Psychology

From her survey of more than a hundred eligible men, noted relationship author Michelle McKinney Hammond paints a realistic picture of what really attracts men to women and what to do with his attention once you've got it.

Problems with sleeping are common and make life difficult for the individual who is affected and for those around them.

Long before most school programs begin anti-bullying campaigns, young girls are getting a full education in social aggression.

Presence and the Present: Relationship and Time in Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy offers salient points learned from the author's forty years of practice and teaching, and applies psychodynamic psychotherapy to the contemporary practice climate.

The go-to guide for those raising children with mental disorders that Booklist calls a "e;reassuring guide"e; and a "e;genuinely helpful handbook.

The feeling that one can't get over a moral wrong is challenging even in the best of circumstances.

Applying recent psychological and neuropsychological studies of emotions, Erika Wilson explores the role of emotions in major Eastern, Western, and primal religions, as well as in some contemporary spiritual movements.

For those who believe America is worth defending, The Control Factor explores the psychological maneuvers, fantasies, and entanglements we engage in to avoid clearly seeing the Islamic threat that confronts us.

From the trues of nature, man reasons his truths, the sum of which is TRUITY.

Character traits may be used as defenses, or, 'coping mechanisms' that may be developed by individuals in an exaggerated fashion in order to conceal psychological conflicts.

Across the lifespan we may experience moments of sublime intimacy, suffocating closeness, comfortable solitude, and intolerable distance or closeness.

A study of first and second language development in an indigenous community with implications for broader linguistic and cognitive issues.

The Administrative Challenges of (Play) Therapy brings together essays by eight therapists who tell the stories their career paths in the fields of social work and psychology, specializing in children and family therapy .

Reverence is defined as a sense of awe or profound respect for the person.

Educators have long been pursuing and applying ways that play can be a context and even a medium for teaching and learning.

Show yourself who's in charge using the original art of persuasion, backed by contemporary pop culture examples that make transforming your habits and achieving goals easy, even fun from the New York Times bestselling author of Thank You for ArguingRhetoric once sat at the centre of elite education.

Drawing on the author's unusual background as a seminarian turned scientist and business executive, Boys of the Cloth presents a unique analysis of the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church.

Now in a fully updated and expanded edition, Levy and Orlans' classic text provides a comprehensive overview of attachment theory, how attachment issues manifest, and how they can be treated.

This accessible introduction to developmental psychology examines how children develop, from language development to social learning and the development of emotion.

Video modeling takes visual learning to the next level by using new technologies to create an effective teaching tool.

Children will experience natural growth and change throughout their lives.

Mind Clearing (MC) builds on mindfulness approaches, with the ultimate aim of reducing suffering caused by mental, emotional, relationship and spiritual distress, through clearing the mind.

Homework time can be an ordeal for children with AD/HD.

Adopted children who have suffered trauma and neglect have structural brain change, as well as specific developmental and emotional needs.

Clients with mental health conditions are often diagnosed and treated using a strictly medical model of diagnosis, with little input from the client themselves.

Visual dysfunctions can limit children's concentration, self esteem and school success as they struggle to understand fundamentals such as colors, letters and how to judge distance.

Life Story Therapy is an approach designed to enable children to explore, question and understand the past events of their lives.

When a child is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), what the family really need, and often lack, is positive reassurance and understanding from those closest to them.

The Equality Act 2010 in Mental Health provides a critical guide to the Act: what it means for mental health services and how it should be implemented.

Toddler Adoption looks at the unique joys and challenges of adopting and parenting a toddler.

How to Give Clients the Skills to Stop Panic Attacks shows how it is possible to prevent and abort a panic attack through lifestyle change and mind-body relaxation.

Glenn Petersen flew seventy combat missions in Vietnam when he was nineteen, launching from an aircraft carrier in the Tonkin Gulf.

This text provides a fascinating approach to the widely studied area of individual differences and in particular sex differences.

What drives us to make decisions?

The one-stop guide to studying psychology at degree level.

Written during the Tang dynasty, this unusual tantric guide documents a sexual tantra that is thought to have been practiced by kings for several dynasties, before losing favor to a more ascetic approach to Taoism.

This is a rich and positive description of how it feels to be autistic and how friends, family and the professionals that work with autistic people can be more sensitive to their needs.

Meet the anger gremlin: a troublesome pest whose favourite meal is your anger, and the more he eats the angrier you get!

Increasing numbers of professionals in the fields of psychology and therapy are seeking to incorporate elements of spirituality into their therapeutic oeuvre, addressing not only mental and emotional issues, but also the soul.

Writing Well is a practical handbook of creative writing exercises which forms the basis of an indirect, nonconfrontational approach specifically intended for therapeutic use within the mental health field.

This book is about boyfriends and girlfriends - getting them, keeping them and moving on from them.

This well-established and accessible text has been completely revised in this expanded fifth edition.

Self-harm and suicidal behaviours are increasingly common in young people, but are often hidden.

Attaching in Adoption is a comprehensive guide for prospective and actual adoptive parents on how to understand and care for their adopted child and promote healthy attachment.

This book looks at how therapies involving animals can be used to help individuals with autism to develop skills, including sensory and social skills, to manage challenging behaviors, and improve quality of life.

Meet the inhabitants of the brain in this reader-friendly introduction to what it is and how it works.

The revolutionary and psychiatrist Frantz Fanon was a foundational figure in postcolonial and decolonial thought and practice, yet his psychiatric work still has only been studied peripherally.

This comprehensive introduction to schizophrenia is an ideal starting point for students.

Often seen as supernatural, unpredictable, illusory and possibly dangerous, ESP, telepathy, clairvoyance and other parapsychological activities are actually happening all the time and help us make sense of everyday experiences.

The first non-fiction book to explore the joys and complexities of adult sibling relationships'Whether you're a sibling or an only child, Catherine Carr's book will leave you wiser and feeling more at home in the world.