Popular Psychology Books
Intersectionality
The concept of intersectionality has become a central topic in academic and activist circles alike. But what exactly does it mean, and why has it emerged as such a vital lens through which to explore... (more)
Breaking Open: Finding a Way Through Spiritual Emergencies
The first book in which people discuss their own spiritual emergencies and share what helped them through. Our authors are the experts of their own experience, and they share their wild journeys with... (more)
Tea with Winnicott
Donald Winnicott is currently the most popular author in contemporary psychoanalysis. His writings are cited in bibliographies even more frequently than those of Sigmund Freud. And yet how many... (more)
On Kindness
What is kindness? Does it make us happier? And does it have a place in a selfish world? Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips and historian Barbara Taylor present an elegant, thoughtful and concise analysis of... (more)
Freud: A Modern Master: Second Edition
Now available again in paperback. A fine, concise account of the life and work of Freud, which might prove useful to anyone seeking a general overview before plunging into Freud's works. (more)
The Devil You Know: Encounters in Forensic Psychiatry
Dr Gwen Adshead is one of Britain's leading forensic psychiatrists. She treats serial killers, arsonists, stalkers, gang members and other individuals who are usually labelled 'monsters'. Whatever... (more)
Unforbidden Pleasures
So much has been written about forbidden pleasures. What about pleasures that are unforbidden? Society is fascinated by taboo - we spend our lives chasing illicit pleasures - but nobody pays much... (more)
Psychoanalysis: A Very Short Introduction
Since its inception, psychoanalysis has been hailed as a revolutionary theory of how the mind works, whilst some of its ideas such as the Oedipus complex have become part of everyday conversation. In... (more)
Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain: Second Edition
Why Love Matters explains why loving relationships are essential to brain development in the early years, and how these early interactions can have lasting consequences for future emotional and... (more)
Strictly Bipolar
Strictly Bipolar is Darian Leader's treatise on the psychological disorder of our times. If the post-war period was called the 'Age of Anxiety' and the 1980s and '90s the 'Antidepressant Era', we now... (more)
Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain
In the centuries since Descartes famously proclaimed, 'I think, therefore I am,' science has often overlooked emotions as the source of a person's true being. Even modern neuroscience has tended... (more)
The Personal Development Group: The Student's Guide
The Personal Development Group plays a key part in counselling and psychotherapy training, and this book offers an insight into how it works and how to make best use of it. Taking the perspective of... (more)
My Beautiful Psychosis
What if psychosis is really a wake up call?
Emma Goude is a twenty-something who works at the BBC. She likes to party and take drugs…until she decides to give them up…and that’s when the... (more)
In Writing
A collection of literary essays like no other - exploring the deep connections between literature and psychoanalysis - from Britain's leading psychoanalyst. For Adam Phillips - as for Freud and many... (more)
How to Be Human: The Manual
How to be Human is the only manual you need to help you upgrade your mind as much as you've upgraded your iphone.
"It took us 4 billion years to evolve to where we are now - completely... (more)
In Therapy: The Unfolding Story
In this complete and updated edition of the groundbreaking In Therapy, world-renowned therapist Susie Orbach reveals what really goes on in therapy. Worldwide, increasingly large numbers of people... (more)
Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams
Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease... (more)
Stillness in Mind: A Companion to Mindfulness, Meditation and Living
This is not your typical meditation book. No Sanskrit terms, no gurus, no mystique. Less a set of instructions, more a challenge to the reader to work on themselves within the framework the author... (more)
Coffee with Freud
This is the second volume in Brett Kahr’s ‘Interviews with Icons’ series, following on from Tea with Winnicott. Professor Kahr, himself a highly regarded psychoanalyst, turns his attention to the... (more)
Overcoming Anxiety: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques
This is fully updated edition of the bestselling self-help book, now recommended on the national "Books on Prescription" scheme. This ever-popular guide offers a self-help programme, written by one... (more)
Healing Power of Writing: A Therapist's Guide to Using Journaling with Clients
Writing is a powerful tool for psychological healing. Therapeutic journaling is any type of writing or related expressive process used for the purpose of psychological healing or growth. It includes... (more)
The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
This book is about learning to live. In simple stories of encounter between a psychoanalyst and his patients, The Examined Life reveals how the art of insight can illuminate the most complicated,... (more)
Controlling Your Drinking: Tools to Make Moderation Work for You: Second Edition
Millions of people would like to cut down on their drinking without giving it up altogether and this encouraging book has helped many make that goal a reality. Distinguished clinician-researchers... (more)
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Proven Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
In this pioneering, practical book for parents, neuroscientist Daniel J. Siegel and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson explain the new science of how a child's brain is wired and how it matures.... (more)
Managing Depression with CBT For Dummies
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a hugely popular self-help technique, which teaches you to break free from destructive or negative behaviours and make positive changes to both your thoughts and... (more)
On Balance
Are we too obsessed with excess? What can childhood teach us about bad behaviour? And should we be happy, or is there something better we might be? In On Balance, acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam... (more)
The New Black: Mourning, Melancholia and Depression
What happens when we lose someone we love? A death, a separation or the break-up of a relationship are some of the hardest times we have to live through. We may fall into a nightmare of depression,... (more)
The Art of Inspired Living: Coach Yourself with Positive Psychology
This book is about learning to live your life more fully. It doesn't promise you abundant joy, the relationship of your dreams, untold riches or miracle cures. But what it does promise you is a... (more)
How to Read Freud
In this engaging introduction, Josh Cohen argues that Freud shows above all that any thought, word or action, however apparently trivial, can invite close reading. Indeed, it may be just this insight... (more)
Awakenings
Awakenings is the extraordinary account of a group of twenty patients. Rendered catatonic by the sleeping-sickness epidemic that swept the world just after the First World War, all twenty had spent... (more)