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Psychotherapy and the Bored Patient

By: E Mark Stern

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Psychotherapy and the Bored Patient

By: E Mark Stern

The specific guidelines to the clinical management of the bored or boring patient--offered in this provocative book--will be valuable to all psychotherapists. Contributors discuss the fascinating theories and therapies of boredom--why it is both a necessity and an obstacle to a person’s development. Fresh insights into the meaning of boredom for the patient or the therapist (or both) are presented through the discussion of such topics as the type of person most prone to boredom, boredom as a launching point into other experiences, boredom as a defense against strong affects and drive derivatives, the manifestations of boredom in marital therapy clients, and much more.

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163

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Routledge

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1135819688

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9781135819682

The Story Behind the Dish

Classic American Foods

By: Mark McWilliams

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The Story Behind the Dish

Classic American Foods

By: Mark McWilliams

Profiling 48 classic American foods ranging from junk and fast food to main dishes to desserts, this book reveals what made these dishes iconic in American pop culture. Americans have increasingly embraced food culture, a fact proven by the rising popularity of celebrity chefs and the prominence of television shows celebrating food themes. This fascinating overview reveals the surprising story behind the foods America loves. The Story Behind the Dish: Classic American Foods is an engaging pop culture resource which helps tell the story of American food. Each chapter is devoted to one of 48 distinctive American dishes and features the story of where the food developed, what inspired its creation, and how it has evolved. The book not only covers each food as a single entry, but also analyzes the themes and events that connect them, making the text useful as both a reference and a narrative on the history of food.

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298

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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ISBN 13

9798216149491

Mobilizing the Metropolis

How the Port Authority Built New York

By: Philip Mark Plotch,Jen Nelles

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Mobilizing the Metropolis

How the Port Authority Built New York

By: Philip Mark Plotch,Jen Nelles

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has morphed in ways that would be unrecognizable to its founders. Its mission evolved from improving rail freight to building motor vehicle crossings, airports, office towers, and industrial parks and taking control of a failing commuter rail line. In its early years, the agency was often viewed with admiration; however as it drew up plans, negotiated to take control of airfields and marine terminals, and constructed large bridges and tunnels, the Port Authority became the object of less favorable attention. It was attacked as a “super-government” that must be reined in, while the mayors of New York and Newark argued that it should be broken up with its pieces given to local governments for their own use. Despite its criticisms and travails, for over half a century the Port Authority overcame hurdles that had frustrated other public and private efforts, built the world's longest suspension bridge, and took a leading role in creating an organization to reduce traffic delays in the New York-New Jersey region. How did the Port Authority achieve these successes? And what lessons does its history offer to other cities and regions in the United States and beyond? In a time when public agencies are often condemned as inefficient and corrupt, this history should provide some positive lessons for governmental officials and social reformers. In 2021, the Port Authority marked its 100th birthday. Its history reveals a struggle between the public and private sectors, the challenges of balancing democratic accountability and efficiency, and the tension between regional and local needs. From selected Port Authority successes and failures, Philip Mark Plotch and Jen Nelles produce a significant and engaging account of a powerful governmental entity that offers durable lessons on collaboration, leadership, and the challenge of overcoming complex political challenges in modern America.

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387

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University of Michigan Press

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0472903489

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9780472903481

Industrial Society and the Science Fiction Blockbuster

Social Critique in Films of Lucas, Scott and Cameron

By: Mark T. Decker

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Industrial Society and the Science Fiction Blockbuster

Social Critique in Films of Lucas, Scott and Cameron

By: Mark T. Decker

Can blockbuster films be socially relevant or are they just escapist diversions to entertain the masses and enrich the studios? Not every successful film contains thoughtful commentary, but some that are marketed as pure entertainment do seriously engage social issues. Popular science fiction films of the late 1970s and early 1980s--such as George Lucas' Star Wars trilogy, Ridley Scott's Alien and Aliens, and James Cameron's Terminator films--present a critique of our engagement with technology in a way that resonates with 1960s counterculture. As challengers of the status quo's technological underpinnings, Luke Skywalker, Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor echo the once-popular social criticism of philosopher Herbert Marcuse and speak directly to the concerns of people living in a technologically complex society. The films of Lucas, Scott and Cameron made money but also made us think about the world we live in.

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217

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McFarland

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0786499117

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9780786499113

Psychotherapy and the Self-contained Patient

By: E. Mark Stern

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Psychotherapy and the Self-contained Patient

By: E. Mark Stern

Leading psychotherapists present a broad range of theoretical, philosophical, and clinical perspectives on the self-contained person who seeks therapy. With numerous enlightening case studies, they explore the characteristics of the self-contained patient--often a bright, dedicated, hardworking, and successful person who has decided to be self-reliant and to achieve without needing or acknowledging help. The experts also examine the provocations leading self-contained persons to seek therapy. This authoritative volume addresses the intricacies of working with the self-contained person, who is often competitive and ill at ease with experts, and proposes successful interventions for treating the ever-challenging and provocative self-contained patient.

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380

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Psychology Press

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0866567542

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9780866567541

Cognitive Synthesis Test

By: Pamela Pressley Abraham,Lisa Anne Okoniewski,Mark Lehman

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Cognitive Synthesis Test

By: Pamela Pressley Abraham,Lisa Anne Okoniewski,Mark Lehman

Table Development and Rationale ... 1 . . of Contents Stimulus Choice and Rationale ... 3 Administration ... 4 References ... . . 5 Sample Data for Schizophrenics ... . 6 Sample Data for Other Diagnostic Categories ... 9 1 Projective tests have been valuable in personality assessment, Introduction diagnosis, and treatment by eliciting information about a per son's thinking, feelings, fantasies, interests, attitudes, and rela tionships with others. Picture-story methods such as Murray's Thematic Apperception Test (Murray et al. 1938), The Children's Apperception Test (Bellak and Bellak 1950), Van Lennep's Four Picture Test (1956), Pickford Projective Pictures (1963), The Object Relations Technique (Phillipson 1956), and Symonds Pic ture-Story Test (1948) have proven to be successful in revealing underlying personality dynamics. The Cognitive Synthesis Test (CST) appears to be an innovative and effective technique for evoking verbalizations by means of pictorial material. It offers the opportunity to study fantasy mate rial of psychotic and schizophrenic adolescents, as well as patients in other diagnostic categories.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642717403

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9783642717406

Alien-Invasion Films

Imperialism, Race and Gender in the American Security State, 1950-2020

By: Mark E. Wildermuth

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Alien-Invasion Films

Imperialism, Race and Gender in the American Security State, 1950-2020

By: Mark E. Wildermuth

This book studies American science fiction films depicting invasions of the USA and Earth by extra- terrestrials within the context of imperialism from 1950–2020. It shows how such films imagine America and its allies as objects of colonial control. This trope enables filmmakers to explore the ethics of American interventionism abroad either by defending the status quo or by questioning interventionism. The study shows how these films comment on American domestic hegemonic practices regarding racial or gender hierarchies, as well as hegemonic practices abroad. Beginning with the Cold War consensus in the 1950s, the study shows how hegemony at home and abroad promotes division in the culture.

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318

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Springer Nature

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3031117956

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9783031117954

Longstreet Highroad Guide to the California Sierra Nevada

By: Mark Grossi

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Longstreet Highroad Guide to the California Sierra Nevada

By: Mark Grossi

The indispensable guide to the best the California Sierra Nevada has to offer.

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356

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Taylor Trade Publishing

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1563525925

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9781563525926

Strategic Intelligence for Law Firms

By: Laura Slater

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Strategic Intelligence for Law Firms

By: Laura Slater

In today's modern, techno-centric world with its endless supply of data, and the multitude of ways to collect and utilise it, intelligence has become the best tool for law firms when it comes to understanding client needs, offering quality value-oriented services, and garnering and retaining business.

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102

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1783582405

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9781783582402

The Seeking

By: Will Thomas

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The Seeking

By: Will Thomas

The Seeking is the moving and uplifting story of the Thomas familyÕs time among the people of Westford, Vermont Ñ a life, writes Thomas, Ònot based on race, but on what we and they [were] like as human beings.Ó Back in print for the first time in fifty years, this edition includes a new introduction that situates The Seeking in the canon of twentieth-century black literature, and a new afterword that follows the fortunes of Thomas and his family in the years after its initial publication. The Seeking is both a story of one remarkable African-American family and a story of race relations in mid-century New England.

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Northeastern University Press

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1555538282

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9781555538286

Book's by Mark Gediman

Psychotherapy and the Bored Patient

Psychotherapy and the Bored Patient

The Story Behind the Dish

The Story Behind the Dish

Mobilizing the Metropolis

Mobilizing the Metropolis

Industrial Society and the Science Fiction Blockbuster

Industrial Society and the Science Fiction Blockbuster

Psychotherapy and the Self-contained Patient

Psychotherapy and the Self-contained Patient

Cognitive Synthesis Test

Cognitive Synthesis Test

Alien-Invasion Films

Alien-Invasion Films

Longstreet Highroad Guide to the California Sierra Nevada

Longstreet Highroad Guide to the California Sierra Nevada

Strategic Intelligence for Law Firms

Strategic Intelligence for Law Firms

The Seeking

The Seeking

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