There’s plenty of wisdom in this book, provided you arm yourself with an unabridged copy of the Oxford English Dictionary, and perhaps an advanced degree or two, before picking it up. Hollis, a teacher at the ...

Those of us who are nearing retirement from work as a psychotherapist have been privileged to witness extraordinary changes over the course of our careers. Few therapists I know have clung solely to their original ...

If you're reading this website, you've probably heard the term emotional intelligence before, but you may not know exactly what it is. And even if you know what it is, you may not really have ...

This essay will discuss the online self-help book Psychological Self-Help by Dr. Clayton Tucker-Ladd. Since late 2004 I have had the good fortune to be able to discuss the book with Clay via ...

Too many pop psychology books today pretend that they have all of the answers, or try and wow you with their insights by tying together esoteric small studies done on college students and suggest such ...

It’s called the “other” dual diagnosis. While most professionals and laypeople understand dual diagnosis to mean those who suffer from both mental illness and substance abuse, the term is also used for those with the ...

You know there's a new nonfiction genre by the titles alone -- Blink, Nudge, Predictably Irrational... and now Sway. This book is probably best compared with Dan Ariely's Predictably Irrational, but to me the Brafman ...

Has the latest fad, "positive psychology," increased our happiness? Not according to a British author and cultural historian. Positive psychology, defined as "the study of optimal human functioning," has gained enormous popularity in the past decade. ...

There's a quiet revolution going on in the workplace. Something fundamental has shifted in our attitude. Instead of money and status, we're increasingly looking for meaning and purpose, work that's truly worth doing. Just ten or ...

The latest rage in books seem to be those that point out how humans behave. Consider it pop psychology for the masses, and sometimes, of the masses. Dan Ariely's newest offering, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces ...

The Emotional Revolution: How the New Science of Feeling Can Transform Your Life From Amazon.com: "Dr. Norman Rosenthal has compiled an astonishing amount of cutting edge clinical research and history, combined this information with his clinical ...

Do One Thing Different: Ten Simple Ways to Change Your Life You can move quickly from "stuck" to "smooth sailing" in all aspects of your life using Bill O'Hanlon's ten easy Solution Keys, Humorous, direct, and ...

Everyone knows Anne Heche most famously from her role as half of the Ellen DeGeneres/Anne Heche gay couple. Yes, she's starred in a few movies, some of which have done well, others not so much, ...

They Say You're Crazy: How The World's Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who's Normal Psychologist Caplan shows how the American Psychiatric Association's bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, lacks the scientific basis claimed ...

The Survivor Personality: Why Some People are Stronger, Smarter, and More Skillful at Handling Life's Difficulties... and How You Can Be, Too This remains one of the best books I have ever read on this topic, ...