General Psychology All books

Patrice Huerre, François Robine

What Our Living Spaces Say about Us

Living spaces tell a lot about their inhabitants and their psychic and social evolution. Habitats reveal the evolution of generations and of their ways of life, but they also encourage human relationships to be what they are.

Didier Pleux

The Thetis Complex To enjoy or not to enjoy life; finding the right balance

The Thetis complex, or the increasingly widespread difficulty in finding a good balance between the quite natural desire to enjoy life, and the acceptance that everything cannot be lived according to one’s desires.

Géraldyne Prévot-Gigant

The powers of hope

Hope, among the values of positive psychology, is fundamental. It is an indication of mental well-being. A profound reflection on hope presented in a very pedagogical style.

Boris Cyrulnik

Psychotherapy from God

Combining developmental psychology, attachment-based therapy, psycho-sociology, and the neurosciences, a psychotherapy of the sacred that takes into account all forms of belief, without distinction and without judgment, to analyse their foundations, their practices, their inner workings, and also their benefits. An original enlightening study of the major role played by attachment (secure or insecure) in religious feeling.

Liliane Zylbersztejn

Itinerary of an Abused Child Hate, love, and life

A powerful testimony enriched with a reflection on children’s psychological defences against abuse. Seen as a positive psychological process, this approach to hatred — an unusual concept — can light the path of many people who consider themselves affected.

Flavia Mannocci

The powers of curiosity

Curiosity is a fundamental value of positive psychology. It is an indicator of mental well-being. Exercises and case studies train and develop curiosity.

Aldo Naouri

Three Questions On The Family

Aldo Naouri’s complete reference work! The fruit of all his experience related to the fragile and essential parent-child relationship

Laurent Schmitt

Secret The role of secrecy throughout human life

A reflection on the benefits of secrecy to the psyche that goes against the tide of transparency. Secrecy can be useful or even indispensable to our psychic survival. A contemporary and historical account of the role of secrecy in psychology.