Individual Psychotherapy Books
Therapy: Intimacy Between Strangers
This book explores, through careful examination of theory and practice, what is likely to happen in the therapy room from the first encounter to the final session. It will be of use to therapists and... (more)
Foundations of Psychotherapy: An Introduction to Individual Therapy
This book comprehensively and clearly surveys the major theoretical schools of psychotherapy - including Freudian, Jungian, humanistic and cognitive. There is also some consideration of the impact of... (more)
The Essential Skills for Setting Up a Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice
Many practitioners consider setting up in private practice at some point in their career, whether full-time or alongside other employment. This book provides comprehensive yet accessible coverage of... (more)
Future of Training in Psychotherapy and Counselling:
John Rowan presents a challenging account of the current state of training. (more)
Dialogical Self in Psychotherapy
This book gathers together psychotherapists from divergent origins to show why they think the concepts of dialogue and intersubjectivity need to be incorporated into the therapeutic process and to... (more)
Mindfulness and Acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition
This volume examines a number of rapidly growing therapies that have emerged over the last decade and that share an emphasis on such nontraditional themes as mindfulness, acceptance, relationship,... (more)
Coping with Trauma: Hope Through Understanding
From the psychological perspective, the author discusses the impact of trauma on emotion, memory, the self, and relationships, as well as incorporating research from neuroscience to make the case... (more)
Problem Solving Treatment for Anxiety and Depression: A Practical Guide
Problem-solving treatment is a well researched, practical psychological intervention. The treatment is very much a here and now treatment, focusing on current difficulties and setting future goals.... (more)
The Psychotherapist's Own Psychotherapy: Patient and Clinician Perspectives
In this volume, clinicians explore both receiving and conducting psychotherapy with psychotherapists. The book gathers together personal narratives, clinical wisdom, and new research on subjects that... (more)
Supervision of Psychotherapists: The Discovery-Oriented Approach
Discovery-oriented supervision is a whole new dimension of supervision. It explores deep down inside the other person's ideas about psychotherapy; to discover their inner, probably unformed, deeper... (more)
Major Theories of Personality Disorders: Second Edition
Now in a fully revised and expanded second edition, this work brings together in one volume the most important current perspectives on personality pathology. (more)
Narrative Inquiry and Psychotherapy
An introduction to the purposes, possibilities and processes of narrative research methods in therapy practices. Merging social science and arts-based research methods, this book is ideal for therapy... (more)
The Impossibility of Sex
In these intriguing accounts, Susie Orbach, the celebrated author of Fat is a Feminist Issue, presents us with six imaginary clinical cases, including Adam, the serial seducer; Belle, the compulsive... (more)
Key Competencies in Brief Dynamic Psychotherapy: Clinical Practice Beyond the Manual
This unique book identifies the core competencies shared by expert therapists and helps clinicians - specifically those providing brief dynamic/interpersonal therapy - to develop and apply these... (more)
Cultivating Intuition: A Personal Introduction to Psychotherapy: Second Edition
An expanded and updated second edition, the book is essentially an introduction to psychotherapy based on the belief that therapy is best considered as a personal undertaking in which the way of... (more)
Understanding NLP: Principles and Practice: Second Edition
Understanding NLP opens a doorway into a more imaginative and coherent way of understanding and using NLP. This completely revised edition unites the many strands of NLP using an elegant paradigm... (more)
The Psychology of Leadership:
In this book, leading scholars come together to describe their thinking and research on the topic of the psychology of leadership. The contributions span traditional social psychological areas, as... (more)
Critical Narrative Analysis in Psychology
In psychology and other social sciences, narrative analysis has become a widely used technique for understanding people's accounts of their lives. Yet, the difference between narrative analysis and... (more)
Speaking as a Professional: Enhance Your Therapy or Coaching Practice Through Presentations, Workshops and Seminars
A toolkit for therapists, coaches and educators preparing presentations for conferences, seminars, workshops and community events. (more)
Katie's Diary: Unlocking the Mystery of a Suicide
It is not easy to understand why people kill themselves. This book examines this subject. (more)
The Therapeutic Frame in the Clinical Context: Integrative Perspectives
This book examines some of the key issues inherent in the intimate and very often intense therapeutic relationship. It addresses and clarifies perspectives on the creation of a therapeutic... (more)
Treating Depression
This key resource assists the clinician in deciding if it is appropriate to prescribe medication, if psychotherapy is the proper course of action, or if it is best to use a combination of medication... (more)
Becoming a Psychotherapist: A Clinical Primer
This well-respected guide to psychoanalytic psychotherapy addresses key issues for both beginning and practicing therapists, from the rhythm of the initial, middle, and final stages of therapy to the... (more)