Popular Psychology

No one understands the difficulties of being a woman better than Vicki Iovine. The author of the hugely successful "Best Friends" series, has guided women through most of the milestones...

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The five stages of grief, first formulated in this hugely influential work forty years ago, are now part of our common understanding of bereavement....

The bestselling Games People Play is the book that has helped millions of people understand the dynamics of relationships, by psychiatrist Eric Berne.We all play games. In every encounter with...

From the author of Irreversible Damage, an investigation into how mental health overdiagnosis is harming, not helping, children'A pacy, no-holds barred attack on mental health professionals and parenting experts ......

"Teach Yourself Applied Psychology" shows how basic psychological processes are relevant to a variety of everyday situations and contexts. From education to occupational psychology, this book provides a comprehensive look...

John Ruskin proposed that every good building must do two things: it must shelter us, but it must also speak to us. In this beautiful book, Alain de Botton poses...

HEALING BODY MEDITATIONS is a unique set of 30 beautiful colour mandalas for meditation, based on the natural miracle of the human body, focusing on the heart, the eyes, the...

When Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a ground-breaking work. In the intervening years, Herman's volume has changed the way we think about and...

This stunning, colour-illustrated guide includes practices to help you let go of everyday stresses and find inner peace. With practical tools, strategies and exercises harnessing the benefits of mindfulness, meditation,...

When Richard Nisbett showed an animated underwater scene to his American students, they zeroed in on a big fish swimming among smaller fish. Japanese subjects, on the other hand, made...

Poor sleep can have a huge impact on our health and wellbeing, leaving us feeling run-down, exhausted and stressed out. This self-help guide explains the causes of insomnia and why...

A self-discovery guide that teaches women to banish guilt and find emotional sustenance is difficult times. In short it is a book that focusses on self-esteem, self-acceptance, and facing the...

Do you often find yourself meeting the wants of others at the expense of your own needs? THE COURAGE TO BE YOURSELF provides necessary tools to help you transform your...

HIGHLY COMMENDED for the British Medical Awards book prize for Popular MedicinePractical help for managing the after-effects of traumaTraumatic life experiences can lead to persistent change. Those affected may become...

`Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! I would thoroughly recommend this book to any other counsellor of psychotherapist. It is described on the back cover as 'outstanding', 'valuable' and an 'essential resource' and...

No Rain, No Flowers is a collection of irreverent, addictive, astute, and life-affirming handwritten notes from French artist, curator and gallerist, Thomas Lelu - sharing his viral inspiration, wisdom and...

Find lasting freedom from difficult emotions with skills grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) andemotional schema therapy. If you struggle with difficult emotions, you should know that you aren't alone....

'One of my favourite neuroscientists' ANGELA DUCKWORTH, author of GRIT'A leading expert in the science of how we make decisions, reveals how to make better ones' TELEGRAPH'Intellectually penetrating and beautifully...

Here is a set of cards that offer us an entertaining and unique way to learn about what's really going on in our minds. Each card presents us with the...

This is an ingenious tool - based on decades of psychological research - for working out what you really think and want. It's made up of 52 cards, each featuring...

'Confronting, thought-provoking and hopeful' SARAH GRAHAM'A rallying cry for the importance of social and systemic approaches to psychiatric distress' EMMA BYRNE'Stimulating and timely on psychiatry's tendency to pathologise the 'abnormal''...

How does pacing around the room enhance creativity? Why does walking in nature boost concentration skills? Do Botox users really experience less depression? What causes fitter children to score higher...

'This is a remarkable book . . . Read it and use it: you may find you are doing nothing less than giving back to your children their childhood, while...

Many people's lives, relationships, careers and wellbeing are blighted by the belief that to be liked, loved and accepted they have to limit themselves to the behaviours they believe are...

Since journalist Elisa Black wrote an article about her lifelong struggle with anxiety in March 2015, it has been read by hundreds of thousands of people. Clearly, what Elisa had...

The pursuit of happiness is universal. Most of us would like to experience more joy and elation, but when we feel like we are falling short of this ideal, we...

All of us have - to a greater or lesser extent - suffered from traumas in our lives, often at a young age. The less we address these traumas, the...

Most of us long to be more emotionally mature and better able to face life's challenges with poise, confidence, kindness and good-natured intelligence. We want to be proper grown-ups.With gentleness...

Why are some things cute, and others not? What happens to our brains when we see something cute? And how did cuteness go global, from Hello Kitty to Disney characters?Cuteness...

Modern life is full of minor but acute dilemmas: we get stuck at a gathering with someone unusually boring and wonder how to move on without causing offence; in the...

Emotional, physical and sexual abuse in childhood can result in a range of problems and lead to long-term difficulties that make life a struggle.With this in mind, clinical psychologist Dr...

This user-friendly textbook describes the challenging journey students must take to become effective helpers. The author presents a three-stage model of helping, grounded in 25 years of research, that can...

In the summer of 1965 the informal parties that Ken Kesey was holding at his house in Palo Alto California were about to evolve into what became known as the...

Previous editions have established this best-selling student handbook as THE cognitive psychology textbook of choice, both for its academic rigour and its accessibility. This sixth edition continues this tradition. It...

In this powerful, evocative collection, master storyteller John O'Donohue explores themes of love and loss, beginnings and endings. Inspired by the ancient wisdom of the Celtic tradition and the rugged,...

How do you approach an essay or discussion question? How do you review what claims others have made and offer counter-claims? And how do you weigh up the strengths and...

How did our minds evolve? Can evolutionary considerations illuminate the question of the basic architecture of the human mind? These are two of the main questions addressed in Evolution and...

What is the place of language in human cognition? Do we sometimes think in natural language? Or is language for purposes of interpersonal communication only? Although these questions have been...

What is the nature of human thought? A long dominant view holds that the mind is a general problem-solving device that approaches all questions in much the same way. Chomsky's...