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Psychology of Closed-Mindedness
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 59.95The fundamental phenomenon of human closed-mindedness is treated in this volume. Prior psychological treatments of closed-mindedness have typically approached it from a psychodynamic perspective and have viewed it in terms of individual pathology. By contrast, the present approach stresses the epistemic functionality of closed-mindedness and its essential... more...
Fear
Summersdale Publishers Ltd. 2004; US$ 14.99A guide to conquering your fear, whatever it is in life you are afraid of, from spiders to public speaking, and from job interviews to physical combat. Geoff Thompson presents a fear pyramid system that should enable the reader to build confidence stage by stage. more...
Anatomy of Bereavement
Routledge 1985; US$ 75.00Bereavement is a painful and inevitable experience. This book shares the experience of many bereavements, how they are dealt with, understood, and eventually adapted to in the ongoing framework of human life. more...
The Midwife and the Bereaved Family
Ausmed Publications 2004; US$ 24.95A dead baby is a very real happening for some women and midwives. This death may occur in early, middle or late pregnancy, at birth or in the postnatal period. Miscarriage, abortion and stillbirth are the terms used to describe this event in a woman's life. Technology and sophisticated prenatal care have helped to reduce infant morbidity and... more...
Positive Psychology in Practice
Wiley 2004; US$ 132.00A thorough and up-to-date guide to putting positive psychology into practice From the Foreword: "This volume is the cutting edge of positive psychology and the emblem of its future." -Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, and author of Authentic Happiness Positive psychology is an exciting... more...
Metaphor and Emotion
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 32.00Many researchers claim that emotions arise either from human biology (i.e., biological reductionism) or as products of culture (i.e., social constructionism). This book challenges this division between the body and culture by showing how human emotions are to a large extent 'constructed' from individuals' embodied experiences in different cultural... more...
Causes and Consequences of Feelings
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 32.00Although is is well known that people's feelings can often influence what they remember, think and do, investigations of these effects are relatively new. Summarizing much of what has been learned in past decades, this book looks at how feelings arise, and how they can affect thought and actions. more...
The Navigation of Feeling
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 30.00Critiques recent psychological and anthropological research on emotions. Drawing on research from many academic disciplines, Reddy offers a new theory of emotions which explores their impact on the shape of history. more...
Understanding Trauma And Emotion
Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 40.90A new approach for treating the traumatised client using the principles of emotion focused therapy more...
The Psychology of Gratitude
Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 56.99Gratitude, like other positive emotions, has inspired many theological and philosophical writings, but it has inspired very little vigorous, empirical research. In an effort to remedy this oversight, this volume brings together prominent scientists from various disciplines to examine what has become known as the most-neglected emotion. The volume begins... more...









