Psychology
Psychology, Psychotherapy,
Mental Health, Violence
Standards of Sexual Modesty, Gender Separation and Homosexuality: Rabbinic and Psychological Views
By Seymour Hoffman.
128 pages.
ISBN 9781595694010.
Articles by rabbis, mental health professionals and scholars on extreme standards of sexual modesty and gender separation in the haredi, Gur Hasidim and Neturei Karta communities, and on the issue of homosexuality and judaism.
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Facing Forward – A Life Reclaimed
By Reba D.
264 pages ISBN 9781595691767
Domestic Violence - A Personal Story: One woman's powerful journey from independence into a marriage paralyzed by the grip of domestic violence - and back again to a life of hope and wholeness.
Rabbis and Psychologists. Partners or Adversaries - by Seymour Hoffman (editor).
138 pages. ISBN 9781595692764.
Articles by a prominent rabbi and veteran mental health professionals who have been involved in counseling people from the ultra-orthodox and religious communities for many years: Different, at times opposing views that rabbis and mental health practitioners hold regarding their roles in catering to the needs of the people who seek their help.
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Psychotherapy and Judaism (in Hebrew)
By Seymour Hoffman and Leah Rossman (ed.)
160 pages ISBN 9781595692344
פסיכותרפיה ויהדות – עורכים: לאה רוסמן, שניאור הופמן
בעשורים האחרונים זכינו לברכה רבה בכל הנוגע לנושאי הלכה ורפואה. פירות שיתוף הפעולה בין גדולי תורה ומדענים באים לידי בטוי בספריו של פרופ' אברהם סופר אברהם, באנציקלופדיה ההלכתית רפואית של הרב פרופ' אברהם שטינברג, באסיא ועוד ועוד.
"Two Are Better Than One": Case Studies of Brief Effective Therapy - by Seymour Hoffman.
132 pages. ISBN 9781595691965.
Examples of treatment cases that depict the effective involvement of co-therapists and brief interventions of consultants. Thirteen brief case studies are presented of children and adults with various symptoms and diagnoses, incl. selective mutism, borderline personality, phobia, OCD, depression, anorexia nervosa.
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Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners
By Sigmund Freud
160 pages ISBN 9781595690166
An Introduction to Dream Analysis and Psychoanalysis (Selection of articles): Freud is the father of modern psychology and he established the psychoanalytical point of view. "Dream psychology" is the key to Freud's works and to all modern psychology.
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