Individual Psychotherapy Books
Getting Old: A Positive and Practical Approach
Getting Old offers concise advice and practical suggestions for all readers interested in or worried about ageing, either in themselves or in someone they care about. With a focus on a positive view... (more)
Transforming Themes: Creative Perspectives on Therapeutic Interaction
Transforming Themes challenges the dominant view of psychotherapy as a structured, reductionist process. Instead, it views psychotherapy as an alive, unrehearsed interaction that embraces healing... (more)
Essential Resources for Mindfulness Teachers
Essential Resources for Mindfulness Teachers offers the reader a wealth of knowledge about the explicit and implicit aspects of mindfulness-based teaching.
The book focuses on how to develop the... (more)
A Contemporary Approach to Clinical Supervision: The Supervisee Perspective
The most critical and influential relationship affecting one's growth as a mental health professional is the relationship between the clinician and the supervisor. Good supervisors breed good... (more)
Sexual Grounding Therapy: Context, Theory and Practice
This important book explores the history of sexuality and the breadth of support available to people experiencing sex and relationship challenges, presenting a model of psychosexual therapy that's... (more)
Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself
Our ego, and its accompanying sense of self-doubt, is one affliction we all share. And while our ego claims to have our best interests at heart, in its never-ending pursuit of attention and power, it... (more)
Compulsive Sexual Behaviours: A Psycho-Sexual Treatment Guide for Clinicians
Compulsive Sexual Behaviours offers a unique approach to the struggles people face with their out-of-control sexual behaviours.
This comprehensive guide is deeply rooted in the science of... (more)
On Becoming a Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapist
Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy is much more than a series of skills and techniques, but rather a vital human activity. It starts with the inner being of the therapist, that is, his or her... (more)
Finding Our Way Home: Women's Accounts of Being Sent to Boarding School
Finding Our Way Home: Women’s Accounts of Being Sent to Boarding School shares the personal stories of sixteen women, all of whom were sent away to board at an early age. Their accounts delve into... (more)
Living with Mental Illness in a Globalised World: Combating Stigma and Barriers to Healthcare
Living with Mental Illness in a Globalised World systematically examines the manifold contributions to the burdens of living with mental illness in a developing and globalised world. It explores the... (more)
Single Session Thinking and Practice in Global, Cultural, and Familial Contexts: Expanding Applications
Single Session Thinking and Practice teaches readers how to implement single session approaches by encouraging practitioners and clients to collaborate in making the most of every encounter. Single... (more)
The Next Generation of Solution Focused Practice: Stretching the World for New Opportunities and Progress
The Next Generation of Solution Focused Practice shows how practitioners help create change by 'stretching the world' of their clients.
The book brings new ideas from enactive cognition which... (more)
Empowering Mindfulness for Women
Empowering Mindfulness for Women is centred around a a 5-day intensive mindfulness course attended by eight women from different backgrounds. The reader is invited to imagine they are actively... (more)
The Unanswered Self: The Masterson Approach to the Healing of Personality Disorders
James F. Masterson pioneered an innovative clinical approach to the dynamic psychotherapy of personality disorder, based on a steadily evolving synthesis of his own theory and interchange with other... (more)
Psychotherapy Under the Influence of Georges Bataille: From Social Theory to Clinical Practice
This fascinating book applies social theorist Georges Bataille's revolutionary thinking to psychotherapy, offering clinicians a new and valuable context for practicing therapy.
In adding... (more)
A Mental Health Provider's Guide to Telehealth: Providing Outpatient Videoconferencing Services
This book works as a guide to videoconferencing practice for psychological providers through a broad, simplified, and practical overview of pertinent factors. It is a consolidation of research... (more)
Helping People Overcome Suicidal Thoughts, Urges and Behaviour: Suicide-focused Intervention Skills for Health and Social Care Professionals
Helping People Overcome Suicidal Thoughts, Urges and Behaviour draws together practical and effective approaches to help individuals at risk of suicide.
The book provides a framework and... (more)
Improving Communication in Mental Health Settings: Evidence-Based Recommendations from Practitioner-led Research
Improving Communication in Mental Health Settings draws on empirical studies of real-world settings to demonstrate contemporary practice-based evidence, providing effective strategies for... (more)
Creating The World We Want To Live In: How Positive Psychology Can Build a Brighter Future
This book is about hope and a call to action to make the world the kind of place we want to live in. Our hope is to provoke conversation, and gently challenge possibly long-held views, beliefs, and... (more)
The Therapist Within: Applying Reflective Psychotherapy to Help Alleviate Suffering
The Therapist Within introduces an original, systematic approach for understanding and treating suffering clients through reflective processes, providing readers with the essential tools needed to... (more)
Animals as the Third in Relational Psychotherapy: Exploring Theory, Frame and Practice
Animals as the Third in Relational Psychotherapy: Exploring Theory, Frame and Practice elegantly and skilfully weaves together relevant literature, clinical reflections, compelling case material and... (more)
Men's Accounts of Boarding School: Sent Away
Men's Accounts of Boarding School is a collection of writings by men about their childhood experiences of being sent away to boarding school.
In these narratives, the men discuss their feelings... (more)
DBT Metaphors and Stories: Understanding the Skills that Make Life Worth Living
DBT Metaphors and Stories gives therapists and DBT skills trainers the skills they need to make effective use of dialectical behavior therapy and to help clients more deeply understand complex... (more)
The Anti-Anxiety Program: A Workbook of Proven Strategies to Overcome Worry, Panic, and Phobias
A lifeline for anxiety sufferers, this expertly crafted workbook has been revised and updated to be even more user-friendly. (more)
Mindfulness for Adult ADHD: A Clinician's Guide
This concise manual presents an evidence-based group intervention specifically tailored to the needs of this population. (more)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Clinical Practice: Applications across Disorders and Settings
This influential work has now been substantially revised with over 60% new material reflecting over a dozen years of research and clinical advances. Leading experts describe innovative ways to use... (more)
Neuroscience of Enduring Change: Implications for Psychotherapy
This book is unique in linking basic science concepts to clinical research and clinical application. Experts in each area address each of the basic science and clinical topics. (more)
Understanding Mental Health and Mental Illness: An Exploration of the Past, Present, and Future
The question of whether someone is psychologically healthy or mentally ill, and the fundamental nature of mental health underlying that question has been debated in cultural, academic, and clinical... (more)
Handbook of Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment: Second Edition
The leading reference on personality disorders and their treatment, this authoritative work is now significantly revised with 80% new material reflecting important advances in the field. Preeminent... (more)
Skewed to the Right: Sport, Mental Health and Vulnerability
The demands of the high-performance athlete are huge, with many celebrated for their achievements, and put on a pedestal for admired personality traits such as discipline, sacrifice, commitment, and... (more)