Psychology / Psychopathology / Compulsive Behavior

Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

von Roy F. Baumeister & John Tierney

Pioneering research psychologist Roy F. Baumeister collaborates with New York Times science writer John Tierney to revolutionize our understanding of the most coveted human virtue: self-control. Drawing on cutting-edge...

The Digital Diet: The 4-step plan to break your tech addiction and regain balance in your life

von Daniel Sieberg

We all know someone who needs a digital diet.

Technology has overwhelmed our daily lives to the point of constant distraction. Many of us can no longer focus on a single task or face-to-face conversation without...

Addiction to Love: Overcoming Obsession and Dependency in Relationships

von Susan Peabody

Love addiction manifests in many forms, from Fatal Attraction-type obsessive lust to less extreme but nonetheless psychologically and emotionally harmful forms. The most common of these is staying in a bad relationship...

Nowhere Near Normal: A Memoir of OCD

von Traci Foust

In the bestselling tradition of Augusten Burroughs, a compassionate, witty, and completely candid memoir that chronicles growing up with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

When all the neighborhood kids were playing...

Helping the Addict You Love: The New Effective Program for Getting the Addict Into Treatment

von M.D., Laurence Westreich

It's okay to love them. It's your right to help them.

Addiction destroys people and can even end lives. When you know or suspect that someone you love is suffering from addiction you have two goals: getting...

The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts

von Lee Baer

In The Imp of the Mind, a leading expert on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder explores the hidden epidemic that afflicts millions of Americans.

In the first book to fully examine obsessive bad thoughts, Dr. Lee Baer...

Getting Control (Revised Edition)

von Lee Baer

Six million Americans suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and they know firsthand the often devastating effects it has on their lives. Some symptoms, such as the nagging feeling you have left the...

Tics and Tourette Syndrome: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals

von Uttom Chowdhury

This book explains the clinical signs and symptoms of Tourette and related conditions, and their possible causes. Presenting strategies for dealing with associated difficulties, including low self-esteem, anger-management...

Psychotherapy for Neuropsychological Challenges

von A. S. Aniskiewicz

Amidst increasing awareness among clinicians of the impact that psychological factors and treatment of those factors have upon the progress of neurological disease, Psychotherapy for Neuropsychological Challenges...

Understanding and Treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach

von Jonathan S. Abramowitz

Among the most prevalent and personally devastating psychological disorders the development of a cognitive approach to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has transformed our understanding and treatment of it....

Triggered

von Fletcher Wortmann

***AS FEATURED ON NPR’S TALK OF THE NATION***

Imagine the worst thing in the world. Picture it. Construct it, carefully and deliberately in your mind. Be careful not to omit anything. Imagine it happening to...

Object Relations Psychotherapy: An Individualized and Interactive Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment

von Cheryl Glickauf-Hughes & Marolyn Wells

"Glickauf-Hughes and Wells present a clear and well-organized review of personality development according to object relations theorists. They offer an explanation and critique of each major theorist, note issues...

Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things

von Prof. Gail Steketee & Prof. Randy Frost

A thoughtfully researched and fascinating appraisal of what happens when our stuff starts to own us

What possesses someone to save every scrap of paper that’s ever come into his home? What compulsions drive...

Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions

von Reid Wilson, Edna B. Foa & David H. Barlow

Newly Revised and Updated!

Are you tormented by extremely distressing thoughts or persistent worries?

Compelled to wash your hands repeatedly?

Driven to repeat or check certain numbers, words, or actions?

If you...

Subjects of Analysis

von Thomas Ogden

In this brilliant contribution to psychoanlaytic theory and practice, Ogden has once again challenged psychoanalytic clinicians to expand the conceptual envelope that confines and constricts their work. Sounding...

How to Go to Therapy: Making the Most of Professional Help

von Carl Sherman

How do you choose among hundreds of available therapies—offered by psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and counselors—to help you conquer painful feelings, unbearable anxiety, dysfunctional relationships,...

Treating Self-Injury, Second Edition: A Practical Guide

von Barent W. Walsh

This trusted practitioner resource is acclaimed for its clear, compassionate, and hopeful approach to working with clients who self-injure. Barent Walsh provides current, evidence-based knowledge about the variety...

The Principles and Practice of Group Work in Addictions

von Robert Hill & Jennifer Harris

How can the group setting be used to treat those with drug and alcohol problems?

Many professionals working across a variety of addictions settings find themselves working in groups and tackling complex issues;...