Psychotherapy category: 2884 books
The Female Body in Mind
The Interface between the Female Body and Mental Health
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2007
The Female Body in Mind introduces new ways of thinking about issues of women's mental health assessment and treatment. Its multidisciplinary approach incorporates social, psychological, biological and philosophical perspectives on the female body.
The contributions, from notable academics...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
In The Making of a Counsellor case studies illustrate work done with `impossible' clients; other essays about orphans and debtors, accountancy trainees and expatriate employees explore new ways of thinking about these groups of people. More traditional, perhaps, are essays about work with neurological...
Object Relations Theories and Psychopathology
A Comprehensive Text
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
In Object Relations Theories and Psychopathology: A Comprehensive Text, Frank Summers provides thorough, lucid, and critically informed accounts of the work of major object relations theorists: Fairbairn, Guntrip, Klein, Winnicott, Kernberg, and Kohut. His expositions achieve distinction on two counts....
Effortless Mindfulness
Genuine Mental Health Through Awakened Presence
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
Effortless Mindfulness promotes genuine mental health through the direct experience of awakened presence—an effortlessly embodied, fearless understanding of and interaction with the way things truly are. The book offers a uniquely modern Buddhist psychological understanding of mental health disorders...
Mind, Brain and the Path to Happiness
A guide to Buddhist mind training and the neuroscience of meditation
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Mind, Brain and the Path to Happiness presents a contemporary account of traditional Buddhist mind training and the pursuit of wellbeing and happiness in the context of the latest research in psychology and the neuroscience of meditation.
Following the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of Dzogchen,...
The Therapeutic Turn
How psychology altered Western culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
In what ways has psychology become more influential in Western society? In this book author Ole Jacob Madsen considers the notion of a ‘Therapeutic Turn’ in Western culture – the tendency for psychology to permeate ever new spheres within society.
The Therapeutic Turn evaluates the increasing...
Treating Complex Trauma
A Relational Blueprint for Collaboration and Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
In Treating Complex Trauma, renowned clinicians Mary Jo Barrett and Linda Stone Fish present the Collaborative Change Model (CCM), a clinically evaluated model that facilitates client and practitioner collaboration and provides invaluable tools for clients struggling with the impact and effects of...
by Dr. Ann Brown
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
How often have you heard the term “PTSD” or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? We know that it exists but do you really know what it means? Many of us suffer from PTSD and yet, have no idea what it is, how to recognize it or it’s triggers and what’s worse, we have no idea what to do about it....
Ghost in the Ranks
Forgotten Voices & Military Mental Health
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Operational Stress Injuries and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are among the possible consequences facing members of the Canadian military. Unlike the potential physical consequences of dangerous deployments, psychological injuries are not always apparent. Military members are taught a mental...
Treatment of Traumatized Adults and Children
Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2009
Praise for Treatment of Traumatized Adults and Children
"A major stumbling block to adoption of evidence-based practice in the real world of clinical practice has been the absence of clinician-friendly guides. Such guides need to be understandable, free of technical research jargon, infused...
by Rhoda Olkin, Phd
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2012
This comprehensive volume provides the knowledge and skills that mental health professionals need for more effective, informed work with clients with disabilities. Combining her extensive knowledge as a clinician, researcher, and teacher with her personal experience as someone with a disability, Olkin...
Relationship Management Of The Borderline Patient
From Understanding To Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Published in 1993, Relationship Management of The Borderline Patient is a valuable contribution to the field of Family Therapy.
Hypnosis and the Treatment of Depressions
Strategies for Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
In this book, Yapko not only demonstrates hypnosis is a viable and powerful approach to the treatment of depression but also confronts traditional criticism of its use head on. He first lays the groundwork for the book's dual focus, opening with a discussion of depressions. He then focuses on the...
by Lynn Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
How to create and deliver effective hypnotic interventions with children.
From the initial interview to creating the best metaphors, Using Hypnosis with Children is a practical, step-by-step guide that shows health care providers (including therapists, nurses, pediatricians, dentists, and educators)...