Counseling Books

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11. The Bilingual Counselor's Guide to Spanish

    Basic Vocabulary and Interventions for the Non-Spanish Speaker

    By Roberto Swazo

    Designed specifically with mental health professionals in mind, The Bilingual Counselor’s Guide to Spanish is perfect for counselors interested in expanding their client base and language skill set. Featuring terminology and cultural phrases specific to the mental health profession, this text...

    Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
12. Transformative Relationships

    The Control Mastery Theory of Psychotherapy

    Edited by George Silberschatz

    The control-mastery theory, developed by Dr. Joseph Weiss over the second half of the twentieth century, is an attempt to integrate an understanding of how the mind works, how psychopathologies develop, and how psychotherapy can effectively help. Control-Mastery theory assumes that the patient's...

    Published May 2nd 2013 by Routledge
13. Handbook of Thanatology

    The Essential Body of Knowledge for the Study of Death, Dying, and Bereavement, 2nd Edition

    Edited by David E. Balk, David K. Meagher

    If ever there was an area requiring that the research-practice gap be bridged, surely it occurs where thanatologists engage with people dealing with human mortality and loss. The field of thanatology—the study of death and dying—is a complex, multidisciplinary area that encompases...

    Published May 1st 2013 by Routledge
14. Creating Safe and Supportive Learning Environments

    A Guide for Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth and Families

    Edited by Emily S. Fisher, Karen Komosa-Hawkins

    The importance of creating safe spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students in the school environment cannot be overstated. It is one of the most prominent issues facing school professionals today, and its success has lasting, positive effects on the entire...

    Published April 16th 2013 by Routledge
15. Living with the Bomb (Psychology Revivals)

    Can We Live Without Enemies?

    By Dorothy Rowe

    Series: Psychology Revivals

    Originally published in 1985, Living with the Bomb was written as a sequel to the best seller Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison. The human species is facing extinction, not merely from nuclear war but also, and perhaps more likely, from the destruction of the resources of the planet. Is it...

    Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
16. Anorexia Nervosa

    A Recovery Guide for Sufferers, Families and Friends, 2nd Edition

    By Janet Treasure, June Alexander

    The highly respected and widely known Anorexia Nervosa: A Survival Guide for Sufferers and Friends was written in 1997. This long-awaited new edition builds on the work of the first book, providing essential new and updated research outcomes on anorexia nervosa. It offers a unique insight and...

    Published March 19th 2013 by Routledge
17. Love, Intimacy, and the African American Couple

    Edited by Katherine M. Helm, Jon Carlson

    Series: Family Therapy and Counseling

    This exciting new text on counseling African American couples outlines critical components to providing culturally-sensitive treatment. Built around a framework that examines African American couples’ issues as well as the specific contextual factors that can negatively impact their relationships,...

    Published March 18th 2013 by Routledge
18. Women and Problem Gambling

    Therapeutic insights into understanding addiction and treatment

    By Liz Karter

    Addiction is much misunderstood. Women and addictive gambling even more so, and for many years women have suffered in silence. This book explores how lonely, troubled lives and damaging relationships lead to the trap of problem gambling, the anxiety and chaos whilst locked inside, and then offers...

    Published March 13th 2013 by Routledge
19. Internal Family Systems Therapy

    New Dimensions

    Edited by Martha Sweezy, Ellen L. Ziskind

    Internal family systems therapy, or IFS, is one of the fastest growing models of psychotherapy today. Focused on psychic multiplicity and the healing effects of compassion, this non-pathologizing therapy has been adopted by clinicians around the world. Internal Family Systems Therapy: New...

    Published March 12th 2013 by Routledge
20. The Empty Couch

    The taboo of ageing and retirement in psychoanalysis

    Edited by Gabriele Junkers

    The Empty Couch is an introduction to the challenges and obstacles inherent in ageing as a psychoanalyst. It addresses the previously neglected issue of ill health, as well as the significance of ageing for psychoanalysts, exploring the analyst’s attitude towards getting older, impermanence and...

    Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge