Psychology audiobooks

Feeling Good Together

By: David D. Burns, M.D.

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

We all know people who are hard to get along with. It might be your spouse, mother, neighbor, friend, or colleague. In his new book Feeling Good Together, Dr. David D. Burns describes Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy (CIT), a radically different method for developing more loving and satisfying relationships with the people you care about.



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Voluntary Madness

By: Norah Vincent

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Norah Vincent’s bestselling book of investigative journalism, Self-Made Man, ended on a harrowing note. Suffering from severe depression after her eighteen months living disguised as a man, Vincent felt she was a danger to herself. On the advice of her psychologist, she committed herself to a mental institution.Vincent’s new journey takes her... Read more

Embracing the Wide Sky - Abridged

By: Daniel Tammet

Narrated by: Daniel Gerroll

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

From the New York Times bestselling author of Born on a Blue Day...

Owner of "the most remarkable mind on the planet" (Entertainment Weekly), Daniel Tammet captivated audiences and won worldwide critical acclaim with his 2007 memoir Born on a Blue Day and its vivid depiction of a life with autistic savant syndrome. In his fascinating new... Read more

What Matters Most

By: James Hollis, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Jim Bond

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Why are we here? What is the meaning of existence? What truly matters the most in life? We have all felt the looming presence of these questions, but it’s never easy to examine our life’s path and its meaning. To begin finding answers, we must start by exploring our own internal ideals, values, and beliefs. Taking a fresh look at the concept... Read more

Instant Egghead Guide: The Mind

By: Emily Anthes & Scientific American

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman & Helen Litchfield

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Everything from neurons to consciousness in the blink of an eye (which takes 300 milliseconds).

Take a "fantastic voyage" through the whorls and curves of the human brain, no miniaturization required. Learn everything from how quickly you can possibly think (and that left-handed people think faster) to why being bad feels so good (yes, there's a... Read more

Emotional Awareness

By: Dalai Lama & Paul Ekman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Richard Gere & Paul Ekman, Ph.D.

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Two leading thinkers engage in a landmark conversation about human emotions and the pursuit of psychological fulfillment

At their first meeting, a remarkable bond was sparked between His Holiness the Dalai Lama, one of the world's most revered spiritual leaders, and the psychologist Paul Ekman, whose groundbreaking work helped to define the... Read more

Ansichten über die Psychoanalyse

By: Alexander Mitscherlich

Narrated by: Alexander Mitscherlich

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Alexander Mitscherlich war einer der prägendsten Psychoanalytiker der deutschen Nachkriegsgesellschaft. Er hat es verstanden, Freuds Instrumentarium für kollektive Befunde einzusetzen. Die hier vorliegenden Vorträge bilden einen geschlossenen 11-teiligen Zyklus, in dem Mitscherlich seine Auffassung der Psychoanalyse darlegt und begründet. Ein... Read more

A Woman's Worth - Abridged

By: Marianne Williamson

Narrated by: Marianne Williamson

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With A Woman's Worth, Marianne Williamson turns her charismatic voice--and the same empowering, spiritually enlightening wisdom that energized her landmark work, A Return to Love-- to exploring the crucial role of women in the world today. Drawing deeply and candidly on her own experiences, the author illuminates her thought-provoking positions... Read more

Das Geheimnis des Herzmagneten

By: Rüdiger Schache

Narrated by: Johannes Steck & Rüdiger Schache

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Nichts in Ihrem Leben geschieht zufällig! Menschen und Ereignisse tauchen nicht ohne Grund in Ihrem Leben auf. Wie Ihre Beziehungen entstehen und sich entwickeln, hat nichts mit Glück oder Pech zu tun. Es geschieht, weil eine Kraft dies bewirkt. Diese Kraft verbindet uns alle. Sie ist die Ursache dafür, ob wir uns finden, oder nicht. Sie... Read more

Outliers

By: Malcolm Gladwell

Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia, learn what sets high achievers apart—from Bill Gates to the Beatles—in this seminal work from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review).

In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"—the best and the brightest, the most famous... Read more

How to Read a Person Like a Book

By: Gerard I. Nierenberg & Henry H. Calero

Narrated by: Various

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

How to Read a Person Like a Book teaches listeners how to understand the strangers, friends, work colleagues around them by reading their body language. Read more

Faith and Reason: The Philosophy of Religion

By: Peter Kreeft

Narrated by: Peter Kreeft

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Through the ages, mankind has pursued questions of faith in something beyond the world of ordinary experience. Is there a God? How can we explain the presence of evil? Do humans, or human souls, live on after death? Is there a hell? The following lectures examine these eternal questions and present the most compelling arguments for and against... Read more

How to Have That Difficult Conversation - Abridged

By: Henry Cloud & John Townsend

Narrated by: Henry Cloud and John Townsend, Henry Cloud & Jo...

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Full of practical tips and how-tos, this audiobook will help you make your relationships better, deepen your intimacy with people you care for, and cultivate more love, understanding, and respect between you and others.Successful people confront well. They know that setting healthy boundaries improves relationships and can solve important... Read more

Mother Warriors

By: Jenny McCarthy

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 5 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Stories of hope and recovery from a nation of parents of autistic children by the high-profile bestselling author ofLouder than WordsWhen Jenny McCarthy published the story of her successful efforts to save her son from autism, the response was tremendous, including a number-three rank on the New York Times bestseller list and an appearance on... Read more

The Burn Journals

By: Brent Runyon

Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Brent Runyon's account of his attempted suicide has garnered critical accolades for its glimpse into adolescent depression and rare insight into the human condition. Fearing expulsion and parental disapproval after lighting a shirt on fire at his school, Brent goes home, soaks his bathrobe with gasoline, steps into his shower, and strikes a... Read more

Fixing Hell - Abridged

By: Colonel Larry C. James

Narrated by: Eric Kramer

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This is the story of Abu Ghraib that you haven't heard, told by the soldier sent by the Army to restore order and ensure that the abuses that took place there never happen again.

In April 2004, the world was shocked by the brutal pictures of beatings, dog attacks, sex acts, and the torture of prisoners held at Abu Ghraib in Iraq. As the story... Read more

The Courage to Raise Good Men - Abridged

By: Olga Silverstein & Beth Rashbaum

Narrated by: Olga Silverstein

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Challenging and readable...will help mothers understand the implications of pushing boys out of the family before they're ready to go."—The Los Angeles Times Book Review. Read more

When Food Is Love - Abridged

By: Geneen Roth

Narrated by: Geneen Roth

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

#1 New York Times bestselling author of Women Food and God

“A life-changing book.”—OprahIn this moving and intimate book, Geneen Roth, bestselling author of Feeding the Hungry Heart and Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating, shows how dieting and emotional eating often become a substitute for intimacy. Drawing on her own painful personal... Read more

Hurry Down Sunshine

By: Michael Greenberg

Narrated by: Michael Greenberg

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Hurry Down Sunshine tells the story of the extraordinary summer when, at the age of fifteen, Michael Greenberg’s daughter was struck mad. It begins with Sally’s sudden visionary crack-up on the streets of Greenwich Village, and continues, among other places, in the out-of-time world of a Manhattan psychiatric ward during the city’s most... Read more

Everyday Survival

By: Laurence Gonzales

Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Laurence Gonzales turns his talent for gripping narrative, knowledge of the way our minds and bodies work, and bottomless curiosity about the world to the topic of how we can best use the lessons of our evolutionary history to overcome the hazards of everyday life. He finds that natural laws profoundly affect our actions, and he reveals the... Read more

Auch wenn es mich das Leben kostet! - Systemaufstellungen als Lösungshilfe bei Krankheiten und anhaltenden Symptomen (ungekürzt)

By: Stephan Hausner

Narrated by: Philipp Engelhardt

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Es gibt viele Gründe, warum Patienten, trotz aller ärztlichen Kunst, keine positiven Reaktionen auf die medizinische Therapie zeigen, warum Kranke mit chronischen Symptomen von einem Arzt zum nächsten laufen und dennoch keine Linderung erfahren. Stephan Hausner hat in seiner langjährigen Arbeit als Heilpraktiker erfahren, dass... Read more

Loneliness

By: John T. Cacioppo & William Patrick

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

John T. Cacioppo's groundbreaking research topples one of the pillars of modern medicine and psychology: the focus on the individual as the unit of inquiry. By employing brain scans, monitoring blood pressure, and analyzing immune function, he demonstrates the overpowering influence of social context—a factor so strong that it can alter DNA... Read more

Proust and the Squid

By: Maryanne Wolf

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Reading is a miracle, because the brain was never wired for written language. This eloquent, accessible look at reading explores how it has transformed our brains, our lives, and the world.

It took 2,000 years for written language to develop, and it takes 2,000 days for a child's brain to learn to read. During that time, the brain must... Read more

Traffic

By: Tom Vanderbilt

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 13 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Would you be surprised that road rage can be good for society? That most crashes happen on sunny, dry days? Or that you can gauge a nation’s driving behavior by its levels of corruption? These are only a few of the remarkable dynamics that Tom Vanderbilt explores in this fascinating tour through the mysteries of the road.

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