This book offers a new and hopeful way to think about and intervene with those who have tough psychiatric problems or long histories of treatment. It offers an approach to therapy that emphasises... (more)
The new edition of the clearly structured and easy-to-follow NET manual now includes the latest insights and new treatments for dissociation and social pain. The first part of the book describes the... (more)
This book identifies the core competencies shared by expert therapists and helps clinicians - especially those providing brief dynamic/interpersonal therapy - to develop and apply them in their own... (more)
The world has long awaited compelling and unmistakable evidence for the validity of dynamic psychotherapy. A review in the present book shows that such evidence has been accumulating over the past... (more)
Traditionally, psychoanalytic treatment has been a lengthy endeavour, requiring a long-term commitment from patient and analyst, as well as vast financial resources. More recently, short-term... (more)
Brief Therapy Conversations features stimulating discussions between two international experts about essential topics, including the importance of the therapeutic relationship, the role of diagnosis,... (more)
Even in one session a therapist can make a difference. Single Session Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques presents the 100 main features of this way of working, providing an accessible, succinct... (more)
New paperback edition. A complete guide to self-regulatory couple therapy, an innovative clinical approach that maximizes the couple's capacity for self-directed change. It presents a flexible... (more)
With lengthy waiting lists, reduced resources and demands for more clearly defined performance outcomes, more and more counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists are finding themselves under... (more)
Brief therapies have become popular - indeed a necessity - in today's managed care environment. Perhaps because it is one of the more complex psychoanalytical models, object relations theory for... (more)
This is an essential work for any individuals or agencies seriously committed to integrating solution-focused principles and techniques beyond a superficial level. It demonstrates how... (more)
Brief Gestalt Therapy demonstrates how the Gestalt approach can be used effectively in brief interventions with clients. Gestalt's distinctively integrative nature and emphasis on a highly... (more)
''This book delineates the foundations and clinical work of person-centred counsellors in a practice setting. Six sessions are the maximum number of sessions typically available to clients in this... (more)
More and more people are going to therapy with the problem of the after- effects of sexual abuse. This text povides clinicians with a forward- looking, respectful therapy that taps into, and honors,... (more)
In this unique handbook, Frank Bond and Windy Dryden, have brought together a prominent cast of authors, to discuss issues concerning the definition, assessment and, in particular, the practice of... (more)
This book presents both solution focused and narrative approaches to brief counselling. Acknowledging the expertise of ordinary people in devising solutions to their problems, it reflects the current... (more)
In this time of rapidly changing expectations of psychological treatment, the authors address the following questions: Is it possible to effect deep, lasting, meaningful psychological change in a... (more)
Brief Therapy and Beyond is a collection of new and selected papers by prominent psychologist Michael Hoyt. Numerous clinical vignettes and fascinating discussions describe time-sensitive treatments... (more)
Brief Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Cancer Patients is a practical, clinical guide that allows for the integration of techniques from multiple newer CBT models, organized around a clear conceptual... (more)
This book provides a tool kit for managers tasked with raising performance and sustaining motivation. Organisations are being judged by the way in which they accommodate the needs of the individual... (more)
Exploring creative ways to implement solution focused practice, this book is packed full of ideas to inspire ways of working with clients which focus on their strengths as a means to finding... (more)
Illustrated with rich case examples, this widely used practitioner resource and text presents a range of play approaches that facilitate healing in a shorter time frame. Leading play therapists from... (more)
An authoritative, interdisciplinary book which outlines how solution focused practice is particularly effective in addressing violent behaviour in clients and service users, encompassing work with... (more)
Narrative Therapies with Children and their Families introduces and develops the principles of narrative approaches to systemic therapeutic work, and shows how they can provide a powerful framework... (more)
At a time when there is increasing concern about the escalation of child and adolescent mental health problems, Time-limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents provides an... (more)
Short-term dynamic interpersonal psychotherapy is an integrated, trauma-informed, contemporary, dynamic way of working with a range of mental health difficulties. Flexible though structured,... (more)
Children's innate inventiveness and self-knowledge are important resources for narrative therapy, in which therapist and client work to re-author the story of the client's life. This book teaches... (more)
In Short-Term Psychodynamic Therapy with Children in Crisis, Elisabeth Cleve presents the therapeutic stories of four children who have experienced trauma or are displaying dramatic clinical symptoms... (more)