Mental Process

This acclaimed clinical guide and widely adopted text has filled a key need in the field since its original publication. Nancy McWilliams makes psychoanalytic personality theory and its implications for practice accessible to practitioners of all levels of experience.

In Process-Oriented Hypnosis, internationally recognized psychologist Michael D. Yapko provides clinicians with a new framework for utilizing hypnosis with clients. Yapko encourages clinicians to take a broader perspective, in which patterns rather than individual symptoms are the emphasis of therapy. He offers numerous insights into ways clinicians can home in on the process of how people come to suffer various types of emotional distress.

This book offers therapists an integrated approach to adding a polyvagal foundation to their work with clients. With clear explanations of the organizing principles of Polyvagal theory, this complex theory is translated into clinician and client-friendly language. Using a unique autonomic mapping process designed to effectively track autonomic response patterns, this book presents practical ways to work with clients' experiences of connection.

Spiritual teacher Thomas Hübl has spent years investigating why it is that old and seemingly disconnected traumas can seed their way through communities and across generations. His work culminates in Healing Collective Trauma, a new perspective on trauma that addresses both its visible effects and its most hidden roots. Thomas combines deep knowledge of mystical traditions with the latest scientific research. "In this way", writes Thomas, "we are weaving a double helix between ancient wisdom and contemporary understanding".

Thomas Troward (1847–1916) was an English author whose works influenced the New Thought Movement and mystic Christianity. Troward's avocation was the study of comparative religion. After his retirement from the judiciary in 1896, Troward set out to apply logic and a judicial weighing of evidence in the study of matters of cause and effect.

Have you ever thought about upgrading your skills when it comes to thinking? Many people want to develop the way they think for business and their jobs but they don’t know how to do it. This creates a problem. As such, this book will help you understand what a mental model is as well as using it to your advantage. In life, how we view ourselves is very important and it affects how you think. In turn, how you think affects your life and how you function in your daily life. When you are able to change your thinking to have a positive outlook on the situation that you are in, you can change ...

Introducing "Let Go and Heal" - Your Path to Freedom and Inner Peace Are you tired of carrying the heavy burden of emotional pain and unresolved traumas? Do you find yourself stuck in a cycle of negativity and self-doubt, unable to break free and live the fulfilling life you deserve? If so, "Let Go and Heal" by renowned author and transformational coach Mark Linden O'Meara is here to guide you towards liberation and healing. Unleash the Power Within You: "Let Go and Heal" is not just another self-help book; it's a transformative journey that will empower you to let go of the past, heal your...

Whether it's absent-minded mistakes at work, a weakness for junk food, a smartphone addiction, or a lack of exercise, everyone has some bad habit or behavior that they'd like to change. But wanting to change and actually doing it - and sticking with it - are two very different things. Dr. Sean Young, an authoritative new voice in the field of behavioral science, knows a great deal about our habits - how we make them and how we can break them.

Life is stressful, anxiety-provoking, and frequently traumatic. The painful experiences we go through aren't simply "over and done with" once we pass through them, however. They each leave their mark, etched deep into both the psyche and the body, affecting how well we function from this point onwards. The magic of the approach of David Berceli's Trauma Release Process is that it can be utilized by anyone, any place on the planet, even when professional help is beyond the individual's reach.

Age is an important number, but it can also be deceiving. After 40, most people say they feel younger than their years, some lie about their age, and many attempt to hide the signs of growing old. Better with Age addresses the many myths and paradoxes about the aging process. Although most people think of their later years in terms of decline, they can be one of the best times in life. This book presents the latest scientific research about the psychology of aging, coupled with insights from Maya Angelou, Bob Newhart, Jared Diamond, John Glenn, and John Wooden.

Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? In this elegant assessment of the human condition in the third millennium, cognitive scientist and public intellectual Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, which play to our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data: Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise, not just in the West but worldwide.

EMDR Phase 2 Resourcing Tools Client Stabilization and Preparation for Trauma Processing addresses stress, trauma and emotional coping skills every individual needs and provides proven, effective resourcing tools for EMDR therapists to bring clients to peaceful and positive resolution. For EMDR therapists: This book presents effective and essential EMDR Phase 2 resourcing tools for all our clients/patients. These tools build the client’s ability to connect with functional information and to integrate helpful, positive experiences. The book includes effective self-care options for patients...

Today's kids have adopted sedentary lifestyles filled with television, video games, and computer screens. But more and more, studies show that children need "rough and tumble" outdoor play in order to develop their sensory, motor, and executive functions. Disturbingly, a lack of movement has been shown to lead to a number of health and cognitive difficulties, such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), emotion regulation and sensory processing issues, and aggressiveness at school recess break.

From Dr. Mariel Buqué, a leading trauma psychologist, comes this groundbreaking guide to transforming intergenerational pain into intergenerational abundance. With Break the Cycle, she delivers the definitive guide to healing inherited trauma. Weaving together scientific research with practical exercises and stories from the therapy room, Dr. Buqué teaches readers how trauma is transmitted from one generation to the next and how they can break the cycle through tangible therapeutic practices, learning to pass down strength instead of pain to future generations.

The groundbreaking book that explains Sensory Processing Difference (SPD)--and presents a drug-free approach that offers hope for parents--now revised and updated.

Unlock the Secrets to Success with the Power of Mental Models! What if you could solve complex problems, make better decisions, and navigate life’s challenges with ease? The answer lies in mastering mental models—the proven strategies that high achievers use every day. This book breaks down 30 essential mental models, giving you practical tools to think clearer, make smarter choices, and boost your overall effectiveness.Inside, You’ll Discover How To: Make Better Decisions: Learn the mental models that streamline your thought process, so you can make faster and more accurate decisions...

From pioneering therapist Cathy A. Malchiodi, this book synthesizes the breadth of research on trauma and the brain and presents an innovative framework for treating trauma through the expressive arts.

“Once a fattie, always a fattie.” Right? After spending most of her life obese, weighing in at one-hundred-and-sixty-five kilograms (364 lbs) at her heaviest, Mart-Mari Breedt, software engineer and mother of four, lost just over eighty kilograms (176 lbs) in a mammoth battle against the scale. She then found herself in a frightening dilemma: how would she manage to keep the weight off and maintain her massive loss after she had spent her entire life as a morbidly obese person? All she had ever known was how to be fat. Being thin was a new and daunting experience. In her dazzling debut ...

The One-Hour Miracle presents the revolutionary Life Centered Therapy (LCT), a healing framework that is a blueprint for transforming most problems - physical, emotional and mental, relational, and spiritual. And sometimes, the transformation simply takes one hour. Filled with testimonials of real-life people who have benefitted from this approach when other attempts to end their suffering turned up fruitless, it provides people with an entirely new way of understanding their suffering, giving them inspiration and hope that they can create miracles in their lives.

For over two decades, The Addictive Personality has helped people understand the process of addiction. Now, through this second edition, author Craig Nakken brings new depth and dimension to our understanding of how an individual becomes an addict. Going beyond the definition that limits dependency to the realm of alcohol and other drugs, Nakken uncovers the common denominator of all addiction and describes how the process is progressive.