Counseling Psychology

Are you Black and in love? Strengthen your bond and discover true intimacy with your partner before you “jump the broom.” Before the Broom is an indispensable workbook—the resource you need to facilitate self-reflection and communication between you and your partner to equip you for lifelong marital happiness. Renowned psychologists and couples therapists Erica Holmes, Ronecia Lark, and Jessica M. Smedley have collaborated to provide easy-to-follow exercises that explore many common areas of relational conflict, examined through a historic lens specific to the Black American ...

We cannot know how to fix a problem until we understand its causes. But even for some of the most common mental health problems, three specialists might offer you three completely different treatments. As a cognitive neuropsychiatrist, Professor Anthony David brings together many fields of study, from social and cognitive psychology to neurology. The key for each patient might be anything from a traumatic memory to a chemical imbalance, an unhealthy way of thinking or a hidden tumour.

Microsoft is well-known for being an intense place to work: employees face constant pressure to innovate and excel and are passionately devoted to their jobs. In this insightful audiobook, Anna Rowley reveals the major problems all managers face and shows how to conquer them.

If you’re feeling stuck or overwhelmed by personal challenges, need more joy and serenity, or simply wonder what happens in therapy, step inside Tuya Pearl’s office to experience the transformational process. With keys and a professional therapist to guide you, you’ll unlock your story with clarity that will astound you, heal you, and set you free.

Книга Николая Дмитриевича Линде, профессора и кандидата психологических наук, является практическим пособием по психологическому консультированию и эмоционально-образной терапии. Автор предлагает методы для преодоления негативных эмоциональных состояний и описывает ключевые этапы консультирования на примерах из своей практики. Автор подчеркивает философский подход к психологии, предлагая принципы, которые помогают разобраться в психологических проблемах и находить путь к счастью.

Heavily influenced by Frantz Fanon and critically engaging the theories of decoloniality and liberatory psychoanalysis, Lara Sheehi and Stephen Sheehi platform the lives, perspectives, and insights of psychoanalytically inflected Palestinian psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals, centering the stories that nonclinical Palestinians have entrusted to them over four years of community engagement with clinicians throughout historic Palestine.

Psychotherapist Josh Fletcher takes us on a candid and human journey into the individual sessions of four patients - Levi, Zahra, Noah and Daphne - sharing their self-discovery and recovery as they engage in therapy for the first time. And he lets us into the inner thoughts of a therapist, from shock and sympathy while in session, to how it feels to run into a former client on a messy night out.

Seeking reassurance to remove doubt or fear is natural, and we all do it from time to time. However, it becomes a compulsion when it develops into something repetitive and ritualistic. This compulsion is linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), can perpetuate and worsen this condition, and can also create conflict between you, your friends, coworkers, and loved ones. So, how do you stop? The Compulsive Reassurance Seeking Workbook offers proven-effective tools to reduce compulsions, make peace with uncertainty, and better manage your OCD.

In this landmark book, Brazilian psychoanalyst, Norberto Keppe, offers a scientific study of the link between possession and psychopathology. Keppe's contention is that the disastrous idea perpetuated in both medicine and religion that strange manifestations in the human being are completely physical, and only occasionally spiritual is allowing malignant spirits free rein in their spurious influence over human beings. Keppe's innovative therapeutic perspective is that this mistake must be corrected for humankind to have any chance of returning to a normal peaceful and abundant life.

Learn God’s purpose for anxiety. That’s right—God created stress hormones on purpose. But anxiety can also ruin your life. Learning how to leverage your anxiety to your advantage is the first step to finding peace. Imagine having ten different crises crashing down on your life and being able to handle them with controlled thoughts, a good mood, and a relaxed body. God promises to lead us beside quiet waters, make us lie down in green pastures, quiet us with his love, and give us peace. So why are there millions who can never seem to find those quiet waters? Many Christians have prayed...

All white people understand cultural differences from a platform of relative privilege, affecting their personal and professional interactions. How should they respond when confronted with this knowledge? This introductory book looks at the concept of whiteness and shows how individuals can 'unmask' their own whiteness and take meaningful steps to break down unconscious bias and structural racism.

Analyst and author Ann Belford Ulanov draws on her years of clinical work and reflection to make the point that madness and creativity share a kinship, an insight that shakes both analysis and analyst to the core, reminding us as it does that the suffering places of the human psyche are inextricably -- and, often inexplicably -- related to the fountains of creativity, service, and even genius. She poses disturbing questions: How do we depend on order, when chaos is a necessary part of existence?

INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER AUTHOR An Empire of Power. A Family Torn Apart. A Battle for Redemption. Theo Fester has risen from a childhood of poverty and bullying to build a global technological empire, becoming one of the world’s most powerful magnates. His name symbolizes success and resilience. However, beneath his professional triumphs lies a fractured personal life that threatens to unravel everything he has built. In “Prisoners of the Mind”, renowned psychiatrist Augusto Cury explores Theo's life, haunted by past demons and toxic family dynamics. As Theo’s empire grows, so does...

Who am I? What does that dreaded phrase "Just be yourself" even mean? What does it mean to be "authentic"? These questions can feel overwhelming and impossible. But in Pocket Therapy, licensed psychotherapist Sarah Crosby will help you find the answers. Using accessible language and fun exercises, Sarah helps listeners tackle their “big” questions, one small step at a time.

Millions of us suffer needlessly from panic. We know something is wrong, but we usually think the problem is us: Am I dying? Going crazy? Am I weak? Happily, none of these thoughts are true. Do you have panic and anxiety? Maybe you have sought treatment, but still live in fear of another episode. Maybe you carry your anti-anxiety medications with you “just in case".

Fühlen Sie sich im verwirrenden Labyrinth des Lebens verloren? Quält Sie die erdrückende Einsamkeit? Haben Sie Angst vor der unerbittlichen Vergänglichkeit? Oder sorgt der schleichende Verlust Ihrer Jugend und Eleganz für Unbehagen? "Denn alles ist vergänglich: Geschichten aus der Psychotherapie" vom renommierten Therapeut Irvin D. Yalom ist ein Werk, das Ihnen nicht nur den Spiegel vorhält, sondern auch Schlüssel zu einer erfüllteren Existenz anbietet.

In Zeiten, in denen die Seele oft übersehen und echte Verbindungen selten sind, bleibt die Bedeutung von Empathie und Verständnis zwischen Therapeut und Patient unverzichtbar. Wie kann eine therapeutische Beziehung so gestaltet werden, dass sie Raum für Heilung, Selbsterkenntnis und tiefe menschliche Begegnungen schafft? Dr. Irvin D. Yalom fordert uns auf, über den bloßen Therapieraum hinauszudenken und eröffnet neue Wege zu einem wirklich bereichernden Therapieprozess.

Para o psicoterapeuta Flip Flippen, quanto mais você conhece a si mesmo, melhor pode compreender sua personalidade e limitações. O fundamental é identificar seus pontos fracos para poder superá-los e transformá-los em qualidades que gerem resultados significativos. Flip observou que muitas pessoas sabotam a si mesmas porque não sabem os comportamentos que as impedem de alcançar o seu potencial. Neste livro, você vai descobrir os traços de personalidade que mais atrapalham a sua vida, elaborar um plano de ação e adotar medidas práticas para transformar sua vida.

Trauma, the nation's epidemic, and mainstream culture's hot topic. Our Broken Brains: The Human Condition highlights modern-day trauma therapy alongside real-life stories of the complexities of psychological trauma. Within a traumatic experience, the human brain becomes physiologically damaged, leaving one underdeveloped, bruised, hijacked, and deficient, creating a hostile mental pathology to future events. This book will guide you to heal from traumas' brokenness and expand your mission of constructing a healthy self and space for wellness.

Have you ever had a conversation with a friend or relative that’s hit a nerve and you can’t figure out why it bothered you so much? Over the course of her 15-year career, Emma has discovered that the root of this pain and confusion often lies in a blind spot: a gap in our awareness that distorts how we perceive ourselves and our loved ones which, left unchallenged, can leave us feeling unloved, insecure or overwhelmed. Emma reveals the four blind spot profiles along with client case studies to demonstrate how they show up in daily life, and exercises to help us see past them.