Julia Kristeva refracts the impulse to hate (and our attempts to subvert, sublimate, and otherwise process it) through psychoanalysis and text, exploring worlds, women, religion, portraits, and the act of writing.
In recent years there has been increasing interaction between basic and applied memory researchers, ranging from heated debates to highly productive collaborations.
How envy, spite, and the pursuit of admiration influence politicsWhy do governments underspend on policies that would make their constituents better off?
This thoughtful book brings together some of the best psychological and spiritual thinkers to ponder evidence-based reflections about the development and nurturance of compassion.
Ranging from blockbuster movies to experimental shorts or documentaries to scientific research, computer animation shapes a great part of media communication processes today.
Though many factors can influence the likelihood that we remember a past experience, one critical determinant is whether the experience caused us to have an emotional response.
The Psychology of Self-Control reviews evidence that indicates low self-control is among the most important individual risk factors for criminal offending.
This book offers a unique perspective on the topic of boredom, with chapters written by diverse representatives of various mental health disciplines and philosophical approaches.
Written by two clinical psychologists with nearly a century of combined experience, this book explains how people who suffer from depression, anxiety, or undue anger can overcome these difficulties by allowing the normal process of grieving to occur.
Introducing the notion of boredom into the academic context, Boredom and Academic Work proposes a fresh sociological perspective on boredom and academic work alike.
This pioneering collection brings together Suzanne Keen's extensive body of work on empathy and reading, charting the development of narrative empathy as an area of inquiry in its own right and extending cross-disciplinary conversations about empathy evoked by reading.
El libro que tiene en sus manos constituye una herramienta fundamental que le permitirá identificar, desarrollar y poner en práctica una gran variedad de recursos que le ayudarán a superar la adversidad cuando se presente en su vida y amenace su bienestar; está pensado para ofrecer ayuda a estudiantes, profesionales, empresarios, familias y personas que viven o tienen cerca de ellos situaciones adversas.
The Clinician's Guide to Anxiety Sensitivity Treatment and Assessment provides evidence-based strategies for clinicians looking to treat, assess and better understand anxiety sensitivity in their patients.
Integrating cutting-edge relational theory with technique, this volume reveals the deeply personal nature of the intersubjective process of group therapy as it affects the group therapist and other group members.
Multilevel Grounding develops a new approach to musical meaning-Multilevel-Grounded Semantics, addressing the well- known paradox that music seems full of meaning yet there is little consensus among listeners on what exactly it is that this meaning communicates.
Der Körper in der Sexualtherapie - Embodiment und Sexualität: Die Einbindung des Körpers in die Sexualtherapie- Umfassend: Darstellung des Sexocorporel als therapeutisches Vorgehen auf embodimentorientierter Basis.
Mitte der 1990er Jahre gelangte die DBT aus den USA in die deutschsprachigen Länder und etablierte sich rasch als am besten evaluierte Methode zur Behandlung einer Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung.
Although much academic work has been done on the areas of mind, brain, and society, a theoretical synthesis of the three levels of analysis - the biological, the mental, and the social - has not until now been put forward.
Psychology has an important part to play in the teaching and practice of physical education and sport, and this volume, originally published in 1972, provided a systematic and authoritative introduction to the major areas in this field at the time.
Affective Computing for Social Good: Enhancing Well-being, Empathy, and Equity offers an insightful journey into the intricate realm of affective computing.
Ein beziehungsorientierter und traumafundierter Traueransatz- Ein neuer Ansatz in der Trauerbegleitung von Kindern und Jugendlichen- Praxisorientiert mit zahlreichen Beispielen- Autor hält Vorträge, gibt Workshops und andere VeranstaltungenKinder und Jugendliche erleben viel häufiger schwere, nicht selten auch traumatisierende Verlustsituationen als gemeinhin angenommen.
This volume is a sequel to the landmark work that established an exciting new field of study, Stress, Appraisal and Coping (Lazarus and Folkman, 1984).
