Recommended Books

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The society sponsors an ever-expanding library of recommended Humanistic Psychology books.

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• Advanced Hypnotherapy: Hypnodynamic Techniques by John G. Watkins & Arreed Barabasz

• Advances in Mixed Methods Research: Theories and Applications by Manfred Max Bergman

• Against and for CBT: Towards a Constructive Dialogue? Edited by Richard House and Del Loewenthal

• Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy by Eric G. Wilson

• Agnes's Jacket: A Psychologist's Search for the Meanings of Madness by Gail Hornstein

• American Therapy: The Rise of Psychotherapy in the United States by Jonathan Engel

• Analysing Qualitative Data by Graham Gibbs

• The Anorexic Self: A Personal, Political Analysis of a Diagnostic Discourse by Paula Saukko

• The Answer Within: A Clinical Framework of Ericksonian Hypnotherapy by Stephen Lankton & Carol Hicks Lankton

• Anti-Oppressive Practice in Health and Social Care by Viola Nzira and Paul Williams

• Are We Free? Psychology and Free Will Edited by John Baer, James C. Kaufman, & Roy F. Baumeister

• Asian American Psychology: Current Perspectives by Nita Tewari & Alvin N. Alvarez

• Attachment Theory and Research in Clinical Work with Adults by Joseph H. Obegi & Ety Berant

B

• Bearing Witness to Epiphany: Persons, Things, and the Nature of Erotic Life by John Russon

• Before Prozac: The Troubled History of Mood Disorders in Psychiatry by Edward Shorter

• Beyond Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: Fostering the Eight Sources of Change in Child and Adolescent Treatment by George W. Rosenfeld

• Bipolar Children: Cutting-Edge Controversy, Insights, and Research Edited by Sharna Olfman

• The Body Hunters: Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients by Sonia Shah 

• Boundaries of Touch: Parenting and Adult-Child Intimacy by Jean Halley

• The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge

• Brainstorming: Views and Interviews on the Mind by Shaun Gallagher

• Brief Person-Centred Therapies by Keith Tudor

• Brilliant Sanity: Buddhist Approaches to Psychotherapy Edited by Francis J. Kaklauskas, Susan Nimanheminder, Louis Hoffman, and MacAndrew Jack

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• The Cambridge Companion to Jung Edited by Polly Young-Eisendrath and Terence Dawson

• The Cambridge Handbook of Situated Cognition by Philip Robbins and Murat Aydede

• Capabilities and Happiness Edited by Luigi Bruni, Falvio Comim & Maurizio Pugno

• Case Studies in Emotion-Focused Treatment and Depression: A Comparison of Good and Poor Outcome Edited by Jeanne C. Watson, Rhonda N. Goldman, & Leslie S. Greenberg

• The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn P. Saks

• Chaos and Complexity in Psychology by Stephen J. Guastello, Matthijus Koopman, & David Pincus

• The Child in the World: Embodiment, Time, and Language in Early Childhood by Eva M. Simms

• Children and Spirituality: Searching for Meaning and Connectedness by Brendan Hyde

• Children and the Dark Side of Human Experience: Confronting Global Realities and Rethinking Child Development by James Garbarino

• The Clinical Handbook of Mindfulness Edited by Fabrizio Didonna

• Coercion as Cure: A Critical History of Psychiatry by Thomas Szasz

• Collaborative Therapeutic Neuropsychological Assessment by Tad T. Gorske & Steven R. Smith

• Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation by Charles Barber

• Community, Conflict, and State: A Manifesto for Community Well-Being by Charlie Cooper

• A Companion to Phenomenology and Existentialism Edited by Hubert L. Dreyfus & Mark A. Wrathall

• Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation: A Roadmap from Beginning to End by Linda Dale Bloomberg & Marie F. Volpa

• Constructivist Psychotherapy: Distinctive Features by Robert Neimeyer

• The Continuity of Mind by Michael Spivey

• Conversation Analysis by Ian Hutchby & Robin Wooffitt

• Conversation Analysis and Psychotherapy Edited by Anssi Perakylai, Charles Antaki, Sanna  Vehvilainen, and Ivan Leudar

• Counseling Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods by Carl J. Sheperis, M. Harry Daniels, & J. Scott Young

• Crucified with Christ: Meditation on the Passion, Mystical Death, and the Medieval Invention of Psychotherapy by Dan Merkur

• Crying Shame: Metaculture, Modernity, and the Exaggerated Death of Lament by James M. Wilce

• Culture and Mental Health: Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice Edited by Sussie Eshun & Regan A.P. Gurung

• The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine by Anne Harrington

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• Death and Desire in Hegel, Heidegger, and Deleuze by Brent Adkins

• Death, 'Deathlessness,' and Existenz in Karl Jaspers's Philosophy by Filiz Peach

• Demystifying the Autistic Experience: A Humanistic Introduction for Parents, Caregivers and Educators by William Stillman

• Depression and Narrative: Telling the Dark by Hilary Clark

• Designing Qualitative Research by Uwe Flick

• The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders by John E. Sarno

• Doing Conversation, Discourse, and Document Analysis by Tim Rapley

• Doing Narrative Research Edited by Molly Andrews, Corinne Squire, and Maria Tambouka

• Doing Qualitative Research: A Comprehensive Guide by David Silverman and Amir Marvasti

• Doing Qualitative Research Using Your Computer: A Practical Guide by Chris Hahn

• Downshifting: A Theoretical and Practical Approach to Living a Simple Life by Franco Gandolfi and Helene Cherrier

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• Embodied Minds in Actions by Robert Hanna & Michelle Maiese

• Embodiment, Ego-Space, and Action Edited by Roberta L. Klatzky, Brian MacWhinney, and Marlene Behrmann

• Embracing Mind: The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality by B. Alan Wallace & Brian Hodel

• Emerson and Self-Culture by John T. Lysaker

• Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy: The Dynamics of Emotion, Love and Power by Leslie S. Greenberg & Rhonda N. Goldman

• Emotion Regulation: Conceptual and Clinical Issues Edited by Ad J.J.M. Vingerhoets, Ivan Nyklicek, and Johan Denollet

• The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology Edited by Shane J. Lopez

• Engaging Crystallization in Qualitative Research: An Introduction by Laura L. Ellingson

• Everyday Creativity and New Views of Human Nature Edited by Ruth Richards

• Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes by Adrian Tomer, Grafton T. Eliason, & Paul T.P. Wong

• Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy: Guideposts to the Core of Practice Edited by Kirk J. Schneider

• Existentialist Criminology by Don Crewe

• The Expansion of Consciousness by Ralph Metzner

• The Expressive Body in Life, Art, and Therapy by Daria Halprin

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• Facilitating Young People's Development: International Perspectives on Person-Centred Theory and Practice Edited by Michael Behr & Jeffrey HD Cornelius-White

• Feelings of Being: Phenomenology, Psychiatry, and the Sense of Reality by Matthew Ratcliffe

• Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority, and Lived Experience by Katrina Karkazis

• Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: Accessing the Body's Wisdom and Creative Intelligence by Laury Rappaport

• The Focusing-Oriented Counselling Primer: A Concise, Accessible, Comprehensive Introduction by Campbell Purton

• Focusing with Children: The Art of Communicating with Children at School and at Home by Marta Stapert & Erik Verliefde

• A Fragile Revolution: Consumers and Psychiatric Survivors Confront the Power of the Mental Health System by Barbara Everett

• Foundations for Soul Care: A Christian Psychology Proposal by Eric L. Johnson

• Future Orientation: Developmental and Ecological Perspectives by Rachel Seginer

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• Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Lives, Minds and Bodies by Greg Critser

• Globalization and Utopia: Critical Essays Edited by Patrick Hayden & Chamsy El-Ojeili

• Going on Being: Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and Psychotherapy by Mark Epstein

• A Guide to Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception by George J. Marshall

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• Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans Including Women, Reservists, and Those Coming Back from Iraq Edited by Daryl S. Paulson & Stanley Krippner

• Handbook of African American Psychology by Helen A. Neville, Brendesha M. Tynes, & Shawn O. Utsey

• Handbook for Theory, Research, and Practice in Gestalt Therapy Edited by Philip Brownell

• Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace by Joseph De Rivera

• Handbook of Emergent Methods Edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy 

• The Handbook of Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling Edited by Mick Cooper, Maureen O'Hara, Peter F. Schmid, and Gill Wyatt

• Handbook of Positive Psychology in the Schools Edited by Michael Furlong

• Healing Tales: The Narrative Arts in Spiritual Traditions Editedy by Stanley Krippner, Michael Bova, Leslie Gray, & Adam Kay

• Heidegger and Aristotle: Philosophy as Praxis by Michael Bowler

• Heidegger and a Metaphysics of Feeling: Angst and the Finitude of Being by Sharin N. Elkholy

• Heidegger and the Question of Psychology: Zollikon and Beyond by Mark Letteri

• Heidegger, Phenomenology and Indian Thought by Peter Wilberg

• Hidden Courage: Reconnecting Faith and Character with Mental Wellness by William J. Elenchin

• The History of Intentionality: Theories of Consciousness from Brentano to Husserl by Ryan Hickerson

• Hooked: Ethics, the Medical Profession, and the Pharmaceutial Industry by Howard Brody

• The How of Happiness: The Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want by Sonja Lyubomirsky

• Human Enhancement Edited by Julian Savulescu & Nick Bostrom

• The Human Person in Theology and Psychology by Bruce A. Demarest & James R. Beck

• Humanism in Business Edited by Heiko Spitzeck, Michael Pirson, Wolfgang Amann, Shiban Khan, and Ernst von Kimakowitz

• Humanitarianism and Suffering: The Mobilization of Empathy Edited by Richard Ashby Wilson & Richard D. Brown

• Humanizing Child Developmental Theory: A Holistic Approach by Eugene M. DeRobertis

• Hypnosis: A Brief History by Judith Pinter & Steven Lynn

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• Indicators of Children's Well-Being: Theory and Practice in a Multi-Cultural Perspective Edited by Asher Ben-Arieh and Robert M. Goerge

• The Inhuman Condition: Looking for Difference After Levinas and Heidegger by Rudi Visker

• Integrating Spirituality in Counseling: A Manual for Using the Experiential Focusing Method by Elfie Hinterkopf

• InterViews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing by Steiner Kvale & Svend Brinkman

• Intimacy, Transcendence, and Psychology: Closeness and Openness in Everyday Life by Steen Halling

• Introducing Qualitative Research in Psychology by Carla Willig

• Introduction to Art Therapy: Faith in the Product by Bruce L. Moon

• An Introduction to Childhood: Anthropological Perspectives on Children's Lives by Heather Montgomery

• The Invisible Smile: Living Without Facial Expression by Jonathan Cole and Henrietta Spalding

• An Introduction to Art Therapy: Faith in the Product by Bruce L. Moon

• Invitation to Existential Psychology: A Psychology for the Unique Human Being and its Applications in Therapy by Bo Jacobsen

• Is Faith Delusion? Why Religion is Good for Your Health by Andrew Sims

J

• Japan in Analysis: Cultures of the Unconscious by Ian Parker

• Justifying Our Existence: An Essay in Applied Phenomenology by Graeme Nicholson

L

• Language and Self-Transformation: A Study of the Christian Conversion Narrative by Peter G. Stromberg

• Liberatory Psychiatry: Philosophy, Politics, and Mental Health by Carl I. Cohen and Sami Timimi

• Living Autobiographically: How We Create Identity in Narrative by Paul John Eakin

• Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life by Marilyn Mandala Sclitz, Cassandra Vieten, & Tina Amorok

• The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow into Depressive Disorder by Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield

• The Lost Art of Listening (2nd Ed.): How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships by Michael P. Nichols

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• Managing Quality in Qualitative Research by Uwe Flick

• Mania: A Short History of Bipolar Disorder by David Healy

• Material Culture and Technology in Everyday Life: Ethnographic Approaches by Phillip Vannini

• Meaning and Language: Phenomenological Perspectives Edited by Filip Mattens

• Meaning in Action: Constructions, Narratives, and Representations Edited by Toshio Sugiman, Kenneth J. Gergen, Wolfgang Wagner, and Yoko Yamada

• The Meaning of Others: Narrative Studies of Relationships Edited by Ruthellen Josselson, Amia Lieblich, & Dan P. McAdams

• Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach by Andrea S. Wiley & John S. Allen

• Medical Illness and Positive Life Change: Can Crisis Lead to Personal Transformation? Edited by Crystal L. Park, Suzanne C. Lechner, Michael H. Antoni, & Annette L. Stanton

• Medical Sociology: An Introduction by Hannah Bradby

• The Medicalization of Everyday Life: Selected Essays by Thomas Szasz

• The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders by Peter Conrad

• Men's Discourses on Depression by Dariusz Galasinki

• Merleau-Ponty by Taylor Carman

• Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology by Kirk M. Besmer

• The Mind, the Body and the World: Psychology After Cognitivism? Edited by Brendan Wallace, Alastair Ross, & John Booth Davies

• The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being by Daniel J. Siegel

• Mindfulness and the Therapeutic Relationship Edited by Zindel V. Segal, Steven F. Hick, & Thomas Bien

• Mixed Methods Research: Exploring the Interactive Continuum by Carolyn S. Ridenour and Isadore Newman

• Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddist Revolution by David R. Loy

• Moody Minds Distempered: Essays on Melancholy and Depression by Jennifer Radden

• Music and Altered States: Consciousness, Transcendence, Therapy and Addictions by David Adridge and Jorg Fachner

• Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks

• The Myth of the Chemical Cure: A Critique of Psychiatric Drug Treatment by Joanna Moncrieff

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• Narratives of Mental Health: New Perspectives on Illness and Recovery by Bruce Cohen

O

• On Life After Death (2nd Ed.) by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

• On the Philosophy of Mind by Barbara Montero

• On Wings of Faith and Reason: The Christian Difference in Culture and Science Edited by Craig Steven Titus

• The Origin of Consciousness in the Social World Edited by Charles Whitehead

• The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Emotion Edited by John Corrigan

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• Parenting Your Anxious Child with Mindfulness and Acceptance by Christopher McCurry

• The Perfectability of Human Nature in Eastern and Western Thought by Harold Coward

• The Person and the Polis: Faith and Values Within the Secular State Edited by Craig Steven Titus

• Person-Centered Counselling for People with Dementia: Making Sense of Self by Danuta Lipinska

• Person-Centered Counselling Psychology: An Introduction by Evan Gillon

• Person-Centred Psychopathology: A Positive Psychology of Mental Health Edited by Stephen Joseph & Richard Worsley

• Person-Centred Work with Children and Young People Edited by Suzanne Keys & Tracey Walshaw

• Pharmaceuticals and Society: Critical Discourses and Debates Edited by Simon J. Williams, Jonathan Gabe, and Peter Davis

• The Phenomenological Mind: An Introduction to Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science by Shaun Gallagher and Dan Zahavi

• Phenomenology of the Human Person by Robert Sokolowski

• Philosophical Perspectives on Technology and Psychiatry Edited by James Phillips

• A Philosophy of Fear by Lars Svendsen

• Philosophy of Psychopharmacology by Dan J. Stein

• The Physiology and Phenomenology of Action by Alain Berthoz and Jean-Luc Petit

• The Positive Psychology of Buddhism and Yoga: Paths to a Mature Happiness by Marvine Levine

• Positivity by Barbara Fredrickson

• Postphenomenology and Technoscience: The Peking University Lectures by Don Ihde

• Posttraumatic Growth: Positive Changes in the Aftermath of Crisis by Richard G. Tedeschi, Crystal L. Park, & Lawrence G. Calhoun

• Practising Existential Psychotherapy: The Relational World by Ernesto Spinelli

• Prescribing By Numbers: Drugs and the Definition of Disease by Jeremy A. Greene

• Promoting Positive Development in Early Childhood: Building Blocks for a Successful Start by Karen VanderVen

• Psychiatric Power: Lectures at the College de France, 1973-1974 by Michel Foucault

• Psychiatry: The Science of Lies by Thomas Szasz

• Psychology and Philosophy: Inquiries into the Soul from Late Scholasticism to Contemporary Thought Edited by Sara Heinamaa & Martina Reuter

• Psychology's Interpretive Turn: The Search for Truth and Agency in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology by Barbara S. Held

• The Psychology of Goals Edited by Gordon B. Moskowitz & Heidi Grant

• Psychosis, Trauma, and Dissociation: Emerging Perspectives on Severe Psychopathology Edited by Andrew Moskowitz, Ingo Schafer, & martin Justin Doraby

• Psychotherapy and the Fully Functioning Person by Julius Seeman

• Psychotherapy and the Quest for Happiness by Emmy van Deurzen

• The Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Psychology of Well-Being by Daniel M. Haybron

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• Qualitative Research: Challenging the Orthodoxies Edited by Sandr Kouritzin

• Qualitative Psychology: A Practical Guide to Research Methods (2nd Ed.) by Jonathan A. Smith

• Quality of Life and the Millenium Challenge: Advances in Quality-of-Life Studies by Valerie Moller & Denis Huschka

• Questioning Qualitative Inquiry: Critical Essays by Martyn Hammersley

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• Radical Grace: How Belief in a Benevolent God Benefits Our Health by J. Harold Ellens

• Radical Passivity: Rethinking Ethical Agency in Levinas Edited by Benda Hofmeyr

• The Raincloud of Knowable Things: A Practical Guide to Transpersonal Psychology by Ian Gordon-Brown, Barbara Somers, & Hazel Marshall

• Realizing Social Justice: The Challenge of Preventive Interventions Edited by Maureen E. Kenny, Arthur M. Horne, Pamela Orpinas, & Le'Roy E. Resse

• The Representational and the Presentational: An Essay on Cognition and the Study of Mind by Benny Shanon

• Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (3rd Ed.) by John W. Creswell

• Research Methods for Everyday Life: Blending Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches by Scott W. VanderStoep and Deidre D. Johnson

• Revolution in Psychology: Alienation to Emancipation by Ian Parker

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• Short-Term Existential Intervention in Clinical Practice  by James Cantz & Joseph Walsh

• Spiritual Practices in Psychotherapy: Thirteen Tools for Enchanging Psychological Health by Thomas G. Plante

• Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspective (2nd Ed.) by Peter K. Chadwick

• Schizophrenia and the Fate of the Self by Paul Lysaker & John Lysaker

• The Science of Stories: An Introduction to Narrative Psychology by Janos Laszlo

• Self Continuity: Individual and Collective Perspectives Edited by Fabio Sani

• Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness by Christopher Lane

• Social Psychology of Inter-Group Reconciliation: From Violent Conflict to Peaceful Co-Existence by Arie Nadler, Thomas Malloy, and Jeffry D. Fisher

• Space and Sense by Susanna Millar

• Spiritual Care and Therapy: Integrative Perspectives by Peter L. VanKatwyk

• The Spiritual Dimension of Childhood by Kate Adams, Brendan Hyde, & Richard Woolley

• Spirituality for Our Global Community: Beyond Traditional Religion to a World at Peace by Daniel Helminiak

• The Spirituality of Sex by J. Harold Ellens

• Standards and Their Stories: How Quantifying, Classifying, and Formalizing Practices Shape Everyday Life Edited by Martha Lampland & Susan Leigh Star

• Stoned, Drunk, or Sober?: Understanding Alcohol and Drug Use Through Qualitative, Quantitative and Longitudinal Research by Jeremiah Lowney

• Studies in Meaning 3: Constructivist Psychotherapy in the Real World Edited by Jonathan D. Raskin and Sara K. Bridges

• The Subject of Childhood by Michael O'Loughlin

• Subjectivity and Being Somebody: Human Identity and Neuroethics by Grant Gillett

• Subjectivity and Suffering in America: Possible Selves by Steven M. Parish

• Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension by Andy Clark

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• Thanks!: How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier by Robert Emmons

• Themes in Chinese Psychology by Catherine Tien-Lun Sun

• Theology, Psychology, and the Plural Self by Laon Turner

• The Therapeutic Relationship: Perspectives and Themes Edited by Sheila Haugh and Stephen Paul

• Toward a Psychology of Uncertainty by Doris Brothers

• Toward Psychologies of Liberation by Mary Watkins & Helene Shulman

• The Transcended Christian: Spiritual Lessons for the Twenty-First Century by Daniel Helminiak

• Transcending Self-Interest: Psychological Explorations of the Quiet Ego Edited by Heidi A. Wayment & Jack J. Bauer

• Transpersonal Development by Roberto Assagioli

• Transpersonal in Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counselling by Andrew Shorrock

• The Trauma of Psychological Torture Edited by Almerindo E. Ojeda

• Treating Traumatized Children: Risk, Resilience and Recovery by Danny Brom, Ruth Pat-Horenczyk, and Julian D. Ford

• Trust and Understanding: The Person-Centred Approach to Everyday Care for People with Special Needs (2nd Ed.) by Marlis Portner

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• Understanding Gregory Bateson: Mind, Beauty, and the Sacred Earth by Noel G. Charlton

• Unfitting Stories: Narrative Approaches to Disease, Disability, and Trauma by Valerie Raoul, Connie Conam, Angela D. Henderson, and Carla Paterson

• An Unknown Destiny: Terror, Psychotherapy, and Modern Initiation by Michael Gruber

• Using Visual Data in Qualitative Research by Marcus Banks

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• Well-Being: Postive Development Across the Life Course Edited by Marc H. Bornstein, Lucy Davidson, Corey L.M. Keyes, & Kristin A. Moore

• What is Emotion? History, Measures, and Meanings by Jerome Kagan

• What is Mental Disorder? An Essay in Philosophy, Science and Values by Derek Bulton

• When Death Enters the Therapeutic Space: Existential Perspectives in Psychotherapy and Counselling Edited by Laura Barnett

• Whole Person Healthcare Edited by Ilene Ava Serlin

• Women and Depression: Recovery and Resistance by Michel Lafrance

• "Work on Oneself": Wittgenstein's Philosophical Psychology by Fergus Kerr \

• Worldview and Mind: Religious Thought and Psychological Development by Eugene Webb

• Wrestling with Our Inner Angels: Faith, Mental Illness, and the Journey to Wholeness by Nancy Kehoe

• The Wounded Researcher: Research with Soul in Mind by Robert D. Romanyshyn

• Writing Up Qualitative Research (3rd Ed.) by Harry F. Wolcott

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