Psychology

Infallible, sure of ourselves, able to better manage our emotions, appreciated and admired by others and completely satisfied with our life. These are the new standards ―amplified by social networks― that we are called to adhere to today in order to truly feel up...

This work aims to value play and stimulate its use in working with children, who by playing encourage this capacity in professionals and allow everyone to continue learning while putting themselves, over and over again, "in play." Play, for children, is a privileged means...

Mental health in general, and psychiatry in particular, seem to find themselves in crisis situations. In the field of psychiatry, there have been many attempts to improve the situation of patients, with variable results and numerous ups and downs. Remembering the past seems to...

This book tells the story of this feeling of own and alien at the same time, from its first figures, Daimon and Genius, through their progressive loss of substance and disappearance of the experience. And also look for ways to make that tension fertile...

It’s the biggest revolution you’ve never heard of, and it’s hiding in plain sight. Over the past decade, Silicon Valley executives like Eric Schmidt and Elon Musk, Special Operators like the Navy SEALs and the Green Berets, and maverick scientists like Sasha Shulgin and...

What consequences does the use of new technologies and social networks have on people's intimate lives? New digital tools have facilitated the use of cybersex, a practice in which more and more people are attracted. However, online pornography or virtual dating chats rarely give...

In this book, Jay Joseph presents an up-to-date, thoroughly documented, and much-needed critical appraisal of schizophrenia genetic research. His findings have important implications for psychiatry, behavioral genetics, and the social and behavioral sciences in general. For generations, there has been a belief that schizophrenia...

The objective of this handbook is to lower the threshold for early intervention for practitioners working among children and adolescents. In situations where attempts at providing help continue unchanged, the practitioner may become worried about the child’s or adolescent’s wellbeing. Indeed, the professional may...

What is human sexuality? As the source of life why is it also often the cause of so much suffering?The renowned psychotherapist Professor Dr. Franz Ruppert shows in this book how sexual traumas form, from the perspective of the victim and the perpetrator, with...

As Dr. Helen Riess has learned, our capacity for empathy is not just an innate trait―it is also a skill that we can learn and expand. With “The Empathy Effectía”, Dr. Riess presents a definitive resource on empathy: the science behind how it works, new research...

The object of clinical psychogenealogy is to claim our own personal and family history, to fit into a lineage, and bring order to the legacy of our ancestors. In this work, Anne Ancelin Schotzenberger shows us the keys to invisible family loyalties and the...

In this instant New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit". “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (People).The daughter of a scientist who frequently noted...

A surprisingly simple way for students to master any subject--based on one of the world's most popular online courses which have empowered more than two million students of all ages from around the world to master subjects that they once struggled with. Now in...

Practical, proven self help steps show how to transform 40 common self-defeating behaviors, including procrastination, envy, obsession, anger, self-pity, compulsion, neediness, guilt, rebellion, inaction, and more.

Renowned jungian analyst Marion Woodman provides deep insight into the process required to feminize wisdom and consciousness in a patriarchal culture. Presenting the personal journeys of three wise women, she points the way to the state of inner wholeness she calls "conscious femininity”.

It is necessary to "tame" emotions and then recognize them, transforming boundaries into extremely powerful resources and building an alliance between intelligence and instinct, reason and feeling, calculation and emotion. Nardone proposes that we address them as an exploration of the complexity of the...

What moves a person from a state of rest to a state of activation? In this book, the psychologist Manuel Villegas analyzes emotions as an immediate reaction to a stimulus that implies a significant burden on our well-being, both positively and negatively. By their...

In this work, already a classic of Brief Therapy, new psychotherapeutic approaches are investigated that allow the rapid and effective solution of problems related to serious forms of fear, panic and phobia. It combines cybernetic and constructivist theories with Milton Erickson's suggested procedures, and...

This book is a training tool for all professionals who work in the healing sector and for those who want to deepen their knowledge of the therapeutic power of words and gestures. One of the most complex human interactions is between the doctor and...

The psychopath has a personality that is abnormal, which is diagnosed as a personality disorder, and not as a mental illness. It is easier to understand that a mentally ill person might kill versus a person who kills for pleasure. This book analyzes the...