Individual Psychotherapy Books
Community mental health: A practical guide
In this revised edition, the authors focus on the "what" and "how" of effective community mental health. They present guidelines that should enable clinicians to provide services that are cost... (more)
Violence, crime and the mentally disordered offenders: Concepts and methods for effective treatment and prevention
This volume provides a critical and focused review of knowledge and best practice in the field for mental health and correction professionals, and for those concerned with policy and management of... (more)
Psychotherapy of the brain-injured patient: Reclaiming the shattered self
Combining neuropsychodynamic and biopsychosocial factors, this is a guide for psychotherapists who treat patients with traumatic brain injury and related neurobehavioural syndromes. It deals not only... (more)
Depth-oriented brief therapy: How to be brief when you were trained to be deep - and vice versa.
Aims to help the reader to restore effective, long-lasting but time-limited psychotherapy in the age of managed care. The book offers a step-by-step method for rapidly illuminating hidden dynamics... (more)
Persons, situations, and emotions: An ecological approach
This title represents a social psychological approach to the study of emotion. The contributors present empirical data using the "time sampling" or "experience sampling" technique developed by... (more)
Manual of nursing home practice for psychiatrists:
This manual of nursing home practice for psychiatrists covers such topics as nursing homes, mental health and the role of the psychiatrist, and evaluation and management of psychiatric problems in... (more)
Emotional contagion:
The way in which peoples' moods affect others is a phenomenon known as emotional contagion, and is identified in the text. Evidence for its effect is offered from a variety of disciplines such as:... (more)
Treating Suicidal Behavior: An effective time limited approach.
A look at treating suicidal behaviour including intervention techniques such as symptom management, restructuring a patient's suicidal belief system, and building skills such as assertiveness,... (more)
Culturally Affirmative Psychotherapy with Deaf Persons
The culturally affirmative model for understanding and assisting deaf people views them in relation to the deaf community, as a group of people with a common culture and a collective identity. This... (more)
Many lives, many masters: The true story of a prominent psychiatrist, his young patient and the past- life therapy that changed both their lives
A few years ago, psychiatrist Brian Weiss was approached for treatment by Catherine, a 27-year-old suffering from anxiety, depression, panic attacks and phobias. This book tells the story of... (more)
Culture and psychotherapy:
This text on culture and psychotherapy covers topics such as case presentation and analysis, lessons from folk healing practices, therapist- patient relations and ethnic transference; psychological... (more)
Listening to patients: Relearning the art of healing in psychotherapy
A guide for psychiatry residents, medical students, and trainees in clinical psychology, social work and nursing. The author examines the challenges and rewards of establishing a work alliance with... (more)
Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy Treatment Planner
This sourcebook provides counsellors with pre-written treatment plan components for gay and lesbian clients. It covers issues faced by homosexuals, such as adoption, abusive partners, coming-out,... (more)
Toward a Psychology of Being: Third Edition
This work describes Dr. Abraham Maslow's theory of self actualization and the hierarchy of needs. In this text he develops his theories about self- actualization, the hierarchy of needs, and a vision... (more)