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A psychologist who also teaches at a school wrestles with his personal life, in which his former lover prepares to move away while pregnant with his child, and his professional life, in which he treats an exotic dancer with anxiety issues and tries to help a gifted, yet troubled, student in one of his night classes.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2006, 2007
Language
English
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In this final episode of the series, Fitz returns to England for his daughter's wedding, to find profound changes to his homeland, following the 9/11 and the Iraq war. He joins the police in hunting for a murderer with no apparent motive.
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Agatha Award-winning author, Abigail Padget returns with Book No.2 of the Blue McCarron Mystery series.
When two prominent female politicians die in San Diego of cerebral hemorrhages within days of each other, social psychologist Blue McCarron knows that their deaths are a statistical impossibility-they simply cannot be from natural causes. Within hours, a female evangelist almost dies, and threats from a religious fanatic, illustrated with blue...
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In late afternoon on November 7, 1985, sixteen-year-old Mary Veal was abducted after field hockey practice at her all-girls New England prep school. Or was she?A few weeks later an unharmed Mary reappears as suddenly and mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming to have little memory of what happened to her. Her mother, concerned that Mary has somehow been sullied by the experience, sends her to therapy with a psychologist named Dr. Hammer. Mary turns...
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The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Sigmund Freud is rightly called the godfather of psychoanalysis. He forever changed the way we view ourselves and developed our understanding of human nature. His concepts have become part of our psychological vocabulary: unconscious thoughts and feelings, conflict, the meaning of dreams, the sensuality of childhood. He dared to try new methods and treatments. Everyone knows the term Freudian slip and has a basic understanding of his theories, however,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Beginning with Sigmund Freud, modern child development theories have changed the way that parents raise their children and the way that teachers teach those children. This video is an entertaining and enlightening view of the major child development theories, how the theories differ and how more than one approach can be beneficial. Historical footage and photos are combined with candid documentary footage from day care centers.
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English
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Fitz is an addicted gambler, a heavy drinker, and a brilliant, if deeply flawed criminal psychologist. Follow Fitz as he investigates an accused commuter train killer with amnesia, a couple who share love and murder, and the killing of a young boy that shakes a community to its core.
12) Heroic duo
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
中文(繁體)
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Tough cop Ken Li (Ekin Cheng) is at the top of his game but still needs some help to solve a grisly crime that the offender, a respected police officer, doesn't even remember committing. Li seeks out Jack Lai (Leon Lai), a former psychologist, now disgraced and behind bars, who possesses an uncanny ability to bend people to his will. Forming an uneasy truce, this unconventional duo sets out to find the man responsible, a master hypnotist who will...
13) Harm's way
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Viking
Pub. Date
1996
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English
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When psychologist Alan Gregory's best friend is found murdered, he is asked by both the police and his friend's widow to become involved in finding the killer which leads Alan on a deep and harrowing journey of discovery.
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Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2006
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English
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Chronicles the life of Dr. Timothy Leary, who, in the 1960s, created the mantra "Tune in, turn on, drop out" which came to define a generation, discussing the personal and professional scandals and tragedies that threatened his life and career.
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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From the award-winning author of 10:04 and Leaving the Atocha Station, a tender and expansive family drama set in the American Midwest at the turn of the century: a tale of adolescence, transgression, and the conditions that have given rise to the trolls and tyrants of the New Right, Adam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High School, class of '97. His mother, Jane, is a famous feminist author; his father, Jonathan, is an expert at getting "lost boys"...
16) Sacred sins
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English
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Dr. Tess Court, called upon to create a psychological profile of a killer who strangles his victims with a priest's white silk amice, is teamed with skeptical Detective Ben Paris who could not care less about the murderer's psyche, but does find the beautiful doctor intriguing.
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English
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Does racial discrimination harm Black children's sense of self?
The Doll Test illuminated its devastating toll.
Dr. Kenneth Clark visited rundown and under-resourced segregated schools across America, presenting Black children with two dolls: a white one with hair painted yellow and a brown one with hair painted black. "Give me the doll you like to play with," he said. "Give me the doll that is a nice doll." The psychological experiment Kenneth...
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Worth Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Man's Search for Meaning tells you what you need to know--before or after you read Viktor E. Frankl's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl includes: Historical context Chapter-by-chapter summaries Important quotes...
20) Remote control
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Psychologist and sleuth Alan Gregory must use all of his understanding of the human mind to protect his wife and her friend from a biotechnology genius who is willing to kill in order to obtain a high-tech prize potentially worth millions.
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