Psychotherapy category: 2884 books

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The first session of psychotherapy is critical in determining the course of successful treatment because the possibility of engaging a patient is at its height during the initial contact. This book offers guidelines to enhance the clinician's ability to conduct an effective first session. The...

In this frank and compelling account of psychotherapy today, Feasey focuses on some of the central concepts of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, examining them with a critical and appraising eye. The book is based on 25 years of experience as a therapist and is illustrated throughout with engaging vignettes which bring a sense of drama and reality to a life in therapy.

Utilizing a decade's worth of clinical experience gained since its original publication, Mary Jo Peebles builds and expands upon exquisitely demonstrated therapeutic approaches and strategies in this second edition of Beginnings. The essential question remains the same, however: How does a therapist...

This wide-ranging textbook offers a fascinating survey of the latest thinking and research on in-depth therapeutic encounters by bringing together the latest theory, research and practice on working at relational depth with clients in counselling and psychotherapy.** **By exploring the meaning, challenges...

Drawing on concepts from Freud to Kohut, the authors of this volume remove the pathological stigma of homosexuality per se, a theoretical bias that may have long prevented dynamic therapists from working more effectively with gay clients. The authors manage to weave sophisticated theory with specific, pragmatic advice that is readily applicable in the first session of therapeutic work.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This book, originally published in 1972, aimed to provide a theoretical framework for group therapists to guide them through the mass of variables which beset them. Its scope therefore is extremely broad, for it also touches on philosophy, psychology, sociology, communication and general systems theory....

Aktuelle und praxisnahe Einführung in die Theorie und Praxis der Integrativen Körperpsychotherapie IBP Der konsequente Einbezug des Körpers macht IBP einzigartig und wird immer stärker als unverzichtbare Erweiterung und Bereiche­­rung gewohnten psychotherapeutischen Denkens und ­Handelns erlebt....

Beautifully crafted stories of psychotherapy-told for the first time from the perspective of the therapist In her long career as a psychotherapist, acclaimed author Lillian Rubin occasionally encountered patients who demanded a very special, even unorthodox, therapeutic approach. For the first...

Despite the widespread influence of psychoanalysis in the field of mental health, until now no single book has been published that explains the psychoanalytic model of the mind to the many students and practitioners who want to understand it. The Psychoanalytic Model of the Mind represents an important...

The realm of emotion is one of those areas where Buddhism and Western psychology are often thought to be at odds: Are emotions to be valued, examined, worked with as signs leading us to deeper self-knowledge? Or are they something to be ignored and avoided as soon as we recognize them? Rob Preece...

Equine therapy programs have been in existence for nearly thirty years in the form of therapeutic riding. However, a new form of Equine Assisted Practice has evolved in the past decade, and a growing number of people are experiencing profound healing and significant personal growth through the application...

Writing from Life: On Trauma, Sexual Assault, and Recovery is a book for aspiring writers who wish to write about difficult subjects. Why, when and how do you do it? Taking a variety of difficult situations — being trapped in a military invasion, coping with a “bleed in the brain” of...