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Heavily influenced by Frantz Fanon and critically engaging the theories of decoloniality and liberatory psychoanalysis, Lara Sheehi and Stephen Sheehi platform the lives, perspectives, and insights of psychoanalytically inflected Palestinian psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals, centering the stories that nonclinical Palestinians have entrusted to them over four years of community engagement with clinicians throughout historic Palestine.

Discover Your True Self: Heal Your Inner Child and Find Your Authentic Self with Over 100 Proven Techniques for Self-Discovery. Do you feel disconnected from your true self despite outward success? Struggling to build fulfilling relationships or overcome your inner critic? It’s time to heal your inner child and rediscover who you truly are.

Many people grapple with destructive thought processes or a "critical inner voice" that directs their behavior and, to varying degrees, limits their lives. Using deeply personal and very human stories based on his own clinical practice, noted psychologist Robert W. Firestone illustrates the struggles of his clients to give words to this "enemy within", and in the process overcome its damaging influence.

Executive functioning (EF) can be defined as a person's ability to successfully navigate their physical, intellectual, and social worlds. Interest in EF is expanding within psychotherapy, but like many scientific concepts which are adapted to the consulting room, there is a great deal of confusion and misinformation surrounding EF within clinical and lay communities. In this book, Louis Cozolino—a master of translating complex neuroscientific concepts into digestible, applicable literature for therapists and laypeople alike.

»Fight, flight or freeze« – diese Reaktionen auf eine Gefahr oder ein traumatisches Ereignis sind inzwischen allgemein bekannt. Die weit verbreitete vierte Reaktion kommt gerade erst ans Licht: »Fawn« – zu deutsch der Bambi-Reflex. Betroffene suchen nach Sicherheit, indem sie sich an die Wünsche, Bedürfnisse und Anforderungen anderer anpassen. Anstatt ihre eigenen Träume zu verfolgen, helfen sie ständig anderen, deren Ziele zu erfüllen. Am schlimmsten: Sie haben immer das Gefühl, selbst schuld zu sein und unfähig, etwas zu ändern.

The ability to work with issues of race and intersectionality within psychology is vital. Contributors with experience in counseling psychology and applied psychology from across varied social contexts and professional settings reframe and challenge familiar concepts such as movements to decolonize the curriculum, psychology, and therapy. This book captures the relationship between the ethos of counseling psychology and race, offering a much-needed guide for how to encompass race and racialized experiences in the training and practice of psychology.

Overwhelmed and overworked—and caring for kids who feel the same? We weren't made to live like this. It's time to start "rehumaning" our lives. Right now, kids and adults are trying to thrive amid the daily grind, addictive technology, crowded calendars, and rising uncertainty. It's an impossible task—and it's taking a toll. Bestselling author Stephanie Malia Krauss offers a lifeline.

Drawing on nearly 30 years of clinical practice, Bannink compiles solution-focused questions and protocols that are formulated to elicit the client's expertise on the issue(s) that brought him or her to therapy. Categorized for general use and for use with specific types of clients - such as children, couples, and families, and those who have suffered trauma or who might benefit from medication - the questions demonstrate how the precise use of language is an important tool in solution-focused interviewing. 

Understand how psychotherapy works, build more resilience, and overcome negative cycle of self-sabotage with this ultimate guide to building brain strength and self-empowerment. Learn how to use cognitive behavioral therapy to reshape your life and stay on the path for a complete change in your outlook and emotional state.

Do you feel like your soul is being crushed each time you interact with an egomaniacal someone in your life? It’s time to seek change and focus on YOU.

A large segment of the therapy population consist of those who are in denial or retreat from their traumatic experiences. Here, drawing on attachment-based research, the author provides clinical techniques, specific intervention strategies, and practical advice for successfully addressing the often intractable issues of trauma. Trauma and the Avoidant Client will enhance the skills of all mental health practitioners and trauma workers, and will serve as a valuable, useful resource to facilitate change and progress in psychotherapy.

Whether you’ve been battling it yourself or you’ve watched someone close to you do it, depression impacts your life on a fundamental level. Depression doesn’t discriminate based on gender, age, or color and is a disease of modernity that is still without a definitive cure. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a comprehensive volume that takes you through the basics of this medical phenomenon and helps you first understand the monster in order to show you how you must fight it in a personalized manner.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the central theoretical tenets of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), guidance on key practical applications of the approach, and reflection on the strategic issues inherent to the delivery of this psychological intervention. This thoroughly revised edition explains and demonstrates the range of acceptance, mindfulness, and behavior change strategies that can be used in the service of helping people increase their psychological flexibility and wellbeing.

Part thesis, part memoir, and part poetry, this book is unlike any other therapeutic text. Psychotherapist and writer Foluke Taylor explores how the centering of Black women’s experiences in therapeutic scholarship allows for greater space―space for wandering, for wondering, and for deepening narratives―in every therapeutic relationship.

Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder is designed to be practical and useful. It is made particularly for the therapist new to dissociative identity disorder (DID) who needs brief, to-the-point guidance on how to begin working with someone with DID. The audiobook includes many therapist-client dialogues that illustrate the techniques and strategies Dr. Ross has learned over the years.

Bloomsbury presents Stronger Than You Think by Sherry Hamby, read by Yolanda Miller. "Trauma and adversity don’t block our capacity to grow and thrive - this book teaches us how. As a psychologist, this book provided me with new insights, and as a survivor, I felt validated and seen" Dr Ramani...

Connecting to Our Ancestral Past is a pragmatic, spiritual journey that introduces a variety of specific rituals and conversations in connection with Constellations work, an experiential process that explores one's history and powerful events of the past in order to understand and resolve...

Polyvagal Theory, developed by researcher and scientist Dr. Stephen Porges and popularized by therapist Deb Dana, has impacted countless lives. It has changed the way therapists work with their clients and provided a pathway toward healing for those who have experienced hardship or trauma. In Polyvagal Prompts, Deb Dana and Courtney Rolfe invite listeners to explore their nervous systems through Polyvagal Theory with engaging questions and exercises.

Bloomsbury presents Navigating Life as a Brown Girl: A therapist’s guide for South Asian women by Fahima Ali, read by Tania Rodrigues For too long you've been taught to be everything for everyone – except yourself. But now it's time to change the narrative. My dear brown girls, this book is...

Those who struggle with disordered eating often find themselves in an unrelenting cycle of harsh self-judgment, painful emotions, and harmful behaviors. Seeing the body as an adversary, these patterns can lead many people to become withdrawn or isolated. Ann Saffi Biasetti’s powerful holistic approach to liberating people from disordered eating focuses on growing self-compassion and embodiment. This insight, informed by yoga and mindfulness meditation, views the body not just as something to be healed or restored but as a source of great wisdom and knowledge.