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Books

Knowledge that works in practice

Specialist books in psychology, health, business and leadership, medicine, and media, society and culture.

The programme

Psychological insight, applied

The books published by V+M share a common approach: they take psychological insight seriously and ask what it means in practice. In the classroom and in medical practice, in leadership and sales, in health and sport, and in public communication.

They combine careful analysis with concrete conclusions for action, and are written for professionals and teachers as well as for students and interested readers. Several titles are now in their second or third edition.

Our current titles are published in German. Titles in law will appear mainly in English.

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Psychology and Learning

The titles in this programme area address how children, adolescents and students can realise their potential. A particular focus lies on specific learning difficulties, understood not as a deficit but as an individual predisposition from which strengths can grow. They are complemented by mental-psychological interventions for learning and school problems, a critical look at mainstream schooling and a guide to purposeful study.

Lebensqualitäten

Wovon die Regelschule nichts wissen will.

Karl Isak

2nd unchanged edition 2008 (first published 2004) · ISBN 978-3-902412-16-4

German

Der dynamische Student

In Rekordzeit studieren und der Weg zum Mehrfachakademiker. Ratgeber für Schulabgänger, Studenten und Berufstätige.

Karl Isak

2005 · ISBN 3-902412-07-0

German

Die Stärken der Schwachen

Schwächen sind normabweichende individuelle Prädispositionen und verursachen Stärken. Eine alternative Betrachtung des Phänomens der Teilleistungsschwächen.

Karl Isak, Lieselotte Fieber

2003 · Hardcover, 278 pages · ISBN 3-902412-03-8

German

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Psychology and Health

How can psychological knowledge serve health and well-being? The titles in this area present psychological methods against alcohol dependence and excess weight, combine mental skills training, neuromotivation and neuroathletics in sport, and offer a resource-based approach to happiness, success and health in a self-coaching workbook.

STuKs

Stärken, Talente und Kompetenzen zu Glück, Erfolg und Gesundheit. Ein Arbeitsbuch zum Selbst-Coaching nach der Ressourcenmethode von DDDr. Karl Isak.

Karl Isak

ISBN 978-3-902412-38-6

GermanForthcoming

pAST

Alkoholkrankheit psychologisch heilen. Psychologische Alkohol-Sucht-Therapie.

Karl Isak, Wilfried Westritschnig

2023 · ISBN 978-3-902412-36-2

German

psyslim

Kilos einfach wegdenken. Psychologisch abnehmen: Die Neuromotivation zum Abnehmen und zur Schlankheit.

Karl Isak

2015 · ISBN 978-3-902412-29-4

German

Grünes Licht

Heute ist ein guter Tag, gesund zu werden.

Wolfgang Grünzweig

3rd unchanged edition 2011 · ISBN 978-3-902412-24-9

German

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Business and Leadership

Neuromotivation in practice: the titles in this area apply insights from psychology and neuroscience to leadership, sales and careers. They cover brain-friendly leadership, employee retention and staff turnover, time management, the path to a career job and the psychological effect of fragrances in everyday business life.

Neuroleadership

Gehirngerecht führen. Ein Praxisbuch für Führungskräfte.

Karl Isak

2025 · ISBN 978-3-902412-53-9

German

Mitarbeiterbindung versus Fluktuation

Psychologie der Treue und Loyalität zum Unternehmen. Mit Studie: Fluktuation vorhersehen. Handlungsanleitung für eine wirkungsvolle Mitarbeiterbindung.

Karl Isak

2025

German

HappyTime

Zeitmanagement mit psychologischen und bewährten Instrumenten.

Karl Isak

2023 · ISBN 978-3-902412-42-3

German

psyselling

Neuromotivation für den Verkauf. Geheimnis Motivation. Ein Arbeitsbuch.

Karl Isak

2014 · ISBN 978-3-902412-26-3

German

Duftstoffe als moderne Manipulatoren

Die psychologischen Aspekte des Einsatzes von Duftstoffen im (wirtschaftlichen) Alltag. Mit Schwerpunkt auf die schriftliche Kommunikation und die Auswirkungen auf Wahrnehmung und Responseverhalten.

Karl Isak

2nd unchanged edition 2008 (first published 2004) · ISBN 978-3-902412-19-5

German

Stethoscope
IV

Medicine and Healthcare

The medical profession has changed: running a practice today also means thinking commercially and communicating convincingly. The titles in this area examine the social transformation of the medical profession, give practical guidance on communication and sales in medical practice, and show how doctors can protect their livelihood against illness, accident or occupational disability.

Die Götter verlieren ihr Weiß

Der gesellschaftliche Wandel der Ärzte und ihr ökonomisch orientiertes Kommunikationsverhalten. Oder: Brauchen Ärzte Marketing?

Karl Isak

2nd unchanged edition 2008 (first published 2005) · ISBN 978-3-902412-17-1

German

Verkauf in der Arztpraxis

Eine Notwendigkeit der niedergelassenen Ärzteschaft zum wirtschaftlichen Erfolg und zur Existenzsicherung. Ein Praxisbuch mit vielen Tipps.

Karl Isak, Walter Zink

2007 · ISBN 978-3-902412-15-7

German

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Media, Society and Culture

How do the print media shape the social climate? Two discourse-analytical studies pursue this question through the discourse of revenge and the portrayal of foreigners. The area is complemented by a volume on fifty years of the Stadtrichter zu Clagenfurth, a volume on the work of Ulrike Maria Kleber and true accounts of the successful vocational integration of young people with impairments.

Die Rachegesellschaft

Der Rachediskurs in den Printmedien. Ein Beitrag zur Logistik der Medien.

Karl Isak

2nd unchanged edition 2008 (first published 2003) · ISBN 978-3-902412-18-8

German

Spiegelungen

Ulrike Maria Kleber.

Karl Isak

2003 · ISBN 3-902412-00-3

German

Das Topf-Deckel-Prinzip

Wahre Begebenheiten über die erfolgreiche berufliche Integration von jungen Menschen mit Beeinträchtigungen.

Janette Maria Oberscheider

German

Ordering

For readers, booksellers and the press

BooksellersAll titles are available from booksellers by quoting the ISBN.
Direct from the publisherWe are happy to take orders by email at kontakt [at] vmverlag.com. Please state the title, ISBN, quantity and delivery address.
Press and reviewsReview copies and information on individual titles are available to editors on request.
Teaching and librariesFor courses and libraries, we provide information on individual titles and their availability on request.

New to the programme

Law

V+M Publishing is expanding its programme into law, with a focus on company law, financial markets law and commercial law. Handbooks and systematic treatises for legal advisers and corporate practice are planned. They will appear mainly in English, some also in German, and address an international professional readership.