A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generations, by an acclaimed expert in the field.Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate life experiences or in chemical imbalances in our brains - but in the lives of our parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents. The latest scientific research, now making headlines, supports what many have long intuited: that traumatic experience can be passed down through generations. It Didn't Start with You builds on the work of leading experts in post-traumatic stress, including Mount Sinai School of Medicine neuroscientist Rachel Yehuda and psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score. Even if the person who suffered the original trauma has died or the story has been forgotten or silenced, memory and feelings can live on. These emotional legacies are often hidden, encoded in everything from gene expression to everyday language, and they play a far greater role in our emotional and physical health than has ever before been understood. As a pioneer in the field of inherited family trauma, Mark Wolynn has worked with individuals and groups on a therapeutic level for over 20 years. It Didn't Start with You offers a pragmatic and prescriptive guide to his method, the Core Language Approach. Diagnostic self-inventories provide a way to uncover the fears and anxieties conveyed through everyday words, behaviors, and physical symptoms. Techniques for developing a genogram or extended family tree create a map of experiences going back through the generations. And visualization, active imagination, and direct dialogue create pathways to reconnection, integration, and reclaiming life and health. It Didn't Start With You is a transformative approach to resolving longstanding difficulties that, in many cases, traditional therapy, drugs, or other interventions have not had the capacity to touch. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. Read more

The 10th-anniversary edition of the game-changing number one New York Times best seller, featuring a new foreword. For more than a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you. And what's now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in 35 different languages across the globe. What transforms this book from words to effective daily practices are the 10 guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way. Brené writes, "This book is an invitation to join a wholehearted revolution. A small, quiet, grassroots movement that starts with each of us saying, 'My story matters because I matter.' Revolution might sound a little dramatic, but in this world, choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance." Read more

Come discover one of the greatest secrets to a successful relationship! Love & Respect is A New York Times?best-selling marriage book making a difference with over two million copies sold! Help you and your spouse achieve a deeper level of intimacy by stopping the crazy cycle of conflict, developing better communication skills, and enjoying renewed passion. Cracking the communication code between husband and wife involves understanding one thing: that unconditional respect is as powerful for him as unconditional love is for her. It's the secret to marriage that every couple seeks, and yet few couples ever find. While both men and women deserve both love and respect, in the midst of conflict the driving need for a woman is love and the driving need for a man is respect. When either of these needs isn’t met, things get crazy.Based on over three decades of counseling, as well as scientific and biblical research, Love and Respect is for anyone: those in marital crisis, the happily married, engaged couples, pastors and counselors, and small groups. This dynamic and life-changing message is impacting the world, resulting in the healing and restoration of countless relationships.In Love & Respect couples can find:How to break down the communication code between spousesHow to handle conflict in a relationshipHow to build respect for one anotherHow to foster a deep love for one anotherHow to rekindle passion for one anotherTaking God’s biblical practice of marriage and applying it with practical techniques, Emerson Eggerichs shows how mutual Love and Respect can balance a marriage and encourage a successful relationship.Pair Love & Respect?with the Love & Respect Workbook for Couples, Individuals, and Groups for an added experience and to dig deeper into your relationship and foster understanding with your partner. Love & Respect?is also available in Spanish, Amor y Respeto. Read more

Essentials of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders 5-TR at your fingertips in 6 laminated pages. Succinctly written by author Rona Bernstein, PsyD to cover the most used core of the DSM. The previous version of this quick reference guide (before this TR version) was a best seller on Amazon and was highly praised by students as well as professionals in the field of psychology and counseling. Customers say it is great for the EPPP, NCLPC, NCMHC and LPCC exam reviews and just as many professionals said they use it as a quick review at their practice and as a deskside refresher in counseling. Even parents, military, and educators have used the guide to verify and support decisions to investigate mental health issues further in seeking professionals for help. The value at this price is unbeatable to boost grades, test scores and awareness so add this tool to your library.6-page laminated guide includes:Neurodevelopmental DisordersSchizophrenia Spectrum & Other Psychotic DisordersBipolar & Related DisordersDepressive DisordersObsessive-Compulsive & Related DisordersAnxiety DisordersTrauma- & Stressor-Related DisordersDissociative DisordersSomatic Symptom & Related DisordersFeeding & Eating DisordersElimination DisordersSleep–Wake DisordersSexual DysfunctionsDisruptive, Impulse-Control, & Conduct DisordersGender DysphoriaSubstance-Related & Addictive DisordersNeurocognitive DisordersPersonality DisordersParaphilic DisordersMedication-Induced Movement Disorders & Other Adverse Effects of MedicationOther Conditions That May Be A Focus of Clinical AttentionSuicidal Behavior and Nonsuicidal Self-InjuryAbuse, Neglect & Relational ProblemsEducational, Housing & Economic ProblemsProblems Related to Social EnvironmentProblems Related to Interaction with the Legal SystemPsychosocial, Personal, and Environmental CircumstancesRelated to Access to Medical & Other HealthProblems that may be a Focus of Medical Advice and Clinical Attention Read more

Over 40 years ago, Games People Play revolutionized our understanding of what really goes on during our most basic social interactions. More than five million copies later, Dr. Eric Berne's classic is as astonishing and revealing as it was on the day it was first published. We play games all the time---sexual games, marital games, power games with our bosses, and competitive games with our friends. Detailing status contests like "Martini" (I know a better way), to lethal couples combat like "If It Weren't For You" and "Uproar," to flirtation favorites like "The Stocking Game" and "Let's You and Him Fight," Dr. Berne exposes the secret ploys and unconscious maneuvers that rule our intimate lives. Explosive when it first appeared, Games People Play is now widely recognized as the most original and influential popular psychology book of our time. It's as powerful and eye-opening as ever. Read more

Over the past few years, Brianna Wiest has gained renown for her deeply moving, philosophical writing. This new compilation of her published work features pieces on why you should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life.Some of these pieces have never been seen; others have been read by millions of people around the world. Regardless, each will leave you thinking: This idea changed my life. Read more

From author and psychotherapist Dr. Brian Weiss comes the classic New York Times bestseller on the true case of the past-life therapy that changed the lives of both the prominent psychiatrist and young patient involved—now featuring a new afterword by the author.As a traditional psychotherapist, Dr. Brian Weiss was astonished and skeptical when one of his patients began recalling past-life traumas that seemed to hold the key to her recurring nightmares and anxiety attacks. His skepticism was eroded, however, when she began to channel messages from the “space between lives,” which contained remarkable revelations about Dr. Weiss’ family and his dead son. Using past-life therapy, he was able to cure the patient and embark on a new, more meaningful phase of his own career. With more than one million copies in print, Many Lives, Many Masters is one of the breakthrough texts in alternative psychotherapy and remains as provocative and timeless as it was when first published. Read more

Amazon Best Seller • An international bestseller published in more than 30 languages 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, the global bestseller and social media phenomenon, is a collection of author Brianna Wiest's most beloved pieces of writing. Her meditations include why you should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life. Some of these pieces have never been seen; others have been read by millions of people around the world. Regardless, each will leave you thinking: this idea changed my life. Read more

DSM-5-TR Desk Reference: A Concise and Comprehensive Guide to Psychiatric Diagnosis & Mental Health DisordersThe Fastest Way to Master DSM-5-TR Diagnosis—Without the Overload!Clinicians and students need accurate, up-to-date psychiatric diagnostic criteria—but the DSM-5-TR manual is overwhelming. That’s why we created the DSM-5-TR Desk Reference: a streamlined, easy-to-navigate guide that gives you the essential diagnostic criteria, ICD-10 codes, and structured summaries of mental health disorders—all in one place.Why Choose This Desk Reference?✔ Concise Yet Comprehensive – Covers all major DSM-5-TR disorders, structured for rapid reference in academic and diagnostic settings.✔ A Valuable Tool for Exam Preparation & Clinical Reference – Essential for students preparing for the EPPP, NCLEX, USMLE, NCLPC, NCMHC, and other mental health certification exams.✔ Find Information in Seconds – Unlike the dense DSM-5-TR manual, this reference is organized for quick lookups, with clear headings, structured summaries, and an intuitive layout.✔ More Accessible Than a Textbook, More Detailed Than a Pamphlet – Unlike the APA’s dense DSM-5-TR manual, this reference is concise and high-yield. Unlike short pamphlets, it contains enough depth to support understanding and application of diagnostic criteria.✔ An Ideal Companion to the DSM-5-TR Workbook – Pairs seamlessly with our best-selling DSM-5-TR Workbook, offering a complete learning experience—study, apply, and master psychiatric diagnosis.What’s Inside?🔹 Up-to-Date DSM-5-TR Criteria – Covers core DSM-5-TR disorders with key diagnostic features.🔹 ICD-10 Code Integration – Includes the latest ICD-10 coding updates for each disorder to support quick identification of diagnostic classifications.🔹 User-Friendly Organization – Disorders categorized for quick lookup in medical, educational, and counseling settings.🔹 Designed for Fast Access – A practical tool for students, clinicians, and mental health professionals needing immediate access to DSM-5-TR criteria.📌 For more comprehensive details like diagnostic features, prevalence rates, and treatment considerations, refer to the full DSM-5-TR manual.Who Is This Book For?📌 Psychiatrists & Mental Health Professionals – A practical desk-side reference for use in diagnostic discussions and academic settings.📌 Students & Exam Takers – Perfect for medical students, psychology majors, and counselors preparing for licensing exams.📌 Therapists & Counselors – Ideal for professionals who need a quick and structured DSM-5-TR reference in therapy sessions.📌 Researchers & Educators – A structured, simplified DSM-5-TR overview for academic, research, and educational use.Maximize Your Learning – Pair with our DSM-5-TR WorkbookFor those seeking a complete study and practice experience, this desk reference pairs perfectly with our DSM-5-TR Workbook, which features case-based questions, diagnostic exercises, and real-world scenarios.📘 Don’t Waste Time Flipping Through a Massive Textbook—Get the Quick-Access DSM-5-TR Guide Today! 🚀 Master Psychiatric Diagnosis Faster. Click ‘Add to Cart’ Now! Read more

Modern Man in Search of a Soul is the classic introduction to the thought of Carl Jung. Along with Freud and Adler, Jung was one of the chief founders of modern psychiatry. In this book, Jung examines some of the most contested and crucial areas in the field of analytical psychology: dream analysis, the primitive unconscious, and the relationship between psychology and religion. Read more

A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women - those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder - exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish. As a successful Harvard and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her "symptoms" - only ever labeled as anxiety - were considered autistic and ADHD. Being a journalist, she dove into the research and uncovered neurodiversity - a framework that moves away from pathologizing "abnormal" versus "normal" brains and instead recognizes the vast diversity of our mental makeups. When it comes to women, sensory processing differences are often overlooked, masked, or mistaken for something else entirely. Between a flawed system that focuses on diagnosing younger, male populations, and the fact that girls are conditioned from a young age to blend in and conform to gender expectations, women often don't learn about their neurological differences until they are adults, if at all. As a result, potentially millions live with undiagnosed or misdiagnosed neurodivergences, and the misidentification leads to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and shame. Meanwhile, we all miss out on the gifts their neurodivergent minds have to offer.Divergent Mind is a long-overdue, much-needed answer for women who have a deep sense that they are "different". Sharing real stories from women with high sensitivity, ADHD, autism, misophonia, dyslexia, SPD, and more, Nerenberg explores how these brain variances present differently in women and dispels widely-held misconceptions (for example, it's not that autistic people lack sensitivity and empathy, they have an overwhelming excess of it).Nerenberg also offers us a path forward, describing practical changes in how we communicate, how we design our surroundings, and how we can better support divergent minds. When we allow our wide variety of brain makeups to flourish, we create a better tomorrow for us all. Read more

THE AP PSYCHOLOGY TEST IS CHANGING! Get all the help you need to ace the NEW Digital AP Psych exam with The Princeton Review's comprehensive study guide—including 3 practice tests with answer explanations, timed online practice, and thorough content reviews.Everything You Need for a High Score• Fully updated for the NEW Digital College Board AP® Psychology course standards• Comprehensive content review for all test topics• Access to study plans, a handy list of key terms, helpful pre-college information, and more via your online Student ToolsPremium Practice for AP Excellence• 3 full-length practice tests (2 in the book, 1 online) with complete answer explanations, all revised for the May 2025 exam changes• Practice drills at the end of each content review chapter• Step-by-step explanations of sample questions • Online study guidesTechniques That Actually Work• Tried-and-true strategies to help you avoid traps and beat the test• Tips for pacing yourself and guessing logically• Essential tactics to help you work smarter, not harder Read more

Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them?Why is addiction “perfectly logical” to an addict?Why does love change so quickly from passion to disinterest?Why are some people diehard liberals and others hardcore conservatives?Why are we always hopeful for solutions even in the darkest times - and so good at figuring them out?The answer is found in a single chemical in your brain: dopamine. Dopamine ensured the survival of early man. Thousands of years later, it is the source of our most basic behaviors and cultural ideas - and progress itself. Dopamine is the chemical of desire that always asks for more - more stuff, more stimulation, and more surprises. In pursuit of these things, it is undeterred by emotion, fear, or morality. Dopamine is the source of our every urge, that little bit of biology that makes an ambitious business professional sacrifice everything in pursuit of success, or that drives a satisfied spouse to risk it all for the thrill of someone new. Simply put, it is why we seek and succeed; it is why we discover and prosper. Yet, at the same time, it’s why we gamble and squander. From dopamine’s point of view, it’s not the having that matters. It’s getting something - anything - that’s new. From this understanding - the difference between possessing something versus anticipating it - we can understand in a revolutionary new way why we behave as we do in love, business, addiction, politics, religion - and we can even predict those behaviors in ourselves and others. In The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—And will Determine the Fate of the Human Race, George Washington University professor and psychiatrist Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD, and Georgetown University lecturer Michael E. Long present a potentially life-changing proposal: Much of human life has an unconsidered component that explains an array of behaviors previously thought to be unrelated, including why winners cheat, why geniuses often suffer with mental illness, why nearly all diets fail, and why the brains of liberals and conservatives really are different. Read more

Kelci Jager’s life seemed to be picture perfect: growing up on the sunny beaches of Southern California, she found love at the age of 20 with her husband, Collin. Blessed with four sons, their family became their sanctuary, filled with happiness, success, and joy.But then extreme tragedy struck, shattering their idyllic life. Two of their boys were in an accident, followed by the crushing news of their oldest son’s brain tumor, and shortly after, Collin received a devastating leukemia diagnosis.In “A Million Miracles and the One That Never Came,” Kelci takes readers on a journey of hope as she grapples with unimaginable challenges. Amidst the darkness, she searches for light and recognizes many miracles, both big and small. Ultimately, yearning for the final miracle of Collin’s complete healing.This inspirational true story highlights the complexities of the human experience, while exploring the depths of love, the anguish of loss, and is a poignant reminder of the transformative power of hope. Read more

30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. Her memoir of the next two years is a "poignant, honest ... triumphantly funny ... and heartbreaking story" (The New York Times Book Review). WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR The ward for teenage girls in the McLean psychiatric hospital was as renowned for its famous clientele—Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor, and Ray Charles—as for its progressive methods of treating those who could afford its sanctuary. Kaysen's memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers. It is a brilliant evocation of a "parallel universe" set within the kaleidoscopically shifting landscape of the late sixties. Girl, Interrupted is a clear-sighted, unflinching document that gives lasting and specific dimension to our definitions of sane and insane, mental illness and recovery. Read more

We oftentimes look towards the outside world to find the roots of our problems. However, most of the times, we should be looking inwards. Our mind and our emotions determine our state of being in the present moment. If those aspects are left unchecked, we can get easily overwhelmed and are left feeling unfulfilled every single day. This book contains two manuscripts designed to help you discover the best and most efficient way to control your thoughts and master your feelings.In the first part of the bundle called Breaking Overthinking, you will discover: How overthinking can be detrimental to your social life. The hidden dangers of overthinking and what can happen to you if it’s left untreated. How to declutter your mind from all the noise of the modern world. How overthinking affects your body, your energy levels, and your everyday mood. How your surroundings affect your state of mind, and what you NEED to do in order to break out of that state. Bad habits we perform every day and don’t even realize are destroying our sanity (and how to overcome them properly). How to cut out toxic people from your life, which cloud your judgment and make you feel miserable. The second part of the bundle called Master Your Emotions will teach you: What our emotions actually are, and what core emotions are responsible for everything we feel.The importance of discovering your emotional map, and how you can use it to improve your sate of being. When and if you should control your emotions or just be in the moment with them. The dangers we face if we leave our emotions unchecked.An easy-to-follow book structure where we take one emotion at a time. Clear step-by-step guidelines and scenarios which you can relate to and allow you to understand each emotion that much better. A bonus chapter which will cover the emotion most people tend to overlook. The journey to self-improvement must begin with self-acknowledgment. If you have the courage to start this journey and take control of your inner self, then scroll up and order now! Read more

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Denial of Death explores how people and cultures around the world have reacted to the concept of death from celebrated cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker.Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life’s work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker’s brilliant and impassioned answer to the “why” of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackles the problem of the vital lie—man’s refusal to acknowledge his own mortality. In doing so, he sheds new light on the nature of humanity and issues a call to life and its living that still resonates decades after its writing. Read more

l hombre occidental ha sido castrado, reducido y domesticado. Lo que alguna vez fue el pilar de la civilización, el arquitecto de imperios y el guardián de la tradición, ha sido convertido en un espectro dócil, un animal enfermo atado a la moralina progresista y despojado de su esencia viril. La masculinidad ha sido condenada, suplantada por una caricatura de fragilidad y culpa. El hombre moderno es esclavo del sopor hechizante de la pornografia y el vicio, de las ideologías de salón que lo han puesto a merced de una camarilla de homosexuales que le dictan rumbo.Este libro es un electroshock, una autopsia despiadada de la emasculación masculina, de la ingeniería social que ha convertido al hombre en una reliquia de su propia historia. No es un lamento, es un grito de guerra.Si aún sientes el fuego en las entrañas, enciende la mecha y reclama lo que es tuyo.Si prefieres la anestesia del conformismo, cierra este libro.Si aún tienes algo de sangre en las venas, sigue leyendo. Read more

Discover the cutting-edge science behind long-term weight loss success, in this powerful new book from the New York Times bestselling author of How Not to Die.Every month seems to bring a trendy new diet or weight loss fad—and yet obesity rates continue to rise, and with it a growing number of diseases and health problems. It’s time for a different approach.Enter Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, and founder of Nutrition Facts website. Author of the mega bestselling How Not to Die, Dr. Greger now turns his attention to the latest research on the leading causes—and remedies—of obesity. Dr. Greger hones in on the optimal criteria to enable weight loss, while considering how these foods actually affect our health and longevity. He lays out the key ingredients of the ideal weight-loss diet—factors such as calorie density, the insulin index, and the impact of foods on our gut microbiome—showing how plant-based eating is crucial to our success.But How Not to Diet goes beyond food to identify twenty-one weight-loss accelerators available to our bodies, incorporating the latest discoveries in cutting-edge areas like chronobiology to reveal the factors that maximize our natural fat-burning capabilities. Dr. Greger builds the ultimate weight loss guide from the ground up, taking a timeless, proactive approach that can stand up to any new trend. Chock full of actionable advice and groundbreaking dietary research, How Not to Diet will put an end to dieting—and replace those constant weight-loss struggles with a simple, healthy, sustainable lifestyle. Read more

A groundbreaking approach for practicing courageous love and resilient intimacy—from the creator of Internal Family Systems therapyDo loving relationships end because couples lack communication skills, struggle to empathize, and fail to accommodate each other’s needs? That’s a common belief within and outside of the therapeutic world… but what if it’s all wrong? In You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For, Dr. Richard Schwartz, the celebrated founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, offers a new way—a path toward courageous love that replaces the striving, dependent, and disconnected approach to solving relationship challenges.The breakthrough realization of IFS is that our psyche contains multiple parts, each with a life of its own. Most problems in relationships arise because we unknowingly burden our partner with the task of caring for our disowned and unloved parts. In this book, you’ll discover essential insights and tools to foster healthy dialogue with your parts and your partner, including:• How to recognize and disarm the cultural assumptions that create shame, guilt, and isolation in relationships• The Three Projects—why we fool ourselves into thinking we must change our partner, change ourselves, or give up on true intimacy• Finding and Healing Exiles—transforming the way our most vulnerable parts influence the way we treat each other• How to reorient relationship conflicts to help each of us grow toward the Self—the center of our clarity and wisdom• Courageous Love—building resilient intimacy with each other and our parts to create healthy, lasting partnerships“No one can do the work of healing our orphaned parts for us,” says Dr. Schwartz. “Yet when we begin with Self-leadership, a relationship can become a safe place in which we help each other heal and grow.” Here is an invaluable guide for therapists and laypersons alike to promote connection, trust, and understanding—within yourself and with the one you love. Read more