"Aunque la psicologia ha avanzado en el tema de las adicciones, en el tema de la adiccion afectiva el vacio es innegable... Este libro esta dirigido a todas aquellas personas que quieren hacer del amor una experiencia plena, alegre y saludable." --Walter Riso Entregarse afectivamente no implica desa[...]
The human mind is capable of believing in the most dazzling paradise, but also in the most terrible hell. In our brain -- more than in reality-- we find many of the factors that determine our afflictions and our happiness. Walter Riso explains to us the manner in which we process the information tha[...]
To love constitutes one of the most significant experiences of being a human being. In the case of relationships between a couple, the complete giving of oneself, irrevocable and unconditionally, to the other, is seen as a marvelous and desirable ideal. But, who says that love justifies everything? [...]
How many times do we say 'yes' when we would rather say 'No'? Why do we submit to unbecoming situations and abusive people when we can avoid them? Why do we stay quiet when we should be talking and why do we feel guilty when we exert our rights? In this illuminating book, the cognitive therapist Wal[...]
There are many people who remain chained to an unsatisfactory relationship. It deals with men and women who experience love as a torture, like a fatality, like it is something that is necessary to suffer and sacrifice. What happens with these types of people is that they have a false idea of sentime[...]
These pages constitute a call to restore the mind--body balance, by rescuing one of our most valuable resources, one that we find every day is more and more regulated and discredited. We are referring to biological emotion. In the expert opinion of the therapist Walter Riso, rational intelligence is[...]
Unlike what many women think, it's not easy to be a man. The masculinity stereotype imposed by our culture is contradictory, absurd, and limits outward human emotion. It's a model that faces both social demands and personal necessities, making it difficult for a male to break free at the risk of app[...]
One of the worst psychological ills that exist is emotional attachment. This type of dependency not only is the cause of suffering and unhappiness, and it also creates an obstacle to personal growth. Supporting the same in the most recent contributions of cognitive psychology like in the ancient tra[...]