Explores the multifaceted nature of this highly subjective construct. Contributors to this groundbreaking edited volume examine the phenomenological, empirical, and clinical aspects of people's reactions to the loss of meaning, to uncertainty, and to meaning violations. The book concludes with a scholarly, clinical chapter on how psychotherapy can ......
Presents an examination of psychology's underlying principles, assumptions, and concepts. This title explores the following key issues: what do we mean by 'science' and can psychology be legitimately described as a science; what are the general principles that should be applied to any science; and, what is the role of mathematics in psychology.
Despite its avowed shift away from behaviouristic ways of thinking, psychology today, according to Rychlak, is essentially mechanistic. But while biological and automatic processes clearly have vital uses, they are unable to fully account for such phenomena as free will and agency.
*Noted therapist and author Ronald Siegel helps readers stop trying to be "better than," which can wreak havoc on emotional well-being. *"You're fine!": Two powerful words that can replace constant mental check-ins. *With wit, wisdom, and a healthy dose of mindfulness techniques, readers learn how to stop worrying and start enjoying their lives. ......
This engaging, authoritative text synthesizes a vast body of research on how young children develop the ability to understand, express, and manage their emotions, as well as the impact of these capacities on relationships, school readiness, and overall well-being.
This engaging, authoritative text synthesizes a vast body of research on how young children develop the ability to understand, express, and manage their emotions, as well as the impact of these capacities on relationships, school readiness, and overall well-being. Illustrated with vivid vignettes, the book explains specific ways that parents, ......
This book contains two brilliant essays by one of the foremost thinkers in the field of psychoanalysis. In the first essay, The Magic of Winnicott, Adam Phillips makes clear the subtlety and wisdom of Winnicotts concept of play.
This influential book challenges one of the most pervasive and powerful beliefs of our time--that Europe rose to modernity and world dominance due to unique qualities of race, environment, culture, mind, or spirit, and that progress for the rest of the world resulted from the diffusion of European civilization. J. M. Blaut persuasively argues that ......
