Individual Psychotherapy Books
Philosophy and psychotherapy
This text analyses the interface between philosophy and psychotherapy. It applies philosophical ideas to therapeutic claims and counter-claims. Philosophical issues such as autonomy and free choice,... (more)
Which Psychotherapy: Leading exponents explain their differences
Discusses whether mainstream therapeutic orientations can co-exist in harmony. If there is friction between them, is this minor or major? Is 'integrationism' a myth? Focussing on differences - rather... (more)
Systemic Therapy with Individuals
Until recently systemic therapy has been identified with family therapy. This no longer applies; the systemic approach and its techniques can now be used with profit in therapy with individuals. ... (more)
Swift to Hear: Facilitating Skills in Listening and Responding
The author describes the development of basic listening and responding skills, and the process of communication which is at the heart of the helping interview. Numerous exercises make this an... (more)
Therapy as Social Construction
This volume explores the exciting possibilities for the therapeutic process of adopting a social constructionist perspective. A key concern is with socially constructed lives. Our senses of self,... (more)
Mental Health Promotion: Paradigms and Practice
Mental health promotion is an emerging field of interest to many health professionals. This book traces its history, defines it and distinguishes it from mental illness prevention. Mental health is... (more)
People of the lie
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Transforming the Pain: Workbook on Vicarious Traumatization
'Vicarious traumatization' is the traumatization of a helper's inner experience, which results from empathic engagement with traumatized clients. This workbook provides tools for self-assessment,... (more)
Memory quest: Trauma and the search for personal history
Discussing autobiographical memory and personal history, this text focuses on the impact of trauma on general levels of information-processing and memory organization. It considers controversies... (more)
In the Therapist's Mirror: Reality in the Making
Integrating strategic problem-solving, with an emphasis on stories and the cultural context of meaning, this book introduces the theoretical stance of semiotic constructivism. Its main argument is... (more)
Spiritual Presence in Psychotherapy: A Guide to Caregivers
Written for care-givers who want to accomodate a spiritual dimension in their work. The first part discusses the interface between psychotherapy and spirituality. In the second part, seven models for... (more)
Therapists at Risk: Perils of the intimacy of the therapeutic relation
Therapists are becoming increasingly worried about being sued or brought before a licensing board, in the event that they are threatened with legal action by their patients. This work seeks to show... (more)
Psychotherapy: An Erotic Relationship - Transference and countertransference passions
Challenges the traditional belief that transference and countertransference are merely forms of resistance which jeopardize the therapeutic process. Shows how the erotic feelings and fantasies... (more)
Psychodynamic Supervision: Perspectives for the Supervisor and the Supervisee
This text provides a first-hand examination of creative teachers and students in action. It provides first-person, subjective accounts of the supervisory process, from the viewpoint of both the... (more)
Feminist Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
This work reviews the history of the feminist and psychoanalytic theory of female development and personality. The book aims to offer therapists more effective perspectives on psychotherapy by... (more)
Personality Styles and Brief Psychotherapy
Written for therapists working with people in distress, this book describes the links between crisis and personality style, and offers a plan for approaching cases with these connections in mind. The... (more)
Birth of a self in adulthood
This is a study of adult patients who have been unconsciously held back from traversing the normal process of psychological development. It examines the use of psychotherapy in these cases.
Stress in Psychotherapists
Those who spend most of their time dealing with other people's stress are most vulnerable to stress themselves. This text highlights the pressures experienced by psychotherapists, and examines how... (more)
101 therapeutic successes: Overcoming transference and resistance in psychotherapy
This text, aimed at psychotherapists, is a guide to the range of techniques and interventions that lead to effective therapy. Drawing from his experience - and 101 clinical histories -the author... (more)
On Being a Psychotherapist
This book explores the motivations of those who practise psychotherapy, emphasising the stresses of the job and ways of avoiding disillusionment, as well as offering practical advice on setting up... (more)
The Supervisory Couple in Broad-Spectrum Psychotherapy
Proposes an apprenticeship system for supervision which would enable all qualified therapists to participate. This book stresses the need to set up monitoring and evaluation for both supervisor and... (more)
Curative Factors in Dynamic Psychotherapy
A book in which therapists, clinicians, and researchers attempt to answer the following question: What are the seemingly intangible variables that enable patients to overcome symptomatology and... (more)
The Mystery of Goodness
Explores the relationship between psychotherapy and goodness, the latter being defined as: altruism, responsibility, justice, egalitarianism and honesty. How can psychotherapy promote or diminish... (more)
Key Concepts in Psychotherapy
An updated edition of this work that outlines the historical development of concepts and terminologies currently used in the psychoanalytic process. It clarifies the ways in which terminology is used... (more)
Keeping Boundaries
Keeping Boundaries is an across-the-board review of the subject of boundary maintenance in psychotherapy. Using a comprehensive approach, this book examines the problem of therapeutic boundaries and... (more)