http://mystressrelief.net/which-psychology-books-should-i-read-first-as-a-beginner/ Stress Management for a Stress Free Life Fri, 15 Apr 2011 05:21:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://mystressrelief.net/which-psychology-books-should-i-read-first-as-a-beginner/comment-page-1/#comment-3654 Lori Do Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:14:58 +0000 http://mystressrelief.net/which-psychology-books-should-i-read-first-as-a-beginner/#comment-3654 I agree with Rachel... Abnormal Psych was interesting to me because it wasn't dry like some of the others can be. If you're looking into clinical practice, I just "Nuts and Bolts of Jungian Psychotherapy." I can't remember the author, but he was a student of Carl Jung. Excellent book, very easy to read, and helpful if you plan on opening your own practice. I agree with Rachel… Abnormal Psych was interesting to me because it wasn’t dry like some of the others can be. If you’re looking into clinical practice, I just “Nuts and Bolts of Jungian Psychotherapy.” I can’t remember the author, but he was a student of Carl Jung. Excellent book, very easy to read, and helpful if you plan on opening your own practice.

]]> http://mystressrelief.net/which-psychology-books-should-i-read-first-as-a-beginner/comment-page-1/#comment-3653 Heavy Metal Albums Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:14:55 +0000 http://mystressrelief.net/which-psychology-books-should-i-read-first-as-a-beginner/#comment-3653 Holy crap that's a lot of books. Ok. First of all, welcome to the course of study. I got my degree in general psych. So, my advice: I'd stay away from the research methods books for now. You'll get to that after a couple of years. I've always found the abnormal psych interesting and easy to follow. Cognitive psych is pretty dense. I don't know how good you are at science, but the biology stuff can get pretty dense too. So, to start you off, (keeping in mind I have no idea what your specific program requires), most schools start you off with the intro psych material. All of the authors will basically say the same thing. Freud did this, said that. Jung agreed and disagreed with... etc. It doesn't look like you have any intro psych books. Just as well. That will come easily enough. I'd start off with the abnormal psych stuff. You'll hear a lot about that in your intros, and not so much the biological stuff or the research methods. Start with one of the things that interest you the most. I'd go with Child psychology, and human development. You'll hear a lot of that stuff over the next year or so. Also, depression and schizophrenia. You'll touch a lot on those subjects as well. Hope this was helpful. Good luck! Holy crap that’s a lot of books. Ok. First of all, welcome to the course of study. I got my degree in general psych. So, my advice: I’d stay away from the research methods books for now. You’ll get to that after a couple of years.
I’ve always found the abnormal psych interesting and easy to follow. Cognitive psych is pretty dense. I don’t know how good you are at science, but the biology stuff can get pretty dense too.
So, to start you off, (keeping in mind I have no idea what your specific program requires), most schools start you off with the intro psych material. All of the authors will basically say the same thing. Freud did this, said that. Jung agreed and disagreed with… etc. It doesn’t look like you have any intro psych books. Just as well. That will come easily enough.
I’d start off with the abnormal psych stuff. You’ll hear a lot about that in your intros, and not so much the biological stuff or the research methods. Start with one of the things that interest you the most. I’d go with Child psychology, and human development. You’ll hear a lot of that stuff over the next year or so. Also, depression and schizophrenia. You’ll touch a lot on those subjects as well.
Hope this was helpful. Good luck!

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