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One of the best introductions to this disorder and how it is treated
This is one of the best introductions to borderline personality that I know of. It is thorough and does a great job of explaining how the disease works in layman's terms. It also illustrates all the important aspects with excellent short examples.
Highly Recommended
I read this book and I saw myself. If you suspect that you're a little flipped, check this book out.

Approachable and Engaging
I've read more academic books (and think those are important, too. For that, I recommend "Demystifying Borderline Personality Disorder"), but this one was accessible and engaging, and had useful and practical advice for people with the illness and those around them. Because of that, the book gives the reader a sense of hope. In this field, that can be rare. There is some sexual content, and I can understand why some people would find that offensive. I personally didn't. Any misgivings I have about the book are offset by my enthusiasm about its readability and its usefulness to the people for whom it is written: borderlines and their families. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Borderline personality disorde    2. Borderline personality disorder    3. General    4. Personality    5. Personality Disorders    6. Psychology    7. Psychopathology - General    8. Abnormal psychology    9. Clinical psychology    10. Coping with illness    11. Psychology & Psychiatry / Mental Health   

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Great for Older kids
I think this would be a highly useful book for parents of children 8 and older.There are activities for your child to do like rating their worry on a number scale that I felt were too abstract/advanced for my 4 year old.The general information about anxieties would be good for parents of children of any age.

Excellent Ideas For Desperate Parents
My 8 year old daughter has a lot of issues with anxiety. Fortunately it hasn't gotten to the point where it's extreme but we want to give her tools so that it doesn't get that way. I myself have had issues with anxiety my whole life so I'm sure much of the problems stem from hereditary.
It helped me understand my child better.
After reading this, I gained more compassion for my child, and I was better equipped to handle his anxiousness. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anxiety in children    2. Children with Special Needs    3. Family & Relationships    4. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    5. Family/Marriage    6. General    7. Parenting    8. Parenting - General    9. Parenting - Hyperactivity    10. Personality    11. Child & developmental psychology    12. Child care & upbringing   

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A great book...to study & to refer to...
I used this text in my freshman PSYC studies & thoroughly enjoyed it! It's a great jumping off point for a broad scope of the basic PSYC concepts in assessing the human personality (on individual scales, cultural scales, attachment scales, etc.). I enjoyed the text so much that I decided to keep it for reference!

A very enjoyable study text
I really enjoyed this book, that I bought as a text book for my Theories of Personality Master Degree course. It is a University level text that explores many of the psychological theories and the lives of the men and women that created them, with a focus on the twentieth century and american psychology.Read more

Subjects:  1. Clinical Psychology    2. Personality    3. Psychology    4. The self, ego, identity, personality   

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The most amazing book I've ever read
This book touched me where no book has ever donw before... it changed my life and i think everyone should read it, because it applies to everyone with problems. What none of us realize is that borderline personality disorder is a much more common problem that any of us percieve it to be. Borderline Personality Disorder is just a name for a much deeper issue dealing with one's childhood that causes them to act the way they are. This is your neighbor that screams at her kids, this is your mailman who hates his job, this is you parents that you fail to understand, this is you and almost everyone around you. Everyone needs to read this book, once again, I'll repeat, it changed my life.

A must read!
While reading this book, I realized that I had experienced so many of the same things the author experienced.After 8 years of therapy, I realized along with my diagnosis of PTSD, I also suffer from BPD."Get Me Out Of Here" helped me face some of my own issues and has helped me open up new dialogue with my therapist so that I can heal too.I encourage anyone who suffers from BPD to read this book.I am on the road to recovery and consider this book to be a turning point in my own recovery.Thank you, Rachel Reiland, for your honesty and willingness to share your experience.

Essential reading for mental healthcare counselors
Okay, I did not know what to expect when purchasing this book, but I was intrigued by the synopsis. As a Board Certified Member in Expert Stress (BCETS)and a member of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress (AAETS) actively involved in treating veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, I suggest this should be required reading for EVERYONE in and considering on entering into the mental healthcare profession. Rachel eloquently elaborates on, not only what it is like to live with BPD, but describes the epitome of professionalism in counseling -- transference, boundaries, self-disclosure, and counseling metodology. I wish that I had read this book early in my journey in counseling. It is directly applicable, not only to BPD, but as dissociative identity disorder (DID) and other DSM-IV-TR disorders resulting from trauma in which transference is an issue. A 5-star rating is an understatement. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Borderline personality disorde    4. Borderline personality disorder    5. Mental Illness    6. Mental health    7. Patients    8. Personal Memoirs    9. Personality    10. Psychology    11. Reiland, Rachel    12. Specific Groups - General    13. Treatment    14. United States    15. Clinical psychology    16. Psychiatry    17. Psychology & Psychiatry / Personality    18. The self, ego, identity, personality   

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Bedrock Concepts for the Millennial Therapist
Beck's and Freeman's marriage of value and belief systems to personality theory was nothing less than a watershed back in 1990. Kernberg, Millon, Hare, Linehan, Shapiro and other personality theorists of the period were already moving in the direction of what became Millon's "personality-guided synergistic therapy." But this book gave substance to what has become the dominant set of front-line therapeutic tools in use at this time.
Fantastic
This is a great book.For example, the chapters on obsessive compulsive and passive agressive personality give some great direction for therapy.Knowing that an obsessive person fears making mistakes, that narcissism is part of obsessionality and that a passive agressive person fears loss of autonomy can really guide treatment well.
Very practical, directive strategy
Beck has done a great job describing a very pragmatic, common sense cognitive-behavioral methodology for the treatment of challenging personalities. The research he has done builds confidence in practitioners interested in and using these methods. Each personality style is well-described, and several strategies are provided for addressing these problematic dispositions. The book is very well-organized and easy to read. Assignments and case examples further add to the utility of this text. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Clinical Psychology    2. Cognitive Therapy    3. Personality    4. Personality disorders    5. Psychology    6. Psychopathology - General    7. Treatment    8. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology    10. Psychotherapy   

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not shooting at the moon
The classification of temperament is as at least two millenia old. Some of this effort falls decidely in the the half-baked side of the pan. Yet much of it is decidely helpful in understanding 'the way we are wired' and 'the way we process things', to use two very modern metaphors of personality typing.
wow
I feel like I wrote the description for my type myself it was that accurate!

Good for the everyday person...
Good general information, not too technical. Fun, refeshing view of type in action. Concise... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Psychology & Psychiatry / Personality    2. Self-Help    3. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator    4. Personality    5. Personality Assessment And Testing    6. Personality Inventory    7. Self-improvement    8. Temperament    9. Typology (Psychology)   

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A good, in-depth book. Recommended
Although this book's title suggest something very light it goes in depth to cover every (9 in total) of self-sabotaging mistakes. Although I also bought 'The Assertiveness workbook' and thought that I will just quick-read 'Too nice for your own good..' and then focus my full intention on first title it is just the opposite.
Too Nice for you Own Good
This book gives practical advice to help you sort through your own feelings and stick up for yourself confidently while maintaining respect for yourself as well as the other person(s) involved.

A "nice" review!
Wow. OK let me start this out by saying that I really like being nice.I have found that it works to my benefit in many, many occasions.I also think it's better for interpersonal communications and something that we should all practice in order to get along better.I was afraid that by looking at this book I would lose that niceness.That did not happen.However, it did offer me the ability to get what I needed to get and still be considered nice.Just amazing!
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Subjects:  1. Personal Growth - General    2. Personality    3. Psychology    4. Self-defeating behavior    5. Self-management (Psychology)    6. Psychology & Psychiatry / Personality   

Editorial Review

Do you communicate ineffectively with some people and powerfully with others? The reason may be a difference in personalities and communication preferences. Read more

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If you only buy one book on personality type, this should be it
I took the Myers Briggs personality test and learned a bit about personality type in communication and psych classes in college. But I wanted to know more. I wondered how I could figure out the personality types of others and use this information to help understand and communicate with others. I came across this book on Amazon and I think I purchased it because of all the great reviews. So I thought I should contribute a great review too. If you only buy one book on personality type I recommend this one. It's a great intro to type and it's very easy to understand. I refer back to it all the time. I also recommend "Just Your Type : Create the Relationship You've Always Wanted Using the Secrets of Personality Type" by the same authors, which matches all 16 personality types with each other, explains how type affects couple's interactions and suggests potential sources of conflict. Also very interesting. I would definitely purchase other books by these authors.
Changed my way of seeing people!
This book has changed my life. It is amazing how much I learned about myself. Now I understand my wife and other people, and I don't judge them anymore. My relations to others is now easear and less stressfull. Thanks!

This Book is a WASTE
I found the book to be a waste of time, energy, ink, and trees. It is nothing more then common sense re-emphasized. It gives a little bit of understanding the basic personality types, but does not give one the ability to "speed read". It basically says stuff like 'if a person is shy and doesnt socialize well, they are an introvert', well duhhh. DO NOT waste your money on piece-o-crap book. It is useless. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Behavioral assessment    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business Communication - General    4. Business Life - General    5. Business/Economics    6. Communication    7. Human relations    8. Interpersonal Communication    9. Interpersonal Relations    10. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator    11. Personality    12. Psychology    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / Interpersonal Relations    14. Self-Help & Practical Interests   

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Ethical and Powerful
A lot of books that tap into other people's emotions have been written. Before I read this book, I thought that Robert Cialdini's Influence and Donald Trumpt's Art of the Deal are the best books in this genre. But I have now realised otherwise. This book has the strength of teaching us how to persuade people who does not want to be persuaded ethically, with fun and entertainment. Therefore, the other person does not feel manipulated and will be happy to come to you for repeat buying. I think everyone should read this book, even if you are not in the selling business proper since life is basically a process of negotiation. Dr Jusuf Hariman, Manuscript Assessor, Fellowship of Australian Writers.

You Are Probably One of Those Who Don't Want To Be Persuaded!
Don't read this book if you believe that is true, because you'll be correct. Joel Bauer cut to my bottom line in about 2 minutes after meeting me. Maybe I'm thin or maybe he was just being polite. I've since come to know that he can see who you really are in about 4 seconds. He shatters your reality and then he helps you define and act on what it takes for you to be your best. Point is this: If you're not getting everything you want out of your messages, products or services - Joel Bauer will persuade you that what you are actually doing every day has very little to do with being successful. The danger is, you may not be able to handle the input.

Packed with Knowledge!
Most books about developing effective persuasive techniques are based on traditional debate methods and on fine-tuning ethos, logos and pathos to convince people to do things your way. Authors Joel Bauer and Mark Levy acknowledge the benefits of earlier approaches, but entertainment and fun are their attention getters of choice. The authors advocate "infotainment," adapting pitching techniques used by flamboyant non-business people, such as gamblers, carnival barkers and magicians. They may have a point. Some of their techniques, including the use of tricks and props, might help you seize an audience. (Warning for the fumble-fingered, some of these magic tricks literally require sleight-of-hand practice.) Determining if these games would work in most traditional corporate settings, or on a repeated basis, is another question. We recommend this book to particularly adventurous marketing and sales presenters. Only certifiable extroverts need apply. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business/Economics    3. Motivational & Inspirational    4. Negotiating    5. Oral Communication In Business    6. Personal Growth - Success    7. Personality    8. Persuasion (Psychology)    9. Psychology    10. Rhetoric (Speech)    11. Business & Economics / Negotiating    12. Business & Management   

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Good comprehensive review on affective neuroscience
This book is really a very comprehensive collections over neuroscience of emotions, and its relevance in psychopathologies.It will broaden and deepen the reader about how relevance of neuroscience upon our understanding of emotions an emotional disorders. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Affect (Psychology)    2. Emotions    3. Neuropsychology    4. Physiological Psychology    5. Psychology    6. Cognition & cognitive psychology    7. Cognitive theory    8. Neurosciences    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Emotions    10. Psychology | Cognitive    11. The self, ego, identity, personality   

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A magnificent volume
In this volume, Professor Bandura situates the self-efficacy construct within a theory of personal and collective agency that operates in concert with other sociocognitive factors in regulating human well-being and attainment. Bandura also addresses the major facets of agency - the nature and structure of self-efficacy beliefs, their origins and effects, the processes through which such self-beliefs operate, and the modes by which they can be created and strengthened.In addition, Bandura reviews a vast body of research on each of these aspects of agency in diverse applications of the theory. Must-reading for everyone interested in psychology and, specifically, self-efficacy beliefs.

A significant contribution to the field of psychology.
Albert Bandura explores the self-system throughout lifespan. Self-regulation and perceived self-efficacy help people to adjust to realities of each life's stage, from early childhood till aging and preparation to death. Bandura 's Self-Efficacy Helps Understand Human Nature
Dr. Bandura has written an excellent book for scholars, researchers, as well as the casual observer of human nature and behavior. It is comprehensive and well documented. He helps one understand why some people seem to get what they want and need out of life and others do not. I give it my highest recommendation. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Control (Psychology)    2. Movements - Psychoanalysis    3. Personality    4. Psychology    5. Self-efficacy    6. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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Editorial Review

Why do so many otherwise rational individuals make irrational decisions when it comes to money? Financial journalist Gary Belsky and Cornell University psychology professor Thomas Gilovich contend the answers can be found--and the deficiencies remedied--with help from a relatively new science called behavioral economics. Still largely unknown outside academic circles, the field can be traced to research on the impact of rewards and punishments on human judgment and decision- making that first were undertaken at Jerusalem's Hebrew University some 30 years ago.In Read more

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We are all humans. Let's learn how to handle our flaws.
The book is terrific. I think it has to be read with a bit of humility, though. In my view is the only way we can recognize our own flaws, to give it a shot at correcting them.
A useful book
This book does a good job of debunking the myth that people act in economically-rational ways.It discusses how investors tend to be overconfident in their ability, how the first price they hear "anchors" their perspective on what an appropriate price is, how people tend to follow the crowd, etc.
Anyone interested in knowing why they can't save enough, read this book
Man, if only I read this book 15 years ago,I would have saved my self tens of thousands (possibly hundreds of thousands in lost investment opportunities)!!I learned the hard way that not paying attention to money is a good way to go broke and in debt.
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Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Decision making    4. Finance, Personal    5. Investments    6. Personal Finance - General    7. Personal Finance - Investing    8. Personal Finance - Money Management    9. Personality    10. Psychological aspects    11. Psychology    12. Business & Economics / Personal Finance / Money Management    13. Personal finance   

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Nails it ...
God bless for Martha Stout for writing this amazing book.If you have ever encountered someone who defies explanation, who you just feel uncomfortable around, who you don't trust, you must read this book.Someone has finally revealed in a most readable manner true sociopathic behavior and how it can exist without being called to task for the horrendous damage it can do.I truly think this book should be on the bestseller list, just so it reaches more people.It gives a voice to everyone who has been affected by sociopathic behavior whether they have realized what it was or not.Thank you Martha Stout for writing this fascinating book.Your courage is deeply appreciated.

A MUST read!!
You just never know who you are dealing with!I do believe that this book is imperative reading for any human-being who cares about their psychological health and the health of their friends and family.

Read With Caution: Misrepresents Our Armed Forces
The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout (2005), in the main, is on the mark. It is clear, straightforward, and the examples are easy to follow. But, I take strong exception to the impression Dr. Stout leaves that the soldier in general and special operations professionals (snipers, undercover operatives, hand-to-hand specialists), in particular, are sociopaths. She says: "To some extent, we can think of sociopaths as being shaped and maintained by society because nations so often require cold-blooded killers, from anonymous foot soldiers. . . Sociopaths are fearless and superior warriors. . .(Stout 2005:139).
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Subjects:  1. Antisocial personality disorde    2. Antisocial personality disorders    3. Interpersonal Relations    4. Mental Illness    5. Mentally ill    6. Personality    7. Personality Disorders    8. Psychology    9. Psychopathology - General    10. Psychopaths    11. Social Psychology    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Personality   

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Astounding, challenging book - these reviews prove it!
After reading this brilliant book, I see what Pinker meant when he described the intense anti-scientific rebellion that was encountered by people who conduct even the most basic research into the biological and genetic components of human nature, personality, and behavior. His book was full of fascinating insights and prudent, well-documented research. When he described the knee-jerk reaction some intellectuals have to using the words "genetic" and "personality" in the same sentance, I didn't really believe it could be that bad -- until I read all of these reviews. There are people reviewing this book with outrageous mis-statements such as "he justifies rape" (when all he does is dispute the illogical statement that "rape has nothing to do with sex" with sound arguments about the biological origin of rape, and solid research about which rape-prevention techniques actually help reduce crime vs. which only help rapists get out of jail faster by learning to say the right things!) I'm surprised the people who posted that kind of statement proved Pinker so correct, about the fact that some people are offended by any research into the biological origins of human nature, that they can't even read and understand such clear and pursuasive writing. I highly recommend this book to any people who wants to learn more about themselves.
Me and My Genes
Nature versus nurture comes down to whether you believe ones personality is built-in "genetically determined", or is determined by ones upbringing "the blank slate".Steven Pinkler points out that it is a taboo in many circles to believe in anything other than the blank slate, because of the way this has been used to justify racism, sexism and many other horrors of the 20th century.He attempts in this book to show that either position can be used to support both moral and immoral attitudes, and that current research comes down squarely in the camp of genetically determined.
Gene obsessed
I tried really hard to like this book.It's just such a problematic read.Probably good timing, in the sense, that this publication came out early 21st century.Stephen Pinker should not worry too much, because in the last 3yrs since The Blank Slate has been out; there has been a huge backlash against intellectualism, postmodernist art, philosophy, feminism, left politics.A backlash that has filtered down through governments, business, society, culture, people- if this backlash was due to our genes redirecting our culture to a more realistic view of human nature, well this remains to be seen. But Pinker, who sees theinfluence of culture a drag on the environmental condition of humanity - hence denying human nature it's true course. He should be happy at the course that has been run in society
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Subjects:  1. Human behavior    2. Nature and nurture    3. Personality    4. Psychology    5. Psychology (Specific Aspects)    6. Sociology - Social Theory    7. History / Social History   

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MMPI-2 at a glance
While I am not a big fan of the MMPI2, if you must use it and write reports on it, this book will help you out immensely.
The portable MMPI-2 handbook
I have an entire shelf of MMPI/MMPI-2 books.While I can't give up my Roger Greene volume, nor Caldwell, Butcher, and others, this little book wins the prize for practicality.Dr. Nichols has integrated manifestations of psychopathology and real world behaviors that are commonly seen in various MMPI-2 score elevations or depressions at a level that exceeds that of other available handbooks. This is not just a book for the beginning student -- while it will give novices a real jump start, it is a book which advanced practitioners including forensic psychologists will find exceptionally useful. This book is worth every penny and then some.I only wish that Wiley would put this book into e-book format so that I could have it in my computer for ready access wherever I go.

Detailed, Helpful Advice for Beginners & Advanced MMPI-2 Use
David Nichols provides detailed, easy-to-understand guidance for assessing psychopathology and personality using the MMPI-2. As a graduate student in clinical psychology, I found this book extremely helpful in evaluating MMPI-2 profiles. The book we are using in my Assessment of Personality course - Newmarks' Major Psychological Assessment Instruments, was simply too dry and academic. I purchased Essentials to help me understand the powerful MMPI-2.It worked!In class, when called upon to provide my own assessment of MMPI-2 profiles, I was able to quickly make sound judgments.Other students were amazed. In fact, the professor asked: "How did you know that?" When I shared I was using Nichols' book, he exclaimed; "That explains it. That book is excellent."Read more

Subjects:  1. Clinical Psychology    2. Mental Health    3. Minnesota Multiphasic Personal    4. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory    5. Personality    6. Personality Assessment And Testing    7. Psychology    8. Mental health services    9. Psychological testing & measurement    10. Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology   

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Making Contact
The Meaning of Persons by Dr. Tournier is a must read for those seeking to make contact with that image of God we all have inside; and to contact that same image in others. It turns out to be the thou Dr. Tournier writes about. I am struck by his comment that personages associate while persons communicate. It's all about establishing a no-pretense dialogue with others.
Spiritual Meaning
I find Tournier's writing very agreeable. He goes into the task of seperating the personage from the person. Basing it on dialect with others and having communication with your own spiritual self Tournier provokes many interesting thoughts. A good read.

Paul Tournier's "The Meaning of Persons"
I believe Paul Tournier began his career as a medical doctor in Geneva, Switzerland, in the 1940's, but so many people who came to him about their physical problems complained about their religious and emotional difficulties, that he trained to become a psychotherapist. He was a scientist as well as a devout Christian, and one of the main ideas of his books is the restoration of the doctor-patient human relationship in the practice of medicine. In that he may have been a forerunner of the holistic style of medicine that emerged about twenty yars later.Read more

Subjects:  1. Interpersonal relations    2. Personality    3. Psychology    4. Social role   

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