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Creatures of a Day: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
Irvin D Yalom · Basic Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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"All of us are creatures of a day," wrote Marcus Aurelius, "rememberer and remembered alike." In his long-awaited new collection of stories, renowned psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom describes his patients' struggles - as well as his own - to come to terms with the two great... |
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Choosing Therapy: A Guide to Getting What You Need
Ilyana Romanovsky · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Pages: 169
Format: Hardcover
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Like any decision that we make in life, making the choice to seek therapy involves mastering a large body of knowledge, sifting through the thousands of therapists in the field and finding the right one, understanding different psychological approaches to counseling and what might work... |
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One Another's Equals: The Basis of Human Equality
Jeremy Waldron · Belknap Press
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
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An enduring theme of Western philosophy is that we are all one another's equals. Yet the principle of basic equality is woefully under-explored in modern moral and political philosophy. In a major new work, Jeremy Waldron attempts to remedy that shortfall with a subtle and multifaceted... |
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Ordinarily Well: The Case for Antidepressants
Peter D Kramer · Farrar
Pages: 310
Format: Print book
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Do antidepressants work, or are they glorified dummy pills? How can we tell? In "Ordinarily Well, " the celebrated psychiatrist and author Peter D. Kramer examines the growing controversy about the popular medications. A practicing doctor who trained as a psychotherapist and worked... |
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Anesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion and the Mystery of Consciousness
KATE COLE-ADAMS · Counterpoint
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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"A work of splendid richness and depth." -- Helen Garner, author of Everywhere I Look Anesthetize: to render insensible First there's the injection, then the countdown -- and next thing you know, you're awake. Anesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion and the Mystery of Consciousness... |
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
Daniel G. Amen · Harmony Books,
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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In this completely revised and updated edition of the breakthrough bestseller, you'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. You're not stuck with the brain you're... |
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Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families
Francis Mark Mondimore · Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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Compassionate and comprehensive, Dr. Francis Mondimore's pathbreaking guide has helped thousands of people and their loved ones cope with bipolar disorder. Now in its third edition, Bipolar Disorder has been thoroughly updated with new information about the causes of the disorder,... |
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The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness
Jill Filipovic · Nation Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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What do women want? It's a time-old question, but if you head out into America and talk to women one-on-one, as Jill Filipovic has done, you discover that what they want is happiness. Despite what recent books, articles, or tv shows would have you believe, real women are less concerned... |
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Keeping Your Adoptive Family Strong: Strategies for Success
L. Gianforte · Jessica Kingsley Pub
Format: Print book
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Welcoming a new child into the home through adoption is a life-altering experience -- for the child, the parents, and everyone else in the family. Expectations and realities often differ dramatically, and adjusting to the change can be difficult and emotionally painful. Since the majority... |
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Rethink: The Surprising History of New Ideas
Steven Poole · Scribner
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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A brilliant and groundbreaking argument that innovation and progress are often achieved by revisiting and retooling ideas from the past rather than starting from scratch - from The Guardian columnist and contributor to The Atlantic.Innovation is not always as innovative as it may seem.... |
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The Art of Reading
DAMON YOUNG · Scribe US
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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'What you are doing right now is, cosmically speaking, against the odds.' As young children, we are taught to read, but soon go on to forget just how miraculous a process it is, this turning of scratches and dots into understanding, unease and inspiration. Perhaps we need to stop... |
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What Love Is: And What It Could Be
Carrie Jenkins · Basic Books
Pages: 213
Format: Print book
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What is love? Aside from being the title of many a popular love song, this is one of life's perennial questions. In What Love Is, philosopher Carrie Jenkins offers a bold new theory on the nature of romantic love that reconciles its humanistic and scientific components. Love can be a social... |
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Philosophy Bites Again
David Edmonds · Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Philosophy Bites Again is a brand new selection of interviews from the popular podcast of the same name. It offers engaging and thought-provoking conversations with leading philosophers on a selection of major philosophical issues that affect our lives. Their subjects include pleasure,... |
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The Man Who Couldn't Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought
David Adam · Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Have you ever had a strange urge to jump from a tall building or steer your car into oncoming traffic? You are not alone. In this ... fusion of science, history, and memoir, [science editor and writer] David Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mind and explains... |
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