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The First Kiss: Undoing the Intake Model and Igniting First Sessions in Psychotherapy

Author: Editorial 28th November 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Daryl Chow. The publishers say: “Many clients take the first step to see a psychotherapist and do not return after the first session. Why do people disengage so early, when we have so much to…
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books, client engagement, Clients & Patients, counseling, counselling, Daryl Chow, dropout rates, psychotherapy

How And Why Are Some Therapists Better Than Others?

Author: Editorial 11th November 2019 0 Comments

This book is subtitled “Understanding Therapist Effects”. The publishers say: “Some therapists are more effective than others, that much is clear; why they are more effective is less clear. Editors Louis Castonguay and Clara Hill have gathered a panel of expert…
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anxiety, books, Clara Hill, counseling, counselling, depression, Louis Castonguay, psychotherapy, Research, therapist effects, therapists, therapy, training

Breaking the Bonds: Understanding Depression, Finding Freedom

Author: Editorial 30th October 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by clinical psychologist Dorothy Rowe. The publishers say: “As well as discussing the meaning of depression, examining why it is hard to effect change, and describing the journey towards freedom from depression, the author also looks…
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books, depression, Dorothy Rowe, pharmaceutical drugs, psychiatry

Users and Abusers of Psychiatry: A Critical Look at Psychiatric Practice

Author: Editorial 25th October 2019 0 Comments

This book – published in 2000 – has been written by Lucy Johnstone. The publishers say: “Users and Abusers of Psychiatry is a radically different, critical account of the day-to-day practice of psychiatry. Using real-life examples and her own experience as…
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books, Lucy Johnstone, psychiatry

Brain Changer: How diet can save your mental health – cutting-edge science from an expert

Author: Editorial 23rd October 2019 1 Comment

This book has been written by Prof. Felice Jacka. The publisher says: “A combination of Professor Felice Jacka’s love of food and her own experience of depression and anxiety as a young woman led her to question whether what we put…
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anxiety, books, depression, diet, Felice Jacka, food, gut microbiome, nutrition, nutritional psychiatry

Emotional Health

Author: Editorial 16th October 2019 0 Comments

This book – first published in 1986 – has been written by psychiatrist Trevor Smith. The publishers say: “… This work is written by a holistic psychiatrist and gives a comprehensive …. survey of the common emotional problems and the best…
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books, divorce, dreaming, emotional health, emotions, giving, holistic psychiatry, mood swings, Trevor Smith

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

Author: Editorial 3rd October 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by psychiatrist David Burns. The publishers say: “The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other ‘black holes’ of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist, David D….
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books, David Burns, depression, guilt, self-esteem

Pseudoscience in Biological Psychiatry: Blaming the Body

Author: Editorial 26th September 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Colin Ross and Prof. Alvin Pam. The publishers say: “… not a day passes without the media proclaiming yet another sensational breakthrough in the search for the physical origins of mental illness. But beyond…
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Alvin Pam, biological psychiatry, books, Colin Ross, Genetics, history of psychiatry, psychiatry, psychopharmacology, reductionism

Tourette Syndrome: Stop Your Tics by Learning What Triggers Them

Author: Editorial 25th September 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Sheila Rogers DeMare. The publishers say: “… an unflinching case is made for a new paradigm in the treatment of Tourette syndrome. For more than 40 years, the status quo has blindly endorsed the concept…
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allergens, books, diet, food and drink, Genetics, Sheila Rogers DeMare, tics, Tourettes, toxins, weather

The Trouble with Twin Studies: A Reassessment of the Research

Author: Editorial 19th September 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Jay Joseph. The publishers say that it: “… questions popular genetic explanations of human behavioral differences based upon the existing body of twin research. Psychologist Jay Joseph outlines the fallacies of twin studies in the…
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books, Genetics, Jay Joseph, psychiatric genetics, psychiatry, Research, twin studies

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