Clinical Psychology category: 2166 books
Overcoming Traumatic Stress
A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Terrible events are very hard to deal with. Those who go through a catastrophic life experience often feel permanently changed by the impact of what has happened. They become numb and shut off from those around them, or grief or guilt may constantly weigh them down. Memories of horrifying scenes may...
Rethinking Autism
Variation and Complexity
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
The media, scientific researchers, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual all refer to "autism" as if it were a single disorder or a single disorder over a spectrum. However, autism is unlike any single disorder in a variety of ways. No single brain deficit is found to cause it, no single...
by Daniel Marques
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Parents that allow their children to watch or read fairy-tales alone, often repeating the same movie or book several tines, are allowing them to become exposed to a mind manipulation tool from an early stage.
Children are extremely vulnerable to this kind of brainwashing, which later ends up not only...
Self-Help That Works
Resources to Improve Emotional Health and Strengthen Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Self-help is big business, but alas, not always a scientific one. Self-help books, websites, and movies abound and are important sources of psychological advice for millions of Americans. But how can you sift through them to find the ones that work? Self-Help That Works is an indispensable guide that...
Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness
Lessons for Therapists and Advocates
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness offers practical strategies for addressing the harmful effects of stigma attached to mental illness. It considers both major forms of stigma: public stigma, which is prejudice and discrimination endorsed by the general population; and self-stigma, the loss...
The Last and Greatest Battle
Finding the Will, Commitment, and Strategy to End Military Suicides
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
Nearly every day an active-duty soldier in the United States military resorts to suicide, and nearly every hour a veteran does the same. In recent years the problem of military suicides has reached epidemic proportions, but it's all too easy for most of us to gloss over the headlines or tune out the...
War and the Soul
Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-tramatic Stress Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
War and PTSD are on the public's mind as news stories regularly describe insurgency attacks in Iraq and paint grim portraits of the lives of returning soldiers afflicted with PTSD. These vets have recurrent nightmares and problems with intimacy, can’t sustain jobs or relationships, and won’t leave...
by Kenneth Mark Colby, Robert J. Stoller
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Exploring the connections between cognitive science and psychoanalysis, the authors indicate that a potentially fruitful relationship can exist between the two fields. The book examines this relationship, concluding that psychoanalysis can contribute to a science of the mind when it flows into a more...
Reverence in the Healing Process
Honoring Strengths without Trivializing Suffering
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2009
Reverence is defined as a sense of awe or profound respect for the person. It has become increasing rare in modern culture, not only in health care, but in education and in corporations, where people are too often treated in a dehumanizing way. This groundbreaking book is the most comprehensive volume...
by Paul Gilbert
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
The bestselling self-help guide Overcoming Depression has been combined with Beating Depression: Inspirational stories of hope and recovery to offer the reader an effective and appealing self-help package. These two titles not only set out practical techniques to overcome depression, but offer inspiration...
ADHD
What Everyone Needs to Know®
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Rates of diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are skyrocketing, throughout America and the rest of the world. U.S. rates of youth diagnosis have increased 40% from just a decade ago. Adults with ADHD are now the fastest-growing segment of the population receiving diagnosis...
Recrafting a Life
Coping with Chronic Illness and Pain
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Chronic illness and pain are now, more than ever, seen asas major problems in the current health care system. Because they are unresponsive to both antibiotics and surgery, theyr are seen as elusive and mysterious. The National Medical Expenditure Survey estimates that over 80 million U.S. citizens...
Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder:A Family Guide for Healing and Change
A Family Guide for Healing and Change
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by unstable moods, negative self-image, dangerous impulsivity, and tumultuous relationships. Many people with BPD excel in academics and careers while revealing erratic, self-destructive, and sometimes violent behavior only to those with whom...
by Garry Flint
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
The Process Healing Method
If you ever wanted to understand the development and operation of the personality, The Theory and Treatment of Your Personality: A manual for change is a book for you. It's ahead of its time because it redefines many psychological terms to simplify understanding the development...