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I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame
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Katty Kay, Claire Shipman · 256 pages
"Working women today are better educated and more well qualified than ever before. Yet men still predominate in the corporate world. In The Confidence Code, Claire Shipman and Katty Kay argue that the key reason is confidence. Combining cutting-edge research in genetics, gender, behavior, and cognition--with examples from their own lives and those of other successful women in politics, media, and
The Dance Of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
Harriet Lerner · 239 pages
The Dance of Anger is unique among self-help books, as it offers no false reassurances or shortcuts to change. Rather, it carefully spells out the difficulties women encounter when they begin to use their anger to gain a stronger, and more independent sense of self. This guide helps women to assess not only the risks of continued "stuckness" but also the risks of change. And it offers valuable ins
Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
Lundy Bancroft · 418 pages
In this groundbreaking bestseller, Lundy Bancroft—a counselor who specializes in working with abusive men—uses his knowledge about how abusers think to help women recognize when they are being controlled or devalued, and to find ways to get free of an abusive relationship. He says he loves you. So…why does he do that? You’ve asked yourself this question again and again. Now you have the cha
Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
Gloria Steinem · 421 pages
Spanish translation of "Revolution from within". A guide to reconstructing self esteem based on the author's personal experience.
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
Martin E.P. Seligman · 336 pages
Known as the father of the new science of positive psychology, Martin E.P. Seligman draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to demonstrate how optimism enhances the quality of life, and how anyone can learn to practice it. Offering many simple techniques, Dr. Seligman explains how to break an I-give-up habit, develop a more constructive explanatory style for interpreting your behavior
Women Who Love Too Much: When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He'll Change
Robin Norwood · 302 pages
Discusses "loving too much" as a pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors which certain women develop as a reponse to various problems in their family backgrounds.
I'm OK - You're OK
Thomas A. Harris · 288 pages
El análisis conciliatorio es un método para enseñar y para aprender que constituye un planteamiento novedoso al enfrentar al individuo con el hecho de que es responsable de lo que le ocurrirá en el futuro, cualquiera que haya sido su pasado. A partir de la distinción de tres elementos activos en la elaboración de la personalidad: el Padre, el Adulto y el Niño, se marca como objetivo el fortalecimi
The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth
M. Scott Peck · 316 pages
Confronting and solving problems is a painful process which most of us attempt to avoid. Avoiding resolution results in greater pain and an inability to grow both mentally and spiritually. Drawing heavily on his own professional experience, Dr M. Scott Peck, a psychiatrist, suggests ways in which facing our difficulties - and suffering through the changes - can enable us to reach a higher level of
Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
Susan Forward, Craig Faustus Buck · 326 pages
When you were a child...Did your parents tell you were bad or worthless?Did your parents use physical pain to discipline you?Did you have to take care of your parents because of their problems?Were you frightened of your parents?Did your parents do anything to you that had to be kept secret?Now that you are an adult...Do your parents still treat you as if you were a child?Do you have intense emoti
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
David D. Burns · 416 pages
The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other "black holes" of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist, David D. Burns, M.D., outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook on life. Now, in this updated edition, Dr. Burns add
The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want
Sonja Lyubomirsky · 366 pages
Drawing on her own groundbreaking research with thousands of men and women, research psychologist and University of California professor of psychology Sonja Lyubomirsky has pioneered a detailed yet easy-to-follow plan to increase happiness in our day-to-day lives-in the short term and over the long term. The How of Happiness is a different kind of happiness book, one that offers a comprehensive gu
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
Emily Nagoski · 416 pages
A Guide To Rational Living
Albert Ellis · 195 pages
Reinventing Your Life: The Breakthrough Program to End Negative Behavior...and Feel Great Again
Janet S. Klosko · 384 pages
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
John Gray · 304 pages
Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were from different planets.Based on years of successful counseling of couples and individuals, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus has helped millions of couples transform their relat
Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed
Wendy T. Behary · 176 pages
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Robert A. Glover · 192 pages
Debunks the "nice guy syndrome," the need to please others at one's own expense with the hope of receiving happiness, love, and fulfillment, and offers advice for how to rediscover oneself, revive one's sex life, and build better relationships with others.
Reparenting Your Inner Child: Healing Unresolved Childhood Trauma and Reclaiming Wholeness through Self-Compassion
Nicole Johnson LPC · 173 pages
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter ‒ And How to Make the Most of Them Now
Meg Jay · 272 pages
Why Am I Like This?
Sabrina Zohar; Foreword by Ramani Durvasula, PhD
Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers
Karyl McBride · 265 pages
"The first book specifically for daughters suffering from the emotional abuse of selfish, self-involved mothers, Will I Ever Be Good Enough? provides the expert assistance you need in order to overcome this debilitating history and reclaim your life for yourself. Drawing on over two decades of experience as a therapist specializing in women's psychology and health, psychotherapist Dr. Karyl McBrid
Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel By Changing the Way You Think
Dennis Greenberger, Christine A. Padesky · 215 pages
Written by two clinical psychologists, this manual shows you how to improve your life using cognitive therapy - one of the most effective and widely practiced forms of psychotherapy. Step-by-step worksheets teach you specific skills that have helped thousands of people conquer depression, panic attacks, anxiety, anger, guilt, shame, low self-esteem, eating disorders, substance abuse, and relations
He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo · 187 pages
Based on an episode of "Sex and the City," offers a lighthearted, no-nonsense look at dead-end relationships, providing advice for letting go and moving on.
Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge · 224 pages
Every woman was once a little girl. And every little girl holds in her heart her most precious dreams. She longs to be swept up into a romance, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, to" be" the Beauty of the story. And yet―how many women do you know who ever find that life? Most women think they have to settle for a life of efficiency and duty, striving to be the women they "ought

