Len Sperry: 19 books
Spirituality in Clinical Practice
Theory and Practice of Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2012
Psychotherapists are increasingly expected to incorporate the spiritual as well as the psychological dimension in their professional work. Therapists also are increasingly required to utilize evidence-based practices and demonstrate the effectiveness of their practice. An ever-increasing number of...
Case Conceptualization
Mastering this Competency with Ease and Confidence
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
This is the type of book instructors, trainees, and clinicians need—a short text that demystifies the case conceptualization process and provides a streamlined method for learning and mastering this competency. It presents an integrative model for conceptualizing cases, dispels common myths about...
Effective Leadership
Strategies for Maximizing Executive Productivity and Health
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This book will interest clinicians who have wondered what professional practice would be like in the corporate setting and want to learn more about the psychological and organizational dynamics that 'drive' executive behavior. Based on the premise that leadership effectiveness is a function of both...
Overcoming Mobbing
A Recovery Guide for Workplace Aggression and Bullying
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Research shows that as many as 37% of American workers have experienced workplace abuse at some time in their working lives. Mobbing, a form of abuse in which individuals, groups, or organizations target a single person for ridicule, humiliation, and removal from the workplace, can lead to deteriorating...
Executive Coaching
The Essential Guide for Mental Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2004
For many mental health professionals, executive and personal coaching represent attractive alternatives to managed care practice. This book provides mental health professionals with a map of the territory of the corporate world and describes in detail the major theoretical coaching models and progressive...
Cognitive Behavior Therapy of DSM-5 Personality Disorders
Assessment, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
The first edition of Cognitive Behavior Therapy of DSM-IV Personality Disorders broke new ground. It differed from other CBT books by offering brief but thorough user-friendly resources for clinicians and students in planning and implementing effective treatments. The third edition of this classic...
by Gerard J. McGlone SJ, Len Sperry
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
The Inner Life of Priests is a landmark exploration of how the categories and practices of psychology are contributing to a new health and vitality in the priesthood. Authors McGlone and Sperry (both nationally-recognized experts on the integration of psychology and spirituality in priestly life),...
by Len Sperry, Jon Sperry
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
This Cognitive Behavior Therapy text is brief, practical, comprehensive, and tailored just for counselors. Evidence-based CBT techniques are specifically adapted to counseling including core-counseling concepts such as social justice, strengths, wellness, and diversity (e.g., ethnicity, culture, sexual...
Becoming an Effective Leader in Healthcare Management, Second Edition
The 12 Essential Skills
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
Administrators and managers in healthcare can improve their own expertise and performance by learning and mastering the 12 critical interpersonal, financial, and organizational management skills in this highly practical guide. This easy-to-read book applies basic business leadership principles specifically...
Dictionary of Ethical and Legal Terms and Issues
The Essential Guide for Mental Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
The professional practice of counseling and mental health can often be complex and litigious. While there are many professional ethics textbooks, there are few, if any, supporting resources to assist in mastering basic terminology, or to offer easy access to important legal opinions in everyday practice.
The...
Cognitive Behavior Therapy of DSM-IV-TR Personality Disorders
Highly Effective Interventions for the Most Common Personality Disorders, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2006
Cognitive Behavior Therapy of DSM-IV-TR Personality Disorders is a timely addition to clinical practice, as personality disorders have received steadily increasing attention in recent years and Cognitive Behavior Therapy is now the most widely practiced theoretical orientation. Thoroughly revised...
How Master Therapists Work
Effecting Change from the First through the Last Session and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
How Master Therapists Work engages the reader in experiencing what really happens in therapy with master therapists: who they are, what they do, and how they bring about significant change in clients. It examines one master therapist’s actual six-session therapy (also available on DVD) that transformed...
Highly Effective Therapy
Developing Essential Clinical Competencies in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2010
Mental health professionals and accrediting bodies have steadily been embracing competency-focused learning and clinical practice. In contrast to a skill, a competency is a level of sufficiency evaluated against an external standard. Learning to be clinically competent involves considerably more than...
Family Therapy Techniques
Integrating and Tailoring Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Family Therapy Techniques briefly reviews the basic theories of marriage and family therapy. It then goes into treatment models designed to facilitate the tailoring of therapy to specific populations and the integration of techniques from what often seems like disparate theories. Based on the assumption...
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