Popular Psychology Books
Straight Talk About Psychological Testing for Kids
Taking a child in for psychological testing is a tough move. It's hard to imagine how experts who don't know your child can really get a handle on his or her complex strengths and weaknesses. This... (more)
Off the Couch
A humorous look at the world of therapy in a series of amusing cartoon drawings. The perfect present for all those interested in psychotherapy, counselling and psychoanalysis. (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)
Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence
The teenage author of this remarkable book has filled a gap in the current literature on Asperger Syndrome. Drawing from his own experiences, he wrote this enlightening, honest and witty book in an... (more)
Stealing the Mona Lisa: What Art Stops us from Seeing
Taking the intriguing story of the Mona Lisa's two year disappearance as his starting point, Darian Leader explores the psychology of looking at visual art. This is a book about why we look at art... (more)
Managing anger: Simple steps to handling your temper
Anger can be a survival tool, as a means of releasing emotional pressure, or a dangerous force. Uncontrolled fury and repressed rage can damage health. Gael Lindenfield explains the effects of anger... (more)
Working With Emotional Intelligence
Drawing on access to business leaders around the world and thorough researh, Daniel Goleman demonstrates that emotional intelligence matters twice as much as cognitive abilities such as IQ or... (more)
Wherever You Go, There You are
Mindfulness is considered the heart of Buddhist meditation. But its essence is universal and of deep practical benefit to everyone. Wherever You Go, There You Are, Jon Kabat-Zinn maps out a simple... (more)
Stop Arguing, Start Talking: The 10 Point Plan for Couples in Conflict: The Relate Guide
For some people, an argument with a loved one is a catastrophe, a sign that a relationship must surely be over, for others a heated discussion is a way of letting off steam, a way of ensuring that... (more)
The Feeling Good Handbook
Discusses how to overcome fears, phobias, and panic attacks; improve intimate communication, and cope with anxiety disorders, and includes information about commonly prescribed psychiatric drugs. (more)
Achieving Emotional Literacy
Emotional literacy is the ability to understand one's own feelings and to empathize with others in a way that enhances living. In this work Steiner shows how emotional intelligence can be developed... (more)
Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger Adventure
Nothing is quite the same after Ben and his friend Andy find an old bottle in the school yard. What is the strange wisp of smoke that keeps following them around? Things become even more complicated... (more)
Becoming Orgasmic
A book for women who have inhibitions about sex and want to enhance their own pleasure and that of their partners. (more)
How to Overcome Premature Ejaculation.
This text discusses male sexual response and the cause of its disorders, and provides advice on leading a more normal sex life. (more)
Staying Together: From Crisis to Deeper Commitment: The Relate Guide
This guide offers advice on how to learn to come to terms with a failing relationship, assess whether it is worth saving, and how to overcome relationship difficulties. (more)
The Relate Guide to Better Relationships: Practical Ways to Make Your Love Last From the Experts in Marriage Guidance
When I fall in love it will be forever...' or so goes the song. The reality can be different and the truth is that the nature of relationships will change over time. Few things can be more... (more)
Starting Again: How to Learn from the Past for a Better Future: The Relate Guide
One in three marriages today ends in divorce. When a relationship that you thought would last forever finishes it can feel like the end of the world. This book is designed to help people come to... (more)
Children's Minds
Margaret Donaldson's seminal work on child development, first published in 1978, has become a classic inquiry into the nature of human thought. In this concise and brilliantly readable book, Margaret... (more)
Jung: A Very Short Introduction
Anthony Stevens explains the basic concepts of Jungian psychology: the collective unconscious, complex, archetype, shadow, persona, anima, animus, and the individuation of the "Self". He also... (more)
Freud: A Very Short Introduction
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) revolutionized the way in which we think about ourselves. From its beginnings as a theory of neurosis, Freud developed psychoanalysis into a general psychology which became... (more)
Introducing Lacan: A Graphic Guide
Jacques Lacan is now regarded as a major psychoanalytical theorist alongside Freud and Jung, although recognition has been delayed by fierce arguments over his ideas. Written by a leading Lacanian... (more)
The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness
A new theory of consciousness and the construction of identity focuses on the body's reaction to its world, postulating that a complex relationship between body, emotion, and mind is required to... (more)
Psychology and religion at the millennium and beyond:
Thirteen Jungian analysts from a variety of Eastern and Western religious backgrounds, including Judaism, Christianity, Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Islam and Hinduism, provide insight into the... (more)
Effective Thinking Skills
This book is for people who wish to think more effectively about their personal problems and business decisions. It shows how happiness and professional success can be achieved through effective... (more)
Overcoming Jealousy
Practical help and advice to deal with envy in any situation Jealousy can be destructive, and an atmosphere of suspicion can ruin relationships and undermine your confidence. Windy Dryden's... (more)
The Therapeutic Potential of Creative Writing: Writing Myself
Suitable for both health-care professionals who wish to implement therapeutic writing with their patients, and those wishing to start writing creatively in order to help themselves, this text... (more)
Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf
Written by the author of The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat, this book begins with the history of deaf people in the 18th century, the often outrageous ways in which they have been treated in the... (more)
Healing the Shame That Binds You
This classic book has been completely updated and expanded by the author.
"I used to drink," writes John Bradshaw, "to solve the problems caused by drinking. The more I drank to relieve my... (more)