Forthcoming Books
Resilience and Survival: Understanding and Healing Intergenerational Trauma
Resilience stands at the limits of what it means to be human. The opposite of vulnerability, it defines qualities that are both relational and innately enforced. Mucci explores contemporary... (more)
Present with Suffering: Being with the Things that Hurt
What is the place of discontent and unhappiness in human experience and how best can we be with it?
There is something about everything that makes it not quite satisfactory. Even things we... (more)
Unlocked: Online Therapy Stories
Unlocked tells the stories of ten different people in therapy in various cultural and geographical contexts – from Saudi Arabia to Venice or New York. Each narrative explores a unique presenting... (more)
Tales of Transformation: A Life in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
One hundred (and one) tales to mark Salman Akhtar’s one hundredth book! Divided into eight informative parts – Dr Akhtar’s journey to psychoanalysis; the lessons he learned from his teachers,... (more)
Psychoanalytic Supervision
Drawing on deep reserves of experience and theoretical and research knowledge, Nancy McWilliams presents a fresh perspective on psychodynamic supervision in this highly instructive work. McWilliams... (more)
When the Body Speaks: A British-Italian Dialogue
This book is based on the work done by a group of British and Italian psychoanalysts who have been meeting twice yearly since 2003 to study clinically the relationship between the mind and the body... (more)
The Neurobiology of Motherhood: Maternal Subjectivities and Embodied Experiences
In motherhood, many women experience feelings of great intensity, a strong and passionate bond with their child, and a sense of personal transformation. For these women the experiences of pregnancy,... (more)
The Heart of Counseling: Counseling Skills Through Therapeutic Relationships: Second Edition
More than any other text on the market, The Heart of Counseling is effective in helping students to understand the importance of therapeutic relationships and to develop the qualities that make the... (more)
Evidence-based Treatment of Personality Dysfunction: Principles, Methods, and Processes
This book is a collection of the most up-to-date research on personality disorder treatment written by leading scholars of psychopathology and psychotherapy. Organized by different therapeutic... (more)
Autism and the Development of Mind: Second Revised Edition
The purpose of this essay is to illustrate how the phenomenon of early childhood autism may cast light on issues that are central to our Understanding Of Normal Child Development - Issues Such As The... (more)
Treating Pathological Narcissism with Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
Filling a crucial gap in the clinical literature, this book provides a contemporary view of pathological narcissism and presents an innovative treatment approach. The preeminent authors explore the... (more)
Mentalizing in Group Art Therapy: Interventions for Emerging Adults
By creating a therapeutic outlet for processing and self-expression, art therapy is an especially effective way to help emerging adults to develop their mentalizing faculty. With an 8-week syllabus,... (more)
Child and Adolescent Drug and Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Reference Guide
By offering unique analysis and synthesis of theory, empirical research, and clinical guidance in an up-to-date and unbiased context, this book assists health and social care professionals in... (more)
An Introduction to Mental Health
Students need to understand the very basics of working with and within mental health (i.e. grasping the difference between primary and secondary care) and what governs mental health professionals and... (more)
Knowing Not-Knowing and Jouissance: Levels Symbols and Codes of Experience in Psychoanalysis
This book explores the practice and transmission of Lacanian and Freudian theory. It discusses the pure versus applied analysis of Lacanian and Freudian theory in practice; and the hierarchical... (more)
Conceptual Issues in Psychoanalysis: Essays in History and Method
In Conceptual Issues in Psychoanalysis, John Gedo's mastery of Freudian theory and broad historical consciousness subserve a new goal: an understanding of "dissidence" in psychoanalysis. Gedo... (more)
Perspectives of Divorced Therapists: Can I Get It Right for Couples?
Through interviews with divorced therapists from diverse cultures, philosophies, and generations, this book explores how a therapist's divorce impacts their work with clients in couples therapy.... (more)
Using Positive Psychology Every Day: Learning How to Flourish
This book is for anyone experiencing stress, distress or lower well-being, as well as coaches and therapists can use the book for clients in the context of guided self-help. (more)
EMDR in Family Systems: An Integrated Approach to Healing Trauma
EMDR in Family Systems provides clinicians with a clear account of the EMDR process and a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to healing trauma through integrating EMDR with other therapeutic tools.... (more)
Emotion Regulation Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders: Helping Clients Manage Negative Thoughts and Feelings
Emotion Regulation Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders provides step-by-step, detailed procedures for assessing and treating emotion regulation difficulties in individuals diagnosed with an alcohol... (more)
Ludwig Klages and the Philosophy of Life: A Vitalist Toolkit
This book provides a unique overview of and introduction to the work of the German psychologist and philosopher Ludwig Klages (1872-1956), an astonishing figure in the history of German ideas.... (more)
Humane Helping: Focusing Less on Disorders and More on Life's Challenges
Humane Helping is a comprehensive, practical guide that helps clinicians shift their practice from the mental disorder-and-chemical fix and expert-talk models to a more humane, helpful model that... (more)
Continuing Bonds in Bereavement: New Directions for Research and Practice
The introduction of the continuing bonds model of grief near the end of the 20th century revolutionized the way researchers and practitioners understand bereavement. Continuing Bonds in Bereavement... (more)
The Sage Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy: Fourth Edition
At over 700 pages and with more than 100 contributions, this Fourth Edition brings together the essentials of counselling and psychotherapy theory, research, skills and practice. Including new... (more)
Jungian Analysis, Depth Psychology, and Soul: The Selected Works of Thomas B. Kirsch
Thomas Kirsch is one of the foremost architects of the contemporary Jungian scene and has influenced the evolution and organization of analytical psychology worldwide. His works on the history of... (more)
Women's Drug and Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Analysis and Reflective Synthesis: Second Edition
This newly revised and expanded edition of Women's Drug and Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Analysis and Reflective Synthesis offers a unique analysis and synthesis of theory, empirical research,... (more)
Safeguarding Adults Online: A Guide for Social Workers
Readers of this evidence-informed, practical guide will learn how to understand and identify online risks, critically evaluate relevant online safeguarding issues on a case-by-case basis and develop... (more)
Clinical Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
Clinical psychology makes a significant contribution to mental health care across the world. The essence of the discipline is the creative application of the knowledge base of psychology to the... (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)
Solution Focused Practice in Asia
This book is a collection of solution focused practice across Asia, offering case examples from the fields of therapy, education, supervision, coaching and organisation/consulting. It demonstrates... (more)