Individual Psychotherapy Books
Constructing Stories, Telling Tales: A Guide to Formulation in Applied Psychology
Formulation remains one of the most important activities that those using psychological approaches undertake as part of their work. Arguably, however, formulation is an activity that remains poorly... (more)
Taboo or Not Taboo? Forbidden Thoughts, Forbidden Acts in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
'Psychoanalysis has, from its inception, been a discipline concerned with overcoming the ill effects of certain social taboos. Given this focus, it might be assumed that psychoanalysis and its... (more)
Relating to Clients: The Therapeutic Relationship for Complementary Therapists
Complementary therapists are seldom trained in the 'people skills' necessary for working with their clients. This practical guide explores the key elements of the psychotherapeutic relationship for... (more)
Handbook of Contemporary Psychotherapy: Toward an Improved Understanding of Effective Psychotherapy
Comprehensively describes the key constructs and key skills involved in the craft of psychotherapy. The chosen constructs contained in this handbook were selected because of their important roles in... (more)
Research in Psychotherapy and Counselling
Introducing a range of methodologies which are used internationally in studying the outcomes and processes of therapy, the author describes different research designs and illustrates them through... (more)
Essential Research Findings in Counselling and Psychotherapy: The Facts Are Friendly
Are some therapies more effective than others? How important is the relationship? Which clients do best in therapy? This book answers these questions and many more, providing trainees, practitioners... (more)
Early Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia: Evidence-based Practice
For the increasing number of people diagnosed with dementia each year, treatment in the early stages can make a significant difference to their quality of life. This book provides examples of... (more)
Casebook for Clinical Supervision: A Competency-Based Approach
Supervision plays a central role in the clinical training of mental health professionals. This title describes supervision as process - the process of becoming competent, the process of... (more)
Conversation Analysis and Psychotherapy
Using the sophisticated theoretical and methodological apparatus of Conversation Analysis, this book sheds light on what happens in psychotherapeutic sessions and how therapists can
Psychotherapy in Everyday Life
Therapy cannot fulfill its purpose until the clients can make it work outside the therapy room in relation to the concerns, people, and places of their everyday lives. Research on therapy has largely... (more)
Handbook of Self-Help Therapies
This volume constitutes the first solidly research-grounded guide for practitioners wending their way through the new maze of self-help approaches. "The Handbook of Self-Help Therapies" summarizes... (more)
A User's Guide to Therapy: What to Expect and How You Can Benefit
For clients who want to know how to get the most out of a therapeutic relationship, this book explains what therapy is (and isnt), how therapy works (what makes change happen) and elaborates on... (more)
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy After Child Abuse: The Treatment of Adults and Children Who Have Experienced Sexual Abuse, Violence, and Neglect in Childhood
This book presents a coherent and readable narrative review of current views on the effects and role of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in the treatment of children and adults who have experienced... (more)
Inclusive Cultural Empathy: Making Relationships Central in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Shows readers how to reach beyond the comfort zone of an individualistic perspective and increase competence in a relationship-centered context. This book helps readers learn how to help clients... (more)
Becoming Dragon: Restoring Passion, Excellence, and Purpose in Your Therapeutic Work
Do you feel burnt out? Have you lost some of your enthusiasm for work? Are you becoming increasingly frustrated with clients, co-workers, yourself? Are you interested in being extraordinary instead... (more)
Brief Person-Centred Therapies
Brief Person-Centred Therapies explores the increasing demand for brief therapy - particularly in the public sector - and how the person-centred approach fits in to this changing world of counselling... (more)
The Therapeutic Relationship: Themes and Perspectives
The importance of the therapeutic relationship is explored within key modalities of psychotherapy: person-centred, psychodynamic, existential, gestalt, transactional analysis, cognitive behavioural... (more)
The Therapist's Notebook: Volume 3: More Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Use in Psychotherapy
Includes clinician field-tested activities for therapists who work with individuals, children and adolescents, couples, families, and groups. The reproducible handouts are designed to be practical... (more)
Helping Students Overcome Depression and Anxiety: A Practical Guide: Second Edition
Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this popular guide provides expert information and clear-cut strategies for assessing and treating internalizing problems in school settings. More than... (more)
A Different Wisdom: Reflections on Supervision Practice: Guide to Supervision Volume 1
Britain has a fine tradition of writing about supervision practice. This book connects to this by organising reflection around the practice taken from the author's sixteen years experience as a... (more)
Psychotherapy Supervision: Theory, Research and Practice: Second Edition
A comprehensive, current, and accessible guide to psychotherapy supervision, this second edition is the highly- anticipated revision of the original best-seller. The book will help you understand... (more)
The Zen of Helping: Spiritual Principles for Mindful and Open-Hearted Practice
Bring compassion, self-awareness, radical acceptance, practitioner presence, and caring to the relationships you have with you patients by utilizing the advice in "The Zen of Helping: Spiritual... (more)
On Justifying Psychotherapy: Essays on Phenomenology, Integration and Psychology
This book contains 20 previously published papers from internationally recognised journals. The original view of phenomenology is applied to understand behaviour, attachment, psychopathology,... (more)
The V-Spot: Healing the Vulnerable Spot from Emotional Abuse
Everyone knows what the "G-spot" is, of course. It is a woman's most sensitive and vulnerable physical area. Although men do not have a G-spot per se, both men and women have what Joan Lachkar calls... (more)
Psyche's Veil: Psychotherapy, Fractals and Complexity
Historically, the language and concepts within clinical theory have been steeped in linear assumptions and reductionist thinking. Because the essence of psychotherapy involves change, "Psyche's Veil"... (more)
Intellectual Disability, Trauma and Psychotherapy
People with intellectual disabilities have emotional and mental health needs just like anyone else. Until recently however there has been little research of effective psychological treatment or... (more)
Compassion Focused Therapy
Research into the beneficial effect of developing compassion has advanced enormously in the last ten years, with the development of inner compassion being an important therapeutic focus and goal.... (more)
Claude Steiner's Emotional Literacy: DVD
This two disc DVD set focuses on a weekend workshop held in Berkeley, California, when a group of fourteen people came together to study and train in 'Emotional Literacy' under the leadership of its... (more)
Sexual Orientation and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Sexual Science and Clinical Practice
This book bridges psychoanalytic thought and sexual science. It brings sexuality back to the center of psychoanalysis and shows how important it is for students of human sexuality to understand... (more)
The Making of Psychotherapists: An Anthropological Analysis
Here, for the first time, is a book that submits the psychoanalytic training institute to deep anthropological scrutiny. It expertly uncovers the hidden institutional devices used to transform... (more)