To feed the interior life of the counselor is not only a sensible act for the helper it is a true act of generosity for those they serve as well This book directs counselors to consider their own sense of self & how they are-and are not-living a personally & professionally meaningful mindful life 224 pages Wicks Robert J ...

Donald Kalsched explores the interior world of dream & fantasy images encountered in therapy with people who have suffered unbearable life experiences He shows how in an ironical twist of psychical life the very images which are generated to defend the self can become malevolent & destructive resulting in further trauma for the person Why & how this happens are the questions the book sets out to answer Drawing on detailed clinical material the author gives special attention to the problems of addiction & psychosomatic disorder as well as the broad topic of dissociation & its treatment By focusing on the archaic & primitive defenses of the self he connects Jungian theory & practice with contemporary object relations theory & dissociation theory At the same time he shows how a Jungian understanding of the universal images of myth & folklore can illuminate treatment of the traumatised patient Trauma is about the rupture of those developmental transitions that make life worth living Donald Kalsched sees this as a spiritual problem as well as a psychological one & in The Inner World of Trauma he provides a compelling insight into how an inner self-care system tries to save the personal spirit ...

Includes: the critically acclaim prequel of ‘ The Inner World’ Solve mind-bending puzzles in a world full
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Includes: the critically acclaim prequel of ‘ The Inner World’ Solve mind-bending puzzles in a world full
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Includes: the full version of the original The Inner World game Switch between playing Asposian heroes Robert & Laura
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A brilliant gripping st&-alone novel from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of CAUGHTMatt Hunter's life has already been blown apart once A fight a friend in trouble & the dull crack of someone's skull on the concrete cost him four years in jail & a small sliver of his soul When Matt got out he set about rebuilding his life He carved himself a job as a lawyer & fell in love with a beautiful woman The break in the road seemed only to have made him a stronger person But now someone is following him & Matt realises that his new existence is under threat Suddenly Matt can't trust anybody
- least of all those he loves
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A fast-paced thriller from the internationally bestselling author of Absolute Power David Baldacci 608 pages Baldacci David ...

The wittiest introduction to the life of a social anthropologist ever written Studying in the Cameroons for his first experience of fieldwork Barley discovers that the society of the Dowayo people refuses to conform to the rules of his new discipline Although set amongst a little-known tribe in the Cameroons this slim volume reaches out to a vast audience who would otherwise never look at a travel book about West Africa let alone an anthropological field study A seminal text for any student in search of a laugh Witty hilarious & unconventional but also a remarkable intellectual achievement; Barley manages to turn the western science of anthropology on its head so that for once the laugh is on the professional practitioners not the observed ...

Into a Berlin wrenched between East & West comes twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham assigned to a British-American surveillance team Though only a pawn in an international plot Leonard uses his secret work to escape the bonds of his ordinary life The promise of his new life begins to be fulfilled as Leonard becomes a crucial part of the surveillance team while simultaneously being initiated into a new world of love & sex by Maria a beautiful young German woman It is a promise that turns to horror in the course of one terrible evening
- a night when Leonard Marnham learns just how much of his innocence he's willing to shed
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The unputdownable true story of a man sentenced to death for a crime he didn't commit by the master of the legal thriller! ' Chilling Because It's True'
- The Times John Grisham's first work of non-fiction is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet In the major league draft of 1971 the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson When he signed with the Oakland A's he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada & left to pursue his dreams of big league glory Six years later he was back his dreams broken by a bad arm & bad habits
- drinking drugs & women He began to show signs of mental illness Unable to keep a job he moved in with his mother & slept 20 hours a day on her sofa In 1982 a 21 year-old cocktail waitress in Ada named Debra Sue Carter was raped & murdered & for five years the police could not solve the crime For reasons that were never clear they suspected Ron Williamson & his friend Dennis Fritz The two were finally arrested in 1987 & charged with capital murder With no physical evidence the prosecution's case was built on junk science & the testimony of jaihouse snitches & convicts Dennis Fritz was found guilty & given a life sentence Ron Williamson was sent to Death Row If you believe that in America you are innocent until proven guilty this book will shock you If you believe in the death penalty this book will disturb you If you believe the criminal justice system is fair this book will infuriate you

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