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Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket 1979 reprint Brunner/Mazel Publishers, NY. Light wear to jacket; spine slightly sun-faded. Very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. 205 pages; Index; Bibliography. Language: English. New Preface by Enid Balint. Green cloth-covered boards with black title on spine. Keywords: psychology, psychoanalyst, psychoanalytic, theory, technique, therapy. [code K] more information

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Acceptable.. Hardcover. 4th printing hardcover with dustjacket 1985 Free Press. UNDERLINING and NOTES to first 50 pages. Average wear. Pages bright; binding tight. Good reading / research copy. Foreword by David Berenson, MD. 261pp, Index, Notes, Bibliography. Language: English. Keywords: alcoholism, drinking, addiction, therapy, therapist, psychotherapy, families, treatment, recovery, intergenerational, marriage, counseling, codependent, spouse, couple, sober, sobriety. more information

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Very Good.. Paperback. Softcover 1988 Harper SanFrancisco. Has REMAINDER MARK at bottom page edge. Otherwise very clean; no creases; pages bright; binding tight; never read. Only light shelfwear. 81pp. Language: English. From the publisher: 'Robert Bly, renowned poet and author of the ground-breaking bestseller Iron John, mingles essay and verse to explore the Shadow--the dark side of the human personality--and the importance of confronting it.' more information

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Acceptable.. Paperback. Addison-Wesley education edition softcover 1990. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; spine uncreased. 1 page corner folded. Very light wear. 268pp, Notes. Language: English. 'Bly, a major American poet who won a National Book Award in 1968, appears regularly at workshops for men. The book's title refers to a mentor-like figure in a Grimms fairy tale who serves as Wild Man, initiator, and source of divine energy for a young man. This marvelous folktale of resonant, many-layered meanings is an apt choice for demonstrating the need for men to learn from other men how to honor and reimagine the positive image of their masculinity. Bly has always responded to Blakean and Yeatsian intensities, preferring to travel the path lit by mythic road signs. His intent here is to restore a lost heritage of emotional connection and expose the paltriness of a provisional life. For many men capable of responding imaginatively to allegory and myth this will be an instructive and ultimately exculpating book....'--William Abrams, Libray Journal, 1990. more information

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Like New. Hardcover. 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1988 Walker and Co. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. Only the merest hint of wear. 315 pages; Index; Sources. Language: English. 'During the past 3 decades psychologists, brain scientists, and clinical doctors working with memory-damaged patients have made a series of unexpected discoveries that undermine long-held assumptions about what memory does and how it works. In a clear and witty style aimed at nonspecialists, Edmund Blair Bolles tells the story of these discoveries and their implications for everyday life.'--from jacket flap. Keywords: science, psychology, biology. more information

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Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket 1990 Bantam. Superclean and bright; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. Price clipped from flap. Light edgewear to jacket. 288pp, References. Language: English. more information

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Good. Paperback. Softcover 1988 HCI / Health Communications, Inc. Note: this is NOT the updated, revised edition. Light-to-average wear; scratch on back cover. Very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; spine uncreased. Great reading / research copy. 245 pages; Bibliography. Language: English. 'In an emotionally revealing way Bradshaw shows us how toxic shame is the core problem in our compulsions, co-dependencies, addictions and the drive to superachieve, resulting in the breakdown in the family system and our inability to go forward with our lives. We are bound by our shame. Drawing from his 22 years of experience as a counselor, Bradshaw offers us the techniques to heal this shame. Using affirmations, visualizations, inner voice and feeling work plus guided meditations and other useful healing techniques, he realeases the shame that binds us to the past. This important book breaks new ground in the core issues of societal and personal breakdown, offering techniques of recovery vital to all of us.'-- from the publisher. more information

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Good. Paperback. Softcover 1972 Free Press. Clean and unmarked, with average wear. 392pp, Indexes. Language: English. Keywords: linguistic, acquisition. more information

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Good. Paperback. Softcover periodical 1982. Light-to-average wear to cover edges and corners; no deep creases. Clean and unmarked; pages bright; binding tight. 88 pages; black-and-white illustrations. Language: English. Contents include Psychotherapy and Alchemy VIII. Coniunctio - Edward F. Edinger; Self-Realization in the Ten Oxherding Pictures - Mokusen Miyuki; Sexual Intimacy beween Patient and Analyst - Charles H. Taylor; Synchronicity and the Mexican Divinatory Calendar - J. F. Zavala; Book Reviews. Keywords: Jungian, psychologist, psychiatry, psychotherapy, myth, archetype. No ISBN. [code K] more information

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Very Good. Paperback. Softcover periodical 1983. Light wear to cover edges and corners. Spine is sun-faded. Text clean and unmarked; no creases; pages bright; binding tight. 131 pages; black-and-white illustrations. Language: English. Contents include Old Age and Death - Jane Hollister Wheelwright; Jung's Seminars - William McGuire; Jungian New York - William McGuire; Jung's Contribution to an Understanding of the Meaning of Depression - V. Walter Odajnyk; Lilith - Barbara Black Koltuv; Book Reviews. Keywords: Jungian, psychology, psychologist, psychiatry, myth, archetype. No ISBN. [code K] more information

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Very Good.. Hardcover. Stated 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1993 HarperCollins. Remainder marks at top and bottom page edges. Otherwise very clean; no marks in text; pages bright; binding tight. Only light wear. 358pp, Index, Notes, References. Language: English. 'In this wise, humane inquiry, Csikszentmihalyi (Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience) argues that genetically programmed behaviors that once helped humans adapt and multiply now threaten our survival. These traits include obsessions with food and sex, addiction to pleasure, excessive rationality and a tendency to focus on the negative. A University of Chicago psychology professor, the author also believes we must free our minds of cultural illusions such as ethnocentric superiority or identification with one's possessions. He urges readers to find ways to reduce the oppression, exploitation and inequality that are woven into the fabric of society. Further, he wants us to control the direction of human evolution by pursuing challenging activities that lead to greater complexity while opposting chaos and conformity. Each chapter concludes with self-help questions and mental exercises designed to help readers apply the insights of this literate manifesto to their daily lives.'--Publishers Weekly, 1993. Keywords: behavioral, evolution, consciousness, social. more information

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Very Good. Paperback. Softcover 2nd printing 1998 Hatherleigh Press. Very clean; no marks or creases; pages bright; binding tight. Only light wear. 295pp, Index. Language: English. 'No wonder women are anxious and depressed. Never before have women been confronted with so many bewildering choices and so many incessant demands. How do women cope? How can they defeat self- defeating attitudes and actions? How can they conquer their fears, win the battle with anxiety and triumph over depression? Women & Anxiety, first published in 1979, is now completely revised and updated for the 1990s. Women & Anxiety offers readers a new, dynamic, and easy-to-use strategy for dealing with the problems of stress, anxiety, and depression. In an inspiring and practical style, noted psychiatrist Dr. Helen DeRosis will show women of today how to manage anxiety in an easy step-by-step program. With sensible suggestions and solutions, this book will show you how to turn anxiety into a positive force in your life and how to learn to channel it in healthy and constructive ways.'--from the publisher. more information

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Very Good. Hardcover. Stated 1st U.S. edition hardcover with dustjacket 1994 W. W. Norton. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; appears unread. Only a hint of shelfwear to jacket. 320 pages; Notes; Bibliography. Language: English. 'Dowrick, a British psychotherapist (and co-founder of the Women's Press in England), examines the complementary roles of intimacy and solitude in this informed and accessible analysis. Basing her theories on the work of such therapists as Alfred Adler, Carl Jung and Roberto Assagioli, she argues that the way in which people experience their sense of self will mirror the way they develop intimate relationships. Through interviews and her own life story, Dowrick discusses how early childhood experiences--experiences that are often different for men and women--determine one's sense of self and eventually one's handling of sexual relationships. In both heterosexual and gay relationships, Dowrick posits, it is important to stop viewing the other as an extension of oneself in order to succeed at intimacy. True solitude, she notes, can develop self-knowledge, which is the key to closeness with others.'--Publishers Weekly, 1994. more information

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Brand-new, 1st U.S. edition hardcover with dustjacket 2007 Bloomsbury USA. Only light store shelfwear to jacket. Very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; unread. Gift-giving condition. 276 pages; Index; Notes; Bibliography. No photos. Language: English. 'Freud's last book--Moses and Monotheism--has counted for little with critics, inclined to dismiss it as a product of his dotage. Edmundson, however, makes large claims for the psychologist's final work. Indeed, he interprets it as central to the dying revolutionary's bold strategy for endowing his psychoanalytic movement--deeply subversive of religion and patriarchal authority--with a quasi-religious permanence that ensured his own immortality as modernity's prophetic father. Despite his antipathy to religious faith, Freud devoted his last two years to a text reappropriating his own Jewish tradition as the wellspring of higher intellectual achievements. In rejecting the social solidity of pagan spectacles, the Hebrews--in Freud's theory--opened the door to honest exploration of the elusive individual psyche. Edmundson underscores the historical significance of Freud's paradigm by identifying its antithesis in Hitler's stunningly effective use of neopagan pageantry to incite a mass hysteria that made Vienna so politically hostile that the aging therapist had to flee. An insightful gloss on a generally neglected episode of Freud's life.'--Bryce Christensen, Booklist. Keywords: biographies, biography, psychoanalysis, psychiatry.

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Very Good.. Hardcover. 2nd printing hardcover with dustjacket 1991 Jason Aronson. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. Only light wear. 589pp, Index, Bibliography. Language: English. Overview from ancient magic to modern encounters. NOTE: Cannot ship outside U.S. via Global Priority-- Surface or Airmail only. Keywords: psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapist, therapist, psychiatrist, analysis, group, counseling, treatment, healing. more information

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Good. Paperback. Softcover 4th printing 1990 The Guilford Press. Note: This is NOT the most recent, updated 2nd edition. MARKING / underlining on a few pages. Covers clean; spine uncreased; pages bright; binding tight. Average wear. Good reading/research copy. 191pp, Index, Glossary. Language: English. Keywords: coexisting, conditions, chemical dependency, psychiatric, disorders, mental health, treatment, treating. more information

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Very Good.. Hardcover. Stated 1st edition, 1st printing hardcover with dustjacket 1990 Lexington Books. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. Only light wear. 205pp, Index, Notes. Language: English. 'Ewing provides some answers for a society reeling from the reality of this particularly distressing form of violence. Using excellent examples of documented cases, he states clearly the underlying causes of most teenage murder and presents the information in a readable style.'--Nancy Craig, School Library Journal, 1991. Keywords: juvenile, youth, young, crime, killer, murderer, homicide, child, children, teenager, sexual, abuse, abused, neglect, drug, poverty, family, gang. more information

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Very Good.. Hardcover. 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1986 McGraw-Hill. Superclean. Has publisher's card 'with compliments of the author' pasted in. Handwritten below that is 'and your husband'. 403pp, Index. Language: English. By the author of 'The Liberated Man'. NOTE: Cannot ship outside U.S. via Global Priority -- Surface or Airmail only. 'In analyzing the nature and attitudes of men, psychologist-sociologist Farrell airs women's grievances against men and sets out to explain men to both women and to men themselves. Taking into account that feminism has altered the dynamic between the sexes, Farrell claims that in their relationships both sexes would like to have it all, but that their realities and fantasies diverge widelyfantasies that, he contends, are exploited by advertising, magazines, romance novels, movies and TV, working at both conscious and unconscious levels. These media intensify men's compulsion to perform in sports, at sex and on the job, often masking deep insecurity and vulnerability, the author maintains. To achieve intimacy and balance in a relationship, he counsels, both men and women must not only share risks but learn to promote growth in the other, rather than nurture deficiencies.'--Publishers Weekly, 1986. more information

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Acceptable. Hardcover. 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1965 Thomas Y. Crowell, NY. HEAVY WEAR to jacket: age-tanned, soiled, and very chipped at corners. Dust-spotting to top page edge. Boards are rubbed and faded. Text is clean and unmarked; pages bright; binding tight. Good reading / research copy. 246 pages; Index; Bibliography; black-and-white illustrations. Language: English. 'The intelligent reader's guide to modern Freudian psychology. The id, ego, and superego: how they determine our actions. Dreams: our road to the unconscious. Masochism and sadism: why we inflict pain. Erotic and aggressive drives: how we sublimate our instincts. Developments since Freud. Psychoanalysis today.'--from front cover. Keywords: psychiatry, popularized, layman, Sixties, 1960s, '60s. No ISBN. more information

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New. Hardcover. Brand-new 2nd printing hardcover with dustjacket 1992 Norton. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; unread. Gift-giving condition. 180 pages; Index; References; Bibliography. Language: English. '[P]ersuasively demonstrate[s] how simply inviting people to generate visions of a positive future can open the way to new possibilities. ... [P]rovide[s] an impressive collection of case material and clinical vignettes, including work with individuals, families, and organizations.'-- from jacket flap. Keywords: solution-oriented therapy, therapist, psychology, psychologist. more information

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Good.. Hardcover. 2nd printing hardcover with dustjacket 1976 Human Sciences Press, NY. 360 pages; Index; Bibliography. Noticeable average wear; jacket edges crumpled with tiny rips; light age-tanning and spotting. Text clean and unmarked; binding tight. Great reading / research copy. Language: English. 'A beguiling theory propounded by a philosophically-oriented psychiatrist. Dr. Garre espouses that as Man evolved from the animal kingdom, gaining dominion over co-existing species through tools and weaponry, he developed feelings of grandiosity which were in direct conflict with a sense of his own helplessness. This basic contradiction resulted in magical thinking of a delusional nature which persists today....'--from jacket flap. Keywords: psychology, personality, anxiety, psychiatry, Seventies, 1970s. more information

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Good. Paperback. Softcover 19th printing published 1990 by New World Library. Noticeable average wear; small crease to front cover corner. Very clean except for a pale stray pen mark at bottom page edge; spine uncreased; pages bright; binding tight. Great reading / research copy. 152 pages. Language: English. '[E]xplains how to use mental imagery and affirmations to produce positive changes in one's life. The book contains meditations and exercises that are aimed at helping the practitioner channel energies in positive directions, strengthen self-esteem, improve overall health, and experience deep relaxation. This is the book that launched a movement. Creative Visualization works, says Oprah Winfrey.'--from the publisher. A New Age psychology classic. more information

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Good.. Paperback. Softcover 3rd printing 1986 Oxford. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; spine uncreased. Light cover creases; average wear. 252pp, Index, Bibliography. Language: English. From the publisher: 'Is psychoanalysis a legitimate tool for helping us understand the past? Many traditional historians have answered with an emphatic no, greeting the introduction of Freud into historical study with reponses ranging from condescending skepticism to outrage. Now Peter Gay, one of America's leading historians, builds an eloquent case for history informed by psychoanalysis and offers an impressive rebuttal to the charges of the profession's anti-Freudians. In this book, Gay takes on the opposition's arguments, defending psychoanalysis as a discipline that can enhance social, economic, and literary studies. No mere polemic, Freud for Historians is a thoughtful and detailed contribution to a major intellectual debate.' Keywords: psychohistory, history, psychological, psychology, historiography. more information

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Very Good.. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket 1989 Aronson. LIBRARY BOOKSALE INKSTAMP on last blank page. Light age-tanning to pages. Very clean; like- new jacket. 355pp, Index, References. Language: English. NOTE: Large size - - Cannot ship outside U.S. via Flat-Rate envelope. Keywords: psychotherapy, therapy, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychanalytical, theory. more information

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Like New.. Hardcover. 2nd printing 2004 Shambhala Redstone Editions. 48 cards and booklet in a sturdy box. Superclean; no marks; all cards present; appears unused. Gift-giving condition. Preface by Jonathan Miller. Language: English. 'An inkblot, a half-completed picture, a word. What do you make of them? What associations do they have for you? From inkblot tests to C. G. Jung's associative exercises to optical and perceptual tricks, The Psychobox is packed with everything you need to delve into the psyche. To open it is to discover secrets, surprises, and amazements. The Psychobox contains 48 psychological tests and brilliantly diverse optical illusions, each on a 5 5/16 x 7 5/8 card with informative and witty instructions for use on the back, and each inviting the reader's participation. Also included is a booklet by the famed British doctor and theatrical director Jonathan Miller introducing the tests and putting them in their historical context. And the box itself contains a 3-dimensional perceptual trick [by noted artist Patrick Hughes].'--from the publisher. Keywords: psychology, psychologist. more information

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Good. Hardcover. 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1986 Knopf. Noticeable average reading wear: light edge-crumpling and soiling to jacket. Text very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. 515 pages; Index; References; Bibliographies; Chronology; black-and-white photos. Language: English. NOTE: Heavy book-- cannot ship outside U.S. via Flat-Rate envelope; may require additional international postage. 'Extensive research went into this informative and revealing first major biography of Klein, a pioneer of child psychoanalysis, whose theories, although generated from Freud's discoveries of the unconscious, produced considerable controversy in their deviation from Freudian views. Klein is best known for her advocacy of play as a means of reaching a child's unconscious, and for her concepts of projective identification and patient- analyst countertransference. Grosskurth relates Klein's personal conflicts and traumas as a child and mother to the development of her ideas and methods as an analyst. She traces the history of psychoanalysis from Freud to the 1960s as it paralleled Klein's career, and reveals the often vicious and petty debates among British, American and German psychoanalytic societies, focusing on Klein's early support from and, according to the author, eventual betrayal by Ernest Jones; her fierce rivalry with child psychoanalyst Anna Freud; and her tyrannical rule in later years over the British psychoanalytic camp, dubbed Kleinian.'-- Publishers Weekly, 1986. Keywords: psychology, psychiatry, biographies. more information

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Very Good.. Hardcover. 11th printing hardcover with dustjacket 1987 Basic Books. REMAINDER MARK at bottom page edge. Light store shelfwear to jacket. Very clean; pages bright; binding tight; unread. 286 pages; Index; Bibliography. Language: English. Keywords: psychology, psychotherapy, couples therapy, marital therapy, family counseling, marriage. more information

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Acceptable.. Paperback. PAPERBACK 1966 Scribners. Clean and unmarked, with noticeable average wear: Creased spine and back; worn corners. Introduction by Prof. Boring of Harvard. 263pp, Index, Notes, Bibliography. Language: English. Keywords: extrasensory perception, psychic, phenomena. more information

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Good. Hardcover. Stated 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1996 HarperCollins. REMAINDER MARK at bottom page edge. 2-inch RIP to front side jacket repaired with archival tape. Text very clean; pages bright; binding tight. 340 pages; Index. Foreword by Mary Catherine Bateson. Language: English. 'Mythology has helped humans understand the past: now psychologist Houston tells how mythic elements in modern living can result in patterns repeated time and again in modern lives, crossing cultural and historical barriers to reassert themselves. Plenty of case history examples pinpoint instances of these elements and their effects on both individuals and societies.'--Midwest Book Review. Keywords: psychology, Human Potential movement, archetype, archetypal, hero, heroes, heroine. more information

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Good. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket 1975 Julian Press. No additional printings indicated. Text very clean; pages bright; binding tight. Heavy edgewear to jacket: tiny rips; crumpling. Top edges of some pages are a bit roughed up. Good reading / research copy. Foreword by Jean Houston. Jacket collage by Carol Wald. 247pp. Language: English. '[Jenks] has woven the separate threads of dream existence with what we call external reality into a whole new tapestry....Armed with the modern Gnostic texts and cartographies of Carl Jung and skilled in her own self-training as a visionary anthropologist, she voyages inward...'--from jacket flap. more information

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Very Good. Paperback. 1st softcover printing 1993 Penguin. Superclean; no marks or creases; binding tight. Only a hint of wear. Light AGE-DISCOLORATION to paper. 409pp, Index, Notes. Language: English. The drug's dramatic impact on psyche and society. Keywords: mental, health, depression, antidepressant, effect, brain, chemistry, depressed, patient, disease, psychotherapy, pharmacology, medicine, medication. more information

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Very Good.. Paperback. Softcover reprint 1986 New York University Press. Superclean; no marks or creases; pages bright. Only light flaring to 1 corner. 233pp, Index, References. Language: English. Keywords: neuroses, neurosis, phobias, phobic, fear of the marketplace. more information

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Very Good.. Hardcover. 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1990 Basic Books. Text clean; pages bright; binding tight; unread. Only light shelfwear. REMAINDER MARK at bottom page edge; bookclub INKSTAMP on last blank page. 545pp, Index. Language: English. NOTE: Cannot ship outside U.S. via Global Priority -- Surface or Airmail only. Contributions from a wide range of disciplines are organized into sections on the transition to adulthood, new concepts in adult development, clinical perspectives, and applications of adult developmental theory to anthropology, biology, dream psychology, literature, political science, and self psychology. Keywords: adulthood, psychological aspects, psychotherapy, counseling. more information

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Acceptable. Paperback. Softcover 1989 Anchor. Clean text; erased store prices on 1st blank page. HEAVY WEAR to cover: creased/flared corners. Good for research only. 206pp, Notes, References. Language: English. Keywords: intellect, brain, cognitive, psychology. more information

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Good. Hardcover. Stated 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1974 Harper and Row. Small archivally-repaired rip to front jacket. Light soiling to jacket. Text very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. Great reading / research copy. 223 pages; Index. Language: English. Keywords: personality, perception, hallucination, illusion, schizophrenia, psychiatry, psychology, psychiatrist, psychologist, typo-methecticts, typology, madness, drugs. more information

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Good.. Paperback. Softcover 4th printing 1983 Jeremy Tarcher / Houghton Mifflin. Text clean and unmarked; spine uncreased; pages bright; binding tight. Noticeable wear; dented corner. Good reading / research copy. 251 pages; Index; Further Reading. Language: English. Keywords: earth, planet, living, organism, biosphere, evolution, human, life, biology, sociology, mysticism, humanity, mankind, individual, psyche, society, Gaia. more information

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Good.. Paperback. Mass-market paperback Revised Edition 1965 Dolphin Reference Books. Noticeable average wear. Spine creased; edges worn; age-tanning to cover and pages. Text clean and unmarked; binding tight. Good reading / research copy. 382 pages, Index, Biographical Notes. Language: English. 'A complete introduction to the discoveries and historical development of psychology'--from front cover. No ISBN. more information

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Very Good.. Hardcover. 1st U.S. edition hardcover with dustjacket 1995 Basic Books. Remainder marks at top and bottom page edge. Never read; very clean; pages bright; binding tight. Light but noticeable store shelfwear and rubbing to jacket. 236pp, Index, Notes. Language: English. 'Our unwarranted, inflated images of men--as all-powerful patriarchs, phalluses incarnate, monsters or idols--damage women and men alike, maintains British psychotherapist Sayers. In 15 lively psychoanalytic case histories, she explores how distorted notions of masculinity carry over into adult defense mechanisms of denial, mania and obsessive control. Some patients fear the strength the father represents, like Tessa, who treats her small son's father as a nonentity and barricades herself and the boy in their house to fend off potential male intruders. Another patient, Celia, having been brutally beaten as a girl by her father and whose mother stole her boyfriends, develops Oedipal fixations on a series of abusive lovers. Several case histories feature men who act out the male stereotypes of Don Juan, wimp, tough guy, con man and pervert. In a wise and liberating book, Sayers tempers Freud's male-centered theories with the mother-centered insights of Vienna-born British psychoanalyst Melanie Klein and with a feminist awareness of patriarchy's social, sexual and power imbalances.'-- Publishers Weekly, 1995. more information

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Good.. Hardcover. Stated 1st U.S. edition hardcover with dustjacket 1996 Basic Books. Very clean; never read. REMAINDER MARK at bottom. Shelfwear to jacket edges. Huge: 606pp, Index, Notes, List of Works, B/W photos. Language: English (translated from the French). NOTE: Large size; cannot ship outside U.S. via Flat-Rate envelope. 'In his lifetime (1903-90), Bruno Bettelheim was regarded as an authority on childrearing and a pioneer of psychoanalysis. His prolific writings ranged from his experiences as a survivor of Nazi concentration camps to the Freudian interpretation of fairy tales. During his 29 years as director of the University of Chicago's Orthogenic School, Bettelheim developed a unique form of milieu therapy, claiming a high rate of success with emotionally disturbed and autistic children. After his suicide, former students denounced him as brutal, and critics accused him of plagiarism, questioning his training and qualifications. In this first biography, certain to renew interest in Bettelheim's work, Sutton, a journalist and French correspondent for National Public Radio, assesses the life and work of this contradictory genius. In particular, she is able to explain Bettelheim's flaws in light of his early life in Vienna prior to his arrival in the United States.,,,'--Lucille M. Boone, Library Journal, 1996. more information

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Acceptable.. Hardcover. Stated 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1974 Chilton. UNDERLINING and minimal MARGIN NOTES on several pages. Intact, complete. Jacket has HEAVY WEAR. Good reading / research copy. 234pp, Index, Notes, Bibliography. Language: English. Argues that psychiatry in its present form is destructive, worthless, and fraudulent and should be limited to the treatment of known brain diseases. Psychiatric and psychotherapeutic patients need counseling, but do not have medical problems. more information

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Acceptable.. Paperback. Softcover 1995 Ballantine. Text clean and unmarked; pages bright; binding tight. HEAVY WEAR to covers and corners. 576pp. Language: English. NOTE: Cannot ship outside U.S. via Global Priority -- Surface or Airmail only. 'Inspirational imagery revealed in dreams to Muhammad, Gandhi, Descartes, Wagner, Handel, Coleridge, Yeats, Orson Welles, Elias Howe and many others has wrought significant changes in politics, science, art, music, film, literature and religion. Yet dreams have been devalued in Western culture, and one reason for this, suggests Van de Castle, is that Freud's forging of strong links among dreams, neuroses and sex has thwarted a wider exploration of the full meaning of dreams. Former director of the University of Virginia Medical School's Sleep and Dream Laboratory, the author explores the dream theories of Freud, Jung, Montague Ullman, Fritz Perls and others. He surveys the importance of dream imagery in ancient and non-Western cultures and crams in a wealth of information on children's dreams, recurrent dreams, nightmares, gender differences in dreaming and much else. This immensely readable resource is a monumental history of dreams and a practical stimulus for those who want to remember and work with their dreams. Illustrated.'--Publishers Weekly, 1994. more information

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