Individual Psychotherapy Books
Shrink Rap: Sixty Psychotherapists Discuss Their Work, Their Lives, and the State of Their Field
Therapists are always willing to write and talk about cases, but somewhat reluctant to expose themselves and their experiences. In this book, however, sixty psychotherapists of various backgrounds,... (more)
Disclosure and Concealment in Psychotherapy
Although clients disclose many of their concerns to therapists, they often choose to conceal some of their concerns as well. Equally, therapists occasionally reveal something of themselves to clients... (more)
The First Interview: Fourth Edition
This trusted practitioner resource and course text is grounded in James Morrison's experience with more than 15,000 mental health patients. Morrison provides a complete framework for interviewing... (more)
Rorschach Assessment of Psychotic Phenomena: Clinical, Conceptual, and Empirical Developments
Rorschach Assessment of Psychotic Phenomena takes the reader beyond where James Kleiger's original work, Disordered Thinking and the Rorschach, left off. This new book offers readers a number of... (more)
A Psychodynamic View of Action and Responsibility: Clinical Studies in Subjective Experience
This new book by David Shapiro, author of the classic Neurotic Styles, throws light, from a clinical standpoint, on a subject of importance, both theoretically and for therapeutic practice, for... (more)
Improving Mental Health: Four Secrets in Plain Sight
In Improving Mental Health: Four Secrets in Plain Sight, Dr. Lloyd Sederer draws upon four decades of diverse clinical practice, mental health research and public health experience to create a... (more)
Integrated Treatment for Personality Disorder: A Modular Approach
Rather than arguing for one best approach for treating personality disorder, this pragmatic book emphasizes the benefits of weaving together multiple well-established intervention strategies to meet... (more)
The Principles of Pleasure: Working with the Good Stuff as Sex Therapists and Educators
There are tremendous benefits to discussing the subject of sexual and emotional pleasure with clients, and this book addresses the challenges and misconceptions of doing just that. Laura Rademacher... (more)
Sex, God, and the Conservative Church: Erasing Shame from Sexual Intimacy
Sex, God, and the Conservative Church guides psychotherapy and sexology clinicians on how to treat clients who grew up in a conservative faith mired in sexual shame and dysfunction and who... (more)
Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Psychological Problems: Second Edition
This authoritative guide, now significantly revised and expanded, has given tens of thousands of clinicians proven tools for helping clients resolve ambivalence and mobilize their energy, commitment,... (more)
When Therapists Cry: Reflections on Therapists' Tears in Therapy
When Therapists Cry addresses one of the most authentic and singularly human experiences a therapist can have in therapy: crying. While therapist crying in therapy is the explicit focus of this book,... (more)
Resource Focused Counselling and Psychotherapy: An Introduction
Therapists sometimes ask: What supports you in life? What gets you through difficult times? Our 'journey' in life relies on a range of resources to equip and fulfil us. Knowing about these resources,... (more)
Uncovering the Resilient Core: A Workbook on the Treatment of Narcissistic Defenses, Shame, and Emerging Authenticity
Uncovering the Resilient Core provides a comprehensive and inclusive methodology that guides the therapist into the nuances and complexities of the therapeutic relationship throughout the... (more)
Compassion: Concepts, Research and Applications
Paul Gilbert brings together an international line-up of leading scholars and researchers in the field to provide a state-of-the-art exploration of key areas in compassion research and applications.... (more)
Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy: Accelerating Healing and Transformation
Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy offers mental health professionals of all disciplines and orientations the most comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the state of the art and science in... (more)
Motivational Interviewing with Offenders: Engagement, Rehabilitation, and Reentry
From experts on working with court-mandated populations, this book shows how motivational interviewing (MI) can help offenders move beyond resistance or superficial compliance and achieve meaningful... (more)
Diagnosis Made Easier: Principles and Techniques for Mental Health Clinicians: Second Edition
This popular practitioner guide and course text takes the reader step by step through diagnostic decision making in mental health. Acclaimed for both the clarity of his writing and his clinical... (more)
Individual Psychological Therapies in Forensic Settings: Research and Practice
From the 'nothing works' maxim of the 1970s to evidence-based interventions to challenge recidivism and promote pro-social behavior, psychological therapy has played an important role in... (more)
Military Veteran Psychological Health and Social Care: Contemporary Issues
When servicewomen and men leave the armed forces, their care transfers to the statutory and third sector where the quality and provision of services can vary enormously. This edited book,... (more)
Psychosis and Near Psychosis: Ego Function, Symbol Structure, Treatment: Third Edition
The goal of psychotherapy as formulated in this revision of a classic text is to improve ego function of severely disturbed patients who are often hospitalized. This book shows why and how. It... (more)
Women's Mental Health Across the Lifespan: Challenges, Vulnerabilities, and Strengths
Women's Mental Health Across the Lifespan examines women's mental health from a developmental perspective, looking at key stressors and strengths from adolescence to old age. Chapters focus in detail... (more)
Inside the Session: What Really Happens in Psychotherapy
Unlike many presentations of clinical material, Inside the Session does not offer carefully selected examples of therapeutic dialogue that are conveniently chosen to conform to the therapist's views.... (more)
The End of the Sentence: The Future of Psychotherapy with Female Offenders
HMP Holloway was the biggest women's prison in Europe, historically holding many infamous female criminals and eliciting intrigue and fascination from the public. The End of the Sentence documents... (more)
Perfectionism: A Relational Approach to Conceptualization, Assessment and Treatment
Grounded in decades of influential research, this book thoroughly examines perfectionism: how it develops, its underlying mechanisms and psychological costs, and how to target it effectively in... (more)
Boundaries, Power and Ethical Responsibility in Counselling and Psychotherapy
The boundaries of the therapeutic relationship are a crucial part of effective therapy. But understanding them, and the effects of power and responsibility, can be intimidating to trainee or... (more)
Depression and the Erosion of the Self in Late Modernity: The Lesson of Icarus
Depression is not a disease of the brain, a genetic disability or even a mood disorder. Rather, shutdown, numbness or sadness are non-pathological adaptations to adverse childhood and adult... (more)
Tough-to-Treat Anxiety: Hidden Problems and Effective Solutions for Your Clients
When anxiety is tough to treat, there may be unrecognised issues in the way. This clinical casebook identifies symptoms that may indicate specific treatment obstacles, helping mental health... (more)
Psychosocial Assessment in Mental Health
Psychosocial and holistic approaches to assessment have become a central feature for modern mental health care. This practical and comprehensive book guides students through the theory and practice... (more)
Professional Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Ethics and the Law
Developing and maintaining a secure framework for professional practice is a core part of any counselling and psychotherapy training, as all therapists need to understand the key values, ethics and... (more)
The Trainee Handbook: A Guide for Counselling and Psychotherapy Trainees: Fourth Edition
Written by a team of leading trainers, practitioners and supervisors, this bestselling classic is the trainee therapist's best friend. It identifies and guides trainees through the practical skills... (more)