Psychology audiobooks

The Village Effect

By: Susan Pinker

Narrated by: Donna Postel

Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

From birth to death, human beings are hardwired to connect to other human beings. Face-to-face contact matters: tight bonds of friendship and love heal us, help children learn, extend our lives, and make us happy. Looser in-person bonds matter too, combining with our close relationships to form a personal "village" around us, one that exerts... Read more

What Should We Be Worried About?

By: John Brockman

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot, Antony Ferguson, Michelle Ford &...

Length: 13 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

John Brockman, editor of This Will Make You Smarter, presents his latest thought-provoking book, featuring insights from leading thinkers such as Steven Pinker, Lisa Randall, Matt Ridley, and Daniel C. Dennett. Read more

Social

By: Matthew D. Lieberman

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

In Social, renowned psychologist Matthew Lieberman explores groundbreaking research in social neuroscience, revealing that our need to connect with other people is even more fundamental, more basic, than our need for food or shelter. Because of this, our brain uses its spare time to learn about the social world—other people and our relation to... Read more

The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide

By: David J. Miklowitz, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Kris Koscheski

Length: 13 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Getting an accurate diagnosis is the first step toward reclaiming your life from bipolar disorder. But if you or someone you love is struggling with the frantic highs and crushing lows of this illness, there are still many hurdles to surmount at home, at work, and in daily life. You need current information and practical problem-solving advice... Read more

Once a Warrior---Always a Warrior

By: Charles W. Hoge, M.D.

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Being back home can be as difficult, if not more so, than
the time spent serving in a combat zone. It's with this truth that Colonel
Charles W. Hoge, M.D., a leading advocate for eliminating the stigma of mental
health care, presents Once a Warrior—Always
a Warrior, a groundbreaking resource with essential new insights for anyone
who has ever... Read more

iDisorder

By: author

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

iDisorder: changes to your brain's ability to process information and your ability to relate to the world due to your daily use of media and technology, resulting in signs and symptoms of psychological disorders, such as stress, sleeplessness, and a compulsive need to check in with all of your technology. Based on decades of research and... Read more

Taming Your Alpha Bitch

By: Rebecca Grado & Christy Whitman

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In many areas, we, as women, have earned the equality we've been fighting for. We've broken through glass ceilings and achieved great success. We've shown that we can prosper by our own means. And we've become influential, respected leaders. Yet many of us find ourselves unhappy, anxious, and overwhelmed. Where's the pot of gold at the end of... Read more

The Theory That Would Not Die

By: Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 11 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok.

In the first-ever account of Bayes' rule for general readers,... Read more

On Being A Therapist

By: Jeffrey A. Kottler

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

For more than twenty-five years, On Being a Therapist has inspired generations of mental health professionals to explore the most private and sacred aspects of their work helping others. In this thoroughly revised and updated fourth edition, Jeffrey Kottler explores many of the challenges that therapists face in their practices today, including... Read more

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder

By: Julie A. Fast & John D. Preston, Psy.D.

Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Bipolar disorder is characterized by alternating periods of dramatically manic behavior and episodes of extreme sadness and hopelessness, often with periods of normalcy in between. Those close to bipolar individuals may experience feelings of fear, loss, and anxiety and a constant uncertainty about the bipolar individual's mood.


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Welcome to Your Child's Brain

By: Sandra Aamodt, Ph.D. & Sam Wang, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Pete Larkin

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

How children think is one of the most enduring mysteries—and
difficulties—encountered by parents. In an effort to raise our children smarter, happier, stronger, and better, parents will try almost
anything, from vitamins to toys to DVDs. But how can we tell marketing from real science? And what really goes through your kid's growing mind—as an... Read more

Without Conscience

By: Robert D. Hare, PhD

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Most people are both repelled and intrigued by the images of cold-blooded, conscienceless murderers that increasingly populate our movies, television programs, and newspaper headlines. With their flagrant criminal violation of society's rules, serial killers like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy are among the most dramatic examples of the... Read more

Think

By: Lisa Bloom

Narrated by: Lisa Bloom

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

According to Lisa Bloom, the women and girls of today represent a stark paradox. While American women excel in education at every level, they likewise obsessively focus on celebrity media. While women outperform their male counterparts in employment in urban areas for the first time in history, they simultaneously spend countless hours staring... Read more

In Sheep's Clothing

By: George K. Simon, Jr., Ph.D.

Narrated by: Kevin Foley

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. George K. Simon knows how people push your buttons: your children—especially teens—are experts at it, as is your mate. A coworker may quietly undermine your efforts while professing to be helpful, or your boss may prey on your weaknesses. Manipulative people have two goals: to win and to look good doing it. Too often, those they abuse are... Read more

Ten Days in a Mad-House

By: Nellie Bly

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1887, Nellie Bly had herself committed to the notorious Blackwell's Island insane asylum in New York City with the goal of discovering what life was like for its patients. While there, she experienced firsthand the shocking abuse and neglect of its inmates, from inedible food to horrifyingly unsanitary conditions.



Ten Days in a Mad-House is... Read more

Civilization and Its Discontents

By: Sigmund Freud

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

First published in 1930, Civilization and Its Discontents is one of the most influential works of pioneering psychologist Sigmund Freud. Focusing on the tension between the primitive drives of the individual and the demands of civilization for order and conformity, Freud draws upon his psychoanalytic theories to explain the fundamental... Read more

The Lucifer Effect

By: Philip Zimbardo

Narrated by: Kevin Foley

Length: 26 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

What makes good people do bad things? How can moral people be seduced to act immorally? Where is the line separating good from evil, and who is in danger of crossing it?



Renowned social psychologist Philip Zimbardo has the answers, and in The Lucifer Effect he explains how—and the myriad reasons why—we are all susceptible to the lure of "the dark... Read more

The Interpretation of Dreams

By: Sigmund Freud

Narrated by: Michael Page

Length: 21 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

What are the most common dreams and why do we have them? What does a dream about death mean? What do dreams of swimming, failing, or flying symbolize?



First published by Sigmund Freud in 1899, The Interpretation of Dreams considers why we dream and what it means in the larger picture of our psychological lives. Delving into theories of manifest... Read more

America Anonymous

By: Benoit Denizet-Lewis

Narrated by: David Drummond

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

America Anonymous is the unforgettable story of eight men and women from around the country—including a grandmother, a college student, a bodybuilder, and a housewife—who are struggling with addictions. For nearly three years, acclaimed journalist Benoit Denizet-Lewis immersed himself in their lives as they battled drug and alcohol abuse,... Read more

Dreams, with eBook

By: Sigmund Freud

Narrated by: Jonathan Reese

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Between 1915 and 1917, Sigmund Freud delivered a series of well-received lectures at the University of Vienna on his theories of psychoanalysis. Nine of them focused on Freud's theories about dreams—what they are and what they mean. The content of these lectures are presented in Dreams.



Freud covered a lot of ground in his lectures, focusing... Read more

Kluge

By: Gary Marcus

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Are we "noble in reason"? Perfect, in God's image? Far from it, says New York University psychologist Gary Marcus. In this lucid and revealing book, Marcus argues that the mind is not an elegantly designed organ but a "kluge," a clumsy, cobbled-together contraption. He unveils a fundamentally new way of looking at the human mind—think duct tape,... Read more

The Age of American Unreason

By: Susan Jacoby

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 14 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon—one that is at odds with our heritage of Enlightenment reason and with modern, secular knowledge and science. With mordant wit, Jacoby surveys an antirationalist landscape extending from pop culture to a pseudo-intellectual... Read more

A Practical Handbook for the Boyfriend

By: Felicity Huffman & Patricia Wolff

Narrated by: Shelly Frasier

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Most dating books are written for women—what a mistake that is. Women know how to date. . .it's men who need the help! At last: a blithe, bold, and bawdy guide to building a better boyfriend.



At some point, every guy—player, geek, mama's boy, "regular Joe"—meets a woman who makes him want to be a boyfriend. A good boyfriend. Problem is, unless... Read more

The Brain Warrior's Way

By: Daniel G. Amen, M.D. & Tana Amen BSN, RN

Narrated by: Daniel G. Amen, M.D. & Tana Amen BSN, RN

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling authors Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen are ready to lead you to victory...The Brain Warrior’s Way is your arsenal to win the fight to live a better life. The Amens will guide you through the process, and give you the tools to take control. So if you’re serious about your health, either out of desire or necessity, it’s... Read more