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Books > Social sciences > Psychology > States of consciousness

The Mystery of Dreams (Hardcover): William Oliver Stevens The Mystery of Dreams (Hardcover)
William Oliver Stevens
R3,486 Discovery Miles 34 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1950, this title includes instances of dreams in published records from both British and American societies of psychical research, covering six decades. This work had been previously inaccessible to the ordinary reader. Other stories have come from friends and acquaintances of the author and in his introduction he states that: 'the chief purpose of this collection is to present examples of apparently significant dreams, those that "come true", there will be no effort in these pages to debate possible explanations based on known laws, either of chance or of psychology. Readers are able to exercise their own ingenuity to this end. The material is offered here simply as evidence of a striking phenomenon in human consciousness, which, instead of being brushed aside as superstition, calls for serious study. It may have a profound bearing on the riddle of human personality.'

Decoding Your Dreams - A Revolutionary Technique for Understanding Your Dreams (Hardcover): Robert Langs Decoding Your Dreams - A Revolutionary Technique for Understanding Your Dreams (Hardcover)
Robert Langs
R3,482 Discovery Miles 34 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Do your dreams seem to have as much in common with real life as a funhouse mirror? Don't be misled. Dreams contain extraordinarily reliable commentaries on the conflicts and events of everyday life. Properly interpreted, they not only illuminate your anxieties but actually show you how to alter the course of your life - and very much for the better. Dreams are so essential to our health and well-being that almost all of us create them in clusters four or five times every night. In this title, originally published in 1989, Dr Robert Langs, a psychoanalyst and dream researcher, goes far beyond standard interpretation in showing how your dreams tap the wisdom of the deep unconscious part of your mind. Through his unique and groundbreaking technique of trigger decoding, you will learn what your dreams are saying about your life, about the events you must deal with, about the problems you are trying to resolve. Dreams can be a kind of emotional camouflage, difficult and often uncomfortable to interpret. Trigger decoding not only exposes our emotional wounds, it also provides the balm for healing those wounds. In the proper decoding of dreams, there is revealed an intelligence, power, and beauty of mind that is unheard of in direct and conscious experience. Decoding Your Dreams opens a revolutionary new door to self-understanding and self-improvement.

Inner Work - Using Dreams & Active Imagination For Personal Growth (Paperback, New edition): Robert A. Johnson Inner Work - Using Dreams & Active Imagination For Personal Growth (Paperback, New edition)
Robert A. Johnson 1
R430 R322 Discovery Miles 3 220 Save R108 (25%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Suggestion and Autosuggestion - A Psychological and Pedagogical Study Based Upon the Investigations Made by the New Nancy... Suggestion and Autosuggestion - A Psychological and Pedagogical Study Based Upon the Investigations Made by the New Nancy School (Paperback)
Charles Baudouin
R1,042 Discovery Miles 10 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This title, originally published in 1920, second edition in 1924, has been largely forgotten in the history of hypnosis. Charles Baudouin's first book, it is an important account of the early theories discovered by the New Nancy School, widely recognised as the founding school of modern day hypnosis. The author provides a detailed discussion of autosuggestion, as well as providing some practical suggestions.

The Fictions of Dreams - Dreams, Literature, and Writing (Paperback): Otto M. Rheinschmiedt The Fictions of Dreams - Dreams, Literature, and Writing (Paperback)
Otto M. Rheinschmiedt
R1,149 Discovery Miles 11 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines some of the oldest preserved texts on dreams, such as Artemidorus' Oneirocritica, Sigmund Freud's favourite ancient dream theorist, and dream books by Aristotle, the grandfather of modern dream theory.

Dreams, Neuroscience, and Psychoanalysis - Mind, Body, and the Question of Time (Paperback): Keramat Movallali Dreams, Neuroscience, and Psychoanalysis - Mind, Body, and the Question of Time (Paperback)
Keramat Movallali
R1,608 Discovery Miles 16 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Dreams, Neuroscience, and Psychoanalysis sets out to give a scientific consistency to the question of time and find out how time determines brain functioning. Neurological investigations into dreams and sleep since the mid-20th century have challenged our scientific conception of living beings. On this basis, Keramat Movallali reviews the foundations of modern neurophysiology in the light of other trends in this field that have been neglected by the cognitive sciences, trends that seem to be increasingly confirmed by recent research. The author begins by giving a historical view of fundamental questions such as the nature of the living being according to discoveries in ethology as well as in other research, especially that which is based on the theory of the reflex. It becomes clear in the process that these findings are consistent with the question of time as it has been considered in some major contemporary philosophies. This is then extended to the domain of dreams and sleep, as phenomena that are said to be elucidated by the question of time. The question is then raised: can dreaming be considered as a drive? Based on the Freudian discovery of the unconscious and Lacan's teachings, Movallali seeks to provide a better understanding of the drives in general and dreams in particular. He explores neuroscience in terms of its development as well as its discoveries in the function of dreaming as an altered mode of consciousness. The challenge of confronting psychoanalysis with neuroscience forces us to go beyond their division and opposition. Psychoanalysis cannot overlook what has now become a worldwide scientific approach. Neuroscience, just like the cognitive sciences, will be further advanced by acknowledging the desiring dimension of humanity, which is at the very heart of its being as essentially related to the question of time. It is precisely this dimension that is at the core of psychoanalytic practice. Dreams, Neuroscience, and Psychoanalysis will appeal to psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists as well as neuroscientists, psychologists, ethologists, philosophers and advanced students studying across these fields.

The Dreams of Mabel Dodge - Diary of an Analysis with Smith Ely Jelliffe (Hardcover): Patricia Everett The Dreams of Mabel Dodge - Diary of an Analysis with Smith Ely Jelliffe (Hardcover)
Patricia Everett
R3,926 Discovery Miles 39 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In 1916, salon host Mabel Dodge entered psychoanalysis with Smith Ely Jelliffe in New York, recording 142 dreams during her six-month treatment. Her dreams, as well as Jelliffe's handwritten notes from her analytic sessions, provide an unusual and virtually unprecedented access to one woman's dream life and to the private process of psychoanalysis and its exploration of the unconscious. Through Dodge's dreams-considered together with Jelliffe's notes, annotations drawn from her memoirs and unpublished writings, and correspondence between Dodge and Jelliffe during the course of her treatment-the reader becomes immersed in the workings of Dodge's heart and mind, as well as the larger cultural embrace of psychoanalysis and its world-shattering views. Jelliffe's notes provide a rare glimpse into the process of dream analysis in an early psychoanalytic treatment, illuminating how he and Dodge often embarked upon an examination of each element of the dream as they explored associations to such details as color and personalities from her childhood. The dreams, with their extensive annotations, provide compelling and original material that deepens knowledge about the early practice of psychoanalysis in the United States, this period in cultural history, and Dodge's own intricately examined life. This book will be of great interest to psychoanalysts in clinical practice, as well as scholars of the history of psychoanalysis and students of dreams.

Lady Of The Hare (Paperback): Layard Lady Of The Hare (Paperback)
Layard
R1,357 Discovery Miles 13 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Dream Discourse Today (Hardcover): Sara Flanders The Dream Discourse Today (Hardcover)
Sara Flanders
R3,481 Discovery Miles 34 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Dream Discourse Today offers an unrivalled synoptic view of key American, British and French papers on dream analysis in clinical practice. The purpose of the book is to show the reader different, well articulated perspectives, place them in historical context, and invite comparative reading. The cumulative effect of both papers and introductions is to leave the reader with an informed sense of the range of perspectives and a confidence in the continued relevance of dream analysis to practice, as some striking convergences in the implications of thinking drawn from very different approaches becomes clear. The Dream Discourse Today is the first historical and theoretical survey of its subject and the classic nature of the papers it includes will make it a first-class work of reference for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists of all schools, whether in practice or still training. It should be of especial interest to those who teach courses on the theory of technique, since the place of dream analysis is almost certain to be one of the central topics in such courses.

A Dream-Guided Meditation Model and the Personalized Method for Interpreting Dreams (Hardcover): Evelyn M. Duesbury A Dream-Guided Meditation Model and the Personalized Method for Interpreting Dreams (Hardcover)
Evelyn M. Duesbury
R1,636 Discovery Miles 16 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A Dream-Guided Meditation Model and the Personalized Method for Interpreting Dreams presents a model for meditation that counselors can use with clients regardless of gender, race, national origin, religion, age, or marital status. Using the model, readers can, if they wish, learn to interpret nighttime dreams. Even readers who choose not to learn to interpret their dreams may find that the meditation model assists with dream guidance.

Nicotine, Caffeine and Social Drinking: Behaviour and Brain Function (Paperback): Monicque Lorist, Jan Snel Nicotine, Caffeine and Social Drinking: Behaviour and Brain Function (Paperback)
Monicque Lorist, Jan Snel
R1,070 R975 Discovery Miles 9 750 Save R95 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Often, people use nicotine, caffeine, and some level of alcohol in varying combinations at different times of the day in order to optimize their functioning and feelings of well-being, whether at work, in leisure time, or in a social context. However, until now, studies on the effects of this everyday practice have been diverse, widespread, and insufficiently summarized. Recently developed methods to study the effects in more detail have received little attention, especially among a nonscientific readership. Nicotine, Caffeine and Social Drinking focuses readers' attention on the effects of normal, socially accepted psychoactive substances on cognitive performance and on the brain. Divided into three sections, this book studies each substance individually before examining the effects of their combined usage.

The February Man - Evolving Consciousness and Identity in Hypnotherapy (Hardcover): Milton H. Erickson, Ernest Lawrence Rossi The February Man - Evolving Consciousness and Identity in Hypnotherapy (Hardcover)
Milton H. Erickson, Ernest Lawrence Rossi
R3,949 Discovery Miles 39 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is a fascinating case study that illustrates the use of multiple levels of consciousness and meaning to access and therapeutically reframe traumatic memories that were the source of very severe phobias and depression. A rare record of Erickson's pioneering genius in facilitating the evolution of new patterns of consciousness and identity in a patient.

Hypnobirth - Evidence, practice and support for birth professionals (Paperback): Teri Gavin-Jones, Sandra Handford Hypnobirth - Evidence, practice and support for birth professionals (Paperback)
Teri Gavin-Jones, Sandra Handford
R1,176 Discovery Miles 11 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Maternity services and choices for labour and birth are fast evolving. Hypnobirth involves preparation for childbirth using tried and tested hypnotherapy techniques in harmony with midwifery best practices and increasing numbers of women are turning to the technique. Written by two experienced practitioners, this is the first evidence-based practice book for medical professionals on this subject. Chapters include coverage of: What hypnosis is and the history of hypnobirth The power of the mind and the effect of language Relaxation and breathing techniques The neocortex and hormones Birth partners, relationships, women's advocates and primary supporters Throughout the book the authors provide health professionals working in clinical midwifery practice with information and evidence-based findings to support the use of hypnobirth. The book includes case studies, scripts and reflective questions to encourage a deeper understanding of the techniques and issues and to engage and inspire the reader. Hypnobirth is essential reading for midwives, obstetricians, student midwives, doulas and any practitioner involved in preparing and supporting pregnant women for labour.

Sleep and Developmental Psychopathology (Paperback): Lisa J Meltzer Sleep and Developmental Psychopathology (Paperback)
Lisa J Meltzer
R1,247 Discovery Miles 12 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sleep plays a critical role in child development, with insufficient sleep or sleep disorders linked to poorer physical health, increased weight gain, academic deficits, behavior problems, and difficulties with emotion regulation. This book examines the complex and dynamic relationship between sleep and developmental psychopathology. By focusing on broad topics such as social and emotional development or child well-being, as well as specific disorders including ADHD, anxiety, and bipolar, many different aspects of developmental psychopathology are considered. In addition, a breadth of studies examine different measurement approaches and sleep as an underlying mechanism for the development of behavior, social, and emotional problems. This collection of novel research studies exploring the intersection between sleep and developmental outcomes is essential for clinicians and researchers who work with children and adolescents. This book was first published as a special issue of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescents Psychology.

Hypnosis In The Relief Of Pain (Hardcover): Ernest R. Hilgard, Josephine R. Hilgard Hypnosis In The Relief Of Pain (Hardcover)
Ernest R. Hilgard, Josephine R. Hilgard
R3,621 Discovery Miles 36 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Written by a psychologist and a psychiatrist noted for their expertise as both practitioners and researchers, the book illustrates how hypnosis can significantly alleviate the pain of childbirth, medical or dental surgery, burns or other accidental injuries, cancer, and chronic syndromes. With over 600 references covering the field of modern research into the mechanisms of pain, the authors convey a thorough understanding of findings and limitations of available empirical studies. Yet the book remains exceptionally clear and non-technical and will appeal not only to professionals involved with pain reduction but to lay people as well. The Hilgards address a broad spectrum of topics relating to hypnosis and pain, ranging from an historical review to a consideration of future areas for investigation. They thoughtfully tackle the controversy still surrounding the nature of hypnosis - is it an altered state of consciousness or a pattern of behaviour adopted by both subject and hypnotist? The concluding section presents the Hilgards' neo-dissociation theory of hypnosis as well as a highly useful technique for assessing susceptibility in clinical situations. Pain has been called the greatest unsolved problem in medicine. Hypnosis in the Relief of Pain, with its honest and complete appraisal of the role of hypnosis on pain reduction, will contribute significantly to the understanding and broader use of this noninvasive and natural healing phenomenon.

From Fetus to Child - An Observational and Psychoanalytic Study (Hardcover): Alessandra Piontelli From Fetus to Child - An Observational and Psychoanalytic Study (Hardcover)
Alessandra Piontelli
R3,468 Discovery Miles 34 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The use of ultrasonic scans in pregnancy makes it possible to observe the fetus undisturbed in the womb. Dr Alessandra Piontelli has done what no one has done before: she observed eleven fetuses (three singletons and four sets of twins) in the womb using ultrasound scans, and then observed their development at home from birth up to the age of four years. She includes a description of the psychoanalytic psychotherapy of one of the research children, and the psychoanalysis of five other very young children whose behaviour in analysis suggested that they were deeply preoccupied with their experience in the womb. Dr Piontelli has discovered what many parents have always thought - that each fetus, like each newborn baby, is a highly individual creature. By drawing on her experience as a child psychotherapist and psychoanalyst as well as on her observational research, she is able to investigate issues relating to individuality, psychological birth and the influence of maternal emotions during pregnancy. Her findings demonstrate clearly how psychoanalytical evidence enhances, deepens and supports observational data on the remarkable behavioural and psychological continuities between pre-natal and post-natal life.

Hypnosis (Psychology Revivals) - A Guide for Patients and Practitioners (Paperback): David Waxman Hypnosis (Psychology Revivals) - A Guide for Patients and Practitioners (Paperback)
David Waxman
R1,337 Discovery Miles 13 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Hypnosis is now being used by doctors, dentists and therapists to help cure or relieve a wide range of illnesses, personality problems and emotional and psychological conditions. It has been used to treat phobias and many nervous symptoms; the help people give up smoking, alcohol and drugs; to overcome shyness, stammering, uncontrollable blushing, nail biting and certain allergies; to curb weight problems (both obesity and anorexia); to help overcome impotence, frigidity and other sexual difficulties; in dentistry as a substitute to local anaesthetics and to counter 'needle-phobia', tooth-grinding and excessive salivation; to alleviate pain and insomnia; to achieve relaxation in pregnancy and childbirth; and also in the treatment of behaviour problems and in crime detection. Originally published in 1981, in this book, the late Dr David Waxman - a medically qualified therapist who had practised hypnosis for over twenty years at the time of writing and who had lectured on the subject throughout the world - explains exactly what hypnosis is; gives a concise history of its practice; discusses the scientific theories about it and how it is used today; and describes what it can and cannot do and when and how it is best used.

The Neuropsychology of Dreams - A Clinico-anatomical Study (Paperback): Mark Solms The Neuropsychology of Dreams - A Clinico-anatomical Study (Paperback)
Mark Solms
R1,442 Discovery Miles 14 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this book, Mark Solms chronicles a fascinating effort to systematically apply the clinico-anatomical method to the study of dreams. The purpose of the effort was to place disorders of dreaming on an equivalent footing with those of other higher mental functions such as the aphasias, apraxias, and agnosias. Modern knowledge of the neurological organization of human mental functions was grounded upon systematic clinico-anatomical investigations of these functions under neuropathological conditions. It therefore seemed reasonable to assume that equivalent research into dreaming would provide analogous insights into the cerebral organization of this important but neglected function. Accordingly, the main thrust of the study was to identify changes in dreaming that are systematically associated with focal cerebral pathology and to describe the clinical and anatomical characteristics of those changes. The goal, in short, was to establish a nosology of dream disorders with neuropathological significance. Unless dreaming turned out to be organized in a fundamentally different way than other mental functions, there was every reason to expect that this research would cast light on the cerebral organization of the normal dream process.

Dream Research - Contributions to Clinical Practice (Hardcover): Milton Kramer, Myron Glucksman Dream Research - Contributions to Clinical Practice (Hardcover)
Milton Kramer, Myron Glucksman
R3,920 Discovery Miles 39 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This edited volume shows the relationship between dream research and its usefulness in treating patients. Milton Kramer and Myron Glucksman show that there is support for searching for the meaning of dream as experiences extended in time. Dreaming reflects psychological changes and is actually an orderly process, not a random experience. Several chapters in this book explore interviewing methodologies that will help clients reduce the frequency of their nightmares and thus contribute to successful therapy.

Dream Research - Contributions to Clinical Practice (Paperback): Milton Kramer, Myron Glucksman Dream Research - Contributions to Clinical Practice (Paperback)
Milton Kramer, Myron Glucksman
R1,855 Discovery Miles 18 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This edited volume shows the relationship between dream research and its usefulness in treating patients. Milton Kramer and Myron Glucksman show that there is support for searching for the meaning of dream as experiences extended in time. Dreaming reflects psychological changes and is actually an orderly process, not a random experience. Several chapters in this book explore interviewing methodologies that will help clients reduce the frequency of their nightmares and thus contribute to successful therapy.

A Psychology of Early Sufi Sama` - Listening and Altered States (Paperback): Kenneth S Avery A Psychology of Early Sufi Sama` - Listening and Altered States (Paperback)
Kenneth S Avery
R1,608 Discovery Miles 16 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Avery explores the psychology of altered states among the early Sufis. It examines sama - listening to ritual recitation, music and certain other aural phenomena - and its effect in inducing unusual states of consciousness and behaviours. The focus is on the earliest personalities of the Islamic mystical tradition, as mediated by texts from the tenth to the twelfth centuries C.E. These unusual states are interpreted in the light of current research in Western psychology, and also in terms of their integration into historical Islamic culture.

A Psychology of Early Sufi Sama provides new insights into the work of five Sufi authors, and a fresh approach to the relation between historical accounts of altered states and current psychological thinking.

The Science of Consciousness - Waking, Sleeping and Dreaming (Paperback): Trevor A. Harley The Science of Consciousness - Waking, Sleeping and Dreaming (Paperback)
Trevor A. Harley
R1,490 Discovery Miles 14 900 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Consciousness concerns awareness and how we experience the world. How does awareness, a feature of the mental world, arise from the physical brain? Is a dog conscious, or a jellyfish, and what explains the difference? How is consciousness related to psychological processes such as perception and cognition? The Science of Consciousness covers the psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience of consciousness. Written for introductory courses in psychology and philosophy, this text examines consciousness with a special emphasis on current neuroscience research as well as comparisons of normal and damaged brains. The full range of normal and altered states of consciousness, including sleep and dreams, hypnotic and meditative states, anesthesia, and drug-induced states, as well as parapsychological phenomena and their importance for the science of consciousness is covered, as well as the 'higher' states and how we can attain them. Throughout the text attempts to relate consciousness to the brain.

The Social Basis Of Consciousness - A STUDY IN ORGANIC PSYCHOLOGY Based upon a Synthetic and Societal (Paperback): Burrow... The Social Basis Of Consciousness - A STUDY IN ORGANIC PSYCHOLOGY Based upon a Synthetic and Societal (Paperback)
Burrow Trigant
R1,537 Discovery Miles 15 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is Volume IV of twenty-eight in the Psychoanalysis series. First published in 1927, this book presents a study in Organic Psychology based upon a synthetic and societal concept of the neuroses.

Essentials of Hypnosis (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Michael D. Yapko Essentials of Hypnosis (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Michael D. Yapko
R4,362 Discovery Miles 43 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Essentials of Hypnosis Second Edition provides a warm and rich introduction to the fascinating field of hypnosis by one of its leading experts. Readers may be surprised to discover that some of the most important methods in modern integrative health care have a foundation in hypnosis, and that modern neuroscience is regularly learning new things about brain functioning from brain scanning studies of hypnotized individuals. The emphasis "in Essentials of Hypnosis Second Edition" is on the use of hypnosis as an effective tool of treatment. Thus, readers will enjoy and benefit from the wealth of clinical insights and helpful hints Dr. Yapko offers for the skilled use of hypnotic principles and methods. The essentials of this dynamic field are well captured in this practical volume

Psychodynamic Neurology - Dreams, Consciousness, and Virtual Reality (Paperback): Allan Hobson Psychodynamic Neurology - Dreams, Consciousness, and Virtual Reality (Paperback)
Allan Hobson
R1,176 Discovery Miles 11 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Psychodynamic Neurology: Dreams, Consciousness, and Virtual Realty presents a novel way of thinking about the value of dreaming, based in solid comprehension of scientific research on sleep and dreams, but with deep understanding of psychoanalytic and other interpretations of dreams. This book: Surveys the remarkable history of sleep research over the past few decades Examines the neurobiology of sleep and its implications for consciousness and well-being Addresses the nature of waking and dreaming consciousness and how they are deeply related Presents the neurogenesis, function, and clinical importance of a brain-based dream theory Our dreams are a mixture of anticipated virtual as well as remembered real experience. This book tells the story of how neuroscience has helped us reach this startling and exciting conclusion and how the new scientific model builds upon and departs from the dream theories of the past.

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