Practical Psychology

Welcomed as a revolutionary and effective approach to improve people's mental health and help them find happiness when it was first published in 1949, Andrew Salter's Conditioned Reflex Therapy introduced both the fundamental ideas of behavior therapy and many techniques still practiced today. This classic guide, which is perhaps the first self-help book, includes specific methods for assertion, getting in touch with your feelings, relaxation, and using imagery to overcome phobias, anxieties, and depression.

Do you feel that your moods and feelings are out of control? Do you unintentionally hurt your loved ones with your unpredictable behavior? Do you, sometimes, make regrettable decisions because you're blinded by your emotions? Uncontrollable mood swings and erratic behaviors don't make you a bad person. Most probably, you simply need to take care of your mental health. And, last but not least, you're not alone.

Too often, therapists and other helping professionals feel paralyzed by the fear that they don't know enough about other cultural groups to counsel clients different than themselves. Lambers Fisher sets out to mitigate these fears by providing a framework for professionals to better understand the experiences of cultural groups with whom they are not familiar. Lambers will challenge you to learn more about other cultures, accept what you do not yet know in the process, and utilize strategies that can help you become an increasingly culturally competent professional.

Understanding and Applying Sigmund Freud: A Practical Guide to the Unconscious, Dreams, and Human Behavior Unlock the mysteries of the mind with this clear and engaging guide to Sigmund Freud’s most influential ideas. Understanding and Applying the Major Ideas of Sigmund Freud is a practical, reader-friendly introduction to one of the most important thinkers in psychology and Western thought. Whether you're a psychology student, a lifelong learner, or someone curious about human behavior, this book explores Freud's core theories—including the unconscious mind, id-ego-superego, dream ...

Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey to heal from trauma, overcome anxiety, and rebuild emotional strength? EMDR: A Practical Guide for Healing PTSD, Anxiety, and Emotional Wounds is the audiobook you’ve been waiting for—a clear, compassionate, and practical resource that makes the science and techniques of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) accessible to everyone.

This book, Development Challenges and Disorders: Early Intervention and Treatment. , is intended for behavior analysts who work directly with people with autism or supervise those who work with them. It is based on important principles and values, and discusses the factors that influence ethical decision-making. The book also discusses important but understudied subjects like: range of expertise; practice in behavior analysis based on evidence; how to work with experts from within and outside one's field; and how to make ethical training and supervision systems that are specific to each ...

Unlock Your Potential: Thrive with Adult ADHD and Take Control of Your Life. Do you struggle with focus, procrastination, and unfinished tasks—constantly feeling overwhelmed? Have you ever felt like your mind is a web browser with too many tabs open, making it impossible to concentrate? Are you ready to turn your ADHD from a daily struggle into your greatest strength? If you’ve been battling distractions, impulsivity, and the frustration of not reaching your full potential, you’re not alone.

We all wish that we could have a better memory...but wishing isn’t enough. Luckily, a legitimate shortcut exists, and boosting your brain-power will help you achieve more in every aspect of your life. Personal, professional, and even romantic profits await the listener ready for more!

Trouble sleeping, panic attacks, knots in your stomach, excessive worry, doubts, phobias - anxiety comes in many shapes and sizes, and affects millions of people. But you don’t have to suffer anymore. In Retrain Your Anxious Brain, renowned therapist and anxiety expert John Tsilimparis, MFT, shares the groundbreaking program he’s created to help hundreds of people (himself included) free themselves from crippling anxiety and live healthier, happier lives.

Have you ever wondered how some people can easily get what they want from the world? I’m going to tell you a little secret.... Those people aren’t different from you, they just know how to get what they want from others, persuading them and influencing them so that they are ready to take action. But there’s more. This persuasive ability isn’t encoded in the genes, it’s a skill everybody can learn. If you want to learn how to actually influence, persuade, and manipulate other people to get what you want and reach your goals faster, this book is for you

We live in an age of anxiety. Like an omnipresent yet invisible odour you've grown used to, anxiety has become a constant condition, a fact of life, and a distraction that undermines our quality of life. Dr Wendy Suzuki's groundbreaking research shows us that science tells us a very different story: yes, anxiety is unpleasant - it's meant to be - and in the debilitating extreme, what Wendy will call 'bad anxiety', it's destructive. But most of the anxiety that humans feel is essential.

Parenting just got tougher. As the teenage brain rewires, hormones surge, and independence beckons, a perfect storm for family conflict emerges. But help is at hand. This uniquely practical parenting audiobook for raising teenagers in today's world is grounded in evidence-based psychology, exploring the science at work during this period of child development and showing how your behavior and response as a parent has never been more important.

Renowned psychologist Professor Woo-kyoung Ahn devised a course at Yale called 'Thinking' to help students examine the biases that cause people so many problems in their daily lives. It quickly became one of the university’s most popular courses. Now, for the first time, she presents key insights from her years of teaching and research. It’s well known that our minds are tripped up by error, cognitive bias and prejudice. But knowing that isn’t enough: the thinking problems still exist.

With considerations of historical, cultural, and developmental contexts; explorations of relationship diversity as it manifests in queerness, the ace and aro spectrum, non-monogamy and neurodivergence; and a look towards deeper, compassionate, interdependent ways to relate - this book will help people of all ages, backgrounds and identities explore their relational world.

This audiobook makes Montessori accessible to everyone. It outlines the key principles that underpin the approach succinctly and makes applying them immediate and practical for the average time-poor working parent. It provides quick, simple, and accessible ways to ensure that your child's environment is a stimulating one. It also explores the family values that Montessori instils, and how the way in which you parent and your approach to relationships can encapsulate these. Your child may not attend a Montessori school, but your family can still live by Montessori principles.

Manipulation is the conscious act of causing someone to do a certain thing or act in a certain way. Manipulation is clever, skillful, and sometimes unscrupulous. Manipulation is not always a bad thing. Knowing that manipulation is happening is the first step towards ending it. By knowing the signs of manipulation, people can often stop it before it becomes a bad habit or a detrimental way of life. At the same time, understanding manipulation will help you to get better at it, if that is your goal.

Learn practical applications for mental health/behavioral and medical and dental clients and patients using the theories and techniques taught by Dave Elman to thousands of medical and dental practitioners. This concise book is the capstone of the series based upon Elman’s work. This includes using a variety of techniques that take three or less minutes to perform.

Unlock humanity's ultimate survival guide with the thrilling new eBook, "Surviving the Unthinkable". Set in a stark post-apocalyptic landscape, this engrossing manual takes readers on an enlightening journey from chaos to restoration. In this compelling tome, you'll embark on a trek across 34 chapters, each formulating a blueprint for survival amidst devastation. Begin your odyssey endeavor with an understanding the apocalyptic topography that will usher the reader into the aftermath world. Strategically navigate your psyche through extreme conditions by mastering the art of ...

Which ingredients promise the happiest romantic chemistry? How can understanding your own psyche help you succeed in love? This book answers all your love-related questions and gives you concrete dating tips. Finally understand what makes people tick and use scientific findings from social and behavioural psychologists to get your love life on track. Plus questionnaires and self-analysis exercises ensure the insights gained are appropriate to your own situation.

Discover how to master the art of texting to unlock your dating potential and win more dates. Tired of getting ghosted and ignored? Or worst, the false hope from a great conversation, but only to watch her slowly lose interest? If you want to stop all these in your life, please read on. Soon instead of fearing it, you will learn to take advantage of the power of texting in the modern dating scene. Together, we will explore the female psyche and cover every step of the journey.