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Mary Lamia, Ph.D.

Mary Lamia, Ph.D.Mary Lamia, Ph.D.Mary Lamia, Ph.D.

PSYCHOLOGIST ~ PROFESSOR ~ AUTHOR

PSYCHOLOGIST ~ PROFESSOR ~ AUTHORPSYCHOLOGIST ~ PROFESSOR ~ AUTHOR

My endeavor to convey an understanding of emotion and its significant role in who we become is exemplified by my books (below), media interviews, and contributions to Psychology Today, Thrive Global, and Psychwire websites. With this same goal in mind, I am also a professor in the doctoral program at the Wright Institute in Berkeley and have a private practice in Marin County, California. 

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Grief Isn't Something to Get Over: Finding a Home for Memories and Emotions After Losing A Loved One

Grief Isn't Something to Get Over: Finding a Home for Memories and Emotions After Losing A Loved One

Grief Isn't Something to Get Over: Finding a Home for Memories and Emotions After Losing A Loved One

Memory is an essential tool we use for adapting to various circumstances. In situations involving loss, however, new information does not align with our existing memories: Although recent memories inform us of the loved one’s absence, more distant memories remind us of their presence. How we reconcile this clashing information influences our responses to loss. This book illuminates how memory interfaces with loss in interesting and unusual ways.

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Understanding Myself: A Kids Guide to Intense Emotions and Strong Feelings

Grief Isn't Something to Get Over: Finding a Home for Memories and Emotions After Losing A Loved One

Grief Isn't Something to Get Over: Finding a Home for Memories and Emotions After Losing A Loved One

An informative and practical guide filled with current and relevant  psychological research on emotions, real-life stories, useful  quizzes, and fun-fact boxes to help kids understand the  strong feelings and intense emotions that are part of pre-teen life. 

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Emotions: Making Sense of Your Feelings

Grief Isn't Something to Get Over: Finding a Home for Memories and Emotions After Losing A Loved One

What Motivates Getting Things Done: Procrastination, Emotions, and Success

What is the point of guilt? Or anxiety? Or hope? Just what are these emotions trying to tell you? Everything! 

Emotions are a powerful and extraordinary part of being human. They  serve as an instant cueing system to inform us about  situations and motivate behavior. 

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What Motivates Getting Things Done: Procrastination, Emotions, and Success

The Upside of Shame: Therapeutic Interventions Using the Positive Aspects of a "Negative" Emotion

What Motivates Getting Things Done: Procrastination, Emotions, and Success

Many successful people put things off until a deadline  beckons them, while countless others can't resist the urge to do things  right away. This book explores the emotional lives of people who are  successful in their endeavors--both procrastinators and  non-procrastinators alike--to illustrate how the human motivational  system works, why people respond to it differently, and how we can  use our natural style of getting things done to our advantage. 

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The Upside of Shame: Therapeutic Interventions Using the Positive Aspects of a "Negative" Emotion

The Upside of Shame: Therapeutic Interventions Using the Positive Aspects of a "Negative" Emotion

The Upside of Shame: Therapeutic Interventions Using the Positive Aspects of a "Negative" Emotion

There is much more to shame than its reputation as a negative emotional  state. This clinical book delves into the role of shame in many complex  issues such as personality disorders, anxiety, depression, and  addictions to show how an understanding of the  positive side of shame can be translated into practical therapeutic  interventions. 



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The White Knight Syndrome: Rescuing yourself from Your Need to Rescue Others

The Upside of Shame: Therapeutic Interventions Using the Positive Aspects of a "Negative" Emotion

The Upside of Shame: Therapeutic Interventions Using the Positive Aspects of a "Negative" Emotion

Are you attracted to needy, damaged, or helpless people? Do you feel like your love can heal your partner?  Do you make excuses for your partner? Do you try to "save" people from themselves? White knights are men and women who enter into romantic relationships with damaged and vulnerable partners,  hoping that love will transform their partner's behavior or life--a pattern that seldom leads to a storybook ending. 

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