Individual Psychotherapy Books
The Critique of Regression: A Psychoanalytic Model of Irreversible Lifespan Development
The Critique of Regression presents the most in-depth critique of regression available in the psychoanalytic literature, whilst presenting the first psychoanalytic theory of irreversible lifespan... (more)
Therapeutic Trances: The Co-Operation Principle in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy
Therapeutic Trances is a manifesto of the fundamental principles and techniques of Ericksonian hypnotherapy. This innovative volume lays out the principles and practice of developing relationships... (more)
Fictional Clinical Narratives in Relational Psychoanalysis: Stories from Adolescence to the Consulting Room
Fictional Clinical Narratives in Relational Psychoanalysis explores the therapeutic space between the patient and therapist in psychoanalysis and the transformative effect of the therapeutic... (more)
Professional Behaviors and Dispositions: Counseling Competencies and Lifelong Growth
Professional Behaviors and Dispositions teaches counselors in training (CITs) how to cultivate counselor competencies and critical thinking skills in support of lifelong professional development.... (more)
Travels with the Self: Interpreting Psychology as Cultural History
Travels with the Self uses a hermeneutic perspective to critique psychology and demonstrate why the concept of the self and the modality of cultural history are so vitally important to the profession... (more)
The Therapeutic Relationship in Psychotherapy Practice: An Integrative Perspective
The Therapeutic Relationship in Psychotherapy Practice: An Integrative Perspective explores the key components of the patient-therapist relationship in psychotherapy as well as how these elements... (more)
Emotional Schema Therapy: Distinctive Features
Emotional Schema Therapy: Distinctive Features offers a concise overview to what is distinctive about this new approach to helping clients cope with `difficult' emotions. Written by a researcher with... (more)
Tales from the Music Therapy Room: Creative Connections
Moving beyond progress reports, clinical assessments and practical goals, this book brings to life the reflective aspects of music therapy. The result of a collaboration between New Zealand music... (more)
Therapeutic Photography: Enhancing Self-Esteem Self-Efficacy and Resilience
Therapeutic photography is an increasingly popular approach for increasing self-esteem, resilience and self-reliance in a wide range of people, including those with dementia, autism or mental health... (more)
LGBTQ Clients in Therapy - Clinical Issues and Treatment Strategies
A therapist who treats LGBTQ clients often must be more than gay friendly. Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender clients have specific needs that require their own knowledge base. This book offers... (more)
The Upside of Shame: Therapeutic Interventions Using the Positive Aspects of a Negative Emotion
There is much more to shame than its reputation as a negative emotional state. This clinical book delves into the role of shame in many complex issues such as personality disorders, anxiety,... (more)
Quickies: The Handbook of Brief Sex Therapy
Quickies demonstrates that the best sex therapy is often the briefest, presenting readers with a refreshing array of time-efficient, client-focused approaches to sexual problems. The third edition... (more)
The Gossamer Thread: My Life as a Psychotherapist
This book is a memoir of the author's professional life as a psychologist and psychotherapist. It shows his progression from a hard-nosed behaviour therapist with a strong commitment to science to a... (more)
Supporting Young Transgender Men
There is currently a lack of information available regarding the specific needs of young transgender men, and the barriers that they face. This can lead to professionals having to give generic... (more)
Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality
Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality is a compelling study of the important elements that make up a person's core personality, and a detailed exploration of - and introduction to - how Time... (more)
Assessing Risk: A Relational Approach
Assessing Risk: A Relational Approach offers the practitioner a novel framework for understanding the complex and subtle issues involved in assessing and managing risks related to violence and sexual... (more)
Therapy With a Coaching Edge: Partnership Action and Possibility in Every Session
Using the skills outlined in this book, clinicians learn to advance the pace of therapy by bringing in a coaching mindset as they ask clients to do and be more. Therapists will learn how to challenge... (more)
Process Facilitation in Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy and Social Work
Process Facilitation in Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy and Social Work elaborates a differential theory of therapeutic engagement with full reference not only to psychoanalysis and to psychotherapy... (more)
Skills in Gestalt Counselling & Psychotherapy
This practical guide to the gestalt approach has successfully introduced thousands of trainee therapists to the essential skills needed in gestalt practice. The authors offer practical guidance on... (more)
The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself Build Inner Strength and Thrive
Self-compassion is a powerful inner resource. More than a thousand research studies show the benefits of being a supportive friend to yourself, especially in times of need. This science-based... (more)
Strengths-based Therapy: Distinctive Features
Strengths-Based Therapy: Distinctive Featuresoffers an introduction to what is distinctive about this innovative client-directed approach. Written by two experienced practitioners of strengths-based... (more)
Re-Visioning Person-Centred Therapy: Theory and Practice of a Radical Paradigm
By exploring various ways to assimilate recent progressive developments and to renew its vital links with its radical roots, Re-visioning Person-Centred Therapy: Theory and Practice of a Radical... (more)
Latina Psychologists: Thriving in the Cultural Borderlands
In this book, twelve eminent Latina psychologists illustrate how they practice gender- and culture-sensitive psychotherapy, counseling, research, pedagogy, social justice, and mentoring. They share... (more)
Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Suicide Prevention
An innovative treatment approach with a strong empirical evidence base, brief cognitive-behavioral therapy for suicide prevention (BCBT) is presented in step-by-step detail in this authoritative... (more)
Very Brief Therapeutic Conversations
In Very Brief Therapeutic Conversations, Windy Dryden demonstrates the therapeutic value of very brief interventions in counselling, psychotherapy and coaching, using a wide range of techniques and... (more)
Cognitive Behavioral Art Therapy: From Behaviorism to the Third Wave
Cognitive Behavioral Art Therapy explores the intersection of art therapy practices and principles within cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) theories and models. This timely new resource examines CBT... (more)
Abolishing the Concept of Mental Illness: Rethinking the Nature of Our Woes
In Abolishing the Concept of Mental Illness: Rethinking the Nature of Our Woes, Richard Hallam takes aim at the very concept of mental illness, and explores new ways of thinking about and responding... (more)
Flexibility-Based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Insights from Forty Years of Practice
In this book, Windy Dryden brings together the four major strands that have shaped his idiosyncratic approach to clinical practice - (i) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; (ii) flexibility in practice;... (more)
Art Therapy and Psychology: A Clinical Guide
This book offers a thorough and well-rounded clinical guide to utilising the depth of the unconsciousness through art when working with clients in psychotherapy. As a psychologist and art therapist,... (more)