Individual Psychotherapy Books
Emotion Rituals: A Resource for Therapists and Clients
Cognitive behavior therapy does not typically include the use of emotion in its treatment protocols. This work addresses this omission with a discussion of the interplay between thoughts and emotions... (more)
Comprehensive Handbook of Psychotherapy: Four Volume Set
The first comprehensive reference for the major theoretical modalities of psychotherapy provides thorough coverage of the major therapeutic treatment styles. A practical, hands-on reference for... (more)
The Supervisory Alliance: Facilitating the Psychotherapist's Learning Experience
This work presents thinking on supervision issues like creating an optimal learning environment, establishing a safe space, developing an atmosphere of reflectivity, attuning oneself to the emotional... (more)
The Art of Co-therapy: How Therapists Work Together
This text represents the first examination of both the theory and practice of co-therapy. It explores in depth the co-therapy relationship, its creation, and the potential therapeutic value of its... (more)
100 Questions and Answers About Anxiety
This book provides a simple, straightforward explanation of a rather complex area in mental health and describes and explains the phenomenon of anxiety in a way that will appeal to both experts in... (more)
Personality Disordered Patients: Treatable and Untreatable
Determining the amenability of personality disorders to psychotherapy - a patient's capacity to benefit from verbal approaches to treatment - is important in helping clinicians determine the... (more)
What Works for Whom? A Critical Review of Psychotherapy Research: Second Edition
Meeting the growing demand for resources on evidence-based practice, this acclaimed work has now been fully revised and expanded with the latest treatment data. Like its predecessor, the second... (more)
A Casebook of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Command Hallucinations: A Social Rank Theory Approach
Command hallucinations are a particularly distressing and sometimes dangerous type of hallucination about which relatively little is known. This book provides a practical summary of the first... (more)
Integrating Traditional Healing Practices into Counseling and Psychotherapy
Traditional Healing Practices into Counseling and Psychotherapy seeks to define, redefine and identify indigenous and traditional healing in the context of North American and Western European health... (more)
Difference: An Avoided Topic in Practice
Difference is a complex and often disturbing issue. The purpose of this book is to encourage a culture of open enquiry into an emotionally charged subject which, the editors argue, has been largely... (more)
The Politics of Psychotherapy: New Perspectives
How to 'place' political issues in therapy is highly controversial. For example, whether political themes should be interpreted psychologically in the consulting room, or respected as valid in their... (more)
Cutting it Out: A Journey Through Psychotherapy and Self-Harm
Cutting it Out is a largely autobiographical account of a young woman's battle with self-harm. Carolyn's story documents her own challenging journey, offering unique insights into her feelings about... (more)
The Overweight Patient: A Psychological Approach to Understanding and Working with Obesity
This practical guide approaches obesity and overeating from a psychological perspective, and offers sensitive methods to increase patients sense of self-worth, self-knowledge, and motivation to lose... (more)
New Dimensions in Body Psychotherapy
There is currently an explosion of interest in the field of body psychotherapy. This is feeding back into psychotherapy and counselling in general, with many practitioners and trainees becoming... (more)
Race, Culture and Psychotherapy: Critical Perspectives in Multicultural Practice
This book provides a thorough critical examination of contemporary multiculturalism and culturalism, including discussion of the full range of issues, debates and controversies that are emerging in... (more)
Personality Disorders and Community Mental Health Teams: A Practioner's Guide
Practitioners in Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) frequently find that traditional forms of support are ineffective when offered to patients with personality disorder. This book considers the... (more)
Working with Anger: A Constructivist Approach
Client anger is a perennial problem for a range of professionals working in clinical settings, because it comprises of both difficult-to-cope-with behaviour and is associated with a number of... (more)
Personality Disorders: Current Research and Treatments
As with a number of specific areas in the medical professions, the field of personality disorders has experienced a period of rapid growth and development over the past decade. This volume offers the... (more)
Constructive Psychotherapy: Theory and Practice
New in paperback. An invaluable teaching text and clinical resource, this is a book about how to do psychotherapy - how to apply the science of change, to the complexities of helping people develop... (more)
Readings in the Theory of Individual Psychology
Individual Psychology, a movement pioneered by Alfred Adler around the turn of the (20th) century, has gradually claimed its place as an established school of psychotherapy and counseling. However,... (more)
Improving Outcomes and Preventing Relapse in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Organized around specific psychological disorders, this important work brings together leading scientist-practitioners to present strategies for maximizing the benefits of cognitive-behavioral... (more)
Shouldn't I Be Feeling Better By Now ?: Client Views of Therapy
Around one in four clients of counselling and therapy either deteriorate in treatment or show no signs of recovery. Why does therapy fail this significant proportion of vulnerable people, and what... (more)
Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness
Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of the widely praised Wherever You Go, There You Are shows how the power of mindfulness can bring profound changes to your personal life. As stress continues to exact a toll on... (more)
EMDR and the Relational Imperative: The Therapeutic Relationship in EMDR Treatment
Over the past sixteen years, since its initial introduction to professional circles, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) has become increasingly popular among practitioners dealing... (more)
Online Therapy: A Therapist's Guide to Expanding Your Practice
Online therapy sessions are in increasing demand. The authors introduce therapists to the new digital clinic, instruct them in the new therapeutic and business practices they need to adopt and show... (more)
Craft and Spirit: A Guide to the Exploratory Psychotherapies
In this wonderfully illuminating sequel to A Spirit of Inquiry (Lichtenberg, Lachmann, and Fosshage, 2002), Joseph Lichtenberg writes of the craft of exploratory psychotherapy, by which he means the... (more)
Psychotherapy and the Treatment of Cancer Patients: Bearing Cancer in Mind
This book addresses the need for a more integrated care of cancer patients within hospitals which pays attention to the mental anguish as well as physical distress caused by the disease. It is based... (more)
The Client Who Changed Me: Stories of Therapist Personal Transformation
Although the impact that clients can have on therapists is well-known, most work on the subject consists of dire warnings: mental health professionals are taught early on to be on their guard for... (more)