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Those are the only things Stellan Abernathy cares about - being the tattooed auto mechanic by day and then the sultry saxophone player in a jazz band by night. But all that changes when a wide-eyed bartender captures his attention and refuses to let go. Now, instead of an audience, Stellan only wants to play for - and with - Foster.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that may occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event. To begin the process of healing in a therapeutic environment, it is important to create a safe place in which the individual can explore and share their experiences, and gain understanding as to why they are experiencing life as they do. This book may offer much to promote the healing and growth of those affected by complex trauma.

The depth or imaginal psychotherapy is highly effective in treating and assessing adult survivors of childhood abuse. Specifically, interventions that use dreams, symbols, and metaphor, as well as expressive art techniques, are deemed especially valuable as they address dissociative changes. By assessing specific depth psychological aspects of the individual’s shattered sense of self, a more focused and efficient treatment plan can be created sooner in the course of therapy. Discover more with Brain Healing and Trauma.

Zoë Abigail Cozy is 13¾ years old. Her job is to go to school. Mr. Cozy's job is to design new flavors of tea. And Mrs. Cozy...well, no one knows exactly what Mrs. Cozy does. Unfortunately, the Cozy house is not a cozy place to live. Zoë Abigail Cozy is an outsider in her own home. At least she has her best friend, the cat, to keep her company. Zoë never thought about the concept of being normal. It was not on her list of things to do or things to worry about. Suddenly, "being normal" is all anyone can talk about and Zoë did not fit in anywhere.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an extensively researched, effective psychotherapy method proven to help people recover from trauma and other distressing life experiences, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and panic disorders. During EMDR therapy sessions, you relive traumatic or triggering experiences in brief doses while the therapist directs your eye movements.

As a self-conscious emotion, shame informs us of an internal state of inadequacy, unworthiness, dishonor, regret, or disconnection. Shame is a clear signal that our positive feelings have been interrupted. Through a depth psychological analysis of the author’s personal experience, which includes developing and living with a shame complex, the path toward healing shame is realized as the ability to find the courage to uncover and disclose a personal narrative in the presence of an empathetic analyst, who had the competence to contain and bear witness to his client’s story.

After a semester full of heartbreak and tragedy, Reign returns home for the holidays to fully recuperate. She makes a split decision to stop her medication during the break. All is well until a dark family secret makes its way to the light. Reign quickly finds herself at the forefront of the battle against depression. When it rains...it pours.

From cupcakes to pies to iced coffee drinks, sugar is found in many foods and is almost impossible to avoid. Emotional or psychological dependence on sugary foods and drinks, also known as sugar addiction, is a real cause of concern for health officials in America. Processed foods and refined grains create additional sugar in the body once the body metabolizes the food. Sugar in moderation is not harmful; however, many overdo it. A recent study suggests Americans eat far too much sugar.

The term “Narcissism” is derived from Ovid’s tale of Narcissus falling in love with his own reflection to the detriment of his true/real self, which caused him to perish. Although Ovid’s tale of Narcissus being obsessed by his image is void of any psychological examination, it is significant not merely for where the term “narcissism” is derived from, but more importantly for the constructive themes like unrequited self-love that resonated with later interpretations of narcissism as a personality trait.

Cognitive behavioral therapy is an evidence-based treatment for binge eating disorder, and most experts agree that while it yields positive treatment results, there is room for improvement in treatment. Shame is an important contributing factor in the development and maintenance of binge eating disorder.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological and developmental disorder that begins early in childhood and lasts throughout a person's life. With the help of time, we now have a better understanding of the disease spectrum. Those observations made by the early pioneers have evolved as breakthroughs in the disease management process. In exploring past human competency levels and myths of autism, an emphasis of significance is placed on increasing awareness and the reaction factors to seeking treatment, as the scope of early intervention.

Shouldn’t.... I hated that word. I truly did. It was what she had always been to me. She was a shouldn’t. Off limits.... Laila was always off limits to me. I shouldn’t have had last night with her. I just didn’t know if I could resist her...again.

Sibling abuse is the physical, emotional, or sexual abuse of one sibling by another. The physical abuse can range from more mild forms of aggression between siblings, such as pushing and shoving, to very violent behavior such as using weapons. Often parents don't see the abuse for what it is. As a rule, parents and society expect fights and aggression among siblings. Because of this, parents often don't see sibling abuse as a problem until serious harm occurs.

He has no problem leading women on just to get information. He has just been asked to spy on the Royal family of Belgium to uncover an assassination plot. Their number one suspect, the daughter of the Prime Minister, who, like him, finished university top of her class, speaks nine languages, and is a black belt. Derek’s boss warns him that the last agent on the case quit because she was impossible to read. Always up for a challenge, he is determined to find her vulnerabilities and know her better than she knows herself.

Trying to deceive a big burly mountain man seems to be working. But, when Uncle Mike catches on, will Randi be able to handle the consequences? Randi is more than happy when Susan invites him to spend the weekend at her uncle’s cabin. He has all weekend to convince her to let him have her. That is until plans change and Susan’s uncle shows up for a surprise visit at the cabin. He doesn’t like it when Susan has guys up there, so she dresses Randi in a dress that she had brought with her.

Who is Duncan Reynolds? Pierce, the man claiming to be my husband says that's me. A racing heart and a need to breathe are my only memories when I wake in an unfamiliar room surrounded by strangers. With nothing else to go on, I have to trust the people around me to help me remember. As days stretch into weeks, I know the reoccurring dreams of dark alleys and sinister shadows can't be ignored, and the only person I have to help me is Pierce.

Jilted by her mail order fiancé, Maybelle Lewis is stranded at a Dodge City saloon counter in the company of handsome, alas, pestering drunk. When the marshal determines Maybelle’s would-be husband is a work of fiction, she dives into the bottle with the handsome drunkard and wakes up married after all. In the sober light of day, Maybelle and Rafe McElroy brainstorm ways to un-jam their fix, but addictive heat and unbridled passion have a few ideas of their own.

When a bratty untouched stepdaughter makes a sarcastic deal with daddy, she's confident that he knows she is not serious. Her older stepdad decides that she needs to make good on her own words. She soon learns the hard way that he will make sure he fills her with his part of the deal, not knowing that her enlarged belly and enormous top are growing fast and full. She soon finds out that he is an expert on explosive deal-making.

Sweet, beautiful mail order bride Merla flees one horrible life in Wichita, only to find herself in another horrible one in Dodge. Her husband-to-be is not the kind loving man his letters portrayed him to be. But Merla’s rescuer John “Mac” McElroy is more handsome than handsome should be. When he doesn’t like to see a beautiful woman abused, he and his three brothers take her home to his mother.

The Doctor's Orders box set features two medical romances - Dr. Dawson and Dr. Sawyer. The first book features Dr. Ryan Dawson, the uber-sexy surgeon with his panty-melting smile and the second book has Dr. Sawyer, the doctor with his sexy charm and the body of a Greek god.