Critically examines diagnostic and popular discourses on eating disorders.

The story of one African American woman’s decision to undergo gastric bypass surgery.

Argues for the superiority of behavioral treatments over drug therapies for psychological problems.

Brings Asian theories of consciousness into dialogue with Western psychotherapeutic practices.

Explores how Chinese medicine deals with emotional disorders.

Despite contemporary attempts to revive myth, this book argues that we are living in a world without myth and looks at what this means for humankind.

Interviews with fourteen pioneers in psychedelic research.

A son’s coming to terms with his mother’s decision to abandon her career as a concert pianist in order to raise her children.

Argues that the technical model of practice has limited applicability for the practices of care (teaching, nursing, social work, and psychotherapy).

A critical look at the relationship between law and psychology.

Looks at the limits of free will in human action.

Evaluates drug and alcohol abuse treatment systems and their effects on individual alcohol and drug abusers.

The authors use examples from their own clinical practice to explain the development of Lacanian theory.

Argues that our struggle to become good parents can help us to become good persons.

Argues that too much advice can lead to policy deadlock depending on leadership style.

Presents an analysis of the "nomadic" consciousness of our ancestors, and the forces --religious and political --that overwhelmed it during the Neolithic era, and considers its revival in the twentieth century.

Presents the theoretical dimension of three decades of research on African-derived concepts of helping.

Examines the political views implicit in the mythological theories of three of the most widely read popularizers of myth in the twentieth century, C. G. Jung, Mircea Eliade, and Joseph Campbell.

Explores the links between anger, rage, violence, evil, and creativity and describes a dynamic therapeutic approach that can help channel anger and violent impulses into constructive and creative activity.

Proposes a new paradigm for interdisciplinary studies by applying the thought of Bernard Lonergan to define spirituality as the missing link between religion and theology.

Applies postmodern theory to the working assumptions and consequent practices of therapy in various disciplines, from clinical psychology to schooling.

Evaluates the significance and usefulness of anthropomorphism for the scientific understanding of animals by presenting diverse ideas from historians, philosophers, anthropologists, primatologists, psychologists, behaviorists, and ethologists.

Offers an alternative to the modern foundationalist paradigm, based in Husserl's analysis of temporality, that shows how the passing of modernity provides an opening for doing metaphysics in a new nonfoundationalist manner.

For anyone seriously interested in spirituality, this book presents a highly elaborated challenge to religion, the human sciences, and secular society. The author provides a relatively popular presentation ...