Popular Psychology Books
Managing Depression, Growing Older: A Guide for Professionals and Carers
Even when he's grey around the muzzle, the black dog of depression can still deliver a ferocious bite. Depression can strike at any age, and it may appear for the first time as we get older, as a... (more)
The Therapist's Workbook: Self-Assessment Self-Care and Self-Improvement Exercises for Mental Health Professionals: Second Edition
Mental health professionals spend their days helping others, but who is there to help them when stress and burnout threaten their own well–being? Filled with self–assessments, journaling exercises,... (more)
Love Bombing: Reset Your Child's Emotional Thermostat
"Love Bombing" is a radical new method for resetting the emotional thermostats of troubled children and their parents, setting them on a much happier trajectory. It is simple to do, easily explained... (more)
The Psychology Book
All the big ideas, simply explained - an innovative and accessible guide to the study of human nature
The Psychology Book clearly explains more than 100 groundbreaking ideas in this fascinating... (more)
Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain
Explores two questions that have haunted philosophers, neurologists, cognitive scientists and psychologists for centuries: how do brains construct minds, and how do minds become conscious? Antonio... (more)
Zero Degrees of Empathy
We have always struggled to explain why some people behave in the most evil way imaginable, while others are completely self sacrificing. Is it possible that - rather than thinking in terms of 'good'... (more)
Yoga Skills for Therapists: Mood-Management Techniques to Teach and Practice
Drawing on her study of multiple traditions and lineages from ancient yoga practices to current neuroscientific research on yoga benefits and contraindications Weintraub presents a compendium of... (more)
Depression: The Facts: Second Edition
The term "depression" covers a wide spectrum of conditions ranging from mild despondency to melancholia, the very deepest form of depression. Natural despondency is not a disease but simply a part of... (more)
Taking Charge of Anger: Six Steps to Asserting Yourself without Losing Control: Second Edition
This successful guide has already helped many tens of thousands of readers understand and manage out-of-control anger in all its forms, from passive-aggression to all-out rage. Dr. Robert Nay... (more)
Sustainable Happiness: The Mind Science of Well-Being, Altruism, and Inspiration
Today's greatest health challenges, the so-called diseases of civilization - depression, trauma, obesity, cancer - are now known in large part to reflect our inability to tame stress reflexes gone... (more)
Henry's Demons: A Father and Son's Journey Out of Madness
On a cold February day two months after his 20th birthday, Henry waded into the lethally cold Newhaven estuary and almost drowned. The trees, he said, had told him to do it. In Afghanistan, Patrick... (more)
AD/HD Homework Challenges Transformed!: Creative Ways to Achieve Focus and Attention by Building on AD/HD Traits
Homework time can be an ordeal for children with AD/HD. After a long day at school, the child often struggles to concentrate and becomes restless, and the parent is left feeling helpless. With the... (more)
Little Volcanoes: Helping Young Children and Their Parents to Deal with Anger
Young children can erupt like little volcanoes when they are feeling angry. It can be overwhelming and difficult to deal with, and can produce angry feelings in the parent or caregiver too. This book... (more)
Sex Matters for Women: A Complete Guide to Taking Care of Your Sexual Self
Women today are more knowledgeable about sex than ever before -- but many still struggle with sexual myths, self-doubt, and embarrassing questions. This trusted book has already helped many thousands... (more)
Breaking Free from Depression: Pathways to Wellness
Leading psychiatrist/researcher Jesse Wright and his daughter Laura McCray, a family physician, have seen thousands of depressed patients in their practices -- and have learned that a range of... (more)
Self Awareness and Personal Development: Resources for Counsellors and Psychotherapists
In counselling and psychotherapy, the professional's self understanding strongly governs the healing potential of the therapeutic relationship.Grounded in humanistic, psychodynamic and integrative... (more)
Well-Being and Work: Towards a Balanced Agenda
Work and well-being is one of the fastest growing areas of concern to business, public sector and government. This book looks at the causes of stress in the modern work-place, and offers practical... (more)
The Anxiety and Worry Workbook: The Cognitive Behavioral Solution
Out-of-control anxiety can be disabling – limiting where sufferers can go and what they can do, impeding life goals, and causing frightening physical symptoms. Yet effective treatments are available,... (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)
Madness: A Very Short Introduction
Madness is something that frightens and fascinates us all. It is a word with which we are universally familiar, and a condition that haunts the human imagination. In Madness: A Very Short... (more)
Living with Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Individuals and Families
Living with Bipolar Disorder offers a wealth of information on this illness, along with effective strategies to reduce the likelihood of episodes of depression or mania and maximize the enjoyment of... (more)
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World
This book reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that can be incorporated into daily life to help break the cycle of unhappiness, stress, anxiety and mental exhaustion and promote genuine... (more)
When Someone You Love Suffers from Posttraumatic Stress: What to Expect and What You Can Do
Trauma survivors frequently struggle with unwanted memories, intense emotions, and problems with everyday functioning. Effective help is out there, but the needs of family members - confused and... (more)
Overcoming Your Workplace Stress: A CBT-based Self-help Guide
Occupational stress affects millions of people every year and not only is costly to the individual - in terms of their mental and physical health - but also results in major costs for organizations... (more)
The Selfish Society: How We All Forgot to Love One Another and Made Money Instead
Ambitious and wide-ranging, The Selfish Society reveals the vital importance of understanding our early emotional lives, arguing that by focusing on the attention we give to our young children we can... (more)
Write Yourself: Creative Writing and Personal Development
The ideal introduction to how to facilitate groups and individuals in finding inspiration for their creative personal writing voices. This book explains how and why writing is such an illuminative,... (more)
500 Tips for Communicating with the Public
This is a light-hearted, easily digestible guide with a wealth of handy hints and tips for communicating with the public. For those in the helping professions, communicating with the public can... (more)
Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder: A Family Guide for Healing and Change
BPD is a potentially devastating mental disorder characterized by unstable moods, negative self-image, and dangerous impulsivity. Many people with BPD excel in academics and careers while revealing... (more)
The Medication Question: Weighing Your Mental Health Treatment Options
Helping readers understand the factors and considerations when deciding whether or not to take psychotropic drugs.
This important volume provides a thorough overview of a range of mental disorders,... (more)
The Mindful Way Through Anxiety: Break Free from Chronic Worry and Reclaim Your Life
Anxiety constrains the lives of millions, leaving sufferers exhausted, stressed, and overwhelmed. And the things most people do to try to feel better - avoiding feared situations, pushing worry out... (more)