Forthcoming Counseling Books

Forthcoming Books

1. The Spiritual Horizon of Psychotherapy

   Edited by William S. Schmidt, Merle R. Jordan

   This book explores the wise and conscious use of spiritual resources within counselling and psychotherapy. Written by veteran clinicians from different spiritual perspectives, and from various therapeutic schools of thought, this book provides a broad view of how the spiritual is present within...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Trauma, Culture, and Metaphor

   Pathways of Transformation and Integration

   By John P. Wilson, Jacob D. Lindy

   Series: Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

   In Trauma, Culture, and Metaphor, John Wilson and Jacob Lindy explore the language of both individual and collective trauma in an era dominated by globalization and interconnectedness. Through lucid, careful discussion, this important book builds a bridge between the etymology of trauma-related...

   To Be Published June 4th 2013 by Routledge
3. Essential Career Transition Coaching Skills

   By Caroline Talbott

   Series: Essential Coaching Skills and Knowledge

   Career moves (even positive ones) can be disruptive for the individual, and the psychological impact of changing roles or careers is often underestimated. Career transition coaching is a relatively new field, but one that is highly relevant in the modern world. In Essential Career Transition...

   To Be Published June 4th 2013 by Routledge
4. Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships

   What Works and What Doesn't

   By Patricia L. Papernow

   Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships draws on current research, a wide variety of clinical modalities, and thirty years of clinical work with stepfamily members to describe the special challenges stepfamilies face. The book presents the concept of "stepfamily architecture" and the...

   To Be Published June 5th 2013 by Routledge
5. Introduction to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Technique

   2nd Edition

   By Sarah Fels Usher

   Introduction to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Technique is a revised edition of the popular technical guide to the conduct of psychodynamic psychotherapy written by Sarah Fels Usher, published in 1993. In her thoroughly updated book, the author takes the student from the very beginning through to the...

   To Be Published June 10th 2013 by Routledge
6. Creating Connection

   A Relational-Cultural Approach with Couples

   Edited by Judith V. Jordan, Jon Carlson

   Series: Family Therapy and Counseling

   Relational-Cultural Theory (RCT) posits that people grow through and toward relationship throughout the lifespan. Rather than emphasizing movement toward autonomy and self-sufficiency, it focuses on the power of connection in people’s lives. Culture and power are seen as formative in...

   To Be Published June 11th 2013 by Routledge
7. Values and Ethics in Counseling

   Real-Life Ethical Decision Making

   Edited by Dana Heller Levitt, Holly J. Hartwig Moorhead

   Many counselors learn about ethics in graduate school by applying formal, step-by-step ethical decision-making models that require counselors to be aware of their values and refrain from imposing personal values that might harm clients. However, in the real world, counselors often make split-second...

   To Be Published June 13th 2013 by Routledge
8. Life Coaching

   A cognitive behavioural approach, 2nd Edition

   By Michael Neenan, Windy Dryden

   The way we think profoundly influences the way we feel, so learning to think differently can enable us to feel and act differently. The first edition of Life Coaching successfully showed how to tackle self-defeating thinking and replace it with a problem-solving outlook, providing clear and helpful...

   To Be Published June 13th 2013 by Routledge
9. Analysing Identity

   Cross-Cultural, Societal and Clinical Contexts

   Edited by Peter Weinreich, Wendy Saunderson

   People's identities are addressed and brought into being by interaction with others. Identity processes encompass biographical experiences, historical eras and cultural norms in which the self's autonomy varies according to the flux of power relationships with others. Identity Structure Analysis (...

   To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
10. Tomorrow I'll Be Slim (Psychology Revivals)

    The psychology of dieting

    By Sara Gilbert

    Series: Psychology Revivals

    Why do so many people try dieting, only to fail? What distinguishes those who succeed from those who do not? Are fat people really any different from thin people? What makes us eat, and how do we stop eating? And how can dieting trigger problems with eating normally? Originally published in 1989,...

    To Be Published July 3rd 2013 by Routledge