Psicología / Salud mental

Saving Normal

de Allen Frances

From "the most powerful psychiatrist in America" (New York Times) and "the man who wrote the book on mental illness" (Wired), a deeply fascinating and urgently important critique of the widespread medicalization...

The Voice of Shame: Silence and Connection in Psychotherapy

de Robert G. Lee & Gordon Wheeler

Shame and shame reactions are two of the most delicate and difficult issues of psychotherapy and are among the most likely to defy our usual dynamic, systemic, and behavioral theories. In this groundbreaking...

A Well-Lived Life: Essays in Gestalt Therapy

de Sylvia F. Crocker

Sylvia Crocker's A Well-Lived Life is a work of a daring and creative thinker, offering a bold reconceptualization of Gestalt therapy that extends all the way from its philosophical foundation to the nuances...

Heart of Development, V. 2: Adolescence

de Mark McConville & Gordon Wheeler

In these groundbreaking new collections, the reader will find an exciting, boad-ranging selection of work showing an array of applications of the Gestalt model to working with children, adolescents, and their...

Stuff Your Face or Face Your Stuff: The Organized Approach to Lose Weight by Decluttering Your Life

de Dorothy Breininger

While organizing the lives of her many clients, Emmy-nominated organizing expert Dorothy Breininger learned to face her own stuff, and lost seventy-five pounds in the process. In this one-of-a-kind book she...

Riding the Windhorse: Manic-Depressive Disorder and the Quest for Wholeness

de Robert S. Corrington

In this moving account of his struggles with manic-depressive disorder, distinguished philosopher Robert S. Corrington, creator of the school of ecstatic naturalism, presents a compelling argument for rethinking...

Interventions for Addiction: Comprehensive Addictive Behaviors and Disorders, Volume 3

de Peter M. Miller

Interventions for Addiction examines a wide range of responses to addictive behaviors, including psychosocial treatments, pharmacological treatments, provision of health care to addicted individuals, prevention,...

Biological Research on Addiction: Comprehensive Addictive Behaviors and Disorders, Volume 2

de Peter M. Miller

Biological Research on Addiction examines the neurobiological mechanisms of drug use and drug addiction, describing how the brain responds to addictive substances as well as how it is affected by drugs of abuse....

Principles of Addiction: Comprehensive Addictive Behaviors and Disorders, Volume 1

de Peter M. Miller

Principles of Addiction provides a solid understanding of the definitional and diagnostic differences between use, abuse, and disorder. It describes in great detail the characteristics of these syndromes and...

The Origins of Family Psychotherapy: The NIMH Family Study Project

de Murray Bowen, Jack Butler & Joanne Bowen

This book presents original papers from Bowen's NIMH Family Study Project with commentaries concerning the origins and developments of family psychotherapy and the beginnings of a new type of therapeutic relationship....

Race, Colour and the Processes of Racialization: New Perspectives from Group Analysis, Psychoanalysis and Sociology

de Farhad Dalal

Is racial conflict determined by biology or society?

So many conflicts appear to be caused by racial and ethnic differences; for example, the cities of Britain and America are regularly affected by race riots....

Trauma, Dissociation, And Impulse Dyscontrol In Eating Disorders

de P.E.R.

Published in 1997, Trauma, Dissociation, And Impulse Dyscontrol In Eating Disorders is a valauble contribution to the field of Psychotherapy.

Flagging the Therapy: Pathways Out of Depression and Anxiety

de Harry Barry

Flagging the Therapy: Pathways Out of Depression and Anxiety follows on from Dr Barry's best-selling book, Flagging the Problem, which was in the Top 5 following its publication in 2007. As Irish society undergoes...

Flagging the Problem: A New Approach to Mental Health

de Harry Barry

Flagging the Problem uses a new way of identifying and dealing with mental health problems using colour coded flags by a medical doctor with extensive experience in the treatment of mental health issues. As...

Responding to Family Violence: A Comprehensive, Research-Based Guide for Therapists

de Christine E. Murray & Kelly N. Graves

The comprehensive theory- and research-based guidelines provided in this text help answer the personal and professional questions therapists have as they provide competent clinical treatment to clients who have...

Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy in an International Context

de Roy Moodley, Uwe P. Gielen & Rosa Wu

Many factors in the world today, such as globalization and a rise in immigration, are increasing the need for mental health practitioners to acquire the ability to interact effectively with people of different...

A Fractured Mind: My Life with Multiple PersonaIity Disorder

de Robert B. Oxnam

The harrowing, insightful, and courageous account of a prominent man's struggle with multiple personalities

Robert Oxnam was a high-profile, successful man: A renowned scholar and president of the Asia Society,...

Integrating the Rorschach and the MMPI-2 in Personality Assessment

de Ronald J. Ganellen

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI, MMPI-2, and MMPI-A) and the Rorschach are the two tests used most widely in clinical personality assessment to evaluate personality functioning, current...

Gift of Tears: A Practical Approach to Loss and Bereavement in Counselling and Psychotherapy

de Susan Lendrum & Gabrielle Syme

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Gift of Tears includes new research and examples of recent events to help illustrate the effects of loss. Containing a strong practical element, the book guides...

Hypnosis in the Relief of Pain

de Ernest R. Hilgard & Josephine R. Hilgard

Written by a psychologist and a psychiatrist noted for their expertise as both practitioners and researchers, the book illustrates how hypnosis can significantly alleviate the pain of childbirth, medical or...