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Seeking reassurance to remove doubt or fear is natural, and we all do it from time to time. However, it becomes a compulsion when it develops into something repetitive and ritualistic. This compulsion is linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), can perpetuate and worsen this condition, and can also create conflict between you, your friends, coworkers, and loved ones. So, how do you stop? The Compulsive Reassurance Seeking Workbook offers proven-effective tools to reduce compulsions, make peace with uncertainty, and better manage your OCD.

If you are an adult TCK, you probably sense that the multicultural, high mobility experiences of your childhood continue to impact your life in some way now. Making sense of the impact of these experiences, however, can feel overwhelming, especially if we have long experience of our stories being met with bafflement and incredulity. My hope is that this collection of my thoughts over the last seven years of working with Third Culture Kids will create space for you to explore and make sense of the incredible life you’ve lived.

Esta obra será un apoyo fundamental para todos los profesionales que quieran implementar la terapia breve desde el enfoque interaccional, con resultados por demás alentadores para las personas que buscan soluciones a corto plazo pero con beneficios permanentes.

Centering Black culture and community for liberating, anti-racist therapeutic practice. This innovative book lays out the journey of family therapist Makungu Akinyela in developing testimony therapy—a healing practice rooted in Black cultural traditions of testifying and storytelling. This...

This audiobook features an exclusive Q&A between reader Chipo Chung and author, Dorcas Gwata 'Fascinating . . . While the rest of us are worrying about it, Dorcas Gwata is doing something about it' - Wendy Joseph, author of Unlawful Killings Through the lives of ten young people an award-winning...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An extraordinary work from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights In November 1999, Joan Didion began seeing a psychiatrist because, as she wrote to a friend, her family had had “a rough few years.” She described the sessions in a...

The groundbreaking Dual-Brain Psychology theory revolutionizes our understanding of anxiety, depression, addiction, and PTSD. Based on over 30 years of research, this innovative approach reveals how childhood trauma affects brain hemispheres differently. Dr. Schiffer’s pioneering treatments, including infrared light therapy, have already transformed countless lives.

Körperbewusstsein und Interozeption als therapeutisches Fundament: Seit über drei Jahrzehnten hat die mehrfache Autorin, Trainerin für Körperbewusstsein und Interozeption und Hypnosetherapeutin, Katrin Jonas, eine faszinierende Frage erforscht: Wie können wir die Signale unseres Körpers nicht nur wahrnehmen, sondern gezielt für Heilung, Selbstreflexion und Wachstum nutzen? Und daraus ist ein Hörbuch entstanden, mit dem sie sich erstmals ausschließlich an Therapeuten, Coaches und alle richtet, die in unterstützenden, traumasensitiven und heilenden Berufen tätig sind.

An accomplished and honored professor, psychotherapist, author, and chocolate connoisseur, Diane Gehart identifies surprisingly efficient and fun ways to increase your daily dose of joy. Drawing on positive psychology, Eastern wisdom, and three decades of psychotherapist know-how, she outlines a no-nonsense yet good-humored path to get you where you want to go. She will teach you step-by-step how to: Identify the essential elements necessary for life-long happiness and add them to your everyday habits. Develop an unshakable sense of inner joy that sustains you in good times and bad.

Clean and sober twenty days or twenty years—it makes no difference. We all need a little help every once in a while. Barb Rogers has been sober for a long time. And she knows that doesn’t make a difference—what makes a difference is that she’s clean and sober today. Rogers’s newest audiobook offers true stories from real life people. Their addictions have led them to a twelve-step program. Yet, in working the program, they have found, as the saying goes, things are simple but not always easy.

When you want to change but don’t know why you’re struggling to make it happen, the best course may be to seek answers within. From award-winning, best-selling self-help and spirituality author Carl Greer, PhD, PsyD, comes a workbook for tapping into a forgotten resource we all have: our hidden wisdom.

The essential guide for families navigating the aftermath of sexual abuse in the home. When sexual abuse is discovered within a family, the resulting crisis can seem insurmountable. Parents face impossible choices, professionals offer conflicting advice, and everyone struggles with overwhelming emotions. Into this void steps Dr. Shanti Duncan with Healing Family Wounds, a comprehensive roadmap for families in their darkest hour.

»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. 

Thorough preparation cannot be overlooked. That is why the author Nathan Finatean developed the NCE Study Guide! This edition is a practice questions edition that contains hundreds of questions. It reviews all essential concepts found on the exam from all categories of the exam. You can listen to or read it wherever life takes you!

You are no doubt a busy individual with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to study for the CPCE exam. However, the truth is that the CPCE test is a challenging exam. It is normal to have some anxiety about taking this test. Thorough preparation cannot be overlooked. That is why the author Lila Callahan, developed the CPCE Study Guide! This edition is a complete review edition! It reviews all essential concepts found on the exam from all categories of the exam. You can listen to it wherever life takes you! Its sections include:

It takes quite a lot of courage to admit that you might be of a narcissistic nature, or even to seek proof that you aren’t. If you’re searching for a way to be better, Self-Aware Narcissism: How to Stop Being a Narcissist is for you. Maybe you’ve served time, broken your marriage, or lost your job because of self-centered behavior? Maybe you’re worried one of these outcomes is just around the corner for you?

Fühlen Sie sich im verwirrenden Labyrinth des Lebens verloren? Quält Sie die erdrückende Einsamkeit? Haben Sie Angst vor der unerbittlichen Vergänglichkeit? Oder sorgt der schleichende Verlust Ihrer Jugend und Eleganz für Unbehagen? "Denn alles ist vergänglich: Geschichten aus der Psychotherapie" vom renommierten Therapeut Irvin D. Yalom ist ein Werk, das Ihnen nicht nur den Spiegel vorhält, sondern auch Schlüssel zu einer erfüllteren Existenz anbietet.

This book is for anyone considering psychotherapy. You might be completely new to therapy, or you may have tried it with limited results. The questions are designed to help you organize your thoughts and feelings about what you're looking for. Jonathan has been a practicing therapist for 35 years and has worked for many public mental health agencies over the years. He has also done high-intensity work as a member of various mobile psychiatric assessment teams and was a graduate psychology instructor for 10 years. He also shares openly in the book about his own history of receiving therapy.

Louisa is a psychology-based practitioner with a background in Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy. She works with clients around the world, combining CBT, hypnosis and evidence-based psychology to support mental and emotional wellbeing. In this book, she shares the same practical tools and mindset techniques she uses in her sessions, helping listeners calm a racing mind, challenge intrusive thoughts and manage difficult emotions.

Lebenskrisen kann nur überwinden, wer ihre Ursachen versteht. Verstehen führt zu Veränderung – das Unverstandene müssen wir immer wieder aufs Neue durchleben. Doch was bedeutet es zu verstehen? Die Psychologen Cécile Loetz und Jakob Müller erlauben uns einen intimen Einblick in die Gedanken und Gefühle von Menschen, die sich in Krisen in Therapie begeben und die unbewusste Dynamik hinter ihrem Schmerz, Angst, Trauma und ihrer Aggression zu durchdringen beginnen.