Movements

"Having startled, amused, and in some cases infuriated his fellow-men by his bestseller THE NAKED APE, Desmond Morris how proceeds to contemplate Homo Sapiens as he has transformed his environment. Highly colourful and eminently readable. He has offended some people with entrenched views, but he has... More

Naipaul's first travel book - travelling from London to his birthplace, the Caribbean Naipaul's first work of travel writing is an account of his journey in 1950 from London to his birthplace, the Caribbean island of Trinidad. It is both a journey to the familiar and to the strange and Naipaul recor... More

Carl Gustav Jung merged Eastern mysticism with Western psychology, brought scientific respectability to religion, laid the foundation for 'the New Age', and is second only to Freud in influence and importance. So it is easy to see why some people consider him a genius. But others... Put it this way:... More

'Jung... made the occult and the paranormal respectable areas of enquiry.' - The IndependentA fifteen year old girl who claimed regular communications with the spirits of her dead friends and relatives was the subject of the very first published work by the now legendary Psychoanalyst C.G. Jung. Col... More

The book focuses on human needs and illustrates how one can apply motivational principles to their lives. A strong humanistic orientation with balanced coverage of behavioral, cognitive and physiological approaches is presented in the text.... More

FAMILY THERAPY provides a balanced presentation of the major theoretical underpinnings and clinical practices in the field. By presenting an overview of traditional and evolving viewpoints, perspectives, values, intervention techniques, and goals of family therapy, Herbert and Irene Goldenberg provi... More

Includes established theories and cutting-edge developments. Presents the work of an international group of experts. Presents the nature, origin, implications, an future course of major unresolved issues in the area.Includes established theories and cutting-edge developments. Presents the work of an... More

"Shame and the Origins of Self-Esteem" explores how a lack of self-esteem is the root cause of a susceptibility to shame. In an elegant exposition informed by many years of helping people understand feelings of shame, leading Jungian analyst Mario Jacoby provides a timely and comprehensive explorati... More

This highly innovative volume on the treatment of couples in therapy presents a clear and exciting conceptual framework for understanding the evolution of the couple's relationship as a dynamic unit. At its most intense, the notion of "romantic love" evokes feelings and associations so profound tha... More

Heinz Kohut's work represents an important departure from the Freudian tradition of psychoanalysis. As one of the founders of the 'self psychology' movement in America, he had an instrumental role in one of the most important developments in psychoanalysis since Freud. Based his practice on the beli... More

Groups includes research on group dynamics and current views on ways to make working in groups more effective. Napier and Gershenfeld present complex concepts in a way that makes them more understandable, recognizing that students are more familiar with the dynamics of individual behavior and buildi... More

"Adlerian Group Counseling and Therapy: Step-by-Step" represents a distillation of some of the most significant ideas pertaining to the group work of Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs. Drs. Manford Sonstegard and James Bitter illustrate the development of a group from its formation to its final stage... More

Good scientific research depends on critical thinking at least as much as factual knowledge; psychology is no exception to this rule. And yet, despite the importance of critical thinking, psychology students are rarely taught how to think critically about the theories, methods, and concepts they mus... More

A touchstone for understanding how we behave on the job"This is a stimulating and provocative book in bringing together important ideas from different fields, and, thereby, giving us a whole new slant on 'human nature.'" — Edgar H. Schein, Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus and Sen... More