Self Help Psychology

Trauma and Recovery is revered as the seminal text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a broader political frame, Harvard psychiatrist Judith Herman argues that psychological trauma is inseparable from its social and political context. Drawing on her own research on incest, as well as a vast literature on combat veterans and victims of political terror, she shows surprising parallels between private horrors like child abuse and public horrors like war.

A Deeper Look at Sun Signs is a down to earth description of each Sun Sign in the zodiac's personality traits and the different struggles they may face.

Through vivid stories of the experiences of their patients (both adults and children), Drs. Hallowell and Ratey show the varied forms ADD takes - from the hyperactive search for high stimulation to the floating inattention of daydreaming - and the transforming impact of precise diagnosis and treatment.

In the midst of a chaotic world, where self-criticism and constant comparison seem to prevail, "The Path to Self-Compassion: Nurturing Inner Peace in a Chaotic World" offers a guiding light towards a more compassionate and fulfilling life. Through insightful- and practical exercises, and gentle encouragement, this book teaches us to embrace self-compassion as the key to finding inner peace, cultivating resilience, and fostering meaningful connections with others. Whether you are seeking overcome self-doubt, or simply navigate life's challenges with greater ease, this powerful guide will ...

Back with another kick-ass book! This is the highly anticipated second installment of the bestselling "50 Things to Realize Before It's Too Late." I want to express my deepest gratitude for your incredible support. Your overwhelming messages and requests inspired me to write this follow-up. Life, after all, is a beautiful journey filled with lessons, and during this journey, I've captured some of the most impactful insights from my teachers, mentors, customers, and even family. Whether profound or absurd, these lessons are all worth sharing with you. You will: Learn to recognize and embrace...

World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea - the power of our mindset. Dweck explains why it's not just our abilities and talent that bring us success - but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes clear why praising intelligence and ability doesn't foster self-esteem and lead to accomplishment but may actually jeopardise success.

You are a young girl trying to excel in a sport. But this requires dedication and discipline. Sometimes it's very hard to keep your eye on the prize and devote your free time to your chosen activity. Here are some questions to ask yourself and some coaching tips to help you excel at life.

Let’s Take The Crap Out of Psychotherapy (Paperback – March 3, 2025) by Yildiz Sethi is a groundbreaking guide that challenges the current state of the mental health industry. Drawing on over 25 years of experience in psychotherapy, education, and counselling, Yildiz exposes the myths and misinformation that have kept people trapped in ineffective systems of care for decades. This powerful modern therapy book uncovers practical methods for healing, new Healing Methods the deep-rooted alliance between the mental health profession and the pharmaceutical industry—a partnership that often...

You Can Beat Procrastination “Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.” Napoleon Hill PLEASE TAKE NOTE!!! There is no one strategy, there is no universal panacea, there is no one size fits all cure for your procrastination that's why I ask questions in the book, it's so that you can fit the material to your unique needs. What I and anyone else who has written about procrastination can do is to give you the tools which cann help you to regain control of your life, but ultimately the will to change ...

This book will help you clarify your thinking, process your emotions, and help you make better decisions. If you are ready to design a life you love, this book will help you on your journey. Life teaches us lessons continuously. Do we pay attention and acknowledge what we learn? Do we strive to improve ourselves, and, due to these improvements, are our lives and relationships positive influences for everyone around us? Life is an ongoing process. We should consciously stop sometimes to reflect upon the situations we find ourselves in and the experiences life gives us. Could we have done ...

We've all had the desire to travel through time and see what our lives will be like later in life. While we want the best possible future for ourselves, we often fail to make decisions that would truly make that a reality. Why are so many of us so disconnected from our future selves? Based on over a decade of groundbreaking research, Your Future Self explains that, in our minds, our future selves often look like strangers.

THE HAPPY LIFE HANDBOOK This book will help you live better. Here’s why: it’s an inspiring collection of life advice gathered during a decade and a half of conversations with psychologists and other experts, packaged into one practical guide. Witty, wise and daringly direct, this handbook is dedicated to you and the fulfilling life you secretly wish for. Waiting doesn’t work. The time to start creating your own happiness is now! DISCOVER HOW TO…Accept yourself 100%, date smart, discover the meaning of (your) life, act despite your fears, handle your first day at a new job, make ...

What if being “a little neurotic” wasn’t an insult… but a clue? Welcome to Are You Neurotic? — a fascinating, funny, and eye-opening exploration of the quirks, worries, and habits that make us gloriously human. This is not a stuffy psychology textbook. This is a mirror. Written by Dr. Harold Laski, a physician with decades of real-life medical wisdom, and Carmen Laski, an EMT with a sharp eye for human behavior, this book pulls back the curtain on neurosis — what it really is, how it shows up in everyday life, and why it might not be the monster you think it is. Do you double-...

★★★★★ "Please read this book and receive the healing and release that it offers!" - Reader review ___ A powerful and deeply moving memoir that will inspire young black boys to strive for more and be heard! Do young black boys have a voice and can they dare to dream? My Silent Loud explores the thoughts and feelings of the author with the hope and dream that it will give a voice to silent little black boys who wish that someone would listen to them. Young boys who yearn for someone to ask them what they are thinking about. With this book, the author strives to help all black boys ...

Written by Gabriel Walker Land and Al Khemis, a grand introduction to Thailand! Thailand is known as the 'Land of Smiles' -- however it's not always an easy place to land as a long-term expat. In this memoir and self-help story, a digital nomad, expatriate and economic refugee finds himself in a foreign land where he is forced to unlock the endless mysteries of Asia. Along the way, our wayward traveler begins to smile with genuine happiness for the first time in his life, and he soon realizes that if he had never journeyed to the ASEAN region, he might not still be alive to write these ...

In the aftermath of stress, disappointment, and trauma, people often fall into survival mode, even while a part of them longs for more. Juggling multiple demands and responsibilities keeps them busy, but not healed. As a survivor of sexual assault, racism, and evacuation from a civil war in Liberia, Dr. Thema Bryant knows intimately the work involved in healing. Having made the journey herself, in addition to guiding others as a clinical psychologist and ordained minister, Dr. Thema shows you how to reconnect with your authentic self and reclaim your time, your voice, your life.

We all know we tell stories about ourselves. But as psychiatrist and neuroscientist Gregory Berns argues in The Self Delusion, we don’t just tell stories; we are the stories. Our self-identities are fleeting phenomena, continually reborn as our conscious minds receive, filter, or act on incoming information from the world and our memories.

Amazon Book Summary What if your biggest limitations weren’t your circumstances — but your mindset? In 10x Your Mindset, you'll discover a practical, science-backed system to break through self-doubt, rewire your inner dialogue, and unlock the unstoppable version of yourself. Whether you're stuck in overthinking, battling imposter syndrome, or simply ready to stop holding yourself back — this book is your blueprint for transformation. Built around the powerful M.I.N.D.S.E.T. Method, you'll learn how to: ✅ Quiet your inner critic and master your mental chatter ✅ Identify and ...

This is the simple practices gives you the lot of insight, mainly here we take the smell senses 1.pleasant smell, 2.unpleasant smells, 3.losing of the senses of the smell, 4.acridity smells(heavy loss of the senses) 5.acute smells(very heavy and unpleasant smells) 6.smells of the liquors, 7.strongly aromatic smells, 8.anosmia smells.( that is loss your senses) This book contains Six practical methods which is give you total practical methodology about your senses. I f you are practices these practices then , you will find out your own enlightenment without any one help.also improve your ...

David Bradford and Carole Robin taught interpersonal skills to MBA candidates for a combined 75 years in their legendary Stanford Graduate School of Business course Interpersonal Dynamics (affectionately known to generations of students as "Touchy-Feely") and have coached and consulted hundreds of executives for decades. In Connect, they show listeners how to take their relationships from shallow to exceptional by cultivating authenticity, vulnerability, and honesty, while being willing to ask for and offer help, share a commitment to growth, and deal productively with conflict.