Popular Psychology Books
The Psychology of Social Media
Are we really being ourselves on social media? Can we benefit from connecting with people we barely know online? Why do some people overshare on social networking sites? The Psychology of Social... (more)
Conscience - The Origins of Moral Intuition
Patricia Churchland, the distinguished founder of neurophilosophy, reaches beyond the familiar argument of nature versus nurture to bring together insights from philosophy and revolutionary research... (more)
Worried?: Science investigates some of life's common concerns
Quick-what do you worry about most? Dying in a plane crash? Invisible chemicals in your environment? Catching a disease from a public restroom? In a world where we hear about the latest misfortunes... (more)
The Women's Guide to Overcoming Insomnia: Get a Good Night's Sleep Without Relying on Medication
More than 60 percent of American women have trouble sleeping- which isn't surprising, as they have a higher risk of developing sleeping problems. But addressing this issue is more nuanced for women... (more)
Creating Compassionate Kids: Essential Conversations to Have with Young Children
If you had to choose one word to describe the world you want children to grow up in, what would it be? Safe? Understanding? Resilient? Compassionate? As parents and caregivers of young... (more)
Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do
Virtual reality is able to effectively blur the line between reality and illusion, pushing the limits of our imagination and granting us access to any experience possible. These experiences, ones... (more)
The Mental Health and Wellbeing Workout for Teens
This easy-to-understand, engaging guide arms teens with healthy thinking habits and coping strategies for staying on top of their mental health. Using tried and tested therapeutic techniques, readers... (more)
The Interbrain: How Unconscious Connections Influence Human Behaviour and Relationships
Digby Tantam presents his ground-breaking theory of the interbrain, the idea that human beings are endlessly connected by a continuous interplay of non-verbal communication of which we are unaware.... (more)
Can I Tell You About Being a Young Carer?: A Guide for Friends Family and Professionals
Meet Carly. Carly is a young person caring for her mother who has Multiple Sclerosis and depression. Part of the best-selling Can I Tell You about... series this book raises awareness about children... (more)
Buried Secrets: Remembrance of Things Past, Learning to live with those unwelcome feelings
Do you have a secret? No? Think again... Using simple language for the everyday reader, Buried Secrets gives descriptive accounts from real people who have been depressed with who they are, and how... (more)
The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: Third Edition: What You and Your Family Need to Know
Over 275,000 bipolar sufferers and their loved ones have found the crucial information and support they need in this indispensable guide, now in a thoroughly updated third edition. Trusted authority... (more)
Emotion: The Basics
While human beings might be rational animals, they are emotional animals as well. Emotions play a central role in all areas of our lives and if we are to have a proper understanding of human life and... (more)
Talk Yourself Better: A Confused Persons Guide to Therapy Counselling and Self-Help
So you've decided you want to try therapy. But which type of therapy is best for you? Do you know your CBT from your DBT, your cognitive analytic therapy from your psychoanalysis? Talk Yourself... (more)
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Trans (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Leading activist and essayist Brynn Tannehill tells you everything you ever wanted to know about transgender issues but were afraid to ask. The book aims to break down deeply held misconceptions... (more)
How to Be Human: The Manual
How to be Human is the only manual you need to help you upgrade your mind as much as you've upgraded your iphone.
"It took us 4 billion years to evolve to where we are now - completely... (more)
Life After Work: A Psychological Guide to a Healthy Retirement
Retirement is a comma in our lives, not a full stop. Life After Work looks at the psychological, emotional and wellbeing issues that surround this complex and important transition in life. This book... (more)
The Psychology of Retirement
How can you make the most of retirement? How should you plan for retirement? What are the challenges of retirement and how can they be dealt with? The Psychology of Retirement looks at this... (more)
Why Does Patriarchy Persist?
The election of an unabashedly patriarchal man as US President was a shock for many--despite decades of activism on gender inequalities and equal rights, how could it come to this? What is it about... (more)
Motherhood Missed: Stories from Women Who are Childless by Circumstance
Many women expect to become mothers but are childless through social rather than biological reasons - perhaps they haven't met the right person or they prioritised career or education earlier in... (more)
The Student Mindset: A 30-item toolkit for anyone learning anything
Provides clear, effective and engaging tools for transforming commitment, motivation and productivity. Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin, two of the most prominent practitioners of this initiative, have... (more)
The Healthy Mind: Mindfulness True Self and the Stream of Consciousness
In The Healthy Mind, Dr. Henry M. Vyner presents the findings of twenty-seven years of research spent interviewing Tibetan lamas about their experiences of the mind. The interviews have generated a... (more)
Will I Still Be Me?: Finding a Continuing Sense of Self in the Lived Experience of Dementia
What does a dementia diagnosis mean for an individual's sense of self? Christine Bryden shares her insider view on living with dementia and explains how a continuing sense of self is possible after... (more)
Obsessive Compulsions
Almost everybody has an obsession or feels a compulsion to do something a certain way. Magic numbers, intrusive thoughts, unusual fears and superstitions happen to about four people out of five, but... (more)
The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while walking over the heath; Nikola Tesla... (more)
Passing Judgment: Praise and Blame in Everyday Life
Our obsession with praise and blame begins soon after birth. Totally dependent on others, rapidly we learn to value praise and to fear the consequences of blame. Despite outgrowing an infant's... (more)
On Being an Introvert or Highly Sensitive Person: A guide to boundaries joy and meaning
In a culture that ranks sociability and extroversion above the introverted traits of deep thinking and being alone, Ilse Sand shows how to find joy and meaning as an introvert or highly sensitive... (more)
Can I Tell You About Bipolar Disorder?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals
If a grownup you love has bipolar disorder, what does that mean? In this friendly guide, 11-year-old Josh tells all about his dad's bipolar, including what mental illness is, and how it can affect... (more)
The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques: Understanding How Your Brain Makes You Anxious and What You Can Do to Change it: Second edition
From mild worry or social unease to severe phobia and panic, anxiety affects millions of people. This book offers answers and relief. Drawing on brain science, it highlights the top 10... (more)
Using Positive Psychology Every Day: Learning How to Flourish
This book is for anyone experiencing stress, distress or lower well-being, as well as coaches and therapists can use the book for clients in the context of guided self-help. (more)
In Therapy: The Unfolding Story
In this complete and updated edition of the groundbreaking In Therapy, world-renowned therapist Susie Orbach reveals what really goes on in therapy. Worldwide, increasingly large numbers of people... (more)