Containing States of Mind: Exploring Bion`s `container Model` in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy    Duncan Cartwright    Taylor & Francis    $75

Wilfred Bion's insights into the analytic process have had a profound influence on how psychoanalysts and psychotherapists understand emotional change and pathological mental states. One of his most influential ideas concerns the notion that we need the minds of others to develop our own emotional and cognitive capacities. In Containing States of Mind Duncan Cartwright explores and develops some of the implications Bion's container model has on clinical practice.

Existential Perspectives on Supervision in Counselling and Psychotherapy    Van Deurzen/Young   
Palgrave  Macmillan    $75

Written for trainees and supervisors of all theoretical orientations, this book provides a model of supervision based on basic philosophical principles. The chapters explore a myriad of human issues and show how to prioritize ethical, social and cultural aspects of therapy whilst rekindling the capacity for careful scrutiny and self-reflection

Crisis-Proof Your Practice: How to survive and thrive in an uncertain economy    Lynn Grodzki    Norton    $37.95

Today’s recession is deep; most economists predict that it will last for several years. This timely book explains why psychotherapy practices are especially vulnerable to a recession and how to keep yours viable. The book’s first section, “Surviving,” offers immediate steps for a practice in trouble, including a turnaround plan and ways to cut unhealthy dependencies. The second section, “Thriving,” gives practitioners a big picture view of their future: whether to grow the practice or cut back, an overview of the future of private practice, and a look at the most future-forward practice models in use today. The third section, “Success Factors,” highlights the mindset of the practice owner, which often makes the difference between success or failure, including how to develop resilience, responsibility, and leadership.

Psychotherapy as a Developmental Process    Basseches/Mascolo    Routledge    $110

This book provides a basis for improving psychotherapy practice, research, and training, offering therapists ways of improving their success rate by means of disciplined attention to and reflection upon therapeutic processes across all psychotherapy.

Developing Resilience: A Cognitive-Behavioural Approach
Michael Neenan    Routledge    $42

Some individuals emerge from grim experiences stronger in mind and spirit than others who suffered the same fate. In this book, Michael Neenan suggests that it is the meanings that we attach to events, and not the events themselves, that determine our reactions to them; this is why different people can react to the same event in a variety of ways.

The Creative Therapist: The Art of Awakening a Session
Bradford Keeney    Routledge    $70

In The Creative Therapist, Bradford Keeney makes the case that “creativityis the most essential aspect of vibrant, meaningful, and successful therapy.” No matter what therapeutic orientation one practices, it must be awakened by creativity in order for the session to come alive. This book presents a theoretical framework that provides an understanding of how to go outside habituated ways of therapy in order to bring forth new and innovative possibilities. A basic structure for creative therapy, based on the outline of a three-part theatrical play is also set forth.

A Casebook of Cognitive Therapy for Traumatic Stress Reactions    Nick Grey    Routledge    $80

Many people experience traumatic events and whilst some gradually recover from such experiences, others find it more difficult and may seek professional help for a range of problems. A Casebook of Cognitive Therapy for Traumatic Stress Reactions aims to help therapists who may not have an extensive range of clinical experience. The book includes descriptions and case studies of clinical cases of cognitive behavioural treatments involving people who have experienced traumatic events.

The Healing Power of Emotion: Affective neuroscience, development and clinical practice
Fosha/Siegel/Solomon    Norton    $57.95

Normal human development relies on the cultivation of relationships with others to form and nurture the self-regulatory circuits that enable emotion to enrich, rather than enslave, our lives. And just as emotionally traumatic events can tear apart the fabric of family and psyche, the emotions can become powerful catalysts for the transformations that are at the heart of the healing process. In this book, leading neuroscientists, developmental psychologists, therapy researchers, and clinicians illuminate how to regulate emotion in a healthy way. A variety of emotions, both positive and negative, are examined in detail, drawing on both research and clinical observations. The role of emotion in bodily regulation, dyadic connection, marital communication, play, well-being, health, creativity, and social engagement is explored. The Healing Power of Emotion offers fresh, exciting, original, and groundbreaking work from the leading figures studying and working with emotion today.

Play Therapy with Traumatized Children  
 Paris Goodyear-Brown    Wiley    $82.95

Play therapists often use props (which may include a sandtray, miniature characters, bubbles, balloons, dolls, etc.) to help children work through or resolve difficult traumatic experiences (such as sexual or physical abuse, domestic violence, death of a loved one, divorce, natural disasters, or violent crimes). This new book, written by an emerging leader in the field of play therapy, will combine a flexible theoretical model with a step-by-step treatment plan for using these evidence-informed interventions in practice with traumatized children.

Memory Matters: Contexts for Understanding Sexual Abuse Recollections    Haaken/Reavey    Routledge    $130

This book is grounded in the debates of the 1980s and 1990s that surrounded recollections of childhood sexual abuse, particularly those that emerged in the context of psychotherapy. When growing numbers of therapists claimed that they were recovering deeply repressed memories of early sexual violations in their female clients, a wave of alarmed critics countered that therapists were implanting the very memories they were discovering. In looking back at this volatile and heated controversy, Memory Matters takes up disturbing questions that linger concerning memory, sexuality, and childhood.

Handbook of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies: Third Edition
Keith Dobson    Guilford    $110

This acclaimed text and practitioner reference presents an authoritative overview of major models of cognitivebehavioural
therapy (CBT). Foremost treatment developers explain core CBT
principles and provide a framework for systematic assessment, case conceptualisation, and treatment planning. Scholarly yet accessible chapters on each therapy detail what makes the approach unique, which clinical problems it is used to treat, what assessment and intervention tools have been developed, how they are implemented, and what the research reveals about the therapy’s effectiveness.

Relational-centred Research for Psychotherapists: exploring meanings and experience    Finlay/Evans
Wiley    $77.95

Readers are offered many practical examples of small-scale research that is firmly grounded in clinical experience.  Advocating a qualitative research approach, the examples mirror relational-centred practice by placing the emphasis on conducting research with participants, not on them. Finlay and Evans demonstrate that many of the familiar clinical skills, values, and interests of therapists such as interviewing skills, reflexive interpretation, and inferential thinking are, in fact, transferable to the research domain, while knowledge of research processes and findings can further enhance clinical therapy. As an accessible introduction to setting up and
conducting research, this book is the long-awaited answer to increasing competencies for psychotherapists and counsellors in clinical practice.

Family Therapy    Doherty/McDaniel
APA    $49.95

In Family Therapy, William J Doherty and Susan H McDaniel
discuss the history, theory, and practice of this systemsoriented
therapy. There are many different types of family
therapy, but at the heart of each is systems theory, a model
that arose from the fields of biology, physics, chemistry, and
cybernetics. This book provides a way of thinking in systemic,
relational terms, and a set of strategies for intervening with
individuals, couples, families, and other systems.

Men in Therapy: New approaches for effective treatment    David Wexler    Norton    $52.95

How men deal with social and emotional pressures has long been inadequately addressed by therapists. Many traditionally “masculine” values are antithetical to therapy’s goals. This
book equips therapists with specific skills to be able to understand male gender role conflicts and offer their male clients the most effective therapy possible.
Feminist Therapy    Laura Brown    APA    $49.95

In Feminist Therapy, Laura S Brown explores the history, theory, and practice of this groundbreaking approach. Feminist
therapy not only listens to, but privileges, the voices and experiences of those who have been defined as “other” by dominant cultures.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Couples and Families: A comprehensive guide for clinicians    Frank Dattilio
Guilford    $69

From a leading expert in cognitivebehavioural therapy and couple and family therapy, this comprehensive guide combines cutting-edge research and clinical wisdom. The author shows
how therapeutic techniques originally designed for individuals have been successfully adapted for use with couples and families struggling with a wide range of relationship problems and stressful life transitions.

Skills in Gestalt Counselling and Psychotherapy: Second edition    Joyce/Sills    Sage    $58.95

Skills in Gestalt Counselling and Psychotherapy, second edition is a practical introduction to the application of the Gestalt approach at each stage of the therapeutic process. Taking the reader through these stages, the book focuses on
skills which arise out of Gestalt theory as well as those invoked by the therapeutic relationship.

From Rage to Courage: Answers to readers' letters 
Alice Miller     Norton    $27.95

The 1979 publication of The Drama of the Gifted Child made Alice Miller a legend. She has received thousands of deeply poignant and highly personal letters from her readers all over the world; they not only thank her for illuminating and often healing the problems that resulted from childhood abuse, but also ask for additional, personalized advice. Unlike most authors, Miller makes a point of responding thoughtfully to the issues raised in each letter, and actively encourages further dialogue and analysis. From Rage to Courage contains her most recent correspondence. A poignant tapestry of suffering, survival, and hope, this collection will reveal the core integrity of Miller’s therapeutic philosophy; followers of Miller will love reading these stories of courage, strength, and compassion, and those new to her ideas will find here undeniable proof of their power.

Common Dilemmas in Couple Therapy    Judith Leavitt
Taylor & Francis    $70

Common Dilemmas in Couples Therapy addresses four common problems that couples therapists face everyday in their offices, problems that leave therapists exhausted, drained, challenged, alive, racing, and on edge. These dilemmas encompass not only the difficult challenges therapists face everyday, but also the passions and profound disappointments of human intimate partnerships. The purpose of this book is not only to explore and give case illustrations of these dilemmas, but also to give therapists strategies to use and help them understand and handle their own profound experiences while doing this work.

Constructivist Psychotherapy: A Narrative Hermeneutic Approach    Chiari/Nuzzo    Routledge    $67

Psychotherapy has undergone major changes in recent years, with a variety of new approaches including cognitive-behavioural therapy joining the more traditional and widespread schools of thought. These new approaches all share the epistemological assumption of constructivism, which states that there are alternative ways of looking at events and that we interpret events according to how we see the world.

Heart and Soul of Change: What works in Therapy: Second Edition    Duncan/Miller/Wampole/Hubble    APA    $116

Updating the classic first edition of The Heart and Soul of
Change, editors Duncan, Miller, Wampold, and Hubble, have
created a new and enriched volume that presents the most
recent research on what works in therapeutic practice, a
thorough analysis of this research, and practical guidance
on how a therapist can truly “deliver what works in therapy.”
This volume examines the common factors underlying
effective psychotherapy and brings the psychotherapist
and the client-therapist relationship back into focus as key
determinants of psychotherapy outcome.

Aggression, Time, and Understanding: Contributions to the Evolution of Gestalt Therapy    Frank Staemmler   
Routledge    $80

Aggression, Time, and Understanding is the first book of Staemmler's writings to be published in English. In the early sections of this book, Staemmler (supported by his Buddhist wife, Barbara) comprehensively explores and questions the traditional Gestalt therapy theory of aggression and proposes a new approach to working with anger and hostility. Further sections include in-depth examinations of the topics of time (the "Here and Now" and "Regressive Processes") and understanding ("Dialogue and Interpretation" and "Cultivated Uncertainty"). From Staemmler's "critical gaze," Dan Bloom observes, "concepts emerge as refreshed, re-formed, and revitalized constructs so we can continue to develop the theory and practice of contemporary Gestalt therapy."

Theraplay: Helping parents and children build better relationships through attachment-based play: Third edition
Booth/Jernberg    Jossey-Bass    $97.95

Healthy interactions, especially between parent and child, are vital to a child's development. Structured play can be an  important part of building this crucial intimacy, especially for children who are troubled by emotional or learning difficulties. Theraplay is a dynamic, proven approach to child therapy based on the closeness and physical intimacy that characterizes normal parent-child relationships.

Psychodynamic Techniques: Working with emotion in the therapeutic relationship    Karen Maroda    Guilford    $61

Helping therapists navigate the complexities of emotional
interactions with clients, this book provides practical clinical
guidelines. Master clinician Karen J Maroda adds an important
dimension to the psychodynamic literature by exploring the
role of both clients’ and therapists’ emotional experiences
in the process of therapy. Vivid case examples illustrate specific techniques for becoming more attuned to one’s own experience of a client; offering direct feedback and selfdisclosure in the service of treatment goals; and managing intense feelings and conflict in the relationship.

State of the Art in Clinical Supervision    Culbreth/Brown
Routledge    $100

There have been many recent developments in the research, theory, and practice of supervision in counseling, but few reliable resources are available for practitioners seeking to expand their knowledge in these areas. Culbreth and Brown have assembled a group of leading researchers, scholars, and professionals in the field to present a collection of chapters on the state of the art in clinical supervision. are explored with expressive art techniques and the uses of narrative therapy and concepts of emotional intelligence.

Transactional Analysis: 100 Key Points and Techniques
Mark Widdowson    Routledge    $42

Transactional Analysis (TA) is a versatile and comprehensive system of psychotherapy. Transactional Analysis: 100 Key Points and Techniques synthesises developments in the field, making complex material accessible and offering practical guidance on how to apply the theory and refine TA psychotherapy skills in practice.

Object Relations, Work and the Self    David Levine    Routledge    $70

In this book, David P. Levine applies psychoanalytic object relations theory to understanding work motivation and the meaning of work. Drawing on the writings of authors such as Donald Winnicott, Otto Kernberg and Melanie Klein, he explores three factors central to our effort to understand work: guilt, greed and the self. Special attention is paid to the factors that determine the individual’s emotional capacity to do work that engages the self and its creative potential and to the related matter of impairment in that capacity.

8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery: Take-charge strategies for reclaiming your life    Babette Rothschild    Norton    $29.95

Trauma recovery is tricky; however, there are several key principles that can help make the process safe and effective. This book gives self help readers, therapy clients, and therapists alike the skills to understand and implement eight keys to successful trauma healing: mindful identification of what is helpful, recognizing survival, having the option to not remember, creating a supportive inner dialogue, forgiving not being able to stop the trauma, understanding and sharing shame, finding your own recovery pace; mobilizing your body, and helping others.

Cocreating the Field: Intention and Practice in the Age of Complexity    Ullman/Wheeler    Routledge    $80

Cocreating the Field is about developing a radically new story to shift our perception of who we are as humans from a focus on our separate individual natures to our complex interconnectedness. The core Gestalt model offers a theoretical and pragmatic frame for addressing urgent concerns in a wide range of crucial arenas. "An inspiring collection. This book redefines the agenda for a more field-relational Gestalt practice, even as it reminds us of the reach and relevance of contemporary Gestalt to the ways we live and work today."
Ty Francis, Organizational Development Consultant

Attachment in Adulthood: Structure, dynamics and change
Mikulincer/Shaver    Guilford    $67

This authoritative work provides a systematic, comprehensive overview of    theory and research on adult attachment. The authors trace how Bowlby and Ainsworth’soriginal constructs have evolved through the study of adolescents and adults. They
review extant measures and analyse how attachment theory has been used to advance scientific understanding of emotions, social cognition, close relationships, psychopathology, and psychotherapy.

Play Therapy for Preschool Children    Charles Scharfer   
APA     $125

Play Therapy for Preschool Children is a comprehensive
sourcebook of play interventions for preventing and resolving
the most common disorders of children aged 3–5 years old.
Editor Charles Schaefer has gathered leading clinicians and researchers who present the research background alongside
recent advances in the adaptation of play therapy for use with children who exhibit a variety of internalising, externalising,
and developmental disorders, as well as prevention programs for at-risk children.

Happiness, Healing, Enhancement: Your casebook collection for applying positive psychology in therapy    George Burns    Wiley    $72.95

Drawing together some of the worlds best researchers, writers and practitioners in applied positive psychotherapy, this  casebook collection translates solid science into sound and clear clinical interventions. Based on real case examples, each chapter provides practical therapeutic guidelines, experience, and examples. Clinically-relevant, evidence-based, and replicable, it showcases therapeutic applications that are brief, effective, empowering, and joyful. Readers will get to step inside the thinking, planning, and processing of skilled practitioners as they decide on, structure, and offer a range of positive psychology interventions. It clearly explains what, why, and how the  contributing practitioners did what they did, step-by-step.

Children and Adolescents in Trauma: Creative therapeutic approaches    Nicholson/Irwin/Dwivedi    Jessica Kingsley    $47.95

Children and Adolescents in Trauma presents a variety of creative approaches to working with young people in residential children’s homes, secure or psychiatric units, and special schools. The contributors describe a wide range of approaches, including art therapy and literature, and how creative methods are applied in cases of abuse, trauma, violence, self-harm and identity development.

Clinical Pearls of Wisdom: 21 leading therapists offer their key insights    Michael Kerman    Norton    $49.95

Including Barbara Rothschild, Margaret Wehrenberg and Dan Hughes, this book collects the “best of the best” in terms of leading therapists who are offering highlights from their years of practice. Topics covered include all those that are most common to therapeutic settings: depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and treatments for children, adolescents, and couples.

Changing Minds in Therapy    Margaret Wilkinson    Norton    $72.95

There is an increasing clinical focus on how recent advances in neuroscience, attachment, and trauma can be applied to treating
patients with a history of early neglect. Margaret Wilkinson draws on her extensive clinical expertise as a master therapist to explain the role of the mind-brain relationship in therapeutic change.

Integration in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Second edition    Lapworth/Sills    Sage    $63

Now in its second edition, this book is established reading for any practitioner or trainee wishing to develop their own personal style of working. As well as examining contemporary integrative approaches, the authors show how to develop an individual approach to integrating theories and methods from a range of psychotherapies. This book should be on the desk of every trainee studying integrative counselling and psychotherapy, as well as on the shelves of practitioners wanting to develop their own personal frameworks for therapy.

Beyond the Crisis of Masculiniity: A transtheoretical model for male-friendly therapy        Gary Brooks    APA    $125

In Beyond the Crisis of Masculinity, Gary Brooks explores the “psychopathology of men’s everyday lives” - the maladaptive
strategies that men use to maintain a traditional male role that has increasingly come under assault. He then delves into the related question of why men overwhelmingly reject psychotherapy at a time when they need it the most.

Personification: Using the Dialogical Self in Psychotherapy and Counselling    John Rowan    Routledge     $64

Personification discusses the theory behind multiplicity of the person and considers the implications that the relationships between the different parts of the same person have in practice. Providing both historical and contemporary insights John Rowan reveals new thinking and research in the field, as well as offering guidelines for using this information in practice.

Short-Term Psychotherapy: A Psychodynamic Approach    Alex Coren    Palgrave Macmillan    $64

This new edition reflects the growing use of short term therapy across a variety of settings. Packed with new material on key issues, the book explores the therapeutic relation, the length of therapy and the evidence base for various forms of therapy. This is key reading for anyone wishing to incorporate a psychodynamic element in their work.