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Motivational Interviewing, Second Edition: Preparing People for Change
: :Since the initial publication of this breakthrough work, motivational interviewing (MI) has been used by countless clinicians. Theory and methods have evolved apace, reflecting new knowledge on the process of behavior change, a growing body of outcome research, and the development of new applications within and beyond the addictions field. Extensively rewritten, this revised and expanded second edition now brings MI practitioners and trainees fully up to date. William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick explain how to work through ambivalence to facilitate change, present ...
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The Center Cannot Hold (Unabridged)
: :Elyn Saks is a success by any measure: she’s an endowed professor at the prestigious University of Southern California Gould School of Law. She has managed to achieve this in spite of being diagnosed as schizophrenic and given a 'grave' prognosis -- and suffering the effects of her illness throughout her life. Saks was only eight, and living an otherwise idyllic childhood in sunny 1960s Miami, when her first symptoms appeared in the form of obsessions and night terrors. But it was not until ...
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The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict
: :Written as an engaging story, this book shows how mistaken views can cause people to misread situations and exacerbate the issues they wish to improve. Arguing that it is only after they understand themselves and get their internal house in order that they can correctly confront external conflicts, the book shows what can be done to make that happen, and how to make inner peace a potent tool for achieving outer satisfaction.
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Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips (Crazy Sexy)
: :Actress and photographer Kris Carr thought she had a hangover, but a Jivamukti yoga class didn’t provide its usual kick-ass cure. A visit to her doctor confirmed her “liver looked like Swiss cheese,” covered with cancerous tumors. She entered trench warfare (wearing cowboy boots into the MRI machine, no less), vowing, “Cancer needed a makeover and I was just the gal to do it!” She began writing and filming her journey, documenting her interactions with friends, doctors, alternative “quacks,” blind dates, and other women with ...
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A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of 'A Course in Miracles'
: :Back by popular demand -- and newly updated by the author -- the mega-bestselling spiritual guide in which Marianne Williamson shares her reflections on A Course in Miracles and her insights on the application of love in the search for inner peace.Williamson reveals how we each can become a miracle worker by accepting God and by the expression of love in our daily lives. Whether psychic pain is in the area of relationships, career, or health, she shows us how love is a potent ...
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Emotional Blackmail
from: HarperAudio
: :Do important people in your life:Threaten to make your life difficult or end your relationship if you don't do what they want?Label you as selfish, bad, greedy, unfeeling, or uncaring when you don't give in to their demands?Shower you with approval when you give in to them and take it away when you don't?Regularly discount your feelings and wants?
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10 Days to a Less Defiant The Breakthrough Program for Overcoming Your Child's Difficult Behavior
: :Occasional clashes between parents and children are not uncommon, but when defiant behavior — such as tantrums, resistance to chores, and negativity — becomes chronic, it can cause big problems within the family. In 10 Days to a Less Defiant Child, child and family psychologist Dr. Jeff Bernstein has developed a ground-breaking 10-day program to help parents gain back control over their defiant child or teen. This powerful and exceptionally reader-friendly guide explains what causes defiance in kids, why it's so destructive to the ...
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Flow the Psychology of Optimal Experience
: : The bestselling introduction to 'flow'--a groundbreaking psychological theory that shows readers how to improve the quality of life. Review:You have heard about how a musician loses herself in her music, how a painter becomes one with the process of painting. In work, sport, conversation or hobby, you have experienced, yourself, the suspension of time, the freedom of complete absorption in activity. This is 'flow,' an experience that is at once demanding and rewarding--an experience that Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates is one of the ...
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Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry
: :Best-selling author Albert J. Bernstein helped thousands of people deal with the dangerously stupid at work in Dinosaur Brains. In Emotional Vampires he goes even further to protect unsuspecting mortals from more devious and harmful creatures vampires ready to bite, suck, and kill the emotional and psychological wellbeing of their victims. Like the fabled demons, these vampires come in many shapes: -The living dead who think their talents place them above the laws of nature -Lords of darkness with huge egos and tiny consciences ...
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Women Who Love Too Much
: :The relationship classic hailed by Erica Jong as 'life-changing' -- now updated with a new introductionand resource section!The #1 New York Times bestseller that asksARE YOU A WOMAN WHO LOVES TOO MUCH? Do you find yourself attracted again and again to troubled, distant, moody men -- while 'nice guys' seem boring? Do you obsess over men who are emotionally unavailable, addicted to work, hobbies, alcohol, or other women? Do you neglect your friends and your own interests to be immediately available to him? Do ...
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