Individual Psychotherapy Books
Other Esteem: Meaningful Life in a Multicultural Society
This work is a response to society's apparent obsession with promoting the self. The work is a direct challenge to the widespread belief that low self-esteem is at the root of all social ills. (more)
Empathy and Moral Development: Implications for Caring and Justice
The culmination of three decades of study and research in the area of child and developmental psychology. (more)
Turning suffering inside out: A Zen approach to living with physical and emotional pain
In this text, Darlene Cohen - a certified massage and movement therapist and Zen teacher - proposes a radically liberating alternative to the usual desperate search for pain relief: paradoxically,... (more)
Psychotherapy with African American women: Innovations in psychodynamic perspectives and practice
Focusing on the breadth of issues that affect psychotherapy with African American Women, this volume is designed to help clinicians develop a broader understanding of what is useful and what is... (more)
Self-narratives: The construction of meaning in psychotherapy
In this work, Hubert J.M. Hermans and Els Hermans-Jansen elaborate a model of the clinical use of self-narratives - the stories people use to construct meaning out the events in their lives - in... (more)
Handbook of Affirmative Psychotherapy with Lesbians and Gay Men
Grounded in contemporary research, this comprehensive volume lays the foundations for effective, affirmative therapeutic practice with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients. Clinically relevant... (more)
Shame: Theory, Therapy, Theology
This work examines shame as a social control and discusses means of healing shame and integrating those whose lives are blighted by it. It considers how Christianity has responded to and used shame... (more)
Community mental health: A practical guide
In this revised edition, the authors focus on the "what" and "how" of effective community mental health. They present guidelines that should enable clinicians to provide services that are cost... (more)
Violence, crime and the mentally disordered offenders: Concepts and methods for effective treatment and prevention
This volume provides a critical and focused review of knowledge and best practice in the field for mental health and correction professionals, and for those concerned with policy and management of... (more)
Psychotherapy of the brain-injured patient: Reclaiming the shattered self
Combining neuropsychodynamic and biopsychosocial factors, this is a guide for psychotherapists who treat patients with traumatic brain injury and related neurobehavioural syndromes. It deals not only... (more)
Depth-oriented brief therapy: How to be brief when you were trained to be deep - and vice versa.
Aims to help the reader to restore effective, long-lasting but time-limited psychotherapy in the age of managed care. The book offers a step-by-step method for rapidly illuminating hidden dynamics... (more)
Persons, situations, and emotions: An ecological approach
This title represents a social psychological approach to the study of emotion. The contributors present empirical data using the "time sampling" or "experience sampling" technique developed by... (more)
Manual of nursing home practice for psychiatrists:
This manual of nursing home practice for psychiatrists covers such topics as nursing homes, mental health and the role of the psychiatrist, and evaluation and management of psychiatric problems in... (more)
Emotional contagion:
The way in which peoples' moods affect others is a phenomenon known as emotional contagion, and is identified in the text. Evidence for its effect is offered from a variety of disciplines such as:... (more)
Treating Suicidal Behavior: An effective time limited approach.
A look at treating suicidal behaviour including intervention techniques such as symptom management, restructuring a patient's suicidal belief system, and building skills such as assertiveness,... (more)