Individual Psychotherapy Books
Practical Ethics in Counselling and Psychotherapy: A Relational Approach
This highly engaging book introduces readers to the ethical dilemmas that therapists may face in their therapeutic practices. By mapping the counselling process from beginning to end, it focuses on... (more)
Interpretation and Interaction: Psychoanalysis or Psychotherapy?
In recent decades the relationship between psychoanalysis and psychotherapy has been a focal point for debate about the distinctiveness of analysis as a particular kind of therapeutic enterprise. In... (more)
Mind-Brain-Gene: Toward Psychotherapy Integration
The evolution of psychotherapy in the 21st Century demands integration. Instead of choosing from the blizzard of modalities and schools of the past, therapists must move towards finding common... (more)
Mothers Accused and Abused: Addressing Complex Psychological Needs
Mothers Accused and Abused: Addressing Complex Psychological Needs brings together stories about mothers who are accused of harming, and in some cases killing, their children, children who... (more)
Nietzsche and Psychotherapy
Drawing on over a century of international Nietzschean scholarship, this groundbreaking book discusses some of the unexplored psychological reaches of Nietzsche's thought, as well as their... (more)
If I chance to talk a little wild: A Memoir of Self and Other
A haunting and heartfelt memoir by a leading psychotherapist. This is the brutally honest, passionate and unorthodox sequel to the PEN Ackerley Prize shortlisted Who is it that can tell me who I am?... (more)
Integrating Counselling & Psychotherapy
This highly practical book presents a model for understanding distress and change in counselling and psychotherapy. It demonstrates the key similarity between different therapeutic approaches:... (more)
Buried Secrets: Remembrance of Things Past, Learning to live with those unwelcome feelings
Do you have a secret? No? Think again... Using simple language for the everyday reader, Buried Secrets gives descriptive accounts from real people who have been depressed with who they are, and how... (more)
Psychodynamic Perspectives on Asylum Seekers and the Asylum-Seeking Process: Encountering Well-Founded Fear
Psychodynamic Perspectives on Asylum Seekers and the Asylum-Seeking Process looks at the psychosocial assessment of asylum seekers from three perspectives: forensic, psychodynamic, and political and... (more)
The Affect Theory of Silvan Tomkins for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy: Recasting the Essentials
The Affect Theory of Silvan Tomkins for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy explores central issues in current clinical work, using the theories put forward by Silvan Tomkins and presenting them in... (more)
Therapy Stand-Up and the Gesture of Writing: Towards Creative-Relational Inquiry
Therapy, Stand-Up, and the Gesture of Writing is a sharp, lively exploration of the connections between therapy, stand-up comedy, and writing as a method of inquiry; and of how these connections can... (more)
The Art of Creating a Magical Session: Key Elements for Transformative Psychotherapy
Recent research has repeatedly confirmed that it is not the technique nor the theory, but the interaction between therapists and clients that creates change in clients. This practical guide outlines... (more)
Mutual Growth in the Psychotherapeutic Relationship: Reciprocal Resilience
Mutual Growth in the Psychotherapeutic Relationship: Reciprocal Resilience is an essential, innovative guide for mental health professionals who listen repeatedly to stories of devastation and... (more)
Intercultural Therapy: Challenges Insights and Developments
Intercultural Therapy: Challenges, Insights and Developments examines the impact of the work of the NAFSIYAT Intercultural Therapy Centre in North London, which focused on providing free,... (more)
The Basics of Psychotherapy
This book presents essential background necessary for understanding the role of theory in psychotherapy practice, and shows how understanding psychotherapy theory is the first step to becoming an... (more)
Generative Trance: The experience of creative flow
Stephen Gilligan's Generative Trance offers a framework for developing a more creative consciousness and lays out the step-by-step processes by which this can be done. William James used to say that... (more)
Systems Theories for Psychotherapists: From Theory to Practice
Systems Theories for Psychotherapists explores three key theories that underpin many of the models of psychotherapy: general systems theory, natural systems theory, and language systems theory. The... (more)
Phone Coaching in Dialectical Behavior Therapy
This is the first comprehensive guide to phone coaching in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) - an integral part of treatment that many clinicians find challenging. What are the principles and goals... (more)
Single-Session Therapy (SST): 100 Key Points and Techniques
Even in one session a therapist can make a difference. Single Session Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques presents the 100 main features of this way of working, providing an accessible, succinct... (more)
Trancework: An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis
For nearly four decades, Trancework has been the definitive textbook for thousands of professionals undergoing training in the art and science of clinical hypnosis. Now in its 5th edition, this... (more)
Handbook of Dialogical Self Theory and Psychotherapy: Bridging Psychotherapeutic and Cultural Traditions
In the Handbook of Dialogical Self Theory and Psychotherapy: Bridging Psychotherapeutic and Cultural Traditions, the editors bring together a wide variety of therapeutic approaches in order to... (more)
Therapist Self-Disclosure: An Evidence-Based Guide for Practitioners
Therapist Self-Disclosure gives clinicians professional and practical guidance on how and when to self-disclose in therapy. Chapters weave together theory, research, case studies, and applications to... (more)
Mental and Emotional Healing Through Yoga: A Guiding Framework for Therapists and their Clients
Mental and Emotional Healing Through Yoga combines key research on the intersection of yoga and mental health with a client-centered, step-by-step framework that can be applied to a range of complex... (more)
Mental Health and Well-Being: Alternatives to the Medical Model
Mental Health and Well-Being provides a sound foundation for understanding alternatives to the medical model of mental health. Students and professionals alike will find an easy to understand... (more)
Cognitive Analytic Therapy and the Politics of Mental Health
Cognitive Analytic Therapy and the Politics of Mental Health provides an overview of the development of CAT, and illuminates how the political context affects the way in which therapists consider... (more)
Forgiveness in Practice
Forgiveness has often viewed as a religious obligation but is increasingly being advocated as a means of healing, release and promoting wellbeing. Forgiveness is variously viewed as a duty, virtue or... (more)
Process-Focused Therapy: A Guide for Creating Effective Clinical Outcomes
Process-Focused Therapy weaves together three key perspectives to help clinicians create a more effective therapeutic session: client problems as faulty process, the goal of therapy as changing such... (more)
Using Diagrams in Psychotherapy: A Guide to Visually Enhanced Therapy
Using Diagrams in Psychotherapy presents the Visually Enhanced Therapy framework, a unique approach to communicating information in psychotherapy. The framework brings visual information processing... (more)
Intellectual Disability and Psychotherapy: The Theories, Practice, and Influence of Valerie Sinason
Intellectual Disability and Psychotherapy: The Theories, Practice and Influence of Valerie Sinason charts the impact of the noted psychotherapist's work with children and adults with intellectual... (more)
Why Don't I Feel Good Enough?: Using Attachment Theory to Find a Solution
Why Don't I Feel Good Enough? Using Attachment Theory to Find a Solution offers a guide to how early emotional bonds affect our adult relationships and how psychological theory can help us to find... (more)