Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
10 best books like Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life (Gail Sheehy): The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, Alcoholics Anonymous, Eros and Civilization: A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud, I'm OK - You're OK, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, The Road Less Traveled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety, The Spinning Heart, Adult Children of Alcoholics, The Hite Report
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
| Author | Irvin D. Yalom |
| ISBN | 0465092845 |
The classic work on group psychotherapy
Hailed by Jerome Frank as "the best book that exists on the subject," Irvin D. Yalom's The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy has been the standard text in the field for decades.
In this completely revised and updated fifth edition, Dr. Yalom...
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
| Author | Alice Miller |
| ISBN | 0465016901 |
The bestselling book on childhood trauma and the enduring effects of repressed anger and pain
Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided millions of readers with an answer--and has helped them to apply...
| Author | Alcoholics Anonymous |
| ISBN | 1893007170 |
It's more than a book. It's a way of life. Alcoholics Anonymous-The Big Book-has served as a lifeline to millions worldwide. First published in 1939, Alcoholics Anonymous sets forth cornerstone concepts of recovery from alcoholism and tells the stories of men and women who have overcome the disease....
Eros and Civilization: A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud
| Author | Herbert Marcuse |
| ISBN | 0807015555 |
"When philosophy conceives the essence of being as Logos, it is already the Logos of domination--commanding, mastering, directing reason, to which man and nature are to be subjected" (125)
"In its refusal to accept as final the limitations imposed upon freedom and happiness by the reality...
| Author | Thomas A. Harris |
| ISBN | 0060724277 |
An enormously popular (7-million copies sold) and insightful classic of popular psychology based on Eric Berne’s theory of Transactional Analysis that has helped millions of people who never before felt OK about themselves find the freedom to change, to liberate their ADULT effectiveness, and...
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Robert Fulghum engages with musings on life, death, love, pain, joy, sorrow, and the best chicken-fried steak in the continental United States. The little seed in the Styrofoam cup offers a reminder about our own mortality and the delicate nature of life . . . a spider who catches (and loses) a full-grown...
The Road Less Traveled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety
| Author | M. Scott Peck |
| ISBN | 0684835614 |
The culmination of a lifetime of Dr. M. Scott Peck’s counseling, lecturing, and writing, and the conclusion of the classic bestselling Road trilogy, The Road Less Traveled and Beyond leads us to a deeper awareness of how to live rich, fulfilling lives in a world fraught with stress and anxiety.
With...
| Author | Donal Ryan |
| ISBN | 1781620075 |
In the aftermath of Ireland's financial collapse, dangerous tensions surface in an Irish town. As violence flares, the characters face a battle between public persona and inner desires. Through a chorus of unique voices, each struggling to tell their own kind of truth, a single authentic tale unfolds....
| Author | Janet Geringer Woititz |
| ISBN | 1558741127 |
In the 1980's, Janet Woititz broke new ground in our understanding of what it is to be an Adult Child of an Alcoholic. In this updated edition of her bestseller she re-examines the movement and its inclusion of Adult Children from various dysfunctional family backgrounds who share the same characteristics....
| Author | Shere Hite |
| ISBN | 0440136903 |
Rejecting the very idea of penetration as the sole definition of “real sex,” Shere Hite’s The Hite Report on Female Sexuality (1976) sought to understand how individuals regard sexual experience and the meaning it holds for them, using the clitoris as her critical lens. “Its not specifically...
The Dance of Deception: A Guide to Authenticity and Truth-Telling in Women's Relationships
| Author | Harriet Lerner |
| ISBN | 0060924632 |
When The Dance of Deceptionwas published, Lerner discovered that women were not eager to identify with the subject. "Well, I don't do deception" was a common resonse.
We all "do deception", often with the intention to protect ourselves and the relationships we depend on. The Dance of Deceptionunravels...
| Author | John Bradshaw |
| ISBN | 0757303234 |
“I used to drink,” writes John Bradshaw, “to solve the problems caused by drinking. The more I drank to relieve my shame-based loneliness and hurt, the more I felt ashamed.”
Shame is the motivator behind our toxic behaviors: the compulsion, co-dependency, addiction and drive to...
| Author | Harville Hendrix |
| ISBN | 0743495926 |
Originally attain more loving, supportive and deeply satisfying relationships. In this groundbreaking book, Dr Harville Hendrix shares with you what he has learned about the psychology of love during more than thirty years of working as a therapist and helps you transform your relationship into...
| Author | Charles L. Whitfield |
| ISBN | 0932194400 |
Dr. Whitfield provides a clear and effective introduction to the basic principles of recovery. This book is a modern classic, as fresh and useful today as it was more than a decade ago when first published. Here, frontline physician and therapist Charles Whitfield describes the process of wounding...
In The Dance of Intimacy, the bestselling author of The Dance of Anger outlines the steps to take so that good relationships can be strengthened and difficult ones can be healed. Taking a careful look at those relationships where intimacy is most challenged--by distance, intensity, or pain--she teaches...
| Author | Melody Beattie |
| ISBN | 0894865838 |
In simple, straightforward terms, Beattie takes you into the territory beyond codependency, into the realm of recovery and relapse, family-of-origin work and relationships, surrender and spirituality.
You're learning to let go, to live your life free of the grip of someone else's problems....
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
| Author | Alcoholics Anonymous |
Librarian's Note: This is an alternate-cover edition for ISBN 0916856011 / 9780916856014
Originally published in 1952, this classic book is used by A.A. members and groups around the world. Bill W.'s 24 essays on the Steps and the Traditions discuss the principles by which A.A. members recover...
| Author | Andrea Camilleri |
| ISBN | 8838925283 |
Una banda di ladri ripulisce gli appartamenti di alcuni facoltosi professionisti di Vigàta. Le modalità dei furti si ripetono sempre uguali, quasi una sfida per il commissario Montalbano, anche perché il capo dell’organizzazione pare intenzionato a continuare ancora a lungo, senza timore...
