Category: Mental Health Books

Book: Dementia: Support for Family and Friends

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Book Title:

Dementia: Support for Family and Friends

Author(s): Dave Pulsford and Rachel Thompson.

Year: 2019.

Edition: Second (2nd).

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Type(s): Paperback and Kindle.

Synopsis:

A comprehensive and practical guide to dementia, this book is essential reading for anyone who has a friend or relative with the condition.

This updated edition reflects new guidance on approaches to supporting people with dementia, focussing especially on the UK, and includes quotes from people with dementia as well as from family carers.

The book explores each stage of the journey people with dementia face and explains how it affects the person, as well as those around them both at home and in residential settings.

It shows how best to offer support and where to get professional and informal assistance.

Focussing on the progressive nature of dementia and the issues that can arise as a result, it gives practical advice that can help to ensure the best possible quality of life both for the person with dementia and the people around them.

Book: Community-Based Psychological First Aid

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Book Title:

Community-Based Psychological First Aid: A Practical Guide to Helping Individuals and Communities during Difficult Times.

Author(s): Gerard A. Jacobs.

Year: 2016.

Edition: First (1st).

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Type(s): Paperback and Kindle.

Synopsis:

Community-Based Psychological First Aid: A Practical Guide to Helping Individuals and Communities during Difficult Times presents a practical method for helping those in need in difficult times.

No advanced training in psychology is needed to use it. Injuries from disasters, terrorist events, and civil unrest are not just physical.

These events also cause psychological trauma that can do lasting damage.

Psychological First Aid (PFA) draws on human resilience and aims to reduce stress systems and help those affected recover.

It is not professional psychotherapy, and those providing this kind of aid do not need a degree to help.

Gerard Jacobs has developed this community-based method of delivering PFA over 20 years and has taught it in over 30 countries.

Along with the easy-to-follow method, Jacobs includes examples of how this works in action in different situations, and presents scenarios to practice.

Unique in its approach of community engagement to train community members to help each other, this guide is an excellent resource for local emergency managers to engage in whole community emergency management.

Book: Cognitive Psychology for Dummies

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Book Title:

Cognitive Psychology for Dummies.

Author(s): Peter J. Hills and Michael Pake.

Year: 2016.

Edition: First (1st).

Publisher: Wiley.

Type(s): Paperback, Audiobook, and Kindle.

Synopsis:

Demystify the core concepts of cognitive psychology.

Written specifically for psychology students and not other academics – Cognitive Psychology For Dummies is an accessible and entertaining introduction to the field. Unlike the dense and jargon-laden content found in most psychology textbooks, this practical guide provides readers with easy-to-understand explanations of the fundamental elements of cognitive psychology so that they are able obtain a firm grasp of the material.

Cognitive Psychology For Dummies follows the structure of a typical university course, which makes it the perfect supplement for students in need of a clear and enjoyable overview of the topic.

The complexities of a field that explores internal mental processes including the study of how people perceive, remember, think, speak, and solve problems can be overwhelming for first-year psychology students.

This practical resource cuts through the academic-speak to provide a clear understanding of the most important elements of cognitive psychology.

  • Obtain a practical understanding of the core concepts of cognitive psychology.
  • Supplement required course reading with clear and easy-to-understand overviews.
  • Gain confidence in your ability to apply your knowledge of cognitive psychology.
  • Prepare for upcoming exams or topic discussions.

Cognitive Psychology For Dummies is the perfect resource for psychology students who need a clear and readable overview of the core concepts of cognitive psychology.

Book: The Big Disconnect – Protecting Childhood And Family Relationships In The Digital Age

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Book Title:

The Big Disconnect – Protecting Childhood And Family Relationships In The Digital Age.

Author(s): Catherine Steiner-Adair.

Year: 2013.

Edition: First (1st).

Publisher: Harper.

Type(s): Hardcover and Paperback.

Synopsis:

Clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair takes an in-depth look at how the Internet and the digital revolution are profoundly changing childhood and family dynamics, and offers solutions parents can use to successfully shepherd their children through the technological wilderness.

As the focus of the family has turned to the glow of the screen – children constantly texting their friends or going online to do homework; parents working online around the clock – everyday life is undergoing a massive transformation. Easy access to the Internet and social media has erased the boundaries that protect children from damaging exposure to excessive marketing and the unsavoury aspects of adult culture. Parents often feel they are losing a meaningful connection with their children. Children are feeling lonely and alienated. The digital world is here to stay, but what are families losing with technology’s gain?

As renowned clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair explains, families are in crisis as they face this issue, and even more so than they realise. Not only do chronic tech distractions have deep and lasting effects but children also desperately need parents to provide what tech cannot: close, significant interactions with the adults in their lives. Drawing on real-life stories from her clinical work with children and parents and her consulting work with educators and experts across the country, Steiner-Adair offers insights and advice that can help parents achieve greater understanding, authority, and confidence as they engage with the tech revolution unfolding in their living rooms.

Book: Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation

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Book Title:

Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation.

Author(s): Bruce Lift.

Year: 2011.

Edition: First (1st).

Publisher: Sounds True.

Type(s): Audiobook and Kindle.

Synopsis:

Different Paths, Different Strengths

Freedom from unnecessary suffering is the goal of both Buddhism and modern psychotherapy, yet each approaches this intention from a very different perspective. “Buddhist practice helps us awaken to a well-being that is independent of our circumstances,” explains Bruce Tift, “while Western psychotherapy helps us bring our disowned experience into awareness in order to live in a more skillful and satisfying way.” On Already Free, this therapist and Buddhist practitioner opens a fresh dialogue between these two perspectives, and explores how each provides us with essential keys to experiencing full presence and aliveness.

Practical Tools and Wisdom from the Eastern and Western Traditions

Buddhism gives us powerful tools for breaking free of our own identity drama and our fascination with day-to-day problems, yet it does not address how early childhood experience shapes our adult lives. Western psychotherapy provides a wide range of proven techniques for understanding and untangling the development of our neurotic patterns, but it is only beginning to recognise the powerful impact of exploring awareness itself. “These two approaches sometimes contradict and sometimes support each other,” Tift explains. “When used together, they can help us open to all of life in all its richness, its disturbances, and its inherent completeness.”With a keen understanding of the wisdom of East and West, and a special focus on working with intimate relationships as a pathway to spiritual awakening, Bruce Tift presents seven immersive sessions of insights, wisdom, and practical instruction for realising the fundamental freedom that is your birthright.

Highlights

The Developmental Approach – why we still use our childhood survival skills after we outgrow them The Fruitional Approach – Buddhist wisdom on finding liberation without resolving our historic issues Relationships and Awakening – practices for couples to develop “healthy intimacy” and welcome connection and separateness Why we use “neurotic organisation” to limit our life experience, and how to challenge this self-perpetuating process.

Book: Abused Men: The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence

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Book Title:

Abused Men: The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence

Author(s): Philip W. Cook.

Year: 2009.

Edition: Second (2nd).

Publisher: Praeger.

Type(s): Paperback and Kindle.

Synopsis:

Say the words “domestic violence,” and images of battered women come to mind.

Yet, the more accurate picture is different, and it crosses genders.

Women strike the first blow in about half of the domestic disputes nationwide, and a National Violence Against Women Survey, funded by the Centres for Disease Control and US Justice Department, found that nearly 40 percent of all domestic violence victims are men.

An award-winning investigative journalist provides a disturbing new look at an under-reported type of domestic violence the abuse of men.

The first edition of Philip W. Cook’s book, Abused Men: The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence (Praeger, 1997), drew attention and praise nationwide from individuals and from media, ranging from CNN and Fox network’s The O’Reilly Factor to scholarly publications such as The Journal of Marriage and Family.

On the 10th anniversary of that groundbreaking book, Cook began revising and expanding his work. The result is this second edition a disturbing look at a trend that continues to increase.

The new edition of Abused Men: The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence offers up-to-date data on the prevalence of intimate partner violence against men, incorporating personal interviews and cases drawn from the media.

It also includes updates on law, legislation, court activity, social responses, police activity, support groups, batterer programmes, and crisis intervention programmes.

Book: Working with Emotion

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Book Title:

Working With Emotion in Psychodynamic, Cognitive Behaviour, and Emotion-Focused Psychotherapy.

Author(s): Leslie S. Greenberg, Norka T. Malberg, and Michael A. Tompkins.

Year: 2019.

Edition: First (1st).

Publisher: American Psychological Assocation.

Type(s): Paperback and Kindle.

Synopsis:

The authors of this volume investigate the role of emotion in the development and maintenance of psychological problems, and in effecting psychological change.

They examine emotion as it is conceptualised and used in three of the most widely practised approaches today–psychodynamic, cognitive behaviour, and emotion-focused psychotherapy.

In each chapter, the authors discuss the impact of emotion on child development and learning, the relationship between emotion and motivation, and the ways in which emotion can be harnessed in treatment to improve psychological functioning and strengthen interpersonal relationships.

Clinical vignettes show readers how to arouse, identify, and channel emotions in therapy, while also utilising emotion to develop and maintain an effective therapeutic alliance.

Book: Understanding Depression

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Book Title:

Understanding Depression: 9 Techniques To Change YOUR Life!

Author(s): Amy McMiller.

Year: 2019.

Edition: First (1st).

Publisher: Independently Published.

Type(s): Kindle.

Synopsis:

I have written this book because I have helped many people with depression and feel that there is a need to clear a few things up.

The current medical and pharmaceutical industry are not doing much to improve the symptoms. I want people to feel like themselves again and finally get the symptom relieve that they are looking for.


Luckily I am not the only one recognising that someone has to wake up in order to educate people of what can really aid in fighting depression.

I have been a former nurse working with mentally ill patients for more than a decade therefore I am speaking from experience and also in the name of many of my former patients for whom I cared deeply.

Depending on where you are living in the world antidepressants can be very expensive, the medical system might have written you off already or you have simply lost hope that there will ever be a cure for your condition. Do not give up. Take the courage and read this book, fight another day to get out of the cycle of depression and medication.

I want you to try my suggestions in this book because I know that they will work! Together we can cure your depression and potentially with the help of your current physician get off the medication for good. Sounds good? Let’s get started!

Book: Understanding Classical Psychoanalysis

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Book Title:

Understanding Classical Psychoanalysis: Freudian Concepts in Contemporary Practice.

Author(s): Ahmed Fayek.

Year: 2017.

Edition: First (1st).

Publisher: Routledge.

Type(s): Paperback and Kindle.

Synopsis:

Understanding Classical Psychoanalysis gives a clear overview of the key tenets of classical Freudian psychoanalysis, and offers a guide to how these might be best understood and applied to contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice.

Covering such essential concepts as the Oedipal complex, narcissism and metapsychology, Fayek explores what Freud’s thinking has to offer psychoanalysts of all schools of thought today, and what key facets of his work can usefully be built on to develop future theory.

The book will be of interest to psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists in practice and training, as well as teaching faculties and postgraduate students studying Freudian psychoanalysis.

Book: Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions

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Book Title:

Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions.

Author(s): Edna B. Foa and Reid Wilson.

Year: 2001.

Edition: Revised Edition.

Publisher: Bantam USA.

Type(s): Paperback.

Synopsis:

Are you tormented by extremely distressing thoughts or persistent worries? Compelled to wash your hands repeatedly? Driven to repeat or check certain numbers, words, or actions?

If you or someone you love suffers from these symptoms, you may be one of the millions of Americans who suffer from some form of obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD.

Once considered almost untreatable, OCD is now known to be a highly treatable disorder using behaviour therapy.

In this newly revised edition of Stop Obsessing! Drs. Foa and Wilson, internationally renowned authorities on the treatment of anxiety disorders, share their scientifically based and clinically proven self-help program that has already allowed thousands of men and women with OCD to enjoy a life free from excessive worries and rituals.

You will discover:

  • Step-by-step programmes for both mild and severe cases of OCD.
  • The most effective ways to help you let go of your obsessions and gain control over your compulsions.
  • New charts and fill-in guides to track progress and make exercises easier.
  • Questionnaires for self-evaluation and in-depth understanding of your symptoms.
  • Expert guidance for finding the best professional help.
  • The latest information about medications prescribed for OCD.