Individual Psychotherapy Books
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Carl Rogers' Helping System: Journey and substance
In this guide to person-centred therapy, from its earliest beginnings to the present day, the author - a working colleague of Carl Rogers - charts its origin and development, its central concepts and... (more)
Hearing the Voice of People with Dementia: Opportunities and Obstacles
Based on research into ten key areas relevant to dementia, this book offers practical advice and suggestions. It explores the idea that communication is not only possible, but also vital to the... (more)
Making Sense of Social Work: Psychodynamics, Systems and Practice
A reassessment of psychodynamics and systems theories in contemporary social work practice. The authors discuss the application of these theories to direct work with service users, to practitioners'... (more)
Feminism and Psychotherapy
A deconstruction of the theory and practice of feminist therapy in contemporary society. Practitioners challenge the view that one single model of therapy or feminism can be elevated above the rest.... (more)
A control based approach to psychotherapy, health and healing:
This volume deals with the issue of control and self-control in psychotherapy. It shows how the therapist can assess patient levels, styles, and modes of control, and also address those areas in... (more)
Treatment of abuse and addiction: a holistic approach
Presenting a holistic model of psychotherapy for people suffering from addictions, abusive relationships, and poor self-esteem, this text combines group and individual therapy with supportive and... (more)
Mind-body problems: psychotherapy with psychosomatic disorders
Asthma, arthritis, eating and gastrointestinal disorders, are only a few of the many serious somatic problems that may be initiated or exacerbated by psychological stress. This book explores 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)
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)
A Psychoanalyst Explores the Alternate Therapies
The major non-psychoanalytic therapies are critically examined from the point of view of U.S. psychoanalysis. An interesting overview of the both the spectrum of therapies available and the future... (more)
Getting started: An introduction to dynamic psychotherapy
This text is for new therapists in all the helping professions, including psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing, and pastoral counselling. Among the topics discussed are: taking a history,... (more)
Individuation and its Contemporary Clinical Applications: Practical and Theoretical Perspectives
This insightful book identifies key points of reference for the delivery of ethical treatment to patients with extreme and entrenched pathologies. Readers are offered an invitation to the intensity... (more)
How to Get the Most Out of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: A Client’s Guide
How to Get the Most Out of Rational-Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT): A Client’s Guide is aimed at those who are either considering consulting or already seeing a Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy... (more)
Patient Testimonies of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Reported and Recorded
In this unique and candid book, nearly forty patients offer straightforward, personal testimonies of their experiences in psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Both remarkable and novel in its approach,... (more)
Creating Relational Ripples
This is a professional development book for people working in the health and social care professions as psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, doctors, counsellors, community and... (more)
The Art of Holding in Therapy: An Essential Intervention for Postpartum Depression and Anxiety
Written by a pioneer in the field, this second edition provides updated skill-building tools and a more developed, comprehensive understanding of how therapists can use the holding approach when... (more)
Therapy: The Basics
Therapy: The Basics is an introductory book to psychotherapy and its different theoretical approaches. It attempts to demystify and de-stigmatise therapy by answering some common questions posed by... (more)
Heideggerian Existential Therapy: Philosophical Ideas in Practice
Heideggerian Existential Therapy focuses on Martin Heidegger’s philosophy in order to provide both a wider accessibility as well as understanding of its relevance to therapeutic practice.
This... (more)
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Smoking Cessation: The Cigarette as a Transitional Object
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Smoking Cessation: The Cigarette as a Transitional Object provides an accessible understanding to the unconscious motive behind smoking addiction using Winnicott’s... (more)