Psychology audiobooks

Children of the Self-Absorbed

By: Nina W. Brown, Ed.D., LPC

Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Being a parent is usually all about giving of yourself to foster your child's growth and development. But what happens when this isn't the case? Some parents dismiss the needs of their children, asserting their own instead, demanding attention and reassurance from even very young children. This may especially be the case when a parent has... Read more

Healing at the Speed of Sound

By: Don Campbell & Alex Doman

Narrated by: Jim Bond

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

At this very moment, you are surrounded by sound. Pause for a minute and try to listen to it all: the chatter of a passing conversation, the gentle whoosh of air vents, noise from a nearby street, someone turning the pages of a book, birds chirping in the trees.We rarely pay attention to everything we hear, but every noise in our environment has... Read more

Brandwashed

By: Martin Lindstrom

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of Buyology comes a shocking insider’s look at how today’s global giants conspire to obscure the truth and manipulate our minds, all in service of persuading us to buy.
 
Marketing visionary Martin Lindstrom has been on the front lines of the branding wars for over twenty years.  Here, he turns the spotlight on his own... Read more

The Mismeasure of Man

By: Stephen Jay Gould

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 16 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

When published in 1981, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed as a masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed genetic gifts and limits.



Yet the idea of of biology as destiny dies hard, as witness the attention devoted to The Bell Curve, whose arguments are here so effectively... Read more

Evolutionary Psychology II

By: Allen MacNeill

Narrated by: Allen MacNeill

Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In the first course in this lecture series, Professor Allen MacNeill delved into the exciting new field of evolutionary psychology, the scientific study of how human nature has evolved. In part two, the esteemed professor continues to investigate why humans do the things they do. Questions raised and answered in this course include the... Read more

Without Conscience

By: Robert D. Hare, PhD

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Most people are both repelled and intrigued by the images of cold-blooded, conscienceless murderers that increasingly populate our movies, television programs, and newspaper headlines. With their flagrant criminal violation of society's rules, serial killers like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy are among the most dramatic examples of the... Read more

Project Rebirth

By: Courtney E. Martin & Dr. Robin Stern

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The images of the burning towers, the heartbroken friends building memorials, the minute-by-minute accounts of the horrors of that day—all are indelibly etched on our collective consciousness. But what of those left behind after 9/11? What have they, and we, learned from the gift of time?



In Project Rebirth, a psychologist and a journalist... Read more

Modern Man in Search of a Soul

By: Carl Gustav Jung

Narrated by: Christopher Prince

Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Modern Man in Search of a Soul is the classic introduction to the thought of Carl Jung. Along with Freud and Adler, Jung was one of the chief founders of modern psychiatry. In this book, Jung examines some of the most contested and crucial areas in the field of analytical psychology: dream analysis, the primitive unconscious, and the... Read more

Redirect

By: Timothy D. Wilson

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Why might some sex education programs result in more teen pregnancies? Why did reading that self-help book make you feel less happy? What’s the best way to recover from trauma? Can we actually improve our lives by redirecting our thinking?
 
 We tell ourselves stories to make sense of the world. These stories ultimately determine if we will lead... Read more

The Science of Evil

By: Simon Baron-Cohen

Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Borderline personality disorder, autism, narcissism, psychosis, Asperger's: All of these syndromes have one thing in common—lack of empathy. In some cases, this absence can be dangerous, but in others it can simply mean a different way of seeing the world.



In The Science of Evil, Simon Baron-Cohen, an award-winning British researcher who has... Read more

Transcendence

By: Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D.

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D., a twenty-year researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health and the celebrated psychiatrist who pioneered the study and treatment of Season Affective Disorder (SAD), brings us the most important work on transcendental meditation since the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Science of Being and Art of Living—and one of our... Read more

The Penguin and the Leviathan

By: Yochai Benkler

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

What do Wikipedia, Zip Car’s business model, Barack Obama's presidential campaign, and a small group of lobster fishermen have in common? They all show the power and promise of human cooperation in transforming our businesses, our government, and our society at large. Because today, when the costs of collaborating are lower than ever before,... Read more

50 Psychology Classics

By: Tom Butler-Bowdon

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A Thinking Person's Guide to Popular Psychology We would all like to know the secrets of human nature - who we are, how we think, and what we do. In a journey that spans 50 books, hundreds of ideas, and over a century in time, 50 Psychology Classics explores important contemporary writings such as Gladwell's Blink and Seligman's Authentic... Read more

You Can Read Anyone

By: David J. Lieberman

Narrated by: David J. Lieberman

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever wished you could peer into someone's mind to find out what he or she is really thinking? Now you can...really. This audiobook is not a collection of recycled ideas about body language. It does not suggest that a woman's hairstyle will give us unprecedented access into her soul; neither does it spout wildly ambiguous generalities... Read more

Theory of Pyschoanalysis

By: Carl Jung

Narrated by: Robert Bethune

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Although the theories presented in this book, a 1915 edition of the lectures Jung presented at Fordham University, are now thoroughly outdated, this book is still a fascinating glimpse of Jung's mind at a crucial time in his life. Just three years previously, he had struck out on his own, publishing his Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido, known... Read more

InSideOut Coaching

By: Joe Ehrmann, Paula Ehrmann & Gregory Jordan

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Joe Ehrmann, a former NFL standout, is a dynamic motivational speaker and seminar leader, addressing audiences nationwide about the unparalleled platform, power, and position coaches have to transform their players' lives and impact families, schools, and communities. Recognized for his revolutionary concepts of teambuilding, mentoring, and... Read more

In Sheep's Clothing

By: George K. Simon, Jr., Ph.D.

Narrated by: Kevin Foley

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. George K. Simon knows how people push your buttons: your children—especially teens—are experts at it, as is your mate. A coworker may quietly undermine your efforts while professing to be helpful, or your boss may prey on your weaknesses. Manipulative people have two goals: to win and to look good doing it. Too often, those they abuse are... Read more

Think

By: Lisa Bloom

Narrated by: Lisa Bloom

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

According to Lisa Bloom, the women and girls of today represent a stark paradox. While American women excel in education at every level, they likewise obsessively focus on celebrity media. While women outperform their male counterparts in employment in urban areas for the first time in history, they simultaneously spend countless hours staring... Read more

Nerve

By: Taylor Clark

Narrated by: Rich Orlow

Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Popular author Taylor Clark draws on cutting-edge research in this enlightening exploration of stress-and how to tackle it constructively. Using such divergent examples as Russian sub commanders and game show contestants, Clark shows that most people experience stress the same way. Those who understand how to accept it without freezing can... Read more

Ten Days in a Mad-House

By: Nellie Bly

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1887, Nellie Bly had herself committed to the notorious Blackwell's Island insane asylum in New York City with the goal of discovering what life was like for its patients. While there, she experienced firsthand the shocking abuse and neglect of its inmates, from inedible food to horrifyingly unsanitary conditions.

Ten Days in a Mad-House is... Read more

Your Dog: The Owner's Manual

By: Dr. Marty Becker

Narrated by: Mark Douglas Nelson

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Through surprising facts, moving stories and tested solutions, the veterinary expert from Good Morning America and The Dr. Oz Show will give every dog owner the secrets to raising a healthy, well-behaved dog.

For anyone who owns a dog or is thinking about getting one, Dr. Marty Becker's manual is a must-have guide to anything and everything... Read more

The Optimism Bias

By: Tali Sharot

Narrated by: Susan Denaker

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of the most innovative neuroscientists at work today, an investigation into the bias toward optimism that exists on a neural level in our brains and plays a major part in determining how we live our lives.
 
Psychologists have long been aware that most people maintain an often irrationally positive outlook on life. In fact, optimism may... Read more

How To Start A Conversation And Make Friends - Abridged

By: Don Gabor

Narrated by: Don Gabor

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For more than twenty-five years, small-talk expert Don Gabor has helped thousands of people communicate with wit, confidence, and enthusiasm with his bestseller How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends. This newly revised and updated edition combines classic techniques in the art of conversation with necessary skills for communicating in the... Read more

Coming Into Our Fullness

By: Azarm Ghareman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Ghareman describes the dilemma of women today who are especially culturally rewarded to say yes to most every request made of them. Most of us have dozens of stories about how we self-sabotage ourselves instead of building a more balanced life.. How can we say a soft but effective no? What are some skillful ways for us to move from stress to... Read more