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15 short chapters, from the method to philosophy.
1. The methodA six-step method, four levels of description and four rules for working out what drives someone.2. The architecture of a personThe layers beneath behaviour, from the social setting down to the body, and the loop that repeats patterns.3. The fields of psychologySixteen fields of psychology, what each one helps you see in people, and where to start reading.4. Attachment, development and family systemsHow early care shapes the way adults handle closeness, dependence and threat.5. PersonalityTwo axes for any personality: what kind of person they are, and how well it holds together.6. Emotion, stress and traumaThe hidden feelings that drive conflict, how people manage them, and how to spot a trauma response.7. Cognition: schemas, distortions, biases and mentalisingHow people interpret events, the deep beliefs behind those readings, and the biases that skew your own.8. Motivation, self and identityWhat people are after, what their sense of worth depends on, and where they will defend hardest.9. Defences and depth psychologyThe automatic ways people protect themselves from feelings that are too much, and what each reveals.10. Clinical conditions as they show up in everyday lifeHow depression, anxiety, ADHD, autism and other conditions look from outside, and when to get help.11. Relational and group dynamics, influence and manipulationHow patterns form between people, and how groups and influence tactics shape what people do.12. Work and organisationsHow people, roles and the organisation itself shape behaviour at work, from derailers to team defences.13. TypologiesPersonality type systems, how far to trust each, and how to use them as starting hypotheses.14. Philosophers and the unmasking of motivePhilosophers' questions for spotting when a stated value or virtue is doing a hidden job.15. Identifying your own patternsTurning the method on yourself: read your reactions, spot your repeats, avoid psychology's traps.