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By turns informative and irreverent this book takes a new approach to tackling gender inequality in the home and at work, focusing on dads being entitled to a bigger role in parenting. It presents the barriers men face to being active dads - from sexist security guards to Tory MPs and even Homer Simpson - and, crucially, it outlines how to tackle them for the good of men, women and children. In Dads Don't Babysit two dads outline some of the biggest problems facing families that want dad to get his turn at raising the kids, and offer a range of solutions in a manifesto for parents and policy makers to consider and hopefully adopt. The book tackles topics such as the gender pay gap, lack of a strong parental leave system in the UK, the financial penalties of taking time off to look after children and the limiting expectations parents find colleagues, relatives and the media have on mums and dads. The authors draw on their own experience of parenting and that of others. Interviews are backed up by extensive research so that the book presents these important issues in an accessible, personal and at times light-hearted way that the apolitical reader will be able to relate to. There is a lively and growing argument about men's role in the 21st century and this book offers a unique perspective, giving a feminist argument by men offering solutions to benefit everyone.

This book tackles some of the challenges that face a child aged 4-11 in the modern world. A team of clinical psychologists guide you through exactly what to do, from figuring out the roots of the problem, to making and reviewing a manageable plan of action.

The book presents the first thorough analysis of Freud's Project for a Scientific Psychology for Neurologists.

The field of forensic arts therapies is dynamic and diverse, and so this unique volume covers a fascinating range of work. It brings together a collection of presentations given at FATAG conferences, case studies, research, new developments in theory, and explorations in the peculiarities of forensic arts therapies: art, music, drama, and dance.

Is Your School Lying to You? Get The Career You Want. Get The Life You Deserve. is the complete, comprehensive 'how to' academic and careers guide aimed at every student considering their options.

Chris Stringman gambled, and lost, GBP130,000, destroying his savings, losing his car and almost his house, but he managed to escape his addiction just before he fell over the precipice. This is not a book about how to win, rather a book about how not to lose - essentially a self-help book for the delusional gambler.

After forty years' experience in the field of psychotherapy, Wyn Bramley presents a clinical memoir, which is simultaneously 'light' but serious, outlining all that happens (or fails to happen) that is not covered by books or training.

Mad to be Normal presents Laing's own words, about his work and about his life. It is the most complete record on Laing, by Laing.

A combination of memoir, case-studies, and a diverse range of perspectives from medical professionals, this book presents a comprehensive study of the realities of post-natal depression. The author give an honest account of her own experiences as well as talking to other mothers and fathers who have suffered.

My Mother, My Daughter, My Self is a significant self-revelatory work which chronicles the separation process between mother and child, focusing most specifically on the mother/daughter relationship.

The Studio is a unique and exciting work, referencing Freud and other psychoanalytic pioneers to examine a difficult past - loss, trauma and the complexities of life are addressed and explored. Each chapter takes a painting as its focus, the author engages with each work and psychoanalytic processes while reflecting on her own life.

This highly stimulating and lucid book gives a critical overview of the daseinsanalytic concepts of Binswanger and Boss and explains their key differences despite the common reference to Freudian psychoanalysis and the Heideggerian philosophy from which daseinsanalysis took its name.

Ciaran O'Connor looks at how gaming and addiction have come together so rapidly in recent years. Mobile based gaming and free-to-play games have revolutionised the gaming world - but what are the implications of this? And how does it affect current thinking on addiction? Control the Controller addresses gamers, their families, mental health professionals and game developers in this thorough and fascinating discussion of the nature of video game addiction. Many questions are answered including how we can recognise a gaming addiction, what causes it, and what we can do to return an addict to healthy behaviour. A step by step process for this is outlined by the author, making this an invaluable title for all affected by video game addiction and all those who encounter it. The disease model, the addictive personality and the indications from neuroscience are all considered before looking at gaming addiction as an escape from distress - the book's chosen stance on addiction. This is then expanded upon by looking at how pressures, both internal and external, can encourage a flight into games.

Taking in many different perspectives, this book sheds light on the many aspects of postnatal depression in fathers - an unknown subject to many people. It includes a review of recent studies and research, interviews with professionals in the field, and many personal stories. It will increase awareness of this under-discussed subject and will cha

This pioneering study shows that it is possible to establish a dialogue with a psychotic child and that schizophrenia in small children in treatable.

New to this third edition on the psychology of death are chapters on how we construct death; death in adolescence and adulthood, including suicide; physician assisted death, regret theory and denial; new approaches to the role of death anxiety; terror management theory; and edge theory.

This text records the experiences, over 50 years, of psychotherapist Carol Jeffrey. It describes her work with children with special needs, which eventually led to the establishment of the Child Guidance Service, and details her entering into a long Jungian analysis with Michael Fordham.

R D Laing, from a contemporary perspective, is admired as a pioneer of ideas and a charismatic and prominent anti-psychiatrist. This book reveals, however, that Laing's view of sanity and insanity as a continuum and his opposition to high-dosage anti-psychotic medication already formed part of the Scottish psychiatric tradition.

Reviews childhood autism, focusing on the work of Hans Asperger. This book examines the theories under discussion, including developments in genetics, access to symbolisation and, in a constant concern with clinical practice, instigates a constructive debate between the traditionally conflicting views of psychoanalysis and the cognitive sciences.

Examines the daunting task of reconnecting: reconnecting our mind to our body, in order to gain a true sense of well-being, and reconnecting our body to our inner resources, in order to prevent or to heal illness. This title explores Western and Eastern techniques, and invites the reader to discover the astounding capacities of human beings.

A criticism of the Lacanian system, this book details about a curious phenomena of our time - how a large part of the French intelligentsia came to be captivated by "the pathetic spectacle of an old man tossing bits of string representing Borromean knots to his audience, and of hands stretching out to receive them like children at the circus".

Drawn from ethnographic research using post-structural analytics, this book describes how a collection of technologies is taken up in a common form of tertiary labour - call centres - to produce 'truth', knowledge, power and modern forms of subjectivity and social subjects. It provides a detailed look at the 'genealogy of subjectivity' at work.

Bringing together knowledgeable specialists across the spectrum of child and adolescent psychiatry, this text questions many of psychiatry's cherished assumptions, and offers different ways of thinking about theory and practice. It also explores the influence of drug companies, the impact of trauma, the crisis in academic medicine, and more.

This title explores the evolutionary history of training in psychotherapy, the institutions they came from, and the main ideas that supported them. It also explores the professionalization of psychotherapy and provides detailed information about each training.

This title describes the symbolic process in child's play at each stage from infancy onwards. In addition it shows how particular symbols can facilitate the healing of blocks that may arise in each stage of psychological development.

An in-depth exploration of processes that occur when carestaff and people with learning disabilities separate. The book draws upon qualitative research and interviews with clients and staff drawing extensively on the words of the participants themselves.

Examines the effectiveness and personal costs of searching for partners by different methods, including newspapers and the Internet. This work shows how simple economics can explain many of the characteristics of the market for dating partners and suggests strategies for effective participation.

The stereotype of those who "indulge" in the practice of addictive shopping is usually of women. This book presents a starker reality. The contributers convey something of the desperation of the experience while Adrienne Baker considers the concept of addiction in relation to shopping.

The author presents 18 of his clinical papers and reveals an orientation based on his "five channel theory of psychoanalytic listening", that involves listening and responding to the patient from different stances or frameworks.