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La Programación Neuro Lingüística (PNL) es un enigma para la mayoría de las personas. Tal vez sea debido a su nombre hipercomplejo, o porque suena como un nuevo lenguaje de programación. Cualquiera que sea el malentendido, es hora de que le preste atención porque algunas de las últimas historias de éxito del mundo vienen a raíz de la PNL.La PNL trata de reconectar su cerebro de una manera que cambia casi todo lo que hace. Este libro da un paseo en el lado salvaje al mostrarte la naturaleza del cerebro y el desarrollo de la mente para que pueda desarrollar un marco de su propia mente.Más allá de la teoría, también le da una mirada práctica de las cosas que puede hacer cuando cambia la forma en que está conectada su mente y los efectos que tiene en su trabajo y su familia. Todo se reduce a que la razón por la que es quién es hasta este punto es debido a la forma en que está conectado su cerebro y si quiere cambiar eso, debe hacerlo con PNL.Todos buscamos mejorar nuestras vidas y aprovechar al máximo nuestro tiempo. Todos buscamos formas de mejorar y brindar una vida mejor a nuestras familias. Pero hasta ahora, la mejor vida ha sido esquiva para un cierto segmento de personas que están intentando mucho pero que no están sacando provecho de ello. La PNL es lo que se han estado perdiendo. Si ese es usted, ha encontrado el camino para resolver sus desafíos. Todo lo que necesita está cubierto dentro de las líneas de este libro. Solo necesita leerlo y ponerlo a funcionar.

Serie v?ndut? ?n peste 60 de milioane de exemplare. Con?ine ?apte capitole cu sfaturi practice, dovedite, de la profesioni?ti de top. Po?i ?nv??a ?ntr-o s?pt?m?n? tot ce ?nva?? exper?ii ?ntr-o via?? Duminic?: ?n?elege cei trei st?lpi ai rela?iilor interpersonale, cu referire la pozitivitate, recuno?tin?? ?i valoare de sine Luni: ?nva?? despre ?g?ndirea limitativ?” ?i despre puterea oamenilor de a se schimba Mar?i: Cre?te respectul ?i ?ncrederea ?n sine, dar ?i ?n al?ii Miercuri: ?nva?? procesul ?n trei pa?i de cre?tere a performan?ei, de ?ncurajare a loialit??ii ?i de subliniere a laturii pozitive Joi: Aplic? ?metoda delfinului” pentru a cre?te performan?ele Vineri: Examineaz? cauzele-cheie ale procrastin?rii ?i ?nva?? cum s? le dep??e?ti S?mb?t?: Dep??e?te motivele pentru care e?ti distras pentru a cre?te succesul.

Unul din patru rom?ni sufer? la un moment dat de anxietate, aceasta fiind, de altfel, cea mai frecvent? dintre tulbur?rile psihice din ?ara noastr?. Pentru cei care se confrunt? cu stresul crescut, cu ?ngrijoarea, frica sau panica, autorul ofer? o serie de sugestii pentru de a ?ine sub control anxietatea, chiar ?i f?r? ajutorul medica?iei sau psihoterapiei. Dup? ce discut? despre tiparele mentale care exacerbeaz? temerile (g?ndirea ?n "alb-sau-negru", "catastrofizarea" etc.) ?i despre simptomele somatice ale panicii, autorul propune un larg evantai de tehnici pentru gestionarea anxiet??ii: de la contestarea g?ndurile ira?ionale la medita?ia de tip "minfulness", de la modificarea rutinelor cotidiene de somn ?i alimenta?ie, la exerci?iile fizice ?i de relaxare (imagerie), de la reorganizarea mediului la expunerea treptat? la evenimentele ?nfrico??toare. Cartea se adreseaz? publicului larg, dar e un instrument util ?i pentru psihiatri, psihologi clinicieni ?i psihoterapeu?i.

Iubim, ur?m, invidiem, ne dorim ?i sper?m... ne construim scenarii ?n care credem ?i pe care le perpetu?m, ?n care ?i angren?m pe ceilal?i, atribuindu-le roluri mai mult sau mai pu?in importante. Ne l?s?m, la r?ndul nostru, sedu?i ?n pove?tile altora. S? fie acestea "deliruri", ?es?turi psihice, care printr-o analiz? minu?ioas? se pot destr?ma? Atunci, ce se afl? la baza lor ?i cum ni le putem asuma, pentru a ?ntrez?ri ?i, ?n cele din urm?, a locui realitatea obiectiv??Purt?nd cititorul prin lumea interioar? a personajelor unor autori precum Shakespeare, Samuel Butler sau Dickens, c?t ?i prin aceea a propriilor pacien?i, Shengold ilustreaz? felul ?n care aceste deliruri iau na?tere ?n copil?ria timpurie, se men?in s?r?cindu-ne ?i rigidiz?ndu-ne via?a ?i pot fi estompate printr-o maturizare real?, adesea rod al travaliului psihanalitic.

Copiii, aceste ?nc?nt?toare fiin?e, fragile ?i uneori problematice, surs? de bucurie dar ?i de nesomn, ?ngrijor?ri, epuizare... S?-i disciplinezi, dar cum? S-au dus vremurile ?n care p?rintele atotputernic tuna ?i fulgera ?mp?r?ind pedepse, iar libertatea total? oferit? copiilor s-a dovedit, de asemenea, periculoas?. Exist?, ?ns?, o cale de mijloc, iar aceasta este metoda Brazelton.Scris? cu empatie ?i c?ldur? C?l?toria copilului t?u spre autodisciplin? ofer? repere specifice fiec?rui ?punct de cotitur?" din via?a celui mic precum ?i instrumentele necesare gestion?rii unor situa?ii nedorite precum agresivitatea, minciuna, limbajul licen?ios, crizele de furie, fuga de acas?, rivalitatea ?ntre fra?i, lupta pentru putere etc. Este un ghid necesar pentru p?rintele implicat, care dore?te nu doar s? rezolve problema de moment, ci ?i s?-?i doteze copilul cu resursele necesare unei vie?i ?mplinite.

Alina se afl? ?n al treilea an al terapiei personale. Ea ??i autoexamineaz? istoria rela?iilor de iubire: iubirile ei de copil, de adolescent?, iubirile de t?n?r? adult?. Este o istorie pe care o are ?nscris? ?n psihic ?i ?n corp. Analizanda se uit? la aceast? istorie ?i ?ncearc? s? o accepte a?a cum este ea; ?i, pentru c? se dovede?te greu de acceptat, de ?ndurat cu traumele ?i ne?mplinirile ei, aceast? istorie se cere rescris?. Din subiectul pasiv al propriilor scenarii de via??, al influen?elor puternice venite dinspre proprii p?rin?i, ea ?ncearc? ?i reu?e?te, ?n mare m?sur?, s? ??i rescrie istoria emo?ional?, s? ?i caute ?i s? ?i g?seasc? un sens personal, autentic. Din obiect al propriului trecut ?i al priva?iunilor impuse de el, Alina devine, ?ncet-?ncet, subiectul acestora.Procesul terapeutic prin care trece Alina, protagonista c?r?ii, ?n ?nt?lnirea cu psihoterapeutul — Pavel — este un proces fictiv, ?ns? povestea lui nu este mai pu?in realist?. A?a cum, ?n teatru, via?a este prezentat? p?n? la cap?t, ?i aici, dar ?ntr-o form? concentrat?, este prezentat? via?a unei rela?ii terapeutice de lung? durat? cu atmosfera, ritmul, nuan?ele ?i tensiunile ei.?

Cum po?i s?-i spui "nu" ?efului t?u c?nd ??i cere imposibilul? ?n ce fel te impui acas?, ?n fa?a partenerului sau a copiilor rebeli? Cum s? ceri aten?ia cuvenit? din partea medicului sau v?nz?torului care te ignor?? Dac? dore?ti ca vocea ta s? fie ascultat?, nu e cazul s? devii agresiv sau amenin??tor, sus?in autorii acestei c?r?i. Din contr?, asertivitatea ?nseamn? s? ar??i c? e?ti ?n stare s?-l ascul?i pe cel?lalt ?i s?-i ?n?elegi punctul de vedere. Dar mai presupune ?i s?-?i cuno?ti punctele forte, s? fii mai realist ?i mai flexibil ?n g?ndire (pentru a negocia solu?ii "reciproc avantajoase"), precum ?i s? ?tii cum s? transmi?i, prin limbajul corporal, fermitate ?i ?ncredere de sine. Pornind de la scenarii concrete, de la serviciu sau din via?a familial? ?i social?, autorii ofer? acele instrumente prin care vei putea s?-?i iei via?a ?n m?ini, p?str?nd totodat? o rela?ie armonioas? cu cei din jur.

Ce este copilul? Copilaria ar trebui considerata a fi un construct social? Care au fost atitudinile adultilor fata de copiii de-a lungul timpului? Pe parcursul cartii descoperim copilul privit a fi un pacatos augustinian, care vrea sa-i domine pe cei din jur, un inocent romantic care inca nu este corupt de civilizatie sau o doar o dovada a fertilitatii cuplului parental, aruncat in bratele doicilor indata ce a venit pe lume. In occident, incepand cu secolul douazeci copiii nu mai erau expusi mortii, abandonului sau batailor in aceeasi masura ca in trecut, iar relatiile dintre parinti si copii s-au indulcit. Scopul cartii de fata este acela de a evidentia problemele speciale din istoria copiilor, pe care o plaseaza in contextul social si ?cultural, fara a pierde din vedere experientele individuale care au ajuns pana la noi prin jurnale, autobiografii si marturii orale. Scrisa intr-un limbaj accesibil, cartea se adreseaza psihologilor, sociologilor, istoricilor si tuturor celor interesati de copii si copilarie. ?

La légende de la Dame Blanche est certainement la plus connue des légendes. Qu'elle soit protectrice, lavandière, autostoppeuse ou spectre, la Dame Blanche est présente aux quatre coins du monde. Ce recueil vous fait découvrir les différentes légendes à travers des témoignages et des histoires, comme celle de la Dame Blanche qui annon?a la mort de Sissi l'impératrice ou la Dame Blanche qui hante le ch?teau de Puymartin, la Dame Blanche du cimetière d'Easton ou encore la légende Resurrection Mary. Les chasseurs de fant?mes se régalent de la traquer, de l'identifier et de la photographier. Avec ce livre, vous pouvez aussi vous lancer dans l'aventure, car il donne les lieux précis où elle appara?t.

Cartea prezint? destinele a trei personaje Alfredo, Andrea ?i Fabio. ?Am f?cut-o pentru binele t?u!“, ?Am f?cut-o pentru binele lui!“, formule care se reg?sesc ?n titlul c?r?ii, sunt folosite des ?n via?a real?, ?ns? ascund de multe ori atitudini si fapte reprobabile – minciun?, arogan??, egoism sau am?gire. Acestea sunt ?micile crime“ s?v?r?ite ?n numele iubirii, pe care le red? Gianna Schelotto. Alfredo, protagonistul primei pove?ti, afl? c? a fost adoptat c?nd avea trei ani, dup? ce el ?i fratele lui fuseser? abandona?i de mama lor. Andrea, personajul central din cea de-a doua poveste, este pus de tat?l s?u ?n fa?a unei realit??i nepl?cute. ?n ultima poveste, Fabio, un avocat influent, de aproape ?aizeci de ani, se confrunt? cu perspectiva inevitabilei sale dec?deri dup? ce afl? c? ar putea suferi de Alzheimer. Unii gre?esc prin faptul c? dezv?luie, al?ii gre?esc prin faptul c? ascund: s?ar zice c? situa?ia e f?r? ie?ire. Dar nu faptele individuale sunt cele care produc daune ; ceea ce risc? s? creeze fracturi profunde este ideea c?, de fapt, copiii sunt un fel de prelungire a noastr?, o proprietate exclusiv? de care putem dispune oricum. Orice fapt?, declarat? sau ascuns?, prin care ?ncerc?m s? determin?m persoanele s???i schimbe idei, aspira?ii ?i sentimente este o manipulare, chiar dac? se na?te din dorin?a sincer? de a aduce beneficii s?n?t??ii celuilalt sau de a?i sus?ine bun?starea. ?n rela?iile ?s?n?toase“, schimb?rile ?i dezvoltarea au loc nu fiindc? cel puternic a reu?it s??l conving? pe cel slab, ci numai pentru c? ne?am transformat lu?nd de la cel?lalt ?i d?nd de la sine, ?n mod spontan, experien?e, emo?ii, vise.

Cnd a constatat, pe baza identitii structurale ntre simptomul nevrotic, pe de o parte, i vis, act ratat, cuvnt de spirit, produse culturale, pe de alt parte, c ntre normal i patologic exist doar o deosebire de grad, i nu una de natur, Freud a trecut de la psihopatologie la psihologie. Psihanaliza, ca psihologie, este o psihologie a incontientului. Spre deosebire de psihologia contiinei, care studiaz fenomenele psihice contiente (sau accesibile n mod direct contiinei), psihologia incontientului cerceteaz acele fenomene psihice accesibile contiinei doar indirect, prin intermediul interpretrii de tip psihanalitic. Descoperirea incontientului psihic a revoluionat nu numai psihologia, ci i celelalte tiine ale omului: filosofia, antropologia, sociologia, estetica etc. Dac ar fi s formulez n puine cuvinte i ntr-un mod sugestiv esena psihologiei incontientului, a spune c ea const n ideea c i oamenii sntoi, nu numai nevroticii, au incontient. Iar incontientul oamenilor sntoi are aceleai coninuturi ca i incontientul nevroticilor. Diferena e doar de grad. Orict ar prea de surprinztor, psihanaliza nu este, aa cum ne-am obinuit s o gndim, un domeniu nestructurat interior, ci un adevrat sistem de discipline. Disciplinele psihanalitice – psihoterapia, psihopatologia, psihologia, metapsihologia i psihanaliza aplicat – se afl n relaii cronologice i logice. Din punct de vedere cronologic, prima a fost psihoterapia psihanalitic. Teoretizarea experienei psihoterapeutice a condus la constituirea psihopatologiei psihanalitice, care a stat la baza psihologiei psihanalitice. Pe temeiul acesteia s-au cldit metapsihologia i psihanaliza aplicat. Structura de rezisten a acestei cldiri multietajate o formeaz ideea de incontient. Parcurgerea celor optsprezece volume ale operelor complete a lui Jung mi-a prilejuit constatarea, surprinztoare la prima vedere, c exist mai multe tipuri de arhetipuri, dac folosim drept criteriu definiia arhetipului cu care Jung opereaz de-a lungul ntregii sale opere, i anume de pattern of behaviour, de for interioar de ordinul instinctului, cu valene spirituale. Arhetipurile care corespund acestei definiii i pe care le-am numit tipice descriu ntr-adevr o experien a speciei transmis ereditar. Din categoria arhetipurilor tipice fac parte: arhetipul matern, arhetipul patern, arhetipul infans, anima, animus, arhetipul renaterii, comunismul ca arhetip, arhetipurile regionale sau etnice, de tipul arhetipului germanilor (Wotan), cristalizare i transmitere a unei experiene colective de ordin general, nu universal.“ – Vasile Dem. Zamfirescu

C??i dintre noi reu?esc s?-?i exprime o nevoie sau o emo?ie f?r? s? fie recepta?i ca fiind critici, egoi?ti sau manipulatori? De c?te ori nu evit?m, din fric?, s? ne spunem p?rerea? ?i ?n c?te r?nduri nu pornim o discu?ie doar pentru a ne ?desc?rca nervii"? Creat? de psihologul american Marshall B. Rosenberg, metoda Comunic?rii NonViolente (CNV) ofer? un cadru accesibil ?i de impact pentru dezvoltarea unor rela?ii empatice ?i respectuoase at?t cu sine, c?t ?i cu cei din jur. Bazat? pe numeroase exerci?ii ?i povestiri ilustrative, cartea demonstreaz? c? a comunica ?nonviolent “nu ?nseamn? s? devii pasiv sau de o polite?e artificial?, ci s? reu?e?ti s?-?i transmi?i c?t mai autentic ?i mai conving?tor sentimentele ?i opiniile, ?in?nd totodat? cont de impactul vorbelor tale asupra interlocutorului. Metoda CNV poate fi aplicat? cu folos at?t ?n familie, c?t ?i la serviciu, la ?coal? sau ?n rela?iile cu prietenii.

Sincerely do I hope that the issue of this little book may prove useful in drawing the attention of the public to the mental and physical condition of the unfortunates who form such a large proportion of our prison population.??To our authorities the sad plight of this mass of smitten humanity is well known. Year after year our Prison Commissioners, in presenting their reports, have not failed to impress upon the State the great part physical and mental afflictions play in the production of crime.??So far, the information given by the Prison Commissioners has produced little or no effect; neither have their representations led to any alteration in the treatment of unfortunate individuals whose infirmities are in reality the root cause of their delinquency.??To the official information I add the result of my own prolonged experience. This experience has imbued me with the conviction that the present methods of dealing with suffering humanity are neither wise, just, nor efficacious. I have seen the helplessness of so many that are called criminals that, in writing these pages, I am animated with a keen desire to hasten the day of sensible reform. Surely the day cannot be far distant when the State will take mental and physical infirmities into consideration when it has to deal with its erring children.??Thomas Holmes.?Howard Association,? Devonshire Chambers, Bishopsgate.? ?IS THERE A CRIMINAL TYPE? ??After years of close observation, during which I have formed many friendships with criminals, I can only answer this question in the words that I have answered it before, and say that, physically, I have not found any evidence to show that a criminal type exists. In saying this I know that I shall run counter to the teaching of a good many people, and probably run counter to public opinion. For the criminal class and the criminal type have been written about so largely, and talked about so frequently, that the majority of people have come to the conclusion that our criminals come from a particular order of society, and that the poorest; or that there exists a type of people whose physical appearance gives outward and visible signs that proclaim the inward criminal mind.??I believe both these ideas to be entirely wrong. I was confirmed in my opinion last year when I visited many of the largest prisons in the United States; for I found there, as I have found in England, a complete absence among the prisoners of those physical and facial peculiarities that we are taught to believe differentiate criminals from ordinary citizens.??Speaking on this subject to the American Congress at Washington on October 4, 1910, Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brise, K.C.B., the esteemed chairman of our Prison Commissioners, made the following statement—??“There is no criminal type. Nothing in the past has so retarded progress as the conviction, deeply rooted and widespread, that the criminal is a class by himself, different from all others, with a tendency to crime, of which certain peculiarities of body are the outward and visible signs.??“This superstition, for such I think it must be called, was, you know, strengthened and encouraged by the findings of the Italian school.

PSYCHOLOGY is generally considered to be the science of mind, although more properly it is the science of mental states—thoughts, feelings, and acts of volition. It was formerly the custom of writers on the subject of psychology to begin by an attempt to define and describe the nature of mind, before proceeding to a consideration of the subject of the various mental spates and activities. But more recent authorities have rebelled against this demand, and have claimed that it is no more reasonable to hold that psychology should be held to an explanation of the ultimate nature of mind than it is that physical science be held to an explanation of the ultimate nature of matter. ??The attempt to explain the ultimate nature of either is futile—no actual necessity exists for explanation in either case. Physics may explain the phenomena of matter, and psychology the phenomena of mind, without regard to the ultimate nature of the substance of either.??The science of physics has progressed steadily during the past century, notwithstanding the fact that the theories regarding the ultimate nature of matter have been revolutionized during that period. The facts of the phenomena of matter remain, notwithstanding the change of theory regarding the nature of matter itself. ??Science demands and holds fast to facts, regarding theories as but working hypotheses at the best. Some one has said that "theories are but the bubbles with which the grown-up children of science amuse themselves." ??Science holds several well-supported, though opposing, theories regarding the nature of electricity, but the facts of the phenomena of electricity, and the application thereof, are agreed upon by the disputing theorists. And so it is with psychology; the facts regarding mental states are agreed up-on, and methods of developing mental powers are effectively em-ployed, without regard to whether mind is a product of the brain, or the brain merely an organ of the mind. ??The fact that the brain and nervous system are employed in the phenomena of thought is conceded by all, and that is all that is necessary for a basis for the science of psychology.

Un fascinant dialog ?ntre un laureat Nobel ?i o psihoterapeut? despre nevoia uman? de a imagina pove?ti. Lucr?nd de unul singur, scriitorul este singurul responsabil pentru povestea pe care o spune. Pe de alt? parte, terapeutul colaboreaz? cu pacientul, ajut?ndu-l s?-?i spun? povestea vie?ii. Ce fel de adev?r ?ncearc? s? reveleze pove?tile create de pacient ?i terapeut: adev?rul obiectiv sau cel subiectiv ?i schimb?tor al amintirilor explorate ?i retr?ite ?n siguran?a oferit? de rela?ia terapeutic?? Plec?nd de la operele unor mari scriitori ca Dostoievski sau Cervantes sau de la importan?i psihanali?ti precum Freud sau Melanie Klein, dialogul pe care ?l poart? J.M. Coetzee ?i Arabella Kurtz ne ofer? o ?n?elegere profund? asupra pove?tilor pe care le spunem despre vie?ile noastre.

n practica psihoterapeutic actual metafora joac un rol important, avnd rolul de a scurtcircuita“ resorturile psihice care-l menin pe client captiv n problema sa. Fie c este vorba de depresie, de anxietate, de atacuri de panic, de doliu, de reducerea durerii fizice sau de mpcarea cu o maladie irecuperabil, pentru aduli i pentru copii, metafora este un vehicul al schimbrii. n cartea sa, Burns reunete cazuri povestite de unii dintre cei mai buni psihoterapeui contemporani din diverse orientri, cazuri n care metafora a reprezentat ingredientul ce a fcut diferena ntre vindecare i adncirea n simptom. Valoroas att prin diversitatea situaiilor prezentate ct i prin stilul su comprehensibil, aproape didactic, lucrarea de fa este un instrument util n practica oricrui psihoterapeut.

n aceast serie de conferine radio, susinute la BBC, Winnicott abordeaz o serie de probleme specifice creterii copiilor, cu scopul de a reda mamelor i tailor ncrederea n propriile instincte parentale. Printre temele abordate se afl: suptul degetului mare ori al pturicii, legturile dintre copil i printele vitreg, momentele n care celui mic trebuie s i se spun Nu“, gelozia dintre frai, sentimentele de vinovie ale mamelor, dezvoltarea simului moral n pruncie sau consolidarea ncrederii de sine la copil. Lipsit de orice ton moralizator, pediatrul britanic ofer, cu o atitudine empatic i ncurajatoare, explicaii i sfaturi extrem de actuale pentru prinii zilelor noastre, ilustrnd totodat concepte devenite clasice n psihologia copilului (obiect tranziional, mam suficient de bun“ etc.).Scopul acestor conferine nu a fost acela de a le spune prinilor ce s fac, ci de a detoxifica tiina creterii copilului, de a le da ncredere prinilor n ceea ce fac i de a-i ndemna s se simt liberi s caute ajutor individualizat atunci cnd se lovesc de vreun obstacol neateptat n creterea copiilor lor.“ – dr. T. Berry Brazelton, coautorul crii Nevoile eseniale ale copiilorNite prini ndeajuns de buni pot fi folosii de ctre bebelui i copiii mici, iar ndeajuns de bun nseamn oameni ca dvs. i ca mine. Pentru a fi consecveni i astfel previzibili pentru copiii notri, trebuie s fim noi nine. Cci dac vom juca un rol, cu siguran o s fim descoperii cnd o s fim prini fr machiaj.“ – D.W. Winnicott