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The Psychology of Grief
by Richard Gross • 2018
Grief has no stages, no timeline, no closure. What actually shapes how we adapt to loss.
3.66
38
The Psychology of Grief Summary
The Psychology of Grief 95%
Grief has no stages, no timeline, no closure. What actually shapes how we adapt to loss.
by Richard Gross 2018
3.66
38 ratings
El precio de la pasión
by Gabriel Rolón • 2019
The hidden costs of passion: why the things that make us feel most alive also destroy us.
3.96
932
El precio de la pasión Summary
El precio de la pasión 95%
The hidden costs of passion: why the things that make us feel most alive also destroy us.
by Gabriel Rolón 2019
3.96
932 ratings
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan
by Jacques Lacan • 1998
The unconscious is not what you feel but what escapes when you speak. Four foundations, redefined.
4.11
2k+
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan Summary
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan 94%
The unconscious is not what you feel but what escapes when you speak. Four foundations, redefined.
by Jacques Lacan 1998
4.11
2k+ ratings
What Is Madness?
by Darian Leader • 2011
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
4.14
531
What Is Madness? Summary
What Is Madness? 94%
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
by Darian Leader 2011
4.14
531 ratings
The Denial of Death
by Ernest Becker • 1973
Every culture, religion, and heroic ambition is built on a single buried fear: your own death.
4.05
16k+
The Denial of Death Summary
The Denial of Death 94%
Every culture, religion, and heroic ambition is built on a single buried fear: your own death.
by Ernest Becker 1973
4.05
16k+ ratings
La felicidad
by Gabriel Rolón • 2023
The happiness mandate is backfiring. A psychoanalyst on why sadness is not the enemy.
3.94
2k+
La felicidad Summary
La felicidad 94%
The happiness mandate is backfiring. A psychoanalyst on why sadness is not the enemy.
by Gabriel Rolón 2023
3.94
2k+ ratings
How to Read Lacan
by Slavoj Žižek • 2006
Canned laughter, borrowed desire, and the hidden logic that links sitcoms to totalitarianism.
3.94
4k+
How to Read Lacan Summary
How to Read Lacan 93%
Canned laughter, borrowed desire, and the hidden logic that links sitcoms to totalitarianism.
by Slavoj Žižek 2006
3.94
4k+ ratings
Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought
by Erich Fromm • 1979
Freud revealed the irrational mind. His followers turned a radical theory into conformity training.
3.79
220
Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought Summary
Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought 93%
Freud revealed the irrational mind. His followers turned a radical theory into conformity training.
by Erich Fromm 1979
3.79
220 ratings
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom • 1989
A therapist admits: his own boredom, lust, and dread are the real instruments of cure.
4.25
42k+
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy Summary
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy 93%
A therapist admits: his own boredom, lust, and dread are the real instruments of cure.
by Irvin D. Yalom 1989
4.25
42k+ ratings
Looking Awry
by Slavoj Žižek • 1991
Lacan's hardest ideas become visible when you watch Hitchcock with the wrong kind of attention.
4.02
2k+
Looking Awry Summary
Looking Awry 93%
Lacan's hardest ideas become visible when you watch Hitchcock with the wrong kind of attention.
by Slavoj Žižek 1991
4.02
2k+ ratings
Necessary Losses
by Judith Viorst • 1986
From your mother's arms to your own mortality, every step of growth requires a loss.
4.07
4k+
Necessary Losses Summary
Necessary Losses 93%
From your mother's arms to your own mortality, every step of growth requires a loss.
by Judith Viorst 1986
4.07
4k+ ratings
Freud and Beyond
by Stephen A. Mitchell • 1995
One founder, many heirs: how psychoanalysis splintered into rival schools after Freud.
4.18
2k+
Freud and Beyond Summary
Freud and Beyond 93%
One founder, many heirs: how psychoanalysis splintered into rival schools after Freud.
by Stephen A. Mitchell 1995
4.18
2k+ ratings
Rozdělené Self
by R.D. Laing • 1960
Schizophrenia begins as a solution: a last defense against the terror of not feeling real.
4.11
7k+
Rozdělené Self Summary
Rozdělené Self 93%
Schizophrenia begins as a solution: a last defense against the terror of not feeling real.
by R.D. Laing 1960
4.11
7k+ ratings
In Praise of Risk
by Anne Dufourmantelle • 2011
To avoid risk is to refuse life. A philosopher's argument for love, beauty, and freedom.
4.12
613
In Praise of Risk Summary
In Praise of Risk 93%
To avoid risk is to refuse life. A philosopher's argument for love, beauty, and freedom.
by Anne Dufourmantelle 2011
4.12
613 ratings
Staring at the Sun
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2008
Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.
4.23
16k+
Staring at the Sun Summary
Staring at the Sun 93%
Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2008
4.23
16k+ ratings
The Wild Edge of Sorrow
by Francis Weller • 2015
Grief avoided deadens us; met with ritual, it opens a door to aliveness.
4.36
4k+
The Wild Edge of Sorrow Summary
The Wild Edge of Sorrow 93%
Grief avoided deadens us; met with ritual, it opens a door to aliveness.
by Francis Weller 2015
4.36
4k+ ratings
Grief Works
by Julia Samuel • 2018
The stages are a myth: what a therapist's grieving patients actually needed to hear.
3.98
2k+
Grief Works Summary
Grief Works 93%
The stages are a myth: what a therapist's grieving patients actually needed to hear.
by Julia Samuel 2018
3.98
2k+ ratings
The Shadow of the Object
by Christopher Bollas • 1987
The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.
4.51
196
The Shadow of the Object Summary
The Shadow of the Object 93%
The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.
by Christopher Bollas 1987
4.51
196 ratings
The Lies We Tell Ourselves
by Jon Frederickson • 2017
The armor you built to survive became the cage you live in now.
3.94
1k+
The Lies We Tell Ourselves Summary
The Lies We Tell Ourselves 93%
The armor you built to survive became the cage you live in now.
by Jon Frederickson 2017
3.94
1k+ ratings
The Matrix of the Mind
by Thomas H. Ogden • 1986
Inner fantasy and outer fact must stay in productive tension. Their collapse is psychic deadness.
4.35
151
The Matrix of the Mind Summary
The Matrix of the Mind 93%
Inner fantasy and outer fact must stay in productive tension. Their collapse is psychic deadness.
by Thomas H. Ogden 1986
4.35
151 ratings
Freud
by Ruth Snowden • 2010
Dreams, desire, and the unconscious: Freud's most enduring and unsettling ideas, made clear.
3.68
590
Freud Summary
Freud 93%
Dreams, desire, and the unconscious: Freud's most enduring and unsettling ideas, made clear.
by Ruth Snowden 2010
3.68
590 ratings
The Meaning of Madness
by Neel Burton • 2008
Mental disorders have hidden purposes: windows into meaning, creativity, and transformation.
3.97
275
The Meaning of Madness Summary
The Meaning of Madness 93%
Mental disorders have hidden purposes: windows into meaning, creativity, and transformation.
by Neel Burton 2008
3.97
275 ratings
Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream
by Robert I. Simon • 1996
The monsters in the news are not a different species: they are you, minus restraint.
3.77
230
Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream Summary
Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream 93%
The monsters in the news are not a different species: they are you, minus restraint.
by Robert I. Simon 1996
3.77
230 ratings
Missing Out
by Adam Phillips • 2012
Your regrets are not ghosts; they are the hidden architecture of your personality.
3.47
3k+
Missing Out Summary
Missing Out 93%
Your regrets are not ghosts; they are the hidden architecture of your personality.
by Adam Phillips 2012
3.47
3k+ ratings
The Examined Life
by Stephen Grosz • 2012
Our jokes, lies, and self-sabotage all speak. A psychoanalyst shows what they're actually saying.
3.95
18k+
The Examined Life Summary
The Examined Life 93%
Our jokes, lies, and self-sabotage all speak. A psychoanalyst shows what they're actually saying.
by Stephen Grosz 2012
3.95
18k+ ratings
Saving the Modern Soul
by Eva Illouz • 2008
Why therapy's language now runs the boardroom, the bedroom, and the self.
4.08
184
Saving the Modern Soul Summary
Saving the Modern Soul 93%
Why therapy's language now runs the boardroom, the bedroom, and the self.
by Eva Illouz 2008
4.08
184 ratings
Slavoj Zizek
by Tony Myers • 2003
Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.
3.82
266
Slavoj Zizek Summary
Slavoj Zizek 93%
Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.
by Tony Myers 2003
3.82
266 ratings
The Worm at the Core
by Sheldon Solomon • 2015
Your culture, your self-esteem, your gods: all of it is armor against the fear of death.
4.10
2k+
The Worm at the Core Summary
The Worm at the Core 92%
Your culture, your self-esteem, your gods: all of it is armor against the fear of death.
by Sheldon Solomon 2015
4.10
2k+ ratings
Is It Ever Just Sex?
by Darian Leader • 2023
A psychoanalyst argues sex is not about pleasure: a stage for infantile anxieties, guilt, and power.
3.37
479
Is It Ever Just Sex? Summary
Is It Ever Just Sex? 92%
A psychoanalyst argues sex is not about pleasure: a stage for infantile anxieties, guilt, and power.
by Darian Leader 2023
3.37
479 ratings
Life Lessons From Freud
by Brett Kahr • 2013
Freud's sharpest ideas for daily life: what your dreams, jokes, and childhood still control.
3.50
476
Life Lessons From Freud Summary
Life Lessons From Freud 92%
Freud's sharpest ideas for daily life: what your dreams, jokes, and childhood still control.
by Brett Kahr 2013
3.50
476 ratings
On Grief and Grieving
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 2005
Grief has no timeline. A framework that helps you move through chaos toward meaning, not closure.
4.32
5k+
On Grief and Grieving Summary
On Grief and Grieving 92%
Grief has no timeline. A framework that helps you move through chaos toward meaning, not closure.
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 2005
4.32
5k+ ratings
Strangers to Ourselves
by Rachel Aviv • 2022
A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.
4.10
15k+
Strangers to Ourselves Summary
Strangers to Ourselves 92%
A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.
by Rachel Aviv 2022
4.10
15k+ ratings
The Smell of Rain on Dust
by Martin Prechtel • 2015
Grief out loud is the highest praise. Our silence around it fuels addiction, revenge, and war.
4.26
897
The Smell of Rain on Dust Summary
The Smell of Rain on Dust 92%
Grief out loud is the highest praise. Our silence around it fuels addiction, revenge, and war.
by Martin Prechtel 2015
4.26
897 ratings
Becoming Myself
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2017
At eighty-five, the master of existential therapy makes himself the last patient on his couch.
4.19
9k+
Becoming Myself Summary
Becoming Myself 92%
At eighty-five, the master of existential therapy makes himself the last patient on his couch.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2017
4.19
9k+ ratings
Mentalizing in Clinical Practice
by Jon G. Allen • 2008
All effective therapy rests on a single trainable capacity: reading the mind behind behavior.
4.31
39
Mentalizing in Clinical Practice Summary
Mentalizing in Clinical Practice 92%
All effective therapy rests on a single trainable capacity: reading the mind behind behavior.
by Jon G. Allen 2008
4.31
39 ratings
Anti-Oedipus
by Gilles Deleuze • 1972
Desire isn't a lack to fill. It builds reality, and can even invest its own repression.
4.18
9k+
Anti-Oedipus Summary
Anti-Oedipus 92%
Desire isn't a lack to fill. It builds reality, and can even invest its own repression.
by Gilles Deleuze 1972
4.18
9k+ ratings
Getting Grief Right
by Patrick O’Malley Ph.D. • 2017
The five stages misread grief. Your own story matters more than any stage.
4.45
182
Getting Grief Right Summary
Getting Grief Right 92%
The five stages misread grief. Your own story matters more than any stage.
by Patrick O’Malley Ph.D. 2017
4.45
182 ratings
Why Can't We Sleep
by Darian Leader • 2019
Humans once slept in two shifts. The anxiety about perfect sleep is a modern invention.
3.16
422
Why Can't We Sleep Summary
Why Can't We Sleep 92%
Humans once slept in two shifts. The anxiety about perfect sleep is a modern invention.
by Darian Leader 2019
3.16
422 ratings
Finding Meaning
by David Kessler • 2019
Five stages of grief aren't the whole map. The missing sixth that turns pain into purpose.
4.43
3k+
Finding Meaning Summary
Finding Meaning 92%
Five stages of grief aren't the whole map. The missing sixth that turns pain into purpose.
by David Kessler 2019
4.43
3k+ ratings
Loss, Trauma, and Resilience
by Pauline G. Boss • 2006
Therapy for loss without certainty: no funeral, no body, no goodbye. Resilience is still trainable.
4.27
99
Loss, Trauma, and Resilience Summary
Loss, Trauma, and Resilience 92%
Therapy for loss without certainty: no funeral, no body, no goodbye. Resilience is still trainable.
by Pauline G. Boss 2006
4.27
99 ratings
Come of Age
by Stephen Jenkinson • 2018
More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.
4.25
173
Come of Age Summary
Come of Age 92%
More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.
by Stephen Jenkinson 2018
4.25
173 ratings
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
by Sigmund Freud • 1917
Your forgotten names and midnight visions are not mistakes. They are messages from a hidden mind.
3.79
12k+
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Summary
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis 92%
Your forgotten names and midnight visions are not mistakes. They are messages from a hidden mind.
by Sigmund Freud 1917
3.79
12k+ ratings
On Death and Dying
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 1969
Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.
4.16
28k+
On Death and Dying Summary
On Death and Dying 92%
Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1969
4.16
28k+ ratings
Anxiety
by Samir Chopra • 2024
What if your anxiety isn't a disorder, but the feeling of freedom itself?
3.91
522
Anxiety Summary
Anxiety 92%
What if your anxiety isn't a disorder, but the feeling of freedom itself?
by Samir Chopra 2024
3.91
522 ratings
The Heart of Man
by Erich Fromm • 1964
Human destructiveness follows three orientations. Their convergence is visible from clinic to state.
4.05
2k+
The Heart of Man Summary
The Heart of Man 92%
Human destructiveness follows three orientations. Their convergence is visible from clinic to state.
by Erich Fromm 1964
4.05
2k+ ratings
The Sublime Object of Ideology
by Slavoj Žižek • 1989
We are cynical, not naive. The ideological illusion operates through our actions, not our beliefs.
4.07
6k+
The Sublime Object of Ideology Summary
The Sublime Object of Ideology 92%
We are cynical, not naive. The ideological illusion operates through our actions, not our beliefs.
by Slavoj Žižek 1989
4.07
6k+ ratings
The Middle Passage
by James Hollis • 1993
Your midlife crisis is not a breakdown. It is the psyche evicting the false self.
4.45
2k+
The Middle Passage Summary
The Middle Passage 92%
Your midlife crisis is not a breakdown. It is the psyche evicting the false self.
by James Hollis 1993
4.45
2k+ ratings
The Undiscovered Self
by C.G. Jung • 1961
The mass state erases the individual; the psyche you ignore becomes the tyrant's best tool.
4.13
13k+
The Undiscovered Self Summary
The Undiscovered Self 92%
The mass state erases the individual; the psyche you ignore becomes the tyrant's best tool.
by C.G. Jung 1961
4.13
13k+ ratings
Sigmund Freud's Mission
by Erich Fromm • 2013
A psychoanalyst maps how Freud's childhood wounds became the blueprint for psychoanalysis itself.
3.74
349
Sigmund Freud's Mission Summary
Sigmund Freud's Mission 92%
A psychoanalyst maps how Freud's childhood wounds became the blueprint for psychoanalysis itself.
by Erich Fromm 2013
3.74
349 ratings
John Bowlby and Attachment Theory
by Jeremy Holmes • 1993
Why a child's bond with a caregiver is a biological drive, not a learned habit.
4.21
219
John Bowlby and Attachment Theory Summary
John Bowlby and Attachment Theory 92%
Why a child's bond with a caregiver is a biological drive, not a learned habit.
by Jeremy Holmes 1993
4.21
219 ratings
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