Psychotherapy category: 2884 books
Grace Unfolding
Psychotherapy in the Spirit of Tao-te ching
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
A sensible and compassionate book that will help those involved in any form of therapy make the best possible use of their time, effort, and money. "A fascinating blend of Eastern spirituality, Western psychotherapy, feminist consciousness, and real caring."--Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade 35 black-and-white photographs.
The Group as an Object of Desire
Exploring Sexuality in Group Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Why do people find it so difficult to talk openly about sex?
In this original and ground-breaking book, Morris Nitsun argues that desire and sexuality are key components of human experience that have been marginalized in the group psychotherapy literature.
Drawing on theory from psychoanalysis,...
Ecotherapy in Practice
A Buddhist Model
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Ecotherapy in Practice reflects the growing interest and research in this field. Drawing on a diversity of experience from the counselling and psychotherapy professions, but also from practitioners in community work, mental health and education, this book explores the exciting and innovative possibilities...
The Cycle of Excellence
Using Deliberate Practice to Improve Supervision and Training
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
How do the good become great? Practice! From musicians and executives to physicians and drivers, aspiring professionals rely on deliberate practice to attain expertise. Recently, researchers have explored how psychotherapists can use the same processes to enhance the effectiveness of psychotherapy...
Aggressivity, Narcissism, and Self-Destructiveness in the Psychotherapeutic Rela
New Developments in the Psychopathology and Psychotherapy of Severe Personality Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
In this book a leading psychoanalytic clinician and theoretician presents his thoughts on the latest psychodynamic developments and insights related to treatment of severe personality disorders. Dividing his discussions into two sections, one on psychopathology and the other on psychotherapy, Dr. Otto...
Understanding Therapeutic Action (Psychology Revivals)
Psychodynamic Concepts of Cure
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Most of the existing psychodynamic literature approaches the treatment process from one particular theoretical perspective or another. Yet, what contemporary psychotherapists need most is practical information that transcends individual perspectives. After all, they must be able to treat patients...
Psychotherapy And AIDS
The Human Dimension
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Hanna Levenson, PhD, Stephen F. Butler
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2008
In today's world of managed care -- characterized by limited mental health resources, emphasis on accountability, concerns of third-party payers, and consumer need -- the demand for mental health professionals to use briefer therapeutic approaches is on the rise. Fully 84% of all clinicians are doing...
Positive Psychology, Second Edition
The Science of Happiness and Human Strengths
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Remediating deficits and managing disabilities has been a central preoccupation for clinical psychologists. Positive Psychology, in contrast, is concerned with the enhancement of happiness and well-being, involving the scientific study of the role of personal strengths and positive social systems...
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
A Practitioner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2004
Addressing the art and science of psychodynamic treatment, Nancy McWilliams distills the essential principles of clinical practice, including effective listening and talking; transference and countertransference; emotional safety; and an empathic, attuned attitude toward the patient. The book describes...
by Richard Chessick
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 1977
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 1977
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The Analysis of Failure
An Investigation of Failed Cases in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
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 frustration and vexation to clinicians, who...
Genes on the Couch
Explorations in Evolutionary Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Philosophers and therapists have long theorised about how psychological mechanisms for love, jealousy, anxiety, depression and many other human characteristics may have evolved over millions of years. In the dawn of the new insights on evolution, provided by Darwin's theories of natural selection,...
by Mark Fefergrad, Peggy Richter
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
A quick-reference, multi-media guide to using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to treat anxiety.
From fundamental skills to more detailed clinical application across a number of different anxiety disorders—including panic, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, OCD, and specific phobias—this...