Psychotherapy Books

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Magical Moments of Change: How Psychotherapy Turns Kids Around

Weaving the story of a "wild child" patient into true tales of other troubled young people, Terr seeks to understand how the "magical moments of change" come about in therapy.


cover image The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being
Leading neurobiologist Siegel presents a unifying theory that shows how being mindfully aware creates scientifically recognized enhancements in our well-being and relationships.

cover image The Neurobehavioral and Social Emotional Development of Infants and Children
A major collection of writings from internationally acclaimed researcher Ed Tronick.

Online Therapy Outpatient Psychiatry: A Beginner's Guide
A basic overview for psychiatric residents and early-career psychiatrists to the five therapeutic competencies for which they are responsible.

cover image Adolescent Girls in Crisis: Intervention and Hope
Straus explores the deeper meanings behind adolescent behaviors from anorexia and self-mutilation to early pregancny and the culture of violence underlying them.

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Cyber Rules: What You Really Need to Know About the Internet

Filled with sound research, personal stories, creative exercises, and advice, Cyber Rules is one way to get it about the Internet.


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Attachment-Focused Family Therapy

Drawing on over 20 years of clinical experience, Hughes presents a comprehensive model for using attachment-focused therapy with all members of a family—not simply the individual in question.


cover image Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Technique
An introduction to psychoanalytic technique from a Lacanian perspective that is based on Fink's many years of experience working as an analyst and supervising clinicians, as well as his expertise as a leading translator and interpreter of Lacan.

 
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Change 101: A Practical Guide to Creating Change in Life or Therapy

O'Hanlon—one of psychotherapy's most innovative practitioners and teachers—examines this simple yet often elusive aspect of successful therapy: change.


cover image Families That Flourish: Facilitating Resilience in Clinical Practice
Describes the characteristics of families that function successfully, even when faced with seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

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The Science of Addiction: From Neurobiology to Treatment

Erickson discusses current and emerging treatments for chemical dependence, and how neuroscience helps us understand the way they work.


cover image Patients with Substance Abuse Problems: Effective Identification, Diagnosis, and Treatment
A brief and practical introduction to diagnosis and intervention with substance-abusing clients.

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Affect Regulation Toolbox: Practical and Effective Hypnotic Interventions for the Over-Reactive Client

Using hypnotic techniques to facilitate successful therapy.


cover image Kundalini Yoga Meditation
Brings to the attention of the therapeutic, scientific, and medical communities the numerous unique Kundalini yoga meditation techniques specific for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, and those specific for couples therapy.

STOP Domestic Violence

This comprehensive treatment program for domestic violence offenders is an all-in-one manual for therapists, social workers, and other counselors.


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Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome

This book provides an adult's perspective and voice to the experience of being manipulated as a child by one parent to turn against the other.


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Impulse Control Disorders: A Clinician's Guide to Understanding and Treating Behavioral Addictions

The first comprehensive book on impulse control disorders topic for clinicians provides a screening instrument and a detailed method for assessing and treating them.


cover image The Anxious Brain: The Neurobiological Basis of Anxiety Disorders and How to Effectively Treat Them
With diagrams and practical exercises, this book shows us how to take control of our brains to alleviate various anxiety disorders.

Therapist as Life Coach: An Introduction to Counselors and Other Helping Professionals, Revised and Expanded

A revised and expanded version of the classic book on life coaching for therapists gives therapists and future coaches the opportunity to work with a wider range of clients.


cover image Children with Sexual Behavior Problems: Family-Based, Attachment-Focused Therapy
Definitive clinical methods from the key researcher and practioner in the field.

Quickies, Revised and Expanded: The Handbook of Brief Sex Therapy

This revised and expanded paperback edition includes a new introduction by the editors, as well as two new chapters:


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Cognitive Grief Therapy: Constructing a Rational Meaning to Life Following Loss

In this innovative book, Ruth Malkinson introduces a new idea for cognitive grief therapy—maintaining ties with the deceased and integrating our memories of them into our belief system.


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Maps of Narrative Practice

Provides brand new practical and accessible accounts of the major areas of narrative practice that the author, Michael White, has developed and taught over the years.


cover image The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization
Three leading researchers and clinicians share what they have learned from treating and studying chronically traumatized individuals across more than 65 years of collective experience.

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ADHD Grown Up: A Guide to Adolescent and Adult ADHD

At least 40-70% of those diagnosed with ADHD as kids, will have it persist when they are adults. This book examines what happens to all these ADHD kids when they grow up.


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The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brain

With cogent explanation and instructive brain diagrams, Cozolino presents an atlas of how the development of brain systems—from before birth through adulthood—determine how we interact with others.


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Geriatric Psychiatry Basics

A useful resource for brushing up on fundamentals, and the ideal handbook for non-specialists who need a quick reference or primer in this burgeoning field.


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Child Anxiety Disorders: A Family-Based Treatment Manual for Practitioners

The authors present a clinically-proven treatment protocol based on a collaborative, family-based intervention approach—one that has seen remission rates of 80% in children.


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Integrated Treatment of Eating Disorders: Beyond the Body Betrayed

A comprehensive, hands-on approach to treating eating disorders in a fully integrated way, addressing developmental, sexual, biological, cultural, and other concerns.


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Genograms: Assessment and Intervention, Third Edition

The latest revision of the best-selling text provides a standard method for constructing and interpreting genograms.


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Gay Affirmative Therapy for the Straight Clinician

Many well-meaning straight therapists are still at a loss when it comes to counseling gay and lesbian clients; this book offers them the tools they need.


cover image How to Talk to Parents About Autism
This book will help professionals who consult with parents to understand autism's symptoms and provide proactive guidance.

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Treatment of Bipolar Illness: A Casebook for Clinicians and Patients

Whereas most current research focuses on short-term therapeutic approaches, this book focuses on the longitudinal course of manic-depressive illness and its treatment.


cover image Seven Strategies for Positive Aging
Drawing on the theoretical perspective of Positive Aging, Hill offers practical exercises and techniques to develop positive aging skills.

How to Use Herbs, Nutrients, and Yoga in Mental Health

Leaders in the field of complementary medicine present a comprehensive yet compact guide to herbs, nutrients, and yoga as adjuncts to mental health therapy.


A Therapist's Guide to Understanding Common Medical Problems
Geared specifically to nonmedically trained mental health professionals, it gives mental health practitioners a better understanding of exactly how physical health issues play out in the context of mental health issues.