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Confessions of a Former Child: A Therapist’s Memoir

It’s not often that the rest of us get to view the inner life of the psychologist. The client-therapist relationship and indeed most books about therapy are focused on the client. But in his debut ... Read more... »

Recommended Books on ADHD

Looking for a book to help you or a loved one better understand attention deficit disorder (ADHD)? We recommend the following: Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through ... Read more... »

Recommended Books on Bipolar

Looking for a book to help you or a loved one better understand bipolar disorder (also called manic depression)? We recommend the following: Madness: A Bipolar Life By the author of ... Read more... »

Recommended Books on Depression

Looking for a book to help you or a loved one better understand depression? We recommend the following: Active Treatment of Depression Addressing his fellow professionals in the mental ... Read more... »

Madness: A Bipolar Life

By the author of the groundbreaking memoir Wasted about her struggle with eating disorders written nearly a decade ago, Marya Hornbacher is back. This time with a look at her struggle with bipolar ... Read more... »

Manic: A Memoir

I read Terri Cheney's Manic: A Memoir with a bit of suspicion. While living a Jackie Collins-like lifestyle as a Beverley Hills entertainment lawyer to the stars, she endures ECT without anaesthetic (and bit half ... Read more... »

Comfortably Numb

Charles Barber's Comfortably Numb is an important book and deserves to get the same kind of attention Listening to Prozac got in 1993. What Barber has done is no less than introduce America to psychotherapy ... Read more... »

Historical Secrets to Happiness

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. ... Read more... »

Finding the Work You Love

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 ... Read more... »

Predictably Irrational

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 ... Read more... »

What Story Are You Living?

A Workbook and Guide to Interpreting Results from the Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator Are you a fan of Jung and Jungian archetypes? Then this is the book for you! Organized into nine chapters, this book helps you understand ... Read more... »

New Hope For People With Bipolar Disorder

Your Friendly, Authoritative Guide to the Latest in Traditional and Complementary Solutions Sometimes a book with multiple authors can be a train wreck. This is not one of those books, as each author brings a unique ... Read more... »

Happier

Can happiness be learned? Surprisingly, the answer is yes, you can learn to be happy. Most people look at happiness or sadness as just emotions, things that happen to them for no particular reason. And in ... Read more... »

Your Child in the Balance

An Insider's Guide for Parents to the Psychiatric Medicine Dilemma A more timely book couldn't have come across my desk this past month. As we've discussed in our blog, World of Psychology, there is a ... Read more... »

Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders

We love Aimee Liu. Her new book, Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders is an excellent read for anyone who is struggling with an eating or self-esteem issue in their life. She starts ... Read more... »

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