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Psychological Approaches



Psychology studies the relationship between our minds and our behavior, of how our feelings and thoughts are connected, consciously or unconsciously, to our actions. The field is broad and covers many different approaches, theories, and methods to address our emotional and mental health and well-being.

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Dr. Richard Schwartz Explains Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Founding developer, Richard Schwartz, gives an overview of the Internal Family Systems model.

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Richard Schwartz
2019
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The Farther Reaches of Human Nature

Abraham H. Maslow was one of the foremost spokespersons of humanistic psychology.

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Abraham Maslow
1993
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A Psychotherapist Goes to Therapy—and Gets a Taste of Her Own Medicine

Even psychotherapists sometimes need therapists themselves. My guest Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who realized she needed to talk to a therapist when the man she expected to marry unexpectedly broke up with her.

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Terri Gross
2019
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FindCenterHow could so many intelligent people be so grievously wrong for such an extended period of time? How could they ignore so much overwhelming evidence that contradicted their most basic theories? These questions, too, deserve their own discipline: the sociology of error.

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Steven Johnson
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Psychoanalytic Theory - What Freud Thought of Personality

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2019
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No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

Dr. Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems (IFS) model has been transforming psychology for decades. IFS has been effective in areas such as trauma recovery, addiction therapy, and depression treatment and has the potential to radically change our lives. Foreword by Alanis Morissette.

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Richard Schwartz, Alanis Morissette (foreword)
2021
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Facing Our Dark Side: Some Forms of Self-Compassion Are Harder Than Others

Compassion is one of those warm, fuzzy words referring to qualities that often seems in short supply in the ever-accelerating rough and tumble of daily life today.

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Richard Schwartz
2020
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Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory Explained

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Sigmund Freud
2019
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The Sanity We Are Born With: A Buddhist Approach to Psychology

More and more mental health professionals are discovering the rich tradition of Buddhist psychology and integrating its insights into their work with clients.

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Chögyam Trungpa, Daniel Goleman (foreword)
2005
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Understanding Our Inner Critic - Esther Perel & Dick Schwartz

My colleague Dick Schwartz, PhD joins me for a conversation about our critical voice. We discuss why we have this inner voice and how we can better understand its motivations.

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Esther Perel
2018
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