Mirror Neurons are one of the most extraordinary discoveries of contemporary neuroscience. They explain, on a scientific level, why we understand other people’s behavior to a deep degree. They were discovered by Professor Giacomo Rizzolatti, who wrote the preface to this book.Our aim here is to provide basic knowledge of the key concepts of this discovery through the use of clear language and many illustrations. The book also covers the effects of Mirror Neurons in ...

This longawaited book by a pioneer in brain research offers a new model of our emotions- their origins, their power, and their malleability.For more than thirty years, Richard Davidson has been at the forefront of brain research. Now he gives us an entirely new model for understanding our emotions, as well as practical strategies we can use to change them.Davidson has discovered that personality is composed of six basic emotional "styles," including resilie...

"I'm afraid of getting again.""When I look in the mirror, I'm never quite satisfied.""I can't stand criticism.""I'm always feeling tense and rushed.""I wish I could be happier."Do any of these sound familiar?Aren't they exactly the kinds of weaknesses that keep us from enjoying our lives to the fullest?This wise and compassionate book can help you confront these problems, perhaps for the first time in your life.Through a serie...

Suppose that four simple instinctual directives helped to bring about the survival of the human species. While good for survival purposes, those directives have also been at the heart of most human problems.Why Good People Make Bad Choices takes you on a journey of self-discovery by way of new insights about the human condition. The instinctual directives we follow are described as--the ego's agenda. Due to this agenda, we experience problematic feelings, maintain maladapt...

We speak a lot about self-worth without using it actually. Rarely do we make a true assessment of ourselves and think about ourselves as we truly are. If we were to become more pragmatic about ourselves, our lives would definitely become much more profitable and productive.One of the most important things you need to do to achieve any kind of success is to be very realistic about yourself. You need to understand who you really are. You have to understand your strengths and your capa...

Cognitive therapy, with its clear-cut measurable techniques, has been a welcome innovation in recent years. However, the very specificity that lends itself so well to research and training has minimized the role of the therapeutic relationship, making it difficult for therapists to respond flexibly to different clinical situations. What is needed is an approach that focuses on the underlying mechanisms of therapeutic change, not just on interventions.In this practical and original ...

There’s a whole world of people who find themselves caring for someone and often haven’t been trained on the subject of caring. Even the clinical or technical skills needed to be an effective professional like Doctor, Nurse, Lawyer, Clergy, Human Resource professional don’t always prepare us with what it takes to be present to another Human Being. And its not just professionals; volunteers, neighbour’s, family and friends, anyone in the business of listening, serving and caring for ...

Author Mark Stricklin knows what its like to do bonehead things in spite of your best intentions and then get angry at yourself (and occasionally with others). In fact, unless we have given up caring about everything, we all get angry from time to timeand we all need ways to deal with that feeling. In Anger Management, Stricklin explores what makes us angry, how to deal with our anger, and how to deal with angry people. Whats more, he focuses specifically on managing anger rather than elim...

What Would Freud Do? uses the key ideas of more than 80 psychological thinkers, past and present, to shine new light onto today's everyday problems.Ever wondered what a great therapist like Freud or Jung would have to say about your horrible boss, your phone-checking addiction or an occasional wish to cheat on your partner? Ever wished someone would explain why you sometimes act like an idiot just when you want to look good, or generally keep doing things you don't really ...

Morrison provides a critical history of analytic and psychiatric attempts to make sense of shame, beginning with Freud and culminating in Kohut's understanding of shame in terms of narcissistic phenomena. The clinical section of the book clarifies both the theoretical status and treatment implications of shame in relation to narcissistic personality disorder, neurosis and higher-level character pathology, and manic-depressive illness.

This is an average person's attempt to define fear for what it is, examine its effects on our cognitive abilities and at the same time come up with a solution to its debilitating nature. I will assume that everyone has had the misfortune of fearing real or imagined threats and I will also rightly assume that the experience itself was unpleasant.When engulfed by fear caused by a certain object, it is not the fear itself that we find crippling because we always pay too much attention...

Loïc never wanted to go to sleep until he encountered the Master of the Night. His life would change forever. This book teaches children how to deal with bedtime.