Counselling Books
The Art of Counselling
An indispensable guide for anyone engaged in counselling, or interested in understanding the inner workings of personality.
The Art of Counselling is an insightful guide for all who work in... (more)
Intercultural Music Therapy Consultation Research: Shared Humanity in Collaborative Theory and Practice
Drawing on primary research undertaken in a special school in Belarus, this book provides fresh perspectives on supporting the optimisation of relationships between teaching staff and hard-to-reach... (more)
An Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy: From Theory to Practice
This latest edition introduces you to the fundamentals of counselling and psychotherapy, accompanied by fresh research, perspectives and case-studies - ensuring comprehensive and up-to-date coverage... (more)
Relational Savoring: Using Guided Reflection to Strengthen Relationships and Improve Outcomes in Therapy
This book provides an overview of the science and practice of relational savoring, a brief, guided reflection exercise that helps clients reconnect with memories of being closely connected with... (more)
What Therapists Need to Know About Perinatal and Early Relational Health: A Guide to Anti-Oppressive Counseling with Caregivers, Babies, and Young Children
What Therapists Need to Know About Perinatal and Early Relational Health is a vital and timely text that will strengthen any clinician’s awareness and competence when working with children, infants,... (more)
The Psychology of Counselling
What is counselling and how can it help? Does counselling work? How is counselling different from talking to my family and friends about my problems?
The Psychology of Counselling explains the... (more)
An Evidence-Based Systems Approach to School Counseling: Advocating Student-within-Environment
This book presents strategies for using systemic theory and evidence-based practice in schools to support students, the adults in their lives, and their wider communities.
Beginning by... (more)
Dealing with Emotional Problems Using Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT): A Practitioner's Guide
In this practical companion to the client manual, Windy Dryden draws on Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) – an approach that focuses on identifying, examining and changing the rigid/extreme... (more)
Dealing with Emotional Problems Using Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT): A Client's Guide
The second edition of Dealing with Emotional Problems Using Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: A Client's Guide offers clear, practical advice on how to deal with some of the most common emotional... (more)
Somatic Maternal Healing: Psychodynamic and Somatic Trauma Treatment for Perinatal Mental Health
Somatic Maternal Healing introduces a cutting-edge understanding of the body into the growing field of perinatal mental health. Chapters lay out a complete trauma treatment model for maternal mental... (more)
Working Within Diversity: A Reflective Guide to Anti-Oppressive Practice in Counselling and Therapy
In this reflective guide, Myira Khan tackles what it means to work within diversity as a therapist - to actively reflect on your own identity and experiences and how they affect the therapeutic... (more)
Art Therapy and Career Counseling: Creative Strategies for Career Development Across the Lifespan
Art Therapy and Career Counseling is a comprehensive career development guide that offers creative approaches for understanding, assessing, and supporting ethical career development... (more)
The Guide to Buddhist Counseling
Buddhist concepts and practices have become increasingly popular and integrated into professional psychology. This book is the first to propose a theoretical orientation for counseling based on Early... (more)
Exploring the Concept of Feel for Wellbeing and Performance: How We Lost the Felt Experience, Why it Matters, and How to Return to Our Natural Way of Being
This book analyses and unpacks the term Feel by exploring its many definitions and examples in real life. Incorporating psychological theories and case studies, it offers a groundbreaking look into... (more)
Creating a Meaningful Life: A Practical Guide for Counselors, Therapists, and Other Helping Professionals
Creating a Meaningful Life builds on the tenets of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) to answer some of life’s basic questions, such as "How do I create a meaningful, purposeful life?" and... (more)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Christian Clients: A Faith-Based Workbook
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Christian Clients: A Faith-Based Workbook: Second Edition, is an indispensable companion for mental health professionals and their clients. The new edition... (more)
Advanced Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Learning, Integrating, and Consolidating the Nonlinear Thinking of Master Practitioners
The second edition of Advanced Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy covers advanced helping- skills topics, including inductive reasoning, Socratic questioning, and creatively creating second-... (more)
Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Learning the Essential Domains and Nonlinear Thinking of Master Practitioners
Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Third edition, helps students in introductory counseling courses prepare for practice with real clients by learning to think in a new way, rather than... (more)
Integrating Spirituality into Counseling: Methods and Practices
- A broad, concise and practical overview of the field
- Inspirational ways of understanding topics related to spirituality and counseling through an interdisciplinary lens
- Short but... (more)
Supporting Young People through Everyday Chaos: Counselling When Things Fall Apart
This book provides ways to support and counsel young people struggling to adapt and live with the constant possibility of things breaking down, of normal life being overtaken by chaos.
Covering... (more)
My Black Motherhood: Mental Health, Stigma, Racism and the System
Joyful. Graceful. Blessed. Strong. Anxious. Depressed. Stigmatised. Stereotyped.
What happens when motherhood isn't what you expected - and when you reach out for support, you are met with... (more)
Roles and Contexts in Counselling Psychology: Professionals in Practice
Roles and Contexts in Counselling Psychology looks at the different contexts that counselling psychologists typically work within, offering a snapshot of the ‘day job’.
The book provides... (more)
Emotion-Focused Counselling in Action
This is the definitive introduction to the theory and practice of emotion-focused counselling. Starting with an introduction to the main theory and concepts, it then guides you through the... (more)
The New Handbook of Counseling Supervision
The classic edition of this groundbreaking book includes a new preface from the authors discussing developments in the field since the handbook's initial publication. Chapters provide an overview of... (more)
Highly Effective Therapy: Effecting Deep Change in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Second Edition
Trainees and practitioners need a trusted resource for mastering the essential skills and competencies necessary for effecting deep, lasting change in their clients. This second edition of Highly... (more)
The Embodied Brain and Sandtray Therapy: Stories of Healing and Transformation
The Embodied Brain and Sandtray Therapy invites readers to absorb the magic and mystery of sandtray therapy through a collection of stories.
Woven throughout these pages is the neurobiological... (more)
Digital Play Therapy: A Clinician’s Guide to Comfort and Competence: Second Edition
The newly updated Digital Play Therapy focuses on the responsible integration of technology into play therapy during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
With respect for the many different... (more)
Single-Session Therapy: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions
In Single-Session Therapy: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions, Windy Dryden takes the questions raised by participants from his workshops and training events on SST and provides answers in a... (more)
Coaching Women to Lead: Changing the World from the Inside
Ten years ago, the first edition of this book asked why there was such a low number of women filling leadership roles and outlined what it took for women to succeed in their careers. Since then,... (more)
Outcome Measures and Evaluation in Counselling and Psychotherapy
This book sets in context the role of outcome measurement research - taking you step-by-step through the research process and beyond to consider the wider professional and ethical issues involved.... (more)