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    Psychodynamic Counselling in Action

    by Michael Jacobs ...
    Narrated by Greg Patmore ...
    series Counselling in Action series

    Unabridged

    8 hours 56 min

    This substantially revised fifth edition of a classic text includes an updated preface, new content on the therapeutic relationship, substantially revised chapters on the middle phase of counselling and reflections on the influence of other modalities and shared aspects of practice across approaches. Each chapter now includes an annotated Further Reading section to help deepen knowledge and ... Read more

    $77.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Person-Centred Counselling in Action

    by Professor Dave Mearns, Professor Brian Thorne, John McLeod ...
    Narrated by Joshua Manning ...
    series Counselling in Action series

    Unabridged

    12 hours 45 min

    It is now 25 years since the first edition of Person-Centred Counselling in Action appeared, offering the definitive exposition of the theory and practice of the person-centred approach. Since then the book has supported and inspired hundreds of thousands of trainees and practitioners worldwide.This important Fourth Edition maintains the book's accessibility, clarity and verve whilst incorporating ... Read more

    $81.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Public Option

    How to Expand Freedom, Increase Opportunity, and Promote Equality

    by Ganesh Sitaraman, Anne L. Alstott ...
    Narrated by Christopher Grove ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 51 min

    Whenever you go to your local public library, send mail via the post office, or visit Yosemite, you are taking advantage of a longstanding American tradition: the public option. Some of the most useful and beloved institutions in American life are public options-yet they are seldom celebrated as such. These government-supported opportunities coexist peaceably alongside private options, ensuring ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    25 Essential Skills and Strategies for the Professional Behavior Analyst

    Expert Tips for Maximizing Consulting Effectiveness

    by Jon Bailey, Mary Burch ...
    Narrated by Kate Harper ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 28 min

    25 Essential Skills Strategies for the Professional Behavior Analyst is a much needed guidebook for behavior analysts who want to become successful at consulting. Jon Bailey and Mary Burch present five basic skills and strategy areas that professional behavior analysts need to acquire. This book is organized around those five areas, with a total of 25 specific skills presented within those topics. ... Read more

    $69.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice

    Narrated by Mark Meadows, Deryn Edwards ...
    series Coaching Psychology

    Unabridged

    8 hours 10 min

    Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice provides a comprehensive overview of positive psychology coaching, bringing together the best of science and practice, highlighting current research, and emphasising the applicability of each element to coaching. With an international range of contributors, this book is a unique resource for those seeking to integrate positive psychology into their evidence ... Read more

    $56.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Group and Team Coaching

    The secret life of groups

    by Christine Thornton ...
    Narrated by Sarah Sherborne ...
    series Essential Coaching Skills and Knowledge

    Unabridged

    8 hours 55 min

    Group coaching is attractive as a more cost-effective form of consulting/organisational intervention than individual coaching.Author has over 20 years’ experience in the group coaching field.Accessible writing style. Complex ideas are explained in simple terms.The book is unusual in covering both group and team coaching.The author is adding new material to the second edition, including sections on ... Read more

    $49.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Age of Dignity

    Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America

    by Ai-jen Poo ...
    Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 58 min

    By 2035, 11.5 million Americans will be over the age of eighty-five, more than double today's 5 million, living longer than ever before. To enable all of us to age with dignity and security in the face of this coming Age Wave, our society must learn to value the care of our elders. The process of building a culture that supports care is a key component to restoring the American dream, and, as Ai ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Rekindling Desire

    by Barry McCarthy, Emily McCarthy ...
    Narrated by Kate Harper ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 18 min

    Addresses couples in all living situations, including those who are married, cohabitating, or datingInclusive of all sexual orientationsEncourages couples to work as a team in order to minimize guilt and maximize intimacyNormalizes relapse and gives readers tools to help cope with itAppropriate for couples experiencing sexual dysfunctionEngages readers through exercises and case examples ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy

    by Professor Dave Mearns, Professor Mick Cooper ...
    Narrated by Chris Barnes ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 56 min

    Eagerly awaited by many counsellors and psychotherapists, this new edition includes an updated preface, new content on recent research and new developments and debates around relational depth, and new case studies.This groundbreaking text goes to the very heart of the therapeutic meeting between therapist and client. Focusing on the concept of 'relational depth', the authors describe a form of ... Read more

    $67.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    No Place To Go

    How Public Toilets Fail Our Private Needs

    by Lezlie Lowe ...
    Narrated by Amanda Wood ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 15 min

    This book is Number One in addressing the politics of where we're allowed to "go" in public.Adults don’t talk about the business of doing our business. We work on one assumption: the world of public bathrooms is problem- and politics-free. No Place To Go: How Public Toilets Fail our Private Needs reveals the opposite is true. No Place To Go is a toilet tour from London to San Francisco to Toronto ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Thriving Child

    The Science Behind Reducing Stress and Nurturing Independence

    by Dr William Stixrud, Ned Johnson ...
    Narrated by Kaleo Griffith ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 35 min

    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Thriving Child by Dr William Stixrud and Ned Johnson, read by Kaleo Griffith.As parents we all want the best for our child, but so often we give in to societal pressures which can result in us over-managing every aspect of their lives leaving them overwhelmed, over-scheduled and lacking motivation. This can terrifyingly lead to mental health problems ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    No Fixed Abode

    Life and Death Among the UK's Forgotten Homeless

    by Maeve McClenaghan ...
    Narrated by Maeve McClenaghan ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 38 min

    ‘A sensitive exposé that illustrates the complexities of modern homelessness. Moving, poetic and as rousing as Orwell’ **– Cash Carraway, author of Skint Estate‘Urgent, gripping and devastating’ – The Secret Barrister**This book will finally give a face and a voice to those we so easily forget in our society. It will tell the highly personal, human and sometimes surprisingly uplifting stories of ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Middle of Everywhere

    Helping Refugees Enter the American Community

    by Mary Pipher ...
    Narrated by Karen White ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 19 min

    Over the past decade, Mary Pipher has been a great source of wisdom, helping us to better understand our family members. Now she connects us with the newest members of the American family-refugees. In cities all over the country, refugees arrive daily. Lost Boys from Sudan, survivors from Kosovo, families fleeing Afghanistan and Vietnam: they come with nothing but the desire to experience the ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Behind Closed Doors: SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING

    Why We Break Up Families – and How to Mend Them

    by Polly Curtis ...
    Narrated by Polly Curtis, Penelope Rawlins ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 50 min

    Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing'Brilliant . . . I love this book' LEMN SISSAY'A must-read book' JACQUELINE WILSON'Extraordinary' OLIVER BULLOUGH'Everyone should read this book' HILARY COTTAM'Important' IAN BIRRELL'Vital' HANNAH JANE PARKINSONMeet the mother whose children were taken away, and the father who fought ... ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Atlas of Conflict Reduction, The

    A Montana Field-Guide To Sharing Ranching Landscapes With Wildlife

    by Hannah Jaicks ...
    Narrated by Hannah Jaicks ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 14 min

    The book is a firsthand account of Dr. Hannah Jaicks’ journey through western Montana's ranching landscapes to showcase the stories of ranchers and affiliated groups who are pioneering strategies for reducing conflicts with wildlife, while also stewarding the landscape. Often seen as antithetical to one another, American ranchers and wildlife have long been entangled with another. This book is ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Emotionally Focused Family Therapy

    Restoring Connection and Promoting Resilience

    by James L. Furrow, Gail Palmer, Susan M. Johnson, George Faller, Lisa Palmer-Olsen ...
    Narrated by Kelly Burke ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 28 min

    • This is the first book to introduce Emotionally Focused Family Therapy, or EFFT• Provides a practical, hands on introduction to EFFT through case descriptions and session transcripts• Appropriate for family therapy practitioners who work with families in a variety of settings, including public institutions and private practice ... Read more

    $56.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Zornig

    Vrede er mit mellemnavn

    by Lisbeth Zornig Andersen ...
    Narrated by Annette Grunnet ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 38 min

    Zornig – vrede er mit mellemnavn er Lisbeth Zornig Andersens vidnesbyrd om sin egen opvæksti et Underdanmark, som er skjult for de fleste. Det er en usentimental beretning om den tavse, snavsede, magre pige med vorter på hænderne og kronisk øjenbetændelse, som vokser op med en voldelig stedfar, der misbruger hende seksuelt, og en mor, der lader det ske. Om en barndom tilbragt på værtshuse, ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD

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    25 Million Sparks

    The Untold Story of Refugee Entrepreneurs

    by Andrew Leon Hanna ...
    Narrated by Helene Maksoud ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 46 min

    25 Million Sparks takes readers inside the Za’atari refugee camp to follow the stories of three courageous Syrian women entrepreneurs: Yasmina, a wedding shop and salon owner creating moments of celebration in Za’atari; Malak, a young artist infusing color and beauty in her adoptive community; and Asma, a social entrepreneur with a storytelling initiative enriching children’s lives throughout the ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    You'll Like It Here: The Story of Donald Vitkus--Belchertown Patient #3394

    by Ed Orzechowski ...
    Narrated by Ed Orzechowski ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 32 min

    Abandoned by his unwed mother during World War II, Donald Vitkus becomes a ward of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is 27 days old. Six years later as "Patient #3394," he is committed to Belchertown State School, where he is labeled a "moron" with an I.Q. of 41. Like hundreds of other institutions across the country, Belchertown is a de-humanizing environment of barred windows, locked doors, ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    My Black Motherhood

    Mental Health, Stigma, Racism and the System

    by Sandra Igwe ...
    Narrated by Sandra Igwe ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 59 min

    A passionate first-hand account of what it is like being a Black mother coping with postnatal anxiety and depression - and how Black women are let down when they are most vulnerable.Joyful. Graceful. Blessed. Strong. Anxious. Depressed. Stigmatised. Stereotyped.What happens when motherhood isn't what you expected - and when you reach out for support, you are met with judgment and prejudice?Sandra ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Voces de Chernóbil

    Crónica del futuro

    by Svetlana Alexiévich ...
    Narrated by Angi Sansón, Belén Roca, Gemma Ibáñez, Irene Montalà, Jordi Boixaderas, José Posada, Juan Carlos Gustems, Luis Posada, Marcel Navarro, María Luisa Solá, Masumi Mutsuda, Mercè Montalà, Neus Sendra, Nuria Mediavilla, Nuria Trifol, Rafa Parra, Raúl Llorens, Víctor Velasco, Carlos Vicente, Marta Rodríguez, Nerea Alfonso Mercado, Roger Isasi-Isasmendi, Xavi Fernández, Iván Priego ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 18 min

    La escritora bielorrusa Premio Nobel de Literatura 2015 da voz a aquellas personas que sobrevivieron al desastre de Chernóbil y que fueron silenciadas y olvidadas por su propio gobierno. Este libro les da la oportunidad de contar su historia.Chernóbil, 1986. «Cierra las ventanillas y acuéstate. Hay un incendio en la central. Vendré pronto.» Esto fue lo último que un joven bombero dijo a su esposa ... Read more

    $32.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Happiness Policy Handbook

    How to Make Happiness and Well-Being the Purpose of Your Government

    by Laura Musikanski, Rhonda Phillips, Jean Crowder ...
    Narrated by Victoria Cruz ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 15 min

    Authors are leaders in their field,Musikanski is the Executive Director of the Happiness Alliance,Rhonda Phillips is Dean of Purdue Honors CollegeJean Crowder is a consultant and former federal politicianPhillips and Rhonda are directors of the Happiness Alliance, a nonprofit that provides tools, resources and knowledge to policy makers and communitiesThis "happy trio" of authors are all extremely ... Read more

    $43.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Altenpflege mit Herz

    Ganz im Sinne des Betroffenen

    by Sascha Sandhorst ...
    Narrated by Armin Dallapiccola ...

    Abridged

    6 hours 58 min

    Die Pflege von Menschen, die auf diese angewiesen sind, ist einer der wichtigsten Dienstleistungsbereiche in unserer Gesellschaft, da die Familien heutzutage kaum mehr in der Lage sind, dies für ihre betroffenen Angehörigen zu leisten. Umso wichtiger zu wissen, dass diejenigen, die sich um einen selbst oder die lieben Verwandten kümmern, dies mitunter genauso liebevoll tun, wir man sich das ... Read more

    $27.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    White Privilege Unmasked

    How to Be Part of the Solution

    by Judy Ryde ...
    Narrated by Fenella Fudge ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 56 min

    A primer on understanding white privilege, with strategies for breaking down race barriers in professional organizations.All white people understand cultural differences from a platform of relative privilege, affecting their personal and professional interactions. How should they respond when confronted with this knowledge? This introductory book looks at the concept of whiteness, and shows how ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial