Mental helse

Byron Katie's extremely simple programme called The Work was explored in her previous, hugely popular, book, Loving What Is. Through 'I Need Your Love - Is It True?' readers can explore what happens in their mind when they believe they need love, appreciation and approval.

A fully revised and updated re-issue of this groundbreaking study that will relieve hidden anxieties and heal the tension between mind, body and feelings.

When Someone You Love Is Kinky to help "non-kinky" folks understand and communicate with their kinky friends, partners, and relatives. Included are guidelines for dealing with the emotional turmoil of the coming-out process; brief and non-threatening descriptions of the commonest kinks (and ideas about why people enjoy them); suggestions for how to talk to your kinky friend or relative in ways that promote good communication; explanation of how kinky people keep themselves safe while exploring diverse sexualities; a glossary of commonly used terminology from the kink communities; a resource guide to help the reader find further information and support.

This book is about the individual's journey to psychological wholeness, known in analytical psychology as the process of individuation. Edward Edinger traces the stages in this process and relates them to the search for meaning through encounters with symbolism in religion, myth, dreams, and art. For contemporary men and women, Edinger believes, the encounter with the self is equivalent to the discovery of God. The result of the dialogue between the ego and the archetypal image of God is an experience that dramatically changes the individual's worldview and makes possible a new and more meaningful way of life.

A remarkable historical and psychological study of the enigma of Adolf Hitler and his impact on the twentieth century - by the bestselling author of DEFYING HITLER. 'Dazzlingly brilliant' OBSERVER

Norman Vincent Peale's anthology includes the works of inspired writers, the thoughts of great men, and anecdotes about remarkable people. Like Norman Vincent Peal's bestseller The Power of Positive Thinking, it will guide you toward peace of mind and the will to live the fullest possible life.

Shows how through working consciously and actively on our own life-story, we can build bridges to other people in a way that develops a new understanding for the lives of others.

Based on the Simontons' experience with hundreds of patients at their world-famous Cancer Counseling and Research Center, Getting Well Again introduces the scientific basis for the "will to live."In this revolutionary book the Simontons profile the typical "cancer personality": how an individual's reactions to stress and other emotional factors can contribute to the onset and progress of cancer -- and how positive expectations, self-awareness, and self-care can contribute to survival. This book offers the same self-help techniques the Simonton's patients have used to successfully to reinforce usual medical treatment -- techniques for learning positive attitudes, relaxation, visualization, goal setting, managing pain, exercise, and building an emotional support system.

With her own saucy mix of Candace Bushnell's candour and Oprah's self-care ethic, the irrepressible founder of a hugely popular 'school for goddesses' shows you how celebrating your sensuality can help you achieve your dreams.

The science behind David Goleman's Emotional Intelligence.

Chris and Gisela have been partners for 12 years. When Chris was diagnosed with AS, Gisela had to come to terms with a marriage in which there would never be an intuitive understanding despite Chris's good intentions. It was the beginning of a long process of learning to live with a disability regarded by some as incompatible with marriage.

In the final paper on the Oedipus complex, Klein develops her theories of the earliest infant stages of development, extending Freud`s analysis of the Oedipus complex and laying a basis for her own subsequent conceptualising of the paranoid-schizoid position in the first six months of life.

In the re-packaged GIANT STEPS, Anthony Robbins shows us that is often the small changes that can make a big difference.

If contemporary culture were a school, with all the tasks and expectations meted out by modern life as its curriculum, would anyone graduate? In the spirit of a sympathetic teacher, Robert Kegan guides us through this tricky curriculum, assessing the fit between its complex demands and our mental capacities.

For more than 100 years, scientists have denied that animals experience emotions, yet this remarkable and groundbreaking book proves what animal-lovers have known to be true: wolves, tigers, giraffes, elephants and many other creatures exhibit all kinds of feelings - hope, fear, shame, love, compassion.

Reissue of this book full of inspirational advice to heal the spirit and lift the weight of the world, from the bestselling author of the classic FEEL THE FEAR AND DO IT ANYWAY.

Reveals the way people behave in the workplace. This book aims to bridge the gap between the findings from evolutionary biology and insights about humanity derived from the social sciences.

This book presents some of the most stimulating ideas on mind and meaning I have ever read. It is a book that has far-reaching consequences and is sure to rattle the foundations of thinking and research in the cognitive sciences.

An action-handbook for building children's self-esteem and self-confidence This treasury of easy original games turns up the joy level in children's lives - a wonderful key to their emotional health. Like the author's highly successful Self-Esteem Games, this entertaining book promotes self-expression, self-acceptance, and imagination.

The revolutionary new therapy for freeing the mind, clearing the body, and opening the heart.

An intelligently provocative book about Darwin's 'other' theory discusses the curious ways in which sexual attraction has influenced the evolution of the human mind. Many aspects of the human mind remain mysterious.

Are you a Warrior? Are you a Settler? Are you a Nomad? Based upon the concept of evolutionary psychology this is a guide to self-discovery and self-liberation. Warriors, Settlers & Nomads utilises powerful hypnosis and visualisation techniques in a programme designed to release our hidden potential.

The Birth of Pleasure rings with the voices of girls and boys, mothers and fathers, lovers and couples and echoes with telling readings of familiar writers, from Greek tragedy to Anne Frank, from Shakespeare to Proust, from Freud to Toni Morrison.

Standing at the crossroads of psychology and religion, this work applies the scientific method to a field abounding in abstract theory. It believes that individual religious experiences, rather than the precepts of organized religions, are the backbone of the world's religious life.

Including authentic background information on recorded telepathy demonstrations and objective evidence of mindreading, Ormond McGill offers the opportunity to practice and hone your own natural telepathic abilities. "e; A spectacular piece of work ... an exciting and fascinating volume of enormous mental experiments that will enthrall your audiences over and over again."e;

Sex and birth are often talked about as contrasting experiences. In fact, when birth is physiological, not medical or surgical, and a woman is free to be spontaneous, endorphins surge into her blood stream in the same way as during sexual excitement. Sheila Kitzinger discusses the sexuality of birth.

Explore the causes and characteristics of cyclothymia.

Beck describes both theory and therapeutic techniques for anxiety neuroses, depressions, obsessions, phobias, and psychosomatic disorders and demonstrates the wide range of applicability of the cognitive approach

Between the age of two and five, a little girl nicknamed 'the Piggle' - disturbed by the birth of a younger sister - visited Dr Winnicott on sixteen occasions. This book offers an account of her visits, accompanied by excerpts from letters written to the analyst by the child's parents and a commentary by Dr Winnicott.