The ordering of the books in the list is totally arbitrary. 2002 Synaptic Self. Joseph LeDoux NewYork:Viking (Excellent overview of brain & Self) If you’re going to buy only one book - make it this one. 2002 The Neuroscience of Paychotherapy. Louis Cozolino New York:WWNorton (An interesting read on the biological foundations of treatment.) 2002 Consciousness in Four Dimensions. Richard Pico. New York:McGraw Hill (combines Einstein’s theory of relativity with the neuroscience of consciousness... an interesting read.) 2001 Overcoming Resistance in Cognitive Therapy. Robert Leahy New York:Guilford. (Excellent text, very readable...a must read) 2001 The Executive Brain. Elkhonon Goldberg Oxford:University Press (A very readable book on frontal lobes). 2001 A Mind So Rare. Merlin Donald New York:W.W. Norton & Company (The Mind as a blend of brain and culture.) 2000 Global Brain. Howard Bloom New York:Wiley & Sons (Interesting read on the 5 forces of change throughout time. Heavy into history, but good material) 2000 The Private Life of the Brain. Susan Greenfield. New York:Wiley & Sons (Good read on emotions and self) 2000 Lingua ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain. Calvin & Bickerton Cambridge:MIT Press (Once you get past the authors’ egos, its an interesting read) 2000 Principles of Neural Science (4th ed.) Kandel, Schwartz, & Jessell New York:McGraw-Hill (Hefty in content & price - hard science) 2000 Neurodynamics of Personality. Jim Grigsby & David Stevens New York:Guilford (Interesting approach to modular brain) 2000 The Owners Manual for The Brain (2nd Ed). P.J. Howard Austin:Bard Press (a bit “fluffy”, but some good stuff) 1999 Cognitive Therapy in Practice. Jacqueline Persons New York:W.W.Norton (Great step-by-step “how to” book) 1999 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Steven C. Hayes, et.al. New York:Guilford Press. (Interesting application of cog.) 1996 The Cerebral Code. William H. Calvin Cambridge:MIT Press (Unique theory of spatiotemporal codes) 1995 Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond. Judith Beck. New York:Guilford Press. (Best cog. handbook on the market) 1997 The Symbolic Species. Terrence W. Deacon New York: W.W. Norton & Co. (A bit sexist but EXCELLENT) 2000 The Brain: A Neuroscience Primer (3rd Ed.) Richard Thompson New York: Freeman (Heavy on “hard science”, but great resource) 1993 Cognitive Therapy of Substance Abuse. A. Beck, F. Wright, C. Newman, & B. Liese. New York:Guilford Press. 1986 Handbook of Cognitive Therapy Techniques. Rian McMullin. New York:Norton & Co. (Nice compendium) 1996 The Emotional Brain. Joseph LeDoux New York:Simon & Schuster (Good reading on “Limbic Brain”) 1995 Brief Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. Windy Dryden. New York:Wiley & Sons. (Tightly written - good material) 1991 Consciousness Explained. Daniel Dennett. Boston:Little, Brown & Co. (Heavy philsophy, but good reading) 1997 How the Mind Works. Steven Pinker New York:W.W. Norton & Co. (Easy reading, generally good work) 1975 Belief, Attitude, Intention, and Behavior. Martin Fishbein & Icek Ajzen Reading:Addison-Wesley. (An old “classic”) 1988 The Prepare Curriculum:Teaching Prosocial Competencies. Arnold Goldstein. Champaign:Research Press. (First “cog” curriculum) 1994 de Bono's Thinking Course (revised edition). Edward de Bono. New York:Facts on File. (A staple in changing thinking) 1970 Lateral Thinking. Edward de Bono. New York:Harper. (More of the same from deBono - good ) 1979 Social Interaction and Consciousness. P.D. Ashworth. New York:Wiley & Sons. (Another “oldie but goodie”) 1964 Signs. Maurice Merleau-Ponty Northwestern University Press. (Great stuff, a bit “heady”) 1967 The Phenomenology of the Social World. Alfred Schutz Northwestern University Press. (More great stuff - philsophical) 1982 Husserl: Intentionality and Cognitive Science. Hubert Dreyfus (ed). Cambridge:MIT Press. (A classic - philsophical) 1997 Group Communication. Peter Hartley. New York:Routledge. (Nice application and template) |