Books like 'The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are'
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Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia, Bill Gifford
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 32 ratings#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health, from a visionary physician and leading longevity expert “One of the most important books you’ll ever read.”—Steven D... -
![DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets by Marsha M. Linehan]()
DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets by Marsha M. Linehan
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFeaturing more than 225 user-friendly handouts and worksheets, this is an essential resource for clients learning dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills, and those who treat them. All of the handouts and worksheets discussed in Marsha M. Linehan's DBT® Skills Training Manual, Second Edition , are provided, together with brief introductions to each module written expressly for clients... -
![The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain by Alan Gordon, Alon Ziv]()
The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain by Alan Gordon, Alon Ziv
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA groundbreaking mind-body protocol to heal chronic pain, backed by new research.Chronic pain is an epidemic. Fifty million Americans struggle with back pain, headaches, or some other pain that resists all treatment. Desperate pain sufferers are told again and again that there is no cure for chronic pain... -
![Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance by Kelly Starrett, Glen Cordoza]()
Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance by Kelly Starrett, Glen Cordoza
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLEARN HOW TO HACK HUMAN MOVEMENT Join the movement that has reached millions of athletes and coaches; learn how to perform basic maintenance on your body, unlock your human potential, live pain-free…and become a Supple Leopard... -
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![10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness by Alanna Collen]()
10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness by Alanna Collen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYou are just 10% human. For every one of the cells that make up the vessel that you call your body, there are nine impostor cells hitching a ride. You are not just flesh and blood, muscle and bone, brain and skin, but also bacteria and fungi. Over your lifetime, you will carry the equivalent weight of five African elephants in microbes. You are not an individual but a colony... -
![Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder by Gabor Maté]()
Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder by Gabor Maté
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsScattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based – and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition.Gabor Maté is a revered physician who specializes in neurology, psychiatry and psychology – and himself has ADD...Categorized as:
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![Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition by Steve Krug]()
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition by Steve Krug
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSince Don’t Make Me Think was first published in 2000, over 400,000 Web designers and developers have relied on Steve Krug’s guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design. Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it’s one of the best-loved and most recommended books on the subject... -
![Principles of Neural Science by Eric R. Kandel]()
Principles of Neural Science by Eric R. Kandel
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn introduction to the brain, its structure, function, development, and control of behavior, this text discusses neuroanatomy, cell and molecular mechanisms, mechanisms of signaling, and development in the context of the cognitive approaches to behavior... -
![ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD by Penn Holderness, Kim Holderness]()
ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD by Penn Holderness, Kim Holderness
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHi, friend! Welcome to the ADHD club.You're here because, like me, you've been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder—which, by the way, just might be the worst name for a condition ever—and you're trying to figure out how to make your life a little more manageable... -
![Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered by Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz]()
Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered by Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn inside look at the power of empathy: Born for Love is an unprecedented exploration of how and why the brain learns to bond with others—and a stirring call to protect our children from new threats to their capacity to loveFrom birth, when babies' fingers instinctively cling to those of adults, their bodies and brains seek an intimate connection, a bond made possible by empathy—the ability to...Categorized as:
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![Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain by Sue Gerhardt]()
Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain by Sue Gerhardt
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhy Love Matters explains why love is essential to brain development in the early years of life, particularly to the development of our social and emotional brain systems, and presents the startling discoveries that provide the answers to how our emotional lives work...Categorized as:
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![When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress by Gabor Maté]()
When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress by Gabor Maté
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this accessible and groundbreaking book--filled with the moving stories of real people--medical doctor and bestselling author Gabor Maté shows that emotion and psychological stress play a powerful role in the onset of chronic illness, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, multiple sclerosis and many others, even Alzheimer's disease...Categorized as:
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![Scientific Secrets for Raising Kids Who Thrive by Peter M. Vishton]()
Scientific Secrets for Raising Kids Who Thrive by Peter M. Vishton
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsParenting advice isn't hard to find. There are thousands of books on the subject, as well as a multitude of websites. Much has also been written on the science of child development. What's been lacking, however, are sources of reliable advice that bring together the scientific research and its real-world applications. This course bridges the divide... -
![Attachment in Psychotherapy by David J. Wallin, Bob Souer]()
Attachment in Psychotherapy by David J. Wallin, Bob Souer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis eloquent book translates attachment theory and research into an innovative framework that grounds adult psychotherapy in the facts of childhood development. Advancing a model of treatment as transformation through relationship, the author integrates attachment theory with neuroscience, trauma studies, relational psychotherapy, and the psychology of mindfulness... -
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![This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained by Cara Natterson, Vanessa Kroll Bennett]()
This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained by Cara Natterson, Vanessa Kroll Bennett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe ultimate roadmap for adults helping tweens and teens navigate the rollercoaster of puberty.Almost everything about puberty has changed since today's adults went through it. It starts, on average, two years earlier and stretches through high school… and for some, beyond...Categorized as:
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![The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein]()
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNow a New York Times Bestseller! With a new chapter added to the paperback. In high school, I wondered whether the Jamaican Americans who made our track team so successful might carry some special speed gene from their tiny island. In college, I ran against Kenyans, and wondered whether endurance genes might have traveled with them from East Africa... -
![Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts by Sally M. Winston, Martin N. Seif]()
Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts by Sally M. Winston, Martin N. Seif
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYou are not your thoughts! In this powerful book, two anxiety experts offer proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills to help you get unstuck from disturbing thoughts, overcome the shame these thoughts can bring, and reduce your anxiety.If you suffer from unwanted, intrusive, frightening, or even disturbing thoughts, you might worry about what these thoughts mean about you...Categorized as:
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![Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change by William R. Miller, Stephen Rollnick]()
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change by William R. Miller, Stephen Rollnick
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis bestselling work for professionals and students is the authoritative presentation of motivational interviewing (MI), the powerful approach to facilitating change. The book elucidates the four processes of MI--engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning--and vividly demonstrates what they look like in action...Categorized as:
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![Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal by Donna Jackson Nakazawa]()
Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA groundbreaking book showing the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and adult illnesses such as heart disease, autoimmune disease, and cancer. Childhood Interrupted also explains how to cope with these emotional traumas and even heal from them.Your biography becomes your biology...Categorized as:
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![The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity by Norman Doidge]()
The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity by Norman Doidge
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis book is about the discovery that the human brain has its own unique way of healing. For centuries we believed that the price we paid for our brain’s complexity was that, compared to other organs, it was fixed and unregenerative — unable to recover from damage or illness. In his revolutionary new book, Norman Doidge turns this belief on its head...Categorized as:
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![Relationship OCD: A CBT-Based Guide to Move Beyond Obsessive Doubt, Anxiety, and Fear of Commitment in Romantic Relationships by Sheva Rajaee MFT]()
Relationship OCD: A CBT-Based Guide to Move Beyond Obsessive Doubt, Anxiety, and Fear of Commitment in Romantic Relationships by Sheva Rajaee MFT
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA powerful CBT approach to help you find freedom from obsessive relationship anxiety, doubt, and fear of commitment Do you obsess over your partner’s flaws? Does thinking about the future of your relationship leave you imagining the worst-case scenario? When it comes to navigating the world of romantic relationships, some feelings of anxiety, doubt, and fear are to be expected... -
![Final Journeys: A Practical Guide for Bringing Care and Comfort at the End of Life by Maggie Callanan]()
Final Journeys: A Practical Guide for Bringing Care and Comfort at the End of Life by Maggie Callanan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA guide to understand the special needs of the dying and those who care for them, from the bestselling coauthor of Final Gifts “Maggie Callanan’s wise, confident voice is an invaluable companion.”—Ira Byock, M.D., author of Dying Well For more than two decades, hospice nurse Maggie Callanan has tended to the terminally ill and been a cornerstone of support for their loved ones... -
![The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization by Onno van der Hart, Ellert R.S. Nijenhuis]()
The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization by Onno van der Hart, Ellert R.S. Nijenhuis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife is an ongoing struggle for patients who have been chronically traumatized. They typically have a wide array of symptoms, often classified under different combinations of comorbidity, which can make assessment and treatment complicated and confusing for the therapist... -
![It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health by Karen Tang]()
It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health by Karen Tang
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn inclusive and essential guide to reproductive health—including period problems, pelvic pain, menopause, fertility, sexual health, vaginal and urinary conditions, and overall wellbeing―from leading expert Dr. Karen TangReproductive healthcare, from abortion to gender-affirming care, is under siege. The onus continues to fall on patients to find and advocate for the care they need. Dr... -
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![Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety by David D. Burns]()
Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety by David D. Burns
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFeeling Great is based on 40 years of research and more than 40,000 hours treating individuals with severe mood problems. The goal is not just a rapid and complete elimination of negative feelings but the development of joy and enlightenment.In Feeling Great, Dr. David Burns reveals that our negative moods do not result from what's wrong with us, but rather--what's right with us...Categorized as:
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![Hope and Help for Your Nerves by Claire Weekes]()
Hope and Help for Your Nerves by Claire Weekes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe bestselling step-by-step guide that will show you how to break the cycle of fear and cure your feelings of panic and anxiety. My heart beats too fast. My hands tremble and sweat. I feel like there's a weight on my chest. My stomach churns. I have terrible headaches. I can't sleep. Sometimes I can't even leave my house.. -
![Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love by Robert Karen]()
Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love by Robert Karen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe struggle to understand the parent-child bond ranks as one of the great quests of modern psychology, one that touches us deeply because it holds so many clues to how we become who we are...Categorized as:
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![The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment by Babette Rothschild]()
The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment by Babette Rothschild
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis book illuminates that physiology, shining a bright light on the impact of trauma on the body and the phenomenon of somatic memory.It is now thought that people who have been traumatized hold an implicit memory of traumatic events in their brains and bodies... -
![The Circadian Code: Lose Weight, Supercharge Your Energy, and Transform Your Health from Morning to Midnight by Satchin Panda]()
The Circadian Code: Lose Weight, Supercharge Your Energy, and Transform Your Health from Morning to Midnight by Satchin Panda
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen we eat may be as important as what we eat.Like most people, you probably wake up, get hungry for meals and doze off in bed around the same time every day. If you’ve ever experienced jet lag or pulled an all-nighter, you know that this schedule can easily be thrown off kilter... -
![Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond by Judith S. Beck, Aaron T. Beck]()
Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond by Judith S. Beck, Aaron T. Beck
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHundreds of thousands of clinicians and graduate students have relied on this text--now significantly revised with more than 50% new material--to learn the fundamentals of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). Leading expert Judith S...
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