This volume provides an overview of significant contemporary psychological research into shyness, bringing together perspectives from developmental psychology, social psychology and clinical psychol... more » more »

There are few people who have never experienced vertigo, and in many instances the symptom has a psychic rather than physical cause. In this book, Danielle Quinodoz gives a phenomenological account of various forms of psychosomatic vertigo, drawing on both Freudian and Kleinian theory to support her ... more »

Product Info This handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the practice and principles of child and adolescent psychotherapy around the world. more »

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This practical guide to communicating with children stresses the importance of learning to listen. Contributors give accounts of their work in education, social services, health, law and voluntary o... more » more »

Contributors to the book examine the ways in which paranoia and persecution are experienced at the individual, institutional and macrosocial level, and they discuss the psychological, political and cultural impact of paranoid/persecutory processes. more »

This book connects two worlds that rarely meet - that of neuropsychology and cognitive science with Freudian theory and Jungian approaches to mythology and narrative. Peterson shows that there is an empirical connection between what technologically sophisticated neuroscience tells us about the brain ... more »

The book provides counsellors with essential information on how to understand and best work within a school context. It covers a wide range of problems encountered and includes contributions by experienced school counsellors. more »

Product Info Assesses the impact of the international drive towards evidence-based health care on NHS policy and the provision of the psychological services in the NHS. more »

Learning with Computers brings together research that shows how working with others at the computer can be beneficial to learners of all ages, from early school years to the highest levels of educa... more » more »

This book narrows the gulf between spiritual and psychological welfare, by examining the work of mental health practitioners and pastoral workers. The relevance of ritual and moral code in diverse religions is addressed. more »

In this collection, authors have been recruited to explain a wide range of different research strategies and theories with examples from their own work. The result is a comprehensive and practical guide for all new researchers. more »