Psychology audiobooks

Becoming Myself

By: Irvin D. Yalom

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling writer and psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom puts himself on the couch in a lapidary memoir
Irvin D. Yalom has made a career of investigating the lives of others. In this profound memoir, he turns his writing and his therapeutic eye on himself. He opens his story with a nightmare: He is twelve, and is riding his bike past the home of an... Read more

The Forgetting Machine

By: Rodrigo Quian Quiroga

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

If we lose our memories, are we still ourselves? Is identity merely a collection of electrical impulses? What separates us from animals, or from computers?From Plato to Westworld, these questions have fascinated and befuddled philosophers, artists, and scientists for centuries. In The Forgetting Machine, neuroscientist Rodrigo Quiroga explains... Read more

The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump

By: Bandy X. Lee

Narrated by: Bandy X. Lee, Luba Kessler, M.D., Betty P. Teng...

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

As this bestseller predicted, Trump has only grown more erratic and dangerous as the pressures on him mount. This new edition includes new essays bringing the audiobook up to date—because this is still not normal.

Originally released in fall 2017, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump was a runaway bestseller. Alarmed Americans and international... Read more

Living with the Passive-Aggressive Man

By: Scott Wetzler, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Matthew Josdal

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you know one of these men?



The catch-me-if-you-can lover . . .



Phil's romantic and passionate one minute, distant and cold the next.



The deviously manipulative coworker or boss . . .



Jack denies resenting Nora's rapid rise in the company, but when they’re assigned to work together on a project, he undermines her.



The obstructionist,... Read more

Faster Than Normal

By: Peter Shankman

Narrated by: Peter Shankman & Bernie Wagenblast

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A refreshingly practical and honest guide that rewrites the script on ADHD

Peter Shankman is a busy guy -- a media entrepreneur who runs several businesses, gives keynote speeches around the world, hosts a popular podcast, runs marathons and Iron Mans, is a licensed skydiver, dabbles in angel investing, and is loving father to his young... Read more

Shame Nation

By: Sue Scheff

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

In today’s digitally driven world, disaster is only a click away.A rogue tweet can bring down a business; an army of trolls can run a celebrity off-line; and virtual harassment might cause real psychological damage.Shame Nation is the first book to both explore the fascinating phenomenon of online shaming and offer practical guidance and... Read more

Mania and Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong

By: Jerry Clark & Ed Palattella

Narrated by: Paul Heitsch

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, as one judge described her, as “a coldly calculated criminal recidivist and serial killer.” She had experienced a lifetime of murder, mayhem, and mental illness. She killed two boyfriends, including one whose body was stuffed in a freezer. And she was convicted in one of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s strangest... Read more

Mental

By: Jaime Lowe

Narrated by: Jaime Lowe

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting memoir and a fascinating investigation of the history, uses, and controversies behind lithium, an essential medication for millions of people struggling with bipolar disorder.
 
It began in Los Angeles in 1993, when Jaime Lowe was just sixteen. She stopped sleeping and eating, and began to hallucinate—demonically cackling Muppets,... Read more

Born to Be Wild

By: Jess Shatkin

Narrated by: Jess Shatkin

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking, research-based guide that sheds new light on why young people make dangerous choices--and offers solutions that work

Texting while driving. Binge-drinking. Unprotected sex. There are plenty of reasons for parents to worry about getting a late-night call about their teen. But most of the advice parents and educators hear about... Read more

The Power of Moments

By: Chip Heath & Dan Heath

Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick explore why certain brief experiences can jolt us and elevate us and change us—and how we can learn to create such extraordinary moments in our life and work.

While human lives are endlessly variable, our most memorable positive moments are dominated by four elements: elevation,... Read more

The Porn Myth

By: Matt Fradd

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The Porn Myth is a non-religious response to the commonly held belief that pornography is a harmless or even beneficial pastime. Author Matt Fradd draws on the experience of porn performers and users, and the expertise of neurologists, sociologists, and psychologists to demonstrate that pornography is destructive to individuals, relationships,... Read more

Huntington, West Virginia: A community overwhelmed by opioids

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

At the epicenter of America's opioid epidemic, Huntington, West Virginia’s growing addiction problem has overwhelmed everyone from first responders to business owners to newborns. So far, the city's robust efforts to fight back haven't been enough to curb the overdoses. Hari Sreenivasan reports as part of our series, "America Addicted." Read more

La vida secreta de la mente

By: Mariano Sigman

Narrated by: Pablo Gandolfo

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Mariano Sigman, uno de los neurocientíficos de mayor prestigio internacional, nos propone en este fascinante audiolibro un viaje a lo más íntimo de la mente humana: los sueños, la conciencia, las decisiones, el aprendizaje y las emociones.
La vida secreta de la mente es un viaje especular que recorre el cerebro y el pensamiento. Se trata... Read more

ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life Second Edition

By: Judith Kolberg & Kathleen G. Nadeau, PhD

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed professional organizer Judith Kolberg and Dr. Kathleen Nadeau, renowned ADHD clinical psychologist, are back with an updated edition of their classic text for adults with ADD. Their collaboration offers the best understanding and solutions for adults who want to get and stay organized. Listeners will enjoy all new content on organizing... Read more

The Age of Melancholy

By: Dan G. Blazer

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Depression has become the most frequently diagnosed chronic mental illness, and is a disability encountered almost daily by mental health professionals of all trades. "Major Depression" is a medical disease, which some would argue has reached epidemic proportions in contemporary society, and it affects our bodies and brains just like any other... Read more

Becoming Cliterate

By: Laurie Mintz

Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

We’ve been thinking about sex all wrong. Mainstream media, movies, and porn have taught us that sex = penis + vagina, and everything else is just secondary. Standard penetration is how men most reliably achieve orgasm. The problem is, women don’t orgasm this way. We’ve separated our most reliable route to orgasm—clitoral stimulation—from how we... Read more

Practical Hypnosis

By: Instafo & Xavier Zand

Narrated by: Instafo

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Enhance Your Everyday Life With Everyday Hypnosis
"Hypnosis." The very essence of the word conjures up an image of some theatrical individual swinging a pocket watch in front of willing participants in an attempt to get them into a trancelike state, who loses all their free will and do whatever the hypnotist commands. Nothing could be further... Read more

Your Conscious Mind

By: New Scientist

Narrated by: Mark Elstob

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A voyage through the mind to discover what consciousness really is, and what we can learn when it goes awry.

What is this strange mental world that seems so essential to being human? The conscious mind brings together sensations, perceptions, thoughts and memories to generate the seamless movie of a person's life. It makes us aware of the world... Read more

Photographic Memory

By: Ryan James

Narrated by: Sam Slydell

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Accelerated Learning Series, Book 1Still wondering how some people can remember information in great detail? In Photographic Memory, you won't just learn about the concept of photographic memory, but you'll also discover the secret to expanding your retention capacity. Learn more about how your memory works and what makes a person remember... Read more

Attachments

By: Dr. Tim Clinton & Dr. Gary Sibcy

Narrated by: Christopher Solimene

Length: 13 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The answer to why people feel and act the way they do lies in the profound effect of a child's bonding process with his or her parents. How successfully we form and maintain relationships throughout life is related to those early issues of "attachment." The author has cited four primary bonding styles that explain why people love, feel, and act... Read more

Shyness Junkie

By: Howie Junkie

Narrated by: How-To Junkie

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Desk of the How-To Junkie for the "Shyness Junkie":
Howdy friend, who wants "to overcome shyness,"
Shyness is like a disease that deteriorates your quality of life to feeling helpless and useless. Take for instances:
- Do you not have many friends (or none for that matter) because of your shyness?
- Do you flee in the presence of the... Read more

Conflict Is A Gateway For Healing

By: Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Depth hypnosis and the “Coming to Peace” process provide a pathway for healing conflict and coming to a place of reconciliation and wholeness. This process can involve one’s personal inner conflicts as well as the larger dynamics of family systems. Gucciardi says, “The truth is that the symptom is the tip of the iceberg . . .The symptom becomes... Read more

The Influential Mind

By: Tali Sharot

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A cutting-edge, research-based inquiry into how we influence those around us, and how understanding the brain can help us change minds for the better.

In The Influential Mind, neuroscientist Tali Sharot takes us on a thrilling exploration of the nature of influence. We all have a duty to affect others—from the classroom to the boardroom to social... Read more

Wake Up!

By: Lindsay Teague Moreno & Chris Baréz-Brown

Narrated by: Chris Baréz-Brown

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

DON’T WASTE A MINUTE OF YOUR EXTRAORDINARY LIFE!You have an unlimited capacity to have fun, meet amazing people, and feel truly awake every single day. But do you? When you’re living on autopilot (and most people are—80 percent of the time), those opportunities pass you by.Snap out of it! Any one of the fifty-four playful strategies in Wake Up!... Read more