Psychotherapy Books

​​​​This text is intended to help social work practitioners move beyond both these often-accepted constructions of sexuality and the range of methods that are available to social workers in their clinical practice. Various themes are apparent throughout...

Despite the fact that methods of exposure therapy have proven to be highly effective in various empirical studies, they are still underused and sometimes subject to controversial discussion.There have been significant developments: In recent years,...

Technology and Household Consumption is a comprehensive text that provides insights into technology's impact on consumer behavior and the household environment. Consumption and consumer behavior has become a very important subject of study that is now...

Emerging Themes in Cognitive Development, Volumes I and II offer the full spectrum of current knowledge and research trends in cognitive developmental psychology. The first volume provides a foundation by describing key...

Recent experience with interventions designed to promote the well-being of children and to prevent mental health problems has identified particular challenges in families with disordered parents. These families are often very...

Handbook of Effective Psydwtherapy is the culmination of 15 years of personal interest in the area of psychotherapy outcome research. In my view, this is one of the most interesting and crucial areas in the field: it has...

This book describes cognitive-constructivist therapy with children and adolescents as a creative process, combining various techniques. It presents an integrative view, incorporating cognitive and constructivist orientations in...

This book is a useful resource for designing and delivering culturally responsive counseling services for international students. It introduces readers to contributions made by international students in higher education, and...

The authors of this work closely explore the incidence of problem youth behaviors and scrutinize the efficacy of existing prevention programs. This review includes interventions specifically designed to promote youth...

This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of the second International Self-Report Delinquency study (ISRD-2). An earlier volume, Juvenile Delinquency in Europe and Beyond (Springer, 2010) focused mainly on the...

Is our society color-blind? Trans-racial? Post-racial? And what-if anything-should this mean to professionals in clinical practice with diverse clients? The ambitious volume The Concept of Race and Psychotherapy probes these questions, compelling readers...

Biosocial Research Contributions to Family Processes and Problems, based on the 17th annual National Symposium on Family Issues, examines biosocial models and processes in the context of the family. Research on both biological and social/environmental...

By itself or in combination with an affective disorder, early onset schizophrenia (EOS) - the onset of symptoms before 18 years of age - can create severe deficits in young people's academic performance, family and peer...

The applicability of attachment theory and research to social work and social policy relating to infants and children is well-established. Yet, its usefulness for enhancing the understanding of adults and their needs, both...

With his penetrating theory of personality and his nuanced understanding of the psychotherapeutic relationship, David Shapiro has influenced clinicians across the theoretical spectrum since the publication of Neurotic Styles in 1965. This influence is on...

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) among young people-most notably in the form of forearm- or wrist-cutting-occurs across cultural groups, social strata, and developmental stages, puzzling and repelling adults. Youth engaging in NSSI behaviors are at a...

Relational competence-the set of traits that allow people to interact with each other effectively-enjoys a long history of being recorded, studied, and analyzed. Accordingly, Relational Competence Theory (RCT) complements theories that treat individuals'...

Diagnosis, Clinical Features, and Theoretical Perspectives.-GAD Treatment Research.-Assessment Procedures and Treatment Planning.-Psychoeducation and Anxiety Monitoring.-Relaxation Strategies.-Cognitive Strategies.-Behavior Therapy and Exposure...

This book synthesizes the expanding literature on coping styles and strategies by analyzing how individuals with CID face challenges, find and use their strengths, and alter their environment to fit their life-changing...

A myriad of models are available to guide practice before, during, and following disasters. As emphasized in this book, we value the role of research in informing our assessment, education, and intervention efforts in this area...

Some years ago we, the editors of this volume, found out about each other's deeply rooted interest in the concept of time, the usage of time, and the effects of shortage of time on human thought and behavior. Since then we have...

Self-help is big business, but alas not a scienti c business. The estimated 10 billion-that's with a "b"-spent each year on self-help in the United States is rarely guided by research or monitored by mental health professionals. Instead, marketing and...

Extensive studies have shown cognitive-behavioral therapy to be highly effective in treating anxiety disorders, improving patients' social functioning, job performance, and quality of life. Yet every CBT clinician faces some amount of client resistance,...

ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed childhood behavioral disorder. Moreover, many students receiving special education assistance are reported to have ADHD. Children with ADHD may experience significant school adjustment...

This practical book presents readers with a skills-based, child rearing approach to supporting a child's growth and help them overcome both minor and major developmental challenges.

This book explores the ethics around everything connected with setting up and running a therapy private practice.

Jungian Counseling and Play Therapy is a textbook for graduate-level counseling students and supervisees. It is both an introduction to Jung's theory and a practical guide to Jungian-informed practice.

This book is a distinctive collection of narratives of female Solution Focused practitioners, from across six continents, sharing their unique ways of using the Solution Focused approach at personal, professional, and social levels.

This book identifies and analyses the forms, causes and potential treatments of religious abuse.

The seventh edition of Practicum and Internship is a practical resource that provides students and supervisors with thorough coverage of all stages and aspects of the practicum and internship process.

This book gathers together the experiences of leaders across sectors, organisations and client groups to help readers introduce, develop and maintain Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE) and Trauma Informed Care (TIC) within their workspaces.

The journey of the Exodus is one that each of us on the planet is destined to travel-all of us who struggle to heal from trauma, loss, and deep disappointments, and who long to live and love again. We are blessed to have, in the Passover Seder, a ritual...

This book contains information that can change your life. Why We Self-Sabotage addresses common ways we self-sabotage, then delves into five subconscious root causes of self-sabotage. Deborah shares several personal stories and distinct...

The Hero's Journey in Film interprets twelve Hollywood movies in a mythical context, using Joseph Campbell's model of the hero's journey: Departure-Initiation-Return. It also weaves in concepts from the related fields of archetypal psychology and...

In a world that's constantly on the move and full of stress, finding ways to take care of our mental health can be a challenge. With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting our lives in unprecedented ways, prioritizing our mental wellbeing has become even more...

Kognitiv beteendeterapi har i upprepade forskningsstudier visat sig ge goda resultat i behandling av barn och ungdomar med en rad olika problem, bland annat samtliga ångeststörningar,depression, uppförandestörningar, ätstörningar, skolrelaterade problem,...

Gli uomini amano poco - Amore, coppia, dipendenza spiega i processi psicologici e relazionali che possono trasformare un rapporto sentimentale in una trappola emotiva. Chi sono il narcisista perverso, l'uomo diviso, l'indifferente sessuale, il possessivo...

Le psicoterapie strategiche affrontano in modo rapido e durevole problemi umani complessi come ansia, depressione, panico e problemi alimentari. Per questo, dagli anni '90 si sono affermate in Italia, come dimostra la capillare diffusione di Scuole di...

Construyendo un pasado di Delia Torres de Aryan

Gender identities are best understood as existing on spectra. One's gender identity or identities, more than one's biological sex or sexual orientation(s), influences the quality of binary as well as eclectic (non-binary) gender identity projections...

Throughout the many centuries of human history, each successive generation has accumulated its own collection of knowledge, experience, and wisdom to be passed on to the next. “Two Chairs and a Box of Tissues” is author Greg Delaney’s...

Hypnotherapy provides a powerful tool for utilizing the power of the mind to reduce distress and suffering. This concise guide provides readers with a rich source of ideas on starting hypnotherapy practice, and thinking seriously about hypnosis as a...

What is human sexuality? As the source of life why is it also often the cause of so much suffering?The renowned psychotherapist Professor Dr Franz Ruppert shows in this book how sexual traumas come about, from the perspective of the victim and the...

Fear is an emotion all humans experience. The problem is that we allow fear to debilitate our lives. Fear causes us to remain in unpleasant situations, negatively impacts our mental and physical health, prevents us from reaching our highest potential,...

We humans are capable of great relationships. That is, we are capable of grand WE-hood. This is our heritage, though it is often unclaimed. In this book, we explore this heritage, not merely by theorizing about it, but rather by presenting several actual...

Often lips are sealed, and delicate topics avoided, when children or adolescents are in a conflict situation or have experienced a trauma. Psychologists, psychotherapist, teachers are challenged and must find alternative ways to connect to the individual...

If we look deeply enough, we can connect to all the parts within us.  Ten years ago, Ilyse Kennedy was a disconnected twenty-something, sitting on a therapy couch, a client grappling with her own trauma recovery. Now, as a trauma therapist,...