunity to understand human thinking and behaviour in new and thought-provoking ways. In the context of autism, it provides new insights that can support autistic people, parents and professionals to deal with the everyday challenges of autism.' — Dr. Marita Falkmer, Associate Professor, School of Education and Communication, CHILD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Jönköping University, Gjuterigatan, Sweden and Dr. Torbjörn Falkmer, Emeritus Professor, Curtin University, Perth, Australia'Peter Vermeulen does it again! Vermeulen, more than most any other professional in the field of autism, has changed how we understand the autistic neurology. I thought it impossible that he could surpass the brilliance of Context Blindness, but I was wrong. This book on prediction provides new and much needed insights into how individuals on the spectrum react to and understand the world. To say this book is a "must-read" may sound trite, but this book is essential if you want to understand autism!' — Brenda Smith Myles, PhD, Speaker and Author'Peter Vermeulen has written another game-changing work that is sure to fundamentally shift how we understand autism. Just as he did in Autism as Context Blindness, Vermeulen makes an important but complex theory accessible, relatable and even often entertaining to read about. Drawing from the latest findings in neuroscience, he demonstrates the startling differences in how autistic and non-autistic people’s brains respond to predictions and explores the dramatic implications of these findings for better understanding the incredible strengths and also very real challenges for autistic people living in a complex and ambiguous world. Readers are sure to look at social, sensory and communication differences in a whole new light, and will be equipped with autism-friendly approaches of offering greater predictability and certainty to reduce "uncertainty stress" and increase well-being for the autistic people in their lives.' — Aaron Lanou, MSED, Special Educator, Inclusive Education Consultant, and Former Director of ASD Nest at New York University's Steinhardt School, New York City, US'In this fascinating, accessible and fitting sequel to Autism as Context Blindness, Peter Vermeulen discusses how the autistic brain anticipates and processes uncertainty, and how this contributes to the "characteristics" of autism. In juxtaposing established theories of autism, and the psychology of human biases, important questions are raised about the prevailing autism narrative and the way autism is framed. In so doing, Vermeulen challenges many of the common heuristics about what is helpful to autistic people, and even of the nature of autism itself.' — Richard Mills, Associate Consultant & Adviser to the Board, AT-Autism‘This book uses established, innovative research about the human brain and relates it to real world experiences. Peter applies his wealth of knowledge to focus on areas that range from navigating the social landscape to providing insights into sensory issues. If you are a person who wants to learn more about neurological processing and how it relates to the autistic experience, this book will undoubtedly assist you. I wholeheartedly recommend this book as it provides another step towards demystifying autism, and helping us as practitioners, family members and friends to better support the autistic community to thrive.’ –Andrew McDonnell, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and Director of Studio3 Training SystemsTable of ContentsForeword Introduction 1. The predictive brain 2. The predictive brain and autism 3. The predictive brain and sensory processing in autism 4. The predictive brain and navigating in social traffic 5. The predictive brain and communication 6. The predictive brain and autism: what now? Notes References Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Treating SelfDestructive Behaviors in Trauma
Book SynopsisTreating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors, 2nd ed, is a book for clinicians who specialize in helping trauma survivors and, during the course of treatment, find themselves unexpectedly confronted with client disclosures of self-destructive behaviors, including self-mutilation and other manifestations of deliberately hurting the body such as bingeing, purging, starving, substance abuse and other addictive behaviors. Arguing that standard safety contracts are not effective, renowned clinician Lisa Ferentz introduces viable treatment alternatives, assessment tools, and new ways of understanding self-destructive behavior using a strengths-based approach that distinguishes between the experimental non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) that some teenagers occasionally engage in and the self-destructive behaviors that are repetitive and chronic. In the new edition, many of the treatment strategies are cross referenced to a useful workbook, giving therapists and clients conTrade Review"Self-destructive behaviors of all kinds can confuse even the therapists involved with such clients, bringing out the desire to force them to stop. Fortunately, Lisa Ferentz’s original book helped reverse that trend, and this well-written and well-researched second edition goes even further in providing a non-pathologized and empowering understanding approach to these behaviors."—Richard Schwartz, PhD, faculty member at Harvard Medical School."In this new edition of Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors, Lisa Ferentz offers solid support to clinicians, using a solution- and strengths-focused approach to treating challenging trauma-based behaviors. She offers useful and effective links between this book and Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors, her workbook for clients, and together these two books give both clinicians and clients a dynamic and effective way to collaborate throughout the healing process. Lisa’s emphasis on self-compassion is an essential element of healing into wholeness and I appreciate her deep understanding of its central place in the healing process—for both clinicians and clients." —Nancy J. Napier, LMFT, author of Getting Through the Day: Strategies for Adults Hurt As Children and Recreating Your Self: Building Self-Esteem Through Imaging and Self-Hypnosis"In the second edition of Treating Self-Destructive Behavior, Lisa Ferentz again sets the gold standard for books on this topic. Replacing pathologizing models with a compassionate, neuroscientifically informed approach, she offers a treatment paradigm that integrates cutting-edge approaches to trauma with down-to-earth, practical interventions that are attentive to risk management yet also relational and validating." —Janina Fisher, PhD, coauthor of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment and Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma SurvivorsTable of ContentsPreface Part I: It Makes Sense Given Where They’ve Come From. 1. Toward a New Understanding of Self-Destructive Behaviors. 2. Working With Trauma Survivors. 3. The Role of Attachment. 4. The Inherent Struggles of Adolescence. 5. The Metacommunication of Eating Disorders, Addictions, and Self-Mutilation. Part II: Understanding and Working With Self-Destructive Behaviors. 6. The Cycle of Self-Destructive Behaviors. 7. The Triggering Event and the Loop of Negativity. 8. Unbearable Anxiety and the Frozen Loop. 9. Self-Destructive Behaviors, Positive Outcomes, Negative Outcomes, and Emotional Vulnerability. 10. Treatment. 11. Working With the Cycle: The Loop of Negativity. 12. Working With the Cycle: Unbearable Anxiety and the Frozen Loop. 13. Working With the Cycle: Self-Destructive Behaviors and CARESS. 14. Working With the Cycle: Positive Outcomes, Negative Outcomes, and Emotional Vulnerability. Part III: Helping Others While Taking Care of Ourselves. 15. Focusing on Us. 16. Creating a Sense of Internal and External Safety. 17. Assessing Your Agenda. 18. Being Clear About Your Control Issues. 19. Holding Appropriate Boundaries. 20. Understanding Your Triggers. 21. Acknowledging Your Vulnerabilities. 22. Pacing the Sessions. 23. Debriefing After Difficult Sessions. 24. Understanding the Correlation Between Family-of-Origin and Workplace Dynamics. 25. Striving for Balance in Your Life. 26. Giving Yourself Permission to Get Supervision or Refer Out. 27. Practicing What You Preach. 28. Strengthening Your Work. Bibliography
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Obsessional Neurosis: Lacanian Perspectives
Book SynopsisDespite the important place it occupies in both Freudian and Lacanian nosology, obsessional neurosis has received far less attention than its erstwhile companion hysteria. This volume of essays aims to elaborate and deepen research into the question of obsession, going beyond the usual cliches which reduce obsession to the question 'Am I alive or dead?', and providing rigorous discussion of some of the following themes: the creation of the category of obsessional neurosis and of OCD, act and action in obsession, debt and guilt, aggression and solicitude, distinguishing the symptomology of obsessional neurosis from OCD phenomena, and clinical questions of work with obsessional subjects.Table of ContentsCONTENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENTSABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORSPREFACEINTRODUCTIONA brief outline of Freud's and Lacan's conceptualisation of obsessional neurosisAstrid GessertCHAPTER ONEGuilty cognitions, faulty brains: Obsessive-compulsive disorders in the age of the condition-of-autonomy (1980–2010)Pierre-Henri CastelCHAPTER TWOLacanian Approaches to ObsessionDarian LeaderCHAPTER THREEThe signification of debt in obsessional neurosisMoustapha SafouanCHAPTER FOUR The cutting edge of desire in obsessional neurosis: Lacan with LeclaireLuca BosettiCHAPTER FIVEThe signification of mastery of the control of the orifices in anal eroticismMoustapha SafouanCHAPTER SIXThe Rat ManCharles MelmanCHAPTER SEVENThe Lacanian Structure of obsessional neurosisMichel SilvestreCHAPTER EIGHTThere is a stain on the horizon: A loop or two into obsessional neurosisVincent DachyINDEX
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Cambridge University Press Psychopathology
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Cambridge University Press Issues in the Developmental Approach to Mental Retardation
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Capture
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Drop How the Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This book is brilliant. You’ve never seen the gorgonian loops and layers of addiction illuminated so clearly and originally.” — WILLIAM FINNEGAN, New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Barbarian Days “Thad Ziolkowski explores the scientific and spiritual depths of the relationship between addiction and surfing—a sport that’s often portrayed as shallow, but in truth is anything but. As in the ocean itself, the sunlit waves coexist with the profound, and darker, layers beneath. The stories Ziolkowski tells—both his own and those of other surfers—are testaments to how there is much to be learned in the deeper waters, but only if you make it back to the surface. The Drop is a searingly personal, timely, and beautifully written book.” — SUSAN CASEY, bestselling author of The Wave “I can’t even swim in the ocean without some dread and fear, so surfing is unfathomable to me; with drugs (and their delights and horrors) I’m somewhat more familiar. Thad Ziolkowski has masterfully woven these two subjects together with his own singular but familiar American dude’s story. The Drop is a frank, fascinating, strange, wise, beautiful book.” — KURT ANDERSEN, New York Times bestselling author of Evil Geniuses “In The Drop, both a vivid personal memoir and a thoughtful exploration of compulsive behavior, Thad Ziolkowski finds an unlikely but sensible commonality between the drives underlying the fervor of surfing and the siren call of addictions. He recognizes the traumatic bases of both yet points to how the sport can ultimately be a force for healing.” — GABOR MATÉ, M.D., author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts “A poetic memoir of addiction, but also a beautiful reflection on the lure of surfing, which (as practitioners know) can be addictive. Ziolkowski examines the seedy, tweaky underside of the surf world as well as its logical upshot: surfing as a natural hook, which can show an addict the way back to sanity and light.” — MICHAEL SCOTT MOORE, author of The Desert and the Sea “What does a surfer do after riding a twenty-five-foot wave, or winning a world title, or getting barreled at Pipeline for a decade? Ah, solving that question—to paraphrase Philip Larkin—brings the rehab staff and the EMT crew running over the beaches in their long white coats. Through a brilliant plumbing of surfing’s dark side, Ziolkowski holds a light up to the bodies taken by addiction, while also showing a way out that exists within surfing itself.” — JAMIE BRISICK, author of Becoming Westerly and Have Board, Will Travel "Intimate take on the subject...vivid writing and evocative insights about the dopamine rush that the sport and drugs share." — Publishers Weekly "Thad Ziolkowski's ambitious new pseudo-memoir is ostensibly a book about surfing, and on a sentence level it contains some truly magical writing in the vein of Barbarian Days…But it's also an addiction memoir that isn't afraid to explore the liminal spaces where the endorphin rush of the sport meets our darker compulsions. In less capable hands the wheels would squeak right off. But when Ziolkowski is on, it's hard not to feel what he's feeling. It's a science book about the things we tether ourselves to, made spiritual." — GQ
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Future Tense
Book SynopsisA psychologist confronts our pervasive misunderstanding of anxiety and presents a powerful new framework for reimagining and reclaiming the confounding emotion as the advantage it evolved to be.We taught people that anxiety is dangerous and damaging, and that the solution to its pain is to eradicate it like we do any disease?prevent it, avoid it, and stamp it out at all costs. Yet cutting-edge therapies, hundreds of self-help books, and a panoply of medications have failed to keep debilitating anxiety at bay. A third of us will struggle with anxiety disorders in our lifetime and rates in children and adults continue to skyrocket.That?s because the anxiety-as-disease story is false?and it?s harming us.In this radical reinterpretation, Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary argues that anxiety is an evolved advantage that protects us and strengthens our creative and productive powers.Although it?s related to stress and fear, it?s uniquely valuable?allowing us to imagine the uncertain future and compelling us to make that future better. That?s why anxiety is inextricably linked to hope.By distilling the latest research in psychology and neuroscience, including her own, combining it with real-world stories and personal narrative, Dennis-Tiwary shows how we can acknowledge the discomfort of anxiety and see it as a tool, rather than something to be feared and reviled. Detailing the terrible cost of our misunderstanding of anxiety, while celebrating the lives of people who harness it to their advantage, she argues that we can?and must?learn to be anxious in the right way.Future Tenseblazes the way for a paradigm shift in how we relate to and understand anxiety in our day-to-day lives?a fresh set of beliefs and insights that allow us to explore and leverage even very distressing anxiety rather than to be overwhelmed by it. Through this new prism of thinking, even anxiety disorders can be alleviated. Achieving a new mindset willnotfix anxiety itself?because the emotion of anxiety is not broken; the way we cope with it is. By challenging our long-held assumptions about anxiety, this book provides a concrete framework for how to reclaim it for what it has always been?a gift rather than a curse, and a source of inner strength, joy, and ingenuity.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Hidden Brilliance
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking exploration of the ways in which the intelligence and abilities of children and young adults with autism are often overlooked and misjudged, with tried-and-true interventions that can be used to help them reach their full potential.Our limited and often biased view of what’s considered “normal” often prevents us from recognizing the gifts and brilliance of those who don’t fit a specific mold. Too often we don’t explore and take advantage of the far-reaching gifts and potential of those diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum or neurodiverse. Dr. Lynn Kern Koegel has had vast experience researching Autism Spectrum Disorders—ASD—and working with autistic people of all ages. She has repeatedly witnessed firsthand evidence of great intelligence that hasn’t yet been nurtured or realized.In Hidden Brilliance, Dr. Koegel and writer Claire LaZebnik explore the ways in which the brillia
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