Mostrando títulos en Psicólogos y Científicos Sociales

Lacan renovou a psicanálise e a aproximou das ciências humanas, como a linguística.

Die spannende Autobiografie des weltweit führenden Trauma-Therapeuten. Diese bemerkenswerte Autobiografie enthüllt die innere Geschichte eines herausragenden Menschen, der die Art und Weise, wie Psycholog:innen, Ärzt:innen und Heiler:innen die Wunden von Trauma und Missbrauch verstehen und behandeln, grundlegend revolutioniert hat. Der renommierte Trauma-Therapeut Peter A. Levine half mit der von ihm entwickelten Methode Somatic Experiencing (SE) Tausenden von Menschen, bevor er Jahre später mithilfe dieses Ansatzes sein eigenes Trauma auflösen konnte.

Carl Jung sigue vigente por su influencia como creador de la psicología profunda y audaz comentarista de los símbolos a través de las culturas. En su paso por el psicoanálisis contribuyó a definir criterios terapéuticos y un método propio para la interpretación de los sueños. Luego se embarcó en una original exploración alternativa del inconsciente, relacionándolo con los mitos colectivos y personales, hasta llegar al concepto de “arquetipo”. La vida de Jung es fascinante porque su aventura intelectual se mezcla con viajes realmente intensos por distintas regiones del mundo.

Pioneers of Human Behaviour: Mamie Phipps Clark A Gateway to Her Life, Theories, and Legacy Mamie Phipps Clark transformed psychology from a discipline of theory into a force for justice. As the first African American woman to earn a PhD in psychology from Columbia University, her pioneering research exposed the hidden scars of segregation and gave voice to the struggles of Black children in a divided America. Her work — including the famous Doll Test — reached the United States Supreme Court and helped dismantle legal segregation in Brown v. Board of Education. This concise yet ...

Un retrato distinto de Milton Friedman: no el profesor solemne, sino el mago que convirtió pizarras y cámaras en armas de libertad. Este libro muestra al hombre que enseñó a millones a desconfiar de las promesas fáciles, a pensar con cabeza propia y a descubrir que la economía, en el fondo, es una forma de dignidad. Entre anécdotas, controversias y humor, El mago de Chicago revive la historia de quien logró que la claridad fuera una forma de rebeldía. Un viaje por sus ideas, sus contradicciones y su legado.

A psychologist who evaluates the fitness of parents when their children have been removed from their custody finds herself reassessing her own mothering when her son falls victim to the opioid crisis. Psychologist and expert witness Dr. Sharon Lamb evaluates parents, particularly in high-stakes...

Psychology Confidential chronicles Dr. John’s journey through the world of psychology as student, teacher, researcher, and therapist. Along the way, he offers candid reflections on his work with veterans, their trauma, as well as the journey of faith he took to heal his own. Unlike other books about psychology, Psychology Confidential is a deeply personal and applied exploration of how psychology shows up and shapes our own lives. Dr. John’s stories give a unique perspective on the development of the field he studied and contributed to for so many years.

Have you ever felt your pain was too much to bear? Have you experienced the heaviness of sorrow, and asked, "Why me?" Are you ready to discover a hidden purpose in your suffering? In Pain and Purpose, Cristi Bundukamara fearlessly shares her remarkable journey of resilience and transformation. This book will show you how to find purpose after loss.

Delve into the minds of real people whose actions may shock and stun you, but whose stories have the power to challenge your assumptions and the stigma that surrounds mental illness. I Don't Talk to Dead Bodies shines a powerful, emotional, and surprisingly moving spotlight on the fascinating life of a forensic psychiatrist and the people she works with. It goes beyond the sensationalist headlines to show you just what happens in a world where mental illness occasionally makes good people do bad things.

Este no es un retrato académico de Ludwig von Mises, sino una biografía escrita como si fuera una crónica subterránea. El libro muestra al pensador austríaco no como un profesor distante, sino como un fugitivo con una maleta de manuscritos, siempre en huida frente a nazis, comunistas y burócratas indiferentes. Se narra su vida como la de un exiliado eterno, un conspirador de ideas que sembró en silencio a los discípulos que incendiarían el pensamiento del siglo XX. Entre cafés vieneses, trenes nocturnos y aulas vacías en Nueva York, el lector se encuentra con un hombre que ...

Raising children is never easy, but what happens when you discover one of your children is psychic? It’s a daunting task to protect your child from the world; a world that we can see, hear, touch, and taste. But what happens when your child communicates with ghosts and other-dimensional beings through the unseen world? How can you discern if that communication is in your child’s best interest? How do you keep them safe? How do we, as parents, decide who are the good guys versus the bad?This is the story of how Laura Van Tyne was forced to make those difficult decisions to protect her ...

Wolf Messing: The True Story of Russia’s Greatest Psychic by Tatiana Lungin is the first comprehensive biography of the renowned psychic Wolf Messing. This fascinating memoir recounts Messing’s rise to fame in Europe, his escape from Nazi persecution, and his incredible career in the USSR, where he became a psychic sensation even under Stalin’s scrutiny. In this, the first biography and personal memoir of Wolf Messing to appear in the West, Tatiana Lungin limns a revealing portrait of one of the greatest psychic performers of the twentieth century.

Rising Together – The Power Within: Women’s Stories of Resilience and Leadership – Book II is an inspiring collection that celebrates the extraordinary strength, unwavering resilience, and transformative leadership of women from around the world. Building upon the powerful foundation laid in the first volume, this sequel delves deeper into personal journeys of overcoming adversity, breaking barriers, and leading with purpose. Within these pages, readers are introduced to a diverse tapestry of women whose stories illuminate the universal themes of hope, perseverance, and empowerment. ...

La vie incroyable du psychiatre américain Irvin D. Yalom, auteur de "Et Nietszche a pleuré" et du "Problème Spinoza". Après avoir passé sa vie à explorer celle des autres, Irvin Yalom se penche sur son propre parcours. Né américain sur le territoire américain, il nous laisse remonter à l'origine de sa famille : des immigrés juifs de Russie d'un petit shtetl. Il a vécu, enfant puis adolescent dans ce monde, faisant face à l'antisémitisme, se battant pour pouvoir faire partie des 5% du quota des médecins juifs dans cette Amérique des années 1950.

I have always believed dreams are not random flickers of imagination, but coded messages from the deepest layers of the mind. With a master’s degree in psychology and years of personal fascination with the unconscious, I found myself inevitably drawn to Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams. Freud suggested that dreams are the “royal road to the unconscious,” and I have come to believe this road runs straight through memory, guilt, desire, and loss. The dreams in this book are all my own—revisited, expanded into narrative, and interpreted through an unashamedly Freudian ...

Clever and accessible, Generation Robot isn’t just for the serious, scientific reader―it’s for everyone interested in robotics and technology since their science-fiction origins. By looking back at the future she once imagined, analyzing the plugged-in present, and speculating on what is on the horizon, Terri Favro allows readers the chance to consider what was, what is, and what could be. This is a captivating book that looks at the pop-culture of our society to explain how the world works―now and tomorrow.

In A Human's Guide to the Future, Dr Jordan takes us on a journey through the big innovations being developed around the world, along the fun and amazing rollercoaster of his own adventures and to envisage where our collective future is headed. Written by one of this generation's most exciting voices, this is a book that will deepen your understanding of new and emerging technologies and fuel your imagination at the dawn of what will be the most transformative era in human history.

Murray Rothbard fue un incendiario con una sonrisa en la cara. Escribía como quien prende fuego a un edificio abandonado y discutía como si cada idea fuera un campo de batalla. En estas páginas aparece el Rothbard que se reía de todo: de políticos, de colegas, de amigos, incluso de sí mismo. No buscaba respeto académico ni templos intelectuales: quería dinamita. Y la puso. Su legado vive en cada grupo que todavía conspira desde los márgenes, en cada joven que encuentra en sus frases una chispa para prender fuego a la autoridad. Este libro lo retrata en su mejor versión: alegre, ...

As a therapist, author, and former radio talk show host and hospital director, C.K. has nearly forty years of sobriety from mind and mood-altering substances. Miraculously, he survived years of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse which led to alcohol, prescription drugs, gambling, sexual addiction, nicotine, and other debilitating addictions to escape his pain.

From the very start of his medical practice, even during his training, Doctor Silkworth (born 1873) worked with Alcoholics and Drug Addicts. Beginning with details of Doctor Silkworth's early medical career. The book tells how Doctor Silkworth got his Medical Doctorate and license to practice medicine (1899) from Bellevue Hospital in New York City. How he treated the multitude of drunks and drug addicts that passed through Bellevue. Then with the outbreak of World War One Doctor Silkworth joined the Army as a Doctor (Rank=Captain) treating combat veterans suffering battlefield trauma.