Humanistic psychology

A comprehensive collection of multidisciplinary perspectives on the forms and functions of play and its importance in development.

A comprehensive collection of multidisciplinary perspectives on the forms and functions of play and its importance in development.

Reconfiguring the lines between literature and psychoanalysis, this book argues that to alleviate poverty we engage with its psychic life.

Reconfiguring the lines between literature and psychoanalysis, this book argues that to alleviate poverty we engage with its psychic life.

"e;Some theories of [psychology] are based largely on the behavior of sick and anxious people or upon the antics of captive and desperate rats.

Introduction to the 100 Somethings Language Learning SeriesWelcome to an innovative approach to language learning!

Awakening to Awe is a self-help meditation on an alternativeand growingspiritual movement.

From the bestselling author of A More Beautiful Question, hundreds of big and small questions that harness the magic of inquiry to tackle challenges we all face--at work, in our relationships, and beyond.

A dramatic narrative history of the psychological movement that reshaped American cultureThe expectation that our careers and personal lives should be expressions of our authentic selves, the belief that our relationships should be defined by openness and understanding, the idea that therapy can help us reach our fullest potential these ideas have become so familiar that it's impossible to imagine our world without them.

'It stands alone in the literature of manic depression for its bravery, brilliance and beauty' - Oliver SacksAn Unquiet Mind is a definitive examination of manic depression from both sides: doctor and patient, the healer and the healed.

'What a masterpiece!

An indispensable guide to more peaceful and enjoyable parenting'This isn't a parenting advice book, it's a book about you.

Noises from the Darkroom draws psychology, biology and mysticism together into an exciting new theory of human consciousness.

Top ten Sunday Times Bestseller'Engaging, ambitious and creative' GuardianWhere are we?

A startling investigation of what it means to be human.

Introducing Human Design, the revolutionary system that reveals the personality 'blueprint' of who you were born to be.

'Jung was on a giant scale.

Is it possible to be truly successful as a person?

A superb distillation of the wisdom of one of Britain's most admired writers on the human condition.

Acclaimed author Matt Ridley's thrilling follow-up to his bestseller Genome.

**The number one bestseller, with over 150,000 copies sold, which kick-started a mindfulness revolution**'Ruby Wax has written a guide to mindfulness that's as hilarious as it is useful' Arianna Huffington'We are all frazzled, all of us.

The Confusion of Karen Carpenter, a book that will make you laugh and cry, is by Coronation Street scriptwriter Jonathan Harvey.

Brian Leiter defends a set of radical ideas from Nietzsche: there is no objectively true morality, there is no free will, no one is ever morally responsible, and our conscious thoughts and reasoning play almost no significant role in our actions and how our lives unfold.

Brian Leiter defends a set of radical ideas from Nietzsche: there is no objectively true morality, there is no free will, no one is ever morally responsible, and our conscious thoughts and reasoning play almost no significant role in our actions and how our lives unfold.

Recent evidence has shown that the successful setting of goals brings about positive outcomes in psychological therapy.

Recent evidence has shown that the successful setting of goals brings about positive outcomes in psychological therapy.

What is the human essence?

Caring for our family members, friends, and others is a central part of a rewarding life.

Caring for our family members, friends, and others is a central part of a rewarding life.

Personality pathology, which is characterized by a pervasive, maladaptive, and inflexible pattern of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, has long been considered a set of categories that are distinct from each other and from "e;normal"e; personality.

When a cultural movement that began to take shape in the mid-twentieth century erupted into mainstream American culture in the late 1990s, it brought to the fore the idea that it is as important to improve one's own sense of pleasure as it is to manage depression and anxiety.

When a cultural movement that began to take shape in the mid-twentieth century erupted into mainstream American culture in the late 1990s, it brought to the fore the idea that it is as important to improve one's own sense of pleasure as it is to manage depression and anxiety.

There's far more bad management behavior taking place today than the well-intentioned doling it out realize.

There's far more bad management behavior taking place today than the well-intentioned doling it out realize.

Few people today would challenge the legitimacy of democracy as the form of government most congenial to modern-day citizenship, as it requires its members to treat each other as equals and to cooperate in the shared pursuit of conditions that maximize both the individual's potential and the achievement of a public welfare.

Few people today would challenge the legitimacy of democracy as the form of government most congenial to modern-day citizenship, as it requires its members to treat each other as equals and to cooperate in the shared pursuit of conditions that maximize both the individual's potential and the achievement of a public welfare.

What is the human essence?

Personality pathology, which is characterized by a pervasive, maladaptive, and inflexible pattern of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, has long been considered a set of categories that are distinct from each other and from "e;normal"e; personality.

Multisystemic Resilience brings together for the first time in one volume a wide range of resilience scholars who have been wrestling with how to explain processes of recovery, adaptation, and transformation in contexts of change and adversity.

Volumes have been dedicated to madness, but sanity is rarely mentioned.

Dieses Fachbuch bietet einen umfassenden Einblick in die Welt der körperorientierten Heilmethoden und deren Integration in therapeutische Behandlungskonzepte.

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