Individual Psychotherapy Books
Ten Lectures on Psychotherapy and Spirituality
This volume is a much-needed exploration of contemporary theories on psychotherapy and spirituality, moving away from the more traditional, non-spiritual aspects of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.... (more)
Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance: A Relational Treatment Guide
A half-century of psychotherapy research has shown that the quality of the therapeutic alliance is the most robust predictor of treatment success. This unique book provides a systematic framework for... (more)
How to Choose a Psychotherapist
The demand for psychotherapy and counselling is greater than ever. More and more people are enrolling on psychotherapy and counselling courses; the number of different associations in this industry... (more)
Infant-Parent Psychotherapy: A Handbook
This is a comprehensive handbook, full of vital information on the theory and practice of infant-parent psychotherapy, that will revolutionise the treatment of babies. It is essential reading for all... (more)
Supervising Psychotherapy
Supervising Psychotherapy examines the crucial role of supervision in the clinical, professional and personal development of therapists. Based on the view that supervision is in itself both a... (more)
A Primer for Beginning Psychotherapy:
A practical primer of psychotherapy, aimed especially at students and mental health professionals starting their careers. This concise guide addresses virtually all the questions posed by new... (more)
Ambiguous loss: Learning to live with unresolved grief
New in paperback. Frozen sadness - what we have when we cannot really know what we have lost. This is what Pauline Boss illuminates, explores, and helps to ease. The loss could be a loved one still... (more)
Psychodynamic-Interpersonal Therapy: A Conversational Model
This book presents for the first time, a practical manual for psychodynamic-interpersonal therapy. Drawing on forty years of research, teaching and practice, its expert authors guide you through the... (more)
Rent two films and let's talk in the morning: The practice of psychotherapeutic videowork
This text offers an introduction to using video in therapy and provides a ready-reference for therapists who want to assign videos as homework but need some guidance about what films to select in... (more)
Enactment: Toward a New Approach to Therapeutic Relationship
For many therapists, "enactment" has replaced previous action terms such as "acting in" and "acting out". This volume explores whether the concept adds clarity or a new perspective to the clinical... (more)
Emotional Armoring: An Introduction to Psychiatric Orgone Therapy
Though it is not a cure for all patients, psychiatric orgone therapy can effect significant changes in emotional disorders. The author was Wilhelm Reich's final pupil. He uses case studies and clear... (more)
Ground Rules in Psychotherapy and Counselling
Robert Langs has long been one of the most individual and controversial psychoanalytic theorists. In this book, he concentrates on one of the most prominent areas of his thought: his insistence upon... (more)
Therapy Across Culture
The author argues in this work that therapists must examine the external world of the client before making an interpretation about the internal one. The culturally sensitive therapist - the author... (more)
Rethinking Clinical Audit: Psychotherapy Services in the NHS
Clinical audit can be a powerful tool for change, but is often perceived as externally-imposed time-wasting. Focusing on applications of clinical audit in psychoanalytic psychotherapy NHS services,... (more)
Introduction to Psychopathology
Assessment and referral skills are essential for counsellors and psychotherapists. Practitioners need to have an understanding of the clinical manifestations of severe emotional distress. They must,... (more)
The Carl Rogers Reader
This volume stands as a splendid introduction to the life and work of a pioneering psychotherapist. Selections ranging from 1942 to 1987 provide a personal look at his early influences and marriage,... (more)
The Therapeutic Relationship: Second Edition
A coverage of the uses and abuses of the therapeutic relationship in counselling, psychology, psychotherapy and related fields. It provides a framework for integration, pluralism or deepening... (more)
The Limits of Interpretation
In his ground-breaking book, Peter Lomas discusses the importance of the relationship between patient and therapist, and puts forward the merits of a more opn, honest, and personal engagement. 212... (more)
A Living History of Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy: Engaging Reflectively with Theory and Methodology
This important book offers a comprehensive review of over seventy years of transactional analysis psychotherapy from within the field, considering its historical context and various applications, as... (more)
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET): For Survivors of Traumatic Stress: Third Edition
Extensive evidence shows that six to ten sessions of narrative exposure therapy (NET) can be sufficient to provide considerable relief from events such as organized violence, torture, war, rape, and... (more)
A Therapist’s Guide to Private Practice: Building a Values-based Business
This book is a comprehensive guide to setting up, running and growing a successful private therapy practice that resonates with your values and professional goals.
Guiding you through every... (more)
Critique and Affirmation in Erich Fromm: Humanistic Politics and the Psychoanalytic Clinic
Critique and Affirmation in Erich Fromm explores the relations between Erich Fromm’s theory and practice in politics and the psychoanalytic clinic – their points of continuity and... (more)
Self Psychology: Moving from Theory to Practice
This book offers an in-depth explanation of the concepts of Self Psychology and pragmatic steps for recognizing and using these concepts in clinical work, helping clinicians move from theory to... (more)
Body Psychotherapy: A Theoretical Foundation for Clinical Practice
This book introduces body psychotherapy as one of the essential approaches in psychotherapy, reflecting the increasing integration of the body into clinical mental health practice.
The book... (more)
Outsider Art and Psychoanalytic Psychiatry: The 'Nativity of Fools' at the Cogoleto Psychiatric Hospital
Outsider Art and Psychoanalytic Psychiatry is a study of psychiatric institutes and psychiatric violence as seen through art created by the inhabitants of a psychiatric hospital.
Cosimo Schinaia... (more)
Systems Psychodynamics: Theorist and Practitioner Voices from the Field
Through a series of in-depth interviews with Tavistock thinkers across three generations, this volume illustrates the practice and application of the systems psychodynamics paradigm to organisational... (more)
Therapy with Displaced and Highly Mobile Individuals: A Guide for In-Person and Online Practitioners
This book provides therapists with an understanding of displacement-related issues to help them better serve potential clients such as emigrants, expats, migrants, digital nomads – all those who have... (more)
Lover, Exorcist, Critic: Understanding Depth Psychotherapy
Since the introduction of psychoanalysis, radical paradigm shifts have occurred in philosophy, science, mathematics, and the arts. How we exchange information, how we interact on the global stage,... (more)