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Fundamentada pelo austríaco Sigmund Freud, a psicanálise consolidou-se, a partir do início do século XX, como um campo de extrema influência nos estudos da mente, transformando-se em uma importante ferramenta na busca pelo bem-estar humano. Com o propósito de informar e, com isso, proporcionar um maior equilíbrio do corpo com a psique, este audiolivro apresenta o método freudiano, os principais conceitos e os teóricos de destaque favoráveis e contrários à prática.

A psicologia, como a compreendemos atualmente, levou séculos para se formar. Até que fosse possível observar a popularização de sessões clínicas voltadas ao propósito de equilibrar o funcionamento da mente humana, o campo passou por diversas transições para conseguir se firmar como ciência. Com o propósito de informar e, com isso, proporcionar um maior equilíbrio do corpo com a psique, este audiolivro apresenta a origem e os principais conceitos da psicologia, além de vertentes, escolas e personagens de destaque dessa área de estudos.

O termo ansiedade, enquanto transtorno, se fez tão presente nos últimos anos que acabou resumindo-se, muitas vezes, a um mero um adjetivo. Mas, não, ser diagnosticado com ansiedade não é a mesma coisa que sentir, eventualmente, uma angústia diante de algo novo, por exemplo. Tampouco trata-se de um transtorno que deve ser minimizado, julgado ou diminuído a mera "frescura". Embora não pretenda ser visto como diagnóstico ou ainda substituir o acompanhamento médico e psicológico especializados, Agora tudo é Ansiedade?

Logo que nascemos - e às vezes antes -, nossa mãe determina “como somos”. Assim, as lembranças se organizam em nossa consciência, por meio das palavras que ouvimos desde a mais tenra infância. Toda família tem a boazinha, o estudioso, a ovelha negra, o avoado.... Mas até que ponto esses rótulos de fato refletem quem somos?

Neste audiolivro, Maya destaca os benefícios físicos e emocionais que uma relação baseada no afeto, respeito e acolhimento pode trazer às nossas crianças, quebrando o ciclo de violência que temos perpetuado de geração em geração. A trajetória para uma educação respeitosa pode até não ser a mais simples e natural—afinal, ainda somos todos adultos feridos, criando filhos sobreviventes—mas é possível, sim, quebrar este ciclo de violência.

Se de médico e louco todo mundo tem um pouco, de psicanalista e palhaço todo mundo tem um pedaço. Christian Dunker e Cláudio Thebas abordam neste audiolivro, com bom humor e profundidade, um tema comum para ambos os ofícios: como escutar os outros? Como escutar a si mesmo? E como a escuta pode transformar pessoas?

Einfach genau richtig sein, dieser Wunsch treibt viele um. Doch was, wenn wir das längst sind und es nur nicht wahrnehmen? Wabi-Sabi ist ein jahrhundertealtes japanisches Konzept, das Schönheit in der Unvollkommenheit erkennt - das ideale Gegengift zum allgegenwärtigen Perfektionismus. Die Japanologin Beth Kempton zeigt, wie wir mit Wabi-Sabi unser Zuhause, unser Arbeitsleben und unsere Haltung zu uns selbst gestalten. Wabi-Sabi lehrt die Wertschätzung von dem, was wir haben, die bewusste Wahrnehmung des Augenblicks und das Loslassen der Vergangenheit.

In 1954, a group of boys attended a remote summer camp in Oklahoma. There they were split into two groups and encouraged to bully, harass and demonise each other. The results would make history as one of social psychology’s classic studies: the Robbers Cave experiment. Conducted at the height of the Cold War, the experiment officially had a happy ending: the boys reconciled, and psychologist Muzafer Sherif demonstrated that while hatred and violence are powerful forces, so, too, are cooperation and harmony.

Psychopaths seem to be everywhere. They are on the news and at the movies. People who lack empathy, be they ruthless entrepreneurs or crazed spree killers, are frequently labelled psychopathic; the charming socialiser is just as suspect as the awkward antisocial loner. The conception of what defines a psychopath seems to be a morass of contradictions, the only consistency being the supposition of a lack of empathy.

An intimate, surprising look at man's best friend and what the leading philosophies of dog training teach us about ourselves. Years back, Melissa Holbrook Pierson brought home a border collie named Mercy, without a clue of how to get her to behave. Stunned after hiring a trainer whose immediate rapport with Mercy seemed magical, Pierson began delving into the techniques of positive reinforcement.

We all make bad decisions. It's part of being human. The resulting mistakes can be valuable, the story goes, because we learn from them. But do we? Historian Zachary Shore says no, not always, and he has a long list of examples to prove his point.

Ancient healers understood the universe as an interconnected conscious relationship between natural elements. As Western medicine took hold, we lost our sense of intuitive healing and practices. Here, occupational therapist Susan L. Roberts - who also has a degree from Harvard Divinity School - gives us tools for self-care based on the five-element theory of traditional Chinese medicine. These elements - fire, earth, wood, metal, and water - can also be linked to contemporary science and the elements of energy, matter, time, and space.

Community leaders and activists Gómez and Arroyo worked with children, teenagers, and parents - both the victims and the bullies - to put together this searing anthology of original essays, poetry, plays, and commentary on how bullying has affected their lives.

Abhinav Bindra once shot 100 out of 100 in practice six times in a row and walked out of the range unhappy. He is a perfectionist who once soled his shoes with rubber from Ferrari tyres because he thought it would help. He would wake up at 3:00 a.m. to practise at his range at home if an idea suddenly struck him. It is from such obsession that greatness arrives.

More than four hundred abandoned suitcases filled with patients’ belongings were found when Willard Psychiatric Center closed in 1995 after 125 years of operation. They are skillfully examined here and compared to the written record to create a moving—and devastating—group portrait of twentieth-century American psychiatric care.

As the title suggests, Fromm's is a wholeheartedly balanced view, inspired by great admiration for Freud's achievements but with a clear understanding of the preconceptions which blinkered his vision - notably those stemming from the bourgeois materialism of his society, his certainty of the inferiority of women and his inability to conceive of psychical phenomena for which physiological roots could not be demonstrated.

You’ve read the books. You’ve seen the films. Now get inside the heads of your favorite Twilight characters (just like Edward can!) in The Psychology of Twilight. Explore the minds and motives of Bella, Edward, Jacob, and more with a deeper look at the series that’s captured the hearts and psyches of millions. Find out: How Edward and Jacob match up in an evolutionary psychology smackdown for Bella’s and our affection. Whether Bella’s motorcycle-riding and cliff diving in New Moon are suicidal or her salvation. Why vampires and werewolves aren’t so different after all (at least psychologically)The emotional appeal of love stories like Bella and Edward’s. Why being a part of Twilight fandom is good for your psychological health. Snuggle up on the closest chaise, and get ready to revisit the Twilight Saga with some professional help.

How Sex Became a Civil Liberty is the first book to show how and why we have come to see sexual expression, sexual practice, and sexual privacy as fundamental rights. Using rich archival sources and oral interviews, historian Leigh Ann Wheeler shows how the private lives of women and men in the American Civil Liberties Union shaped their understanding of sexual rights as they built the constitutional foundation for the twentieth-century's sexual revolutions.

A penetrating examination of the insidious effects of the Internet on our personalities - online and off. Whether sharing photos or following financial markets, many of us spend a shocking amount of time online. While the Internet can enhance well-being, Elias Aboujaoude has spent years treating patients whose lives have been profoundly disturbed by it.

A deep dive into the importance of daily communication and how we can harness its power to create a better life.