Reviews (119)

This Works!
This book should be read by everyone on the planet - it is the tool to assist in bringing about the "mind-shift" for our next leap in evolution.
Routine
This book really doesn't add a lot to the literature available regarding success and creative thought, etc.It's not a bad read, just nothing really new.The author seems to be a good guy though, and is enthusiastic about his subject.

Worth reading
Joe got it across to me in one sentence: "I believe our planet is what was described in an original Star Trek episode called "Shore Leave."..."they [Kirk, Spock et al] are on a planet that reads their thoughts and creates what they think about." Now, if you're not familiar with the concept that your internal world creates your external world, that's an 'out there' idea... Yes, parts of the book are redundant... and I'm not into all the spiritual stuff... but that's okay, because the concepts are simple and simply explained. Not to mention uplifting and inspiring. I love it. I've read it twice in a year now, and enjoyed it both times. Thanks Joe! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Applied Psychology    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business Life - Inspirational    4. Personal Growth - Success    5. Psychology    6. Spiritual    7. Success    8. Advice on careers & achieving success    9. Business & Economics / General   

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Excellent resource
I used the eighth edition of this book for my graduate level course in human development. It is an excellent resource for anyone involved in child-related fields. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Developmental - General    2. Developmental - Lifespan Development    3. Developmental psychology    4. Movements - Humanism    5. Psychiatry - General    6. Psychology    7. Child & developmental psychology    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / General    9. Sociology, Social Studies   

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Excellent!
My Book arrived in excellent shape and was received in less than a week of purchase.I am very satisfied and would purchase a book again through this source. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Psychology    3. Textbooks    4. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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Excellent!
I am not educated in psychology, but I found this professional-level book easy to read and very informative.McWilliams looks at various personalities like the sociopathic, paranoid, hysterical, etc.She explains the defense mechanisms that lead to the various personality types.Although this book is written from the standpoint of pathological personality types and is intended for use by professionals and psych students, after reading this book you will have a greater understanding of personality quirks of family, friends, and co-workers.Well-written and very informative, even for the "armchair" psychologist.

Excellent read for beginning & experienced mental health clinicians
McWilliams clearly has a degree of mastery on the subject. It is quite easy to write about this topic in manner that overcomplicates the subject (as many do), but rarely do I encounter an author who is able to present the information in a highly readable, accessible & integral manner. It is appropriate for experienced and beginning therapists alike. This is a book that any clinician ought to have in their library and you will find yourself referring back to it over the years.

not only for students
As an engineer who just wanted to get some insights in the field of psychoanalysis this book is doing a great job. It is easy to understand also for people who did not enjoy any psychological education before. It might just be the best way to get a good first overview of modern psychoanalytical models. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Movements - Psychoanalysis    2. Personality Disorders    3. Personality assessment    4. Personality development    5. Psychoanalysis    6. Psychoanalytic Interpretation    7. Psychology    8. Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior    9. Typology (Psychology)    10. Psychiatry    11. Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Psychoanalysis   

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cells over systems
I'm a biopsychologist.Kalat is a very good writer with a gift for explaining difficult concepts and for keeping technical issues interesting.I chose his Intro Psych book for my classes for just this reason.My response to this book is a little more mixed.Biopsychology ranges broadly from cellular to systems level research.This book does well at the former level.It gets a little more deeply into the biochemistry than I would prefer but does so well and is impressively up to date.It does less well at the systems level literature.For example, it defines two common imaging terms incorrectly: PET and rCBF (mixing them up with SPECT and PET respectively).Overall, I like the book and chose it for my biopsychology class but every instructor needs to choose based on their own needs for depth and for emphasis.

as for textbooks.....
as for textbooks for a biopsych class, this book is certainly interesting and the enhanced cd is definitely a plus.this book has not yet been used as a pillow for a sudden study break nap.the pictures are clear, the writing is friendly, and it's too bad that more texts can't be like this!

Great textbook!
I'm a freshman Psychology student at the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)... I used this book to study for my course Biological Psychology (duh!)... Anyway, this book is very organized, good summaries and a clear explanation of all the important concepts... Even if you don't have much knwoledge of biology, you will understand this book... at least I did... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Mental Health    2. Neuropsychology    3. Physiological Psychology    4. Psychobiology    5. Psychology    6. Psychotherapy - Counseling    7. Biology, Life Sciences    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Counseling    9. Psychotherapy   

Editorial Review

We know the shadow by many names: alter ego, lower self, the dark twin,repressed self, id. Carl Jung once said that the shadow "is the person you wouldrather not be." But even if you choose to hide your dark side, it will stillcast a shadow, according to author Debbie Ford. Rather than reject the seeminglyundesirable parts of ourselves, Ford offers advice on how to confront ourshadows. Only by owning every aspect of yourself can you achieve harmony and"let your own light shine," she explains. "The purpose of doing shadow work, isto become whole. To end our suffering. To stop hiding ourselves from ourselves.Once we do this we can stop hiding ourselves from the rest of the world."Read more

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Brilliant brilliant book!
I thought I was happy, I thought I was mature. I was looking for another challenge in life, so I picked up this book to see if there was anything useful. Whoa! This book made me realize that I have a whole other side to myself that I was not aware of. It made me understand what really being whole as a person is all about. I cannot say enough about this book! Thanks to this book, I feel I can really see the positive and negative sides of myself.
The foundation for emotional healing
This book outlines how to go from trying to change the parts of yourself that you don't like to seeing the wisdom that those parts bring to your life. In my opinion this work brings you back to emotional wholeness and helps you live a life that you are inspired by, what could be more important than that?

Free Yourself From Judgement
Shadow work is important work.This book is written in simple language, and is a great introduction to the subject.What do you have to lose - it's insightful, can be read in an afternoon, and it just might deepen your understanding of yourself and others.I recommend this book highly, especially to people who care about personal development. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Applied Psychology    2. Personal Growth - General    3. Psychology    4. Self-Help    5. Self-realization    6. Shadow (Psychoanalysis)    7. Spirituality - General    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / General    9. Self-Help & Practical Interests   

Reviews (25)

Great Resource
The book is very explanatory.It breaks down the theories adequately.It is also simple to read and does not contain heavy psychotherapy jargon.

Good resource
this book really helps with understanding Corey's Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy. This book is a great buy! You wont regret it.

theories of counseling
I really wanted the textbook, and was unaware until I received the shipment that this was a review/study guide.I was disappointed, but the book was in good condition and is useful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Applied Psychology    2. Counseling    3. Counseling (Psychology)    4. Mental Health    5. Psychology    6. Psychotherapy    7. Psychotherapy - Counseling    8. Psychotherapy - General    9. Counselling    10. Psychology & Psychiatry / Psychotherapy   

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Great for novice therapist
I bought this book when I was fresh out of graduate school and starting my first job under supervision.This book has great ideas that are easy, very therapeutic for the children I work with, and also inspiring for coming up with my own creative techniques.

Creative, but Easy
The activities in this book are well organized and simple. Most do require some type of preparation and some materials. Some of the activities use games; others use art therapy, etc. This is an invaluable resource for me in therapy session with children and adolescents. The kids have always been interested in the interventions I have used from this book. This is therapy without the child KNOWING it's therapy.
Money Well Spent
I am a social worker who often works with oppositional and resistant children. This book offers several fresh ideas on interacting and engaging children so that they will begin to talk about their feelings. I have been very impressed with the several activities and have found that they can be applied to children of various ages with very little work. I think this book is a must for anyone who works with children. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Psychology    3. Psychology & Psychiatry / Child Psychology    4. Psychology & Psychiatry / Counseling    5. Adolescent psychotherapy    6. Child psychotherapy    7. Couseling    8. Group psychotherapy    9. Play therapy    10. Psychology & Psychiatry   

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A great instructional book!
This book is well worth the time to read. I have completed a credentialed training course, and found that this book really helped drive the concepts home, so that they are in my "being" as a coach. It is detailed and thorough, really explaining the purpose behind certain concepts that just weren't explained in my coach training. I have noticed a change in my coaching style already. I am very thankful to have read this book and highly recommend it to those who are looking for a comprehensive examination of the basics of coaching.

No nonsense review by professional coach who uses this approach
I am a professional coach who has been using these principles in my practice for a number of years. Initially, I thought some of them were somewhat questionable, but over time, I have found this to be the most powerful and simple methodology available. It is to learn and apply.
Co-Active Coaching
Co-Active Coaching was a terrific book for "detailed knowledge" of coaching principles.It gave a brief synopsis of coaching concepts for the first few chapters; and then used the following chapters to explain in much more detail the major elements involved in coaching people. It simplified coaching into five very critical elements and explained really well how each element worked to make the reader a better coach. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Applied Psychology    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Management - General    4. Mentoring    5. Motivation (Psychology)    6. Psychological aspects    7. Psychology    8. Psychotherapy - Counseling    9. Self-actualization (Psychology    10. Self-actualization (Psychology)    11. Success    12. Business & Economics / General    13. Counselling    14. Personnel & human resources management   

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Insightful, Educational, and Very Important
This book is a must read for anyone who has experienced domestic violence or cares about someone who is experiencing it.No other book does as good of a job explaining why abusers do what they do.It is key to understanding the dynamic of these people and avoiding further damage.

Made me want to leave my husband!
I can't really say that I hated this book or that I really liked it. I can say that it makes an abuser look REALLY bad and make you almost hate that person. It made me feel like my husband, even though he doesn't physically abuse me, knows what he's doing when he manipulates and frightens me. I have chosen to seek god for myself but it would be a sin to leave him. My husband is also a recovering alcoholic. Is he an abuser or an alcoholic? I don't know know, maybe he's both. Or maybe his parents were so screwed up with their own lives that my poor husband never got a chance to live a spiritual life. I do know that my husband as little to no self esteem and that is something that can be worked on I am sure. Men are delicate creatures in their emotions. Woman are much stronger, contrary to popular belief. A man will give an emotional answer to a practical question a lot. I would like a christian point of view when it comes to angry men and why they do the things they do and how to manage your family around it. I mean do I just let my husband yell at us ALL the time? The bible tells me to act one way but as a mother I feel it is my duty to stand in front of them and protect them from an emotionally abusive attack. So with that said, anyone have any suggestions? I am going to try Angry Men and the Women who love them. And see if that one is any better. I have heard it's great.

A timely and extremely valuable eye-opener. Life and sanity saving!
This book was a Godsend. It was extremely useful in helping me understand the reasoning and motivation behind my husband's abusive behavior, and it gave me clear and compelling guidance about how to deal with it from the man recognized as the leading expert in this field. I have shared it with my pastor and intend to give copies to several dear counselors and friends who mean well and love me but aren't really familiar with the issues surrounding domestic violence and abuse. This book will give a great deal of valuable insight to anyone in need or interested in supporting others in crisis (both the battered and those who batter). I feel like it has truly been a life-line. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Abuse - General    2. Abusive men    3. Dysfunctional Families    4. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    5. Family violence    6. Gender Psychology    7. Personality    8. Psychology    9. Social Welfare Services For Special Classes    10. United States    11. Wife abuse    12. Self-Help / General   

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Excellent
This has been a useful quick reference guide for writing the in the APA style. I refer to it constantly as I write papers for graduate school.

APA the Easy Way
Fabulous, Incredibly Easy, and Precise!Someone stole mine so I am having to purchase another.Don't go to Grad School without it!

Must have for all nursing students
I wish I had this when I was in my first 2 years of nursing school.All of our papers had to be in APA format,and this book gives you step by step directions on using APA format.I am now working on my bachelors in nursing and I keep this book right next to my computer. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Authorship    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. General    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Psychology   

Reviews (63)

Good and bad choices in financial trading
Having a choice in life is a good thing; a person without choices is often miserable.As the number of choices grows, our happiness grows with them, but then it begins to decline.Having too many choices creates stress.Schwartz describes his visit to a local supermarket: "...next to the crackers were 285 varieties of cookies.Among chocolate chip cookies there were 21 options. ... Across the isle were juices - 13 `sports drinks,' 65 `box drinks' for kids, 85 other flavors and brands of juices, and 75 iced teas and adult drinks.I could get these tea drinks sweetened (sugar or artificial sweetener), lemoned, and flavored. ... I found 61 varieties of suntan oil and sunblock, and 80 different pain relievers - aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen; 350 milligrams or 500 milligrams; caplets, capsules, and tablets; coated or uncoated.There were 40 options for toothpaste, 150 lipsticks, 75 eyeliners, and 90 colors of nail polish from one brand alone."
One of the most interesting, thought, provoking, and immediately useful books I've read.
I read about 4 books per month and this is hands down one of the best ones I've read in the past year. Packed with information, yet enjoyable to read, I had a hard time putting this one down.
F yeah
This book is one of the most interesting books I have ever read. The basic premise of this book is that the more choice we have, the more anxious we become about the decisions we have to make. Think for example, about how many different stores there are in a mall. You want to buy a dress shirt, but which store do you go into? Will the Gap have a better deal than Banana Republic? Or maybe Macy's or Lord & Taylor will have a better shirt. But then, which shirt do you pick once you decide what store to walk into? All these decisions prove to be quite exhausting, despite our unconscience ability to make such them on a constant basis.
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Subjects:  1. Anthropology - Cultural    2. Decision Making & Problem Solving    3. General    4. Popular Culture - General    5. Psychology    6. Social Psychology    7. Popular psychology    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Social Psychology   

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Professional Counseling
The book is easy to read and it gives great examples to better understand the concepts.I would recommend this book.

Comprehensive and applicable
The book treats many cases and reaches high level of coverage; it is very helpful, that in practice one can find many similarities, since the cases are very realistic and explained in depth. My opinion is, that it is valuable because it is applicable.

Fantastic book
This is by far the best text I have had in my four years of undergraduate work. This book eases you into the subject, yet provides striking depth for even the common reader. Enjoy ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Mental illness    3. Psychology    4. Psychology, Pathological    5. Psychopathology - General    6. Abnormal psychology    7. Psychiatry    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Social Psychology   

Subjects:  1. Mental illness    2. Movements - Psychoanalysis    3. Psychoanalysis    4. Psychology    5. Psychotherapy - General    6. Treatment    7. Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Psychoanalysis    9. Psychotherapy   

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Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner
This book is interesting, but it is far too "testbooky" and would benefit from being more focused on specific "how to" examples of treatment plans as do many other similar efforts.The text makes interesting reading, but, it didn't provide the concrete examples I expected.

Another great tool for the practioner's tool box.
Research suggests that an ever increasing number of practioners are relying on tools such as this to help formulate treatment plans. Thank You.
Just what I needed, such a time saver now I can actually use my brain power to help not just write about it--Thanks again. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Practice Management    2. Psychology    3. Psychology / Practice Management    4. Psychotherapy   

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Powerful
This book can change not only the way that you think, but your life also. When we think we are talking to ourselves. And as the book clearly explains, we are only as good as we think, or say, we are. Many of us don't believe in our unlimited potential because life experience has told us not to. Trials and failures "tell" us that we have limits, weaknesses and excuses for failure, and over the years we begin to believe that. Why not change what we believe by changing our programming and our internal view of ourselves? This book makes it easy to begin doing so. This is more than a self-help, positive thinking book. This book is revolutionary, and if taken seriously, will change your life. I have started some of the techniques described in the book and can attest that this is powerful stuff. You will not be disappointed.

what a magnificent concept!
Most of us have read many self-help books in our quest for a better career, family life, social life, better us. Most of them have been insightful, some of them even truly helpful.
Self talk
I think this book is excellent. Very insightful in how our thought patterns affects our behavior. Great suggestions and examples on how we can reverse those negative thoughts to produce more positive and effective thought patterns. I would recommend this book to anyone who understands how powerful the messages that we send our brain and accepts the idea that we do have control to change the way we think. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Psychology    3. Self-Help / General   

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take a different class
After a semester using the text i have come to the conclusion that the authors, Brehm, Kassin, and Fein, leave more questions then answers and that their sub-par sense of humor is more then just a waste of money.After reading certain sections i get the feeling that the authors do not clearly understand the issue at hand, but rather throw 15 different research studies at the topic covering their uncertainty and topping it off with a dire attempt at a joke leaving the reader completely ambiguous.

What's not to like?
Easy to read yet scholarly. Great illustrations. Space in the margins for notes. Good chapter overviews and summaries. Nice T/F questions to prime the reader. Sources used appropriately. It is truly the ideal textbook.
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Subjects:  1. General    2. Psychology    3. Social Psychology    4. Social, group or collective psychology   

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A positive, worthwhile, and encouraging model for a vital question
-The authors helped found the Positive Psychology movement, which hopes to supplement psychology's current medical model ("find what's wrong, then fix it") with a model for positive health ("find what's right, then encourage it").Psychological health, which is not just an absence of disease, includes such things as character preparation, improved baseline happiness, realistic optimism, wisdom, and cognitive sophistication.The authors consider character and virtue indispensible for cultivating a good and positive life, and this book pioneers a method for classifying and evaluating them both.
Great Book
Great Purchase, I needed that book for a class; Amazon delivered quickly using UPS.
overall great book
I'm taking a positive psychology course and this book is ordained the Bible for positive psychology and so if you are interested in positive psych then get this book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Character    3. Handbooks & Manuals    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Personality    6. Psychology    7. Virtues    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology    9. Psychology | Clinical    10. The self, ego, identity, personality   

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What am I doing. . .
...hmmm, I'm at a desk, it's quiet, there are words in front of me, I'm trying to study. . . but then, why is David Myers sitting beside me like a little dog, urinating on the rug?
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Subjects:  1. General    2. Psychology    3. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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Why not just kill your mother?
After hearing good things about the book I had hoped for some insight on how to change the approval seeking patterns developed from living in family where being good worked alot better than being authentic. Instead I got heavy handed criticism of "mothers" who warp their children through thier own selfish motivations. Some people may have parents who were intentionally cruel, but mine were just sad, depressed and inept. I spent so much effort defending them from this author's wrath, and perhaps anger at her own mother, that if there was any insight in this book about on how I might change my patterns of behavior I couldn't see it.

Frustrating But Extremely Valuable
It is unsurprising that Alice Miller's Drama of the Gifted Child has met with a certain amount of hostility from both the psychiatry and psychotherapy establishments.After all, she frowns both on the use of drugs and cognitive-behavioral techniques as treatments for anxiety--especially in children.She even suggests that those who would use such remedies may have unaddressed psychological problems of their own.What's worse, she appeals to no empirical studies (double-blind or not) in reaching these conclusions; in fact, a reader might be reluctant to conclude from this book that Miller would even be capable of assessing the value of a careful scientific study of this or that anti-anxiety treatment.So, as I've indicated above, this book is often very frustrating.But Miller's work is also quite valuable, at least in my opinion.Like Freud's contemporary Wilhelm Stekel, Miller may not be a systematic theoretician, but her extensive clinical experience has provided her with several important insights that I believe may be useful, particularly to parents of anxious children.
Looking back may be only way forward.
"The unexamined life is not worth living" wrote Socrates. If you find yourself on the path of this philosophy a good place to stop is with Alice Miller's short book, "Drama of the Gifted Child".The book, despite being written for therapist's, is unambiguous, easy to understand, and extremely compelling.The book addresses our secret-selves, which includes our subconscious selves, and asks the question, and I paraphrase here, how did you really feel back in the day? Miller contends that a trauma suffered in your young life will continue producing unhappiness, addiction, compulsion, fetishes, mental illness, and worse in your adult life.The only way out of pain is to face the truth. You must face what happened and how you really felt. Not how you were told to feel, not how you needed to feel to survive, not how you told yourself you should feel-- but how you really felt. This is easier read than done.The author states that you cannot undo the past, but through the process of mourning, obtained only by squarely facing the truth, you can free yourself and finally move forward.It is ultimately the story of your psychic pain and psychic redemption.Pain that could not be have been mourned at the point of trauma, and the devastating effects that pain can still be having on your life
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Subjects:  1. Adult Child Abuse Victims    2. Clinical Psychology    3. Developmental - Child    4. Mental health    5. Narcissistic injuries    6. Parent and child    7. Psychology    8. Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent    9. Rehabilitation    10. The self, ego, identity, personality