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#1 When I opened my private practice as a psychologist, I was deluded about what I would be doing. I was expecting to cure my patients, but instead I had to learn how to be flexible as new information trickled in weekly.
#2 It's difficult to treat a patient who isn't psychologically oriented. Laura just wanted her herpes cured and, in her mind, therapy was a means to...
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The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.
In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted...
In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted...
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This book discusses how culture and perception intertwine to confer disproportionate influence on how we see and express the world around us. A cultural psychological exploration of the mechanisms and concepts underlying our perceptual consciousness through distinction between the East and West paradigms, with support drawn from research, practical physical applications and their interpretations.
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In a public television special Dr. Wayne Dyer transforms conventional thinking about making things happen in our lives into a profound understanding of how each person possesses the infinite potential and power to co-create the life he or she desires. Dr. Dyer takes the audience through a journey into the seven faces of intention: creativity, kindness, love, beauty, expansiveness, abundance and receptivity. A live lecture taped at Cutler Majestic...
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Las personas que sufren de anhedonia (que significa literalmente 'sin placer') pierden el interés por realizar actividades que antes les gustaban o les divertían, como practicar un deporte, leer un libro, ver una película, salir con amigos o tener relaciones sexuales. Nada les produce placer ni satisfacción. Se sienten vacíos, apáticos y desganados. Tienen dificultades para expresar y experimentar emociones, tanto positivas como negativas. A...
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Every second of every day, your brain processes about 11 million bits. And yet, that astonishing number just isn't enough to get you through your day. Consequently, your brain takes some shortcuts--and it's those shortcuts, called heuristics, that make it all work. Some shortcuts are completely benign and helpful--such as your ability to recognize your child even if half his face is in shadow or your ability to imagine tomorrow even though you will...
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A pioneering canine behaviorist draws on cutting-edge research to show that a single, simple trait-the capacity to love-is what makes dogs such perfect companions for humans, and explains how we can better reciprocate their affection.
Does your dog love you?
Every dog lover knows the feeling. The nuzzle of a dog's nose, the warmth of them lying at our feet, even their whining when they want to get up on the bed. It really seems like our dogs love...
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Discover a "compelling" and revelatory framework for setting and achieving your goals (Carol Dweck, author of Mindset), from a psychologist on the cutting edge of motivational science. A great deal of ink has been spilled on the subject of motivating and influencing others, but what happens when the person you most want to influence is you? Setting and achieving goals for yourself—at work, at home, and in relationships is harder than it seems. How...
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William James believed that events could not be catalogued simply as a series of facts, but had to be considered through the lens of experience. Thus each person affects and modifies their own reality based on their own unique experiences and points of view. Ultimately you can quantify facts, but only if you understand how the person looking at these facts will affect and change them.
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In The Art and Science of Dealing with Difficult People, David Brown pinpoints the seven principles of relationship building that are crucial to creating a successful working environment. Brown breaks down each principle by providing easy to understand instructions and universally applicable management skills.
Brown's philosophy is to approach work place discord as a problem from both a managerial and lower level perspective. He offers advice on...
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"From the author of the New York Times and international bestseller Unfu*k Yourself Gary John Bishop presents a no-holds-barred guide to breaking through our cycles of self-sabotage to get what we want out of life.In Unfu*k Yourself, Gary John Bishop told us it was time to stop making excuses--to recognize and take responsibility for the negative self-talk holding us back. In Stop Doing That Sh*t, he builds on that message, teaching us how to stop...
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New York Times Bestseller
Foreword by Dr. Phil McGraw
Ask yourself...are you truly who you want to be? Is this the life you really want? Are you living each day as your best self? What can you change, today?
How would you answer those questions? Think about your daily life. Are you thriving, or going through the motions? Are your days full of work, relationships and activities
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Culture is like eye color. Your eye color is obvious to anyone who sees you, but you cannot see the color of your own eyes without some kind of reflection. Everybody's Ethnic helps viewers hold a mirror to their own culture. Discover yourself by exploring other cultures.. Travel by video to Mexico for a Day of the Dead celebration, witness a funeral in Bali, explore food in Hong Kong, and see street life in New Delhi to learn about our "invisible"...
59) The Blue Lecture
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In this final lecture, focus on the last color in the logical color sequence and one of the most commonly chosen favorite colors throughout the world: blue. As you'll discover, there are some interesting and unique properties of the color blue that set it apart from other colors and make it seem, in some respects, almost magical.
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Volume 3 of Grief Counselling and Grief Therapy Seminar. Loss counselling has been strongly influenced over the last thirty years by the work of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. However, over the last decade in particular new therapeutic perspectives have developed, which, along with recent research, have challenged some of the commonly held assumptions about grief & loss work...In his detailed and informed presentation Consultant Clinical Psychologist Paul...
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