Individual Psychotherapy Books
Managing Depression, Growing Older: A Guide for Professionals and Carers
Even when he's grey around the muzzle, the black dog of depression can still deliver a ferocious bite. Depression can strike at any age, and it may appear for the first time as we get older, as a... (more)
The Self Under Siege: A Therapeutic Model for Differentiation
How much of our identity or 'self' is truly representative of our own wants, needs, and goals in life and how much does it reflect the desires and priorities of someone else? Are we following our own... (more)
Refocused Psychotherapy as the First Line Intervention in Behavioral Health
Written by father-daughter psychologists Nick and Janet Cummings, this text provides proven patient-responsive interventions by practitioners who together have nearly a century of hands-on practice... (more)
A Psychotherapy for the People: Toward a Progressive Psychoanalysis
Inspired by the progressive and humanistic origins of psychoanalysis, Lewis Aron and Karen Starr pursue Freud's call for a psychotherapy for the people. They present a cultural history that focuses... (more)
The Therapist's Workbook: Self-Assessment Self-Care and Self-Improvement Exercises for Mental Health Professionals: Second Edition
Mental health professionals spend their days helping others, but who is there to help them when stress and burnout threaten their own well–being? Filled with self–assessments, journaling exercises,... (more)
Dynamic Psychotherapy with Adult Survivors: Living Past Neglect
Dynamic Psychotherapy with Adult Survivors: Living Past Neglect by Lori Bennett examines the aftereffects of emotional neglect in order to help clinicians to better serve survivors. Bennett makes an... (more)
Hungers and Compulsions: The Psychodynamic Treatment of Eating Disorders and Addictions
This book will help therapists understand and treat patients suffering from mild to dangerous forms of eating disorders, other compulsions and addictions, such as alcoholism, and even erotic... (more)
Listening with Purpose: Entry Points into Shame and Narcissistic Vulnerability
This manual has been written for a wide range of dynamic practitioners involved in treating patients with narcissistically-infused issues. The treatment model and case material presented in Listening... (more)
Sexual Boundary Violations: Therapeutic, Supervisory, and Academic Contexts
Sexual boundary violations are considered the most series ethical infraction in the mental health profession, as well as in higher education and pastoral counseling. Recognized as unethical due to... (more)
Working from the Heart: A Therapist's Guide to Heart-Centered Psychotherapy
When therapists work in a heart-centered way, they feel freer to be both professionals and loving human beings. Working from the Heart advocates for a deeper understanding that the therapist's... (more)
Women Psychotherapists: Journeys in Healing
This book describes the real-life journeys of women psychotherapists: why each woman chose this profession and what she learned about others - and most importantly, about herself - in this choice.... (more)
Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy and Recovery
Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy and Recovery includes a unique mosaic of theoretical and practical clinical information, rich case studies, research findings, and a wealth of evidence-based practice... (more)
Presence and the Present: Relationship and Time in Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy
Presence and the Present: Relationship and Time in Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy offers salient points learned from the author's forty years of practice and teaching, and applies psychodynamic... (more)
Therapist and Client: A Relational Approach to Psychotherapy
Therapist and Client: A Relational Approach to Psychotherapy provides a guide to the fundamental interpersonal elements of the therapeutic relationship that make it the most effective factor in... (more)
Maximising the Benefits of Psychotherapy: A Practice-based Evidence Approach
Maximising the Benefits of Psychotherapy critiques Evidence-Based Practice and describes other approaches to improving the effectiveness of therapy, such as Practice-Based Evidence and the use of... (more)
Yoga Skills for Therapists: Mood-Management Techniques to Teach and Practice
Drawing on her study of multiple traditions and lineages from ancient yoga practices to current neuroscientific research on yoga benefits and contraindications Weintraub presents a compendium of... (more)
Clinical Intuition in Psychotherapy: The Neurobiology of Embodied Response
A systematic look at the role of "gut feelings" in psychotherapy.
What actually happens in psychotherapy, outside the confines of therapeutic models and techniques? How can clinicians learn to... (more)
Body Psychotherapy: History, Concepts, and Methods
Body psychotherapy, which examines the relationship of bodily and physical experiences to emotional and psychological experiences, seems at first glance to be a relatively new area and on the cutting... (more)
Interview and Indicators in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
The book deals with initial interviews in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, suggesting the idea of special “indicators”. These indicators relate to three main areas.
Firstly, psychoanalytical... (more)
Casebook of Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), an empirically validated treatment for depression and other disorders, is becoming more frequently used to treat a range of psychiatric diagnoses. Based on evidence... (more)
Working with Teenage Parents: Handbook of Theory and Practice
Includes DVD of Observation clips.
For practitioners working with pregnant teenagers, young parents and their children.
Parenting, like adolescence, is a profoundly disturbing experience,... (more)
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Handbook
This book is an introductory textbook for psychiatrists and psychologists who use psychotherapy in a psychoanalytic attitude in their daily professional work with patients. It was developed from the... (more)
The Human Quest for Meaning: Theories Research and Applications: Second Edition
The first edition of The Human Quest for Meaning was a major publication on the empirical research of meaning in life and its vital role in well-being, resilience, and psychotherapy. This new edition... (more)
Albert Ellis Revisited
Albert Ellis was one of the most influential psychotherapists of all time, revolutionizing the field through his writings, teachings, research, and supervision for more than half a century. He was a... (more)
Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy: Deepening Mindfulness in Clinical Practice
Bringing together leading scholars, scientists, and mindfulness-oriented clinicians, this compelling volume explores how therapists can cultivate wisdom and compassion in both themselves and their... (more)
An Accident of Hope: The Therapy Tapes of Anne Sexton
In 1956, Anne Sexton was admitted into a mental hospital for post-partum depression, where she met Dr. Martin Orne, a young psychoanalytic psychiatrist who treated her for the next eight years. In... (more)
Beginnings: The Art and Science of Planning Psychotherapy: Second Edition
Utilizing a decade's worth of clinical experience gained since its original publication, Mary Jo Peebles builds and expands upon exquisitely demonstrated therapeutic approaches and strategies in this... (more)
Still Practicing: The Heartaches and Joys of a Clinical Career
"Still practicing" has several meanings. Still practicing suggests that the balance of heartaches and joys must not deter us from pursuing a clinical practice. At the same time, still practicing... (more)
Feelings (Short Cuts)
Everyone talks about their feelings, but what exactly are they? What are the distinguishing features of feelings, and how do they differ from emotions and affects? How do our feelings influence the... (more)
Creative Ethical Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Can I be a creative therapist without overstepping boundaries and risking complaints?
Can I practise safely and ethically whilst remaining true to my humanistic values?
This book answers... (more)