books about: dialectical

books about: dialectical

books:

Dialectical

Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Private Practice

Thomas Marra

New Harbinger Publications, 2005

more practical than many other bpd resources
this book, in my opinion, is more practical than many other resources available for treating borderline personality disorder. for the most part, it is written at a level that the majority of individuals with bpd can understand. i think that the exercises are well ...

The Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide

Alex Chapman, Kim Gratz

New Harbinger Publications, 2007

An important, forward-thinking, much welcome book
As someone diagnosed with BPD, I have done a lot of research on the condition, both online and by reading any book written on the subject. Many of those books (except for BPD Demystified)are extremely outdated, even if they're only a few years old. And many of them ...

Biology Under the Influence: Dialectical Essays on Ecology, Agriculture, and Health

Richard Lewontin and Richard Levins

Monthly Review Press, 2007

biology under the influence
this is a collection of essays by two of America's leading biologists. It is generally written for the general public, although some of the essays are a bit more technical. On the whole, Lewontin and Levins succeed in providing a comprehensive picture of some of the ...

Depressed and Anxious: The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook for Overcoming Depression & Anxiety

Thomas Marra

New Harbinger Publications, 2004

Informative and Easy to Read
This will be an informative read for most, requiring somewhere around a high school reading level. Its layout is pretty straightforward and the concepts are presented clearly. Whenever people have difficulty understanding a book like this there are three basic ...

Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life: How Dialectical Behavior Therapy Can Put You in Control (New Harbinger ...

Scott E. Spradlin

New Harbinger Publications, 2003

RELIEF
This book is a joy to read. It offers (in simple to understand language) an understanding of your emotions and many tools on how to handle them. I highly recommend this book to anyone, especially if you grew up in a family where your parents had emotional problems and ...

The German Ideology, including Theses on Feuerbach (Great Books in Philosophy)

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

Prometheus Books, 1998

A grand masterpiece
this book is basically an in depth communist manifesto, it backs up his claims of the communist society and goes into much detail. Also included is the critique on fueurbach, and the intro to the critique of the political economy. Very good book, any marxist needs it

The High Conflict Couple: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, & Validation

Alan E., Ph.D. Fruzzetti

New Harbinger Publications, 2006

analytically oriented help for conflict-prone couples
High Conflict Couple is a concise, easy to understand guide for couples seeking to deepen their relationship and ease their conflicts. Its tone is a bit crisper, cooler, and more analytical than most marriage guides. This is actually its strength, speaking to the ...

Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Clinical Practice: Applications across Disorders and Settings

The Guilford Press, 2007

Very helpful text!
I am a clinician with 14 years of experience successfully applying Dialectical Behavior Therapy with many, many clients in a variety of settings. This long-awaited book is very welcome, as it is written by many of the leaders in DBT who have made thoughtful, adherent ...

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal ...

Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, ...

New Harbinger Publications, 2007

A must have for therapists in clinical practice
I have found this workbook to be an invaluable resource in working with clients that struggle with distress tolerance. Not only useful for BPD clients, but also clients with addictions and other self harming behaviors. Everyone that I have used this with has found it ...

Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents

Alec L. Miller, Jill H. Rathus, ...

The Guilford Press, 2006

A must have
This book is wonderful when working within the DBT model with teenaged clients. It addressed issues specific to the adolescent population.

Search for a Method

Jean-Paul Sartre

Vintage, 1968

The Dawn of Marxist Existentialism
As the quote on the cover suggests, this may very well be "the most important work of Sartre's to be translated since Being and Nothingness." To be sure, The Critique of Dialectical Reason may be also, or even The Family Idiot. But it must also be recalled that ...

Biology Under the Influence: Dialectical Essays on Ecology, Agriculture, and Health

Marxism and Form

Fredric Jameson

Princeton University Press, 1974

A Must for Marxism
If you are looking to begin reading in Marxist theory and cultural critique, you MUST begin with Jameson's magesterial "Marxism and Form." It moves amazingly through the entire Western Marxist tradition, and gives a very nice introduction into each thinker. The book ...

Beyond Capital: Toward a Theory of Transition

Istvan Meszaros

Monthly Review Press, 2000

our instrumentality in the sickness of the totality
If the author isn't a genius, and I'll say he is, he at least has the elements of genius at his disposal. He has read, of both the good and the bad, and this book is an expression of his bioligical and spiritual drive to let us know about the variables we are dealing ...

Dance of the Dialectic: STEPS IN MARX'S METHOD

Bertell Ollman

University of Illinois Press, 2003

Great insight on Marx's thought process
I enjoyed Dance of the Dialectic and did a presentation on it in my Marxism class. It goes in-depth into how Marx thinks, how he uses terminalogy, how he comes up with his different terms, and explains the basis behind how Marx comes up with his theories using the ...