Individual Psychotherapy Books
Understanding depression: Feminist social constructionist approaches
A critical examination of mainstream approaches to understanding and treating depression from a feminist perspective. This work argues that late-1990s approaches give only partial accounts of women's... (more)
Psychotherapy and Spirituality: Crossing the line between therapy and religion
This thoughtful and intelligent book encourages psychotherapists and counsellors to consider seriously the relationship between spiritual experiences and therapeutic practice. 152 pages. (more)
A Psychodynamic Approach to Brief Therapy
Illustrated throughout with clinical vignettes, this book is a comprehensive guide to psychodynamic brief counselling and psychotherapy. It is ideal for those looking for a practical introduction to... (more)
Momma and the Meaning of Life: Tales of Psychotherapy
An exceptionally compelling and beautifully written collection of psychological case studies. This classic medium, first popularised by Freud and, more recently, by Oliver Sacks and Yalom himself,... (more)
Comprehensive Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Since its introduction as a brief, empirically validated treatment for depression, Interpersonal Psychotherapy has broadened its scope to include disorders of behaviour, personality and mood. This... (more)
Good Practice in Psychotherapy and Counselling: The Exceptional Relationship
Despite differing emphases of approach, trianee psychotherapists face very similar problems of practice when they move actively into the field of counselling. This work aims to address their needs,... (more)
Older people and their needs: A multi-disciplinary perspective
Offers a resource of debate and practical ideas on how to prepare for dignity and quality of life during the final decades of life. As well as discussing physical independence, mobility, nutrition,... (more)
The Therapist's Encounters with Revenge and Forgiveness
Examining the "exploited-repressive" and "vindictive" reactions to a patient's actual or perceived abuse, this study looks at the concepts of vengeance, revenge fantasy and the granting or... (more)
Choosing a counselling or psychotherapy training: A practical guide
This book takes the reader through all stages of the therapuetic training path, covering topics including: theoretical approaches to counselling and psychotherapy; starting a course; qualification,... (more)
Personality Disorders: Recognition and Clinical Management
With detailed coverage of recognition, assessment and management, this text provides an account of those aspects of personality disorders which are of relevance to psychiatrists, clinical... (more)
Cutting: Understanding and overcoming self-mutilation
This work, written for self-mutilators, parents, friends, therapists, explains why the disorder manifests in self-harming behaviour and describes how the self-mutilator can be helped. 256 pages. (more)
Overcoming addictions: Skills training for people with schizophrenia
The combination of schizophrenia and drug or alcohol addiction is common, devastating and difficult to treat. With a focus on skills training this manual seeks to help the therapist teach... (more)
Motivating Clients in Therapy: Values, Love and the Real Relationship
In this book, the author emphasizes the practitioner's role in enhancing client motivation, stressing the need for the therapist to be relationally active, directive and flexible. 352 pages (more)
Evolving Possibilities: Selected Papers of Bill O'Hanlon
A collection of twenty papers written or co-written by O'Hanlon from 1986 to the present. They cover four different approaches to psychotherapy: Ericksonian approaches, Solution-oriented therapy,... (more)
Substance abuse: from principles to practice
An ideal book for anyone interested in the subject of or affected by substance abuse in any of its many forms. Covers the history, chemistry, biology, epidemiology, psychology and other salient... (more)
Why I Became a Psychotherapist
Mentoring intersects with memoir in this volume, as 31 psychotherapists share the origins of their professional ambitions and, mixing authority with levity, describe their professional odysseys. The... (more)
Deepening the Treatment
This text aims to help the therapist help the patient recognize that exploring ideas and feelings is worthwhile and that the therapist is a trustworthy guide. It introduces an application of... (more)
Reaching Across Boundaries of Culture and Class: Widening the Scope of Psychotherapy
This volume shows how contemporary methods can be used to treat patients often previously thought unresponsive to psychodynamic therapy. Cultural values, countertransference guilt, immigration,... (more)
Betrayed as Boys: Psychodynamic Treatment of Sexually Abused Men
In the growing professional literature on child sexual abuse, few books focus specifically on the experience of victimized boys and men. Interweaving vital elements of psychodynamic and... (more)
Doing Good?: Psychotherapy out of its Depth
This text argues that as psychotherapy enters the mainstream, therapists have become dependent on the technical aspects of their profession at the expense of the moral issues. It explores the... (more)
Person-centred Therapy: A European Persective
Brings together the thoughts of the proponents in Europe of the person- centred approach. Contributors from Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway and the UK cover a range of person-centred issues,... (more)
Witness and Vision of the Therapists
This work demonstrates the link between individual, clinical work and its wider social significance, and shows how society's problems inevitably find their way into the private "confessions" of... (more)
Social therapy: A guide to social support for mental health practitioners
Building on psychological concepts of coping, problem solving and social intervention, this text outlines practical methods for helping mental health clients in the community through the enhancement... (more)
Complementary Therapies in Context: The Psychology of Healing
This study covers shamanism, mysticism, ancient Egyptian and Greek medicine, Buddhism, Taoism, Chinese, Indian and Japanese medicine, yoga, Galenism and the divorce of psychology and medicine. It... (more)
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)