Psychotherapy Books

As long as clinicians write "increase self-esteem" on treatment plans without knowing precisely what that means, there is a need for information on the construct of self-esteem and how its many components can have an effect on outcomes. This text...

In art making, materials and media are the intermediaries between private ideas, thoughts and feelings, and their external manifestation in a tangible, sensual form. Thus, materials provide the core components of the exchange that occurs between art...

The Washington School of Psychiatry in Washington, D.C. has long been on the leading-edge of theoretical changes in psychotherapy, having offered a certification program in group psychotherapy, The Group Psychotherapy Training Program since the...

Women divorced at midlife without children are a group that is "out of sync" in a society that is still primarily a "married, mothering" world. This book explores the clinical issues, dilemmas, and challenges for women in this role. The book presents a...

This volume provides school-based practitioners with a comprehensive and comparative guide to the strategic interventions, therapeutic modalities, and treatment approaches that are most commonly and effectively used in educational settings. Three...

This book by women represents a diversity of opinions about every aspect of forgiveness, embodying a tolerance for differing perspectives. The contributors are researchers and therapists who have dedicated themselves to grappling with the...

With a focus on the termination of psychotherapy, A Clinician's Guide provides an in-depth look at termination by discussing various patient models, types, backgrounds, and problems, noting that with clear goals and a set course of action, the therapist...

Combat Stress Injury represents a definitive collection of the most current theory, research, and practice in the area of combat and operational stress management, edited by two experts in the field, Charles Figley and Bill Nash.

The statistics are pretty grim - young people face an ever increasing tide of poverty, alcohol and drug abuse, violence, suicide, and family dysfunction. Society's response has been slow. Too many young people do not receive consistent, positive, and...

Filling a gap that exists in most traumatology literature, The Posttraumatic Self provides an optimistic analysis of the aftermath of a traumatic event. This work appreciates the potentially positive effects of trauma and links those effects to the...

This book introduces counselors to specific bereavement situations drawn from the author's counseling practice. Theory is blended with practical suggestions for intervention and a discussion of the counselor's struggles.

Holographic Reprocessing (HR) is a cognitive-experiential psychotherapy based on Seymour Epstein's theory of personality, cognitive experiential self-theory (CEST). According to CEST, people have a natural adaptive system for processing information. If...

Bad Therapy offers a rare glimpse into the hearts and mind's of the profession's most famous authors, thinkers, and leaders when things aren't going so well. Jeffrey Kottler and Jon Carlson, who include their own therapy mishaps, interview twenty of the...

Elders can struggle with issues of social isolation and self-esteem, and benefit from having positive coping skills at their disposal. The practical ideas Kathie Erwin imparts in this second edition help mental health professionals working with elderly...

The study of grandparents raising grandchildren, now almost two decades old, has tended to have a negative bias, emphasizing the difficulties such people face and the negative impact that grandparent caregiving has on them physically, socially, and...

There is no shortage of literature about working with men in counseling and psychotherapy, but almost none of it addresses the unique issues that a female clinician can face with a male client. These women do not have a basis for a complete understanding...

This volume presents a state of the art account of the clinical specialty of mental health care of deaf people. Drawing upon some of the leading clinicians, teachers, administrators, and researchers in this field from the United States and Great Britain,...

Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis don't always work. Inevitably, a therapy or analysis may fail to alleviate the suffering of the patient. The reasons why this occurs are as manifold as the patients and analysts themselves, and oftentimes are a source of...

Image-based research methods, such as arts-based research, can fill the absence of the voice of impoverished, under-privileged populations. In What We See and What We Say, Ephrat Huss argues that images are deep and universally psycho-neurological...

Psychoanalytic theory frequently explains psychopathology from the perspective of either inadequate early care or as the result of environmental factors. In this book the author suggests that poor mental health can be a result of our incapacity to...

Projected Shadows presents a new collection of essays exploring films from a psychoanalytic perspective, focusing specifically on the representation of loss in European cinema. This theme is discussed in its many aspects, including: loss of hope and...

Neurolinguistic Psychotherapy offers a unique and exciting postmodern perspective on an advancing model of therapy. It places neurolinguistic psychotherapy in context and considers the history of NLP and its relationship to psychotherapy. Presented as an...

Reading Winnicott brings together a selection of papers by the psychoanalyst and paediatrician Donald Winnicott, providing an insight into his work and charting its impact on the well-being of mothers, babies, children and families.

This book looks at how to be an effective leader. It presents a model of leadership that has many practical implications for those who occupy formal leadership roles or who seek to influence events informally.

Terrorism is no longer woven into the backdrop of our daily lives, but rather it has been pushed to centre stage - an ongoing tragedy in which comprehension of the perpetrators' motivations is eclipsed by the impact of horror and devastation on its...

The standard view of psychotherapy as a treatment for mental disorders can obscure how therapy functions as a social practice that promotes conceptions of human well-being. Building on the philosophy of Charles Taylor, Smith examines the link between...

The standard view of psychotherapy as a treatment for mental disorders can obscure how therapy functions as a social practice that promotes conceptions of human well-being. Building on the philosophy of Charles Taylor, Smith examines the link between...

Given the complexity of scientific developments inside and outside the psychoanalytic field, traditional definitions of basic psychoanalytic notions are no longer sufficiently comprehensive. We need conceptualizations that encompass new clinical...

Have you ever been praised or criticized about your body or any part of it? With this question, participants of a research study were invited to share their experiences of body judgment. As participants described, the body is a carrier of messages and...

Therapeutic Arts in Pregnancy, Birth and New Parenthood explores the use of arts in relation to infertility, pregnancy, childbirth and new parenthood. It is the first book to bring all these subjects together into one accessible volume with an...

Every human being knows that we are walking through life following trails, whether we are aware of them or not. Medieval poets, from the anonymous composer of Beowulf to Marie de France, Hartmann von Aue, Gottfried von Strassburg, and Guillaume de Lorris...

Buddhist concepts and practices have become increasingly popular and integrated into professional psychology. This book is the first to propose a theoretical orientation for counseling based on Early Buddhist teaching, and introduce it to counseling...

This revised edition of Managing Hot Flushes and Night Sweats offers up-to-date and evidence-based information about the menopause and about hot flushes and night sweats, which are the main reason that women seek medical help. The four-week self-help...

Pattern-Focused Therapy incorporates brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)  interventions for symptom reduction and a step-by-step therapeutic strategy for effectively changing clients' maladaptive patterns and increasing their well-being...

Psychology on the Web: A Student Guide is directed at those who want to be able to access psychology Internet resources quickly and efficiently without needing to become IT experts. The emphasis throughout is on the location of high...

Discover the true meaning behind sexual orientation and gender identity issues. Cohen knows this issue from both sides of the therapist's couch-he lived as a gay man for many years and then transitioned to become heterosexual and a brilliant...

Our 250-page Clinician's Handbook and 40-hour film series (in English and Arabic), and MP3 series (in English), provides a roadmap for recovery. This groundbreaking and comprehensive therapeutic protocol is for therapists, coaches, ministry leaders, and...

ဘာကြောင့် ကျွန်တော်တို့တွေဟာ ကုစားဖို့ လိုအပ်တာလဲ•ဘာကြောင့်ကွာရှင်းမှုနှုန်း ၅၀% ရှိတာလဲ။ လေ့လာမှုအရ ဘာကြောင့် ၃၃-၇၇% အမျိုးသားတွေ၊ ၂၆-၂၇% အမျိုးသမီးတွေဟာ အိမ်ထောင်ရေးလိင်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာမှာ သစ္စာမရှိကြတာလဲ။•ဘာကြောင့် အမျိုးသားတွေနဲ့ အမျိုးသမီးတွေဟာ...

In "The Simple Science of Creating Lasting Change: A Study of Micro Habits," Finnegan Jones offers a groundbreaking approach to personal transformation through the power of micro habits. Drawing from extensive research and observations, Jones reveals how...

Nesta obra, que muda as regras do jogo, você constatará que:- Sua história de vida e sua experiência têm importância e valor de mercado maiores do que você sonhou.- Você está aqui para fazer a diferença. O melhor modo de realizar isso é apresentar...

A Course in Self-Love & Care; A Self-Help Manual, Workbook and Journal for Women; A 30-Day Guide to Your Authentic Self is a self-paced course, in form of a paperback and an e-book which consists of seven modules and themes to explore and put into...

Relaxe e dê um tempo no estresse do cotidiano!Livros de colorir não são mais só para crianças. Hoje, nossas vidas estão cada vez mais agitadas e complicadas. A evolução da tecnologia nos envolve com ondas de e-mails e notificações das redes sociais. Esse...

The need for mental health support within the Parkinson's disease (PD) community has never been greater, yet many practitioners lack the knowledge or experience to address the unique challenges associated with PD. This book serves as a practical guide...

Voici le troisième livre de la série "Vivre en harmonie avec le monde réel".Faire face à la perte et le deuil est une processus très personnel. Chaque culture, religion, groupe, famille et personne, doit trouver sa propre voie lorsqu'elle est confrontée...