Individual Psychotherapy Books
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)
Listening to Music in Psychotherapy
This enlightening text promotes listening to music as a rewarding component in the psychotherapeutic consultation. It encourages the choice of music to come from the patient, rather than being... (more)
Relational Theory and the Practice of Psychotherapy
This important book explores a new direction that can enable therapists of any orientation to better understand and help their patients. While psychoanalysis has traditionally been seen as a world... (more)
Turning Points in Dynamic Psychotherapy: Initial Assessment, Boundaries, Money, Disruptions and Suicidal Crises
'Putting aside the narcissistic-masochistic aspiration of authoring a text on all the intricacies of in-depth psychotherapy, I have chosen to address five areas of difficulty in this enterprise. This... (more)
Stress Management: From Basic Science to Better Practice
Stress managemnt examines documented pathways between stress and health and develops the scientific foundations for sound interventions. The book begins with a broad review of the term stress and its... (more)
Not Just Talking: Conversational Analysis, Harvey Sacks' Gift to Therapy
Good relationships depend, above all, on our skills in conversation. Harvey Sacks' method, Conversational Analysis, was the springboard for Jean Pain's research into psychotherapy as a social... (more)
Counselling and Psychotherapy with Older People: A Psychodynamic Approach: Second Revised Edition
This in-depth study of reflective therapeutic practice with older people is packed with clinical case studies and useful commentaries.It applies therapeutic skills through real life examples. Three... (more)
Handbook of Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice
The importance of conducting empirical research for the future of psychodynamics is presented in this excellent new volume. In it, the editors provide evidence that supports this type of research for... (more)
Their Finest Hour: Master Therapists Share Their Great Success Stories
Therapists on the cutting edge of their profession detail their most professionally rewarding cases and share what they learnt from them. These outstanding therapists define achievement in their... (more)
Terminating Therapy: A Professional Guide to Ending on a Positive Note
The first book of its kind to provide an in-depth and practical approach to termination of therapy, "Terminating Therapy" guides mental health professionals through the practical, ethical, legal, and... (more)
The Severe and Persistent Mental Illness Progress Notes Planner: Second Edition
This second edition is fully revised and updated. These time-saving resources now provide progress notes language consistent with the latest in evidence-based treatment as required by many... (more)
Making Hostile Words Harmless: A Guide to the Power of Positive Speaking For Helping Professionals and Their Clients
Inappropriate comments and bullying behaviours plague the lives of many adults, crushing their self-confidence and driving them to seek professional help. Random rudeness from strangers and cruel... (more)
Empowering Dialogues within: A Workbook for Helping Professionals and Their Clients
Psychotherapy continually seeks briefer and deeper ways of healing disorders of the mind. At the same time professional associations are reluctant to endorse methods that are not well researched or... (more)
Principles of Multicultural Counseling and Therapy
In an era of globalization characterized by widespread migration and cultural contacts, psychologists, counselors, and other mental health professionals face a unique challenge: how does one practice... (more)
Prayer in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Exploring a Hidden Meaningful Dimension
Prayer is at the centre of most spirituality and prayer is important to many people's psychological well-being. Peter Madsen Gubi argues that philosophically, all counselling can be regarded as... (more)
Collaborative Therapy: Relationships and Conversations That Make a Difference
Provides in-depth accounts of the everyday practice of postmodern collaborative therapy, vibrantly illustrating how dialogic conversation can transform lives, relationships, and entire communities.... (more)
What is Mental Disorder?: An Essay in Philosophy, Science, and Values
The effects of mental disorder are apparent and pervasive, in suffering, loss of freedom and life opportunities, negative impacts on education, work satisfaction and productivity, complications in... (more)
Borderline Personality Disorder: The Facts
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a psychiatric condition that affects nearly 2% of the general population, predominantly women. Symptoms of BPD include impulsivity, mood swings, unstable... (more)
The Resilient Clinician
Author of several acclaimed books and expert in the field of secondary stress, psychologist Robert Wicks addresses the experience of the mental health professional and raises awareness of the... (more)
A Therapist's Guide to Understanding Common Medical Problems: Addressing a Client's Mental and Physical Health
Examining a variety of frequent medical conditions - diabetes, heart failure, cancer, obesity, and more - this handbook gives clinicians a better understanding of how physical health issues play out... (more)
How to Use Herbs, Nutrients and Yoga in Mental Health Care
Leaders in the field of complementary medicine present a comprehensive yet compact guide to herbs, nutrients, and yoga as adjuncts to mental health therapy. (more)
The Sister Knot: Why We Fight, Why We're Jealous and Why We'll Love Each Other No Matter What
Relationships between women are often freighted with a rocky mix of emotions leading to anguish and confusion in the playground, in the home and in the boardroom. A woman's experience negotiating her... (more)
Managing Self-Harm: Psychological Perspectives
Self-harm often arises at moments of despair, or intensity and its reasons are not necessarily available to the conscious mind. "Managing Self Harm" explores unconscious meanings for self-harming and... (more)
Toward Effective Counseling and Psychotherapy: Training and Practice
The field of counseling and psychotherapy has for years presented the puzzling spectacle of unabating enthusiasm for forms of treatment whose effectiveness cannot be objectively demonstrated. With... (more)
Research in Psychotherapy
A comprehensive synthesis and assessment of the psychotherapeutic research literature for the use of both researchers and those in clinical practice, this book is designed as a general reference... (more)
Process Experiential Psychotherapy: An Emotion-focused Approach: DVD
In this DVD presentation Dr Leslie S. Greenberg demonstrates this deeply empathic, emotion-focused approach to treatment. In process experiential psychotherapy, the therapist works to guide the... (more)
Penina Uliuli: Contemporary Challenges in Mental Health for Pacific Peoples
This diverse collection of essays examines important issues related to mental health among Pacific Islanders through the topics of identity, spirituality, the unconscious, mental trauma, and healing. (more)
The Analytic Situation: How Patient and Therapist Communicate
Significant as has been the role of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in contemporary culture and society, its importance continues to grow at an accelerating rate as more specific, focused, and... (more)
Handbook of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: Clinical Applications
This is a unique, comprehensive guide that assists clinicians, regardless of experience level, in learning and applying the concepts of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) to particular situations... (more)
Passionate Supervision
Practitioners working in the helping professions realise the importance of supervision as a space for: reflection; compassionate inquiry; and continuing professional development. This book presents... (more)