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Margaret Hawkins
HOW WE GOT BARB BACK - The Story of My Sister’s Reawakening after 30 Years of Schizophrenia
Unimaginable as it might seem, for 30 years Barb Hawkins went undiagnosed and untreated. How We Got Barb Back recounts the story of those years and the steps her sister Margaret Hawkins took to bring her sister back from the depths of crippling mental illness. This story of sisterly love is both full of surprises and profoundly inspiring.
256pp - September 2010 (Conari Press)
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Tony Humphreys
ALL ABOUT CHILDREN: Questions Parents Ask
Being a parent today is more challenging than ever. Tony Humphreys outlines effective ways of parenting and positive responses to difficult behaviour by children. A thoroughly helpful and reliable handbook.
272pp (Gill & Macmillan); Rights sold: Korean
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Tony Humphreys
SELF-ESTEEM - The Key to Your Child's Future
Tony Humphreys shows convincingly how the development of a child’s self-esteem is the cornerstone of their educational, emotional and personal growth.  When parents take time to listen as well as talk to them, children feel loved, encouraged and capable. Their self-esteem grows, they trust themselves, and they develop positive attitudes towards life.
224pp (Gill & Macmillan); Rights sold: Chinese, Croatian, Korean, Polish, Romanian, Slovenian
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Tony Humphreys
LEAVING THE NEST - What Families Are All About
Attitudes to the family have changed dramatically in recent times. The need for sympathetic understanding and sound guidance has never been as great. This new book is broadly based on Humphreys’s bestselling The Family - Love It and Leave It.
256pp (Gill & Macmillan); Rights sold: Korean
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Tony Humphreys
THE MATURE MANAGER - Managing From the Inside Out
Drawing on his extensive experience as psychologist, lecturer and businessman, Tony Humphreys shows that in order to be a truly effective manager it is necessary first of all to fully understand oneself. A book for managers and leaders in every type of organisation, large or small.
224pp (Gill & Macmillan)
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Gail Thomas
HEALING PANDORA - The Restoration of Hope and Abundance
Healing Pandora, by archetypal psychologist and cultural activist Gail Thomas, is a practical guide to self improvement and an inspiring study of Pandora’s multifaceted persona in myth and culture. Thomas proposes a series of healing rituals - “Healing our Fear of Sacrifice,” “Healing our Disease,” and others - inspired by Pandora.
240pp (North Atlantic Books)
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Svagito Liebermeister
THE ZEN WAY OF COUNSELING - A Meditative Approach to Working With People
The author presents a way of counseling that is rooted in meditation. He examines the core aspects of a spiritual approach to therapy, beyond method and technique, focusing on the essentials of how personal growth and transformation occur.
260pp - PubDate: October 2009 (O Books)
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Ellen Webber Libby
THE FAVORITE CHILD
One pattern that has emerged out of some 60,000 hours of therapy is what clinical psychologist E. Webber Libby calls “the favorite child complex.” She describes in intimate detail how being the favorite child can confer both great advantages and also significant emotional handicaps. Illuminating for adults trying to come to terms with their own emotional baggage as well as for young parents seeking the best way to rear their children.
230pp - PubDate: Jan. 2010 (Prometheus Books)
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David Corby
ENERGETICALLY PROTECTED - The Best Techniques for Consultants and Therapists
(Energetisch geschützt)
David Corby equips the practitioner with the tools to enjoy clinic work, avoiding energy drain and other pitfalls common to the helping professions. This book provides practioners with a different approach to use clinic experiences to improve not just their life but also transform their clinic experience.
112pp - 20 pictures; March 2010 (VAK Verlag)
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Susanne Marx
SHAMANISM APPLIED
(Schamanismus praktisch - aus der inneren Weisheit alter Kulturen schöpfen)
How to draw from the inner wisdom of ancient cultures. In this compact „pocket guidebook“ readers learn about the origin and background of shamanism – referring to highly topical quantum physics. Exercises show how to benefit from shamanistic tradition in everyday life. Exciting and fascinating examples and case studies finally prove the power and effectiveness of old shamanistic knowledge.
128pp; April 2010 (VAK Verlag)
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