Individual Psychotherapy Books
Personality Development
This book draws out the essence of a range of personality theories in a clear and accessible way, moving from the seminal works of Freud and other prominent analytical theorists, to the stage... (more)
Conscious and Unconscious
All forms of psychotherapy deal with the limitations of our awareness. We have limited knowledge of our creative potential, of the details of our own behaviour, of our everyday emotional states, of... (more)
Evolving Thought Field Therapy: The Clinician's Handbook of Diagnoses, Treatment, and Theory
Rooted in applied kinesiology and traditional Chinese medicine, evolving thought field therapy (EvTFT) has become an alternative psychotherapy of choice. Organized as a handbook, the authors instruct... (more)
Solution Oriented Therapy for Chronic and Severe Mental Illness
This book offers a new and hopeful way to think about and intervene with those who have tough psychiatric problems or long histories of treatment. It offers an approach to therapy that emphasises... (more)
Borderline Personality Disorder: A Patient's Guide to Taking Control
Rather than a single disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a complex constellation of feelings, actions and thoughts that often create difficult or life-threatening situations for the... (more)
Borderline Personality Disorder: A Therapist's Guide to Taking Control
Rather than a single disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a complex constellation of feelings, actions and thoughts that often create difficult or life-threatening situations for the... (more)
Twelve Months to Your Ideal Private Practice
This book is a year-long, progressive practice-building program offering therapists an abundance of information, ideas, and strategies for working successfully in private practice. It provides a... (more)
Nature and narrative: An introduction to the new philosophy of psychiatry
Our ability to decipher mental disorders depends on both the sciences and the humanities: science provides insight into "causes" and the humanities provides insight into "meanings". This text aims to... (more)
Borderline Personality Disorder: A Practical Guide to Treatment
See catalogue number 27002 for the paperback edition. "Borderline Personality Disorder: A Practical Guide for Treatment" draws on the latest research and clinical experience to provide an accessible... (more)
A Guide to Inclusive Therapy: 26 Methods of Respectful Resistance-Dissolving Therapy.
In this practical yet light-hearted guide, Bill OHanlon synthesizes his vast experience in marriage and family therapy, counseling, hypnosis, and solution-focused therapies to form "inclusive... (more)
The Stories We Live by: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self
'Who am I?' 'How do I fit in the world around me?' From early childhood, we are all faced with key questions of human identity. This revealing and innovative book demonstrates that each of us... (more)
Integrating Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy: Dissolving the Mind-Brain Barrier.
Both pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy can help people with psychiatric disorders. This book summarises research in combined treatments and discusses the manner in which each can aid the other. (more)
Solution-Focused Treatment of Domestic Violence Offenders: Accountability for Change
This book describes a cutting-edge treatment approach that creates effective, positive changes in domestic violence offenders. Solution-focused therapy focuses on holding offenders accountable and... (more)
The Client-Centred Therapists in Psychiatric Contexts: A Therapist's Guide to the Psychiatric Landscape and its Inhabitants
Why do not more client-centred therapists work in psychiatric settings? Whatever the answer, this book is a solid attempt to pave the way for a greater involvement. Lisbeth Sommerbeck brings over 25... (more)
Freedom to Practise: Person-Centred Approaches to Supervision
This book is the first to focus exclusively on person-centred supervision. The editors explore the practice of supervision in the light of person-centred philosophy and theory, review and critique... (more)
Pre-Therapy: Reaching Contact-Impaired Clients
Developed by Garry Prouty and his associates over 30 years, Pre-Therapy is a method for anyone wanting to work with people whose ability to establish and maintain psychological contact is impaired... (more)
Depression: The Way out of Your Prison: Third Edition
Depression is the experience of a terrible isolation, of being alone in a prison. However, by understanding how we build the prison of depression we can dismantle it forever. This text contains... (more)
Time Limited Therapy in Primary Care: A Person-Centred Dialogue
''This book delineates the foundations and clinical work of person-centred counsellors in a practice setting. Six sessions are the maximum number of sessions typically available to clients in this... (more)
Person-Centred Therapy: A Clinical Philosophy
The person-centred approach is one of the most popular, enduring and respected approaches to psychotherapy and counselling. Person-Centred Therapy returns to its original formulations to define it as... (more)
New Approaches to Integration in Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is an area that has seen huge growth in prominence and practice. The range of theoretical schools that have emerged means that practitioners are striving to amalgamate and synthesise... (more)
Principles of Therapeutic Change That Work
This book transcends particular models of psychotherapy and treatment techniques and procedures, giving special attention to the empirical grounding of multiple contributors to change. The result is... (more)
Introducing Psychotherapy: A Graphic Guide
Here is a unique and valuable summary of this complex profession, focussing on the main types of therapies: the "talking cures" of psychoanalysis; behavioural and cognitive techniques; somatic... (more)
Core Processes in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Advancing Effective Practice
Many students enter graduate programmes with little or no experience of psychodynamic psychotherapy. Efforts to impart clinical skills have often been less than systematic and beginning... (more)
Affirmative Psychotherapy and Counseling for Lesbians and Gay Men
For practising therapists, as well as students, this book gives practical and usable information on how to provide affirmative therapy to lesbians and gay men. Research examples and numerous case... (more)
Patient Manual for the Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP):
Designed for distribution to patients, this concise guide provides basic information about chronic depression and a clear introduction to CBASP (Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy). (more)
Working with Interpreters in Mental Health
Informed by theoretical, research and practice considerations, Working with Interpreters in Mental Health helps practitioners to develop better ways of helping service users who need an interpreter. (more)