Focusing on various clinical cases, the book explores the multifaceted nature of happiness across essential life domains such as work, wellness, relationships, and aging. It offers insightful perspectives on how individuals can define and pursue happiness, emphasizing personal growth and the importance of connections with others.
Accounting for Defoe
Delving into the intersection of finance and fiction, this book examines how Daniel Defoe's writings challenge traditional boundaries. It highlights the ways in which his narratives intertwine economic themes with imaginative storytelling, revealing the complexities of 18th-century capitalism and its representation in literature. Through a critical lens, the work showcases Defoe's innovative approach to blending reality and fiction, offering insights into the cultural implications of his literary contributions.
Focusing on the evolution of public attitudes towards poverty in Britain from 1790 to 1835, the book explores the transition from paternalistic approaches to systematic management of the poor. It examines how political, economic, and philosophical shifts contributed to the New Poor Law of 1834. Utilizing emerging scientific methods, such as statistics and cost analyses, the narrative highlights the depersonalization of poverty, where individuals were treated as mere statistics rather than unique cases, leading to a more bureaucratic and detached management of social welfare.
Focusing on the transformative journey of patients in psychotherapy, this book provides insightful day-to-day accounts that reveal the dynamics of "talk therapy." It explores how therapeutic conversations challenge the conscious mind, uncovering deeper unconscious thoughts and feelings. Through these narratives, readers gain a profound understanding of personal change and the intricate processes involved in psychological healing.
Exploring the intriguing history behind cookbooks and television chefs, this book offers a fresh perspective that transforms the way you approach cooking. It uncovers the cultural and historical contexts that shape culinary practices, making your kitchen adventures more engaging and enjoyable. Expect to gain insights that will enhance your appreciation for recipes and the personalities behind them, turning everyday cooking into an exciting exploration of tradition and innovation.
"This book offers real-time, intimate reflections on Dr. Friedberg's patients as they struggle with COVID-19 and its disruptive, dispiriting fallout. Through a Screen Darkly identifies the psychological distress caused by the pandemic, examining how the particular elements of COVID-19 - its ability to be spread by those who seem not to have it, its intractability, the long-term uncertainty that it engenders - leave even relatively stable people shaken and unsure of the future. The book examines how, amidst radical uncertainty and the prospect of massive social change, such people learn to become resilient. The main theme of the book is that of necessity: we learn to adapt. Though we still can only see "darkly," we can call on the resources that we have, as well as those we can reasonably acquire, so as to retain a sense of our dignity and purpose. Through a Screen Darkly examines what is possible now as the pandemic runs its course. It makes no predictions of how all this will ultimately play out, but offers a time capsule of how people have coped with a disease that landed suddenly and that we still do not fully understand. Offering a series of intense encounters with worried, traumatized people, this book will be invaluable to training and practicing psychiatrists, as it points to the several possible directions for our national, psychological recovery from the pandemic"--
Life Studies in Psychoanalysis consists of four psychoanalytic studies each representing a patient’s course of treatment over several years. These studies demonstrate how love, in an array of forms, is refracted through the process of psychoanalysis, which unfolds over time and reveals the complexities of human desire.
Everyday Leadership examines how individuals in everyday, relatively small settings can succeed in leadership positions.