Psychology Books
Wiley Artful Therapy
Book SynopsisUse the therapeutic potential of art to make progress in your practice Artful Therapy shows you how to use art to make a difference in therapy. Using visual imagery and art creation, you can help people with medical problems understand how they feel about their illness; victims of abuse tell without talking; and substance abuse and eating disorder clients tap into unresolved issues. These are just a few examples of how the power of art can improve your practice. Ideal for mental health professionals and allied workers with little or no art background, this accessible and proven guide takes you through the techniques of using art and visual imagery, and shows you how they can benefit clients of varying ages and abilities. With the art therapy tools provided, you can open potentially groundbreaking new dialogues with your clients. Author Judith Aron Rubin draws on more than forty years experience as an art therapist to help you maximize the value of
£48.40
Wiley The Forensic Documentation Sourcebook
Book SynopsisAll of the requisite forms forensic psychologists need in one compact volume--a crucial time--saver for mental health professionals in todaya s complex legal system From child custody battles to competency hearings, the role of the psychologist in law is growing rapidly.
£118.76
Wiley Drawing the Line
Book SynopsisThis resourceful guide presents techniques of art therapy for difficult clients (such as children who refuse to talk, criminals who rape, psychotic patients, and adults who don't accept responsibility) where the typical therapist--client interaction can often be distant, demanding, and frustrating.
£47.45
Wiley The Addiction Counselors Documentation Sourcebook
Book SynopsisAll of the requisite forms addiction treatment professionals needa crucial time-saver in today''s healthcare system Treating addiction in today''s healthcare environment means that mental health professionals must manage an imposing amount of paperwork. Government and private grant funding, insurance and benefits programs, regulatory compliance, and the need for data on treatment effectiveness (evidence-based treatment) all require proper documentation. If these forms are missing, the results can range from bureaucratic headaches to problems serious enough to close a practice. Now fully updated and revised, The Addiction Counselor''s Documentation Sourcebook: The Complete Paperwork Resource for Treating Clients with Addictions, Second Edition provides the most useful and current forms for accurate and comprehensive documentation and record keeping. These ready-to-use forms will save you and your practice hours that would otherwise be spent creating and
£53.15
John Wiley & Sons Inc TwentyFirst Century Psychotherapies
Book SynopsisPraise for Twenty-First Century Psychotherapies Jay Lebow has done a masterful job in presenting a lucid overview of the leading theories of psychotherapy, strategies of change, and intervention techniques at the forefront of the field. This outstanding volume is a must-read for seasoned clinicians and trainees alike. Froma Walsh, Mose & Sylvia Firestone Professor in the School of Social Service Administration, Professor of Psychiatry in the Pritzker School of Medicine, and Codirector of Center for Family Health, The University of Chicago This book provides a well-written, up-to-date survey of the theories and practices of psychotherapy that have stood the test of time and seem to be here to stay. A great strength is the chapter authors'' inclusion of the evidence for each approach, since Evidence-Based Practice truly is a hallmark of the twenty-first century. This outstanding resource will enable readers to both understand and implement therapy. RoTable of ContentsContributors List v Preface vii Chapter 1 Introduction 1Jay L. Lebow Chapter 2 Behavior Therapy 8Richard E. Zinbarg and James W. Griffith Chapter 3 Cognitive Therapy 43Scott H. Kellogg and Jeffrey E. Young Chapter 4 Experiential Therapy 80Alberta E. Pos, Leslie S. Greenberg, and Robert Elliott Chapter 5 Mindfulness- and Acceptance-Based Therapy 123Ruth A. Baer and Debra B. Huss Chapter 6 Postmodern/Poststructuralist Therapies 167Margarita Tarragona Chapter 7 Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 206Jeffrey J. Magnavita Chapter 8 Existential Psychotherapy 237Mick Cooper Chapter 9 Feminist Therapy 277Laura S. Brown Chapter 10 Couple and Family Therapy 307Jay L. Lebow Chapter 11 Group Therapy 347Gary M. Burlingame and Debra Theobald McClendon Chapter 12 Integrative Therapy 389George Stricker and Jerry Gold Chapter 13 Technical Eclecticism and Multimodal Therapy 424Arnold A. Lazarus Chapter 14 Common Factors in Psychotherapy 453Jacqueline A. Sparks, Barry L. Duncan, and Scott D. Miller Author Index 499
£114.90
John Wiley & Sons Inc Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social
Book SynopsisThe Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 2: Human Behavior in the Social Environment features contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners and presents the most comprehensive, in-depth source of information on the field of social work and social welfare.Trade Review"The Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare is an outstanding contribution to social work literature. The Handbook offers a unique and practical view of social work. We recommend that all academic libraries adopt this volume. Social work professors need to review it. These volumes will make significant contributions to student learning." (Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, Spring 2009)Table of ContentsForeword. Series Preface. Karen M. Sowers and Catherine M. Dulmus. Preface Bruce A. Thyer. Acknowledgments. Contributors. 1. Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Exploring Conceptual Foundations. Susan I. Stone, Stephanie Berzin, Sarah Taylor, and Michael J. Austin. 2. Respondent Learning Theory. Bruce A. Thyer. 3. Operant Learning Theory. Stephen E. Wong. 4. Cognitive Behavioral Theory. Paula S. Nurius and Rebecca J. Macy. 5. Ego Psychology Theory. Eda Goldstein. 6. Self Psychology Theory. Joseph Palombo. 7. Attachment Theory. Michelle Mohr Carney and Frederick Buttell. 8. Psychosocial Theory. Roberta R. Greene. 9. Cognitive Development Theory. Tammie Ronen. 10. Person Centered Theory. Michael J. Holosko, Jeffrey Skinner, and Ra'Shanda S. Robinson. 11. Genetic Theory. Laura Pankow. 12. Ecosystems Theory. Mark A. Mattaini. 13. Moral Development Theory. Frederick Buttell and Michelle Mohr Carney. 14. Small Group Theory. Lorraine Salas, Dominique Roe-Sepowitz, and Craig Winston LeCroy. 15. Family Systems Theory. Martha Morrison Dore. 16. Organizational Theory. John E. Tropman. 17. A Critique of Stage Theories of Human Development. Martha Pelaez, Jacob L. Gewirtz, and Stephen E. Wong. 18. The Potentially Harmful Effects of Theory in Social Work. Bruce A. Thyer.
£188.05
John Wiley & Sons Inc Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social
Book SynopsisThe Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 1: The Profession of Social Work features contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners and presents the most comprehensive, in-depth source of information on the field of social work and social welfare.Trade Review"The Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare is an outstanding contribution to social work literature. The Handbook offers a unique and practical view of social work. We recommend that all academic libraries adopt this volume. Social work professors need to review it. These volumes will make significant contributions to student learning." (Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, Spring 2009)Table of ContentsHandbook Preface. Karen M. Sowers. Catherine N. Dulmus. Volume Prolusion. Barbara W. White. Contributors. 1. The History of Social Work and Social Welfare. Leslie Leighninger. 2. Educating for Social Work. Julia M. Watkins. Jessica Holmes. 3. The Scope of Social Work Practice. June G. Hopps. Tony B. Lowe. 4. Professional Credentials and Professional Regulations: Social Work Professional Development. Donna DeAngelis. Mary Jo Monahan. 5. Social Work Organizations. Gary Lowe. Terry Singer. 6. Values and Ethics for Professional Social Work Practice. Kimberly Strom-Gottfried. 7. The Strengths Perspective: Putting Possibility and Hope to Work in Our Practice Dennis Saleebey. 8. Child Welfare: Historical Trends, Professionalization and Workforce Issues. Robin E. Perry. Alberta J. Ellett. 9. Family-Based Practice. Barbara Thomlison. 10. School Social Work. Cynthia Franklin. Beth Gerlach. Amy Chanmugam. 11. Substance Abuse. Lori K. Holleran Steiker. Samuel A. MacMaster. 12. The Mental Health Field of Practice. King Davis. 13. Healing the Disjuncture: Social Work Disability Practice. Elizabeth DePoy. Stephen Gilson. 14. Gerontology: A Field of Practice. Roberta R. Greene. Namkee Choi. 15. Forensic Social Work: Current and Emerging Developments. Katherine van Wormer. Albert Roberts. David W. Springer. Patricia Brownell. 16. International Social Work. Doreen Elliott. Uma A. Segal. 17. Immigrant and Indigenous Populations: Special Populations in Social Work. Jon Matsuoka. Hamilton I. McCubbin. 18. Diversity. Iris Carlton-LaNey. 19. Social and Economic Justice. Tricia B. Bent-Goodley. 20. Putting Evidence-Based Practice into Practice. James G. Barber. 21. Making Social Work Practice More Scientific. Allen Rubin. 22. Issues in Social Work. Stanley I. Witkin. Roberta Rehner Iversen.
£188.05
John Wiley & Sons Inc Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social
Book SynopsisThe Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 4: Social Policy and Policy Practice features contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners and presents the most comprehensive, in-depth source of information on the field of social work and social welfare.Trade Review"The Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare is an outstanding contribution to social work literature. The Handbook offers a unique and practical view of social work. We recommend that all academic libraries adopt this volume. Social work professors need to review it. These volumes will make significant contributions to student learning." (Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, Spring 2009)Table of ContentsHandbook Preface. Karen M. Sowers. Catherine N. Dulmus. Volume Prolusion. Ira C. Colby. Contributors. Section I. Policy And Justice: A Global Imperative. 1. The Human Security Paradigm: Peace with Justice and Equality? Jody Williams. 2. Social Policy from a Global Perspective. Robin Sakina Mama. 3. Social Justice for Marginalized and Disadvantaged Groups: Issues and Challenges for Social Policies in Asia. Joseph Kwok. Section II. The Context of Policy: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. 4. Reconceptualizing the Evolution of the American Welfare State. Bruce Jansson. 5. Not by the Numbers Alone: The Effects of Economic and Demographic Changes on Social Policy. Michael Reisch. 6. The U.S. Patriot Act: Implications for the Social Work Profession. Stan Stojkovic. 7. Social Welfare Policy as a Form of Social Justice. Ira C. Colby. Section III. Policy Practice. 8. Policy Practice. Rodney Ellis. 9. New Federalism, New Freedom and States Rights: The Uncertain and Fragmented Direction of Public Mental Health Policy in the United States. King Davis. 10. Aging in the Challenges to Social Policy and Policy Practice. Inid Opal Cox. 11. Explanatory Legitimacy: A Model for Disability Policy Development and Analysis. Elizabeth DePoy. Stephen French Gilson. 12. Health Care Policy: Should Change Be Small or Large. Pamela Miller. 13. Social Determinants of Health: 21st Century Social Work Priorities. Gary Rosenberg. 14. Urban Housing Policy and Practice in the Developing World. Sunil Kumar. 15. Child Welfare Policy. Richard J. Gelles. Carol Wilson Spigner. 16. Public Funding of Sectarian Organizations for the Provision of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care: Discriminatory Issues for Gay Males. Sophia F. Dziegielewski. Christopher W. Blackwell. Section IV. Policy Formulation and Possibilities. 17. Social Welfare Policy and Politics. Richard Hoefer. 18. Social Welfare and Economics: Redefining the Welfare State in a Global Economy. Howard Karger. Peter A. Kindle. 19. Digital Technology and Social Policy: Social Justice in a World of Anywhere Access? Paul Raffoul. 20. Welfare Reform: The Need for Social Empathy. Elizabeth A. Segal.
£188.05
John Wiley & Sons Inc Handbook of Psychological Assessment Case
Book SynopsisHandbook of Psychological Assessment, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment provides in two volumes comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of psychological practice across the age spectrum and features contributions from leading international researchers and professionals.Table of ContentsPreface to Volume 1 vii Acknowledgments ix Contributors xi Part I GENERAL ISSUES 1 Overview of Behavioral Assessment with Adults 3Maureen C. Kenny, Krissan Alvarez, Brad C. Donohue, and Charles B. Winick 2 Diagnostic Issues 26Naomi R. Marmorstein and William G. Iacono 3 Behavioral Conceptualization 48Sara Wright and Paula Truax 4 Overview of Behavioral Treatment with Adults 76William H. O'Brien and Heather Schwetschenau 5 Medical and Pharmacological Issues in Assessment, Conceptualization, and Treatment 95Jean Cottraux 6 Ethical Issues 123Catherine Miller Part II ASSESSMENT, CONCEPTUALIZATION, AND TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC DISORDERS 7 Specific Phobias 139Derek R. Hopko, Sarah M. C. Robertson, Laura Widman, and C. W. Lejuez 8 Panic and Agoraphobia 171Maria Nazarian and Michelle G. Craske 9 Social Anxiety Disorder 204Luke T. Schultz, Richard G. Heimberg, and Thomas L. Rodebaugh 10 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 237Throstur Bjorgvinsson and John Hart 11 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 263William J. Koch and Michelle Haring 12 Generalized Anxiety Disorder 291Kathryn A. Sexton, Kylie Francis, and Michel J. Dugas 13 Major Depressive Disorder 319Marlene Taube-Schiff and Mark A. Lau 14 Schizophrenia 352Dennis R. Combs, Michael R. Basso, Jill L. Wanner, and Sumer N. Ledet 15 Borderline Personality Disorder 403Alissa Sherry and Margaret R. Whilde 16 Other Personality Disorders 438Brian P. O'Connor 17 Bulimia Nervosa 463Tiffany M. Stewart and Don A. Williamson 18 Organic Disorder 498Gerald Goldstein 19 Alcohol Abuse 522F. Michler Bishop Part III SPECIAL ISSUES 20 Marital Distress 563Brian D. Doss, Alexandra E. Mitchell, and Felicia De la Garza-Mercer 21 Sexual Deviation 590W. L. Marshall, G. A. Serran, L. E. Marshall, and M. D. O'Brien 22 Adults with Intellectual Disabilities 616Peter Sturmey 23 Older Adults 646Barry A. Edelstein, Sarah A. Stoner, and Erin Woodhead 24 Insomnia 674Daniel J. Taylor, Christina M. McCrae, Philip Gehrman, Natalie Dautovich, and Kenneth L. Lichstein 25 Health Anxiety and Its Disorders 701Gordon J. G. Asmundson and Steven Taylor 26 Compulsive Hoarding 728Suzanne A. Meunier, Nicholas A. Maltby, and David F. Tolin Author Index 753 Subject Index 785
£229.85
John Wiley & Sons Inc Handbook of Psychological Assessment Case
Book SynopsisHandbook of Psychological Assessment, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment provides in two volumes comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of psychological practice across the age spectrum and features contributions from leading international researchers and professionals.Table of ContentsPreface to Volume 2 vii Contributors ix Part I GENERAL ISSUES 1 Overview of Behavioral Assessment with Children and Adolescents 3David Reitman, Heather Christiansen, and Julie Snyder 2 Diagnostic Issues 25Amanda Jensen Doss, Krystal T. Cook, and Bryce D. McLeod 3 Behavioral Conceptualization 53Paul S. Strand, Lisa W. Coyne, and Kerry Silvia 4 Developmental Issues 76Christopher T. Barry and Jessica D. Pickard 5 Overview of Behavioral Treatment with Children and Adolescents 102Elizabeth Kolivas, Patrick Riordan, and Alan M. Gross 6 The Role of Family in Treatment 126Elizabeth Brestan Knight and Lorraine E. Ridgeway 7 Medical and Pharmacological Issues 159Scott H. Kollins and Joshua M. Langberg 8 Ethical Issues 176Ian M. Evans Part II ASSESSMENT, CONCEPTUALIZATION, AND TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC DISORDERS 9 Depressive Disorders 199Benjamin L. Hankin, Kathryn E. Grant, Catherine Cheeley, Emily Wetter, Farahnaz K. Farahmand, and Robert I. Westerholm 10 Anxiety Disorders 231Jennifer S. Baldwin and Mark R. Dadds 11 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 264Abby H. Friedman, Sarah B. Stevens, and Tracy L. Morris 12 Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Disorders 292Lee Kern and Talida State 13 Learning, Motor, and Communication Disorders 317T. Steuart Watson, Tonya S. Watson, and Jennifer Ret 14 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 349Mark D. Rapport, Michael J. Kofler, R. Matt Alderson, and Joseph S. Raiker 15 Early-Onset Schizophrenia 405Ian Kodish and Jon McClellan 16 Substance Use Disorders 444Eric F. Wagner and Ashley Austin Part III SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND ISSUES 17 Neglected, Physically Abused, and Sexually Abused Children 473Jan Faust, Sara Chapman, and Lindsay M. Stewart 18 Neurologically Impaired Children 512Charles J. Golden 19 Habit Disorders 542Douglas Woods, Christopher A. Flessner, and Christine A. Conelea 20 Juvenile Firesetting 571Timothy R. Stickle and Laurie B. Kaufman 21 Encopresis and Enuresis 589Patrick C. Friman 22 Sleep Disorders 622Emerson M. Wickwire Jr., Malcolm M. S. Roland, T. David Elkin, and Julie A. Schumacher Author Index 653 Subject Index 685
£214.65
John Wiley & Sons Inc Handbook of Clinical Psychology Volume 2
Book SynopsisHandbook of Clinical Psychology, Volume 2: Children and Adolescentsprovides comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of clinical psychological practice for the young from assessment through treatment, including the innovations of the past decade in ethics, cross cultural psychology, psychoneuroimmunology, cognitive behavioral treatment, psychopharmacology, and pediatric psychology.Table of ContentsPreface ix Contributors xi PART I General Issues 1 Historical Perspectives 3Thomas R. Kratochwill, Richard J. Morris, and Joseph Robinson 2 Clinical Training 39Debora J. Bell and Aaron M. Luebbe 3 Professional Practice 74Daniel B. Chorney and Tracy L. Morris 4 Ethical and Legal Issues 94David Mark Mantell 5 Professional Roles 138James H. Johnson, David M. Janicke, and Steven K. Reader PART II Theoretical Models 6 Psychodynamic 173Sandra W. Russ 7 Family Systems 192James P. McHale and Matthew J. Sullivan 8 Applied Behavior Analysis 227Amy R. Murrell, Cicely Taravella LaBorde, Audra L. Crutchfield, and Jessica Madrigal-Bauguss 9 Cognitive-Behavioral Theory 263Stephen D. A. Hupp, David Reitman, and Jeremy D. Jewell PART III Research Contributions 10 Statistical Considerations: Moderators and Mediators 291Barbara Jandasek, Grayson N. Holmbeck, and Brigid M. Rose 11 Single-Case Research Designs 322Kurt A. Freeman and Eric J. Mash 12 Personality in Childhood and Adolescence 351Randall T. Salekin and Courey A. Averett 13 Treatment Research 386Mark D. Rapport, Michael J.Kofler, Jennifer Bolden, and Dustin E. Sarver PART IV Diagnosis and Evaluation 14 Assessment, Diagnosis, Nosology, and Taxonomy of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology 429Thomas M. Achenbach 15 Diagnostic Interviewing 458Amie Grills-Taquechel and Thomas H. Ollendick 16 Intellectual Assessment 480Lloyd A. Taylor, Cara B. Reeves, and Erin Jeffords 17 Pediatric Neuropsychological Evaluation 497Leslie D. Berkelhammer 18 Assessment of Psychopathology 520Stefan E. Schulenberg, Jessica T. Kaster, Carrie Nassif, and Erika K. Johnson-Jimenez 19 Behavioral Assessment 551Christopher A. Kearney, L. Caitlin Cook, Adrianna Wechsler, Courtney M. Haight, and Stephanie Stowman PART V Treatment 20 Play Therapy 577Sue C. Bratton, Dee Ray, and Garry Landreth 21 Behavior Modification 626Raymond G. Miltenberger 22 Parent Training 653Mark W. Roberts 23 Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment 694Lisa W. Coyne, Angela M. Burke, and Jennifer B. Freeman 24 Primary Care Behavioral Pediatrics 728Patrick C. Friman 25 Peer Intervention 759Michelle S. Rivera and Douglas W. Nangle PART VI Special Issues 26 Cultural Issues 789Laura Johnson and Christina Tucker 27 Divorce and Custody 833Shannon M. Greene, Kate Sullivan, and Edward R. Anderson 28 Child Maltreatment 856Christine Wekerle, Harriet L. MacMillan, Eman Leung, and Ellen Jamieson 29 Autism Spectrum Disorders and Related Developmental Disabilities 904Jennifer M. Gillis and Raymond G. Romanczyk 30 Parental Psychopathology and Its Relation to Child Psychopathology 937Sherryl H. Goodman and Sarah R. Brand 31 Problems in Infancy 966Tiffany Field 32 Psychopharmacology as Practiced by Psychologists 1012Alan Poling, Kristal Ehrhardt, and Matthew Porritt Author Index 1039 Subject Index 1081
£214.65
The University of Michigan Press Political Psychology in International Relations
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£999.99
Penguin Putnam Inc Sell More with Science
Book SynopsisThe groundbreaking system scientifically proven to increase your performance and launch you to unprecedented levels of success.Today, in sales, business, and life, you need every advantage you can get. In Sell More with Science, David Hoffeld, the world’s leading expert on applying science to selling, shares his revolutionary three-part system to experience surefire success at home, at work, and out in the world. Here, Hoffeld utilizes research studies from social psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics to reveal actionable insights you can use to grow your sales, achieve more, and stay ahead of the competition. You’ll discover: • two evidence-based mindsets that will help you earn more sales • seven strategies that will boost your chances of reaching any goal • powerful principles that will enhance your ability to guide potential
£21.60
Cengage Learning, Inc Critical Thinking in Psychology Separating Sense
Book SynopsisDo your students have the tools to distinguish between the true science of human thought and behaviour from pop psychology? This book provides a tangible and compelling framework for making that distinction.
£132.05
HarperOne How Women Decide
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£14.39
Random House Publishing Group Homecoming
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£22.50
Penguin Young Readers Beautiful Trauma
Book SynopsisA compelling account of surviving a freak accident, and a fascinating exploration of the science of trauma and recovery. Late one night, while Rebecca Fogg was alone in her apartment, her hand was partially amputated in an explosion. Quick thinking saved her life, but the journey to recovery would be a slow one. As the doctors rebuilt her hand, Rebecca (who also survived 9/11) began rebuilding her sense of self by studying the physical and psychological process of recovery. Interspersing the personal with the medical, Rebecca charts her year of rehabilitation, touching on the marvelously adaptable anatomy of the hand; how the brain’s fight-or-flight mechanism enables us to react instantly to danger; and why trauma causes some people to develop PTSD and gives others a whole new lease on life. Told with emotional and intellectual clarity, Beautiful Trauma is a celebration of the resilience of the human spirit and the wonde
£20.80
Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale The Scaffold Effect Raising Resilient SelfReliant
Book SynopsisPrevent and counteract the general anxiety and emotional fragility prevalent in children and teenagers today—a new parenting philosophy and strategies that give children the tools to flourish on their own.“A master synthesizer of attachment science, medical practice, and his own experience as a father, Harold Koplewicz capably and compassionately leads us through the art of scaffolding, from early childhood through the important adolescent period.”—Daniel J. Siegel, MD, author of The Whole Brain ChildJust as sturdy scaffolding is necessary when erecting a building and will come down when the structure grows stable, good parenting provides children with steady and warm emotional nourishment on the path toward independence. Never-ending parental problem-solving and involvement can have the opposite effect, enabling fragility and anxiety over time. In The Scaffold Effect, world-renowned child psychiatr
£20.25
Penguin Putnam Inc Grow Through It Inspiration for Weathering Lifes
Book SynopsisA colorful, illustrated guide to learning how to adopt a more positive mindset, even when your life may seem gray and stormy, from a wildly popular Instagram artistBeautifully illustrated and heartfelt, this little book shares big insights about how to stay positive in an increasingly negative world. Artist Dani DiPirro started her Instagram, PositivelyPresent, after she realized that positivity, like all self-care, is an essential skill that needs to be practiced daily. She began posting her bright and bubbly illustrations, sharing the ups and downs of her journey to positive thinking. In Grow Through It, Dani shares never-before-seen content to take us through the seasons, and she shows us how to pick out the positives on both sunny days and snowy ones. She also reminds you to take breaks for self-care, to stop comparing yourself to others, and to grow at your own pace. No matter what the circumstance, this book shows you how optimism is always an option
£13.49
Random House USA Inc The Get it Together Planner
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£19.43
Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc) Embrace Your Almost
Book SynopsisNot quite where you expected to be? You’re in good company. Now the bestselling author of Own Your Everyday helps you navigate unmet expectations, waiting, and uncertainty with confidence and clarity. “If you are like me and need practical steps, hard-won wisdom, and a friend to help lead the way into a new season of promise, this redirection resource is what you need.”—Lysa TerKeurst, #1 New York Times bestselling author and president of Proverbs 31 MinistriesJordan Lee Dooley knows firsthand how frustrating it can be when you almost achieve a goal, almost reach a dream, and almost get to where you want to be, only to land just short of the finish line or watch it all fall apart at the last minute.Unmet expectations have a way of making us rethink everything. But perhaps rethinking dreams is not always the worst thing. Why? Because it’s in those moments, when you’re not where you expected to be, that you have a chance to pause and consider what matters most to you as well as redefine what success looks like for you in a world that’s constantly telling you what you should want or should do.Believe it or not, it is possible to cultivate a life you really like—and one where you can succeed—in the tension of the middle, between where you started and where you hoped to be. Discover:• practical steps to move forward when your plans don’t go according to plan• how to clarify which goals are right for you to pursue• what to do when dreams seem to come true for everyone but you• the unexpected gains that can arise from unwanted pain• how to know when it’s time to let go of a dream—and what to do with the space left behindLife is filled with unmet expectations, disrupted dreams, uncertainty, and in-between seasons. As hard as those experiences may be, they also offer a unique invitation to align your dreams and goals with what matters most. Learn how you can gain greater clarity about what you truly want, why you want it, and how to begin pursuing it.
£999.99
Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc) Mission Possible Weekly Planner
Book SynopsisIdentify and achieve your goals and organize your schedule with this inspiring weekly planner built on lessons from New York Times bestselling author and athlete Tim Tebow’s Mission Possible.Tim Tebow believes that the secret to a more fulfilling, meaningful life is having a clear mission. Through this undated week-at-a-glance twelve-month planner, you will refine your unique, God-given mission by identifying, tracking, and celebrating progress on your personal goals. The planner includes helpful features like:• guided questions to develop your personal mission statement• monthly goal lists and check-ins• blank monthly and weekly calendar spreads, allowing you to start anytime during the year• monthly self-assessments and evaluations and year-end review• inspirational scriptures and quotes • bonus features to help identify your priorities and fuel your passions Let this goal
£19.71
Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc) Remember Me Now
Book SynopsisAn unforgettable invitation to treat our lives as the sacred things they are—and a call to embrace the love, dreams, and healing that only we can choose for ourselves. “A must-read for all Black women . . . Remember Me Now is more than words on paper. It’s a journey back to ourselves.”—Toni Collier, speaker, podcast host, and author of Brave Enough to Be BrokenWhen Breonna Taylor was killed, her police report was virtually blank. Feeling as if she was suffocating in the initial silence and lack of public outcry, anti-racism educator and activist Faitth Brooks wondered, “Would the world care about and remember me if I was killed?” In Remember Me Now, Faitth grapples with the answer, charting the story of her activist grandparents and ancestors, as well as chronicling her own journey as the first-generation suburbs kid who becomes an activist and organizer herself. Part manifesto, part love letter to Black women, Remember Me Now shows us how we learn to celebrate the fullness of ourselves—a holy, defiant, and necessary move in a world determined to silence us. Filled with transporting stories, poems, and letters to sisters of all walks of life, Remember Me Now is a transformational read that calls Black women to be their own activists. It''s a reminder to all that Black women matter, and our lives, voices, and stories are worth everything.
£18.39
Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc) Awaken a Better You
Book SynopsisUnlock the person you’ve always wanted to be with four practical steps to lasting change, from life coach BJ Thompson. “BJ Thompson lives what he preaches. And we might just live a little longer for having listened.”—Beth Moore, Living Proof MinistriesIs there a change you’ve been wanting to make, but you don’t know how? Have you tried it all and still can’t figure out how to move forward? BJ Thompson has been there. Born to a teenage mother on the gang-permeated streets of Dallas, BJ understood that as a Black man, his starting place was disadvantaged, under-resourced, and unequipped. But then one day he decided to stop allowing life to “just happen” and to rise above the obstacles set before him. He transformed his life and became a global leader, coaching tens of thousands and influencing millions on their way toward building better lives. Now, BJ wants to help you unlock greater mental, spiritual, relational, and emotional health with a simple four-step process:1. desperation—identify a problem you desperately want to change2. information—research the problem, unlearn built-in ideas, and vet data3. application—build a practical plan and take active steps to make the change4. transformation—celebrate change and embrace a mindset of continual growth With BJ as your guide, you can start on the path to create the balanced, holistic life you’ve always wanted. Make the choice to become the person you’ve always wanted to be. The only person you’re waiting on is you.
£13.49
Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale The Mindfulness Journal Exercises to Help You
Book SynopsisThe simple, calming exercises in this beautiful guided journal will help you stay mindful and centered despite the uncertainty of modern life.In today's stressful world, finding physical and mental space for peace and calm amidst the competing demands of work, family, and friends can be a challenge. Mindfulness is a simple and powerful practice that can help you cut through the noise and reclaim tranquility, wherever you are. The Mindfulness Journal offers an introduction to mindfulness and easy exercises that can be done whether you are sitting at your desk or standing in line at the supermarket. Subjects include dealing with difficult emotions, preparing for a busy day, and sharing your space with others mindfully. Readers can dip in and out as they see fit, or search for the particular exercise they need most at that moment. With soothing, colorful illustrations, lined pages, and inspiring quotes throughout, this journal is your indispensable companion
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Random House USA Inc Be the Difference Monthly Planner
Book SynopsisIdentify the issues that matter most to you, create a plan of action, and make the impact God wants you to make—locally, nationally, and globally—with this undated, guided twelve-month planner.All too often, the news is filled with heart-wrenching stories of poverty, injustice, inequality, fear, prejudice, divisions, and more. You may want to help fix the brokenness and change the world, but may not know where to start. In Be the Difference Planner, you will find the motivational strategies and organizational tools to identify the issues that matter most to you. Then, using the planner’s practical guides and insightful reflections, you can map out intentional steps to create a meaningful impact, both at home and on a global scale.Special features and tools that will instruct and enable you to be the difference include: overviews of several current issues that have always been on God''s heart and should be
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Random House USA Inc Letters to the Sons of Society
Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestselling author of Writing My Wrongs invites men everywhere on a journey of honesty and healing through this book of moving letters to his sons—one whom he is raising and the other whose childhood took place during Senghor''s nineteen-year incarceration. “A visceral and visual journey for the ages . . . the perfect road map for us to remove the barriers and obstacles against our true feelings.”—Kenya Barris, creator of black-ishONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022—EssenceShaka Senghor has lived the life of two fathers. With his first son, Jay, born shortly after Senghor was incarcerated for second-degree murder, he experienced the regret of his own mistakes and the disconnection caused by a society that sees Black lives as disposable. With his second, Sekou, born after Senghor''s release, he has experienced healing, transformation, intimacy, and the p
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Random House USA Inc All In
Book SynopsisAll In is an inspirational, practical guide to dreaming big and developing a vision for living each day to the fullest, inspired by popular principles from Mallory Ervin?s bestseller Living FullyWe all want a big life. One that fulfills our heart?s desires and brings us joy. But for so many of us that kind of life has always felt just out of reach?until now. Popular podcast host and lifestyle entrepreneur Mallory Ervin knows that your potential can be realized and that your best life is closer than you think. She?s done it in her own life, andwith All In, she wants to show you how to build the life you were meant to live, too.All In expands on the life-changing principles from Mallory?s bestselling first book, Living Fully, and helps you apply them so you can live the life you?ve always dreamed of. You?ll get Mallory?s step-by-step guide to casting a vision for your life?one that?s personalized to your own hopes and desires. Beautifully designed and filled with stories, prompts, takeaways, and tips for developing your own vision board, All In guides you through the six steps to turn your dream life into reality:? Know what you want. Don?t be afraid to dream big.? Manifest your desires. Focus on what you want, today and in the future.? Abolish ?fine. Stop settling for less.? Prioritize. Let the right attitude elevate your desires.? Live with joy in the everyday. Find big happiness in the little things.? Pivot. Life?s curveballs don?t have to keep you from living life to the fullest.Both inspirational and practical, All In encourages you to envision a life you never thought possible?and equips you to make it happen!
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Penguin Young Readers Tcnicas de Relajacin Relaxation Techniques
Book SynopsisCombate el estrés con sencillas técnicas de relajación Descubre las herramientas imprescindibles para afrontar sin malestar las situaciones de incertidumbre, tensión y estrés. Mejora tu salud con las pautas y los ejercicios que te propone este manual y prepara tu cuerpo y tu mente para alcanzar la paz mental en cualquier momento y en cualquier situación. Este libro te ofrece: --Casos que te demostraran que el ser humano tiene la capacidad de sobreponerse, adaptarse y recuperarse del estrés.--Recomendaciones para superar los problemas y retomar el control de tu vida.--Técnicas, posturas y ejercicios de relajación que podrás poner en practica cuando aparezca el estrés.--Mudras y meditaciones que te ayudaran a alejarte de los pensamientos negativos y de influencias dañinas.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONFight stress with simple relaxati
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Random House USA Inc Languishing
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Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc) Hope Is the First Dose
Book SynopsisA practicing neurosurgeon and award-winning author shares his roadmap to finding hope and even happiness when the worst happens?by placing trust in God?in this powerful memoir of personal tragedy, grief, and recovery.?There are no empty platitudes in these pages. No helium-filled, empty promises. Look elsewhere for plastic smiles. But look here for genuine hope.??Max LucadoThe question isn?t whether you will face the hardest thing. It?s what to do when it?s staring you in the face.Because whether in your past, present, or future, trauma will reconfigure your life. And it will do so as your massive thing: someone left, someone cheated, the biopsy was bad, the baby didn?t have a heartbeat, a loved one died, you suffered abuse, or your dreams ended abruptly. The devastation is both immediate and ongoing, leaving a wake of emotional, spiritual, and even physical pain.Dr. Lee Warren, a neurosurgeon and former combat surgeon in Iraq, knows this firsthand. A medical doctor with more than twenty years? experience wrestling with the tensions between faith and science, he faced unspeakable tragedy in losing his nineteen-year-old son.In Hope Is the First Dose, Dr. Warren offers tender empathy and hard-won insights to give you tangible hope. No matter what you?re facing, it doesn?t have to be the end of you. Let Dr. Warren help you find your way back to a new season of hope, faith, peace?and even happiness.The first dose is hope?and it comes in the form of grace from the skilled hands of the Great Physician.
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Diversified Publishing Beyond Order 12 More Rules for Life Random House
Book SynopsisThe companion volume to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the perilous path of modern life. In 12 Rules for Life, clinical psychologist and celebrated professor at Harvard and the University of Toronto Dr. Jordan B. Peterson helped millions of readers impose order on the chaos of their lives. Now, in this bold sequel, Peterson delivers twelve more lifesaving principles for resisting the exhausting toll that our desire to order the world inevitably takes. In a time when the human will increasingly imposes itself over every sphere of life—from our social structures to our emotional states—Peterson warns that too much security is dangerous. What’s more, he offers strategies for overcoming the cultural, scientific, and psychological forces causing us to tend toward tyranny, and teaches us how to rely instead on our insti
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Penguin Books Ltd Break the Cycle
Book Synopsis***The Instant National Bestseller***A Next Big Idea Club must-read title for January 2024The definitive, paradigm-shifting guide to healing intergenerational trauma?weaving together scientific research with practical exercises and stories from the therapy room?from Dr. Mariel Buqué, PhD, a Columbia University?trained trauma-informed psychologist and practitioner of holistic healingFrom Dr. Mariel Buqué, a leading trauma psychologist, comes this groundbreaking guide to transforming intergenerational pain into intergenerational abundance. With Break the Cycle, she delivers the definitive guide to healing inherited trauma. Weaving together scientific research with practical exercises and stories from the therapy room, Dr. Buqué teaches readers how trauma is transmitted from one generation to the next and how they can break the cycle through tangible therapeutic practices, learning to pass down strength instead of pain to future generations. When a physical wound is left unhealed, it continues to cause pain and can infect the whole body. When emotions are left unhealed, they similarly cause harm that spreads to other parts of our lives, hurting our family, friends, community members, and others. Eventually, this hurt can injure an entire lineage, metastasizing across years and generations. This is intergenerational trauma. This trauma is why some of us become estranged from our families, why some of us are people pleasers, why some of us find ourselves in codependent relationships. This trauma can be rooted in the experiences of ancestors, who may have suffered due to unhealthy family dynamics, and it can be collective, the result of a shared experience like systemic oppression, or harmful ingrained behaviors in a culture like the acceptance of physical discipline of children, or even a natural disaster like a pandemic. These wounds are complex, impacting our minds, bodies, and spirits. Healing requires a holistic approach that has so far been absent from the field of psychology. Until now.
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Book of Phobias and Manias
Book SynopsisFrom the winner of the Edgar Award and the Samuel Johnson Prize, a cultural history of “everyday madness”The Book of Phobias and Manias is a thrilling compendium of 99 obsessions that have shaped us all, the rare and the familiar, from ablutophobia (a horror of washing) to syllogomania (a compulsion to hoard) to zoophobia (a fear of animals). Phobias and manias are deeply personal experiences, and among the most common anxiety disorders of our time, but they are also clues to our shared past. The award-winning author Kate Summerscale uses rich and riveting case studies to trace the origins of our obsessions, unearthing a history of human strangeness, from the middle ages to the present day, and a wealth of explanations for some of our most powerful aversions and desires.
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Penguin Publishing Group The Narrowing
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Alfred A. Knopf Sorrowful Mysteries
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Penguin Young Readers Head First
Book SynopsisNow in paperback. In the tradition of Lori Gottlieb and Henry Marsh, a distinguished psychiatrist examines his own practice. Alastair Santhouse knew something was wrong the night he was on call during his medical training and got the news that a woman on the way to the ER had died in the ambulance. That meant he could go back to sleep! But he couldn't. He was overtaken with the sense that his joyful reaction was terrible failure. That night began his long journey away from the ER and into psychiatry. Head First chronicles Santhouse's many years treating patients and his exploration of the ways in which our minds exert a huge and underappreciated influence over our health. They shape our responses to symptoms that we develop, dictate the treatments we receive, and influence whether they work. They even influence whether we develop symptoms at all. Written with brutal honesty, deep compassion, and a wry sense of humor, Head First examines difficult cases that illuminate some of our most puzzling and controversial medical issues--from the tragedy of suicide, to the stigma surrounding obesity, to the mysteries of self-induced illness. Ultimately he finds that our medical model has failed us by promoting specialization and overlooking perhaps the single most important component of our health: our state of mind.
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Penguin Publishing Group Facing Suicide
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Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Do One Thing Every Day to Make You Smile
Book SynopsisThis guided journal features 365 quotes, jokes, and prompts to make you smile every single day—part of the bestselling Do One Thing Every Day journal series.Every day should give you something to smile about. Open to any page for a quick dose of happiness, including prompts from comedians like Mindy Kaling and Trevor Noah and deep thinkers like Herman Melville and Thich Nhat Hanh. These bite-sized thoughts will coax your frown to melt and your mouth to curl up: Write five movies that always make you smile Smile, I say, not smirkle—Mouth a semicircle, That’s the proper style. (Lewis Carroll). Now draw a smirkle. What’s your no-fail joke? The non-dated pages make this guided journal easy to start whenever you need it. A perfect pick-me-up for every occasion, Do One Thing Every Day to Make You Smile is your daily dose of fun.
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Random House USA Inc Every Little Thing Quill Be All Right
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Cure for Burnout
Book Synopsis“An empowering guidebook to combatting burnout . . . Emily Ballesteros’s advice is useful and practical, especially for young workers eager to reclaim their time and energy.”—Charles Duhigg, New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster BetterIs dread the first thing you feel when you wake up in the morning? Are you working in the evenings and on weekends to catch up? Have you already beat burnout once, only to find it creeping back? If you answered yes to any of these, you’re in need of a cure for burnout. In The Cure for Burnout, burnout management coach and TikTok influencer Emily Ballesteros combines scientific and cultural research, her expertise in organizational psychology, and the tried-and-true strategies she’s successfully implemented with clients around the globe to demystify burnout for our post-pandemic world – and set you on a path toward a life of per
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Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed The SelfEsteem Class
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Cengage Learning, Inc Counselling and Diversity Student Text
Book SynopsisPacked with real-world applications and excerpts from original sources, COUNSELING AND DIVERSITY addresses the three dimensions of multicultural counseling competency (awareness, knowledge and skills) while increasing readers' understanding of oppression and the structures of power. This innovative First Edition addresses the constructs of culture, worldview, race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, socioeconomic class, and spirituality and religion as complex dimensions of social and personal identity. In addition, a unique 'satellite' series of monographs provide readers with a thorough introduction to issues in counseling with specific populations, including Arab Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino/a Americans, Native Americans, and LGBTQ Americans. Offering complete flexibility, the monographs enable instructors to choose which groups they want to discuss in their course. In this way, COUNSELING AND DIVERSITY equips readers wi
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Developmental Psychology and You
Book SynopsisDevelopmental Psychology and Youis a lively and accessible introduction to the psychology of human development. The authors, who all have extensive experience in teaching and research, have selected topics that will appeal to new students of this subject and have presented them in a way that demonstrates their relevance to everyday life. The fully revised second edition includes a new chapter on gender development and gender differences, while the material on adult life and growing older has been expanded. Key concepts are highlighted throughout, and each chapter contains objectives, exercises, self-assessment questions and recommendations for further reading.Trade Review"This book provides an excellent introduction to developmental psychology. There is coverage from infancy to old age. The style is engaging with prominence given to practical and applied topics."—David Messer, South Bank University "Given the extensive nature of the chosen topic - no less than the whole of developmental psychology - it is a testament to keen selective eyes and authorial skills that many of the essential features of the subject are conveyed in a readable and easily accessible style ... it succeeded in one of its chief aims, 'to whet the reader's appetite' for the discipline, sharpening as it did my own critical inclinations!"—Tom Billington, University of Sheffield, British Journal of Educational Psychology, December 2003Table of ContentsList of Exercises. List of Figures. List of Tables. Preface and Acknowledgements. 1. What is Developmental Psychology?. 2. First Views of the World. 3. First Relationships. 4. Early Influences and Personality. 5. Playing and Learning. 6. Developing Language. 7. Children's Thinking. 8. Intelligence and Experience. 9. Creativity and Artistic Development. 10. Moral and Social Development. 11. Gender Development and Gender Differences. 12. Childhood Problems. 13. Puberty and Adolescence. 14. Growing Older: Young and Middle Adulthood. 15. Growing Old. 16. Studying Development. Glossary. Author Index. Subject Index.
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Harvard University Press A Natural History of Human Morality
Book SynopsisMichael Tomasello offers the most detailed account to date of the evolution of human moral psychology. Based on experimental data comparing great apes and human children, he reconstructs two key evolutionary steps whereby early humans gradually became an ultra-cooperative and, eventually, a moral species capable of acting as a plural agent “we”.Trade ReviewTomasello is convincing, above all, because he has run many of the relevant studies (on chimps, bonobos and children) himself. He concludes by emphasizing the powerful influence of broad cultural groups on modern humans…Tomasello also makes an endearing guide, appearing happily amazed that morality exists at all. -- Michael Bond * New Scientist *If you’re after a definitive guide to explain how humans became an ultra-cooperative and, eventually, moral species, this must be it. Evolutionary anthropologist Michael Tomasello has followed his last book, A Natural History of Human Thinking, with another hard hitter. * New Scientist *This is an extremely worthwhile addition to the literature on the evolution of morality. It is well written and strikes an excellent balance between easy accessibility and nuanced and novel ideas. This book will appeal to students and researchers from a range of disciplines. -- Richard Joyce, author of The Evolution of MoralityThis is an important synthesis of the ideas Tomasello has been developing over a number of years, extended with an offer of a philosophically relevant genealogy of morality. Readers will learn much from this informed review of the extensive literature on the evolution of morality—a substantial part of which consists of the major contributions Tomasello and his colleagues have made. -- Philip Kitcher, author of The Ethical Project
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Harvard University Press The Enigma of Reason
Trade ReviewReasonable-seeming people are often totally irrational. Rarely has this insight seemed more relevant than it does right now. Still, an essential puzzle remains: How did we come to be this way? In The Enigma of Reason, the cognitive scientists Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber take a stab at answering this question… [Their] argument runs, more or less, as follows: Humans’ biggest advantage over other species is our ability to cooperate. Cooperation is difficult to establish and almost as difficult to sustain. For any individual, freeloading is always the best course of action. Reason developed not to enable us to solve abstract, logical problems…[but] to resolve the problems posed by living in collaborative groups. -- Elizabeth Kolbert * New Yorker *The Enigma of Reason is a comprehensive and well‐motivated overview of the contemporary scientific and philosophical literature on reasoning. This is especially timely as we struggle to make sense of how it is that individuals and communities persist in holding beliefs that have been thoroughly discredited. -- Darren Frey * Science *Brilliant…Turns reason’s weaknesses into strengths, arguing that its supposed flaws are actually design features that work remarkably well…Timely and necessary. -- Julian Baggini * Financial Times *Mercier and Sperber believe that reason’s main utility is in our interactions with others, not sitting alone in our rooms and philosophizing. Reason is what enables us to explain our thoughts and actions to others. -- Jonathan Foiles * Psychology Today *As evolutionary psychologists, Mercier and Sperber ask what might have been adaptive for our ancestors and thus built into our brains. Some have argued for modules specialized for reasoning about particular topics. But Mercier and Sperber argue for a single module that can frame an argument and its conclusion: the former aids cooperation and the latter communication. So, the ultimate goal of reasoning is persuasion. It’s an extraordinarily ambitious theory presented with brilliant insights, profound scholarship, and entertaining anecdotes. -- Philip Johnson-Laird, Princeton UniversityThis is a terrific book. The best thing I have read about human reasoning. It is extremely well written, interesting, and very enjoyable to read. -- Gilbert Harman, Princeton UniversityOriginal, persuasive, and deftly argued, The Enigma of Reason puts forward a new and rather surprising thesis that the proper (evolutionary) functioning of reasoning is to persuade others via argumentation. This book will challenge your preconceptions about the mind’s internal logic and why it exists. A compelling read and a novel contribution to the literature on reasoning. -- Clark Barrett, University of California, Los Angeles
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Not Stated Why We Act Turning Bystanders into Moral Rebels
Book SynopsisNow and then, we hear about everyday heroes riding to the rescue when they see someone suffering or being harassed. But most bystanders don’t intervene. Catherine Sanderson turns to cutting-edge research in social psychology and neuroscience to explain why we so often fail to act and offers practical strategies to nudge us into being moral rebels.Trade ReviewFrom bullying on the playground to sexual harassment in the workplace, perfectly nice people often do perfectly awful things. But why? In this thoughtful and beautifully written book, Sanderson shows how basic principles of social psychology explain such behavior—and how they can be used to change it. A smart and practical guide to becoming a better and braver version of ourselves. -- Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on HappinessMakes a powerful argument for building, as early as possible, the ability to stand up for what's right in the face of peer pressure, corrupt authority, and even family apathy. Citing case after case revealing how easy it is for people’s moral instincts to be muted, and detailing how that silence is visible on brain scans, Sanderson guides readers toward her inevitable conclusion: We can do better, we know how, and the tipping point to convert a virtue-challenged culture into a virtuous one is closer than we think. * Psychology Today *Catherine Sanderson, like no other psychologist, invades our minds. Her riveting storytelling challenges us to rethink why we avert our eyes to evil, tolerate bullying, and excuse unforgivable workplace behavior. She plumbs the depths of social norms that too often prevent good people from being good and points to steps all of us can take to become ‘moral rebels’ whose voices can change society for the better. -- Walter V. Robinson, former editor of the Boston Globe’s Spotlight TeamSanderson’s discussion of the consequences of failing to exhibit moral courage felt ripped from 2020 headlines—all of them. It informed my thinking and conversations with everyone…It encouraged me to persevere through many moments when it felt far easier to stop trying. -- Christy E. Lopez * Washington Post *Provides lessons from neuroscience to explain how some simple strategies can help us fight the pressure to conform and develop moral courage. * Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership *Challenges readers to become moral rebels, foster empathy, and practice supporting others to do the same…The genius of Sanderson's text lies in offering a recognizable picture of moral compromise and an accessible account of steps to counteract it, a recipe for change that offers hope. * Choice *Much of what enables evil people to do evil things is that we stand idly by and let them. In this powerful, well-written book, Catherine Sanderson explains what psychology has taught us about why good people so often do nothing and offers wise suggestions that will enable more of us to step up and be ‘moral rebels’ when the situation calls for it. If you have ever regretted being silent (and who hasn’t?) this is the book for you. -- Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of ChoiceIn an age of government misconduct, corporate malfeasance, and #MeToo, it’s tempting to believe that bad things happen because of bad actors. But as Catherine Sanderson compellingly illustrates, these events aren’t just due to ‘a few bad apples’—they are enabled and sustained by good people who are complicit in behavior they know to be wrong. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand why we can become silent bystanders to unconscionable actions—and what we can do to empower ourselves and others to speak out. -- Asha Rangappa, national security analyst for CNN and former FBI agentAs unwilling witnesses to injustice, many of us have asked ourselves, ‘Why doesn’t someone do something?’ Catherine Sanderson answers this question of conscience in her powerfully persuasive book. This brilliant work stands at the intersection of social justice and social psychology. Using insights from academia, the torture chambers of Abu Ghraib, and crime scenes of police brutality, Sanderson analyzes the powerful forces that drive human beings to act against cruelty, injustice, and human suffering. The unrelenting rigor of her analysis, sweeping breadth of research, and evocative lucidity empower us to act—and also give us hope. This book comes not a moral moment too soon. -- Cornell William Brooks, Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership and Social Justice, Harvard Kennedy School, and former President of the NAACPI tend to assume that all that can be said about human nature was said by Aristotle. Catherine Sanderson has challenged my prejudice with this lively and engaging book full of interesting observations about human beings and their actions. Or has she ‘merely’ updated Aristotle through the lens of modern social psychology? If so, that’s a worthy achievement. -- William Kristol, Director of Defending Democracy TogetherWhy do so many people stand silent when someone does something bad? If you find yourself increasingly asking that question these days, you’re not alone—and Catherine Sanderson has written the book for you. Why We Act reviews the social psychological literature—from Milgram’s shocking findings onward—to explain why people who know better sometimes give wrongdoing a pass, and applies the field’s findings to everyday life, like bullying in schools, fraud and harassment in the workplace, and our current political life. A clear and engaging writer, Sanderson offers sound advice on how we can become better at doing what we know is right. -- George Conway, cofounder of The Lincoln ProjectBad things don’t happen only because of bad actors. They happen because good people choose to look the other way. In lucid prose, Sanderson explores why many avert their eyes in the face of immoral behavior, and offers strategies to help combat this pernicious tendency. Why We Act is an essential read for building a kinder and more ethical society. -- David DeSteno, Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University, and author of Emotional SuccessOur world is filled with evidence of cowardice and corruption. Catherine Sanderson explains why, drawing on decades of groundbreaking research. Why We Act offers powerful advice about how each of us can protect our integrity and improve our institutions. This is an urgent and compelling book with a clear agenda for concerned citizens. -- Jeremi Suri, author of The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest OfficeIn this deeply researched, compulsively readable account, Sanderson offers a thoroughly persuasive analysis of why most people remain silent in situations where they—and we—know full well that their actions could prevent harm. More importantly, she provides a highly practical toolkit for cultivating empathy and learning to be a ‘moral rebel.’ A profound and timely contribution to the psychology of compassionate moral action in a heartless world. -- R. Marie Griffith, Director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, Washington University in St. LouisThis is a rich, powerful, and wide-ranging exploration of moral courage, of inaction and action. It shows what stops people from helping—and what leads them to help others. These are tremendously important issues. The focus on training, and how to influence bystanders to act, is especially valuable. -- Ervin Staub, author of The Roots of Goodness and Resistance to Evil
£999.99
Random House USA Inc Of Two Minds An Anthropologist Looks at American
Book SynopsisWith sharp and soulful insight, T. M. Luhrmann examines the world of psychiatry, a profession which today is facing some of its greatest challenges from within and without, as it continues to offer hope to many. At a time when mood-altering drugs have revolutionized the treatment of the mentally ill and HMO’s are forcing caregivers to take the pharmacological route over the talking cure, Luhrmann places us at the heart of the matter and allows us to see exactly what is at stake. Based on extensive interviews with patients and doctors, as well as investigative fieldwork in residence programs, private psychiatric hospitals, and state hospitals, Luhrmann’s groundbreaking book shows us how psychiatrists develop and how the enormous ambiguities in the field affect its practitioners and patients.
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