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Felicitas Römer
7 Ways of Raising Children

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978-3-530-50603-7
14,95 € (D)

Cuddles, coaching or tough love? “I’ll show you who’s boss!” or “Let’s just take it as it comes …”? Should we give our children cuddles or challenges? Felicitas Römer provides no-nonsense portraits of seven parenting styles and how they deal with stubborn little folks and young know-it-alls in scene ...

Brigitte Dorst
Overcoming Life Crises

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978-3-530-50606-8
17,95 € (D)

Dramatic changes in our lives create anxiety. People affected by these changes lose their inner equilibrium and can find themselves in a deep emotional and mental crisis. Symbols, rituals and stories can provide a point of reference and grounding in such difficult situations. With a variety of examp ...

Marie-Thérèse Schins
You're Still Here

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978-3-530-50616-7
22,00 € (D)

The death of a child is an unbearable loss for parents. Marie-Thérèse Schins has supported grieving parents and siblings as they opened their hearts onto the page. Their poems, diary entries and letters are accompanied by photographs by Joachim M. Huber. His touching, tranquil photographs, taken in ...

Heinz-Peter Röhr
Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder

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978-3-530-50618-1
16,95 € (D)

Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder

Many people who suffered severe neglect in their early childhood may develop Borderline Personality Disorder – their lives are split in two. Everything is either black or white, good or evil: there are no shades of grey. Sufferers lose themselves in the chaos inside themselves, and their aggressive ...

Björn Süfke
Stories of Father and Son

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978-3-530-50605-1
13,95 € (D)

Now it’s Papa, not Porsche ... Being a father is more than just nappies, peek-a-boo and sleep deprivation. It also means coming up with a carefully thought-through battle plan in order to cut an eleven-month-old’s fingernails. Björn Süfke’s tales here – which are guaranteed to be 87 percent true – g ...

Doris Tropper, Monika Specht-Tomann
Time to Say Goodbye

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978-3-491-72519-5
19,90 € (D)

This book covers a wide spectrum from death counselling to dealing with important topics concerning the gravely ill, deathbed communication difficulties, and grief counselling. The resulting work is a multifaceted account of the final phase of human life. Readers will find many suggestions for tailo ...

Felix R. Paturi
Electric Smog In the Nursery

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978-3-530-50612-9
14,95 € (D)

How you can protect your child from ‘electric smog’ – a current concern. Reliable information is difficult to come by. Small wonder, then, that parents are unsure of what to do. Should they go without a baby monitor? And how big a risk do mobile phones, wireless internet and mobile phone masts prese ...

Christine Rankl
Quiet Nights

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978-3-530-50621-1
14,95 € (D)

“Sleepless nights? Here’s some real help!”
Christine Rankl has a solution for every kind of sleep problem, from infants to school-aged children. The author, a qualified psychotherapist, provides easy-to-follow steps for parents to help their children get the sleep they need. As long as babies ...

Jörg Zittlau
"Do the Great While It Is Still Small"

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978-3-538-07296-1
12,90 € (D)

Everything could be so easy. Technical advances making our daily lives easier. We could feel safe and secure. And yet we make things difficult for ourselves through envy, fear and greed. Philosophy is the way out of this dilemma, says Jörg Zittlau. He explains in an accessible style and with plenty ...

Hans Morschitzky, Sigrid Sator
The Ten Faces of Anxiety

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978-3-491-40167-9
14,90 € (D)

Fear of spiders, of diseases, of other people, fear of fear – there are many forms and varieties of fear. The ordeal of those suffering from anxiety disorders is immense. This practical guide introduces the ten most important anxiety disorders and offers the reader a comprehensive self-diagnosis gui ...

Heinz-Peter Röhr
Surviving Abuse

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978-3-491-40168-6
14,90 € (D)

People who experienced sexual or emotional abuse as children can often suffer from anxiety and depression or may be at risk of committing suicide, even decades later. Heinz-Peter Röhr presents ways of healing via an analysis of the Grimm fairy tale “All-Kinds-of-Fur” and numerous examples of cases f ...

Gisela Preuschoff
Say It Another Way

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978-3-491-40170-9
12,90 € (D)

The way couples talk to one another is a decisive factor in making relationships succeed. Gisela Preuschoff explains the particular characteristics of male and female communication. She describes some typical conflicts that can arise in relationships and explains how to resolve them by speaking fair ...

Heinz-Peter Röhr
Pathways to Happiness

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978-3-491-40161-7
16,90 € (D)

We could be happy, but sometimes old thought patterns make life difficult for us: “I’m a failure!” “Nobody likes me …” These hidden lines programmed inside us can undermine our feelings of self-worth and poison our soul – often resulting in anxiety disorders, depression or addiction. With examples f ...

Josef Zehentbauer
No Side Effects - Guaranteed

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978-3-491-40165-5
14,90 € (D)

Many people use psychopharmaceuticals to affect their performance and abilities. But not many know that the human body produces its own substances that can give us a boost. Josef Zehentbauer explains the biochemical processes that occur within our bodies and the effects of the drugs produced by our ...

Claudia Cardinal
I'll Be Seeing You

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978-3-491-40166-2
14,90 € (D)

In our culture, grief and remembrance are limited mainly to looking after graves in cemeteries. Claudia Cardinal, a death and grief counsellor, has encountered many people who are looking for new, individual and creative ways of dealing with this final farewell. She provides many suggestions for fam ...

Gerald Hüther, Helmut Bonney
Understanding, Preventing and Treating ADHD

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978-3-491-40163-1
14,90 € (D)

Understanding, Preventing and Treating ADHD

Brain researcher Gerald Hüther and family therapist Helmut Bonney outline the causes of ADHD, which preventative measures parents can take and why Ritalin® is no solution. Their completely new approach to ADHD turns all previous theories on their heads and has triggered a fierce and controversial de ...

Marylka Bender
Zen Cats

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978-3-538-07304-3
9,90 € (D)

If Zen is the moment experienced, then cats are the ideal masters through which to grasp it. No other animal lives so much in the here and now, experiences the moment as intensely and acts accordingly. Only cats devote such great concentration to a fallen leaf that one could believe that they themse ...

Wolfgang Bergmann
I Am the Greatest and All Alone

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978-3-491-40158-7
16,00 € (D)

Only calm parents can raise strong children. Are children of today really more egotistical and aggressive, as the current debate on child-rearing would have us believe? Wolfgang Bergmann, an experienced children’s psychotherapist, provides an explanation based on his own practice. He says that more ...

Verena Kast
Desire for Another

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978-3-491-42131-8
12,90 € (D)

The time is ripe for love. Searching for and finding one another, distancing oneself and being in a relationship: love makes us develop and mature together. Verena Kast has been interpreting fairy tales for over twenty-five years, shedding new light on these classic stories. This book contains a col ...

Dieter Krowatschek
Rage in the Belly

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978-3-491-40153-2
12,90 € (D)

They fight, kick and go wild, often for apparently “trivial” reasons. They bully other pupils, torture animals and hate their siblings – aggressive, anti-social children. With their wild tantrums and inappropriate behaviour they arouse feelings of powerlessness and helplessness in parents, childcare ...

Ingrid Riedel
The Inner Freedom of Ageing

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978-3-491-42121-9
18,90 € (D)

“In youth we learn; in age we understand”, wrote Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach. Being totally in the here and now, being able to accept life without questioning why, is a joyful experience. It is only in our later years that we experience these things as a gift. Ingrid Riedel – aged over seventy – writ ...

Urte Bejick
On the Way Out

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978-3-491-72539-3
14,90 € (D)

About the age of 40 to 55 many women feel trapped in-between "still" and "not anymore," as if they are on their way out. Urte Bejick openly and honestly describes the factors that shape the crisis of menopause. It is important to distinguish between those that give our lives stability and those tha ...

Thomas Hartmann
The Meaning of Suffering: What Can Heal Us

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978-3-491-42133-2
16,90 € (D)

The Meaning of Suffering: What Can Heal Us

Overcoming suffering – experiencing meaning Thomas Hartmann, a Protestant minister and student of Zen, encourages readers to engage with mental and physical suffering and integrate them into their lives. Methods and instructions from traditions such as Positive Psychology, Autogenic Training and Ze ...

Ina M. König
Love Never Ceases

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978-3-491-40145-7
16,90 € (D)

Spiritual paths through grief When one of our loved ones dies, our world seems to break down. But does death also mean the end of love? Do we have to let go of the person who has died, as professionals have postulated ever since Freud? Ina M. König shows readers another path: those who are grieving ...

Heinz-Peter Röhr
Narcissism

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978-3-491-40148-8
14,90 € (D)

Many people have the tormenting feeling of living in an inner prison; they don't feel free and comfortable in their own skins. In their despair, they expend a lot of energy trying to find or realize themselves, and in so doing they usually seek a solution to the problem with inappropriate means, and ...

Katharina Ley
Reconciliation With One’s Parents

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978-3-491-40143-3
17,90 € (D)

One should actually love them, but all too often irritation, fury and bitterness stand between parents and their grown children – sometimes for a period of many years. Unresolved conflicts with parents, old childhood injuries, these can be fatal entanglements which poison our lives and hinder our ha ...

Hans Morschitzky, Sigrid Sator
When the Soul Speaks through the Body

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978-3-491-40141-9
13,90 € (D)

“I feel sick, but no doctor really knows what I have.” So goes the resigned observation of many people when the diagnosis “just psychosomatic” is given. But physical disorders are always a complex interplay of psychic, biological and environmental factors, according to the authors in this first easy ...

Verena Kast
The Creative Leap

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978-3-491-69833-8
12,90 € (D)

The classic work by Verena Kast - now back in print. People in crisis can no longer find a way out. They cannot continue in their previous behaviour patterns; at the peak of their crisis they must make a creative leap. In many cases this is only possible via crisis intervention in therapy. In ...

Ellen Spangenberg
Trusting Life Again

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978-3-491-40133-4
14,90 € (D)

For survivors of sexual violence it is important to understand the symptoms of their trauma and to develop self-help strategies to maintain their balance in times of crisis. Women who are victims of sexual violence often suffer from anxiety disorders, compulsive disorders, depression, eating disorde ...

Renate Frank
Happiness

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978-3-491-40134-1
14,90 € (D)

The path to happiness: the 7-day programme
Day 1: Get to know your own strengths
Day 2: Tell the story of your success
Day 3: The delights of recognition and acknowledgement
Day 4: What have you made of your day today?
Day 5: Achieve your greatest strength today ...

Monika Specht-Tomann
When Children Are Sad

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978-3-491-40136-5
14,90 € (D)

Little Max is inconsolable because his pet budgie has flown away. Katie refuses to eat anything because her best friend is moving to another town. Jack shuts himself away in his room because his granddad has died. Farewells, separation, and loss are difficult feelings to cope with – for children, to ...

Hansruedi Ambühl
Free Yourself From Compulsive Thoughts

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978-3-491-40131-0
14,90 € (D)

They might have to count all the red cars they see, or fear a health hazard in every speck of dust. Many people with compulsive disorders also suffer from obsessive thought patterns. When sufferers fear that they might harm others against their own will, this can give rise to feelings of guilt and s ...

Theresia Maria de Jong, Ilka-Maria Thurmann
Welcome to Life!

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978-3-491-40130-3
14,90 € (D)

It’s not necessarily easy to make children! Sometimes the desire for a child is only fulfilled when the parents are mentally and emotionally prepared. Then a deep bond between parents and child can develop even before conception This book invites young couples to become familiar with their desires a ...

Linda Briendl
Pictures as the Language of the Soul

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978-3-491-40110-5
14,90 € (D)

Awaken your own creativity ·Reveal your hidden potential ·Easy exercises ·With a foreword by Verena Kast Every one of us has some creative potential within ourselves, but it often goes unrecognized or underestimated. The Jungian analyst and psychotherapist Linda Briendl encourag ...

Kurt Mosetter, Reiner Mosetter
Healing Pain with the KiD Method

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978-3-491-40122-8
14,90 € (D)

Fighting pain successfully ·KiD - A new type of pain therapy ·Release physical and psychological tension ·Includes numerous exercises Some 20 million people in Germany alone suffer from chronic or recurring pain. To relieve chronic pain it is not enough simply to prescribe medications or to teach pa ...

Heinz-Peter Röhr
Addiction: Background and Healing

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978-3-491-40118-1
14,90 € (D)

At the base of every addiction, there is a desire ... Why do people develop addictions? What function does the substance serve? How can sufferers of addiction cope with their feelings of shame and guilt? What can the people around them do to cope with their immensely difficult lives? Addiction – whe ...

Verena Kast
Joy, Inspiration, Hope

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978-3-491-69832-1
9,95 € (D)

For many years, positive emotions were rarely the focus of research in the field of depth psychology, as researchers turned their attention instead to feelings such as fear, anger and grief. In this book Verena Kast focuses on joy, inspiration and hope. Her central theme is the relationship between these individual emotions and a “reconstruction of the biography of joy”. This is because one positive experience often triggers another, and earlier joyful phases in our life can help us to rediscover joy and experience growth.

Hans Morschitzky
Fear of Failure and How to Conquer It

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978-3-491-40137-2
14,90 € (D)

The pressure to succeed, pressure to perform, perfectionism - these are symptoms of our age. More and more people fear that they cannot live up to the increasing demands of work and private life. Fear of failure eats away their self-confidence and their joy in life. What can help us to reduce that f ...

Andreas Krüger
First Aid for Traumatized Children

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978-3-491-40108-2
16,90 € (D)

How non-experts can help children to come to terms with trauma · First aid for children and adolescents who have experienced trauma · Concrete suggestions for parents and teachers Children are traumatized through accidents, violence and natural disasters every day. Severe emotional injuries – caused ...

Heinz-Peter Röhr
Fear of Rejection

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978-3-491-40127-3
14,90 € (D)

They think they are something special, they effectively draw attention to themselves over the smallest things, they want just one thing: to be the centre of attention. Partners of hysterical personalities often suffer - but mostly these personalities cause themselves suffering. What secrets are hidd ...

Heinz-Peter Röhr
The Happiness of Loving Yourself

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978-3-491-40124-2
14,90 € (D)

Many people believe they will find happiness through prosperity, effort and success. Yet often those who live for these external forms of happiness complain about a feeling of inner emptiness. Many of them get into relationship difficulties, suffer from fears or become depressed. Others throw themse ...

Sigrid Sator
Early Menopause

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978-3-491-40114-3
14,90 € (D)

Menopause at 38? · Something that affects hundreds of thousands of women · In a class of its own: the first book on the topic of early menopause · With many practical tips Hundreds of thousands of women enter the menopause earlier than average. For many, it comes as a shock. Hopes of having children ...

Dieter Krowatschek
Children Need Animals

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978-3-491-40115-0
14,90 € (D)

Better moods, more endurance, more tolerance – Animals help children to grow up · Why animals boost children's feelings of self-worth and social behaviour · With numerous examples from daily life and animal-accompanied therapy The experienced child psychologist and school psychologist Dieter Krowats ...

Hansruedi Ambühl
Paths Out of Compulsion

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978-3-491-40119-8
16,00 € (D)

They need to wash themselves until their skin is raw, need to constantly check the stove, need to hoard and collect until their home overflows – people with compulsive behaviours. This is a serious psychological problem which affects millions of people. How can one recognise compulsive behaviour and ...

Gabriel Looser
Experience the Richness of Life in Dying

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978-3-491-40109-9
18,00 € (D)

Experience the Richness of Life in Dying

All the world's great doctrines teach that human life does not end with the death of the body. Again and again in his many encounters with dying people, Gabriel Looser has seen indications of this living after dying. Death counselling is most effective when one deals with the dying person openly, wi ...

Wolfgang Bergmann, Gerald Hüther
Addicted to Computers

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978-3-491-42112-7
18,00 € (D)

They sit in front of their PC day and night, overtired, undernourished, forgetting their friends, school and even themselves: computer-addicted children. What makes PC games so attractive? Who is particulary at risk and how does addiction begin? Child psychologist Wolfgang Bergman and neurological r ...

Monika Specht-Tomann
When Children Are Afraid

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978-3-491-40106-8
14,90 € (D)

Fear of the dark, of separation, of going to sleep; even fear of illness, death, divorce and other disasters: a child's world is overshadowed again and again by fear and uncertainty. It is important for parents and educators to understand these often severe emotions. Which fears are a part of ...

Karl Gebauer
Nobody Can Become Smart on Their Own

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978-3-491-40100-6
14,90 € (D)

Teaching through love - and forget the standardised tests Teaching method no. 1: caring, valuing, trusting With a wealth of examples from teaching practice Learning problems, school worries. What can parents do to support their children? How can children retain their natural curiosity, instead ...

Heinz-Peter Röhr
Paths Out of Dependency

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978-3-491-40116-7
16,00 € (D)

"I can't say no; I can't be alone; when I am in relationship it is as though my whole world disappears" - this is how victims of chronic addiction describe examples of chronic dependency. How does this personality disorder come about? A disorder much more widely spread than experts at first thought ...

Petra Fosen-Schlichtinger
On the Joy of Becoming a Mother Later in Life

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978-3-491-40101-3
14,90 € (D)

On the Joy of Becoming a Mother Later in Life

First child at 40? Late motherhood - from medical, psychological and sociological viewpoints Important background information A new image of mothers and women "In principle, a woman is never too old for a child," says Petra Fosen-Schlichtinger. "She only has to understand tha ...

Karin Bonner
No More Fear of Flying

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978-3-491-40102-0
14,90 € (D)

Fly like a bird 6-step programme to combat the fear of flying Proven in seminars run for Lufthansa Airlines Glossary with key information Racing pulse, sweating, fear of dying – as soon as the door to the plane is shut, the terror starts for people with a fear of flying. Many choose to avoid flying, ...

Theresia Maria de Jong
Cancer Can Be a Beginning

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978-3-491-40105-1
16,00 € (D)

Illness and new beginnings A personal account How to stimulate the body's own healing powers "It might be cancer." When Theresia Maria de Jong was given this diagnosis of a change in her skin, the world suddenly stopped. She was gripped by fear. Here, with warmth and candour, she t ...

Andrea Buskotte
Violence Within Relationships

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978-3-491-40107-5
14,90 € (D)

The taboo subject of domestic violence What people affected by domestic violence can do Causes and consequences, rights, available protection and help Numerous case studies It happens everywhere, every day, but people seldom speak about it: violence within relationships. Experts estimate that every ...

Frédérick Leboyer
Breathe, Sing, Give Birth

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978-3-530-40191-2
19,90 € (D)

Frédérick Leboyer and the gentle birth – breathing and singing exercises which help women engage in a birth without pain. Gentle birth instead of industrialised delivery – this is the trend-setting approach of Leboyer, who revolutionised midwifery in the 1970’s. His new book is about the unique expe ...

Dieter Krowatschek, Holger Domsch
Stress Free at School Overcoming Fear

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978-3-530-40192-9
14,90 € (D)

This book shows how parents and teachers can help. Lukas leaves school with a headache every day. Anna is queasy every day. Tim can’t sleep at night when he thinks about school the next day. Julia is nervous all the time… For many children school is simply horrible. They are afraid of exams, they fe ...

Hanna Hadorn
The Early Injured Psyche

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978-3-530-40189-9
14,90 € (D)

How trauma is healed in fairy tales - New ways of approaching trauma - New ways of understanding the healing of early trauma - The wisdom of fairy tales on injury and healing Fairy tale interpretations show how early trauma can be healed. People who have been traumatised in early childhood – through ...

Kurt Mosetter, Reiner Mosetter
The New ADHD Therapy

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978-3-530-40178-3
14,90 € (D)

More and more children and adults suffer from ADD. Nevertheless a bitter debate over the most effective form of treatment – from medication such as Ritalin to psychotherapy – has ruled the world of specialists for years. The authors present an alternative to conventional methods with strength in str ...

Gottfried Fischer
New Ways out of Trauma

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978-3-530-40176-9
24,90 € (D)

Catastrophes, car accidents, violent crimes – experiences such as these can completely shake us up and change everything deep down inside us. Then we face the task: to overcome the severe mental injuries and to start our lives anew. This guide, developed from and based on therapeutic work spanning d ...

Monika Specht-Tomann, Andreas Sandner-Kiesling
Pain How Can We Deal With It?

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978-3-530-40171-4
16,00 € (D)

Pain – it accompanies us throughout life, from birth to death. Who doesn’t know those drilling, knocking, stabbing or gnawing feelings? This guide presents the complex phenomena of pain in clear comprehensible language from an interdisciplinary perspective. Alongside the most recent medical models o ...

Thomas Feibel
Killer Games In The Kids Room

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978-3-530-40166-0
14,90 € (D)

They are only 10 or 12 years old and already command armies. With pump rifles, machine guns and rocket launchers they go to battle against the “enemy”. It is another world to many parents and teachers – and the children are mostly left alone there. But they would like nothing better than to talk to ...

Children Need Trust Successful

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978-3-530-40163-9
16,00 € (D)

Which conditions must exist for upbringing and education to succeed? In view of the current educational plight, this is one of the absolutely central questions. “Whoever wants education, must establish trust. Whoever wants education must be competent at developing relationships,” say Karl Gebauer an ...

Gunther Klosinski
Divorce

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978-3-530-40158-5
14,90 € (D)

Family crises, separation and divorce mean stress for parents, but also an enormous burden for children. Children register emotional tension like seismographs, and often react with defiance, sadness, aggression, eating disorders or disturbed sleep patterns. Help is urgently required, particularly in ...

Jutta Fiegl
The Unrealised Wish for Children

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978-3-530-40161-5
14,90 € (D)

Actually, it was all so beautifully planned. First career, a relationship, a home – then finally a child. But bringing this plan into reality was taking a very long time. The unfulfilled desire for a child is, for many couples, a painful, upsetting experience. It is accompanied by a great deal of ra ...

Children Need Room to Move

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978-3-530-40153-0
14,90 € (D)

Playing, painting, playing musical instruments – creative activities often go short in schools. A hectic atmosphere, over-stimulation and the increasing pressure to do well are allowing less and less room for creativity. However it’s through playing together and doing creative things that children a ...

Wolfgang Bergmann
The Drama of the Modern Day Child

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978-3-530-40154-7
18,00 € (D)

They appear to always be looking for something, impulsive and hyperactive. They scratch and cut themselves, starve themselves, in some cases, almost to death: kids are an insecure and defenceless generation, disturbed youngsters and troublemakers in a twinkling world of media. Who are these children ...

Theodor Seifert, Paul Schmidt, Ang Lee Seifert
Follow the Power of Your Soul

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978-3-530-42167-5
16,00 € (D)

Important decisions, crises or conflict sometimes just require a little advice and help. Clarity, security and calmness, also in difficult everyday situations convey the active imagination. These methods of counselling, already developed by C.G. Jung, awaken new strength and help us to come into con ...

Children seek Orientation

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978-3-530-40136-3
16,90 € (D)

In the maelstrom of virtual realities and the flood of stimuli and impressions, children seek orientation: they need support. Just as much as they need emotional security, children need inner models for a successful development. As the brain researcher Gerald Hüther and the pedagogue Karl Gebauer po ...

Heinz-Peter Röhr
Paths Out of Chaos

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978-3-530-30010-9
16,90 € (D)

The Grimm fairy tale “Hans the Hedgehog” can easily be interpreted as an account of borderline personality disorder. This book is for everyone who recognises themselves in this tale and its modern interpretations. It is intended to help those with borderline personality disorder to understand themse ...

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