Mental Health Counselling

Practicing psychologist Chante D. DeLoach invites listeners to reflect on the state of psychotherapy and emerging potentialities forged through crisis. She presents key concepts of telemental health, concierge therapy, and other out-of-office approaches to psychological wellbeing. DeLoach provides step-by-step guidance on getting started in telemental health, and points to clinical, ethical, and legal considerations for clinicians working in a digital space and other nontraditional formations.

While society as a whole is becoming increasingly conscious of mental health, and the social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic has made the issue ever more salient, the idea of asking for professional help has largely remained taboo. In this empathetic and practical guide, drawing on some of the latest studies in the field, psychotherapist Donna Maria Bottomley examines these anxieties and argues that therapy should be just as acceptable as going to the doctor for a check-up or booking your car into the garage, and needn’t be our last resort.

This book is a definitive guide to understanding talking therapies. It will clarify questions, misunderstandings, myths and grey areas in therapy, compassionately guiding the reader through their journey from beginning to consider therapy, to finding the right therapist, preparing for the first session, surviving common challenges, knowing when to end therapy, and when to return.

Would you like to feel unstoppably positive and have a brighter outlook on life? Would you like to know the exact steps and simple techniques that you can use to become someone who thinks, speaks, and behaves more positively? Research shows that our outlook on life has a massive impact on not only our happiness, but also our personal and professional success, our health, our relationships, and even our life expectancy! Negativity, on the other hand, is toxic and is the cause of so much pain, worry, wasted time, and missed opportunity in so many people's lives.

Living in the Middle East for over 20 years has afforded Sarah Mattix a firsthand perspective of the trauma women face in this troubled region. After years of counseling women from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds, she has learned to empathize deeply with their tragic plight. This book is a collage of their stories that sheds light not only on their grievous experiences, but also on practical ways of engaging them and helping them toward holistic healing.

Learn from a trauma psychologist the wisdom of real people challenged with the task of overcoming severe adversity. Integrating their insights into a complete picture of the human experience, Ernie L. Vecchio reveals a developmental understanding of how adversity becomes an opportunity for self-correction, growth, and healing More than reducing people to their strengths and weaknesses, Vecchio proposes that every human being is a hopeful expectation for the future. He reminds us that the path forward has always been inward.

In this fascinating, innovative, even subtly startling audiobook, Navigating Life's Stuff: Dynamics of Personal Change, Book One, author Dr. Angela Brownemiller brings forward a new perspective on what it means to be who and what we are; what it means to change and not to change; and, what it means to become ever more alert to our programming itself. We can become ever more aware of the issues here. Alerting ourselves will empower us to move through our lives ever more consciously.

Il codice segreto non è segreto perché è stato scoperto qualche antico manoscritto o viene tramandato in qualche angolo remoto del pianeta. È segreto perché è lì, sotto il vostro naso, ogni giorno. Ma voi non lo vedete. Si tratta solo di stropicciarsi un po' gli occhi e aguzzare lo sguardo, perché relazioni straordinarie prendano vita nella vostra esistenza. Come nutrire e far crescere relazioni limpide e giocate nel segno del rispetto reciproco; come evitare che relazioni disarmoniche e conflittuali avvelenino la vostra vita: ecco ciò di cui parla Gianfranco Damico.

Therapy Breakthrough is the first book to clearly explain the theories and practices of the two big camps: psychodynamic, or PD therapy, and cognitive-behavioral, or CB therapy. Therapy Breakthrough is written from the standpoint of CB therapy. Using psychological research, philosophy, and common sense, it argues that PD therapy is founded on mistaken theories of the mind, and explains how to apply CB methods directly to your own problems.

The ultimate collection of emotional intelligence audiobooks. Everything you need to know about emotional intelligence in one bundle. Emotional intelligence is like a secret weapon. The better you understand what motivates you and what motivates other people, the stronger your relationships will be, the more persuasive you will be, and the more successful you will be in business.

Sophie Seeberg kriegt es hautnah mit, das Leben, denn die Psychologin begutachtet Familien fürs Gericht. Sie erlebt dabei schockierende und traurige, aber auch komische und skurrile Geschichten. Wenn zum Beispiel der Vater nicht zum Termin erscheint, weil er betrunken auf der Straße eingeschlafen ist - neben dem Bollerwagen voller Diebesgut. Oder wenn die Mutter ihren erwachsenen Sohn behandelt, als wäre er ein Kleinkind.

Absurde Geschichten aus dem echten Leben: Sandy erwartet ein Kind vom Ex-Freund ihrer Mutter, der der Vater ihres kleinen Bruders ist. Dass die Mutter auch noch vom Ex-Freund der Tochter schwanger ist, macht das Ganze nicht einfacher für Familienpsychologin Sophie Seeberg. Als Gerichtsgutachterin erlebt sie tragische, aber auch skurrile Momente. Wenn beispielsweise eine Mutter erklärt, dass ihre Schanin "nur schwere Knochen" habe, während diese in kurzer Zeit mehrere Tafeln Schokolade verdrückt.

A decade ago, with his breakaway best seller, Listening to Prozac, Peter Kramer revolutionized the way we think about antidepressants and the culture in which they are so widely used. Now, he returns with a profound and original look at the condition those medications treat, depression. He asks: If we could eradicate depression so that no human being ever suffered it again, would we?

»Nur wenn du dich genug mit deiner Psyche beschäftigst, kannst du glücklich sein!«, so eine weit verbreitete Annahme. Das stimmt nicht, widerspricht die renommierte Schematherapeutin Gitta Jacob. Es ist gut und wichtig, dass Menschen ihre Verhaltensmuster, Verletzungen und schwierigen Gefühle verstehen. Auf Dauer kann die Selbstbeschau jedoch daran hindern, Verantwortung für das eigene Handeln zu übernehmen. In ihrem neuen Buch benennt Jacob die Grenzen der Psychotherapie und die Gefahren, die das permanente Kreisen um das innere Kind erzeugen können.

Author Dr. Angela Brownemiller delves into the true nature of addiction, its work upon us at our deepest levels, and its invasive nature. This audiobook offers this author’s own particular views on addiction - what it really is and its powerful and dangerous workings. Based on her definition of addiction, the author introduces her addiction-related and addiction-treating psychotherapy processes: detecting and confronting addiction for who and what this addiction actually is - an invasive presence.

Nein sagen - warum fällt das so schwer? Grenzen und Grenzüberschreitungen erlebt jeder Mensch. Oftmals sind es schmerzliche Erfahrungen, die mit einem Gefühl von Ohnmacht und Hilflosigkeit einhergehen: "Mit mir kann man es ja machen!" Wie gut wäre es da, wenn man ohne schlechtes Gewissen NEIN sagen könnte? Ziel des Buches ist, dem Leser ein Verständnis für zwischenmenschliche Abgrenzung zu vermitteln.

Psychotherapist and author Faith Freed (LMFT) believes that therapy benefits anyone brave and wise enough to begin. In this down-to-earth book, she shares her first-hand knowledge and clinical experience to send you off with confidence. Starting Therapy is an easy-to-listen-to guide for anyone new to therapy or eager to learn more about it. It makes sense that you’d want to know what you’re signing up for before your first session. This book answers your questions before you hit the couch.

Why do we do the things we do, think the thoughts we think, and feel the ways that we feel? Dr. Andrea Bonior has spent more than 15 years in the field of psychology helping people discover "what makes them tick". In her clinical practice, as well as various mental health agencies and counseling centers, she draws upon sound psychological principles to address anxiety disorders and depression, relationship issues, grief and loss, and other issues. As a mental health columnist and public speaker, Dr. Bonior encourages people to fuel their energy by connecting with themselves and cultivating the relationships around them.

Is it possible to rid yourself of chronic stress, anxiety and depression? Is it possible to experience true peace of mind? Is it possible to discover a new way of living life, beyond what you imagined? In this inspirational true story, Terry Rubenstein explains why this is absolutely possible. The answers lie within the three principles of innate health, a ground-breaking new paradigm that replaces the countless misconceptions that cause many of us to lose our way.

Use this guide to help you analyze people by using psychological techniques. This book has actionable information on how to analyze people using human psychological techniques, body language signals, social skills, and personality types.