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The search for hope is most urgent at the patient's bedside. The Anatomy of Hope takes us there, bringing us into the lives of people at pivotal moments when they reach for and find hope, or when it eludes their grasp. Through these intimate portraits, we learn how to distinguish true hope from false, why some people feel they are undeserving of it, and whether we should ever abandon our search.

Deşi de-a lungul timpului problematica minciunii a fost dezbătută mai degrabă de filozofie şi religie, avem acum o altă abordare – din perspectiva unui psihiatru cu o remarcabilă deschidere interdisciplinară. Un tur de orizont asupra naturii umane, un dialog deschis între psihologie şi religie. Cazurile clinice prezentate aici, manifestări ale răului în viaţa cotidiană, deşi la prima vedere pot fi catalogate drept maladii psihice, la o analiză psihiatrică atentă refuză să se înscrie în categoriile standard ale psihologiei sau psihiatriei.

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a prevalent issue in children that often goes unchecked. The great news is, many symptoms of BPD are controllable. All you need is a comprehensive guideline provided by an expert in this field. This book targets the issues that make the lives of these children and their families miserable and will help your child with BPD deal with their common yet misunderstood personality disorder.

In this witty and uplifting audiobook, Mylène Desclaux speaks tenderly and honestly about turning 50 and what it means for herself and for the other women in her entourage. In Why French Women Feel Young at 50, you will learn how to take pleasure from the simple things in life and how to make the most of your 50s, the Parisian way.

Do you crave success in your life? Think differently, grow rich, develop better personal relationships, move up the corporate ladder, sleep better, and fight mediocrity. Yes. This audiobook has everything you need in order to become a stable, successful human. You won't walk away from this audiobook without increasing your knowledge on a variety of topics and fueling your success that you crave. Listen to it and improve your life today. Not tomorrow, today.

If you want to prepare your child for the "real world" and help them become successful adults one day, this book is your way forward. Your child is just as confused as you are about all the competing demands and expectations of being a teen in today's complex world. I understand this because I am a parent myself, a school psychologist, and a counselor. My many years of working with adolescents and their parents have shown me that growth and change are indeed possible!

What does it mean to devote yourself wholly to helping others? In Strangers Drowning, Larissa MacFarquhar seeks out people living lives of extreme ethical commitment and tells their deeply intimate stories; their stubborn integrity and their compromises; their bravery and their recklessness; their joys and defeats, and wrenching dilemmas. A couple adopts two children in distress. But then they think: If they can change two lives, why not four? Or 10? They adopt 20.

Are you plagued by a recurring thought or idea that just won't go away, or feel the need to wash your hands repeatedly, to hoard things or to repeatedly check all appliances in the house have been turned off before you leave? These are common symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), a condition that causes distress to hundreds of thousands of people.

Bursting with a ton of fun and straightforward exercises that inspire children to think about their feelings, this practical dialectal behavior therapy guide offers an engaging way for parents to help their kids cope with stress and navigate times of emotional difficulty. Balancing a warm and lively approach with proven psychological insights and a collection of easy worksheets, the DBT Workbook for Kids breaks down complex topics into simple language that children of all ages can understand.

Far from being a 12-step program - this is the un-program in 12 sections - Lizards Eat Butterflies deconstructs the myths that trap us into victimhood, isolation, and futility. Having traveled the world for three decades of work and with the worldwide film success of Future Dreaming, along with many lectures and workshops, he weaves the narrative of this book to create a tapestry of provoking, thoughtful, and considered reexaminations of our dominant myths and perspective impairments.

Has your mind ever been filled with such negative thoughts that you even worry about what will happen in the following minutes? People do not know that this type of behavior is generated by overthinking, which can generate many more consequences, such as anxiety and depression. In this book, learn how to master your mind to build mental toughness to focus on the present. We will teach you everything you need to know so as not to compromise your mental health and, on the contrary, improve it and have a much better emotional well-being.

Understanding how your ADHD brain works is the first step to conquering the pesky symptoms that have been plaguing your life for far too long. You don’t have to stumble through life any longer. With help from this definitive guide to living with ADHD as an adult male, you can and will take back control of your life and find the happiness and peace that has been missing for far too long.

The millions of North Americans who silently cope with anxiety at last have a witty, articulate champion in Patricia Pearson, who shows that the anxious are hardly "nervous nellies" with "weak characters" who just need medicine and a pat on the head. Instead, Pearson questions what it is about today's culture that is making people anxious, and offers some surprising answers - as well as some inspiring solutions based on her own fierce battle to drive the beast away.

When her daughter Eden came home from the hospital, Lucy was profoundly relieved. Eden had survived a drowning incident and had no apparent brain damage, no serious injuries, not even a scratch on her. Lucy fervently welcomed having a second chance at being the good mother she should have been before her teenager’s accident.

We occasionally see a television show with a daily segment called "The Worse Person on Earth". During this episode, the correspondent selects a few persons he believes have said or done anything deserving of his arrogant scorn. Numerous mental health experts may have used the term "worst patients on the planet" to describe persons with borderline personality disorder (BPD) not long ago.

Unleash positive thinking and productive imagination and flip negative thoughts and behaviors into a lifetime to improve every aspect of your life - each morning, one day at a time.

If your child is easily knocked by obstacles and has a hard time bouncing back from setbacks, gives up quickly, or melts down easily, you may worry about them succeeding in a high-pressure, competitive world. When children have difficulties self-regulating, they may have difficulty interacting with both peers and family members. This can affect their academic achievement, but it may also prevent them from experiencing the carefree childhood you wish for them. The workbook will empower you and your child with scientifically-proven coping techniques that you can return to at any time.

Fears and worries are very common among children, with around 15% thought to suffer from anxiety disorders, the most commonly identified emotional or behavioural problems among children. However, if left unchecked, they can cause more serious problems such as school avoidance, difficulties in making friends and long-term problems with anxiety and depression.

Living with insensitive, tactless, careless, inattentive, difficult, self-absorbed, neglectful, damaging, condemning, harsh, hard, treacherous, deceiving, prejudiced, and paralyzing people…can make you crazy! Chances are, there's at least one person like that in your life right now-a person who is always right. Behavior ranges from indifference and unconcern to complete narcissism and destruction. Dr. Paul Meier and Dr. Robert Wise created this important text to assist you in recognizing this behavior and dealing with it.