Random House New Releases - Psychology & Psychiatry - Clinical Psychology

Better Than Normal by Dr. Dale Archer

2013-03-12T00:30:00-05:00

Better Than Normal How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional
Written by Dr. Dale Archer

Trade Paperback, 256 pages | Three Rivers Press | Psychology & Psychiatry - Personality; Psychology & Psychiatry - Mental Health; Psychology & Psychiatry - Clinical Psychology | $15.00 | 978-0-307-88748-1 (0-307-88748-0)

A New York Times bestseller that offers a groundbreaking new view of human psychology, showing how eight key traits of human behavior--long perceived as liabilities--can be important hidden strengths

What if the inattentiveness that makes school or work a challenge holds the secret to your future as an entrepreneur? What if the shyness in groups that you hate is the source of deep compassion for others? What if the anxiety and nervousness you often feel can actually help energize you?
Renowned psychiatrist and popular on-air personality Dr. Dale Archer believes that behaviors frequently labeled "ADHD," "bipolar," and "OCD" are often normal human qualities--and he contends that we all experience these and other psychological traits to some extent yet fail to leverage the significant advantages they can offer. Worse, we stigmatize one another for these aspects of our personalities.
In Better Than Normal, Dr. Archer offers an empowering framework for redefining mental health. Drawing on his 20 years of clinical experience, he describes eight traits of human behavior, each of which occurs along a continuum rather than as a simple on-off switch. These are the aspects of our personality that we worry about the most, but these are also the very things that make us distinctive and different. Filled with engaging anecdotes and practical tools to help readers capitalize on their unique characteristics, Better Than Normal offers a new and liberating way to look at ourselves and others.

Better Than Normal by Dr. Dale Archer

2012-03-13T00:30:00-05:00

Better Than Normal How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional
Written by Dr. Dale Archer

Hardcover, 256 pages | Harmony | Psychology & Psychiatry - Personality; Psychology & Psychiatry - Mental Health; Psychology & Psychiatry - Clinical Psychology | $25.00 | 978-0-307-88746-7 (0-307-88746-4)

A New York Times Bestseller

A groundbreaking new view of human psychology that shows how eight key traits of human behavior—long perceived as liabilities—can be important hidden strengths.

What if the inattentiveness that makes school or work a challenge holds the secret to your future as an entrepreneur? What if the shyness in groups that you hate is the source of deep compassion for others? What if the anxiety and nervousness you often feel can actually help energize you? What if the mood swings you sometimes experience can
be the source of tremendous creativity?

Renowned psychiatrist and popular on-air personality Dr. Dale Archer believes that labels for behavior like “ADHD,” “bipolar,” and “OCD” are normal human qualities—and contends that we all experience these and other psychological traits to some extent, yet fail to leverage the significant advantages they can offer. Worse, we stigmatize one another for these prevalent, widely shared aspects of our personalities.

In Better Than Normal, Dr. Archer offers an empowering framework for redefining what constitutes mental health. Drawing on his twenty years of clinical experience, he describes eight traits of human behavior—heretofore known
only as psychiatric diagnoses. Each of these occurs along a continuum rather than as a simple on-off switch (where “off ” means we’re fine, and “on” means we’ve got a problem). These are the aspects of our personality that we worry about the most, but these are also the very things that make us distinctive and different.

According to Dr. Archer, each of us has a unique personality that emerges from our hardwired genetics and individual life experiences. With Better Than Normal, you can map your individual characteristics by taking the eight trait
self-assessment quiz and see how what makes you different can indeed make you exceptional. Filled with engaging anecdotes and practical tools to help you capitalize on your unique characteristics, Better Than Normal offers a new and liberating way to look at ourselves and others.

Better Than Normal by Dr. Dale Archer

2012-03-13T00:30:00-05:00

Better Than Normal How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional
Written by Dr. Dale Archer

eBook, 256 pages | Harmony | Psychology & Psychiatry - Personality; Psychology & Psychiatry - Mental Health; Psychology & Psychiatry - Clinical Psychology | $11.99 | 978-0-307-88747-4 (0-307-88747-2)

Better Than Normal by Marc Cashman

2012-03-13T00:30:00-05:00

Better Than Normal How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional
Written by Dr. Dale Archer
Read by Marc Cashman

Unabridged Audiobook Download | Random House Audio | Psychology & Psychiatry - Personality; Psychology & Psychiatry - Mental Health; Psychology & Psychiatry - Clinical Psychology | $17.50 | 978-0-307-98963-5 (0-307-98963-1)

Cold-Blooded Kindness by Barbara Oakley

2011-04-26T00:30:00-05:00

Cold-Blooded Kindness Neuroquirks of a Codependent Killer, or Just Give Me a Shot at Loving You, Dear, and Other Reflections on Helping That Hurts
Written by Barbara Oakley

Hardcover, 387 pages | Prometheus Books | Psychology & Psychiatry; Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology; Psychology & Psychiatry - Clinical Psychology | $26.00 | 978-1-61614-419-7 (1-61614-419-X)

Are some people predisposed to kindness to the point of being destructive to themselves and others? How much of our help is fulfilling our own needs—including those of our hidden passions? This is the true story of Carole Alden, a brilliant, yet eccentric mother of five, who evinced a deep and abiding need to help society’s outcasts. At her rural homestead an adopted pony mingled with llamas, goats, emus, and dozens of other creatures, familiar and exotic. But Carole’s expressed desire to help others extended beyond the animals she took in. It extended beyond her meager resources, even beyond the children she insisted she loved, yet sometimes left neglected in a surreal world of danger. Finally, in the remote reaches of Utah’s Great Basin, Carole Alden shot and killed her husband. Dragging his heavy body from the house, she headed for a makeshift grave. Was the murder self-defense? Premeditated? Or was something else altogether at hand? In this searing exploration of deadly codependency, the author takes the reader on a spellbinding voyage of discovery that examines the questions: Are some people naturally too caring? Is caring sometimes a mask for darker motives? Can science help us understand how our concerns for others can hurt everything we hold dear? This gripping story brings extraordinary insight to our deepest questions. Is kindness always the right answer? Is kindness always what it seems?

Cold-Blooded Kindness by Barbara Oakley

2011-04-01T00:30:00-05:00

Cold-Blooded Kindness Neuroquirks of a Codependent Killer, or Just Give Me a Shot at Loving You, Dear, and Other Reflections on Helping That Hurts
Written by Barbara Oakley

eBook | Prometheus Books | Psychology & Psychiatry; Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology; Psychology & Psychiatry - Clinical Psychology | $12.99 | 978-1-61614-420-3 (1-61614-420-3)

The Favorite Child by Ellen Weber Libby

2010-01-26T00:30:00-05:00

The Favorite Child
Written by Ellen Weber Libby

Trade Paperback, 302 pages | Prometheus Books | Self-Help - Personal Growth; Psychology & Psychiatry - Clinical Psychology | $18.00 | 978-1-59102-762-1 (1-59102-762-4)

For more than thirty years, veteran clinical psychologist Ellen Weber Libby has been helping successful, often-powerful clients in Washington, DC—a place known for its outsized personalities—deal with their personal problems. One pattern that has emerged out of some 60,000 hours of therapy is what she calls "the favorite child complex." In this groundbreaking book, she describes in intimate detail how being the favorite child can confer both great advantages and also significant emotional handicaps.
While many of Dr. Libby’s clients are successful because of their favorite-child status—they have been brought up to believe that they can do anything and are unafraid of challenges— they suffer from an array of personality problems. Behind the outward appearance of money, power, charm, and attractive looks, they feel an intense pressure to maintain the façade at all costs. Sometimes their ability to tell the truth becomes shaky; sometimes their intimate relationships are elusive. In a series of chapters that offer insightful vignettes from actual therapy sessions (the identities of clients are disguised), Dr. Libby explores why parents, consciously or unconsciously, choose a favorite child, as well as the long-term effects of being the favorite son or daughter of either or both parents. She also discusses family situations where parents have successfully made each of their children feel favored and have instilled in their children a healthy emotional balance. She details parental skills and family processes that increase the likelihood of this type of success and that, most importantly, reduce the risk of the favorite child’s curse—power corrupted. Illuminating for adults trying to come to terms with their own emotional baggage as well as parents seeking the best way to rear their children, The Favorite Child makes for rewarding reading.

Creating Space for Happiness by Anthony J. Castro

2008-11-25T00:30:00-05:00

Creating Space for Happiness The Secret of Giving Room
Written by Anthony J. Castro

Trade Paperback, 269 pages | Prometheus Books | Self Help - Happiness; Psychology & Psychiatry - Interpersonal Relations; Psychology & Psychiatry - Clinical Psychology | $16.99 | 978-1-59102-668-6 (1-59102-668-7)

Five days a week, seven-year-old Holly awakens promptly at six. She ensures that her five-year-old sister is washed, fed and dressed, and then she prepares breakfast for her single mother. With military precision and a gut-wrenching sense of responsibility beyond her years, Holly follows a strict regimen in an attempt to avoid the wrath of her abusive mother. She never knows whether she will encounter "nice mommy or mean mommy," and only when she and her sister are safely at school does she begin to breathe easily.
Holly’s story is one of many that Dr. Anthony J. Castro relates in this unique approach to sharing psychological insights and offering guidelines for making difficult changes to tackle problems that threaten our well-being. The theme of this insightful book is "giving room." Weaving a tapestry of vignettes from patients’ intimate lives with excerpts from scientific studies and examples from his own life, Dr. Castro demonstrates how all of us must learn to give ourselves room to enter into the unknown and endure change. Though change is often very hard, Dr. Castro shows through the experiences of his patients that by giving room to ourselves we unleash the potential for immense personal growth.
Some of his patients need to assert independence from their parents; others must learn to develop a mutually respectful marriage or to become wise parents. In all cases, Dr. Castro underscores that only by making room for our own needs can we then reach out to others to create healthy relationships. With a gift for interlacing important insights with engrossing real-life stories to illustrate salient points about growth and change, Dr. Castro offers an enlightening, jargon-free narrative that will encourage readers of all ages to take the time to create the happiness they deserve.

Predators by Gregory M. Cooper

2007-05-01T00:30:00-05:00

Predators Who They Are and How to Stop Them
Written by Gregory M. Cooper

Hardcover, 318 pages | Prometheus Books | Social Science - Criminology; Psychology & Psychiatry - Clinical Psychology | $27.99 | 978-1-59102-506-1 (1-59102-506-0)

An inmate, incarcerated for the rape of seventy-five women, reveals in an interview that if his victims had simply put a pair of old construction boots at the front door, he would have passed by and never even considered them as potential targets. The grieving father of a murdered seventeen-year-old woman admits that he should have been more involved in his daughter’s life and paid attention to the "friends" in her immediate circle.
Most of us only half-listen to the public service announcements about safety in the home. We lock our doors at night, but do little else to change habits that may make us the next victims of the dangerous individuals who are always on the watch for their next opportunity.
This book takes readers through the mindset of predatory criminals — their motives, various plans of attack, and way of thinking — and then teaches simple lifestyle techniques that will help reduce the risk of becoming victimized. Criminal behavior specialists Greg Cooper and Mike King provide expert analysis based on real-life cases, in addition to moving insights from victims and criminals themselves.
The authors make the point that the people who commit these crimes aren’t much different from the predators of the wild, preying on the weak and unsuspecting. What makes these individuals more dangerous than their instinctive wildlife counterparts, however, is that they consciously choose to inflict their will on the more vulnerable members of their own species.
To protect our loved ones and ourselves requires that we truly educate ourselves about the predators who live in our society and then take appropriate action. This excellent, in-depth study will help readers lead safer lives.

Recovering Sanity by E Podvoll

2003-11-11T00:30:00-05:00

Recovering Sanity A Compassionate Approach to Understanding and Treating Pyschosis
Written by E Podvoll

Trade Paperback, 416 pages | Shambhala | Psychology & Psychiatry - Mental Illness; Psychology - Psychopathology - Schizophrenia; Psychology & Psychiatry - Clinical Psychology | $29.95 | 978-1-59030-000-8 (1-59030-000-9)

Recovering Sanity is a compassionately written examination of the experience of psychosis and related mental illnesses. By presenting four in-depth profiles of illness and recovery, Dr. Edward Podvoll reveals the brilliance and chaos of the psychotic mind and demonstrates its potential for recovery outside of traditional institutional settings.

Dr. Podvoll counters the conventional thinking that the millions of Americans suffering from psychosis can never fully recover. He offers a bold new approach to treatment that involves home care with a specially trained team of practitioners. Using "basic attendance," a treatment technique inspired by the author's study of Buddhist psychology, healthcare professionals can use the tools of compassion and awareness to help patients recover their underlying sanity. Originally published as The Seduction of Madness, this reissue includes new introductory material and two new appendices.

Child Sexual Abuse and False Memory Syndrome by Robert A. Baker

1998-06-01T00:30:00-05:00

Child Sexual Abuse and False Memory Syndrome
Edited by Robert A. Baker

Hardcover, 479 pages | Prometheus Books | Psychology & Psychiatry - Clinical Psychology | $42.99 | 978-1-57392-182-4 (1-57392-182-3)

Is repressed memory fact or fiction? What role should therapists play in determining the truth? What, if any, weight should these "memories" be given when prosecuting claims of child sexual abuse? Noted experts seek answers that could affect thousands of lives.

Tabloid talk shows and the courts are overflowing with adults alleging sexual and other abuses they endured as children. Parents have been hauled into court, convicted, and jailed over their children's claims of abuse, many of which have been based upon "memories" that have surfaced after therapists employed dubious techniques and suggestive "therapies." In some cases, the abuse really did occur. Alarmingly, in other cases, it did not.

Noted psychologist and author Robert A. Baker states that experienced and responsible therapists vehemently disagree about the nature, source, and reliability of these "memories." In Child Sexual Abuse and False Memory Syndrome doctors, therapists, victims, researchers, and others search for answers in seven major areas: memory and its recovery, childhood trauma, repression and amnesia, hypnosis, suggestibility, professional problems and ethical issues, as well as needed research and legal implications.

Distinguished contributors include Maggie Bruck, Stephen J. Ceci, Gail Goodman, James Hudson, John F. Kihlstrom, Elizabeth Loftus, Richard Ofshe, Harrison Pope, Leonore Terr, Ralph Underwager, Hillida Wakefield, Ethan Watters, Michael Yapko, and more than 20 others.

Random House New Releases - Psychology & Psychiatry - Clinical Psychology

Better Than Normal by Dr. Dale Archer

Better Than Normal How What Makes You Different Can Make You ExceptionalWritten by Dr. Dale Archer

Better Than Normal by Dr. Dale Archer

Better Than Normal How What Makes You Different Can Make You ExceptionalWritten by Dr. Dale Archer

Better Than Normal by Dr. Dale Archer

Better Than Normal How What Makes You Different Can Make You ExceptionalWritten by Dr. Dale Archer

Better Than Normal by Marc Cashman

Better Than Normal How What Makes You Different Can Make You ExceptionalWritten by Dr. Dale Archer Read by Marc Cashman

Cold-Blooded Kindness by Barbara Oakley

Cold-Blooded Kindness Neuroquirks of a Codependent Killer, or Just Give Me a Shot at Loving You, Dear, and Other Reflections on Helping That HurtsWritten by Barbara Oakley

Cold-Blooded Kindness by Barbara Oakley

Cold-Blooded Kindness Neuroquirks of a Codependent Killer, or Just Give Me a Shot at Loving You, Dear, and Other Reflections on Helping That HurtsWritten by Barbara Oakley

The Favorite Child by Ellen Weber Libby

The Favorite Child Written by Ellen Weber Libby

Creating Space for Happiness by Anthony J. Castro

Creating Space for Happiness The Secret of Giving RoomWritten by Anthony J. Castro

Predators by Gregory M. Cooper

Predators Who They Are and How to Stop ThemWritten by Gregory M. Cooper

Recovering Sanity by E Podvoll

Recovering Sanity A Compassionate Approach to Understanding and Treating PyschosisWritten by E Podvoll

Child Sexual Abuse and False Memory Syndrome by Robert A. Baker

Child Sexual Abuse and False Memory Syndrome Edited by Robert A. Baker

Better Than Normal How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional
Written by Dr. Dale Archer

Better Than Normal How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional
Written by Dr. Dale Archer

Better Than Normal How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional
Written by Dr. Dale Archer

Better Than Normal How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional
Written by Dr. Dale Archer
Read by Marc Cashman

Cold-Blooded Kindness Neuroquirks of a Codependent Killer, or Just Give Me a Shot at Loving You, Dear, and Other Reflections on Helping That Hurts
Written by Barbara Oakley

Cold-Blooded Kindness Neuroquirks of a Codependent Killer, or Just Give Me a Shot at Loving You, Dear, and Other Reflections on Helping That Hurts
Written by Barbara Oakley

The Favorite Child
Written by Ellen Weber Libby

Creating Space for Happiness The Secret of Giving Room
Written by Anthony J. Castro

Predators Who They Are and How to Stop Them
Written by Gregory M. Cooper

Recovering Sanity A Compassionate Approach to Understanding and Treating Pyschosis
Written by E Podvoll

Child Sexual Abuse and False Memory Syndrome
Edited by Robert A. Baker