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Choices and Illusions: How Did I Get Where I Am, and How Do I Get Where I Want To Be?

Eldon Taylor, PhD, FAPA

In his best-selling book, Choices and Illusions, Taylor applies the same approach he uses as a deception-discovering criminalist to unravel human behavior. In Choices and Illusions, Taylor reveals the thoughts behind the behavior when people are doing what they want to do and when they are doing what they don’t want to do. But most significantly, he teaches that it is never too late to be happy and successful, regardless of the past.

Countless case studies detail how attitude pervasively affects every aspect of life. Reading this best-selling book will open a new realm of possibilities for readers who translate the message into life action. Taylor exposes false illusions, and replaces them with simple teachings to help each reader reach his or her highest potential. Choices and Illusions tells the story of one man’s journey into the workings of the human mind and raison d’etre [reason for being].

Eldon Taylor has made a lifelong study of the human mind and has earned doctoral degrees in psychology and metaphysics. He is a Fellow with the American Psychotherapy Association and a nondenominational minister. Taylor is both president and director of Progressive Awareness Research, Inc.

Healing Parents: Helping Wounded Children Learn to Trust & Love

Michael Orlans, MA, DAPA, and Terry M. Levy, PhD, DAPA

Learn to change the dynamics in your relationship with your child through developing secure attachments. Healing Parents gives parents and caregivers the information, tools, support, self-awareness, and hope they need to help a child heal emotional wounds and improve behaviorally, socially, and morally. This book is a toolbox filled with practical strategies and research that will help parents and caregivers understand their child, learn to respond in a constructive way, and create a healthy environment.

Michael Orlans, MA, DAPA, DABFE, is a Certified Master Therapist with more than 32 years of clinical experience working with children, adults, and families in public mental health, the criminal justice system, and private practice. A pioneer in the treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with compromised attachment, he is the developer of Corrective Attachment Therapy and innovator of the two-week intensive treatment approach. He is a Diplomate of the American Psychotherapy Association, and a Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners.

Terry M. Levy, PhD, DAPA, DABFE, DABPS, has been a psychotherapist, trainer, supervisor, and consultant for over thirty years. Dr. Levy is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in both Colorado and Florida, and a Diplomate and Master Therapist of the American Psychotherapy Association. Dr. Levy is the editor of Handbook of Attachment Interventions (2000, Elsevier Press).