Psychology audiobooks

Succeeding When You're Supposed to Fail

By: Rom Brafman

Narrated by: René Ruiz

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

IN COUNTLESS STUDIES, PSYCHOLOGISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A SURPRISING FACT:
 
For decades they assumed that people who face adversity—a difficult childhood, career turbulence, sudden bouts of bad luck—will succumb to their circumstances. Yet over and over again they found a significant percentage are able to overcome their life circumstances and... Read more

The Mood Cure

By: Julia Ross, M.A.

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Drawing on thirty years of experience as a psychotherapist, clinic director, and pioneer in the field of nutritional psychology, Julia Ross presents breakthrough solutions to many of the negative emotional states that are diminishing the quality of our lives. Her comprehensive, safe, and natural program is based on the use of four mood-building... Read more

The Healthiest You

By: Kelly Traver & Betty Kelly Sargent

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 12 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A twelve-week system that teaches you to retrain your brain to embrace a healthy lifestyleThe brain is the command center of the human body. Change it, and the body follows. This is the wisdom that Stanford physician Dr. Kelly Traver employed when developing The Healthiest You, her mind-expanding and waistline-slimming system for getting into... Read more

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder

By: Julie A. Fast & John D. Preston, Psy.D.

Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Bipolar disorder is characterized by alternating periods of dramatically manic behavior and episodes of extreme sadness and hopelessness, often with periods of normalcy in between. Those close to bipolar individuals may experience feelings of fear, loss, and anxiety and a constant uncertainty about the bipolar individual's mood.


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The Hoarder in You

By: Dr. Robin Zasio

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

We all have treasured possessions—a favorite pair of shoes, a
much-beloved chair, an ever-expanding record collection. But sometimes,
this emotional attachment to our belongings can spiral out of control
and culminate into a condition called compulsive hoarding. From
hobbyists and collectors to pack rats and compulsive shoppers—it is
close to... Read more

What Every BODY is Saying

By: Joe Navarro & Marvin Karlins

Narrated by: Paul Costanzo

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer and a recognized expert on nonverbal behavior, explains how to ""speed-read"" people: decode sentiments and behaviors, avoid hidden pitfalls, and look for deceptive behaviors. You'll also learn how your body language can influence what your boss, family, friends, and strangers think of you.... Read more

The Language Instinct

By: Steven Pinker

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 18 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In this classic, the world’s expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling... Read more

You Are Not So Smart

By: David McRaney

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise. You believe you are a rational, logical being who sees the world as it really is, but journalist David McRaney is here to tell you that you're as deluded as the rest of us. But that's OK- delusions keep us sane. You Are Not So Smart is a celebration of self-delusion.... Read more

Setting Limits with Your Strong-Willed Child

By: Robert J. MacKenzie, Ed.D.

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Does your child constantly misbehave and ignore or refuse your requests? Is your relationship with your child based on conflict instead of mutual respect and cooperation? With the help of this groundbreaking book, you can create a positive, respectful, and rewarding relationship with your child.

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Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

Narrated by: Henry Leyva

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The trial of twenty-five year old Casey Anthony for the death of her daughter Caylee was the most sensational case in America since O.J. Simpson's—with a verdict every bit as stunning. After being acquitted in July 2011, Ms. Anthony instantly became one of the most infamous women in the world.

Dr. Keith Ablow distills tens of thousands of pages... Read more

The Mind and the Brain

By: Jeffrey M. Schwartz & Sharon Begley

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 14 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking work of science that confirms, for the first time, the independent existence of the mind–and demonstrates the possibilities for human control over the workings of the brain.Conventional science has long held the position that 'the mind' is merely an illusion, a side effect of electrochemical activity in the physical brain. Now... Read more

Welcome to Your Child's Brain

By: Sandra Aamodt, Ph.D. & Sam Wang, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Pete Larkin

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

How children think is one of the most enduring mysteries—and
difficulties—encountered by parents. In an effort to raise our children smarter, happier, stronger, and better, parents will try almost
anything, from vitamins to toys to DVDs. But how can we tell marketing from real science? And what really goes through your kid's growing mind—as an... Read more

The Unheard Cry for Meaning

By: Viktor E. Frankl

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Upon his death in 1997, Viktor E. Frankl was lauded as one of the most influential thinkers of our time. The Unheard Cry for Meaning marked his return to the humanism that made Man’s Search for Meaning a bestseller around the world. In these selected essays, written between 1947 and 1977, Dr. Frankl illustrates the vital importance of the human... Read more

Die Frau, die im Mondlicht aß

By: Anita Johnston

Narrated by: Inga Jansen & Christina Lemke

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Dieses Hilfebuch zeigt, welche Rolle Essen im Leben jedes Einzelnen spielt. Vor allem Frau, deren Augenmerk immer um das Thema Essen und Gewicht kreist – von Magersucht bis zu Übergewicht - wird sehr einfühlsam ohne den erhobenen Zeigefinger Beweggründe für ungewöhnliches Essverhalten aufgezeigt. Die allgemeine Frauenproblematik und die... Read more

The Myth of Psychotherapy

By: Thomas Szasz

Narrated by: Robin Lawson

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Until recent years, “bad” and “immoral” were terms used to describe people who are now referred to as “sick” and “in need of treatment.” Moral and religious perspectives have been clearly replaced by medical and therapeutic rhetoric. It is little wonder that the world is plagued by legions of rapists, drug users, murderers, thieves, child... Read more

A Most Dangerous Method

By: John Kerr

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 22 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1907 Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung began what promised to be both a momentous collaboration and the deepest friendship of each man's life. Six years later they were bitter antagonists, locked in a savage struggle that was as much personal and emotional as it was theoretical and professional. In between them stood a young woman named... Read more

The High-Beta Rich

By: Robert Frank

Narrated by: Paul Costanzo

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The rich are not only getting richer, they are becoming more dangerous. Starting in the early 1980s the top one percent broke away from the rest of us to become the most unstable force in the economy. An elite that had once been the flat line on the American income charts—models of financial propriety—suddenly set off on a wild ride of economic... Read more

Blue Nights

By: Joan Didion

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter. Richly textured with bits of her own childhood and married life with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and daughter, Quintana Roo, this new book by Joan Didion examines her thoughts, fears, and doubts regarding having children, illness, and growing old.
 
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The Mindful Therapist

By: Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

Narrated by: Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Research suggests that the presence of the therapist, and how the therapist truly forges a connection with the client in therapy, are the most crucial factors affecting the client’s healing process. An engaged, committed, caring therapist who is mindful of his or her own self—and how that self relates to the client—is the key determinant of how... Read more

Über das Sterben - Abridged

By: Gian Domenico Borasio

Narrated by: Andreas Wilde & Gian Domenico Borasio

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Was uns allen zu wünschen ist, ist ein nüchterner und gelassener Blick auf die eigene Endlichkeit. Dies erfordert eine ruhige und wiederholte Reflexion, am besten im Dialog mit Menschen, die uns am nächsten stehen. Das passiert leider im Leben eher selten, und wenn, dann oft sehr spät. Nehmen wir uns die Zeit dafür". (Gian Domenico Borasio) Read more

The Rock Warrior's Way

By: Arno Ilgner

Narrated by: Arno Ilgner, Scott Perkins & Tracy Meazell

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Mental training is scarcely covered in the climbing literature, yet it is as important to performance as strength, flexibility, and technique. In his unique approach to mental training, Arno Ilgner draws essential elements from the rich "warrior" literature, as well as from sports psychology, and combines these with his extensive climbing... Read more

Ben Behind His Voices

By: Randye Kaye

Narrated by: Randye Kaye

Length: 13 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

In this updated 2nd edition, available only as an audiobook, Randye Kaye tells listeners, in the introduction and epilogue, about what happened in the decade after the initial release of Ben Behind His Voices. Yes, Ben is still here, still living a real-life version of "Chutes and Ladders" along with his family. Such is life with serious mental... Read more

How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age

By: Dale Carnegie & Associates

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the original landmark bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People, comes an up-to-the-minute adaptation of Carnegie’s timeless prescriptions for the digital age.

Dale Carnegie’s principles have endured for nearly a century. Since its original publication in 1936, his timeless classic How to Win... Read more

The Better Angels of Our Nature

By: Steven Pinker

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 36 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

“If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be this—the most inspiring book I've ever read."
—Bill Gates (May, 2017)Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the YearThe author of Enlightenment Now and The New York Times bestseller The Stuff of Thought offers a controversial history of violence.Faced with the... Read more