Individual Psychotherapy Books
Beyond Individualism: Towards a New Undersanding of Self, Relationship
In this treatment of some of the oldest dilemmas of psychology and relationship, Gordon Wheeler challenges the most basic tenet of the Western cultural tradition: the individualist self. (more)
The Supervisory Relationship: A Contemporary Psychodynamic Approach
Since the 1980s many psychodynamic therapists have begun to view the relational processes taking place between patient and therapist as a central source of transformation. This volume elaborates a... (more)
Person-centred Therapy Today: New Frontiers in Theory and Practice
Person-Centred Therapy Today represents a significant contribution to the development of the person-centred approach. It will be read by teachers and students of counselling and psychology who wish... (more)
Letters from the clinic: Letter writing in clinical practice for mental health professionals
Applies detailed literary and psychological analysis to over forty letters, highlighting why certain words or phrases were used, how they could have been put better. 130 pages. (more)
Psychodynamic Approaches to Sexual Problems
Covers topics including: How do we currantly understand sexual dysfunction? How can psychodynamic theories contribute to an understanding of sexual difficulties? And how can we treat sexual problems... (more)
How Much Is Enough?: Endings in Psychotherapy and Counselling
Looking at the reasons why therapy can go on for too long or can come to a destructively premature ending, this text offers advice on how to avoid either. Using examples and practical guidelines,... (more)
Psychodynamic psychotherapy: Learning to Listen From Multiple Perspectives
Designed to teach therapists how to listen and intervene from multiple perspectives. Through study and analysis of session transcripts, the reader learns how to listen and formulate interpretations... (more)
Ethics: Working with Ethical and Moral Dilemmas in Psychotherapy
The book brings together a wide range of theoretical perspectives on ethics and morality, from formal research studies to theoretical and philisophical explanations of the ethics of psychotherapy.... (more)
Assessment in Psychotherapy
This book sets out to address the complexities of psychoanalytic assessment. Comprises a comprehensive review of relevant literature and contributions from various psychotherapists on the different... (more)
A Practical Guide to Forensic Psychotherapy
This practical text covers both the theory and practice of forensic psychology, and contains a range of case studies concerning not only violent crime but also 'white collar' crime. It also provides... (more)
Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy: A Manual of the Experiential Method
Examining the moment-to-moment process of therapy, this text offers ways to engender effective movement. It concentrates on the ongoing client therapist relationship and ways in which the therapist's... (more)
Somatic Illness and the Patient's Other Story
This book is about what can happen when one takes seriously the connections between the presented physical symptoms and the patient's account of them. The author argues that the meaning of a... (more)
The Carl Rogers Reader
This volume stands as a splendid introduction to the life and work of a pioneering psychotherapist. Selections ranging from 1942 to 1987 provide a personal look at his early influences and marriage,... (more)
Breast cancer: A psychological treatment manual
This manual is designed to educate and involve therapists and counsellors in the psychological treatment of patients and their families. It addresses the emotional responses of breast cancer... (more)
Supervision of Psychotherapy and Counselling: Making a Place to Think
This text asks three questions about supervision: What do we really know about the supervision of therapy and counselling? What makes it easier, and what gets in the way? How do therapy and... (more)
Suicide and the unconscious
This text explores the role of the unconscious in suicidal behaviour. Case studies and examples of dreams and suicide notes are provided, and the assessment and treatment of suicidal patients are... (more)
The Mass Psychology of Fascism
In this classic study, Reich provides insight into the phenomenon of fascism, which continues to ravage the international community in ways great and small.
Drawing on his medical expereinces... (more)
The Therapeutic Relationship: Second Edition
A coverage of the uses and abuses of the therapeutic relationship in counselling, psychology, psychotherapy and related fields. It provides a framework for integration, pluralism or deepening... (more)
The Art and Science of Assessment in Psychotherapy
In this work twelve practitioners of psychotherapy describe the methods they use in their assessments, and how these have developed. The approaches covered include: psychoanalytic psychotherapy;... (more)
Intuition in Therapeutic Practice: A Mind-Centered Depth Approach for Healing
Margaret Arnd-Caddigan helps clinicians to expand their understanding of intuition by introducing mind-centered dynamic therapy (MCDT), providing them with the tools to incorporate this approach into... (more)
A Primer for Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT): Cultivating Fitness and Growth in Every Client
This essential text from the leading authority on Emotionally Focused Therapy, Susan M. Johnson, and colleague, T. Leanne Campbell, apply the key interventions of EFT to work with individuals,... (more)
The Development of a Therapist: Healing Others - Healing Self
Louis Cozolino, one of our most compelling clinical writers, takes us inside the mind and heart of a seasoned therapist, carrying on the tradition of personal and professional writing begun in The... (more)
How We Practice Therapy Now
Psychotherapy is not confined to the office: it can be online, virtual, wellness-oriented, flexible and in service of public wellness. COVID-19 has forever changed the landscape of psychotherapy in... (more)
A Straight Talking Introduction to the Power Threat Meaning Framework: An alternative to psychiatric diagnosis
The current mainstream way of describing psychological and emotional distress assumes it is the result of medical illnesses that need diagnosing and treating. This book summarises a powerful... (more)
Affective Neuroscience in Psychotherapy: A Clinician's Guide for Working with Emotions
Most psychological disorders involve distressful emotions, yet emotions are often regarded as secondary in the etiology and treatment of psychopathology. This book offers an alternative model of... (more)
Evidence-Based Practice in Action: Bridging Clinical Science and Intervention
A growing number of empirically supported treatments are available to mental health practitioners, yet evidence-based practice requires knowledge and skills that are often overlooked in clinical... (more)
Queering Your Therapy Practice: Queer Theory, Narrative Therapy, and Imagining New Identities
Queering Your Therapy Practice: Queer Theory, Narrative Therapy, and Imagining New Identities is the first practice-based book for therapists that presents queer theory and narrative therapy as... (more)
Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself
Our ego, and its accompanying sense of self-doubt, is one affliction we all share. And while our ego claims to have our best interests at heart, in its never-ending pursuit of attention and power, it... (more)