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This powerful work from the acclaimed Jungian analyst and bestselling author of Inner Work and We explores our need to "own" our own shadow - the term Jung used to describe the dark, unlit part of the ego. In this rich work, Robert Johnson guides us through an exploration of the shadow: what it is, how it originates, and how it interacts and is made through the process of acculturation. Johnson asserts that until we have undertaken the task of accepting...
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Seeing Gender is an of-the-moment investigation into how we express and understand the complexities of gender today. Deeply researched and fully illustrated, this book demystifies an intensely personal—yet universal—facet of humanity. Illustrating a different concept on each spread, queer author and artist Iris Gottlieb touches on history, science, sociology, and her own experience. This book is an essential tool for understanding and contributing...
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"Social psychologist and Stanford professor Brian Lowery presents a provocative, powerful theory of identity, arguing that there is no essential "self"--Our selves are social creations of those with whom we interact--exploring what that means for who we can be and who we allow others to be"-- |c Provided by publisher
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Sexual Outsiders: Understanding BDSM Sexualities and Communities delves into the unique experiences of individuals in BDSM communities. While misunderstandings surrounding these communities prevail, BDSM sexuality cuts across race, gender, nationality, and sexual orientation. BDSM describes forms of sexuality that incorporate restraint, pressure, sensation, training, and elements of both erotic and non-erotic power exchange between the engaged parties....
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Tells the story of David Reimer, a child born as a boy, but who, because of an accident during circumcision, was surgically altered to live as a girl; discusses his decision as a teenager to reclaim his life as a male; and considers the thinking of the medical community concerning sex reassignment.
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Los trastornos de alimentación son una psicopatología que implica la dimensión biológica, familiar y social de las personas, desafiando a los especialistas a realizar una integración coherente que configure la intervención de cura. El éxito del tratamiento parte desde la conceptualización de qué es lo enfermo, cuáles son los procesos involucrados y cómo intervenir para el cambio. El modelo de comprensión y atención presentado en este...
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"A memoir of family, the Holocaust, trauma, and identity, in which Adam Frankel, a former Obama speechwriter, must come to terms with the legacy of his family's painful past and discover who he is in the wake of a life-changing revelation about his own origins. Adam Frankel's maternal grandparents survived the Holocaust and built new lives, with new names, in Connecticut. Though they tried to leave the horrors of their past behind, the pain they suffered...
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"A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women - those with ADHD, autism, and other sensory processing differences - exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish. As a successful, Harvard - and Berkeley - educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her "symptoms" that were only ever labeled as anxiety were considered...
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Fear. Secrecy. Pain. These are just a few of the emotions affecting those, who live with dissociative identity disorder. What is it like to live with dissociated parts of oneself? Who controls the chaos? What triggers a switch? How do they feel about integration?
In Through the Eyes of DID, ordinary people who live with dissociative identity disorder invite readers inside their world and open up to give honest - and sometimes profound - answers to...
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In "Breaking the Silence: Shining a Light on Schizoid Personality Disorder," author Desmond Gahan delves into the intricate world of Schizoid Personality Disorder (SPD), offering a compassionate and insightful exploration of this often-misunderstood condition. This groundbreaking book seeks to unravel the mysteries surrounding SPD, providing a beacon of understanding for individuals, their families, and mental health professionals.The narrative unfolds...
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Grief Diaries: Through the Eyes of DID is a groundbreaking book that takes readers inside the lives of 17 people who live with dissociative identity disorder. Faced with deep stigma and controversy, each writer bravely reveals life in their hidden inner world including struggles, fears, and hopes-and boldly exposes what it's like to share one body with multiple parts, alters, identities and personalities.
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Conditions of the Soul explores themes of underrepresented and misrepresented mental illnesses, bisexuality, and the romanticization of life through the eyes of an unreliable narrator. This collection is a reflection of an unconventional and dysfunctional life during time in several psychiatric facilities. There is an underlying subject of the fear of intimacy, life mistakes, and out-of-body experiences. This book gets up close, personal, and cozy...
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The specter of violence is a persuasive threat in the world affecting individuals, societies and nations. But if the underlying causes of this strife are understood, it can be prevented, treated and eradicated. In "Not Fit for Human Consuption: Triggered Traumatic Memories and the Violence Profile", author Dr. A.P. Filosa, Psy. D., investigates and explains the symptoms of this affliction, offering hope to those wishing to live a normal, healthy,...
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Across the world, we see an explosion of unpredictable violence committed by alienated young men.Jamil Jivani recounts his experiences working as a youth activist throughout North America and the Middle East, drawing striking parallels between ISIS recruits, gangbangers, and Neo-Nazis in the West.Having narrowly escaped a descent into crime and gang violence in his native Toronto, Jivani has devoted his life to helping other at-risk youths avoid this...
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During the session with Dr. Marvin, there have always been very clear boundaries. Dr. M. always stays safely on his side of the table. Periodically, we will check out something with him on his computer, but it was very slow and measured. He greets us at his door and still to this day we scurry past him blindly coming in and going out. We don't tolerate closeness in the office without switching parts, usually to a more regressed, frightened, or angry...
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By the first day of kindergarten, Olga Trujillo had already survived years of abuse and violent rape at the hands of her tyrannical father. Over the next ten years, she would develop the ability to numb herself to the constant abuse by splitting into distinct mental "parts." Dissociative identity disorder (DID) had begun to take hold, protecting Olga's mind from the tragic realities of her childhood. In The Sum of My Parts, Olga reveals her life story...
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