Dive into the ultimate anthology of psychological mastery with "Cognitive & Dialectical Behavior Therapy Mastery." This formidable volume unifies four essential books into one comprehensive guide, providing a multi-faceted approach to conquering a myriad of mental health challenges.Each section, derived from a distinct original work, converges to form a robust framework for understanding and applying the principles of both Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) a...

Most people ideally want to live a fulfilling life which includes having a healthy relationship with themselves as well as others. However, what precludes a great deal of people from attaining this fulfillment in life is the inner turmoil that consumes them. This inner turmoil inevitably leads to distress which affects everything around them such as personal relationships, family relationships, work relationships etc. This distress can lead them to suffer from maladies such as anxiety, pho...

The starvation caused by the potato famine in Ireland resulted in a huge immigration of Irish to the United States, primarily to New York City. They settled in the lower slums of Manhattan, and by their sheer numbers overran the lower east side. Poor, uneducated, and unskilled, the Irish lived in the most depressed area of the city. The Irish youth joined the famed Five-Pointers gang, which terrorized the Lower East Side with burglaries, stickups, robberies, and occasional battles with the...

Joan's childhood was right out of a Dickens novel. Her mother was indifferent to her, her 3 fathers ran out on her, and her brother held her in contempt. She grew up alone and friendless, having to work her early years at a succession of menial jobs in order to make ends meet for her mother and shiftless brother. Having to work at school so many hours to pay her tuition, Joan had no time to be educated and much to her shame later in life, she had only completed the 5th grade. When Joan's 3...

The motion picture industry started out ridiculed and despised at the end of the 19th Century and beginning of the 20th Century. The first movies in the 1890s were shown in vaudeville; then in penny arcades; then in nickelodeons. In the penny arcade one deposited a penny in a small machine and saw though an eye-piece a number of flip cards go by in rapid succession simulating movement. Later the machines would accommodate a small filmstrip spooling by. The penny arcades were usually locate...

Movies during the silent era were hugely influential. They were the primary means of how people leaned social etiquette, how to dress, how to act on a date, and even the proper way to kiss. People studied their favorite movie stars intensely and emulated their mannerisms, speech, and demeanor. The women were just coming out of the Victorian Era and into the Jazz Age, and they were looking for guidance in how they should fit into this new age of freedom for them. Men also were groping for h...

East London included the London docks and run-down areas of Whitechapel, Spitalfields, and Bethnal Green As the parish of Whitechapel in London's East End became increasingly overcrowded, housing conditions steadily worsened and the area was overrun with violence, robbery, and alcoholism. London's East End was perfect for crime. A maze of streets, alleys, courts, and yards covered the East End and the gaslights, which were few and far between, did little to illuminate the dark shadows. The...

The "Dust Bowl" of the early 1930s spawned the era of the Mid-West bank robbers. Gangs led by Bonnie & Clyde, John Dillinger, "Pretty Boy" Floyd, and "Baby Face" Nelson became the stuff of American legend. None of them was spectacularly successful at bank robbing and all of them came to bad ends, being shot down in the end by the law. They all, however, caught the public imagination and became the anti-hero's of their day. This was the era of the Great Depression where the banks were perce...

Lupe Velez was the poster child for "Hollywood Girls Go Wild" during the golden age of Hollywood moviemaking. She was quite likely bi-polar and her mood swings alternated between withdrawn and depressed sometimes in private, to a spitfire wildcat in public. She was renowned for her hair-trigger temper, uncontrollable violence, and erratic actions. She would regularly beat and scratch her lovers for no apparent reason and would think nothing of engaging a strange man in fisticuffs, if he in...

Clark Gable was born into a dysfunctional family, his mother being a psychotic who was said to have died insane when he was a year old and his father, who believed that brawn over brain was the only standard for measuring manhood, was a oil wildcatter, who preferred being out in the field to spending time with his family. Big for his age, Clark soon became a laughing stock in school and dropped out at the age of 16, caring little about an education. When Clark developed an interest in the ...

Amelia Earhart was one of the most well known and admired woman of her age. And although she was more homely than pretty, there was an earthiness, a friendliness, and a passion for flying in her that captivated everyone who came in contact with her, from U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and his wife, to the common man or woman on the street. Her dedication to her dream of being a flying pioneer in what was considered an exclusively male domain was an example of what women could achieve in...

The "Dust Bowl" of the early 1930s spawned the era of the Mid-West bank robbers. Gangs led by Bonnie & Clyde, John Dillinger, "Pretty Boy" Floyd, and "Baby Face" Nelson became the stuff of American legend. None of them was spectacularly successful at bank robbing and all of them came to bad ends, eventually being shot down by the law. They all, however, caught the public imagination and were the anti-hero's of their day. This was the era of the Great Depression where the banks were perceiv...