General Psychology All books
Christophe André
Imperfect, free and Happy How to Live in Friendship with Yourself
This new book is the result. It radically embraces the daily practice of self-esteem and of how to live in friendship and harmony with yourself.
David Gourion, Séverine Leduc
Not Like Others, More than Others In Praise of A-typical Intelligence
An exploration of a certain personality profile and a particular form of intelligence
Lisa Letessier
Lies Between a Couple
An analysis of the psychological mechanisms of lying in a couple seen from two points of view: those that animate the one who lies, and those that cause the one to whom one lies to suffer.
Stéphanie Hahusseau
How Not to Endure Any Longer Deconditioning Oneself from One’s Past
A book for a general audience and for health-care professionals that explains how behavioral disorders, can be hiding repressed issues of abuse
Élisa Brune
Too Bad – I’m Going For It 50 Stories to Grab onto Life
How can one perceive one’s own freedom? How can one listen to oneself, others, and chance? How can we act so we’re not on automatic pilot? Fifty short essays that focus on that bit of awareness that helps us see life from a positive angle.
Antonio R. Damasio
The Strange Order of Things Life, Feeling, and the Making of Culture
A landmark book, situated between philosophy and neuroscience, in which Damasio deals with the challenging question of the origin of civilization.
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.