Psychotherapy category: 2884 books
by Bill O'Hanlon
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
At last—a writing and publishing book directed specifically for the mental health professional!
In this practical, witty, and no-nonsense book, Bill O’Hanlon provides all the essential information for readers interested in writing their own books. He discusses all the big issues: writer’s...
The ACT Practitioner's Guide to the Science of Compassion
Tools for Fostering Psychological Flexibility
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is proven effective in the treatment of an array of disorders, including addiction, depression, anxiety, self-harm, eating disorders, and more. Evidence shows that mindfulness and acceptance exercises help clients connect with the moment, uncover their true...
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him
The Pilgrimage Of Psychotherapy Patients
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
A fresh, realistic approach to altering one's destiny and accepting the responsibility that grows with freedom.
No meaning that comes from outside of ourselves is real. The Buddahood of each of us has already been obtained. We only need to recognize it.
“The most important things that...
Critical Psychiatry and Mental Health
Exploring the work of Suman Fernando in clinical practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Critical Psychiatry and Mental Health critically explores the current theory and practice of ethno-psychiatry and multicultural mental health practices and policies. Through an in-depth discussion of the work of Suman Fernando, one of the world’s leading scholars and researchers in race, culture...
Art Therapy and Postmodernism
Creative Healing Through a Prism
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
This comprehensive book brings together the voices of international art therapists with diverse backgrounds and experiences and asks them to consider the role of postmodernism in their understanding of art therapy. These practitioners share a common postmodern belief that art is a unique way of expressing...
Speaking the Unspeakable
The Ethics of Dual Relationships in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2005
Are dual relationships always detrimental? Speaking the Unspeakable provides an in-depth exploration of client-practitioner dual relationships, offering critical discussion and sustained narrative on thinking about and being in dual relationships.
Lynne Gabriel draws on the experiences of both...
The Transpersonal
Spirituality in Psychotherapy and Counselling
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
In this new edition of The Transpersonal, John Rowan takes account of the growing interest in spirituality, assessing the many new developments in the field and providing an essential overview of the multitude of guides now available on the subject.
By providing a clear and highly readable...
The Happiness Illusion
How the media sold us a fairytale
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
The West has never been more affluent yet the use of anti-depressants is on the increase to the extent that the World Health Organisation has declared it a major source of concern. How has this state of affairs come about and what can be done? Television and advertising media seem to know. Wherever...
by Professor Petruska Clarkson, Simon Cavicchia
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Simon Cavicchia has oriented Clarkson’s seminal work of Gestalt Counselling in Action within a more contemporary context, adding voices of significant and divergent thinkers as counter-point and extensions of the author’s work.
Michael Clemmens, Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, USA
This...
by Dr. Alexander Lowen M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
The Voice of the Body is the first publication in a single volume of Alexander Lowen’s public lectures known as The Lowen Monographs. This historical collection of twenty-two lectures by one of the founders of contemporary body psychotherapy embodies the groundbreaking principles of Bioenergetics and...
Disorders of the Self
New Therapeutic Horizons: The Masterson Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
A testament to the vitality of the Masterson Approach to the study and treatment of the disorders of the self, this incisive volume documents the evolution of Masterson's theoretical and clinical work during the past five years. It is comprised of writings by a second generation of clinicians who...
Mindful Parenting
A Guide for Mental Health Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Despite its inherent joys, the challenges of parenting can produce considerable stress. These challenges multiply—and the quality of parenting suffers—when a parent or child has mental health issues, or when parents are in conflict. Even under optimal circumstances, the constant changes as children...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
As prevalent as anxiety is as a diagnosis, clinically complex cases are even more so. At the same time that it is recognized as a spectrum of disorders with many possibilities for intervention, it is most often seen with variations that further complicate treatment.
The Handbook of Treating...
Energy Psychology
Self-Healing Practices for Bodymind Health
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Energy Psychology presents a comprehensive approach to healing that combines leading-edge Western bodymind psychological methods with a broad system of ancient, sacred traditions. Incorporating Dr. Mayer's integral approach called Bodymind Healing Psychotherapy, Energy Psychology draws on Chinese...