Psychology Books

Book SynopsisThe Verbal Behavior (VB) approach is a form of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), that is based on B.F. Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior and works particularly well with children with minimal or no speech abilities. In this book Dr. Mary Lynch Barbera draws on her own experiences as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and also as a parent of a child with autism to explain VB and how to use it.This step-by-step guide provides an abundance of information about how to help children develop better language and speaking skills, and also explains how to teach non-vocal children to use sign language. An entire chapter focuses on ways to reduce problem behavior, and there is also useful information on teaching toileting and other important self-help skills, that would benefit any child.This book will enable parents and professionals unfamiliar with the principles of ABA and VB to get started immediately using the Verbal Behavior approach to teach children with autism and related disorders.Trade Review“The Verbal Behavior Approach serves as a practical and thorough guide on the principles of using the Verbal Behavior Approach for children with autism. Difficult terms are translated into easy-to-understand layman's terms, which would be very useful for first- time learners and practicing clinicians unfamiliar with the Verbal Behavior Approach... This book will explain not only to parents, but also to Speech- Language Pathologists and other professionals how to reinforce and encourage communication from children with autism and other disabilities... This book is a “must have” for Speech- Language Pathologists interested in learning about and utilizing the Verbal Behavior Approach. A number of highly specific therapy techniques are presented as well as other relevant topics such as reinforcement and behavior. Packed with useful information and tips, this book is ideal for Speech- Language Pathologists across both clinic and educational settings. The information that is provided in this text is comprehensive, concise and practical and Speech- Language Pathologists will benefit from its wealth of resources included in the appendices. As the need for services with children with autism spectrum disorder continue to grow, Speech- Language Pathologists will require a concise, easy to read resource as this one to become familiar with this approach to effectively teach language to students with autism.” -- International Journal of Behavioral and Consultation Therapy“This book serves to educate family members exceptionally well on several of the most important concepts and foundational ideas of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Ms. Barbera does an outstanding job of explaining why the ABC's (Antecedents-Behaviors-Consequences) of behavior are so important to understand. She is especially good at explaining the importance of determining the function of challenging behaviors. This will help parents as they try to unravel the seeming mysteries of children's behaviors. She also clearly outlines how treatments must match the functions of behaviors, and how appropriate replacement skills must be taught to address the same function... the book is an excellent source of information on Applied Behavior Analysis and on Verbal Behavior. It serves to clear up some major sources of consumer confusion, most notably about Verbal Behavior's embeddedness within ABA. There are countless helpful and well-grounded suggestions for parents who are interested in using this approach with their children.” -- Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention“This book provides a friendly voice that will assist parents, educators, and other professionals in utilizing these techniques with children with autism. It is a must have for anyone who knows, lives with, or teaches a child with autism spectrum disorder.” -- Kimberly Barnes, PhD, CCC-SLP, Speech and Language Pathologist“The Verbal Behavior Approach is a wonderful book! I typically get glazed over with the intensity of ABA/VB. This was an easy read that provided clear-cut, practical information that families and professionals can effectively use.” -- Traci L. Plunkett, Mother of a son with PDD-NOS“This book accomplishes many things that few such works do–it pairs sound research with concrete examples; is accessible to the expert and novice alike, and touches the heart without sacrificing professionalism.” -- Anne A. Skleder, Ph.D. Provost, Cabrini College“As a dedicated and caring parent, Mary has demonstrated her commitment to all children with autism by writing such a thoughtful and useful book.” -- Rick Kubina, Ph.D., BCBA, Associate Professor, The Pennsylvania State University“Written with style, warmth and real know-how, Mary Barbera has managed to combine valuable therapeutic advice with her own eloquent story.” -- Eustacia Cutler, Author of A Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin's Mother Tells the Family Story“An amazing book that combines detailed instructions for parents on how to get started using ABA/VB with a little bit of emotional support to let them know that they are not alone.” -- Trish Cuce, Mother of a daughter with autism, teacher & consultant for children with Autism, Founder of POAC of PA“An easy to follow guide that works. The Verbal Behavior approach is motivation driven, creating the desire to learn.” -- Kathleen Ricca, M.Ed., parent of a three-year-old boy with autism“One of the most valuable books for parents of children with autism since Let Me Hear Your Voice by Catherine Maurice.” -- Mark Sundberg, Ph.D.,BCBA, Author of the VB-MAPP (2008)“Barbera is not only accurate, but easy to understand... her personal experience in this area makes her explanations and instructions entertaining and easy to apply.” -- Dr. Jack Michael, Professor Emeritus, Western Michigan University“I taught a class on verbal behavior once a year for 25 years. How I wish I could have had this book during that time. It would have made my instruction so much more effective.” -- John O. Cooper, Ed.D., Professor Emeritus of Education, The Ohio State University, Co-Author of Applied Behavior Analysis“With clear, concise explanations and examples, heartfelt stories and helpful resources listed throughout, Mary has provided the community with a nice description of teaching verbal behavior. Every parent of a newly diagnosed child should own a copy of this book.” -- Holly Kibbe, MS, BCBA, Establishing Operations, Inc.“A succinct, intelligible tour of an effective intervention for autistic children through both speech and non-verbal communication. VB is a refinement of B.F. Skinner's pioneering work on language and operates under the conviction that expressive language is behavioral, rather than purely cognitive. Barbera takes Skinner's arcane language and renders it not only clear but convincing” -- Kirkus Reports“Using a behavioral analysis of language as described by B.F. Skinner, this approach teaches language across functions, which Mary explains with easy-to-understand examples and language. Written from the perspective of both a parent and a professional this book will prove valuable to a variety of readers.” -- Catherine B. Doran, MA, CCC/SLP, Speech and Language Pathologist“I highly recommend Mary's book. It is excellent! Although it's very short and easy to read, it seems to cover everything! I'm recommending it to every parent and professional I come in contact with.” -- Sharon Zamrin, M.S.Ed., BCBA“The Verbal Behavior Approach provides useful information and resources for immediate application, accomplishing the book's main objective, providing for rapid implementation of an AVB program.” -- The Behavior Analyst Today“Written with style, warmth and real know-how, Mary Barbera has managed to combine valuable therapeutic advice with her own eloquent story.” -- Eustacia Cutler, author of A Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin's Mother Tells the Family StoryTable of ContentsIntroduction.1. Starting with ABA. 2. The ABCs of ABA. 3: Assessing Your Child. 4. Developing Reinforcers. 5. Manding. 6. Increasing and Improving Speech in Non-Vocal or Minimally Vocal Children. 7.Errorless Teaching and the Use of Transfer Procedures. 8. Teaching Receptive Language Skills and Other Non-Verbal Operants. 9. Teaching Verbal Operants. 10. Putting It All Together. 11. Teaching Toileting and Other Important Self-Help Skills. 12. Final Thoughts. Appendices. Subject index. Author index.

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Book SynopsisWhy do I have to go to school before the show that I am watching is over? Why do I have to wear shoes and a jacket when I go outside? Rules like these can be really frustrating - but they don't have to be!Why do I have to? looks at a set of everyday situations that provide challenges for children at home, with their friends, and at school. Laurie Leventhal-Belfer empathizes with children's wish to do things their way, explains clearly why their way does not work, and provides a list of practical suggestions for how to cope with these challenges and avoid feelings of frustration. This is the ideal book for children who have difficulty coping with the expectations of daily living, as well as for their parents and the professionals who work with them.Trade ReviewLaurie Leventhal-Belfer's WHY DO I HAVE TO? is a thoughtfully structured guide for children who are fustrated with everyday rules and adults who are fustrated with those children. This short book is packed with a comprehensive set of questions, phrased from a child's perspective, dealing primarily with social expectations...This book will be an invaluable addition to the shelves for the children who are challenged by the expectations of daily living. The insightful questions, thoughtful answers, and clinically tested suggestions will decrease fustration for children and parents alike. -- Journal of Autism and Developmental DisordersAs a SENCO I would recommend this book to staff in schools supporting pupils within the autistic spectrum and/or with ADHD. Finally, this book would also be a useful read for children, young people and their families. -- NASENThis book looks at everyday situations that can cause conflict for children with Asperger's syndrome at home, at school and with their friends. A useful tool to give parents and carers the confidence to tackle behaviours that are regular triggers for conflict. -- NaplicLaurie Leventhal-Belfer's approach shows empathy for children's wish to do things their way, explains why their way does not work, and provides a list of practical suggestions for how to cope with these challenges and avoid feelings of frustration. Her approach encourages children to be involved in determining solutions for dealing with daily rules and expectations...This is the ideal book for children who have difficulty coping with the expectations of daily living, as well as for their parents and the professionals who work with them. -- Speld Magazine, AustraliaThis is a useful self-help guide that tackles a wide range of issues... some of the strategies involve a lot of personal initiation... Although, this book is not explicitly aimed at children on the autism spectrum, it certainly tackles issues particular to this population. The author clearly has experience in this area.. she is founder and director of The Friends Program, the therapeutic group project for children with Asperger's in the US... it is certainly a resource that educational psychologists could use in their work with service users. It also be recommended as reading for some children, teachers and parents who are having particular issues with dealing with rules and need a logical explanation and some guidance. It is accessible and easy to read with amusing picture to add interest and most of all, there is a positive ethos underpinning this book, which helps reassure children that they are not alone in their frustrations and there are ways to help. -- Joanna Hill, Trainee EP * Debate - British Psychological Society *If you want a child with Asperger's syndrome to comply with a social or family rule, it is very important to explain the logical reason to comply. Laurie's book provides the logic for compliance that will be invaluable for parents and teachers. I know this book will become regular bed time reading and be used many times at home and at school. -- Professor Tony AttwoodDr. Laurie clearly understands how children with limited flexibility and difficulty coping think and respond. She has used her clinical experience to teach us how to help these children succeed. Dr. Laurie has provided a format, similar to Social Stories (TM), for reducing stress in daily life and for minimizing conflict stemming from unwritten or everyday rules. While there is no one solution for every child, the stories can be easily adapted for each child. She encourages children to be participants in determining solutions to their problems by providing simple, not simplistic, methods that work. -- Teri Wiss, M.A., O.T.R./L., Director of Development is CHILD'S PLAY!Table of ContentsPreface. Rules that can be frustrating at home: Why do I have to: Go to school before the show that I am watching is over? Wear shoes and a jacket when I go outside? Eat when I am not hungry? Rest when I am not tired? Go to the bathroom when I do not need to go? Share toys if I am still using them? Turn off the television or computer before my show or game is over? Stop talking about things that I like? Rules that may be frustrating about friends: Why do I have to: Play with my play date when I would rather play by myself? Say thank-you for a present that I do not like? Go to a friend's house when I would rather stay home? Let other kids play a game the "wrong" way? Apologize to other children for hurting them when they hurt me first? Listen to a friend talk about something that I do not find interesting? Rules that may be frustrating at school: Why do I have to: Listen to a story that I already know? Let my hands get dirty? Say hello with words instead of giving a friend a big hug or slap on the back? Only talk about what the teacher asked about? Tell my friends that I am no longer playing the game when they can see for themselves? Ask my teacher if I can leave the room? Sit in a chair to do my work when I work better standing up? Be quiet when I am working? Explain to an adult why I got into a fight when they should know? Do homework after I have been working in school all day? Appendix: Goal Chart.

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Book SynopsisMany people suffer from feelings of stress and anxiety in their everyday lives. For people with Asperger Syndrome (AS), this stress can be particularly difficult to manage. On a daily basis people with AS must fit into a world that seems totally foreign to them and this can increase feelings of alienation and anxiety, making life's challenges especially hard to cope with.The first book on anxiety written specifically for adults with Asperger Syndrome, this book offers practical advice on how individuals with AS can manage their anxiety more effectively. As a person with AS who has struggled with feelings of anxiety and learnt how to overcome them, Nick Dubin shares his own tried and tested solutions along with up-to-date research on stress management for individuals with AS, including a chapter on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Dubin explores the key problem areas that can lead to anxiety for people with AS such as lack of social skills, difficulties establishing romantic relationships and uncertainty about employment.Asperger Syndrome and Anxiety provides real solutions to a common problem and is essential reading for anyone with AS who has trouble managing stress. The book will also be of interest to family members, teachers and other professionals working with individuals with AS.Trade ReviewThe honest open approach to the difficultiesof Asperger syndrome is refreshing and there is a lot of good advice in this book that covers topics such as anxiety and relationships, employment, shame. Therapies that are available are covered in detail such as CBT and psychotherapy. -- Alex Lowery Speaks About Autism blogDubin's (Asperger Syndrome and Bullying) valuable guide acknowledges the anxiety inherent in Asperger syndrome. The suggested therapies and tone of self-acceptance make it valuable for people with AS, as well as their loved ones and mental health professionals... Dubin discusses how anxiety affects relationships and employment and suggests such adaptive techniques as cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and psychotherapy. -- Library JournalIn this short but informative guide for adults with Asperger syndrome (AS), Nick Dubin draws from sources as varied as cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, Judaism, Jungian psychology, and perhaps most intriguingly, his own experiences a a person with AS. Using these sources combined with his unique perspective, he teaches adults with AS specific strategies for dealing with their daily anxiety... Dubin writes in an easy-to-read conversational style, unafraid of using personal examples to illustrate his points. One could imagine that a book so based on personal experience would apply only to a small subset of individuals who have had the exact same set of experiences or a personality similar to the author. However, Dubin is careful to relate his thoughts and experiences to general concepts, and it is likely that his psychological training has given him a a broader perspective. With this combination of experience and training, he succeeds at providing the reader with supportive understanding without coddling... Dubin's book is not idealistic - he is careful to frequently discuss limits and issues widely shared by people with AS and the effects that these can have on the prevalence of anxiety in daily life. Ultimately, his message is one of encouragement and empowerment. -- Journal of Autism Developmental DisorderI think this is a very good book - I'm going to stick my neck out and say that I think it will still be seen as one of the best books on AS an anxiety in ten years time, despite the rapid progress in the field. -- Aspergers UnitedNick Dubin is still in his early 30s. But by the time he reaches 50, he may very well have written a book on every psychological byproduct of life lived in the behavioral minority. 'Asperger's and Anxiety' is another great contribution towards our understanding all that the autism spectrum presents us. -- Michael John Carley, Executive Director of The Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership (GRASP) and author of Asperger's From the Inside OutNick Dubin is an excellent writer who wears his learning lightly. I highly recommend this book for all those touched by Asperger syndrome. -- Jenny Ravenhill, National Austistic SocietyNick Dubin's latest book is a remarkable and keenly insightful work from a brilliant and emerging leader in the autism self-advocacy community. Dubin's astute, insider's comprehension of Asperger's, coupled with his deft ability to convey such in prose, hits every note with spot-on clarity. His perspectives on spirituality are especially valuable. -- William Stillman, author of Autism and the God Connection and Demystifying the Autistic ExperienceNick Dubin has walked the walk growing to adulthood with Asperger's Syndrome. Now as a professional, he talks the talk in this landmark contribution. This is the first book to focus exclusively on Asperger's and anxiety. With keen intelligence, clarity, and insight, Nick applies evidence- based treatments and self-help strategies for individuals living with Asperger's. -- Robert A. Naseef, Ph.D., author of Special Children, Challenged Parents and co-editor of Voices from the SpectrumA remarkable and keenly insightful work from a brilliant and emerging leader in the autism self-advocacy community. -- William Stillman, author of Autism and the God Connection and Demystifying the Autistic ExperienceAs with the last book, this invaluable resource is chock full of practical solutions for identifying, reckoning with, and resolving the many sources of anxiety plaguing people with Asperger Syndrome. As a stalwart, trusty guide, Nick brings us to greater understanding of ourselves and towards being a better human being. A must read for anyone with Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism or persons supporting those on the autism spectrum. -- Stephen M. Shore, Professor of Special Education, Adelphi University and co-author of Choosing Home: Deciding to Homeschool with Asperger's SyndromeThis is an incisively written presentation for people with Asperger syndrome (AS), their families and professionals, written by someone with AS. -- The TeacherTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Foreword by Valerie Gaus. Introduction. 1. How Anxiety Works and Ways to Control It. 2. Asperger Syndrome and Anxiety. 3. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. 4. Mindfulness. 5. Anxiety amd Relationships. 6. Anxiety and Employment. 7. Selecting a Psychotherapist. 8. Meltdowns. 9. Anxiety and Shame.10 Anxiety and Health. 11. Anxiety and Spirituality. Epilogue. Appendix I: An Interview with My Parents. Appendix II: Recommended Books. Appendix III: Aspie Self Checklist. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisEdited by John Grinder and Frank Pucelik, the book's contributors include: Robert Dilts, Stephen Gilligan, Judith Delozier, Byron Lewis, Terry McClendon (author of the first history of NLP, The Wild Days). The Origins of Neuro Linguistic Programming brings together the recollections and thoughts of some of the main protagonists from the very early days of NLP. In 1971 Richard Bandler and Frank Pucelik were students at Kresege College at the University of California Santa Cruz. They had a strong mutual interest in Gestalt Therapy, Frank because of his traumatic time in Vietnam and because he had been working with some disaffected and drug-addicted kids, and Richard because he had been working with Science and Behavior Books on transcribing and editing Fritz Perls' seminal work, The Gestalt Approach and Eyewitness to Therapy. They started a local gestalt group and ran 2-3 sessions a week collaborating and experimenting with the language of therapy. They started achieving some brilliant results but were having problems transferring their skills to others and so Richard invited one of their college professors, John Grinder, to observe what they were doing in order that he would, hopefully, be able to de-construct what they were doing that was so effective. John was a professor of Linguistics and was instantly impressed with the work that they were doing. He was able to add more structure and in due course the three of them formalised what is now known as the Meta Model. NLP was born. John and Frank and each of the other contributors give their own personal account of this period of collaboration when something magical was happening in northern California. Of particular interest is the role Gregory Bateson played, particularly in bringing John and Richard together with Milton H Erickson. An extremely insightful and riveting read for anyone interested in NLP.

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Book SynopsisFeatures include: Evaluation of key studies, to encourage reflection and critical analysis, aid understanding and give context Explanations of the different psychological approaches and comparisons between them Evaluation of contemporary debates, including their economic, social and ethical implications Detailed exploration of research methods, including experimental design, research methodologies, analysing and reporting data and dealing with ethical issues Colour-coded material for ease of use and checklists to break down everything you need to know for each topic.

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Book SynopsisEdited by Nigel Holt and Rob Lewis, this easy-to-use, visually engaging textbook comprehensively covers everything students need to know for the WJEC A2 level specification and offers a section on exam preparation and revision to aid study. Features include: ■Evaluation of key studies, to encourage reflection and critical analysis, aid understanding and give context ■Explanations of the different psychological approaches and comparisons between them ■Evaluation of contemporary debates, including their economic, social and ethical implications ■Detailed exploration of research methods, including experimental design, research methodologies, analysing and reporting data and dealing with ethical issues ■Colour-coded material for ease of use and checklists to break down everything you need to know for each topic.

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Book SynopsisIncreasing numbers of professionals in the fields of psychology and therapy are seeking to incorporate elements of spirituality into their therapeutic oeuvre, addressing not only mental and emotional issues, but also the soul. This book discloses how indigenous traditions can be adapted to offer practitioners a highly effective repertoire of insights, psycho-spiritual approaches and therapeutic tools. The underlying concepts and world-views of indigenous and contemporary shamanism are explained and tied in with current developments in psychology and science. After clarifying altered states of perception, concepts of integrative wholeness of mind, body, soul and spirit and transformative shamanic 'healing' approaches, the book goes on to outline concrete contemporary tools and techniques that can be applied directly to work with clients. It presents research, examples and case studies throughout.This will be enlightening and compelling reading for psychologists, therapists, counsellors and coaches looking for profound insights and innovative methods of practice that cater for the whole human psyche, reaching beyond contemporary Western mind and body approaches.Trade ReviewMackinnon proves to be a skilled guide. Therapists of all orientations will find inspiration and food for thought in this fascinating book. -- Therapy TodayShamanism and Spirituality in Therapeutic Practice is incredibly well written, balancing being both highly valid academically while maintaining a style written to be understood and used by all... Shamanism and Spirituality in Therapeutic Practice is a remarkable book: filled with a wealth of facts, theories, insights, wisdom and practice; highly knowledgeable and informative; well researched, well balanced and very accessible. An outstanding book which is highly recommended.'Therapeutic Practice - Indie Shaman Magazine'I won't keep you in suspense: this is a great book. If you're interested in taking a more holistic, spiritual approach to your coaching and/or therapeutic practice, I think you'll get a lot from it and find yourself referring back to it often... This is an excellent book which you should be able to quickly and easily apply in your integrative practice. Recommended! -- AICTPa highly effective repertoire of insights, psycho-spiritual approaches and therapeutic tools... Compelling reading for therapists, looking for profound insights and innovative methods of practice reaching beyond contemporary Western mind and body approaches. -- Embody MagazineA seminal book that sheds light on the importance and practicality of integrating shamanic and spiritual practices into modern psychotherapy . . .an enlightened contribution to a world where individual and collective purpose must interweave if we hope to create a tapestry of survival. -- John Perkins, New York Times bestselling authorA truly compelling, well researched, yet accessible book for therapeutic professionals conveying a wealth of knowledge, insights and practical applications. -- John Hempstead, Chair, British Society of Clinical HypnosisAn important and relevant book for the times we live in. It is a "must read" for therapeutic professionals who look for enlightening insights and innovative methods of psycho-spiritual practice that cater for the whole human psyche. -- Ursula James, Visiting Teaching Fellow, Oxford University Medical School, author of The Source: A Manual of Everyday MagicA very interesting book, thorough and clear, for therapists who work with esoteric and spiritual concepts and for those who are curious about the subject. Christa Mackinnon is an accomplished therapist and academic, who writes with conviction about a subject she is passionate about. -- Avy Joseph, Principal, The College of Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy, author of Cognitive Behavioural TherapyTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Bigger Picture. Part I. Spirituality Matters. 1. Spirituality and Psychology. Part II. The World of Shamanism. 2. Shamanism: The Continuum of Humanities Spiritual Quest. 3. The Heart of the Matter: Altered States of Consciousness and Perception. 4. Strange Worlds: The Shaman's Spirit Realms and the Quantum Realm. 5. The Shaman as Therapist and Healer: Towards Integration and Wholeness. 6. The Shamans Working Realms: Maps of Interconnected Human Reality. Part III. Practical Applications: Incorporating Elements of Shamanism into Therapeutic Work. 7. A Sense of the Sacred: Clients, Space and Objects. 8. Giving it Form: Embodying and Bridging Intent into Matter. 9. A Place of Power and Sanctuary for the Client. 10. The Shamanic Journey as a Therapeutic Tool. 11. Soul Loss and Soul Retrieval. 12. Widening our Circle: Connecting with Ancestors and Descendents. 13. Myths, Stories and Teaching Tales. 14. Therapeutic Work with Ritual and Ceremony. 15. The Medicine Wheel as a Psycho-spiritual and Therapeutic Tool. 16. Travelling Home: Re-connecting with Nature. 17. The Cycle of Life: When the Body Dies. Part 4. Back to the Bigger Picture. 18. About Individual and Collective Purpose in Today's World.

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Book SynopsisAll of us have experienced creative connection, and glimpsed its power. Yet, for centuries, the myth of the lone genius has obscured the critical story of the power of collaboration. In Powers of Two, Joshua Wolf Shenk argues that creative pairs are the exemplars for innovation. Drawing on years of research on great partnerships in history - from Lennon and McCartney to Marie and Pierre Curie, plus hundreds more in fields including literature, popular culture, art and business - Shenk identifies the common journey pairs take from the spark of initial connection, through the passage to a cognitive 'joint identity' to competition and the struggle for power. Using scientific and psychological insights, he uncovers new truths about epic duos - and sheds new light on the genesis of some of the greatest creative work in history. He reveals hidden partnerships among people known only for their individual work (like C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien), and even 'adversarial collaborations' among those who are out to beat each other. This revelatory and lyrical book will make us see creative exchange as the central terrain of our psyches.Trade ReviewFascinating . . . highly readable. We may like to think that we live in a world of creative individualism, but this insightful books should convince even the sceptical that when it comes to creating something new and exciting, it really does take two * Sunday Business Post *An interesting thesis * The Economist *If - as Harry Nilsson sang - one is the loneliest number, then two might very well be the awesomest. This book proves that if you're interested in doing anything creative - whether that's writing a book, making a film or even starting your own business - you're better off doing it in a pair. So if you and your mate are a fledgling Lennon and McCartney, Shenk says two is better than one * FHM *Fascinating * Irish Daily Mail *We sometimes think of creativity as coming from brilliant loners. In fact, it more often happens when bright people pair up and complement each other. Shenk's fascinating book shows how to spark the power of this phenomenon * Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs *In this surprising, compelling, deeply felt book, Joshua Wolf Shenk banishes the idea of solitary genius by demonstrating that our richest art and science come from collaboration: we need one another not only for love, but also for thinking and imagining and growing and being * Andrew Solomon *Descriptions of creative life too often focus on individual genius or the wisdom of crowds. The great wit of this book is to reveal a seam hidden between those poles. All future accounts of artistry and innovation will be enriched by the treasures Joshua Wolf Shenk has uncovered in the creativity of pairs * Lewis Hyde *Fascinating . . . [a] provocative thesis on the genesis of creative innovation * Kirkus Reviews *This is a book about magic; about the Beatles; about the chemistry between people; about neuroscience; and about the buddy system; it examines love and hate, harmony and dissonance, and everything in between. The result is wise, funny, surprising, and completely engrossing * Susan Orlean *Powers of Two is filled with keen insights into the human condition and terrific examples of creativity at work. This is an inspiring book that also happens to be a great read * Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive *

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Book SynopsisThe “BASIC Ph” model of coping and resiliency, developed by Prof. Mooli Lahad and Dr. Ofra Ayalon, was the first to describe coping as an on-going effort to manage life challenges. This is the first book to be published on this world-renowned approach, widely used as an effective resiliency assessment, intervention, and recovery model.Underpinning the model is the suggestion that every person has internal powers, or coping resources, which can be mobilized in stressful situations; the effort to survive coming from a healthy rather than a pathological instinct. The categorization of these coping resources gives the model its name: Belief, Affect, Social, Imagination, Cognition, Physical. This edited volume outlines the theory behind the “BASIC Ph” approach, presents practice-based and research-based interventions and explains their application during and in the wake of both natural and man-made disasters. With wide-ranging chapters from authoritative contributors, the book shows how the “BASIC Ph” model can be successfully applied in family, community, education, health, and business settings.This will be an invaluable text for professionals, academics, and students with an interest in trauma and coping with crisis and disaster.Trade ReviewThis volume's importance is that it opens theory to practice for the study, understanding, and promotion of resilience. We still know little about protecting and developing resilience and it is essential that we be open to an array of models that we develop, test, and refine. This volume offers both clinicians and researchers critical approaches for supporting and fostering people's strengths who are confronted with great adversity. We are at the beginning of this journey that will ultimately be one of mental health's fundamental contributions to humankind. -- Stevan E. Hobfoll, PhD, The Judd and Marjorie Weinberg Presidential Professor and Chair, Behavioral Sciences, RUSH University Medical Center, Chicago, IllinoisThis is an excellent book and essential reading for clinicians and practitioners of all kinds, including play and creative arts therapists. It brings together theory, application and research in a comprehensive manual. The language is accessible but rigorous, and examples of practice bring the text to life and help the reader to live the resilience factor. This book will be in demand for evaluation of 'evidence based-practice' with suffering populations, whether children or adults. It certainly provides an illuminating experience for the reader. -- Professor Sue Jennings, PhD, Visiting Fellow Leeds Metropolitan University, Churchill Fellow 2012-2013 'Arts and Older People'The book descries the usefulness of psychotherapy. it explains that although this form of therapy uses different tools that explore a person's processes an insight, both the preventative model and psychotherapy have equal merit and can achieve similar outcomes... This book helps the reader to understand that people have different belief systems that inform their thinking and behaviours and goes on to compare different coping strategies adopted by diverse peoples and populations... The book uses research, tables, diagrams, photographs and frameworks to enable the reader to visualise the situations of a number of crisis lade communities all over the wold. Case studies bring vividly to life the stories of the most difficult environments and how they cope. The book explains how by applying the BACIS Ph model communities can be helped to build their resiliency and cope ore healthily. -- Hilary Schultess-Young, Independent Social Worker * Professional Social Work *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Integrative Model of Resiliency. Mooli Lahad, Tel Hai College, and Dmitry Leykin, Tel Hai College. 1. Measuring "BASIC Ph". Dmitry Leykin. 2. Six Parts Story Revisited. Mooli Lahad. 3. CARING: Children at Risk Intervention Groups "BASIC Ph" Guide for Coping and Healing. Ofra Ayalon, Nord COPE Center. 4. From "BASIC Ph" to Trauma and PTSD. Moshe Farchi, Tel Hai College. 5. The Application of the "BASIC Ph" Model in Family Therapy. Shulamit Niv, CSPC 6. Parenthood in Six Channels. Mooli Lahad and Nira Kaplansky, Waterbirds International. 7. The Contribution of Lahad's "BASIC Ph" Model and Landy's Role Method Model to Strategies of Coping with Stress among First Year Nursing Students. Naomi Hadary, Safed Academic College. 8. How Jewish and Arab Parents Perceived their Children's Resiliency During the Second Lebanon War. Miri Shacham, Ort Braude College, Mooli Lahad and Yehuda Shacham, ESPCT. 9. From Trama to Resilience: Combining Two Body-Oriented Psychotherapeutic Approaches. Judith Spanglet, Ben Gurion University and "Connections and Links-From Trauma to Resilience," Meirav Tal-Margalit, "Connections and Links-From Trauma to Resilience," and Miri Shacham. 10. Coping Modes of Zefat Residents During the Second Lebanon War. Lev Yossi, and Eshet Yovav, both at Bar-Ilan University 11. "Helping the Helpers" Cross-Cultural Program using the "BASIC Ph" Model. Yehuda Shacham. 12. Skradin Children: Longitudinal Study of Post Traumatic Reactions. Gina Lugovic, University of Zagreb. 13. School Project in Montenegro: During and after the Yugoslav War. Stress and Trauma among Adolescent Schoolchildren - A Model of Preventive Psychological Work in Accordance with the BASIC Ph Approach. Ljiljana Krkeljic, Podgorica, and Nevenka Pavlicic, KCCG Hospital, Podgorica. 14. Implementing the "BASIC Ph" Model in Post-Katrina Mississippi Gulf Coast. Ruvie Rogel, Wright State University and CSPC. 15. The "BASIC Ph" Model: An Approach for Building Business Resilience for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. Dorit Elmaliach, CSPC. Epilogue: Or a Short Ride into the Future. Mooli Lahad, Miri Shacham and Ofra Ayalon. List of Contributors. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Equality Act 2010 in Mental Health provides a critical guide to the Act: what it means for mental health services and how it should be implemented. It addresses each of the nine characteristics protected by the Act in turn, examining the research and practice issue associated with each and offering positive guidance. Contributors also highlight the broader issues associated with achieving equality in mental health, including conflicts between different forms of discrimination, the impact of budget cuts and the issue of inequality in wider society and how it relates to the mental health services. Finally, the book tackles organisational change and the implications for management practice, organisational structures and staff training. This book will be a valuable resource for those involved in providing mental health services, including managers and frontline workers across health and social care.Trade ReviewIt consolidates and extends a range of previous legislation in respect of race relations, gender discrimination and disability discrimination by outlining nine 'protected characteristics'. A number of guides have been written to help practitioners implement the Act but this appears to be the first with a specific focus on its possible implications for all those working within mental health services. This book aims to be an accessible guide to legal and technical information on the Act and attempts to provide practical ways of putting equality into mental health practice. -- The Psychiatric BulletinThis is an accessible, easy to understand and stimulating book on what can often be seen as either a theoretical topic or about addressing political correctness. -- British Journal of Occupational TherapyThis book is both rich and fascinating. It combines deep theoretical insight with acute pragmatism and never fails to engage the reader. The book will provide an indispensable guide to anyone who wishes to understand the context in which equality legislation must be implemented, or, frankly, why that legislation became necessary in the first place. -- David Hewitt, Solicitor and partner at Weightmans LLP, UK and author of The Nearest Relative Handbook 2nd editionTable of ContentsForeword. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Hári Sewell, HS Consultancy, UK. Part I. 1. The Equality Act 2010: The Letter and Spirit of the Law. Jo Honigmann, Just Equality, UK. 2. The Case for a Single Equalities Approach. Melba Wilson, HS Consultancy, UK. Part II: Evidence of Inequality. 3. Beyond Categories: Service Users as Complex Beings. Eleanor Hope, Sussex Partnership, UK. 4. Gendered Practice. Sue Waterhouse, HS Consultancy, UK. 5. Pregnancy and Maternity. Sue Waterhouse. 6. Marriage and Civil Partnership. Hári Sewell. 7. Age Equality. Barbara Vincent, Sussex Partnership, UK. 8. Disability. Hári Sewell. 9. Out and Equal: Towards Mental Health Equality for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) People. Sarah Carr, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), UK. 10. Race and Mental Health. Marcel Vige, National Mind, UK and Hári Sewell. 11. Gender Reassignment. Scott Durairaj and Jourdan Durairaj, Sussex Partnership Trust, UK. 12. Spirituality and Equalities. Peter Duncan Gilbert, Staffordshire University, UK. Part III: Essential Considerations. 13. The Prevalence of Traditional Psychiatric Models and Inherent Drivers of Inequality. Hári Sewell. 14. Conflicts within the Equalities Agenda. Hári Sewell. 15. The Impact of Cost Cutting on Equalities. Hári Sewell. 16. Good Enough Plans and Strategies: Getting the Balance Right for Effective Planning and Decision-Making - From Expediency to Pragmatism. Melba Wilson. Part IV: Change and Equalities.17. Applying Management Rigours to the Equality Agenda. Hári Sewell. 18. The Financial Case for Tackling Inequality. Melba Wilson and Hári Sewell. 19. Organisational Development Approaches. Hári Sewell and Cheryl Brodie, HS Consultancy, UK. 20. Skilling the Workforce. Hári Sewell and Cheryl Brodie. 21. Engaging Stakeholders and Communities. Hári Sewell. 22. Knowledge Management, New Technologies and Equalities. Tony Jameson-Allen, Evolution Networking Ltd, UK. Conclusion. Hári Sewell.

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Book SynopsisMeet Katie - a teenager with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Katie invites readers to learn about OCD from her perspective, helping them to understand what it is, how her obsessions and compulsions affect her daily life, and how people around her can help. With illustrations throughout, this will be an ideal introduction to OCD for both young people and older readers. It shows family, friends and teachers how they can support someone with the condition and will be an excellent way to start a conversation about OCD, in the classroom or at home.Trade ReviewI found these books (Can I tell you about OCD? And Can I tell you about Dementia?) easy to read and informative making them and extremely useful and valuable addition to any school library, and they definitely fill a gap in the market. -- The School LibrarianThis is one of the best books on OCD that I have ever read, describing the essentials for children and affected adolescents. A must-read also for parents and professionals! -- Per Hove Thomsen, Clinical Professor, M.D., Dr.Med.Sci., Psychiatric Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Risskov, DenmarkThis little gem is really accessible yet rigorous. A great source of information for young people with OCD, their families and teachers. -- Professor David Mataix-Cols, Ph.D., Professor and Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College LondonObsessive compulsive disorder is a common and very impairing condition that impacts millions of children worldwide. The presence of this condition and how to successfully navigate its treatment is often confusing for affected individuals and their families. "Can I tell you about OCD?" fills a gap in the literature by providing an easy-to-read, fun, and informative book about OCD, its treatment, and how loved ones can help. This book is a must-have for families of a youngster with OCD. -- Eric Storch, Ph.D., All Children's Hospital Guild Endowed Chair, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry & Neurosciences, University of South FloridaThis little book fills an important gap in the current literature available for children and teenagers with obsessive compulsive disorder...It will not only be a great relief to young people and their friends and families, who are trying to understand and deal with obsessions, but also to therapists. -- From the Foreword by Dr Isobel Heyman, MBBS, PhD, FRCPsych, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist to the National OCD Service for Young People, Maudsley Hospital London, and Consultant Psychiatrist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for ChildrenWith illustrations throughout, this will be an ideal introduction to OCD for both young people and older readers. It shows family, friends and teachers how they can support someone with the condition and will be an excellent way to start a conversation about OCD, in the classroom or at home... Friendly characters invite readers to learn about their experiences of living with a particular condition and how they would like to be helped and supported. These books serve as excellent starting points for family and classroom discussions. -- In Our Hands blogIt gives a very good overview for someone just beginning to understand the condition whether they are an adult or a child...for a young person who had previously felt lost and alone with these thoughts and behaviours, this could feel very reassuring and for many it may act as the first stepping stone towards engaging in treatment and working towards recovery. -- Pooky Knightsmith * In Our Hands *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Foreword by Isobel Heyman. 1. Introducing Katie, who has OCD. 2. Obsessions. 3. Compulsions. 4. Avoidance. 5. How I was diagnosed. 6. Why have I got OCD?. 7. How OCD affects school. 8. How OCD affects home. 9. How OCD affects friendships. 10. Treatments for OCD…..Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). 11.Treatments for OCD…..Medication. 12. How family and friends can help. 13. How I can be helped at school. Recommended reading, websites and organisations. Common obsessions and compulsions. Other disorders related to OCD.

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Book SynopsisAnxiety is the root cause of many of the difficulties experienced by people on the autism spectrum, and is often caused by things such as a change in routine, or sensory overload. Deborah Lipsky takes a practical look at what happens when things spiral out of control, exploring what leads to meltdowns and tantrums, and what can be done to help. Drawing on her own extensive personal experience and using real-life examples to explain how autistic people think, the author distinguishes between meltdowns and tantrums, showing how they are different, how each can begin, and most importantly, how to identify triggers and prevent outbursts from happening in the first place. Practical and simple solutions to avoiding anxiety are offered throughout, and these are accompanied by calming techniques and suggestions for dealing with tantrums when they occur. This book will be an essential read for those on the autism spectrum, their families and friends, professionals working with them, and anybody else with an interest in autism spectrum conditions.Trade ReviewA highly engaging texts, with illustrations drawn from personal experience, From Anxiety to Meltdown provides valuable insights into daily challenges faced by individuals with autism spectrum and highlights how aspects of the environment both with regard to sensory issues and cognitive demands can increase anxiety and lead to meltdown... I would recommend this text to parents, teachers, and professionals who care for and support childrn and young people with autism. -- DebateThis excellent book explains how anxiety causes meltdowns in autism... The book is well written and informative; much of the information is a reminder of how reactions to the environment can be so differnt etween individuals with autism and neurotypicals. -- AukidsThis book acts as a guide for people who want to gain a better understanding about how individuals on the autistic spectrum deal with anxiety, meltdowns and manifest tantrums... The author offers some good ideas and guides on how to avoid and reduce anxiety in certain situations... Deborah Lipsky certainly guides the reader through how anxiety can affect people with autism and how to deal with this in a very personal, approachable manner. -- Youth in MindPeople with autism are very good at worrying, and we now have neurological studies suggesting that high levels of anxiety are indeed a constitutional aspect of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Deborah Lipsky's book provides a wealth of insight, explanations and practical strategies based on her personal experiences. As a clinician, I endorse her analysis of the causes of anxiety and meltdowns, and know she will receive the gratitude of parents, teachers, psychologists and people with an Autism Spectrum Disorder for her recommendations and interventions. This book could be more effective than medication, and is less expensive than a consultation with a clinical psychologist. -- Tony Attwood, Clinical Psychologist and author of The Complete Guide to Asperger's SyndromeI very much relate to and appreciate Deborah Lipsky's book so much I think the title should read 'From Anxiety to Meltdown to Living Lovely'. From now on when people ask me to explain why I have meltdowns and how they can help me recover I think I will just hand them a copy of this book. -- Liane Holliday Willey, EdD author of Safety Skills for Asperger Women: How to Save a Perfectly Good Female LifeDeborah Lipsky provides her inside view on anxiety and meltdowns in autism. She explains how she controls her anxiety. -- Temple Grandin, author of Thinking in Pictures and The Way I See ItWritten by a person with high functioning autism this book provides first hand experiences of what it is like to be autistic. That alone would make this book a must read but this book is so much more... The book is easy reading and the author provides interesting anecdotes to explain points which keeps the readers interest... on finishing it the reader really feels like they have a clear understanding of the triggers of meltdowns and strategies to support the individual. I feel that this is a useful book for anyone working or caring for children or young people with autism. -- NAPLIC MattersDeborah Lipsky's analogy of a person with autism being rather like a tiger was thought provoking and quite understandable. The book is easy to read and uses easy to understand language making it accessible to the majority. It gives an excellent insight into the mind of someone with autism and how the condition can affect them. The information about how to calm a person with autism was particularly interesting from a non autistic point of view and how the use of scripts can help lower the anxieties of people with Autism. The use of the examples in the book also give a better understanding of how situations are interpreted differently between autistic and non autistic people.A good book for anyone working with people on the Autistic Spectrum. -- OAASISDeborah Lipsky, the self dubbed Raccoon Lady, has written a must read for people like me... So here, Deborah provides great insight into the thought processes and thinking patterns applicable to many people on the spectrum,. Her perspective may not be unique, in that there are lots of other autistic people with similar viewpoints, but trouble is that not enough of them have written a book about it to enlighten us. So here is the opportunity... Her insights, tips and approach should prove invaluable to many, but for me, I was particularly interested to read about the interplay between anxiety, OCD, stress and how these elements can affect someone in their adult life. Her account provides ample evidence about mechanisms as possible, as well as the need to teach and practice flexible thinking. I was delighted to read about Deborah's challenging and fulfilling life, which I'm sure will prove inspirational to both parents and autistic children. It would be far too sweeping to say, "Nothing holds you back except the limits imposed by yourself", but the impulse to self-censure is a commonplace part of the human condition. -- Whitterer on AutismI actually enjoyed reading this book and found it very readable. I particularly appreciated the personal anecdotes and her forthright opinions....She is very careful to clearly explain and then illustrate everything with examples and thereby ensures that the reader fully understands what causes meltdowns and how they feel....She gives many suggestions about how to spot when a meltdown is imminent and to prevent it before its too late. There is also a mine of information about how to adapt a person's life so that they are not overwhelmed, without having to totally withdraw from life and how to prepare for unwanted but inevitable changes to plans....I totally agree with her focus and feel that she has struck the perfect balance between helping the child/adult learn strategies to manage and control their anxiety and also those around them putting in an equal amount of effort to accommodate the person on the spectrum....On a personal level I could relate to much of what she says and I suspect that many parents with children on the spectrum will find it not only instructive in helping their child, but also for themselves....If you are struggling with a child who is constantly being aggressive and having meltdowns this book goes a long way to explaining why and what you can do about it....For parents who are beginning to feel that their child is just bad, or where schools feel that the child is just badly disciplined then this book will help to change their false cognitions....This is a must read for parents, learning support assistants, social workers, teachers and psychologists and will give them much needed insight and empathy." -- AS TeensDrawing on her extensive personal experience as a high-functioning autistic individual and using real-life examples to explain how autistic people think, the author highlight how meltdowns and tantrums differ from each other and discusses the sources they can stem from... Practical and simple solutions for avoiding anxiety are offered throughout, accompanied by calming techniques and suggestions for ways to deal with tantrums, when they occur. -- Human GivensTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Seeing the World Through Our Eyes. 2. Anxiety: Friend or Foe? 3. How Anxiety Impacts Our Cognitive Abilities. 4. Rituals and Routines: A Natural Defense for Anxiety. 5. What is a Meltdown? 6. How Does a Tantrum Differ from a Meltdown? 7. Meltdown Triggers. 8. Communication Triggers that Cause Meltdowns. 9. Meltdown Interventions.

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Book SynopsisSelf-esteem is the building block of therapy and wellness and is crucial in overcoming depression and anxiety and in leading a fulfilling, functional life. Filled with hundreds of practical activities to help clients build their self-esteem as they become increasingly mindful and self-aware, this book contains a rich assortment of approaches from art therapy, dialectical behavioral and cognitive behavioral therapy. The innovative and established methods examined in the book are based on sound, evidence-based techniques, illustrated with real client experiences, to help therapists gain a greater understanding of how the approaches take effect. This is an essential resource of activities for all art therapists, as well as counsellors, psychologists, other mental health professionals and social workers interested in using art therapy techniques in their work. It is appropriate for use with a wide variety of clients and patients, including those suffering from depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.Trade ReviewSusan Buchalter's book offers art therapists a broad range of practical exercises and techniques for enhancing self-esteem in adults. Practitioners may find this book a useful resource, particularly when applied alongside more directive approaches such as CBT and DBT. -- Debbie Michaels, HCPC Registered Art Psychotherapist and Associate Lecturer, Art Therapy Northern ProgrammeTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Art Therapy. 2. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. 3. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. 4. Mindfulness. 5. Self-Awareness. 6. Self-Care. 7. Reflective Writing. 8. Diverse Directives. 9. Advice on How to Lead a Healthier, Happier, More Fulfilling Life. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisSince Napoleon''s invasion of Egypt in 1798, the western traveller has been obsessed with the Pharaohs and Egypt''s ancient past. Her Islamic culture has been largely ignored, and the pyramids have been allowed to cast a long shadow over the visual culture of Islamic Cairo, obscuring a magnificent art and architectural heritage that has lasted over a thousand years, from the building of the Mosque of Amr in the seventh century to that of Muhammad Ali in the nineteenth. Cairo is full of masterpieces of medieval art and architecture reflecting the status of Egypt as the centre of several significant Muslim empires. The purpose of this book is to redress the cultural balance and examine the art and architectural treasures of Cairo from the Arab to the Ottoman conquests (642-1517). Set within an historical narrative, the stylistic development of the visual arts is explained within changing religious, social and political contexts. Examples of the decorative arts - ceramics, glass, woodwork, metalwork, textiles and manuscripts - are examined in the Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, and other major collections in Europe and the USA.Architecture and the decorative arts are dealt with separately with detailed descriptions, illustrating how the story of Islamic art and architecture is one of continuing adaptation and change. By concentrating on Cairo''s Islamic art and architecture, Yeomans has created a study of Islamic style which is unprecedented in its historical scope. Fully illustrated with over 200 vivid photographs, plans and elevations and a comprehensive glossary of architectural terms, this book will be essential reading for architects, designers and historians; indeed, for anyone with an appreciation of one of the world''s finest and richest architectural legacies, tragically under threat.

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Book SynopsisAlice Miller has achieved recognition for her revolutionary work on the causes and effects of child abuse - here she works towards demolishing the wall of silence which surrounds the sufferings of early childhood as they affect everyday life, politics, the media, psychiatry and psychotherapy. An infant's trust and dependency on its parents, its longing to be loved and be able to love in return, are boundless. To exploit this dependency, to confuse a child's longings and abuse its trust by pretending that this is somehow good for it, Alice Miller condemns as a criminal act, committed time and again out of ignorance and the refusal to change. The essential first stage in this healing process is feeling the truth of our experience. Only this, Alice Miller writes, can enable us to recognise childhood events and resolve their consequences so that we can lead a conscious, responsible life. If we know and feel what happened to us then, we will never wish to harm ourselves or others now.Trade ReviewEvery parent should read her * EDNA O'BRIEN *Alice Miller changed the way I think about my own life * SARA PARETSKY *

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Book SynopsisThis dictionary provides a key to concepts used by transactional analysts which is accessible to those new to the field but also has the depth required for advanced studies.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. The Dictionary. Appendix 1: Reading list. Appendix 2: Winners of the Eric Berne Memorial Award. Appendix 3: Codes of Ethics. References.

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Book SynopsisPeggy Natiello's collection of work, spanning over 25 years, has become a favourite amongst students on Person-Centred courses throughout the UK. In the foreword, Jules Seeman observes the work to be 'immensely personal ...taking us to the heart of each issue that she touches.' It is also a scholarly, much referenced work on collaborative power and gender issues.Trade ReviewReading this book was the journey I needed. Peggy Natiello informs, illuminates and inspires with this thoughtful and clear account of what 'a way of being' really means. In an age when therapists frequently feel the pressure to add yet another technique to their tool bag, this book is fresh air and reminds us that it is the relationship and quality of being which heals and that this is unique to each encounter. For anyone seeking to understand the person-centred approach, this book will give a real insight into the rigour, discipline, courage and depth required. For those already committed, this timely book with its many examples deepens our understanding of the radical, political, yet deeply personal nature of this way of being. Not since reading my first Carl Rogers book, have I been so moved, empowered and affirmed. Jenny Biancardi, Person-Centred practitioner. Peggy Natiello's original voice strikes the same chords of excitement, empowerment and integrity stirred in me when sitting with her and Carl Rogers in their training program some twenty years ago. On reading this book I felt intellectually aroused, supported in deep reflection on my practice and passionate about doing this work. This level of introductory clarity and theoretical intricacy is hard to find. It is a gift. Carol Wolter-Gustafson, Person-centred practitioner and academic.Table of ContentsTheory and Practice Easy to Understand; Difficult to Practice; It's the Being, Not the Doing; The Person-centered Relationship The Relationship that Heals; For a Quality Relationship Include Equality; An Argument for Client Self-determination; Power and the Person-Centered Approach Collaborative Power and Social Change; Collaborative Power: Can it Succeed in the World of Work?; Training for Person-centered Facilitation Preparing to Practice A Person-centered Training Program; From the Intern's Point of View; Large Groups and Community From Group to Community; Healing the Wounds of Sexism for Men and Women; Conclusion What's Next?

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Book SynopsisGenuineness, transparency, authenticity and realness are all terms used to convey Rogers' concept of congruence. This book is the first to specifically focus on, and collect critical explorations of, this under under-studied therapeutic condition. Drawing on the work of an international collection of leading writers, serious students of person-centred theory now have writing representing the most vibrant contemporary thinking on congruence thoughtfully drawn together in one volume.Table of ContentsHistorical Perspectives Sheila Haugh A Historical Review of the Development of the Concept of Congruence in Person-Centred Therapy Soti Grafanaki What Counselling Research has Taught us About the Concept of Congruence: Main Discoveries and Unresolved Issues Theory and Practice Germain Lietaer Being Genuine as a Therapist: Congruence and transparency Barbara Temaner Brodley Congruence and its Relation to Communication in Client-centered Therapy Gill Wyatt The Multifaceted Nature of Congruence within the Therapeutic Relationship Ivan Ellingham Carl Rogers' 'Congruence' as an Organismic, Not a Freudian, Concept Sheila Haugh The Difficulties in the Conceptualisation of Congruence: A Way forward with Complexity Theory? Leslie S. Greenberg and Shari M. Geller Congruence and Therapeutic Presence Mia Leijssen Authenticity Training: An exercise for therapists The Wider Context and Links to the Other Conditions Per-Anders Tengland A Conceptual Discussion of Incongruence and Mental Health Tony Merry Congruence and the Supervision of Client-Centred Therapists Jerold D. Bozarth Congruence: A special way of being Julius Seeman On Congruence: A human system paradigm Peter F. Schmid Authenticity: The person as his or her own author. Dialogical and ethical perspectives on therapy as an encounter relationship. And beyond Gill Wyatt A Synthesis and Implications

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Book SynopsisWhat is empathy? Is it a basic human characteristic? Is there a biological basis for it? How does it work in therapy? Is it a necessary condition for therapeutic change? Sheila Haugh and Tony Merry have assembled a formidable collection of distinguished writers from Client-Centred Therapy and the Person-Centred Approach to help the serious student examine these and other important questions.Table of ContentsHistorical Perspectives Nathaniel J. Raskin The History of Empathy in the Client-centered Movement Barbara Temaner Brodley Observations of Empathic Understanding in a Client-centered Practice Theory and Practice John Shlien Empathy in Psychotherapy: Vital Mechanism? Yes. Therapist's Conceit? All too Often. By Itself Enough? No. Peter F. Schmid Comprehension: The art of not knowing. Dialogical and Ethical Perspectives on Empathy as Dialogue in Personal and Person-centered relationships Per-Anders Tengland Empathy: Its meaning and its place in a theory of therapy Fred Zimring Empathic Understanding Grows the Person ... Art Bohart Emphasising the Future in Empathy Responses Laura North Rice The Evocative Function of the Therapist Jerold D. Bozarth Beyond Reflection: Emergent modes of empathy Jerold D. Bozarth An Addendum to Beyond Reflection: Emergent modes of empathy (August 2001) Garry Prouty A New Mode of Empathy: Empathic contact Ute Binder and Johannes Binder A Theoretical Approach to Empathy Margaret Warner Empathy, Relational Depth and Difficult Client Process Elisabeth Zinschitz Understanding What Seems Unintelligible Mike Worrall Supervision and Empathic Understanding PART THREE: The Wider Context and Links to the Other Conditions Mick Cooper Embodied Empathy Richard Baughan and Tony Merry Empathy: An evolutionary/biological perspective Sheila Haugh and Tony Merry Empathy in Context: The joining of the streams

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Book SynopsisUnderstudied to the point of being ignored, conditions one and six of Carl Rogers' 'Necessary and Sufficient' conditions are given due attention for the first time in this volume. Writers from three continents put psychological contact and the client's perception of the therapist not only on the theoretical map, but at the very centre of it. The result is a series of papers outlining genuine new theory and practice for all counsellors and therapists, not only those of a person-centred persuasion.Trade Review- should be carefully considered by all serious followers of the person-centred approach. Rob Hooper, Open Studies Fellow in Counselling, Counselling Psychotherapy Journal, UK, October 2002.Table of ContentsHistorial Perspectives. The History of Conditions One and Six by Pete Sanders and Gill Wyatt; Perceptual Variables of the Helping Relationship: A measuring system and its fruits by Godfrey Barrett-Lennard. Theory and Practice. Pre-Therapy: An essay in philosophical psychology by Garry Prouty. Pre-Therapy as a Theoretical System by Garry Prouty. The Practice of Pre-Therapy by Garry Prouty. Psychological Contact, Meaningful Process and Human Nature. A reformulation of Person-centred theory by Margaret S Warner. Psychological Contact as Dialectical Construction by William J Whelton & Leslie S Greenberg. Perception: The core element in person-centered and experiential psychotherapies by Shake G. Toukmanian. Basic requirements for Contact and Perception in Person-centred Therapy and the Implications for Clients with Learning Disabilites by Elisabeth Zinschitz. Contact in the Therapy of Trauma and Dissociation by Ton Coffeng. Prouty's Pre-Therapy and Contact-work with a braod Range of Persons' Pre-expressive Functioning by Dion Van Werde. The Wider Context and Links to Other Conditions. Presence: Im-media-te co-experiencing and co-responding by Peter F Schmid. Psychological Contact Through Person-Centered Expressive Arts by Shellee Davis. Sexual Orientation and Psychological Contact by Dominic Davies and Maggie Aykroyd. Madness and Mysticism in Perceiving the other: Toward a radical organismic, person-centred interpretation by Ivan Ellingham. In the Space Between by Rose Cameron. Sharing Life Therapy: A personal and extended way of being with clients by Regina Stamatiais. Contact and Perception: A beginning by Pete Sanders and Gill Wyatt.

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Book SynopsisBarry Long''s RIGHT MEDITATION is a five-step guide to the art of spiritual life. It''s the product of the author''s vast knowledge and his own practice during more than forty years as a spiritual teacher. In his plain-spoken, accessible way, he takes us through the five essential steps that lead away from emotional pain into the sensation of the body, towards fulfilment and freedom and finally to a reality beyond life and death. These teachings are about no longer being a slave to your emotional self. They are about your reality as an individual, being alive with sensation and accelerating your intelligence, until finally you overcome your attachment to existence and the fear of death.RIGHT MEDITATION was written just before he died in 2003 and concluded his life''s work."This whole meditation is about you, your deeper reality."

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Book SynopsisWhat's behind the narcissistic behaviour of political leaders, wild opinion on social media, and polarised debates? How to tame the political animal: The missing piece is a journey of discovery of the underlying behaviour patterns that make us politically self-centred, and effectively, less human. From the holy sites in Jerusalem to popular revolutions in the Arab world, this book builds on John Bell's extensive experience as a diplomat and mediator in the Middle East to show how we ignore this key dimension of our politics at our peril. By breaking down the ingredients of what constitutes our political ego and how they work, this book provides us with the means to master it.Table of ContentsIntroduction - Adventures on a blue line, The hidden dimension, The magnified self, We are all involved, Mastering the political ego,Transforming our group mind, A larger purpose

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Book SynopsisThis classic book on the psychology of communication has sold over 150,000 copies. Dr Laborde uses techniques derived primarily from NLP to create a set of state-of-the-art skills which the reader can use to improve any interaction. Extremely popular with management trainers and business and sales people for its methodological and straightforward approach to this complex subject.Trade Review".. . one of the most skilful, energetic and articulate presenters of the models developed through the NLP process." - John Grinder.

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Book SynopsisIn a Victorian-era German asylum, seamstress Agnes Richter painstakingly stitched a mysterious autobiographical text into every inch of the jacket she created from her institutional uniform. Despite every attempt to silence them, hundreds of other patients have managed to get their stories out, at least in disguised form, and so it continues today. A vast gulf exists between the way medicine explains psychiatric illness and the experiences of those who suffer. Hornstein's brilliant work helps us to bridge that gulf, guiding us through the inner lives of those diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar illness, depression, and paranoia and emerging with nothing less than a new model for understanding so-called 'mental illness', one another and ourselves. One which asks not 'what's wrong with you' but 'what happened to you and how did you manage to survive?'Trade Review"Reading Agnes's Jacket changed the course of my life. In this book Gail Hornstein undertakes a remarkable investigation into the experiences of people who - like me - have found themselves caught up in the 'mad world' of mental illness. In this compelling account of a personal quest spanning centuries and continents, seeking to better comprehend what it is to go mad, Gail Hornstein connects us to a whole new world of hitherto hidden networks, radical voices and marvellous stories of survival, recovery and beyond. Mental illness can be a profoundly isolating experience. Since discovering Agnes's Jacket I know that I am part of a growing global community of people - either 'experts by experience or experts by profession' - who push forward towards a more humane and hopeful understanding of the meanings of madness." Bobby Baker, author of 'Diary Drawings', Mind Book of the Year 2011 "An amazing psychological adventure story. Hornstein, an academic psychologist with the skills of a first-rate journalist, enters the world of the truly 'mad' and comes out with profound lessons about her profession and herself." Barbara Ehrenreich "It would be difficult to over-praise this book. Beautifully written, combining intellectual rigour with the tension of a detective story, it uses historical and modern material to document the struggles and opposition faced by those called mad who simply wish to tell their own stories. A superb addition to the increasing number of critiques of the medicalisation of distress." Mary Boyle "Compelling and beautifully done." Susie Orbach "An insightful and eloquent exploration of the subjective experiences of madness. The curiosity and wisdom of the author illuminates our understanding of the complex mysteries of the human condition." Jacqui DillonTable of ContentsA new introduction by the author for the UK edition 1. The Voice Hearer 2. Beyond Belief 3. The Network 4. Mavericks in Maastricht 5. Who's Crazy Now? 6. Freedom Centre 7. Prisoner Abuse 8. He might be Houdini 9. Field Notes 10. Peter, who comes from Jesus 11. Philosophy of a Lunatic 12. Whitsbury House 13. Experts by Experience 14. Secrets and Hostages 15. Train Tracks 16. Free Speech 17. Trauma and Testimony 18. Displaced Persons 19. The Mental Market 20. Hunger Strikers 21. The Late Quartets 22. Hidden in Plain Sight 23. Visions Wrapped in Riddles 24. Written on the Body 25. The Wounds does the Healing 25. Finding What Works and What Doesn't Acknowledgements Notes Resources Index

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Book SynopsisMind in Harmony will interest anyone who is curious to know what Buddhism has to say about the mind. Readers who already know something about Buddhism in general, and fancy taking the plunge into Buddhist psychology, will find plenty here to stimulate them, and an accessible introduction to this technical subject. Subhuti describes the mind from the Buddhist point of view, and shows how such knowledge can serve as a practical tool for mind training.

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Book SynopsisWhat gets in the way of our understanding other people? So asks psychologist Brian Levitt in this challenging and reflective book questioning much that is taken for granted in his profession. Levitt argues that we must keep questioning our training and beliefs if we are to see people better. Here, he deconstructs the foundational concepts of psychology and, drawing on his 25 years as a person-centred practitioner in a range of settings, helps us to look at them with fresh eyes. His book offers both young and more seasoned psychologists a refreshing alternative to conventional clinical texts with its message to look beyond theory and control and respect the complexity of the people we meet in our work.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Part 1 - Science is dead, 1 - Life-giver, 2 - Misalignment, 3 - Paradigms lost; Part 2 - Beyond theory and control, 4 - The cult of personality theory, 5 - Diagnosis disorder, 6 - Personality as numbers, 7 - The delusion of a shared language; Part 3 - The impersonal is political, 8 - Welcome to the machine, 9 - It's about the power, 10 - Fear itself; Conclusion - egoless practice.

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Book SynopsisEndorsed by OCR and written by Cara Flanagan and a team of highly experienced authors, teachers and examiners, OCR Psychology for A Level: Book 2 offers high-quality support you can trust. // Covers issues in mental health and all four of the applied psychology options. // Each topic is divided into four spreads: 'Background', 'Key research', 'Linking it together' and 'Application'. // Each spread contains self-assessment questions to allow students to check their understanding as they progress through the course and the content of each spread is specifically tailored to exam requirements. // Designed to motivate students of all abilities with a stunning visual style that students will love. // Plenty of practical ideas and activities are included for class and homework exercises. // Exam preparation is supported across the book with advice and practice for practical application and core studies questions with example questions, student answers with teacher comments.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Issues in mental health; Chapter 2 Child psychology; Chapter 3 Criminal psychology; Chapter 4 Environmental psychology; Chapter 5 Sports and exercise psychology

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Book SynopsisThe ultimate guide to securing your place at university to study psychology.Now in its 15th edition, Getting into Psychology Courses is packed with detailed advice and up-to-date information to guide you through the decision-making process and help you prepare a strong university application.This practical and comprehensive book will lead you through every stage of the process, including: What to consider when choosing the right course and university for you Support on how to prepare a winning UCAS application and personal statement Advice on gaining that all-important work experience Information on what to expect at interview and tips on how to shine Details of the different careers a psychology degree can lead to First-hand case studies from current students and recent graduates MPW Guides explain the complex procedures for getting into higher education. Written

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking formula of interlocking ideas which integrate circadian physiology with the transformations that constitute human life. Based on forty years of clinical practice, Julian Barker takes knowledge, information, and data from various disciplines, presenting an integrative model of health, linking circadian biology with the psychosocial human being. He develops a theory that attempts to explain how medicinal plants modify human physiology and how they contribute to health. Aimed at the student acquiring knowledge and developing the skills to practise medicine as well as the qualified herbal practitioner, this thought-provoking work breaks new ground in health theory.Trade Review'This book is a gem. Julian Barker is a graduate of the first (1978) cohort of the UK School of Phytotherapy who has been in full time clinical practice for over forty years; an accomplished independent scholar, he has also taught philosophy in graduate level herbal medicine. Kudos to Aeon Books for giving our collective privileged access to this summation of an individual lifetime’s work... Barker’s book supplies a provisional cartography of the world of western herbal medicine - a work-in-progress navigational aid for the individual practitioner and potential resource for the collective that can help advance our way of knowing our medicine for the coming period. It also assumes that the psycho-spiritual dimension of practice is at root about the self-transformation of the practitioner, which is another key to collective progress. For herbal students seriously intending to practice the medicine, this book is an incomparable resource – a gift that will keep on giving. For long time practitioners it could become an ever-ready companion to the contemplation of their own process.' Jonathan Treasure, Integrative Holistic Practitioner & Master HerbalistTable of ContentsPREFACE THE ORGANISATION OF THE TEXT PART ONE: POISE SECTION ONE: HEALTH: WHAT CAN WE MEAN? - Definitions of health - Definition of health for the purposes of the current work - The scope and purpose of the model - The limitations of the model Model of health in this current work SECTION TWO: AXIOMS, THEOREMS AND IDEOLOGY - Split personalities - Personalities restored - Axioms - Human development - Mind, thoughts, conceptions - The sound of one hand clapping - There is no life without motion - There is no life without energy SECTION THREE: THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF THE ADAPTIVE RESPONSE - Five crucial interlocking ideas - 1/5: Mindedness - 2/5: The interconnected matrices - 3/5: Life as trajectory - Human drives as a function of time - 4/5: Capacitance - 5/5: The distribution of energy (maintenance of a ratio between capacitance and adaptation) - Recapitulation of Section 3 – The biological basis of the adaptive - Some examples of accumulation and discharge - The constant cycle of accumulation and discharge - The adaptive capacity - Summary of common chronic conditions - Footnote to Section 3: adaptive capacity is not a heritable trait SECTION FOUR: POISE AS AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO HEALTH - Parallel worlds - Binaries: the garden with forking paths - Circadian binaries and transition zones - Symmetry - Gaia’s sister: the biosphere—separations and divisions - Things and events - Boundary conditions - Bounded states - Where do we draw the line and with what do we draw it? - Essentialism - Soil - Gaia’s children: fauns and fauna - Separations and divisions - Fixation - Oscillation - Fixation SECTION FIVE: THE TERRAIN: MIND AND MINDEDNESS - The necessity for a concept of terrain - Organisational structure - Structure and information - The trajectory - Physiology as music - Anatomy and physiology in time - Resonance - Lines and penetrance - Rationality - Reason - Bipolarity - Facts and occasions - Things and events - The structure of the terrain - Stabilising the trajectory - Causality and scale: death and life - Mindedness in the structure of poise - The hypothalamic mind - Mindedness - Consciousness - Poise as stabiliser of the trajectory - The adaptors and regulators of poise - The analogic mind - Consciousness - A memory is always an abstraction SECTION SIX: LIMITATIONS OF THEORY - Escape from limitations - Time and drive - Rheology - Patterns and drivers 1. The hypothalamic–pituitary driver 2. Cholinergic and aminergic referees/regulators 3. Hypothalamic–posterior pituitary Intensifiers 4. Organ responders and pacemakers - Potential applications of theory - Configuration of the terrain within the human body - Moravec’s paradox - The materialist defence SECTION SEVEN: HEALTH AND POISE - The hypothalamic mind - Mindedness - Consciousness - Poise as stabiliser of the trajectory - The adaptors and regulators of poise - The analogic mind - Consciousness - A memory is always an abstraction PART TWO: PEOPLE: WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE CLINIC Preface to Part Two SECTION EIGHT: PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICINE - The medical theoretician - Alternative medicine - Traditional medicine - What is the alternative to medicine? SECTION NINE: THE CONSULTATION IN SOCIAL CONTEXT - The setting the speech the style the point the outcome - Whom do we treat? - The presentation - Classification of patients? - The Worried Well - Discomfort - Contrarians - Fugitives - Preaching to the converted - Consumer health-ists - Difficult patients - Self–defeating patients - Anxious patients - Common–sense pluralists - One–offs - Cost - The functions of a physician - Good medicine - The great divide - The cobbler’s children go to school barefoot - Continuity and belonging - Style - Loyalty and power - Your own style - Fashion and style - The practice is organic - Could herbs help my husband? SECTION TEN: STAGES IN THE CLINICAL PROCESS - The clinical process - Observation precedes the physical examination - The consultation as data collection - Records - Stages in the process - Judgements - Advice - Assessment of the terrain from the history and examination - The presentation of the patient - Time of day - The circadian moment - Our fractal histories SECTION ELEVEN: CLINICAL EXAMINATION - The face - Tongue, eye and pulse - The voice - Hair - Chilly mortals - Containment - Bodily cavities in the axial skeleton - The musculoskeletal system - Zoning - Human cartography SECTION TWELVE: SYSTEMIC REVIEW - Sleep - Fatigue - Confusion - Lungs and colon - Heart - Energy, Drive and fatiguability - Balance in the broadest sense - Digestive system - Teeth - Renal or sifting system - Skin, hair and circulation - Hands, feet and circulation - Menstrual history - Asymmetric symptoms - Seasonal - Snap observations APPENDIX TO SECTIONS TEN, ELEVEN AND TWELVE: RECOMMENDATIONS SHEETS - Sheet 1. General recommendations towards helpful dietary habits � � � - Sheet 2. Special recommendations towards reducing the provocation of insulin (as well as blood lipids) and reducing abdominal fat - Sheet 3. Iron - Sheet 4. Daily breathing exercise - Sheet 5. Seasonal fasting - Sheet 6. GOUT and high levels of uric acid in the blood SECTION THIRTEEN: PATTERNS OF LIFE - Staging, cycling and timing - The primes of life - Integrality: comparing and contrasting - A chart of ages - Think of a number - Biorhythms - Biological time - Photosensitivity - Claims of sensitivity - Meteoropathy and barometric sensitivity - Acoustic hypersensitivity - Biological time and infectious illness - Recovery time - Sleep - The parallel brains - Modules of sleep - The alternation between sleeping and feeding Ratios - In summary ECTION FOURTEEN: THE PATIENT AS PERSONALITY - Four element theory - Contemporary theories of personality - Personality and age - The patient as personality - Alternators - Alternators as a failure of circadian entrainment - Mental states - Mood swings - Mood stabilisation - Containment - Creativity - Promiscuity and paradoxical loyalty as a response to separation anxiety - Mental illness is always social illness - Attachment and detachment - Configuration - All of our lives are a continuity - Act and activation - Pleasure and pain as alternators - Personality and clinical assessment - Anxiety and personality - Personality and time - Personality as behaviour - Wilfulness and selflessness - Will and willingness - Personality as an emergence from family - The pivotal person - The sacrificial personality - The patient as personality - The patient as commodity - The human economy - The human ecology - Personality as outcome - Personality forgotten - Accumulation and discharge–recapitulation Multiple choice SECTION FIFTEEN: THE CLINICAL ARENA: SPACE AND TIME - The appointment - The space - Holding the space - Sacred space - Mimesis - What is herbal medicine good for? - Enthusiasm - The Ailment: What does the patient wish for? Where exactly is the problem? � � � � � - Health: the elusive diagnosis - Complaints: a metaphor? SECTION SIXTEEN: THE PRACTITIONER OF MEDICINE - Empathy and the dressing–up box - Imagination - Improvisation - An actor prepares - Ambiguity - Style of herbal medicine in Britain - A broad church SECTION SEVENTEEN: THE UNCONSCIOUS - Repression - Leaking - Eurocentric - Unknowing - Dreams and dreaming: the facets of life - Healing - Reflexive collectivism - Triangles of identity - Fixity and range - Liminality - Zeal, family size and escape from the shadows SECTION EIGHTEEN: THE ENTRAINMENT OF POISE - Symbolic and pragmatic thinking - Evidence based medicine - He who pays the piper calls the tune - A definition of poise - Uniqueness and the biology of poise - Loss of capacitance leads to symptoms of subjective illness - Capacitors - Fatigue, listlessness and depression - Poise is modifiable - Is it really healthy to never get ill? - Persistence - A diagrammatic representation of poise - Accidents, distractions and dithering - Power and purpose - Quantifying poise - Fibonacci number series and spatial and temporal relationships Metaphors of poise - The sailing boat - Being under the weather - Hill and stream - Opening and closing the fan - The poise economy - Memorialists and poise - The therapeutic enhancement of poise PART THREE: PLANTS Preface to Part Three SECTION NINETEEN: MINDEDNESS IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS - Humoralism - The pharmaceutical model - Why plants? how do they work? - How do plants exert an effect upon the human body? - Colloids and films - Essentialism - Terrain - Belief, facts and assertions - The four drives - Coherence - Theraps - Fake projection and authentic acquaintance - Replacement therapies - The medicinal act SECTION TWENTY: THE MULTI–MODAL HYPOTHESIS FOR THE ACTIONS OF MEDICINAL PLANTS: SENSORY PRIMING AND STOCHASTIC RESONANCE - The multi–modal hypothesis for the action of medicinal plants - Sensory priming - Stochastic resonance - Pulsatility - Poly–cyclicity - Similarity and sameness, differentiation and uniqueness - Family resonance - Personalised medicine - Trials and tribulations SECTION TWENTY ONE: MEDICINAL PLANTS - Polyvalence and contradiction - Contradictions within the prescription - Drugs or adaptogens - Stimulus—organisation—response events or SORe - Symptomatic treatments - Is the medicinal plant an object or a process? - Chemical constituents of plants - Structure and function - Animal impulses and plant responses - What can we do? SECTION TWENTY TWO: MODES METHODS AND PARADIGMS OF TREATMENT - The priority of needs - The treatment of ailments - Spasmophilia and the steps in the fall from poise - Problems with initiating recovery - Adverse effects on the side - A health reminder - Ageing and poise: losing the ratio - Inclination and poise - Ailments and poise - Alternation - Segmented systems - Alternation prescribing for alternators - Treat the insomnias by managing circadian entrainment - The parallel interlocked systems of homeostasis and circadian - All along the digestive tract: the many presentations of dysfunction - Fussy eaters - Gastro–oesophageal reflux - Bloating or postprandial fatigue - Intestinal transit - Diverticulosis - Pain - Pain referred but also displaced - Daily medicinal plants in food - The disadvantages of stamina - An approach to migraine and asthma - Gout and hyperuricaemia - Chilblains - Heavy legs - Essential hypertension - Pimples, styes, boils, lipomas - Eczema and psoriasis - Upper respiratory infections - Arthralgia and myalgia - The bow wave - The treatment of pre–menstrual syndromes as well as low fecundity - Advice and habit - Eating meditation - Modal treatments - Alcohol (harmful use) - Anxiety - Acne - Anaemia (and Genital Ratio) - Arthralgia and myalgia, aching and stiffness Calamitous expectation - Children and adolescents - Congestion - Disconnected states - IBS–A - Intolerance - Osteoporosis - Wobbly states SECTION TWENTY THREE: PLANT TAXONOMY AND SYSTEMATICS Botany Appendix to section on plant taxonomy and systematics Nineteenth century - de Candolle in France - Lindley in Britain - Engler & Prantl in much of Continental Europe - Bentham & Hooker in Britain Twentieth century - Bessey in the United States - Hutchinson in Britain - Dahlgren - Benson - Kubitzki system - Lyman David Benson. plant classification 1957 Principles of the taxonomy of the vascular plants in the twenty-first century A list of useful vascular plants Arranged according to recent phylogenetic research (APG IV 2016) - Lycopods Clubmosses - Ferns - Leptosporangiate Ferns - Gymnosperms - Angiosperms - Basal Angiosperms 3 Families - Magnoliids 17 Families - Monocots - Eudicots - Leguminosae SECTION TWENTY FOUR: MATERIA MEDICA Lists of plants Recommendations for the dispensary Gymnosperms Pinaceae - Pinus Monocots Amaryllidaceae - Alliums Asparagaceae - Convallaria - Ruscus Zingiberaceae - Zingiber Poaceae (= Gramineae) - Agropyron - Zea Eudicots Papaveraceae - Fumaria Ranunculaceae - Anemone (alternative therapeutic name Pulsatilla) Grossulariaceae - Ribes Leguminosae Fabaceae - Glycyrrhiza - Galega - Medicago - Melilotus - Trigonella Rosaceae - Agrimonia - Alchemilla - Filipendula - Prunus - Rubus fruticosus: Brambles - Rubus idaeus - Poterium or Sanguisorba - Crataegus - Rosa Ulmaceae - Ulmus Cannabaceae - Humulus Urticaceae - Urtica Fagaceae - Quercus Hypericaceae - Hypericum Passifloraceae Salicaceae - Salix Rutaceae - Citrus aurantium Malvaceae - Tilia Brassicaceae (=Cruciferae) - Capsella Ericaceae - Calluna - Vaccinium Apocynaceae - Vinca Boraginaceae - Borago Solanaceae - Fabiana - Dulcamara Oleaceae - Fraxinus - Olea Plantaginaceae - Plantago Verbenaceae - Verbena Lamiaceae (=Labiatae) - Vitex - Ballota - Hyssopus - Lamium - Lavandula - Leonurus - Lycopus - Marrubium - Melissa - Mentha pip - Ocimum - Marjorana - Rosmarinus - Salvia and Salvia sclarea - Satureja - StachysorBetonica - Thymus Menyanthaceae - Menyanthes Asteraceae (=Compositae) - Achillea - Arctium - Calendula - Matricaria - Inula - Silybum - Taraxacum - Artemisia - Eupatorium - Hieracium - Solidago Adoxaceae - Sambucus - Valeriana Apiaceae (=Umbelliferae) - Angelica - Anthriscus - Foeniculum - Levisticum Addendum Schedule of the use of medicinal plants by neuroendocrine action - Table of plants with effects upon the Autonomic Nervous System - Table of plants with reducing effects upon the Autonomic Nervous System - Table of plants with effects upon the Hypothalamic–Pituitary Axes - Table of plants that either increase or reduce reactivity - Table of plants with effects upon the Blood Vessels and Coagulation - Drainage of organs SUMMARY Part One Part Two Part Three EPILOGUE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES Bibliography for plant systematics, as well as general & field plant studies - Phytotherapy, phytochemistry & traditional herbal medicine - Textbooks of basic medical sciences ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDEX

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Book Synopsis'The Power Within is a treasure trove of important information for people involved in self-exploration and healing, as well as individuals who facilitate and support their process." - Stanislav Grof, M.D., author of Psychology of the Future, Healing our Deepest Wounds, and The Cosmic Game and co-author of Holotropic Breathwork (with Christina Grof) "Only by accessing the healing and spiritual potential of the power within, which Tav Sparks so eloquently describes, can we respond, both as individuals and collectively, to the challenges involved in the birthing of a globally interconnected and loving world." - Rick Doblin, founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) "A sweeping review of contemporary psychological thought through a lens of direct experience... A valuable and innovative book." - Jim Fadiman, author of The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide "In The Power Within, Tav shares a truth he has taught for decades... there is an Inner Healer within us all that, when met with awareness, cooperation and proper support, propels individuals and collectives into the fast lane for healing, consciousness, and empowerment." - Kylea Taylor, author of The Breathwork Experience, and Considering Holotropic Breathwork "Both healers and seekers will find The Power Within a treasure of hard-won insights and observations from a lifetime of therapeutic work with non- ordinary states of consciousness." - Richard Tarnas, professor of psychology and cultural history, California Institute of Integral Studies "The Power Within conveys the good news that expanded states of consciousness are more readily accessible than many of us may had suspected; in fact, in the right set and setting, expanded awareness is only a few breaths away." - Michael Mithoefer, M.D.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This excellent book shows how clinical supervision can be structured to provide crucial support for therapists to help reduce work stress and burnout while delivering effective psychological therapies. A rewarding read - thoroughly recommended." --David M Clark DPhil CBE, Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK; National Clinical and Informatics Advisor, IAPT, UK "This volume provides direct guidance to the generally unrecognized promise of supervision to enhance well-being and promote a healthy organizational culture. The authors construct a practical blueprint around a superbly organized collection of evidence provided by international studies." --Carol Falender, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology; Clinical Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Psychology

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Book SynopsisPacked with practical tips, real life scenarios, current research and best practices, SERVING THE NEEDS OF YOUR SMART KIDS is a unique guidebook for school leaders, teachers, parents, and school staff who strive to create an environment that serves the unique characteristics of the advanced learner. Students will thrive as supporters learn and implement cutting edge strategies that meet their unique social, emotional and academic needs with budget-sensitive and student-centred actions. Every chapter provides opportunities for collaboration with teachers, coordinators, school leaders, and parents. Get started today in creating positive learning environments for YOUR Smart Kids!

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Book SynopsisHomeopathy is over 200 years old and is still experiencing an uninterrupted influx of new practitioners and patients. Many patients and therapists swear by this "alternative healing method", which in some countries is even financed by health insurances. This seems completely incomprehensible to critics: For them it is clearly evident that homeopathy is hopelessly unscientific and has at best a placebo effect. The positions of supporters and opponents seem to be just as immutable as they are incompatible. This book answers some essential and fascinating questions: What remains of the founding ideas of homeopathy in 21st century medicine? Does it really work and, if so, how? Which of the original theories can we still apply today with a clear conscience and use for the benefit of patients and the healthcare system? Where does homeopathy have its limits and does it indeed need to be critically reconsidered and evaluated? The author has dealt with the points of criticism for years, but at the same time also takes seriously the wishes and concerns of patients who often feel insufficiently cared for by conventional medical practice. Against the background of her own personal history, her book attempts to bridge the gap between these two traditionally opposing camps.Trade Review“This is a very interesting book that would be appropriate for any healthcare provider who wants a better understanding of homeopathy. It does a very good job of explaining why homeopathic medications cannot be considered viable medical treatments on a physiological level, but how the ‘talk therapy’ aspects of homeopathy and the ability of homeopaths to see the whole picture of their patients' illnesses are aspects of care that are often missing in modern medicine.” (Elizabeth M Streit, Doody's Book Reviews, May 10, 2019)Table of ContentsPreface to the English Edition.- How and on what basis does homeopathy treat?.- Homeopathy- What are we talking about?.- Is homeopathy part of today's medicine?.- Why do patients turn to homeopathy?.- What remains of homeopathy in the 21st century?.- Here and Now.

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the letters of marginalised groups of World War I soldiers - including Black, Indian and disabled ex-servicemen - from a linguistic perspective, looking at issues such as descriptions of disability, identity and migration, dealing with minority groups who have long been rendered invisible, and exploring how these writers position themselves in relation to the 'other'. The author makes use of a corpus-assisted approach to examine identity construction and performance, shedding light on a previously under-explored demographic. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of World War I history, language and identity, psychological and physical disability, as well as readers seeking a fresh angle on a key period of 20th century history. Table of ContentsList of illustrations and tablesAcknowledgements Abbreviations used in text 1. Introduction Compiling the corpus The letter: Metacommunicative features in colonial correspondence Post-war letters to the Lord Mayor of Liverpool: Epistolary constructions of identity Historical learning disabilities: linguistic abilities of ex-servicemen with imbecility, feeblemindedness and mental deficiency in the Ministry of Pension files Psychological disability, word use and identity: language in ex-servicemen’s letters to the Ministry of Pensions Keywords in the DSM manuals: an analysis of psychological disorders of warfare Europe through Indian Eyes: constructions of foreignness in Indian soldiers’ letters 9. Conclusion Index Appendices

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Book SynopsisAI (Artificial Intelligence) is predicted to radically change teaching and learning in both schools and industry causing radical disruption of work. AI can support well-being initiatives and lifelong learning but educational institutions and companies need to take the changing technology into account. Moving towards AI supported by digital tools requires a dramatic shift in the concept of learning, expertise and the businesses built off of it. Based on the latest research on AI and how it is changing learning and education, this book will focus on the enormous opportunities to expand educational settings with AI for learning in and beyond the traditional classroom. This open access book also introduces ethical challenges related to learning and education, while connecting human learning and machine learning. This book will be of use to a variety of readers, including researchers, AI users, companies and policy makers.Table of Contents1.Introduction to AI in Learning – Designing the Future.- Part I: AI expanding learning and wellbeing throughout life.- 2.Artificial Intelligence Innovations for Multimodal Learning, Interfaces, and Analytics.- 3.Curiosity and Interactive Learning in Artificial Systems.- 4.Assessing and Tracking Students’ Wellbeing through an Automated Scoring System: Schoolday Wellbeing Model.- 5.Learning from Intelligent Social Agents as Social and Intellectual Mirrors.- 6.An AI-Powered Teacher Assistant for Student Problem Behavior Diagnosis.- 7.Analysis and Improvement of Classroom Teaching Based on Artificial Intelligence.- Part II. AI in Games and Simulations.- 8.Perspectives and Metaphors of Learning: A Commentary on James Lester’s Narrative-centered AI-based Environments.- 9.Learning Career Knowledge: Can AI Simulation and Machine Learning Improve Career Plans and Educational Expectations?.- 10.Learning clinical reasoning through gaming in nursing education – Future scenarios of game metrics and AI.- 11.AI-Supported Simulation-Based Learning: Learners’ Emotional Experiences and Self-Regulation in Challenging Situations.- Part III. AI Technologies for education and Intelligent Tutoring Systems.- 12.Training Hard Skills in Virtual Reality: Developing a Theoretical Framework for AI-based Immersive Learning.-13.Multiple users’ experiences of an AI-aided educational platform for teaching and learning. 14.Deep Learning in Automatic Math Word Problem Solvers. 15.Recent Advances in Intelligent Textbooks for Better Learning.- Part IV. AI and Ethical Challenges in New Learning Environments.- 16.Ethical Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence-based Learning: A Transnational Study between in China and Finland.- 17.Artificial Intelligence Ethics from the Perspective of Educational Technology Companies and Schools.- 18.Artificial Intelligence in Education as a Rawlsian Massively Multiplayer Game: A thought experiment on AI Ethics.- 19.Four surveillance technologies creating challenges for education.- 20.Reflections on the contributions and future scenarios in AI-based learning.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the PhD experience as never before and provides a “survival guide” for current and prospective PhD students. The book investigates why mental health issues are so common among the postgraduate population, going beyond the statistics, looking at lived experience of both the author and as well as current PhD students, who have found balancing mental wellness with the PhD endeavour challenging.The author discusses tips and tricks she wished she had known at the start of her PhD process for managing mental health, such as managing imposter feelings, prioritising workload, and self-care strategies to help others throughout their own journey.The book goes beyond typical mental health discussions (where the focus for improving mental health is placed on PhD students to become “more resilient”) and explores some of the often unspoken environmental factors that can impact mental health. These include the PhD student-supervisor relationship, the pressure to publish, and deep systemic problems in academia, such as racism, bullying and harassment. Finally, the book is a call to action, providing tangible improvements from the author’s perspective that university institutions can make to ensure that academia is a place for all to thrive.Table of ContentsTOCPart I: Defining The Problem Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Challenging Perceptions - What is mental health anyway? Chapter 3: Setting the Scene - Understanding the PhD Mental Health Crisis Part II: Mindset Matters Chapter 4: Self-Care: Without you there is no PhD Chapter 5: Not another yoga session - University Wellbeing programs and why they so often miss the mark Chapter 6: “I’ll read it later” and other lies we tell ourselves – Managing Expectations and Guilt Chapter 7: Why you earned it – Fighting the Impostor.- Part III: Environmental Stressors Part III: Environmental Stressors Chapter 8: Dismantling the Ivory Tower – Systemic Issues that Might Impact your Mental Health Chapter 9: Perhaps it’s not you it’s them: PhD Student-Supervisor relationships Chapter 10: Publish or Perish – On the Myth of Meritocracy Chapter 11: The High-Walled Rose Garden: Understanding there is life outside the academy Part IV: Seeking Help Chapter 12: Thriving, not just surviving

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the methods used in the Criminal Justice system in the United States to counsel and treat offenders. It is aimed at advanced undergraduate and early graduate-level students for courses in Correctional Treatment or Rehabilitation, or Community Corrections more broadly. The sections in the book provide: - Aims and Scope of Correctional Counseling and Treatment -Tools that Corrections Workers Use (including counseling and case management) - Behavioral Modification Treatments: Examples and Applications - Cognitive Therapies: Examples and Applications Throughout the text, there is an emphasis on the big picture: the interaction of the correctional component of the justice system with other components, particularly courts (including special courts like family courts, drug courts, veterans courts and other programs).Chapters in this book address the diverse population of correctional facilities, including juvenile offenders; those with mental illness, addiction and substance abuse problems, physical and mental disabilities; and homeless populations. The author also provides analysis of how legislation influences the corrections process. This work is also enhanced by providing comparative analysis of the criminal and juvenile justice systems: their goals, objectives, and how these can affect counseling and treatment available within these two systems. This pedagogical features of this engaging text include: excerpted interviews with correctional practitioners about the problems and challenges they encounter, discussion questions, classification instruments and real-world examples of specific treatments programs, and case studies that give students the chance to select the appropriate interviewing, counseling or treatment approach to deal with the problem/ issues of the case. This work provides students with an overview of the methods used for Correctional Treatment and Counseling, and the tools to begin to think critically about how and when to apply these methods. Trade Review“This book discusses treatment modalities that are used in correctional settings both community and institutional. … This book is well written by experts in the field, and addresses both children and adults. It explores the major treatment modalities in corrections today. Students will benefit greatly from this book.” (Gary B. Kaniuk, Doody’s Book Reviews, September, 2017) Table of ContentsSection I: Correctional Counseling and Treatment: Past and Present.- Chapter 1: The Scope and Purpose of Correctional Treatment.- Chapter 2: Applying Restorative Justice Models in the Correctional Process.- Chapter 3: The Criminal Justice System in Transition: Assisting Victims of Crime.- Section II: The Diverse Roles of Counselors in Correctional Treatment.- Chapter 4: Continuity and Change in the Roles of Correctional Personnel.- Chapter 5: Treatment of Juvenile Offenders: Diversion and Formal Processing.- Chapter 6: Diverting Special Categories of Offenders to Community Treatment Programs.- Chapters 7: The Functions of Classification and Assessment Models in Correctional Treatment.- Chapter 8: Community Based Sanctions: Probation and Post Release Supervision.- Chapter 9: Community Residential Treatment and Institutional Treatment.- Section III: Treatment Models Used in Corrections.- Chapter 10: The Interview: A Basic Tool Used in Correctional Counseling and Treatment.- Chapter 11: Behavior Modification Programs in Corrections.- Chapter 12: Group Counseling in Corrections.- Chapter 13: Brief Therapy and Crisis Intervention.- Chapter 14: Cognitive Behavioral Therapies in Correctional Treatment.- Chapter 15: Future Perspectives on Counseling and Treatment of Criminal and Delinquent Offenders.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an alternative to operational diagnostic manuals and manuals for structured interviewing as the only sources of theoretical and clinical knowledge. It provides an exposition of psychiatric interviewing that is theoretically and clinically well founded and supplies the reader with a coherent framework for performance of a thorough psychiatric examination. The goal is not to come up with yet another interview scheme but to facilitate an understanding of the basic (but, today, completely neglected) tenets of psychopathology and phenomenology. This exposition targets the disorders of subjectivity (consciousness), the second-person processes involved in converting subjective, first-person and observable data into a third person, diagnostically useful, format. In addition, the most pertinent clinical descriptions concerning the major diagnostic groups are presented and discussed.Trade Review“This book focuses on the broadening decline of psychiatric clinical knowledge and the framework for diagnostic interviews. … The purpose is to fill a gap in the psychiatric literature on the clinical interview. … The book primarily targets clinical psychiatrists and psychologists, in addition to researchers, to help them refine their diagnostic skills and psychopathological definitions. It also will be helpful to students and psychiatric residents who wish to better understand symptom presentation and differential diagnosis.” (Michael Easton, Doody's Book Reviews, December, 2016)Table of ContentsPhenomenology of psychiatric interviewing.- The nature of the psychiatric object: Symptoms and signs.- Prototype and Gestalt.- Consciousness.- Experience, Expression, and Language.- Conducting the psychiatric interview.- The goal of interviewing.- Conversational approach.- Semistructured approach.- Mental State Examination.- The difficult interview.- Psychopathology: Navigating between the spectra: organic, schizophrenia, affective, personality, situational problems.- Considering organic pathology.- Indicators of psychosis.- Varieties of depression-like mental states.- Varieties of anxiety.- Acute psychosis and bipolar disorder.- Detecting disordered personality pattern.- Thinking adult in adolescent psychiatry.

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Book SynopsisCultural Psychology: A localization and determination of objects.- Cultural Psychology: The historical development.- Theoretical perspectives of cultural psychology.- Methods of cultural psychology.- Fields of action of cultural psychology.- Cultural psychology in a globalized world.- Future perspectives.

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Book SynopsisO sistema nervoso autônomo tem simpático (SNS), parassimpático (PNS), sistema nervoso entérico (ENS) que regulam as ações inconscientes do corpo, a luta do corpo ou resposta de vôo, e o corpo para se alimentar e procriar. Os sinais de SNS viajam por neurônios pré-ganglionares que liberam acetilcolina (ACh), ativando receptores nicotínicos ACh em neurônios pós-ganglionares liberando norepinefrina que ativa receptores adrenérgicos (AR) nos tecidos periféricos. SNS: acelerar a frequência cardíaca; alargar as passagens brônquicas; diminuir a motilidade do intestino grosso; estreitar os vasos sanguíneos; aumentar o peristaltismo do esôfago; causar dilatação pupilar, causar arrepios, transpiração e aumentar a pressão sanguínea. A amígdala por corticotropina liberando hormônio, ativa o eixo hipotálamo-hipófise-adrenal. SNS ß2 AR em CD4+T e células B controla a imunidade. A imunoterapia começou com a vacinação contra a varíola, o câncer pára as respostas imunológicas. O cérebro regula as respostas imunes inatas e adaptativas. O SNP controla a bexiga urinária, ureteres, esfíncteres anais, útero, próstata, glândulas, vagina, pénis. O ENS, contém 600 milhões de neurónios. Há vesículas adrenérgicas densas na retina.

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