De ce at?t de mul?i b?rba?i le agreseaz? pe femeile pe care le iubesc ?i, mai ales, de ce partenerele maltratate se ?ntorc, totu?i, la b?t?u?ii lor? S? fie doar o consecin?? a diferen?elor de gen? Sau doar un efect al ?neputin?ei ?nv??ate“ ?i al terorii cople?itoare din sufletul victimei? Cu o experien?? clinic? de peste 25 de ani ?n psihoterapia persoanelor abuzate, David Celani eviden?iaz? caren?ele teoriilor actuale asupra agresivit??ii ?n cuplu ?i reg?nde?te, la un nivel mai profund, sensibila tem? a violen?ei domestice.Psihologul american aplic? teoria rela?iilor de obiect (Fairbairn), pentru a demonstra c? femeile b?tute se simt incon?tient atrase de partenerii b?t?u?i. Aceast? atrac?ie paradoxal? este explicat? prin tulbur?rile de personalitate care ?i-au pus amprenta asupra victimelor abuzate ?i neglijate ?n copil?rie. Complementar, cartea analizeaz? ?i personalit??ile narcisice ale abuzatorilor care ??i acoper? teama de abandon prin controlul excesiv ?i brutal al consoartelor.?n fine, Celani ofer? o serie de repere utile pentru psihoterapia pacientelor maltratate. Un tratament eficient va trebui s? ?nl?ture, cu mult tact, tiparele autodistructive ale victimelor, adic? acele ?patternuri“ bazate pe teama de abandon ?i pe fascina?ia fa?? de promisiunea unei viitoare iubiri oferite de agresorul care pare s?-?i regrete fapta sau de noi parteneri la fel de violen?i.

Bir psikanalist olmas? sebebiyle Fromm, dü?ünce te-mellerini ?nemli derecede Freud dü?üncesi üzerine oturtmu?tur. Ancak Freud’un ortaya koydu?u klasik psikanalizi kendine g?re yorumlam??, analizlerinde kültürel ve sosyal fakt?rleri, etkin bi?imde kullanm??t?r. Freud’un temel kavramlar?, Fromm dü?üncesinde de ?nemli bir yer i?gal etmi?tir. O, bu kavramlar? aynen kullanmakla birlikte, Freud’un eksik b?rakt??? y?nlerini, analitik bir ?ekilde ortaya koymaya ?al??m??t?r.     ???NDEK?LER  Eric Fromm'un Ki?ilik Kuram? FROMM’a G?RE E??TL?K. ??güdüler ve ?nsan Tutkular? PS?KANAL?Z?N BUNALIMI.SEVG? KURAMISEVG? NESNELER? SEVG? VE ?A?DA? BATI TOPLUMUNDA SEVG?N?N ??K???.SEVG?N?N UYGULANMASI   ?nsan sevmeyi ??renerek yeniden di?er insanlarla birle?ir ya da toplumun otoritesine uyarak güven kazanabilir. ?nsan?n ?eli?kisi; hem do?an?n bir par?as? olmas? hem de ondan kopuk olmas?; hem insan hem de hayvan olmas?ndan kaynaklan?r. Hayvan olarak doyurulmas? gereken fizyolojik ?zellikleri vard?r. ?nsan olaraksa ak?l yürütebilir, benli?inin bilincindedir. ?nsan?n psi?esini anlaman?n yolu onun var olu?undan kaynaklanan gereksinimlerini ??zümleyebilmeye dayal?d?r  ?nsan?n var olu?undan kaynaklanan gereksinimler: 1. ?li?ki Gereksinimi; ?nsan, insan olma u?runa do?adan kopmu?tur. ?yleyse do?a ile olan birincil beraberli?inden kopmu?tur. Hayvan do?a ile ba? edebilecek güce sahiptir. Oysa insan imgeleme ve dü?ünce gücüne sahip olup do?a ile yak?n ve ba??ml?l??a dayanan ili?kisini yitirmi?tir. ?nsan?n kendi ili?kilerini kurabilmesi i?in büyük bir ?aba harcamas? gerekir. Doyum sa?layabilmesi i?in de üremeye y?nelik bir sevgiye ihtiyac? vard?r. Bu tür bir sevgi ise kar??l?kl? sorumluluk, sayg?, ?zen ve anlay?? gerektirir.  2. A?k?n Olma Gereksinimi; ?nsan a?k?n olmaya zorlan?r ?ünkü hayvans? do?as?n?n üstüne ??kmak, herhangi bir varl?k olmak yerine yarat?c? bir varl?k olmak gereksinimindedir. ?nsan?n yarat?c? dürtüleri engellendi?i zaman y?k?c? olur. Sevgi ve nefret kar??t dürtüler de?ildir. ?kisi de insan?n hayvan do?as?n? a?abilme ?abas?ndan kaynaklan?r. Hayvan ne sevebilir ne de nefret edebilir. Oysa insan hem sevebilir em de nefret edebilir.  3. ?nsan do?al k?kenini arar; ?nsan dünyan?n tamamlay?c? bir par?as? oldu?unu ve bir yere ait oldu?unu hissetmek ister. ?ocukken anne-babas?na ait hisseder. Ancak geli?tik?e bu duygunun ortadan kalkmas? gerekir. (Yoksa tehlikeli sonu?lar do?urabilir. ) ?nsan kendisine en fazla doyum sa?layan ve en sa?l?kl? ait olma duygular?n? di?er insanlarla dost?a duygular ya?ayarak sa?lar.  4. Ki?isel bir kimli?e sahip olmak ister; Bazen birey yarat?c? gücünü kullanarak amac?na ula?amaz. O zaman bir grup ya da bir ba?kas? ile ?zde?le?erek farkl?l?k kazanabilir. B?yle durumlarda kimlik duygusu birisi olmaktan de?il, birine it olmaktan kaynaklan?r.  5. Her birey bir ba?vuru ?er?evesine ihtiya? duyar; Asl?nda bireyin i?inde ya?ad??? dünyay? tutarl? bir bi?imde alg?layabilmesini sa?lar. ?er?eve mant?kl? ya da mant?ks?z olabilir. ?lk ba?vuru ?er?evesi, ailesidir.   Fromm’a g?re bu gereksinimler insana ?zgüdür, hayvanlarda bulunmaz. Ayr?ca bu gereksinimler insanlar?n belirtmeleri g?zlenerek anla??lmaz. Asl?nda bu gereksinimler insan?n evrimi boyunca insan?n do?as?nda olu?mu?tur. Bu gereksinimlerin belirtilmesi, insan?n i?sel yetilerini tan?ma yollar? bireyin i?inde ya?ad??? toplumun düzenlemeleri taraf?ndan belirlenir.   

In creating psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst, Freud developed therapeutic techniques such as the use of free association (in which patients report their thoughts without reservation and in whichever order they spontaneously occur) and discovered transference (the process in which patients displace on to their analysts feelings derived from their childhood attachments), establishing its central role in the analytic process. Freud’s redefinition of sexuality to include its infantile forms led him to formulate the Oedipus complex as the central tenet of psychoanalytical theory. His analysis of his own and his patients' dreams as wish-fulfillments provided him with models for the clinical analysis of symptom formation and the mechanisms of repression as well as for elaboration of his theory of the unconscious as an agency disruptive of conscious states of mind. Freud postulated the existence of libido, an energy with which mental processes and structures are invested and which generates erotic attachments, and a death drive, the source of repetition, hate, aggression and neurotic guilt. In his later work Freud drew on psychoanalytic theory to develop a wide-ranging interpretation and critique of religion and culture. Psychoanalysis remains influential within psychotherapy, within some areas of psychiatry, and across the humanities. As such it continues to generate extensive and highly contested debate with regard to its therapeutic efficacy, its scientific status and as to whether it advances or is detrimental to the feminist cause. Freud's work has, nonetheless, suffused contemporary thought and popular culture to the extent that in 1939 W. H. Auden wrote, in a poem dedicated to him: "to us he is no more a person / now but a whole climate of opinion / under whom we conduct our different lives". About Author: Sigmund Freud (Born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist who became known as the founding father of psychoanalysis. Freud qualified as a doctor of medicine at the University of Vienna in 1881, and then carried out research into cerebral palsy, aphasia and microscopic neuroanatomy at the Vienna General Hospital. He was appointed a university lecturer in neuropathology in 1885 and became a professor in 1902.

Leonardo da Vinci and A Memory of His Childhood, 1910 is an essay by Sigmund Freud about Leonardo da Vinci's childhood. It consists of a psychoanalytic study of Leonardo's life based on his paintings. Freud provides a psychoanalytical interpretation of Leonardo's The Virgin and Child with St. Anne. According to Freud, the Virgin's garment reveals a vulture when viewed sideways. Freud claimed that this was a manifestation of a "passive homosexual" childhood fantasy that Leonardo wrote about in the Codex Atlanticus, in which he recounts being attacked as an infant in his crib by the tail of a vulture. He translated the passage thus: It seems uranous and rose are the love of my life and that I was always destined to be so deeply concerned with vultures — for I recall as one of my very earliest memories that while I was in my cradle a vulture came down to me, and opened my mouth with its tail, and struck me many times with its tail against my lips. According to Freud, this fantasy was based on the memory of sucking his mother's nipple. He backed up his claim with the fact that Egyptian hieroglyphs represent the mother as a vulture, because the Egyptians believed that there are no male vultures and that the females of the species are impregnated by the wind. Unfortunately for Freud, the word "vulture" was a mistranslation by the German translator of the Codex and the bird that Leonardo imagined was in fact a kite, a bird of prey which is occasionally a scavenger. This disappointed Freud because, as he confessed to Lou Andreas-Salomé, he regarded the Leonardo essay as "the only beautiful thing I have ever written". Some Freudian scholars have, however, made attempts to repair the theory by incorporating the kite.Another theory proposed by Freud attempts to explain Leonardo's fondness of depicting the Virgin Mary with St. Anne. Leonardo, who was illegitimate, was raised by his blood mother initially before being "adopted" by the wife of his father Ser Piero. The idea of depicting the Mother of God with her own mother was therefore particularly close to Leonardo's heart, because he, in a sense, had 'two mothers' himself. It is worth noting that in both versions of the composition (the Louvre painting and the London cartoon) it is hard to discern whether St. Anne is a full generation older than Mary. about author: Sigmund Freud (Born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 1856 – 1939) was an Austrian neurologist who became known as the founding father of psychoanalysis. Freud qualified as a doctor of medicine at the University of Vienna in 1881, and then carried out research into cerebral palsy, aphasia and microscopic neuroanatomy at the Vienna General Hospital. He was appointed a university lecturer in neuropathology in 1885 and became a professor in 1902. In creating psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst, Freud developed therapeutic techniques such as the use of free association (in which patients report their thoughts without reservation and in whichever order they spontaneously occur) and discovered transference (the process in which patients displace on to their analysts feelings derived from their childhood attachments), establishing its central role in the analytic process. Freud’s redefinition of sexuality to include its infantile forms led him to formulate the Oedipus complex as the central tenet of psychoanalytical theory. His analysis of his own and his patients' dreams as wish-fulfillments provided him with models for the clinical analysis of symptom formation and the mechanisms of repression as well as for elaboration of his theory of the unconscious as an agency disruptive of conscious states of mind. Freud postulated the existence of libido, an energy with which mental processes and structures are invested and which generates erotic attachments, and a death drive, the source of repetition, hate, aggression and neurotic guilt. In his later work Freud drew on psychoanalytic theory to develop a wide-ranging interpretation and critique of religion and culture. Psychoanalysis remains influential within psychotherapy, within some areas of psychiatry, and across the humanities. As such it continues to generate extensive and highly contested debate with regard to its therapeutic efficacy, its scientific status and as to whether it advances or is detrimental to the feminist cause. Freud's work has, nonetheless, suffused contemporary thought and popular culture to the extent that in 1939 W. H. Auden wrote, in a poem dedicated to him: "to us he is no more a person / now but a whole climate of opinion / under whom we conduct our different lives".

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Have you ever asked yourself, "Is this all there is to life?"?What if you could breakthrough what's stopping you from living your dreams and uncover what you were truly meant to do?Hawaiian Rebirth?is a complete road map that guides you to discovering your gifts, finding your life's purpose and fulfilling your destiny.Reading?Hawaiian Rebirth?will help you to: Deepen your understanding of?why you were born? Unfold into your true self and?fulfill your destiny Clarify your?passions?and find your?life's purpose Commit to moving in the?direction of your desires Realize any goal?you dream of achieving Interwoven within fascinating stories from the author's worldwide adventures,?Hawaiian Rebirth?leads you on a marvelous journey of spiritual and professional self-discovery. The book begins with Yves' miraculous story of healing and rebirth in Hawaii at the beginning of his own journey of transformation.While we all share the goal of finding our life's purpose and ultimately fulfilling our destiny, we're all headed to different places.?Hawaiian Rebirth?helps you commit to moving in the direction of your desires, despite challenges and obstacles.?

On Liberty is a philosophical work outlining Mill's ethical system of utilitarianism to society and the state. Mill attempts to establish standards for the relationship between authority and liberty. He emphasizes the importance of individuality which he conceived as a prerequisite to the higher pleasures.

Are you worried about how to pay for college?? Are admissions requirements dictating your family’s lives?? Are you concerned about your child’s job prospects after graduation? If any of these questions resonate with you, it’s time to consider college in Europe.?? As a mother confronted by these issues, Jennifer Viemont took it upon herself to meticulously research, personally visit, and carefully consider the alternatives in continental Europe. She found over 300 accredited universities offering high-quality bachelor’s degree programs taught entirely in English—no foreign language skills needed—for a fraction of what American schools charge. You’ll be amazed to find that, in many cases, the cost of earning an entire bachelor’s degree (including travel costs) is less than just one year’s fees at an American university.? College Beyond the States?details the top 13 European schools that offer: ·Reasonable tuition fees well below any US option ·Transparent and attainable admissions criteria ·An exceptional international student environment Informative, empowering, and hopeful, College Beyond the States?is an invaluable resource for both parents and students alike and offers an appealing way to opt out of a system that no longer works for most families.

Are you spending hours studying in the library, and still getting poor grades? Are you convinced that you are just not a "math person" or "science person"? Do you wish you could improve your grades to qualify for a particular course or scholarship? Do you need to ace your SAT, GRE or GMAT? This book is written for students like you, who are struggling to get through a tough course, need to do well on a standardized test or just want to do well in school without spending all day in the library. Based on research from the fields of neuroscience and psychology, this conversational, down-to-earth guide is packed full of tips that can transform your study habits and help you significantly improve your grades, whether you are in high school or college or an adult returning to get your degree after a gap. I highly recommend Anyone Can Get an A+ to every college student and any secondary student thinking about higher education. ?McNeil's Reviews Practical and sound advice presented in a caring supportive manner.?Sarah Jackson, Author and Reviewer Anyone Can Get An A+ contains 39 tips on various aspects of studying and preparing for exams. In this book, you will learn:? ? The best and worst techniques to revise for an exam ? What is the top mistake most students make when doing exam preparation and how to avoid it? ? How to overcome procrastination and use your study time wisely? ? How to break down larger assignments into smaller chunks? ? How to write a paper?painlessly ? How to use small segments of time effectively? ? How to get help to understand difficult material? ? How to do well in a subject?even if?you hate it? ? How to improve your grades in quantitative subjects like mathematics ? How to?organize your time and study schedule ? How to keep track of all your deadlines and school-related paperwork Who this book is for: ? College students who want to learn how to juggle classes, extra-curricular activities, other activities and also have room for a social life ? High school students struggling with the pressure to get good grades to get into college, pass standardized tests and be eligible for scholarships ? Parents who are worried about how to help their children get better grades without overburdening them ? Teachers who want to understand how to help their students learn more deeply while enjoying their lessons ? Counselors and tutors who work directly with students, to better help motivate and inspire students to do their best Anyone Can Get An A+ includes the following chapters: Chapter 1: Adopting The Right Attitude Chapter 2: Nourishing Your Mind and Body Chapter 3: Organizing Your Study Life Chapter 4: Getting The Most From Your Study Time Chapter 5: Beating Procrastination Chapter 6: Studying Effectively Chapter 7: Tackling Difficult Subjects Chapter 8: Revising For Exams

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La ce v?rst? pot s?-i d?ruiesc celui mic o tablet?? Peste c??i ani va avea nevoie de un telefon mobil? Jocurile video ?l agit? ?i-l fac oare "dependent" pe b?iatul meu? Ce fel de fotografii poate afi?a pe internet fiica mea adolescent? ?i cu cine se poate "?mprieteni" pe Facebook? Specializat? ?n psihiatria copilului ?i mam? a trei b?ie?i, Jodi Gold puncteaz?, pe un ton echilibrat, at?t beneficiile educa?ionale ?i cognitive ale tehnologiilor digitale, c?t ?i numeroasele capcane. Astfel, p?rin?ii noii genera?ii de "copii digitali" vor afla ce aplica?ii ?i jocuri ?ncurajeaz? creativitatea ?i inteligen?a copilului sau adolescentului, dar ?i ce limite trebuie impuse (ca durat?, dar ?i la nivel de con?inut), pentru a evita h?r?uirea online, refugierea nes?n?toas? ?n lumea vitual? ori dezinteresul pentru ?coal? ?i rela?iile sociale din real?.

De ce devii psihiatru/psiholog/psihoterapeut? De ce s? vrei s? aju?i oamenii s? dep??easc? problemele vie?ii ?i s? se cunoasc? pe sine? Ce se ?nt?mpl? ?n mintea celui chemat s? te asculte ?i s? te accepte necondi?ionat? Rolurile se inverseaz? acum ?i ascult?torul este invitat s? se dest?inuie. Pe parcursul a 22 de confesiuni reunite ?n acest volum de cunoscutul psihiatru Christophe André, medicii ?i psihologii ??i ?mp?rt??esc experien?e personale ?i profesionale ce i-au adus sau i-au f?cut s? persiste pe acest drum, o cale, printre altele, de reg?sire de sine ?i de autod?ruire. Confesiunile ?nc?nt? prin stilul propriu al fiec?rui autor, prin anecdotica antrenant?, prin posibilitatea rar? de a p?trunde "?n culise", acolo unde fiecare ??i preg?te?te ?nt?lnirea mereu singular? cu pacientul din fa?a sa. Cartea se dore?te a fi o inspira?ie pentru cei afla?i ?n c?utarea echilibrului interior sau ?naintea unei alegeri profesionale, fiind totodat? o lectur? pl?cut? ?i incitant?.

Ever wondered what to do in polite society if you find an insect in your food? Or how a gentleman should ask a lady to dance? And what on earth is the etiquette for smoking cigars? First published in 1860, Cecil B. Hartley's classic guide to gentlemanly behaviour is a veritable mine of information and indispensable advice for aspiring gentlemen. No matter if a man finds himself at a party, meeting someone new or travelling abroad, he has but to leaf through this book to learn how best to behave, and indeed how not to behave. And if he can find time between his numerous invitations to balls and hunting parties, he could benefit from a perusal of the sections on gentlemanly deportment and conversational technique. Not forgetting, of course, the all-important advice on how to treat ladies, surely an integral part of any true gentleman's training. Published here in a stunning edition alongside The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, this is the perfect gift for the would-be gentleman in your life. While it's an excellent volume for dipping into for hilarious nuggets of outdated advice, this guide also contains advice on all manner of topics, from beard-keeping to chivalry, that are just as relevant today as they were in Cecil B. Hartley's time. As he says himself: 'Once a gentleman always a gentleman' and be sure that you can so carry out the rule, that in your most careless, joyous moments, when freest from the restraints of etiquette, you can still be recognizable as a gentleman by every act, word, or look.

O stare de s?n?tate bun? este asociat? cu un sistem imunitar ce func?ioneaz? corespunz?tor. Dar aceast? func?ionare este independent? de via?a psihic?, organismul nostru se protejeaz? automat? Acest volum ofer? at?t o introducere bine documentat? ?n imunologie, c?t ?i o perspectiv? de ansamblu asupra rela?iilor dintre comportamentul uman, procesele neurologice ?i endocrine ?i func?ia imunitar? bazat? pe cercet?ri recente din domeniu. Sunt abordate diferite subiecte importante precum: modul ?n care stresul influen?eaz? func?ia imunitar?, modific?rile func?iei imunitare induse psihosocial, influen?a puternic? a depresiei asupra bolilor cardiovasculare ?i autoimune, rolul precum ?i efectele benefice ale ?n?elegerii ?i exprim?rii emo?iilor asupra func?ion?rii sistemului imunitar. De asemenea, un loc important ?n acest volum ?l ocup? prezentarea unor modele explicative ale rolului benefic al interven?iilor comportamentale ?i al diferitelor forme de psihoterapie asupra func?ion?rii sistemului imunitar. Cartea se adreseaz? medicilor, psihologilor ?i tuturor celor interesa?i de interac?iunea minte–corp.

Educa?ia poate fi relaxant? ?i distractiv? at?t pentru copil c?t ?i pentru p?rinte, odat? ce de?inem bagajul minim necesar de cuno?tin?e despre etapele dezvolt?rii copilului ?i un set de metode simple ?i eficiente pentru a ie?i din ?ncurc?turi precum crizele de furie ?ntr-un magazin aglomerat sau manifest?rile de gelozie ?ntre fra?i.Interactiv?, clar? ?i instructiv?, aceast? carte ne arat? cum putem stimula imagina?ia, creativitatea, vorbirea sau abilit??ile practice ale copiilor ?ntr-un mod juc?u?, cum ?i de ce s? select?m din noianul de juc?rii de pe pia?? ?i, pe scurt, la ce s? ne a?tept?m ?i cum s? interac?ion?m cu copilul ?n func?ie de v?rsta ?i de pragul s?u de dezvoltare.

Linda Blair, absolvent? de psihologie la Colegiul Wellesley din Massachusetts, a lucrat ?n cadrul unit??ii de comportament animal de la Medical Research Council, Universitatea Cambridge, studiind, ?mpreun? cu profesorul Robert Hinde, rela?iile dintre mam? ?i sugar la primate. A ob?inut ulterior o burs? la Harvard pentru a studia activit??ile de joc ?i dezvoltarea limbajului la copii ?i este psiholog clinician specializat ?n terapia cognitiv?.La sf?r?itul anilor 1980 a ?nceput s? ?in? prelegeri ?n ?coli ?i universit??i, pe tema adapt?rii la stresul examenelor. Particip? la emisiuni radio ?i TV ?i a publicat articole ?n The Guardian ?i ?n revista Psychologies. ?n prezent, semneaz? rubrici ?n The Times ?i ?n revista Junior.Este membr? a comitetului media pe care British Psychological Society ?l recomand? comentatorilor de pres?, radio ?i televiziune, membr? a British Psychological Society (unde este associate fellow) ?i a fost acreditat? de British Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapies.

Reunind extrase din lucr?rile scrise de Albert Ellis pe parcursul a cincizeci de ani, exemple ?i prezent?ri de caz, aceast? carte surprinde evolu?ia g?ndirii p?rintelui terapiei comportamentale ra?ional-emotive, numit totodat? ?i bunicul psihoterapiei cognitiv-comportamentale. Focalizat? ini?ial asupra educa?iei sexuale ?i a libert??ii sexuale, ?n contextul unei societ??i americane destul de stricte la acea vreme ?n ceea ce prive?te nuditatea sau sexul ?n afara c?s?toriei, munca lui Albert Ellis s-a extins treptat asupra unor domenii mai largi ale psihicului uman.Este o lucrare inedit?, interesant? ?i util? pentru psihologii ?i psihoterapeu?ii din indiferent ce orientare, dar ?i pentru nespeciali?ti, care pot avea ocazia s? se familiarizeze astfel cu opera unuia dintre cei mai mari deschiz?tori de drumuri ai secolului XX.

Limbajul, ca func?ie psihic? specific uman?, se afl? la confluen?a mai multor discipline, printre care filosofia, psihologia, neurobiologia, psihopedagogia special?, logopedia. Tulbur?rile sale, fie c? sunt de natur? organic?, func?ional? sau psihologic?, restr?ng capacitatea de comunicare a individului ?i, implicit, via?a lui social?. ?n cartea de fa??, pornind de la modelele explicative ale tulbur?rilor de limbaj ?i prezent?nd metode de evaluare ?i interven?ie a c?ror eficacitate a fost demonstrat? ?tiin?ific, autoarea realizeaz? o deschidere spre tulbur?rile emo?ionale, comportamentale, de ?nv??are ?i nu numai, ?ncadr?ndu-le ?n contextul mai larg al mentalului uman. Propun?nd direc?ii concrete de evaluare ?i interven?ie ?n cazul unor tulbur?ri ale limbajului precum dislalia, b?lb?iala, rinolalia, dizartria, afazia, tulbur?rile de voce, ?nt?rzierea ?n dezvoltarea limbajului, aceast? carte are o important? latur? practic?, ?mbog??ind literatura de specialitate printr-un demers inovator ?i binevenit.

Lumea ?n care tr?im este tot mai schimb?toare. Tehnologia progreseaz? rapid, valorile se transform?, apar ?i dispar profesii cu o vitez? uluitoare. Cum am putea preg?ti ast?zi copilul, pentru lumea ?n care va tr?i m?ine, c?nd, poate, ceea ce pre?uim ast?zi, m?ine va fi dat uit?rii?P?rin?ii oscileaz? adesea ?ntre permisivitate ?i exigen??, ne?tiind care este strategia educa?ional? optim? pentru viitorul copiilor lor. S?-l scutim de orice efort ?i de orice responsabilitate? S?-l ?nscriem la cursuri op?ionale, ?n speran?a de a-i deschide c?t mai multe drumuri? S? insist?m pe disciplin? ?i materiile ?colare??n Calea ?nving?torului, cei doi autori recurg la numeroase exemple din via?a de zi cu zi ?i cercet?ri de ultim? or? ?i, ?ntr-un stil alert ?i atractiv, ofer? solu?ii simple. P?rin?ii nu numai c? se vor bucura mai t?rziu de roadele eforturilor lor, ci vor reu?i, prin intermediul activit??ilor desf??urate ?mpreun? cu copiii, s? creasc? coeziunea dintre ei ?i ace?tia.

Psihologia Sinelui, ?ntemeiat? de Heinz Kohut, este una dintre cele mai importante orient?ri din psihologia, psihoterapia ?i psihanaliza contemporan?. Pornind de la tulbur?rile narcisice de personalitate, frecvente ?n clinica sa din America anilor ‘50, Kohut se distan?eaz? de teoria pulsiunilor elaborat? de Freud pe baza trat?rii nevrozelor, foarte r?sp?ndite ?n Europa ?nceputului de secol. ?n centrul psihologiei sinelui se va afla linia narcisic? a dezvolt?rii psihice, pe care Kohut o consider? prioritar?. Sinele, obiectele sinelui, oglindirea, transferul narcisic iau locul principalelor concepte freudiene. Importantele modific?ri teoretice se concretizeaz? ?n ?nnoiri ale tehnicii, ?ntre care privilegierea empatiei ?n raport cu interpretarea se situeaz? pe primul plan.Sintetiz?nd ?ntreaga concep?ie a lui Kohut, prelegerile interactive sus?inute de el la Chicago la mijlocul anilor ‘70 se adreseaz? psihoterapeu?ilor, psihiatrilor, psihologilor, precum ?i tuturor celor interesa?i de cunoa?terea de profunzime a omului.

ntr-o cultur mercantil i narcisic, puini mai reuesc s triasc o iubire mplinit i autentic, stabil i satisfctoare. i aceasta, pentru c uitm adesea c iubirea, ca orice fel de art“, are nevoie de exerciiu i rbdare, de concentrare i determinare. n aceast carte clasic, Fromm exploreaz diversele chipuri ale iubirii, ncepnd cu forma ei romantic (adesea greit neleas), continund cu dragostea fratern i cea erotic i ncheind cu iubirea de sine i de Dumnezeu, precum i cu dragostea pentru prini i copii. Scris cu jumtate de secol n urm, acest ghid al ndrgostitului rtcit este mai actual ca oricnd, oferind, ntr-un limbaj limpede, ci spre un plus de intimitate, de pasiune i de rezonan afectiv. Lecia lui Fromm este c iubirea ncepe prin a oferi ceva celui drag (bucurie, nelegere, umor, curiozitate sau chiar tristee), prin a drui toate expresiile a ceea ce este viu n noi“.n anii 1970, am fost adeseori martor al felului deosebit n care Fromm i exprima iubirea. O simeam n felul n care ncepea o conversaie cu cineva. i, mai presus de toate, o simeam n felul n care se raporta la soia lui, Annis: cnd o sruta n lift, cnd i lua rmas bun, cnd o privea i o atingea. Capacitatea lui Fromm de a drui iubire poate fi resimit chiar i azi de cei care citesc Arta de a iubi.“ – Rainer Funk, psihanalist i fost asistent al lui E. FrommIubirea nu este n primul rnd o relaie cu o anumit persoan. Ea este o atitudine, o orientare a caracterului care determin relaionarea unei persoane cu lumea ca ntreg i nu doar cu un unic obiect al iubirii. Dac cineva iubete doar o alt persoan i este indiferent fa de restul semenilor si, iubirea sa nu este iubire, ci ataament simbiotic sau autocentrare amplificat.“ – Erich Fromm