Len Sperry
Len Sperry, MD, PhD is a Professor of Mental Health Counseling at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He has some 600 publications including 60 professional books. He is on the editoral board of the American Journal of Family Therapy, The Family Journal, and the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.
Treatment Outcomes in Psychotherapy and Psychiatric Interventions
Mental health treatment has entered a new era. In it, cost-effective, efficient treatment outcomes have become the norm for the provision of mental health services - a norm that is very different... (more)
The Intimate Couple
As important as intimacy is in our personal and professional lives, intimacy as a theoretical and clinical factor still remains a phenomenon. Currently, there appears to be as many definitions of... (more)
Cognitive Behavior Therapy of DSM-IV-TR Personality Disorders: Highly Effective Interventions for the Most Common Personality Disorders
This volume specifies a number of effective and realistic treatment strategies that focus on both the temperament and character dimensions of personality and degree of severity of the disorder. Case... (more)
Brief Therapy with Individuals and Couples
Brief Therapy Strategies with Individuals and Couples is a sourcebook that brings together in a single place all the most effective strategies and interventions - across orientations - for... (more)
Family Therapy Techniques: Integrating and Tailoring Treatment
Family Therapy Techniques briefly reviews the basic theories of marriage and family therapy. It then goes into treatment models designed to facilitate the tailoring of therapy to specific populations... (more)
Executive Coaching
For many mental health professionals, executive and personal coaching represent attractive alternatives to managed care practice. This book provides mental health professionals with a map of the... (more)
Core Competencies in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Becoming a Highly Competent and Effective Therapist
Core Competencies in Psychotherapy addresses the core competencies common to the effective practice of all psychotherapeutic approaches, and includes specific intervention competencies of the three... (more)
Spirituality in Clinical Practice: Theory and Practice of Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy: Second Edition
Psychotherapists are increasingly expected to incorporate the spiritual as well as the psychological dimension in their professional work. Therapists also are increasingly required to utilize... (more)
Recovering Intimacy in Love Relationships: A Clinician's Guide
The loss of intimacy is one of the most difficult - but also one of the most common - factors in the destruction of any relationship. Recovering Intimacy in Love Relationships lays out practical,... (more)
Family Assessment: Contemporary and Cutting-Edge Strategies: Second Edition
In an era that demands ever-increasing levels of accountability and documentation, Family Assessment is a vital tool for clinicians. It covers more than one hundred assessment methods – both the most... (more)
Behavioral Health: Integrating Individual and Family Interventions in the Treatment of Medical Conditions
The emergence of behavioral health, how it is practiced, and how it will be practiced is at the heart of this book. Len Sperry, a prominent author and educator, is one of the first to describe and... (more)
How Master Therapists Work: Effecting Change from the First Through the Last Session and Beyond
How Master Therapists Work engages the reader in experiencing what really happens in therapy with master therapists: who they are, what they do, and how they bring about significant change in... (more)
Psychopathology and Psychotherapy: DSM-5 Diagnosis, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment: Third Edition
Psychopathology and Psychotherapy: DSM-5 Diagnosis, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment: Third Edition differs from other psychopathology and abnormal psychology books. While other books focus on... (more)
Cognitive Behavior Therapy of DSM-5 Personality Disorders: Assessment, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment: Third Edition
The first edition of Cognitive Behavior Therapy of DSM-IV Personality Disorders broke new ground. It differed from other CBT books by offering brief but thorough user-friendly resources for... (more)
Recovering Intimacy in Love Relationships: A Clinician's Guide
The loss of intimacy is one of the most difficult - but also one of the most common - factors in the destruction of any relationship. Recovering Intimacy in Love Relationships lays out practical,... (more)
Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of DSM 5 Personality Disorders: Attachment, Case Conceptualization, and Treatement: Third Edition
Since the publication of the acclaimed second edition of Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of DSM-IV Personality Disorders, much has changed in how the personality disorders are understood and... (more)
Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Counseling Practice
This Cognitive Behavior Therapy text is brief, practical, comprehensive, and tailored just for counselors. Evidence-based CBT techniques are specifically adapted to counseling including... (more)
Couples Therapy - Theory and Effective Practice: Third Edition
This new edition of Couples Therapy tackles four challenges currently facing the field: (1) accountability and the increasing demands for demonstrating effectiveness as a condition for reimbursement,... (more)
The Disordered Couple
The Disordered Couple, Second Edition focuses on couples with psychiatric disorders and/or relational disorders that significantly impact their relationship, mental health, and well-being. It is the... (more)
Ultra-Brief Cognitive Behavioral Interventions: A New Practice Model for Mental Health and Integrated Care
Ultra-Brief Cognitive Behavioral Interventions. showcases a new practice model to address both physical and psychological health issues in mental health and integrated care settings, utilizing... (more)
Couple and Family Assessment: Contemporary and Cutting-Edge Strategies
The field of family, child, and couple assessment continues to evolve and change since the first edition of this book appeared in 2004. Couple and Family Assessment, Third Edition, is a thoroughly... (more)
Case Conceptualization: Mastering This Competency with Ease and Confidence
Integrating recent research and developments in the field, this revised second edition introduces an easy-to-master strategy for developing and writing culturally sensitive case conceptualizations... (more)
Pattern Focused Therapy: Highly Effective CBT Practice in Mental Health and Integrated Care Settings
Pattern-Focused Therapy incorporates brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) interventions for symptom reduction and a step-by-step therapeutic strategy for effectively changing clients' maladaptive... (more)
Highly Effective Therapy: Effecting Deep Change in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Second Edition
Trainees and practitioners need a trusted resource for mastering the essential skills and competencies necessary for effecting deep, lasting change in their clients. This second edition of Highly... (more)