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The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy: Volume 4 Number 2

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy (IJFP) is a brand-new journal launched in 2019. It is published in conjunction with the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy and... (more)

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy: Volume 2 Number 1

Edited by Carine Minne, Jessica Collier

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy (IJFP) is a brand-new journal launched in 2019. It is published in conjunction with the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy and... (more)

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy: Volume 5 Number 1

Edited by Carine Minne, Annie Pesskin

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy (IJFP) is a brand-new journal launched in 2019. It is published in conjunction with the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy and... (more)

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy: Volume 3 Number 2

Edited by Carine Minne, Jessica Collier

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy (IJFP) is a brand-new journal launched in 2019. It is published in conjunction with the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy and... (more)

Forensic Aspects of Dissociative Identity Disorder

Edited by Adah Sachs, Graeme Galton

This ground-breaking book examines the role of crime in the lives of people with Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, a condition which appears to be... (more)

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy: Volume 4 Number 1

Edited by Carine Minne, Annie Pesskin

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy (IJFP) is a brand-new journal launched in 2019. It is published in conjunction with the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy and... (more)

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy: Volume 1 Number 1

Edited by Carine Minne, Jessica Collier

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy (IJFP) is a brand-new journal launching this year in the summer of 2019. It is published in conjunction with the International Association for... (more)

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy: Volume 3 Number 1

Edited by Carine Minne, Jessica Collier

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy (IJFP) is a brand-new journal launched in 2019. It is published in conjunction with the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy and... (more)

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy: Volume 1 Number 2

Edited by Carine Minne, Jessica Collier

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy (IJFP) is a brand-new journal launching this year in the summer of 2019. It is published in conjunction with the International Association for... (more)

Strengths-Based Approaches to Crime and Substance Use: From Drugs and Crime to Desistance and Recovery

Edited by David Best, Charlotte Colman

Although there is a strong and growing literature in the two areas of desistance and addiction recovery, they have developed along parallel pathways with little systematic assessment of the empirical... (more)

Disabling Perversions: Forensic Psychotherapy with People with Intellectual Disabilities

by Alan Corbett

The book offers an overview of how to work with some of the most damaged members of society - children and adults with intellectual disabilities who abuse others. Drawing on insight from two decades... (more)

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy: Volume 2 Number 2

Edited by Carine Minne, Jessica Collier

The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy (IJFP) is a brand-new journal launched in 2019. It is published in conjunction with the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy and... (more)

Playing with Dynamite: A Personal Approach to the Psychoanalytic Understanding of Perversions, Violence, and Criminality

by Estela V. Welldon

Estela Welldon brings together a generous selection derived from her many literary gems, in which she illustrates her groundbreaking-and sometimes explosive-studies of female sexuality and... (more)

The Psychology of Stalking: Clinical and Forensic Perspectives

Edited by J. Reid Meloy

This is the first scholarly book on stalking ever published. Virtually every serious writer and researcher in this area of criminal psychopathology has contributed a chapter. These chapters explore... (more)

Forensic Group Psychotherapy: The Portman Clinic Approach

Edited by John Woods, Andrew Williams

Forensic Group Psychotherapy: The Portman Clinic Approach stands as a comprehensive account of theoretical and practical approaches to the group treatment of patients who present with problematic... (more)

The Devil You Know: Encounters in Forensic Psychiatry

by Gwen Adshead

Dr Gwen Adshead is one of Britain's leading forensic psychiatrists. She treats serial killers, arsonists, stalkers, gang members and other individuals who are usually labelled 'monsters'. Whatever... (more)

Communicating with Vulnerable Patients: A Novel Psychological Approach

by M. Leticia Franieck

Communicating with Vulnerable Patients explores ways to improve the communication process between highly vulnerable patients and the therapist, based on the assumption of the permanent presence of an... (more)

Assessing Risk: A Relational Approach

by Stephen Blumenthal, Heather Wood

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)

The End of the Sentence: The Future of Psychotherapy with Female Offenders

Edited by Pamela Stewart, Jessica Collier

HMP Holloway was the biggest women's prison in Europe, historically holding many infamous female criminals and eliciting intrigue and fascination from the public. The End of the Sentence documents... (more)

Psychic Assaults and Frightened Clinicians: Countertransference in Forensic Settings

Edited by John Gordon, Gabriel Kirtchuk

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Individual Psychological Therapies in Forensic Settings: Research and Practice

Edited by Jason Davies, Claire Nagi

From the 'nothing works' maxim of the 1970s to evidence-based interventions to challenge recidivism and promote pro-social behavior, psychological therapy has played an important role in... (more)

New Horizons in Forensic Psychotherapy: Exploring the Work of Estela V. Welldon

Edited by Brett Kahr

New Horizons in Forensic Psychotherapy: Exploring the Work of Estela V. Welldon, edited by Professor Brett Kahr, contains many rich contributions by some of Welldon’s most distinguished former... (more)

Murder: A Psychotherapeutic Investigation

Edited by Ronald Doctor

'This book... shines a bright light on a murky world. The contributors attempt to understand the origins of murder, but they also deal with the detail of treatment and show us how professionals are... (more)

A Practical Guide to Forensic Psychotherapy

Edited by Estela V. Welldon, Cleo Van Velsen

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)

Forensic Psychotherapy

Edited by Jessica Yakeley, Gill McGauley

Forensic psychotherapy explores the roots of violent, sexual and antisocial behaviour. It is a relatively recently created discipline that applies psychoanalytic knowledge to the assessment,... (more)

Forensic Mental Health: Concepts, Systems, and Practice

Edited by Annie Bartlett, Gill McGauley

In the UK, we lock up more individuals per year than in any other part of Europe. Many of these are suffering from some form of treatable mental disorder, yet too often, prison is viewed as the only... (more)

Working with Violence: A Contemporary Psychoanalytic Approach

by Jessica Yakeley

It has become an urgent priority to tackle the problem of violence. But in an age preoccupied with public protection and risk, violent behaviour is more likely to provoke a punitive response than any... (more)

Memory and suggestibility in the forensic interview:

Edited by Jodi A. Quas, Mitchell L. Eisen

Memories are the ultimate foundation of testimony in legal settings ranging from criminal trials to divorce mediations and custody hearings. Yet there is mounting evidence of the various ways in... (more)

The Handbook of Forensic Psychopathology and Treatment

Edited by Maaike Cima

The Handbook of Forensic Psychopathology and Treatment explores the relationship between psychopathology and criminal behaviour in juveniles and adults. It provides a detailed explanation of the... (more)

Psychotherapy with Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse: The Invisible Men

by Alan Corbett

While the psychotherapeutic world has made significant strides in documenting the treatment of women victims of sexual abuse, little has been written on therapeutic responses to men. This may be... (more)