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Books > Social sciences > Psychology
""I wish to be the thinnest girl at school, or maybe even the
thinnest eleven-year-old on the entire planet,"" confides Lori
Gottlieb to her diary. "I mean, what are girls supposed to wish
for, other than being thin?"
For a girl growing up in Beverly Hills in 1978, the motto "You can
never be too rich or too thin" is writ large. Precocious Lori
learns her lessons well, so when she's told that "real women don't
eat dessert" and "no one could ever like a girl who has thunder
thighs," she decides to become a paragon of dieting. Soon Lori has
become the "stick figure" she's longed to resemble. But then what?
"Stick Figure" takes the reader on a gripping journey, as Lori
struggles to reclaim both her body and her spirit.
By turns painful and wry, Lori's efforts to reconcile the
conflicting messages society sends women ring as true today as when
she first recorded these impressions. "One diet book says that if
you drink three full glasses of water one hour before every meal to
fill yourself up, you'll lose a pound a day. Another book says that
once you start losing weight, everyone will ask, 'How did you do
it?' but you shouldn't tell them because it's 'your little secret.'
Then right above that part it says, "'New York Times" bestseller.'
Some secret."
With an edgy wit and keenly observant eye, "Stick Figure" delivers
an engrossing glimpse into the mind of a girl in transition to
adulthood. This raw, no-holds-barred account is a powerful
cautionary tale about the dangers of living up to society's
expectations.
Hello Happy! is an interactive self-care activity book for children
aged 7+ to colour and doodle their way to happiness, calm and
confidence. The encouraging and simple activities and exercises
tackle anxiety, sadness and stress; children will enjoy using their
creativity to combat negative feelings, work out why they feel
worried and how to put stress back in its place through writing,
colouring, doodling and drawing. Featuring the charming and quirky
illustrations of Katie Abey, a UK-based illustrator. Her quirky
pictures will keep the reader entertained and focused as they work
through the book, or simply dip into the pages for ten minutes of
calm colouring. Part of Mindful Kids, a thoughtful new range of
activity books for children from Studio Press. Includes an
introduction and notes for grown-ups by consultant Dr Sharie
Coombes, Child & Family Psychotherapist. Dr Sharie Coombes is a
former primary teacher, headteacher and local authority adviser who
retrained as a child and family psychodynamic psychotherapist,
neuropsychotherapist, solution-focused therapist, and specialist
paediatric hypnotherapist. Alongside a busy private therapy
practice in Brighton, she has worked part-time as a child,
adolescent and family psychotherapist at the NHS Tavistock Clinic
in London with adopted and fostered children, young people and
families. She now works with the psychosocial team in the British
Red Cross Refugee Support and International Family Tracing team.
Sharie has 2 adult children.
The brain is an absolute marvel-the seat of our consciousness, the
pinnacle (so far) of evolutionary progress, and the engine of human
experience. But it's also messy, fallible, and about 50,000 years
out of date. We cling to superstitions, remember faces but not
names, miss things sitting right in front of us, and lie awake at
night while our brains endlessly replay our greatest fears. Idiot
Brain is for anyone who has ever wondered why their brain appears
to be sabotaging their life-and what on earth it is really up to. A
Library Journal Science Bestseller and a Finalist for the Goodreads
Choice Award in Science & Technology.
Environmental psychology, which studies the ways in which people
perceive and respond to the physical environment, is an established
area of study. Conservation psychology has a much more recent
history, prompted by the desire to focus psychological research on
the need to protect the natural environment. What is conservation
psychology, and what is its relationship to environmental
psychology? The Oxford Handbook of Environmental and Conservation
Psychology includes basic research on environmental perceptions,
attitudes, and values; research on specific environments, such as
therapeutic settings, schools, and prisons; environmental impacts
on human well-being; and ways to promote a more sustainable
relationship between people and the natural environment. By
presenting an extensive review of current research, the handbook
serves as a thorough guide to the state of knowledge about a wide
range of topics at the intersection of psychology and the physical
environment. Beyond this, it provides a better understanding of the
relationship between environmental and conservation psychology, and
some sense of the directions in which these interdependent areas of
study are heading. Research on the human-environment relationship
is increasingly relevant to understanding and addressing the
environmental challenges society is facing. This handbook should
serve as a resource for professionals both within and outside of
psychology who are trying to comprehend the human implications of
environments, and to design programs, policies, and environments
that are cognizant of human psychology.
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