Individual Psychotherapy Books
Whispers from the East: Applying the Principles of Eastern Healing to Psychotherapy
Therapists who seek a wider perspective in therapy will find the eastern ideas presented in this work to be both thought-provoking and valuable. The healing ideas of the East meet those of the West,... (more)
Dreams and Emotional Adaptation: A Clinical Notebook for Psychotherapists
In this groundbreaking book, Dr Langs invites you into his world. With this invitation comes a new understanding of dreams and the insights they hold. It offers an innovative method of attending to... (more)
The Angry Self: A Comprehensive Approach to Anger Management
The Angry Self is a resource for any counselor dealing with a client who has an anger problem, or whose anger is getting in the way of resolving some other problem. It consists of nine chapters, each... (more)
Handbook of Experiential Psychotherapy
Integrating the work of client-centred, Gestalt, interpersonal, focusing and process-oriented therapists, this book presents approaches to traeting depression, PTSD, anxiety etc. emphasising the need... (more)
Psychodynamic Perspectives on Abuse: The Cost of Fear
This book brings together contributions on abuse from writers working in social policy, social work, and psychotherapy, and explores the nature and ramifications of abuse in a new light. (more)
Steps to an Ecology of Mind
Gregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist, and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead. With a new foreword by his daughter Mary Katherine... (more)
Discursive psychology in practice:
This text shows how to put discursive theoretical and methodological insights to work in the investigation of concrete problems in psychology. A range of traditional psychological topics are... (more)
Psychotherapy and science:
An investigation of the ways in which science has a bearing on the clinical techniques and practice of psychotherapy. It notes parallels between the emotion-processing mind and phenomena that have... (more)
Cultural psychotherapy:
A practical guide for treating patients from other cultures. Dr Seeley shares insights regarding the problems of second language use, recognizing cultural material presented in sessions, and making... (more)
Affirmative dynamic psychotherapy with gay men:
This text focuses on the technique of affirmative dynamic psychotherapy with gay men. The contributors point out the homophobia and intolerance that creates shame, guilt and other symptoms in... (more)
Beyond Belief: Psychotherapy and Religion
The burden once put upon natural scientists is here shouldered by psychotherapists. This book asks whether psychotherapy can go beyond belief and gives various answers from a wide variety of people... (more)
Second Opinions: Sixty Psychotherapy Patients Evaluate their Therapists
This text arose out of interviews between Lee Kassan and 60 patients, who discussed with him their experiences in psychotherapy. The book covers the decision to enter treatment, the selection of a... (more)
Mad travellers: Reflections on the reality of transient mental illness:
This text uses the case of Albert Dadas, the first diagnosed "mad traveller", to weigh the legitimacy of cultural versus physical symptoms in the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders. It also looks at... (more)
Intervention and Strategies in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Interventions and Strategies in Counseling and Psychotherapy acknowledges the important contributions of Alfred Adler and illustrates the many ways in which Adlerian ideas underpin and influence... (more)
The language of injury: Comprehending self-mutilation
The emphasis of this text is that persuading people to stop self-mutilation may be more harmful than the injuries themselves. The book discusses cultural and historical aspects, as well as the causes... (more)
Good Practice in Supervision: Statutory and Voluntary Organisations
This book is rich in background and overview material concerning the issue of supervision. It contains sample contracts, training exercises and record sheets and is an extremely valuable resource for... (more)
Sister Mary:
In this collaboration between psychotherapist and patient, Sister Mary relates her own story of abuse as a child by a much-loved father, and the three years of psychoanalytic psychotherapy she... (more)
Committed Uncertainty in Psychotherapy: Essays in Honour of Peter Lomas
This collection of essays is a tribute to the work of psychologist, Peter Lomas. Lomas trained as a Freudian psycho-analyst at the Institute of Psychoanalysis in London, gradually becoming more... (more)
Modes of Therapeutic Action: Enhancement of Knowledge, Provision of Experience, and Engagement in Relationship
How do we position ourselves in relation to our patients? Do we participate as neutral object, as empathetic self-object, or as authentic subject? Do we strive to enhance the patient's knowledge, to... (more)
Personality development and psychotherapy in our diverse society: A sourcebook
This work aims to encompass the entire range of cultural influence in clinical work at present. It addresses mental health issues relevant to society, including assessment, treatment, specific... (more)
Fundamentals of an Integrated Model of Psychotherapy
A presentation of an integrated model of therapy. It offers a way of tailoring each clinical encounter to the needs of the particular patient, from the mildly-distressed anxiety-disordered to the... (more)
Body Process: Working with the Body in Psychotherapy
This work examines the therapeutic significance of posture, movements, and bodily experience for the psychotherapy patient. The author then provides a framework for incorporating these physical... (more)
Challenges to counselling and psychotherapy:
A radical challenge to the foundations of therapy. The author's ultimate target is not counselling, but the abuse of professionalization and our current deity - consumerism. 192 pages. (more)
Controversies in Psychotherapy and Counselling
Issues in psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, counselling, clinical psychology and related therapies are not necessarily clear-cut. This work looks at theoretical, clinical, professional and social issues... (more)
Lifemaps of People with Learning Disabilities
The use of lifemaps with people who have learning disabilities has proved particularly effective for a better understanding of their emotional perspectives and needs. This book presents fourteen... (more)
Weathering the Storms: Psychotherapy for Psychosis
'In a series of fascinating supervisory case studies Jackson draws on Kleinian concepts and Scandinavian clinical experience to show how a psychotherapeutic approach can, through a combination of... (more)
The healing journey for couples: Journal of mutual discovery
Designed to develop and improve a relationship, this is one of first three books in the "Healing Journey" series. It features 45 guided journal entries to help couples increase communication, get in... (more)
The healing journey: A journal of self-discovery
Personal journals are sometimes an valuable adjunct to psychotherapy. This journal contains exercises designed to help people explore their background, personality, relationships, and goals for the... (more)
Cognitive Psychotherapy of Psychotic and Personality Disorders: Handbook of Theory and Practice
This volume covers the theories, models and practice of cognitive therapy with psychotic patients. It examines the assessment, formulation and treatment methods for a range of disorders, and includes... (more)