Psychotherapy Books

Not long ago, conducting child assessment was as simple as stating that "the child gets along with others" or "the child lags behind his peers". Today's pediatric psychologists and allied professionals, by contrast, know the...

In this third edition of Poetry Therapy, Dr. Mazza expands on poetry therapy applications and techniques, carefully illustrating the use of poems, expressive writing, and symbolic activities for healing, education, and community service.Building on the...

Striving for Perspicuity: Talking Our Way Forward; Tom Strong and David Paré.-Levinas: Therapy as Discourse Ethics; Glenn Larner with Peter Rober and Tom Strong.-Acknowledging the Otherness of The Other: Poetic Knowing in Practice and the Fallacy of...

It has been almost twenty years since DSM-III created a major shift in psychi­ atric classification procedures and in diagnostic and treatment practice by introducing the multi-axial system and, for our patients specifically,...

The genesis of this book occurred several years ago provide readers with not only the "what to do" of child behavior therapy, but the "how to do it" as in Seattle on the veranda of a Chilean cafe overlook­ well. Each of the...

Psychotherapy research is undoubtedly one of the most puzzling, diverse, com­ plex, controversial, and multidimensional areas tackled by clinical psycholo­ gists, psychiatrists, and psychiatric social workers. The numerous...

1. Metabolism of Ethanol.- 1.1. Pathways of Ethanol Oxidation.- 1.2. Alteration in the Metabolism of Ethanol after Chronic Ethanol Consumption.- 1.3. Effects of Liver Disease, Blood Flow, Circadian Rhythm, Gender, and Other Factors on Hepatic Alcohol...

This is a book about the development of action and skill in the first years of life. But it differs in an important way from most past treatments of the subject. The present volume explores how the development of ac­ tion is...

This memoir explores the beginnings of a long and eventful life, tracing inner and outer journeys that began in England on April Fool's Day 1937. As a babe in her mother's arms, Gillian was soon travelling on the Orient Express to Istanbul just before...

Psychotherapeutic Change through the Group Process discusses the relation between the properties of groups and therapeutic change

Delve into the world of therapeutic creativity with "The Art of Play and Art Therapy: A Practical Handbook." This comprehensive guide is a treasure trove for therapists, educators, and anyone passionate about the healing power of creativity...

Ett utmärkande drag i den relationella terapin är att man konsekvent anlägger ett tvåpersons-perspektiv på interaktionen. Det innebär att samspelet alltid uppfattas som gemensamt skapat. Utforskandet av patientens fantasier och relationsmönster som...

" 1. Pour se faire une idée claire des éléments du droit naturel et de la politique, il est important de connaître la nature de l'homme, de savoir ce que c'est qu'un corps politique et ce que nous entendons par loi.2. La nature de l'homme est la somme de...

If you could learn new tools to use to integrate parents into the play therapy process in a way that could facilitate healing, would you use them? What if you can be you in the play therapy room, no matter what the situation or circumstances ... at ease,...

The energy that derives from mindful action is creative. Everything it touches will be renewed. It flows in when you do something that arouses your interest and provides you with the same exultation as when a child flies a kite on a windy spring day...

Social work graduate school is only the beginning of your preparation for professional life in the real world as a clinical social worker. Dr. Danna Bodenheimer serves as a mentor or a supportive supervisor as she shares practice wisdom on topics such as...

Eating disorders have the power to destroy lives, kill people and devastate families. Body Dysmorphic Disorder changes how someone sees their body. But what causes these mental health conditions and how are they treated?Join acclaimed bestselling writer...

Are you looking to make real and lasting change in your life? Building Intuitive Consciousness offers a reliable and effective method to support such change by guiding readers on an inner pilgrimage to awaken to their Intuitive Consciousness.It has been...

Miyaysan ahayn arrin la-yaab leh in aynnu dhigannay taariikh, xisaab, iyo juquraafi, balse aynnu seegnay fasalkii ahaa sida loogu noolaado nolol wanaagsan? Miyuuse jiray fasalkaas horta? Ka warran haddii aan ku dhaho fasalkaas casharradii lagu...

Sometimes a person may need just a listening ear. Sometimes they may need guidance or information. And that is all they need.When a person though opts to go for counselling they should not be left in ignorance of why counselling is an option for what...

In 1951, a young hospital doctor treated a patient suffering from a rare and debilitating skin disease - thought to be incurable - with a single session of hypnosis, unaware that he was about to make medical history. The case caused a sensation. Doctors...

This book includes procedures for assessing clients, techniques, and clinical applications for treating clients using aquatic therapy.

Practical Emotional Intelligence is a collection of six books that are designed to help you with every aspect of emotional development, interpersonal relationships, becoming more charismatic and influential, improving your communication skills, and...

The journey to refinement and confidence is seldom easy. It requires, first and foremost, the changing of one's mind from the old way of thinking and executing to a new and completely abnormal way. It is an uncomfortable place to exist when you...

This book takes stories of learning relationships from popular films, television programmes andliterature, and uses them as a catalyst for beginners and experts alike to reflect critically on theirown mentoring and coaching practice. How realistic are...

A life well-lived requires courage, insight and the ability to see one's self as a leader, not a follower. Leadership is not just for CEOs - leadership is an essential quality for successful everyday life. The ability to lead and role model for others...

Emile Coue came up with novel way to improve the lives of people. He was a pharmacist by trade and often saw ailing people. This lead him to develop autosuggestion, a form of self-hypnosis. At the time his theories weren't popular but over the years...

The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures have been used for over one-thousand years as a teaching paradigm for individuals on a spiritual path of awakening and liberation from ego-self's conditioned dualities, separations, ignorance, attachments and errors and of...

What are the essential skills needed to set up and run a successful coaching practice?Coaching is the new growth industry in the UK and coaching as a profession is increasingly becoming an attractive option for motivated professionals. Achieving...

Essential Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Everyday Practice in Our Diverse World is the first book to provide an integrated presentation of relational competencies, microskills, and theories. Clear and concise, it gives an overview of...

Every child needs a mentor, but especially the Black male. In many homes today, the average male will not have a positive role model in his life. He, too, may not experience a Black male teacher and in some cases an athletic coach either. What has...

This book recognizes and legitimizes the significance of pet and animal loss by exploring the various expressions of trauma and grief experienced by those who work with, live with, or own an animal or pet. The chapters of Pet Loss, Grief, and Therapeutic...

Counseling at the Beginning is a thorough, practice-based guide for counselors who serve the mental health needs of very young children and their families. Chapters based on current developmental psychology research prepare mental health, school, and...

First published in 1988, behavioural family therapists worked in an area that had greatly changed since its inception over 20 years before. Growing out of the pioneering work of Gerald Patterson, Robert Paul Liberman, and Richard Stuart, whose...

Gender and Difference in the Arts Therapies: Inscribed on the Body offers worldwide perspectives on gender in arts therapies practice and provides understandings of gender and arts therapies in a variety of global contexts. Bringing together leading...

Bringing Religion and Spirituality into Therapy provides a comprehensive and timely model for spirituality-integrated therapy which is truly pluralist and responsive to the ever-evolving World of religion/spirituality. This book presents an algorithmic,...

Volume 17 of Progress in Self Pcychology begins with the next installment of Strozier's "From the Kohut Archives": first publication of a fragment by Kohut on social class and self-formation and of four letters from his final decade. The abil

The key to understanding gaslighting or other emotional manipulation is to learn why it's done. The origins of manipulation can be found in the roots of dark psychology - an unofficial branch of psychology surrounded by misconceptions leading to fear and...