Individual Psychotherapy Books
The Little Psychotherapy Book: Object Relations in Practice
Aimed at beginning therapists and those new to object relations, this concise work introduces the reader to the practice of psychodynamic psychotherapy from an object relations (O-R) perspective in a... (more)
Neurobiology Essentials for Clinicians: What Every Therapist Needs to Know
A primer on brain functionality as it relates to therapeutic work.
This book presents an overview of the latest theories of affect regulation and focuses on how these theories work in clinical... (more)
Ageing and Older Adult Mental Health: Issues and Implications for Practice (Hardback)
This book examines the issues and implications that mental health professionals face when dealing with ageing and older adults. The book explores the area of ageing and focuses on the biological,... (more)
Religion That Heals, Religion That Harms: A Guide for Clinical Practice
From James L. Griffith, well known for his work on harnessing the healing potential of religion and spirituality, this book helps clinicians to intervene effectively in situations where religion is... (more)
Meditation and Yoga in Psychotherapy: Techniques for Clinical Practice
Consistent with the positive psychology movement, meditative yoga practice puts people on a positive path to actualize change. This timely and unique book provides practical tools for integrating... (more)
Psychotherapy Integration
In Psychotherapy Integration George Stricker discusses the history, theory, and practice of this approach to therapy. Although no single therapeutic model claims a majority of practitioners, the most... (more)
Contextual Anger Regulation Therapy for the Treatment of Clinical Anger: A Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Approach
Intended to fill a gap in the existing counseling literature, this text describes the integrative and innovate approach developed by the authors for use in the treatment of clinical anger, Anger... (more)
Voices from the Field: Defining Moments in Counselor and Therapist Development
All professional counselors can identify a number of key turning points in their careers: moments, interactions, and processes that crystallized key realizations for them regarding their practice... (more)
Spirituality in Clinical Practice: Theory and Practice of Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy: Second Edition
Psychotherapists are increasingly expected to incorporate the spiritual as well as the psychological dimension in their professional work. Therapists also are increasingly required to utilize... (more)
God Image Handbook for Spiritual Counseling and Psychotherapy: Research, Theory, and Practice
Learn seven clinical approaches to working with the God image in psychotherapy Each person has two ideas of God - the God concept and the God image. The God concept is intellectual in nature, while... (more)
Evidence from Within: A Paradigm for Clinical Practice
This book squarely addresses the question: does psychotherapy work? It proposes an innovative model of psychological and psychiatric assessment and treatment. Having read this book, the practitioner... (more)
Ethical and Legal Issues for Mental Health Professionals: In Forensic Settings
Comprehensively focuses on the integration of ethical, legal, and clinical issues for practicing mental health professionals dealing with legal processes in forensic settings. This unique text is... (more)
Contented Dementia: 24-hour Wraparound Care for Lifelong Well-being
Dementia is a little understood and currently incurable illness, but much can be done to maximise the quality of life for people with the condition. Contented Dementia - by clinical psychologist and... (more)
Handbook of Contemporary Psychotherapy: Toward an Improved Understanding of Effective Psychotherapy
Comprehensively describes the key constructs and key skills involved in the craft of psychotherapy. The chosen constructs contained in this handbook were selected because of their important roles in... (more)
Casebook for Clinical Supervision: A Competency-Based Approach
Supervision plays a central role in the clinical training of mental health professionals. This title describes supervision as process - the process of becoming competent, the process of... (more)
How to Use Herbs, Nutrients and Yoga in Mental Health Care
Leaders in the field of complementary medicine present a comprehensive yet compact guide to herbs, nutrients, and yoga as adjuncts to mental health therapy. (more)
A Curious Calling: Unconscious Motivations for Practising Psychotherapy: Second Edition
"What brings you here?" is the standard question posed to patients at the outset of their therapeutic journey. In "A Curious Calling", this question is posed to therapists themselves. Applicants to... (more)
The Treatment of Sex Offenders with Developmental Disabilities: A Practice Workbook
A practical treatment manual, specifically developed for use with offenders who have intellectual disabilities, which will help clinicians to prepare and run therapeutic group sessions as part of an... (more)
Psychotherapy Training and Practice: A Journey into the Shadow Side
An exploration of the extensive intra-personal, interpersonal and group dynamic landscape of human experience pertinent to the understanding of the human shadow in the training of psychotherapists.... (more)
Strategies of Psychotherapy: Second Edition
This classic work deals with the strategies of both psychotherapists and clients as they maneuver each other in the process of treatment. How a therapist induces a client to change is described... (more)
Now it All Makes Sense: Recovery Through Self-Knowledge
The author, an experienced clinician, describes psychotherapy work as a creative, courageous, healing patient/doctor endeavour that he terms 'self-knowledge', or 'self-understanding' therapy. In so... (more)
Critical Review of the Current Trends in Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology
This work reviews the main literature but also areas that have been 'under-researched'. This book is designed to provide a forum, guided by a critical rationalism perspective, for leading scholars,... (more)
Overcoming Resistant Personality Disorders: A Personalized Psychotherapy Approach
"Personalized Psychotherapy: Overcoming Resistant Personality Cases" helps clinicians adjust their plans to personalities and treatment of the whole, complex person. Chapters cover personalized... (more)
Moderating Severe Personality Disorders: A Personalized Psychotherapy Approach
Increasingly, therapists are concerned that treatment plans focus too much on prescriptive labels and syndromes and not enough on the individual patient's circumstances. "Personalized Psychotherapy"... (more)
Dialogue and Desire: Mikhail Bakhtin and the Linguistic Turn in Psychotherapy
Mikhail Bakhtin, the Russian philosopher and cultural critic, was one of the pioneers of the 'linguistic turn' in philosophy and is now widely associated with the concept of the dialogical self and... (more)
Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy: An Integrative, Personality-Based Treatment for Complex Cases
For individuals with chronic, complex problems that include multiple Axis I disorders comorbid with personality disorders, the barriers to change are significant. This book presents a powerful... (more)
Meaning-Full Disease: How Personal Experience and Meanings Cause and Maintain Physical Illness
The book is grounded upon Brian Broom's extensive professional involvement with physical diseases that are a powerful expression of the patients' emotional themes and life-stories. They are... (more)
Research and Psychotherapy: The Vital Link
"Research and Psychotherapy" is a valuable resource for beginner and seasoned clinicians alike. The book will serve as an excellent text for graduate level courses in psychology, especially suitable... (more)
Psychotherapy and Counselling for Depression: Third Edition
"Psychotherapy and Counselling for Depression: Third Edition", is an introduction to the subject of depression and the counselling strategies used to help people who are suffering from this most... (more)
Staying Well After Psychosis: A Cognitive Interpersonal Approach to Recovery and Relapse Prevention
Relapse rates are high in people who experience psychosis, with serious personal, family, social and financial costs. While interest in the psychological treatment is growing, there has been no book,... (more)