Newly Revised and Updated! Are you tormented by extremely distressing thoughts or persistent worries? Compelled to wash your hands repeatedly? Driven to repeat or check certain numbers, words, or actions? If you or someone you love suffers from these symptoms, you may be one of the millions of Americans who suffer from some form of obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD. Once considered almost untreatable, OCD is now known to be a highly treatable disorder using behavior therapy. In this new...
'Essential insights into the character of human choice and decision-making.' ROBERT CIALDINI, author of InfluenceA Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Daniel Pink and Adam Grant NEXT BIG IDEA book club read about how to avoid the pitfalls of too little, and too much, complexity________Our brains are hardwired to sort, categorize and draw lines. It's how we navigate the infinite kaleidoscope of everyday information. But imagine failing an exam by a mere 1 per cent. Or being caught speeding at jus...
Like Studs Terkel's Working and David Brooks's Bobos in Paradise, The Banana Sculptor... captures the follies, the obsessions, and the dreams (sublime or ridiculous) that define our individuality and our notions of happiness. With wit and without ever passing judgment, the authors bring to life the amazing ways in which people relax, compete with others, and exercise their imaginations.The activities described range from an attempt to swim all the Great Lakes, to carving the Last Supper in wood,...
Yellow Wallpaper (American Feminist Literature) (Golden Classics, #51)
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrenched this small literary masterpiece from her own experience. Narrated with superb psychological skill and dramatic precision, it tells the story of a nameless woman driven mad by enforced confinement after the birth of her child. Isolated in a colonial mansion in the middle of nowhere, forced to sleep in an attic nursery with barred windows and sickly yellow wallpaper, secretly she does what she has to do - she writes. She craves intellectual stimulation, activity,...
Recovering from Sexual Abuse, Addictions, and Compulsive Behaviors
by Carlton E. Munson and Sandra L. Knauer
Explore the connection between sexual victimization, addiction, and compulsive behaviors!This book demonstrates clearly what lengths survivors of sexual abuse will go to in attempting to avoid dealing with the pain resulting from their sexual abuse. Anyone who has been sexually abused is likely to have one of the addictions or compulsive behaviors described herein. The information in Recovering from Sexual Abuse, Addictions, and Compulsive Behaviors regarding codependency is especially useful to...
Non-smoker. Easy to say, but it can seem impossible to do. This tape gets to the root of why you smoke and helps you break the nicotine habit.
Gambling has recently become a major mainstream leisure activity. For most people it is an enjoyable, exciting entertainment, but for a minority it becomes a destructive dependency. This practical book is designed for those involved with a problem gambler, such as clients, partners or family members. The author explores some of the motivations and attractions of gambling; discusses the transition from social to problem gambling, and how gambling dependency develops; describes strategies for brea...
Cognitive-Behavioral & Neuropsychological Models of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Claudio Sica
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterised by persistent, intrusive, and distressing obsessions (unwanted thoughts, impulses, or images) that may or may not be accompanied by compulsions (repetitive behaviours or mental acts). It is a severe and persistent psychological problem with significant negative effects on the individuals' social, family, and occupational functioning. This book reports on recent research examining phenomenology, neurobiology, psychological models, and computati...
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Wpa Series, Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry)
by S M Maj
Fathers and Developmental Psychopharmacology (Wiley Series on Personality Processes)
by Vicky Phares
Although much has been written about how mothers influence their children's behavioral and emotional problems, the role of fathers in both the normal and abnormal development of children has long been neglected. This book is the first to explore theory and research on the father's role in children's maladjustment.
Intended primarily for therapists who work with victims of violence, this book integrates material on post-traumatic and dissociative disorders with the psychology of women. It covers the psychobiology of trauma, the social psychology of sexism, discrimination and violence against women, and modern approaches that take into account the complex interactions among biological, psychological and social factors in women's lives.
Brief Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (Brief Therapies)
by Berni Curwen, Professor Stephen Palmer, and MR Peter Ruddell
The text is appropriate for courses in Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology, and Social Work. Expanding readers' exposure to practice, this new casebook presents the major marriage and family therapy approaches. As a supplement to a comprehensive text, it contains cases contributed by 18 seasoned marriage and family therapists who include real-life data about sessions, and their own decision-making process, emotions, and errors. It is important to note that contributing authors d...
The Family Functioning Scale (Springer Series on Social Work, Vol, #22)
by Ludwig L. Geismer and Michael Camasso
Almost half of the developed population has an internet-based addiction. In some ways this is not surprising, as our world is filled with addictive experiences: from social media and messaging, to rolling news and video streaming. Attention spans are decreasing as our time spent glued to our screens are increasing, negatively affecting our ability to relax, sleep, develop relationships and achieve meaningful goals. Psychologist Adam Alter provides insight into why explains the science behind why...