Clinical psychology Books

Cognitive Analytic Supervision: A relational approach is the first book to present a cognitive analytic perspective on psychotherapy supervision.

Written by experts in the field, School-Based Family Counseling: An Interdisciplinary Practitioner's Guide focuses on how to make integrated School-Based Family Counseling (SBFC) interventions, with a focus on integrating schools and family...

This book provides clinicians with a CBT informed curriculum specifically designed for neurodiverse children and teens with co-occurring anxiety disorders.

This book provides a 10-week program for conducting polyvagal theory in group practice, using the polyvagal lens to help people learn how their autonomic nervous system works, map their autonomic activation states, and modulate them through a series of...

Creative Teaching in Counselor Education and Supervision offers a fresh perspective on teaching in counselor education and related helping fields.

Brain Injury, Trauma and Loss tells the story of the impact of Covid-19 on neurorehabilitation. It offers a unique dual perspective as it intertwines the two voices of Sue Williams, who had sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury in 2018, and Rudi Coetzer,...

Relational Patterns, Therapeutic Presence presents a comprehensive integrative theory and style of therapeutic involvement that reflects a relational and non-pathological perspective.

Many foster and adoptive parents lose hope when they experience challenging and oppositional child behaviors. This book gives parents the tools and strategies to respond to these outbursts - particularly those that stem from a child's potentially...

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado por qué a veces te sientes agotado sin razón, triste sin causa, o motivado de golpe sin que haya pasado nada externo? ¿Por qué en ciertos momentos parece que puedes con todo y en otros te cuesta hasta levantarte de la cama?...

Have you ever wondered why you sometimes feel exhausted for no reason, sad for no reason, or suddenly motivated without anything external happening? Why do you feel like you can handle anything at certain times, and at other times you struggle to even...

This open access book draws on recent developments in children’s rights, particularly concerning the child’s right to participation, provision and protection. Since 1989, the UNCRC has become a catalogue of rights that expresses legal...

Beginning therapists often find themselves in a paradox: while supervision, seminars, and consultation are available to support their development, the immediacy of the clinical encounter demands responses before training can fully prepare them. The...

Trauma is one of the hottest contemporary topics within psychoanalysis, whilst many psychoanalysts are increasingly interested in applying their skills outside the traditional setting of the consulting room, especially in response to disasters, wars and...

Distinct from other success or motivation books which emphasize skills, tactics, or pop gimmicks, Developing Relentless Drive and Determination digs deep into the theory and practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) to grow those qualities of...

This manual provides clinicians with guidance to conduct Compassion Focused Group Therapy with patients suffering from severe forms of mental illness.

In the intricate landscape of childhood emotional and behavioral challenges, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) stands as one of the most daunting. Characterized by intense irritability and explosive outbursts, DMDD can transform the journey...

This book explores how hope operates as an ambivalent force in relation to issues of sex and gender, power, and identity in both our private and public lives.

The fifth edition of Psychoeducational Groups builds on and extends the strategies and information from previous editions, describes and presents the basic and fundamental information needed to design, plan, organize structure and facilitate effective...

This book presents a novel, theoretically informed practical approach to voice hearing, which aims to help readers improve relational harmony, reduce distress related to voice hearing and improve experiences of supportive approaches.

Counseling for Eating Disorders in Women focuses on women whose eating patterns have generated side-effects on other aspects of their lives such as work, health and family. Women with problems connected with over-eating, under-eating, and poor eating...

Are psychodrama and psychoanalysis compatible theories? Contemporary Psychodrama presents the original concepts of a leading light of the Brazilian psychodrama movement.

Ethics in Mental Health-Substance Use aims to explore the comprehensive concerns and dilemmas occurring from Mental Health-Substance Use problems, and to inform, develop, and educate by sharing and pooling knowledge, and enhancing expertise, in this fast...

Bringing Systems Thinking to Life presents the breadth of applications of Bowen family systems therapy in a single volume. Presenting creative and innovative appications of Bowen theory, the book provides practitioners and stakeholders with a...

This book provides a balanced, up-to-date, state-of-the-art account of the scientific foundations surrounding the topic of complicated grief.

Controversial yet powerfully influential to this day, this classic collection of Bowlby's lectures offers important guidelines for child rearing based on the crucial role of early relationships.

Nonlinear Contingency Analysis is a guide to treating clinically complex behavior problems such as delusions and hallucinations.

Influential on those in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis as well as families, this book remains essential reading for anyone seeking a creative and compelling understanding of autism in children. Includes a new foreword by Maria Rhode.

This book explores the multitude of thoughts, theories, opinions, methods, and approaches to play therapy in order to highlight the unity and diversity of theory and perspective in the field.

Helping Clients Deal with Adversity by Changing Their Attitudes: A Concise Therapist Guide provides an outline for therapists wishing to help clients deal with life's adversities by encouraging them to change their attitudes.

At the core we are all vibrations, musical compositions in motion, and that is why we resonate in communion with the world of music. The human voice is the only instrument that sounds from within, and our singing voice is deeply connected to heart and...

This book explores the single-session work done by Irving Yalom and considers the implications of this work for the current theory and practice of single-session therapy (SST).

Le langage musical et ses troubles hystériques, by José Ingenieros, delves into the intersection of music, language, and clinical psychology. This study explores the psychological manifestations of hysteria as they relate to musical...

Examines how mystical practices and experiences are being applied in secular contexts today.Today is an exciting time for mysticism. Interest in mysticism today often involves what Aldous Huxley called "applied mysticism"-that is, taking mystical...

Doing Men's Work: Authentic Conversations with Men on Family, Stress, Loss, and Resiliency examines the intricacies of men's lives, mapping their journey through moments of vulnerability towards the cultivation of resilience. The book features...

Meditation can bring peace and mental stability, as described in ancient Buddhist texts. Meditation also gives us clear comprehension, which is an ability to see what's going on inside our minds. While at times this can be wonderful, for most people,...

The search for love is not linear, even for the expertsImagine being a Clinical Psychologist and couples therapist, helping others find love yet never finding it yourself. This was Phoebe Rogers until she discovered Schema Therapy and applied her...

This practical resource integrates family therapy theory with playful interventions and techniques to allow family therapists to successfully engage and include children in the session.

The field of Jungian psychology has been growing steadily over the last twenty years and awareness is increasing of its relevance to the predicaments of modern life. Jung appeals not only to professionals who are looking for a more humane and creative...

This book explains how cognitive therapy can treat those suffering from bulimia nervosa. The authors use existing techniques as well as methods developed from their research to take the therapist from initial assessment to end of treatment and beyond

Being mindful can help people feel calmer and more fully alive. Mindfulness and Mental Health examines other effects it can also have and presents a significant new model of how mindful awareness may influence different forms of mental suffering. The...

Barriers to community mental health centers (such as stigma, waiting lists) prevent youth from receiving necessary services. Providing Mental Health Services to Youth Where They Are, identifies the reform that is needed in children's mental health...

Severe Emotional Disturbance in Children and Adolescents conveys the experiences of severely emotionally disturbed children in detailed accounts of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and explores the life and death struggles against severe self-harm to body...

Esta obra, dirigida a psicólogos y psicoterapeutas, desarrolla en un lenguaje accesible y desde la óptica sistémica, el uso de cuentos e historias en contextos terapéuticos para el trabajo con niños y sus familias. El uso de historias en la terapia es...

Even as psychology becomes increasingly splintered and specialized, as evi­ denced by the growing number of special interest divisions of the American Psy­ chological Association, many psychologists are devoting their energies...

This interdisciplinary anthology takes as its starting point the belief that, as the material grounds of lived experience, material culture provides an avenue of historical access to women's lives, extending beyond the reaches of textual evidence...