The myth of psychotherapy: Mental healing as religion, rhetoric, and repression
Anchor Press/Doubleday, January 1979. Mass Market PaperBack. Clean, sound, very good+/fine. (248 pages). More
Psychology
Conceptual Revolutions
Princeton University Press, March 1992. First Edition. Cloth. In this path-breaking work, Paul Thagard draws on the history and philosophy of science, cognitive psychology, and the field of artificial intelligence to develop a theory of conceptual change capable of accounting for all major scientific revolutions. The history of science contains..... More
Running Is a Kind of Dreaming: A Memoir
HarperOne, October 2021. Hardcover. A powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life. "Voluntary or involuntary?" asked the nurse who admitted J. M. Thompson to a San Francisco psychiatric hospital in January 2005. Following years of depression, ineffective medication, and therapy that..... More
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Penguin Books, September 2015. Trade Paperback. #1 New York Times bestseller "Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society." --Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers..... More
Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain
W. W. Norton & Company, March 2021. Hardcover. Self-deception does terrible harm to us, to our communities, and to the planet. But if it is so bad for us, why is it ubiquitous? In Useful Delusions, Shankar Vedantam and Bill Mesler argue that, paradoxically, self-deception can also play a vital..... More
Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain
W. W. Norton & Company, March 2022. Paper Back. Self-deception does terrible harm to us, to our communities, and to the planet. But if it is so bad for us, why is it ubiquitous? In Useful Delusions, Shankar Vedantam and Bill Mesler argue that, paradoxically, self-deception can also play a...... More
Similarity and Analogical Reasoning
Cambridge University Press, July 1989. Trade Paperback. Similarity and analogy are fundamental in human cognition. They are crucial for recognition and classification, and have been associated with scientific discovery and creativity. Any adequate understanding of similarity and analogy requires the integration of theory and data from diverse domains. This interdisciplinary..... More
Capable: A Story of Triumph For Children the World has Judged as 'Different'
High Expectations Press, May 2021. Trade Paperback. "Capable is the book I would like to place in the hands of every couple who has a child with special needs."-GARY CHAPMAN, PhD, Author of The 5 Love Languages A true-life account, spanning birth to adulthood, that illustrates what happens when one..... More
After the Deluge: a Study of Communal Psychology Vol. II
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. First American edition. Dustjacket is missing. Olive green cloth with faded gold lettering. Spine darkened. Scattered smudges & stains better seen in bright light. Worn at board edges, especially bottom edge. Spine cloth edge bruised & worn ato top & bottom. Darkened..... More
