Individual Psychotherapy Books
Beckett and Bion: The (Im)Patient Voice in Psychotherapy and Literature
This book focuses on Samuel Beckett’s psychoanalytic psychotherapy with W. R. Bion as a central aspect both of Beckett’s and Bion’s radical transformations of literature and psychoanalysis. The... (more)
Sexual Boundary Violations: Therapeutic, Supervisory, and Academic Contexts
Sexual boundary violations are considered the most series ethical infraction in the mental health profession, as well as in higher education and pastoral counseling. Recognized as unethical due to... (more)
Moments of Uncertainty in Therapeutic Practice: Interpreting within the Matrix of Projective Identification, Countertransference, and Enactment
One of therapy's greatest challenges is the moment of transference, when a patient unconsciously transfers emotion or desire to a new and present object - in some cases the therapist. During the... (more)
How Money Talks
Money speaks in everyday life and in literature of our greed and our generosity, our pride and our humiliation and as it passes among us it shows our creativity and our ability to co-operate even... (more)
Psychodynamic Theory in Therapeutic Practice: Second Edition
This approachable text provides a brilliantly clear account of the major psychodynamic theories and their development. Vivid pen portraits and rich case examples show how key concepts first... (more)
Vital Signs: Psychological Responses to Ecological Crisis
‘"Vital signs" are, of course, the basic physiological measures of functioning which health practitioners use to assess the gravity of a patient’s predicament. This anthology focuses not so much on... (more)
The Mirror Crack'd: When Good Enough Therapy Goes Wrong and Other Cautionary Tales for the Humanistic Practitioner
Revised edition. This title is as a wake-up call to take seriously the climate in which mental health professionals practice in which complaints and civil actions against psychotherapists and... (more)
Case Study Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Case-based knowledge forms an essential element of the evidence base for counselling and psychotherapy practice. This book provides the reader with a unique introduction to the conceptual and... (more)
An Uneasy Dwelling: The Story of the Philadelphia Association Community Houses
Providing places of asylum has been at the heart of the Philadelphia Association's endeavours for more than 40 years. Hundreds of men and women, whether formally designated 'mentally ill' or... (more)
The How-To Book for Students of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
This is a book that grew out of the many practical "how-to" questions that the author's psychotherapy students have asked him over the years. It is neither an evidence-based compendium nor an attempt... (more)
Critical Thinking in Counselling and Psychotherapy
This innovative new textbook examines the critical debates around key topics in counselling and psychotherapy. In nine sections - including Everyday Counselling Practice, Training and Curriculum... (more)
The Collected Writings of Robert J. Neborsky, MD, and Josette ten Have-de Labije: Two-volume Set
Over two decades, on two continents, Robert J. Neborsky, MD, and Josette ten Have-de Labije, PsyD, have struggled to define and perfect the psychotherapeutic methods of Habib Davanloo, MD. Both in... (more)
Forms of Vitality: Exploring Dynamic Experience in Psychology, the Arts, Psychotherapy, and Development
In his new book, eminent psychologist Daniel Stern, author of the classic The Interpersonal World of the Infant, explores the hitherto neglected topic of 'vitality' - that is, the force or power... (more)
The Compassionate Instinct: The Science of Human Goodness
Leading scientists and science writers reflect on the life-changing, perspective-changing, new science of human goodness.
In these pages you will hear from Steven Pinker, who asks, Why is there... (more)
Managing Vulnerability: The Underlying Dynamics of Systems of Care
Clinicians, managers and researchers - as well as politicians and religious leaders - are worrying about a lack of compassion and humanity in the care of vulnerable people in society.
In this book... (more)
Understanding Religion and Spirituality in Clinical Practice
Understanding Religion and Spirituality in Clinical Practice is a volume in the clinical practice monograph series from the Society of Analytical Psychology. This series is intended primarily for... (more)
Thinking for Clinicians: Philosophical Resources for Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the Humanistic Psychotherapies
Whether they are supervisees entering analytic training or veteran analysts with twenty years of private practice, many capable psychoanalysts express frustration or doubt when trying to locate their... (more)
The Past in the Present: Therapy Enactments and the Return of Trauma
Brings together for the first time contemporary ideas from both the psychoanalytic and humanist therapy traditions, looking at how trauma and enactments affect psychotherapeutic practice. Enactments... (more)
Anger, Rage and Relationship: An Empathic Approach to Anger Management
Presents a radically new way to understand and work with anger and rage issues. Taking a relational approach to anger and rage, the book presents a positive view of human nature, supported by recent... (more)
Life Scripts: A Transactional Analysis of Unconscious Relational Patterns
Life Scripts: A Transactional Analysis of Unconscious Relational Patterns is an exciting collection of contemporary writings on Life Script theory and psychotherapeutic methods. Each chapter... (more)
Beginnings in Psychotherapy: A Guidebook for New Therapists
Every new therapist faces a first session, often with trepidation. How do they prepare for that first session? How do they know what tools to apply on that first day, and over those first few weeks?... (more)
Psychotherapy and Culture: Weaving Inner and Outer Worlds
This book explores cross-cultural relationships and the psychological journey of migration, drawing from the author's extensive experience in this field. Many complex theoretical and clinical... (more)
Unbearable Affect: A Guide to the Psychotherapy of Psychosis
In this cohesive, dramatic, and highly readable book, David Garfield establishes a roadmap for the diagnosis and psychotherapeutic treatment of psychotic disorders based on finding, understanding and... (more)
Envy, Competition and Gender: Theory, Clinical Applications and Group Work
Envy Competition and Gender provides a unique perspective on gender difference in relation to envy and competitiveness, reframing and de-demonising these difficult emotions and revealing their... (more)
Contracts in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Second Edition
This second edition of "Contracts in Counselling and Psychotherapy" continues to be one of the few texts to provide an accessible but highly informative introduction to what contracts are, why they... (more)
Cutting it Out: A Journey Through Psychotherapy and Self-Harm
Cutting it Out is a largely autobiographical account of a young woman's battle with self-harm. Carolyn's story documents her own challenging journey, offering unique insights into her feelings about... (more)
The Transpersonal: Spirituality in Psychotherapy and Counselling: Second Edition
In this new edition of 'The Transpersonal', John Rowan takes account of the growing interest in spirituality, assessing the many new developments in the field and providing an essential overview of... (more)
Dialogical Meetings in Social Networks
This book describes and analyses two dialogic network practices: 'Open Dialogues' - developed for use in psychiatric crisis situations - and 'Anticipation Dialogues' - used in less acute situations... (more)
Becoming a Psychotherapist: A Clinical Primer
This well-respected guide to psychoanalytic psychotherapy addresses key issues for both beginning and practicing therapists, from the rhythm of the initial, middle, and final stages of therapy to the... (more)
Hunger Strike: The Anorectic's Struggle as a Metaphor for our Age
In this classic text, originally published in 1986, Susie Orbach brilliantly examines the anorectic's struggle. Anorexia is a battle; a battle to be thin; a battle of wills, denial versus desire. It... (more)