Sophie Marks needs help! Renny, her boyfriend, abandons her in a time of crisis and her widowed mother has become a femme fatale, acquiring a lover on the Internet who may be spending all her money. Sophie can no longer depend on her girlfriends for guidance, so, psychologist "Dr. K" comes to the rescue. Dr. Robert Kisselstine, insightful and compassionate, is as bland and beige as his office, but he has some remarkable secrets of his own. He asks Sophie to keep a journal and the result is Shrink Wrapped, a humorous, irreverent love story. So much drama! Sophie's witty journal entries chronicle the ups and downs of her life, including an alarming discovery about her newest boyfriend, an explosive family secret revealed under hypnosis and her mother's sexy tango competitions with her Latin lover-plus two weddings, which generate their own momentous revelations. Meanwhile, Sophie wonders: does she really have to agree with Dr. K's theories? Can he be right about her? Sometimes the very person who's supposed to help you actually complicates things. Join Sophie on her remarkable, amusing journey to find love in a world of messy relationships and surprising twists.

Designed for all those involved in the packaging industry—packaging designers, manufacturers and retailers—this book provides a comprehensive illustrated guide to designing environmentally friendly packaging. Containing comprehensive directories of different packaging materials, including their environmental credentials, and of different packaging formats, this book offers those seeking to answer design briefs with an environmental requirement a comprehensive guide to the possibilities available to them.

All Yesterdays is a book about the way we see dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Lavishly illustrated with over sixty original artworks, All Yesterdays aims to challenge our notions of how prehistoric animals looked and behaved. As a criticalexploration of palaeontological art, All Yesterdays asks questions about what is probable, what is possible, and what iscommonly ignored.Written by palaeozoologist Darren Naish, and palaeontological artists John Conway and C.M. Kosemen, All Yesterdays isscientifically rigorous and artistically imaginative in its approach to fossils of the past - and those of the future.

"These ten fictional short stories give counselling students a unique, fly-on-the-wall view of what actually goes on in therapy. Exploring aspects of the client-therapist relationship, they provide entertaining, vivid and thought-provoking descriptions of the therapeutic journey. Rather than suggesting a "correct" approach to counselling, the stories explore possibilities and issues, including contracting, boundaries & confrontation, therapist self-disclosure, dream interpretation, conflicting belief systems, the influence of the consulting room environment."--Cover.

Boston P.I. Sunny Randall goes on the road to protect a bestselling author—and uncovers a world of dark secrets—in the new novel by the Grand Master. Melanie Joan Hall is a bestselling author in a bind. Her publisher needs her to tour on behalf of her latest blockbuster, and Melanie Joan needs a bodyguard-cum-escort to protect her from an overbearing ex-husband whose presence unnerves her to the point of hysteria. Sunny’s cool demeanor, cop background, and P.I. smarts are an instant balm for the older woman. Sunny begins to sense that Melanie Joan’s ex—a psychotherapist—is not your basic stalker, and when an incident at a book signing leaves the ex bloodied and the author unconscious, it’s clear the stakes are high. Having decided that the only way to crack the case is from the inside, Sunny enters therapy, only to discover some disturbing truths about herself . . . while putting her life on the line. Gripping, nuanced, and filled with Parker’s signature dialogue and psychological insight, Shrink Rap is a winner.

In a bible belt midwestern town where corporal punishment was seen as positive parenting, Michael Grossman's teachers sent him to see a Freudian psychoanalyst at age 7 -- the first in a parade of therapies that would include Rogerian bear-hugs, Gestalt dream analysis, Rolfing, Bioenergetics and even LSD. Sitting beside the author on a succession of "shrink's" couches the reader follows his progress through one defense after another until he finally achieves a joyful capacity to care for others. Untangling the complex, sometimes abusive family relationships that enmeshed his Midwestern boyhood in the mid-20th century, the author finally uncovers fundamental truths that lead to a profound transformation. By turns funny, poignant and shocking, Shrinkwrapped is a story of hope, of growing insight and ultimately of love reborn.

The author explains why wrap contracts were created, how they have developed, and what this means for society. The book uses hypotheticals, cases, and real world examples. She discusses court decisions and provides summary critiques to go with these. In addition, she provides doctrinal solutions grounded in law and policy. The book defines and distinguishes different types of contract terms. Finally, it includes actual wrap contract terms, flow charts, checklists, and other visual aids to explain legal concepts.

This volume addresses the challenges of the short shelf life of fruits and vegetables. Innovative packaging technologies are the most promising strategies for overcoming these limitations. This book provides a host of sustainable packaging solutions that deliver protection, branding, consumer attractiveness, and speed to market in a competitive retail environment. Key features of the book: • Provides an informative overview of fruit and vegetable requirements and available packaging materials and systems • Provides an understanding of the fundamentals of the impact of packaging on the quality and safety of fruits and vegetables • Covers the fundamental aspects of packaging requirements, including mathematical modeling and mechanical and engineering properties of packaging materials • Presents an in-depth discussion of innovative packaging technologies, such as MA/CA packaging, active packaging, intelligent packaging, and eco-friendly materials applied to fruit and vegetables • Looks at packaging design for better environmental and economic performance

Invisible Touch By Summer Devon Book 1 in the Shrink Wrap series. When Bonnie spurns the sexual advances of a real creep, she suddenly finds herself invisible to any man she finds attractive. She soon learns that the creepy man she turned down is also an amateur sorcerer who has placed an invisibility curse on her. Now he's threatening to make it permanent unless she agrees to spy on his boss, a man Bonnie finds irresistible. She just can't keep her hands from exploring his sexy body! At first Jared thinks he's going crazy. He knows he's embracing a delicious female but he doesn't know if the invisible being is an actual woman or ghost. When things heat up between Jared and Bonnie, they find a way to communicate. Now they have to figure out how to thwart Jared's enemy or Jared will never get a good look at the woman he's felt...all over. Seeing Is Believing By Kris Starr Book 2 in the Shrink Wrap series. Jessie LaFontaine is haunted - literally. By a one-hundred-seventy-seven-year-old ghost with a high libido and a nasty habit of transferring her naughty urges toward sexy men to Jessie. Desperate to get rid of her specter for good, Jessie follows the advice of a curiously knowledgeable cabbie and pays a visit to a parapsychologist. Problem is, Dr. Nicholas Federov is the studly hunk Jessie got down and dirty with at a nightclub, thanks to the amorous apparition. To make matters worse, Nicholas wants Jessie just as badly as she still wants him. Who knew getting rid of a ghost could be so hard...or feel so good? Crystal Clear Persuasion By Lyn Cash Book 3 in the Shrink Wrap series. Some weekly agendas are more taxing than others, and Shyla Stewart's just about overbooked. Her boss is forcing her to go on some woo-woo New Age retreat. She's been given a sex stone that seems to have a mind of its own and complete control over her libido. Her therapist just gave her a vibrator, and some wiseass cab driver with an eerie sense of intuition tells her she needs to get laid. Add one hunky, lumberjack-type stranger who seems to want Shyla as badly as she does him, and it's anybody's guess what will happen next. How much change and sex and crazy magic can an introverted workaholic take before the wild woman within her breaks free?

“One of the most useful books I’ve read about mental illnesses . . . It demystifies our complicated medical and legal system.” —Pete Earley, New York Times-bestselling author of Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness Finally, a book that explains everything you ever wanted to know about psychiatry! In Shrink Rap, three psychiatrists from different specialties provide frank answers to questions such as: • What is psychotherapy, how does it work, and why don’t all psychiatrists do it? • When are medications helpful? • What happens on a psychiatric unit? • Can Prozac make people suicidal? • Why do many doctors not like Xanax? • Why do we have an insanity defense? • Why do people confess to crimes they didn’t commit? Based on the authors’ hugely popular blog and podcast series, this book is for patients and everyone else who is curious about how psychiatrists work. Using compelling patient vignettes, Shrink Rap explains how psychiatrists think about and address the problems they encounter, from the mundane (how much to charge) to the controversial (involuntary hospitalization). The authors face the field’s shortcomings head-on, revealing what other doctors may not admit about practicing psychiatry. Candid and humorous, Shrink Rap gives a closeup view of psychiatry, peering into technology, treatments, and the business of the field. If you’ve ever wondered how psychiatry really works, let the Shrink Rappers explain. “A fascinating peek into the minds of those who study minds.” —The Washington Post “Most of us easily understand how to treat a broken arm, but a fractured psyche? That’s an entirely different matter. Or is it? This clear-headed presentation of psychiatric services and methods covers a lot of ground and achieves a conversational tone that’s both educational and entertaining.” —Baltimore Magazine