Breaking Addiction: A 7-Step Handbook for Ending Any Addiction

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  Lance M. Dodes, MD Harper Perennial, 2011 Finally—a road map to recovery from the nation’s most original thinker on addiction In his revolutionary book The Heart of Addiction, Dr. Lance Dodes examined the underlying emotions that drive addictive behaviors—whether undergoing drugs and xanax rehab, drinking, gambling, sex, or eating. Now, in Breaking Addiction, Dodes presents a comprehensive guide outlining seven critical steps to...

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Boundaries: A New Way To Look At The World

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Ernest Hartmann, MD SIRCC, 2011 In this book Hartmann discusses many kinds of boundaries, including both psychological boundaries, and those outside us. His group has done research over many years showing that boundaries can be measured, and that different sorts of boundaries are connected n surprising ways.  Our boundaries are related to our personal relationships, groups and entire societies, and the relations among nations. They are...

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The Nature and Functions of Dreaming

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Ernest Hartmann, MD Oxford University Press, 2010 The Nature and Function of Dreaming presents a comprehensive theory of dreaming based on many years of research by Ernest Hartmann and his collaborators. Critical to this theory is the concept of the Central Image.  Hartmann starts with his repeated finding that dreams of being swept away by a tidal wave, or something similar, are common among adults who have recently experienced a trauma...

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