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This book presents a critical and comparative history of how human populations have been socially constructed and categorized through racializing processes. Building on Renato Foschi's Italian volume Storia dei razzismi (2022), this expanded English edition offers a unique synthesis of historical case studies and the underlying logics that have sustained racism across time and cultures.

Foschi distinguishes between spiritual and scientific racisms, tracing their development through religious, philosophical, and pseudo-scientific traditions. He examines how various groups-including Jewish communities, people of African descent, women, working-class individuals, and LGBTQ+ people-have been positioned as distinct "races" through shifting systems of exclusion. The book also explores lesser-known cases, such as the racialization of Southern Italians, to demonstrate how these dynamics operate within national and regional contexts.

The second half of the book focuses on resistance-how racialized communities have mobilized pride, solidarity, and intersectional alliances to challenge discrimination. The final chapter reflects on human biodiversity and the enduring misconceptions that continue to shape contemporary forms of racialization.

With its interdisciplinary scope and original theoretical framing, this book offers essential tools for understanding the historical and conceptual foundations of racism. It will be of interest to scholars and students in history, philosophy, psychology, and critical race studies.

The Self in Context: Pathways to Flourishing, Learning, and Well-Being explores the dynamic and multifaceted nature of self-related processes-such as self-concept, self-esteem, self-efficacy, self-control, self-identity, self-regulation, and self-determination-and their exponential growth in research over recent decades. These constructs have found fertile ground in the fields of positive psychology and education, which emphasize the factors that promote flourishing, learning, and well-being among students, teachers, and the broader school community.

This volume develops both theoretical and methodological perspectives and presents empirical evidence from a range of disciplines and applications. Its broad scope provides a flexible framework for contributors to explore the self in context. A key feature of The Self in Context is its dual focus: presenting cutting-edge research while distilling evidence-based insights for practitioners seeking to enhance well-being and learning outcomes.

This book confronts the fragmentation of meaning and the exhaustion of reason in the aftermath of postmodernity. Instinct, Reason and the Self in the Aftermath of Postmodernity: Beyond Reason argues that meaningful orientation cannot be restored through propositional reasoning alone. What must be recovered is instinct: embodied attunement to the world prior to deliberative thought.

Following the collapse of grand narratives, we navigate a liquid terrain with conceptual tools designed for solid ground, one increasingly shaped by digital infrastructures and AI-driven systems of engineered salience, which together form the Sensorial Nexus: a state in which algorithmic mediation pre-organises perception, narrowing the space for reflective judgement and originality.

Drawing on Arnold van Gennep's tripartite ritual schema, the book proposes the reawakening of instinct and introduces the DIEM Method, a practical framework for disengaging from the Sensorial Nexus and restoring interior coherence.

In a world where equity is increasingly contested,Transforming Education and Leadership offers a bold and timely intervention. This groundbreaking volume brings together voices from across continents and disciplines to illuminate how equity is not just an ideal, but a lived, practiced, and transformative force.

Spanning diverse contexts, from classrooms in Asia and healthcare systems in Africa to digital spaces in North America, this volume explores how equity is enacted in real-world educational settings. Chapters delve into urgent issues such as gender justice, the ethical use of AI, language and identity, violence, and inclusive education. Through qualitative, narrative, ethnographic, digital, and quantitative methodologies, contributors reveal how equity can serve as both a conceptual lens and a methodological tool for reimagining leadership and education.

Drawing from education, sociology, psychology, gender studies, economics, applied linguistics, and special education, this is a vital resource for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers, offering concrete examples of how equity is being advanced globally.

This book explores how the Trajectory Equifinality Approach (TEA), which was introduced in Japan two decades ago by Tatsuya Sato, represents a central milestone for cultural psychology. It involves the use of both real (life events that happened) and imagination-based materials (life events that could have happened, but did not) in psychological data analysis. The potential of TEA is still to be found beyond our current understanding. While the origin of the TEA lies in Japan, where it has grown in popularity over time, today, an extraordinary community of researchers from multiple scientific fields recognises this approach and applies it to their research endeavours. Due to its uniqueness and wide range of application possibilities, this volume enhances the Trajectory Equifinality Approach for new pathways, perspectives and applications in the field. An essential aim of this contribution is to encourage individuals to connect themselves and their endeavours to TEA and thus possibly explore new viewpoints for their work.

An authoritative new translation of Jung's writings from his student years
Featuring extensive original commentary as well as diary excerpts and other rare materials published here for the first time

As a medical student at the University of Basel, C. G. Jung was a member of the Zofingia Society, a student fraternity, becoming president of the Basel section in the winter semester 1897-1898. Between 1896 and 1899, he delivered four lectures there, addressing empirical psychology, natural science, philosophy, spiritualism, metaphysics, and religion-topics that anticipate and illuminate his later work. In these early writings, Jung wrestles with the tension between scientific materialism and his religious-metaphysical interests, criticizing reductionist views in the sciences while still insisting on scientific method. He argues for a life principle irreducible to matter that would enable the possibility of the postmortem existence of the soul.

This volume presents Jung's lectures together with the discussions that followed. It also includes transcripts of several of his sittings with his cousin Helene Preiswerk, material he later used for his medical dissertation. Beginning in 1898, Jung kept a personal diary; the volume offers excerpts in which he continues to reflect on philosophical, literary, and religious issues-including the aesthetics of music-together with an unpublished piece on Tolstoy's Resurrection. Also included are philosophical notes he began compiling around 1897, portions of which continued in his diary, as well as a reading list with comments prepared for his Zofingia lectures. Two papers he wrote for his medical curriculum-on wound infection and pellagra-are likewise reproduced.

The Critical Edition of the Works of C. G. Jung is a monumental, multiyear publishing initiative that introduces Jung's writings to a new generation of readers in a vibrant new English translation. Each volume features an in-depth historical introduction, informative annotations that draw on Jung's unpublished correspondence, a detailed chronology, and variorum presentations of works that went through multiple editions.

This book presents an integrative, interdisciplinary examination of how cultural, psychological, and structural factors shape human well-being, with a distinctive emphasis on the social contexts of Latin America and Spain. The book opens by reviewing the evolution of well-being research and highlights the need for culturally grounded concepts and measurements. It then explores how national cultural values-particularly autonomy, egalitarianism, and emotion norms-relate to subjective well-being, while illustrating the complexity of Latin American cultural profiles.

Several chapters analyze identity and social structure, showing how ethnic-racial identity, social class, and inequality influence psychological outcomes through mechanisms such as discrimination, socialization, perceived control, and coping. Social relationships emerge as a central dimension of well-being, with evidence on social capital, social support, and social identity demonstrating their strong protective and regulatory effects.

The book also incorporates personality science, detailing how traits, character strengths, spirituality, and religiosity contribute to flourishing or distress, and how culturally situated personality models and AI-driven approaches can enhance understanding. Additional chapters examine gender and emotional well-being, affect and emotion regulation, and the determinants of well-being in older adults, highlighting the "Latin American paradox"-moderately high well-being despite socioeconomic precarity. Across all chapters, the book underscores the interplay of personal, relational, and structural factors in shaping well-being.

This book is a guide to help psychotherapists, counsellors, and other mental health practitioners navigate the ethical dilemmas and challenges inherent to Islamic psychotherapy. In recent decades, the therapeutic application of Islamic psychotherapy has gained remarkable momentum. This approach integrates religion and spirituality into mental health practices, offering profound insights and benefits for clients. However, the incorporation of spirituality and religion into psychotherapy also raises a range of ethical dilemmas and challenges that remain insufficiently addressed in the literature. This book seeks to address this critical gap by providing a comprehensive resource that offers both theoretical foundations and practical strategies for identifying, understanding, and resolving ethical dilemmas when working with Muslim clients.

Grounded in the ethical principles of Islam, it draws upon Qur'anic teachings, hadith, and Islamic jurisprudence while incorporating insights from contemporary ethical practices in psychology and psychotherapy. Additionally, the book emphasizes the importance of cultural competence, presenting case studies, practical examples, and best practices tailored to the unique needs of Muslim clients. Grounded in Islamic principles, this work aspires to bridge the gap between mainstream ethical frameworks and culturally sensitive, Islamically-informed practices in psychotherapy.

Through its comprehensive exploration of these challenges, Ethical Dilemmas in Islamic Psychotherapy: Balancing Faith, Culture, and Professional Ethics not only fills a critical gap in the literature but also contributes to the broader discourse on the integration of religion and spirituality in mental health care. By doing so, it empowers practitioners to deliver ethical, effective, and competent care to Muslim clients, fostering greater trust and healing within the therapeutic relationship.

Cultural Psychology in Clinical Research and Practices brings together international scholars and practitioners to examine why cultural psychology is essential for contemporary clinical practice. Building on Shweder's (1990) understanding of culture as the set of traditions and social practices that shape how people think, feel, and act, the book argues that clinical psychology must move beyond universalised Western models if it hopes to understand distress as it is actually lived. Culture is not treated here as a peripheral attribute but as a constitutive element of mind, identity, and meaning-making, central to how suffering is expressed and how healing becomes possible.

Although the chapters are not organised into formal sections, they can be read as contributing to four interrelated themes: Reframing Theory and Foundations; Politics, Justice, and Intercultural Practice; Identity, Language, and the Therapeutic Encounter; and Embodiment, Culture, and Lived Experience. These themes offer readers a guide to how the contributions, taken together, show culture at work in clinical research and practice. Viewed through these lenses, the contributions demonstrate how culture shapes clinical work in psychotherapy and health-related settings, and offer insights relevant to wider applied practice. Chapters draw on semiotic, phenomenological, decolonial, and interdisciplinary approaches to explore topics such as the colonial roots of diagnostic concepts, the politics of therapeutic practice, linguistic identity in bilingual counselling, intersectionality in self-disclosure, intercultural encounters with Indigenous communities, and cultural idioms of suffering.

By foregrounding cultural psychology, Cultural Psychology in Clinical Research and Practices offers a critical and forward-looking agenda for clinical psychology research and practice. It invites readers to reconsider long-held assumptions about neutrality, objectivity, and universality in mental health, and instead to embrace culturally grounded, ethically engaged approaches that recognise power, history, and context. The result is a timely contribution for researchers, practitioners, and students seeking a clinical psychology that is globally relevant, locally meaningful, and responsive to the plurality of human experience.

The esports industry has grown into a multi-billion-dollar market, attracting millions of players and spectators worldwide. However, the psychological aspects of esports and its players remain largely unexplored in academic literature. The Psychology of Esports aims to bridge this gap by providing an in-depth analysis of the cognitive, emotional, and social dynamics that influence esports players. The book not only sheds light on how esports psychology is formed, but also discusses the field within the framework of psychological theories. By examining the many mental factors affecting players' performance (cognitive, emotional, physiological, and medical), this argument contends that esports psychology should be recognised as a distinct field.

Integrating insights from education, psychology, neuroscience, medicine, and sports science, the book offers a thorough framework for understanding the mental health/psychology of esports. It provides valuable guidance for players, coaches, and academic researchers. Beyond its academic contributions, the book has practical implications for multiple parties in the esports ecosystem. For example, coaches and team managers can use its findings to improve player mental performance and well-being. In contrast, psychologists and mental health professionals can use it to address issues such as gaming addiction, burnout, and anxiety. Additionally, game creators and industry leaders can use psychological insights to design more balanced and engaging esports environments. By fostering a deeper understanding of the psychological mechanisms behind esports, this book contributes to the long-term success of the esports industry and the well-being of those esports players.

This book offers a scholarly audience a new key to Gilbert Simondon's encyclopaedic philosophy. It traces a psychological theory in Simondon's work that guides his entire oeuvre and that holds together his technological and philosophical interests. Against the dominant view that psychology occupies a marginal place in Simondon's thought, the volume demonstrates that genetic psychology constitutes its methodological and theoretical core. Far from being a secondary discipline, psychology functions as a transversal matrix that articulates ontology, technology, life, and collective existence within a unified theory of individuation. By reconstructing the genesis of this project - from early cybernetic writings to the two doctoral theses - the book shows that their apparent bifurcation conceals a deeper unity grounded in a general allagmatics of being. Drawing on lesser-known texts and lectures, it redefines imagination, affectivity and creativity as ontogenetic vectors and repositions Simondonian psychology as an open paradigm for rethinking subjectivity, technology, and collective life in the digital age.

This book seeks to educate counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, and other professionals about the benefits and challenges of a fundamentalist religious upbringing and the impact on adult wellbeing.

There is a lack of research-based literature on this topic, which can often be disregarded and overlooked in clinical work.

This edited volume brings together practical, evidence-based, non-pharmacological therapies for children and adolescents-particularly in the context of the Indian subcontinent. With medications often offering limited benefits in treating childhood disorders, this book emphasizes psychological approaches as the foundation of effective care. Authored by leading Child Mental Health experts and academicians from across India, the book offers hands-on, culturally informed techniques derived from decades of clinical experience. The chapters cover a wide range of conditions, including ADHD, autism, SLD, depression, internet gaming disorders, and self-harm, presenting culturally relevant interventions supported by real-world applications.

It serves as a valuable resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, pediatricians, social workers, counsellors, nurses, teachers, and parents seeking effective, therapy-based solutions for children's mental health challenges.

This book focuses on individual basic skills and their mutual independence, and when these are appropriately challenged, they form the backbone of creativity. This volume discuses research findings, as well as points out the multidisciplinary significance across psychology, sport sciences and educational sciences. The book will introduce the concepts of basic skills and how these interact during learning and development, and when these processes are individually targeted with appropriate challenges, they can set the stage for the highest skill levels and expertise where creativity typically signifies an elite performer. We aim to increase the readers' understanding and knowledge regarding the concept of creativity as a significant part of high skill - high expertise across fields, and the underlying processes that can lead to the emergence of creativity.

This open access book offers a profound exploration of Bracha L. Ettinger's theory of the matrixial borderspace through the lens of Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytic teachings. By situating Ettinger's work within a Lacanian context, this volume illuminates the intricate interplay between psychoanalysis, sexuality, and the concept of the m/Other. Too often, Ettinger's contributions are examined in isolation, missing the critical Lacanian underpinnings that inform her scholarship and art practice.

Key concepts such as the matrixial borderspace, feminine sexuality, and the m/Other are meticulously analyzed alongside Lacan's archetypes of Tiresias, Dora, Lol Stein, and Antigone. Ettinger's critiques and modifications of Lacanian ideas, including the 'weaning complex,' das Ding, the phallus, and the Real, are explored to reveal the nuanced dialogue between these two influential thinkers. This comparative study not only highlights the contiguities and critical differences between their theories but also enhances our understanding of the Feminine and the m/Other.

Scholars of psychoanalysis, gender studies, and philosophy will find this book an invaluable resource. It invites readers to engage deeply with the complexities of Ettinger and Lacan's theories, offering fresh insights into the enduring questions of feminine sexuality and identity.

This book seeks to help bridge the divide between the various theoretical definitions of self-awareness and the empirical study of the concept in fields such as experimental cognitive sciences and clinical neuroscience. To do so, it brings together theoretical, methodological and empirical contributions that discuss self-awareness in three specific domains of cognitive sciences: methods for assessing self-awareness; theoretical and ethical implications of self-awareness in clinical settings; and the repercussion of re-evaluating self-awareness within different cognitive theoretical models.

Chapters in the first part of the book address how different methodological approaches for the study of self-awareness may lead to enhanced discussions of cognitive manifestations regarding self-processes. This part deals with the intersection between behavior, phenomenal awareness and cognitive traits associated with human self-process within experimental and psychological assessment, including notes from animal self-awareness. Then, chapters in the second part show how self-awareness can be a pivotal variable in the discussion of diagnosis, intervention and ethical issues pertaining to applied cognitive fields. Finally, theoretically driven chapters in the third part address how varied contexts of self-awareness expression may lead to renewed discussions in the field of enactive cognition. Together this set of chapters bring together current scientific data and theoretical reflections to point future directions for the scientific study of self-awareness.

Self-Awareness and Cognition: New Perspectives from Cognitive Sciences will be of interest to researchers in the field of cognitive sciences as well as to anyone interested in the relationship between self-awareness and cognition in both applied and theoretical research fields, such as philosophy of mind and clinical neuroscience, among others.

Being able to appreciate and value others - and knowing that we in turn are appreciated and valued - is something most of us aspire to. But how can we achieve this in times of crisis and conflict? In conversation with journalist Uta Jungmann, respected social and organizational psychologist Dieter Frey provides numerous answers to this question and makes clear: it is precisely when things become difficult that the power of appreciation becomes visible - as the glue that holds a team together in a company and strengthens it. As a connecting link between people in everyday life, at university, at school, or in the family. For a caring and connected way of interacting in the workplace and in a society threatened by division. Using many examples, the psychologist describes vividly and in an engaging way how appreciation can be used in very concrete terms to build bridges to other people, and how everyone holds a key to difficult situations through it. This is a book for anyone who, in an increasingly polarized society, wants to engage with others more deeply and with more appreciation and consider how this can be fostered at work. In doing so, life and work in a world of upheaval will become more positive, relaxed and fulfilling for everyone.

This comprehensive work systematically describes Wilfred Bion's work on psychosis and critically develops his contribution in order to arrive at an appropriate and modern understanding of the disorder.

The book provides deep insights into the psychoanalytic treatment of psychotic patients through comprehensive analysis of key concepts including the alpha function, the failure to dream, and psychic retreat. It bridges theoretical understanding with clinical application, examining how psychotic minds function as sensory organs rather than thinking apparatus, and offers practical guidance for therapeutic work with severely impacted patients. The text critically evaluates both the achievements and limitations of Kleinian approaches while presenting fresh perspectives on childhood withdrawal and delusional structure formation.

Bion and Psychosis is essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and mental health professionals working with psychotic patients. It serves as an invaluable resource for trainees, postgraduate students and researchers in psychoanalysis, particularly those studying Kleinian theory, Bion's work, or severe mental disorders.

Presenting case studies from across the lifespan, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the causes and complications of complex trauma, as well as a framework for trauma-informed care. Complex trauma significantly impacts upon survivors' sense of identity, emotional self-regulation and relationships.

The author presents four new theoretical underpinnings to address CPTSD's disturbances in a child and non-offending parents' identity, self-regulation, self-compassion, and posttraumatic cognitions. Case studies and trauma survivor testimonies are introduced at the beginning of each chapter and interwoven throughout the theory and research. The chapter narratives support the reader with decision points and reflections to embed learning by practically linking theories, concepts, and practices to real-world examples to embody learning outcomes. Collectively the chapters build a relational model of trauma-informed care grounded in interdisciplinary collaboration across education, psychology, law, policy, medicine, and trauma-informed ethics.

A much-needed contribution to the knowledge and treatment of complex PTSD, this is an essential resource for professionals and educators working in childhood trauma and mental health.

Key Topics in Psychobiology is a compelling introduction to the science of psychobiology, offering a thorough exploration of its historical foundations, theoretical principles, research methods, societal impacts, and emerging areas of inquiry. Written by expert researchers, this text provides readers with a clear framework for understanding the biological underpinnings of human behaviour.

This book begins by establishing the importance of psychobiology in explaining psychological functions and processes. It then examines key theoretical principles that have shaped the field, providing insights into the foundational ideas driving research. A detailed overview of psychobiological methods follows, including studies on brain lesions, neuroimaging techniques, and measures of electrical and magnetic activity in the brain, showcasing the tools that uncover the biological basis of behaviour. The societal impacts of psychobiological research are explored, with discussions on its contributions to address challenges such as dementia and addiction. Finally, this book concludes with a forward-looking perspective on emerging areas, including climate psychobiology and the intersection of human and artificial intelligence, highlighting the exciting directions the field is set to take.

Both informative and engaging, Key Topics in Psychobiology, is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students in psychology and related disciplines.

This book explores how and why genocide is a transcultural and transhistorical phenomenon, reflects the unconscious processes that drive human nature, and draws broadly on psychoanalytic theory, as well as on social science and philosophical perspectives.

Using Bass's own research on genocide and his considerable clinical psychoanalytic experience, the book examines what it is within us that leads us to see some people or groups as "other," what we project onto these groups, how we can come to dehumanize them, and how mass murder can become a purportedly ethical imperative. Using real- life examples, it explores the question of what genocide says about us individually and collectively, how apparently "normal" people can take part in genocide.

Tackling one of the most important topics of our time, this is key reading for all psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, and for philosophers, social scientists, and psychologists.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the varied and fascinating work of speech and language therapists, exploring how this stimulating Allied Health Profession draws on phonetics, linguistics and biomedical sciences to support communication and swallowing across the lifespan.

The book clearly explains the distinctions between speech and language, guiding readers through core knowledge and clinical skills including speech transcription, language analysis and anatomy of the upper body and vocal tract. Topics covered span developmental conditions such as Speech Sound Disorder and Developmental Language Disorder, acquired conditions including stroke and head injury, progressive conditions such as Parkinson's disease and dementia, and feeding and swallowing difficulties. The text reflects the breadth of modern practice by including specialist areas such as working with bilingual children and supporting transgender and gender-diverse people with voice exploration. It demonstrates how therapists assess, diagnose and provide effective treatments informed by the latest research, while also exploring study pathways, clinical placement challenges and career development within the profession. A comprehensive FAQ chapter demystifies key terminology used by professionals in the field.

Written by Sean Pert, an expert with extensive clinical and teaching experience, this book serves as an essential guide for students entering the field, healthcare professionals and anyone interested in understanding this unique profession.

Sally Sales examines the troubled relationship between psychoanalysis and working-class experience, critiquing its class-blind theories and practices while exploring ways to address these exclusions.

In this book, she traces psychoanalysis from its inception to the present, highlighting how it has marginalized working-class lives by privileging internal psychological states over external realities, universalizing class differences, and reducing classed suffering to individual pathology. It explores key areas such as childhood, mothering, rural living, psychotherapy training, and clinical practice, offering a critical yet constructive analysis of psychoanalytic traditions.

This book is essential for clinicians, psychotherapists, and students of psychoanalysis, offering insights into class dynamics and their impact on therapeutic practices, challenging readers to rethink psychoanalytic theories and practices to better address the lived realities of working-class individuals.

Technomorphisms and the Posthuman Turn explores the profound intersections between psychoanalysis and posthumanism, shedding light on the evolving complexities of subjectivity in a hyper-technological world.

This ground-breaking volume delves into the hybridization of the human, nature, and technology, examining how these intersections reshape notions of gender, sexuality, identity, and subjectivity. Through contributions from leading thinkers, the book addresses the ethical and theoretical challenges posed by posthumanism, including the rise of nomadic subjectivities, prosthetic bodies, and the dominance of digital culture. It critically investigates the impact of these transformations on psychoanalytic theory and practice, urging a re-evaluation of traditional epistemological frameworks. By fostering dialogue with other disciplines, the book seeks to deepen our understanding of unconventional subjectivities and the shifting itineraries of sexuality and gender in contemporary society.

This book is an essential resource for psychoanalysts, scholars, and students interested in the intersections of psychoanalysis, gender studies, posthumanism, and technology. It is also invaluable for anyone seeking to understand the ethical and theoretical implications of living in a world where the boundaries of the human are constantly being redefined.

This groundbreaking book gives counselors, psychologists, social workers, clergy, and other helping professionals the tools they need to ethically and compassionately support clients who report paranormal or anomalous experiences. Without debating the reality of ghosts, visions, or unexplained encounters, Dr. Steve F. Bain and Dr. Kristopher K. Garza focus on what truly matters-the emotional and psychological impact such experiences can have on a person's life. This book offers strategies for bracketing personal beliefs, fostering empathy, and guiding clients toward meaning and peace. For the first time, mental health professionals are provided with a concise, accessible resource that bridges the gap between clinical training and the lived realities of those who face the mysterious. This readable, practical book is the definitive resource for introducing compassionate skills that you as a professional can implement in your sessions.

Key features include:

Multicultural Approach: Understand how culture affects work with clients dealing with unexplained phenomena.

Theoretical Foundations: Learn from time-honored theoretical perspectives that provide a basis for assisting clients with perception, awareness, acceptance, and personal growth.

Ethical Considerations: Examine ethical obligations to practice and model non-maleficence, beneficence, and veracity when working with clients reporting unexplained phenomena.

G.H.O.S.T. Method: Explore and integrate basic counseling skills while applying the G.H.O.S.T. method when addressing paranormal experiences.

God and Ghosts: Discover how to reconcile paranormal experiences with the spirituality and beliefs of your clients-as well as your own.

Evidence-Based Strategies: Review proven treatment approaches designed to strengthen your therapeutic toolbox.

Case Studies, Examples, and Exercises: Field-based stories and exercises designed to help you read, reflect, analyze, and integrate key concepts.

Accepting the Paranormal as Normal: Develop a genuine, empathetic approach toward clients that does not compromise your own beliefs.

This groundbreaking book explores the understudied phenomenon of victimization recurrence, introducing the clinically robust concept of the recidivist victim and translating it into an innovative diagnostic tool: the Clinical Spectrum of Recidivist Victims, developed from over twenty years of clinical practice.

Drawing from extensive psychotherapeutic experience and doctoral research in forensic psychology, Dr. Rojas presents a relational psychoanalytic framework that maps the range of psychological positions individuals may occupy in relation to repeated harm-from those who remain caught in recurrent victimization without awareness, to those who have moved out of victimization as an organizing position in their lives. Each position within the spectrum is clinically characterized through its subjective, relational, and embodied dimensions. Using embodied language, the book interweaves theoretical foundations with clinical vignettes and personal narratives, offering clear concepts and practical tools for addressing traumatic repetition without reducing it to willpower or individual deficit.

Written with depth, sensitivity, and ethical commitment, this book is intended for clinicians, researchers, and practitioners, as well as for anyone who believes they are-or have been-caught in recurring patterns of victimization and seeks to understand them without judgment.