Individual Psychotherapy Books
Understanding Mental Disorders: Your Guide to DSM-5
Most of us know a friend, coworker, neighbor, or loved one suffering from a mental illness. This book provides valuable insight on what to expect from an illness and its treatment-and will help... (more)
Therapy, Culture and Spirituality: Developing Therapeutic Practice
At times there is reluctance, even a taboo, to talk about how race, culture, religion and spirituality affect us. Yet the whole point of 'talking therapies' is to invite people to express and reflect... (more)
The Journal of Psychological Therapies in Primary Care - Volume 3: CPTPC University of Chester 2013 Shrewsbury Conference Supplement
Editorial
Mental Health and Wellbeing. How Could We Do Better? by Patrick C. Pietroni
Articles
Poems Inspired by the Rt. Hon. Andy Burnham MP’s Speech Made on 31 October 2013 by Deborah... (more)
Self-Care for the Mental Health Practitioner: The Theory, Research and Practice of Preventing and Addressing the Occupational Hazards of the Profession
This book provides a comprehensive resource on self-care for those working in the field of psychotherapy.
Beginning with an exploration of the role and duties of the mental health practitioner,... (more)
Theory and Practice of Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy: Beyond the Talking Cure
This comprehensive introduction to Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy lays out the background and fundamentals of the approach covering theory and practice. Much has changed since Eugene Gendlin first... (more)
Dreamwork in Holistic Psychotherapy of Depression: An Underground Stream that Guides and Heals
This book describes how dreamwork can help alleviate depression, in both long-term and time-limited psychotherapy, and in self-treatment. The author shows how dreams shed light on issues contributing... (more)
The Therapist's Treasure Chest: Solution-oriented Tips and Tricks for Everyday
A trove of ready-to-use, solution-focused therapy techniques for work with children, adults, and families on commonly encountered problems, The Therapist's Treasure Chest is an easy-to-navigate... (more)
Diagnosis Made Easier: Principles and Techniques for Mental Health Clinicians: Second Edition
This popular practitioner guide and course text takes the reader step by step through diagnostic decision making in mental health. Acclaimed for both the clarity of his writing and his clinical... (more)
Clinicians in Court: A Guide to Subpoenas, Depositions, Testifying, and Everything Else You Need to Know: Second Edition
Interacting with the legal system can be stressful and intimidating for mental health professionals. This trusted book provides user-friendly strategies to help clinicians prepare for testimony in... (more)
Self Research: The Intersection of Therapy and Research
'Self research' is both a therapeutic and a research endeavour that enables the subject of the research to interpret and validate their own data. In Self Research, Ian Law outlines and draws together... (more)
The Journal of Psychological Therapies in Primary Care - Volume 3 Number 2
Guest Editorial
NEETs: a Health Perspective by Quentin Spender
Articles
- A Qualitative Study Exploring the Attitudes of Individuals in Opiate Substitute Treatment Towards Depression: the... (more)
Red Flags in Psychotherapy: Stories of Ethics Complaints and Resolutions
This book delves into risks that can easily bedevil any psychotherapist and what can happen if they are ignored. Dramatic storytelling, based on actual incidents from the author's experiences as a... (more)
A New Understanding of ADHD in Children and Adults: Executive Function Impairments
For over 100 years, ADHD has been seen as essentially a behavior disorder. Recent scientific research has developed a new paradigm which recognizes ADHD as a developmental disorder of the cognitive... (more)
Changing Self-Destructive Habits: Pathways to Solutions with Couples and Families
For the first time in one volume self-harm, substance abuse, eating-disordered behavior, gambling, and Internet and cyber sex abuse - five crippling, self-destructive behaviors - are given a common... (more)
Mind Stimulation Therapy (MST): Cognitive Interventions for Persons with Schizophrenia and Other Clinical Populations
This book presents a psychotherapy intervention model called Multimodal Integrative Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (MICST). It is grounded in information processing and cognitive stimulation... (more)
A Personal Journey Through Psychotherapy: A Case Study Revisited
This book is a personal account of the enduring value of an appropriate psychotherapeutic intervention, and is set within the author's lifespan to date. It is also a unique view of how it feels to be... (more)
The LGBT Casebook
Even in today's more enlightened society, it takes courage for many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals to "come out of the closet" and embrace their sexual orientation and... (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)
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)
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)
Practicing Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: An Alternative Approach to Addictions: Second Edition
This acclaimed clinical guide has helped thousands of clinicians put the proven principles of harm reduction into practice with therapy clients who have substance use problems. Written by pioneers in... (more)
Men, Addiction, and Intimacy: Strengthening Recovery by Fostering the Emotional Development of Boys and Men
In the substance abuse and addiction treatment realm, males outnumber females two to one. While gender-issues are seen as a key element of women's treatment, the acknowledgement that males are... (more)
Sacred Therapies: The Kundalini Yoga Meditation Handbook for Mental Health
A simplified version, for consumers, of yoga protocols for optimal mental health.
This comprehensive handbook presents Kundalini yoga protocols that cover all of the major and common psychiatric... (more)
Gender in the Therapy Hour: Voices of Female Clinicians Working with Men
This edited book looks at how a variety of female therapists understand men's issues in the context of their clinical work. Each chapter is written by a female mental health professional and explores... (more)
Therapeutic Encounter: A Cross-modality Approach
The therapeutic relationship is at the core of counselling training and practice, regardless of therapeutic approach. This book usefully introduces a cross-modality approach to the therapist-client... (more)
How to Incorporate Wellness Coaching into Your Therapeutic Practice: A Handbook for Therapists and Counsellors
Wellness coaching is an emerging and vibrant area of healthcare. It takes healing beyond the curing of symptoms and empowers clients to take their health back into their own hands. This book provides... (more)
The Pocket Guide to Therapy: A 'How To' of the Core Models
Trainees in all mental health professions need basic knowledge of the key therapeutic approaches in counselling and psychotherapy. The Pocket Guide to Therapy is therefore the essential companion,... (more)
Money Talks: in Therapy, Society, and Life
Sometimes referred to as "the last taboo," money has remained something of a secret within psychoanalysis. Ironically, while it is an ingredient in almost every encounter between analyst and patient,... (more)