Individual Psychotherapy Books
Mentalization-Based Treatment for Pathological Narcissism: A Handbook
Despite the growing cultural and empirical interest in narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder, therapists often feel confused and overwhelmed about how to help patients struggling with... (more)
Brief Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy: A Clinician's Guide: Second Edition
Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT) is a brief psychodynamic psychotherapy developed for the treatment of mood disorders. It is now offered in the UK in NHS for the treatment of depression and has... (more)
Essentials of Compassion Focused Therapy: A Practice Manual for Clinicians
This book presents a comprehensive, 12-module transdiagnostic program to deliver Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) in group and individual settings.
Offering an accessible step-by-step guide to... (more)
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET): For Survivors of Traumatic Stress
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)
Transforming Race Conversations: A Healing Guide for Us All
If we are to address the injustice of racism, we need to have the “race conversation”. All too often, however, attempts at this conversation are met with silence, denial, anger or hate. This is... (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)
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Between Identity and Change
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Between Identity and Change reconsiders psychoanalytic psychotherapy for contemporary contexts.
This book stems from several years-long study and research pathway... (more)
Towards an Integrated Analytical Psychology: Return to Freedom and Dignity
Towards an Integrated Analytical Psychology presents a sophisticated overview of some of the salient philosophical, cultural, social, and clinical ingredients that have gone into contemporary visions... (more)
Forgiveness Therapy: An Empirical Guide for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope
This second edition, now in paperback, updates and expands the pioneering work of Enright and Fitzgibbons, with new case studies, new empirical evaluation, modern philosophical roots of forgiveness... (more)
Deliberate Practice in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
Deliberate practice exercises help trainees achieve competence in essential psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy skills and apply them in a range of clinical situations while honing their own personal... (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)
Deliberate Practice in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Deliberate practice exercises help trainees achieve competence in essential psychodynamic therapy skills and apply them in a range of clinical situations while honing their own personal style and... (more)
Therapy: The Basics
Therapy: The Basics is an introductory book to psychotherapy and its different theoretical approaches. It attempts to demystify and de-stigmatise therapy by answering some common questions posed by... (more)
Radical-Relational Perspectives in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy: Oppression, Alienation, Reclamation
Radical-Relational Perspectives in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy assesses various forms of oppression in current, historical and personal perspectives and considers the impact this has on the... (more)
APA Handbook of Psychotherapy: Volume 1: Theory-Driven Practice and Disorder-Driven Practice Volume 2: Evidence-Based Practice, Practice-Based Evidence, and Contextual Participant-Driven Practice
The 2-volume APA Handbook of Psychotherapy comprehensively presents the field based on the primary ways in which professionals practice psychotherapy and affect such practice through theory,... (more)
Psychotherapeutic Competencies: Techniques, Relationships, and Epistemology in Systemic Practice
This book provides a clear and concise description of the multifaceted notion of psychotherapeutic competencies, building on years of research and training and informed by a systemic... (more)
Erotically Queer: A Pink Therapy Guide for Practitioners
Erotically Queer is a practice guide for clinicians, bringing together experts in their field with pioneering topics within GSRD (Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity).
Chapters cover an array... (more)
Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies in Crisis Intervention: Fourth Edition
The most comprehensive guide to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with clients in crisis is now in a significantly revised fourth edition with 75% new material. Over 15 years of clinical and... (more)
Heideggerian Existential Therapy: Philosophical Ideas in Practice
Heideggerian Existential Therapy focuses on Martin Heidegger’s philosophy in order to provide both a wider accessibility as well as understanding of its relevance to therapeutic practice.
This... (more)
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Smoking Cessation: The Cigarette as a Transitional Object
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Smoking Cessation: The Cigarette as a Transitional Object provides an accessible understanding to the unconscious motive behind smoking addiction using Winnicott’s... (more)
Collaborative Writing and Psychotherapy: Flattening the Hierarchy Between Therapist and Client
Collaborative Writing and Psychotherapy delves into the relationship that develops between client and therapist as they embark on a collaborative autoethnographic writing practice.
The book... (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)
What is Paranormal?: Some Implications for Psychological Therapies
A layman will no doubt find it hard to understand how pathological disorders of the body and mind can be eliminated by 'mere' words. He will feel that he is being asked to believe in magic. And he... (more)
Theraplay Innovations and Integration
Officially endorsed by The Theraplay Institute, this handbook builds on the core concepts of Theraplay and explores innovative ways to integrate the approach with other therapeutic models for diverse... (more)
We Are Still Here: What Counsellors and Therapists Can Learn from the Lived Experiences of Child Sexual Abuse Survivors
Child sexual abuse leaves a legacy that continues to affect survivors in adulthood. This practical book is full of personal stories that provide helping professionals with the knowledge they need to... (more)
The State of the Psychoanalytic Nation, Volume I
This book charts the ways in which psychoanalytic psychotherapy has been implemented, developed and researched within the public sectors of twelve different countries around the world. It discusses... (more)
The State of the Psychoanalytic Nation, Volume II
This book, the second of the two volumes, continues to chart the ways in which psychoanalytic psychotherapy has been implemented, developed and researched within the public sectors of six different... (more)
Therapists Challenging Racism and Oppression: The unheard voices
This is a book about racism and its intersections with other forms of oppression within the talking therapies, told from the therapist's perspective. Inside are powerful, first-person accounts of the... (more)
Psychotherapy and Unstable Notions of Masculinity
What are our values as psychotherapists and clients regarding differing notions of masculinity? Furthermore, what stops us thinking about them? This book explores our thoughts and expressions about... (more)
Beyond Language in Relational Psychotherapy: The Selected Works of Helena Hargaden
This collection of articles by Dr. Helena Hargaden makes the case for the evolution of relational theory from a scientific and poetic knowledge base, expressing the different forms of human... (more)