Sullivan's consideration of interpersonal relations as vital to sound development remains compelling, the final chapter on patterns of inappropriate or inadequate interpersonal relations is unmissable

A corner stone in psycho-therapeutic relational theories

Fromm considered structural adjustment more important when overcoming social malaise but here he turns to individual insight and change

Another book which shows its age, on the other hand the perfect read for anyone whose had troubles or troubled friends, sophisticated pop psychology

Affectional in the sense of psychological affect, ie emotional, early attachment theory begins to take shape in the thinking of Bowlby, psycho-analysis begins to become scientific

In the current climate chances are if you arent neurotic you know or have met someone who is, the insights here will serve you well

wildly pretensious machavellian promises aside this book has a lot of good summations in point form of motivational theory

Pop psychology of the big tent speakers variety, some timeless material here for the general reader or practitioner alike

One of the better teach yourself books, lots of information on the internal scripts motivating most people

Developmental Psychology at its most original, recent and best, brilliant theory of mind material, attunement, attachment, internal scripts, the why and how of social psychological interaction

All of this authors books are worth a read, original, recent material

Essential reading of any professional or any member of the public, family and its impact on development and later life