Mental Health Books

New and Published Books

1. A Practical Casebook of Time-Limited Psychoanalytic Work

   A Modern Kleinian approach

   By Robert Waska

   Modern Kleinian Therapy is a model of effective psychoanalytic work that offers relief to deep internal conflicts by establishing and maintaining analytic contact, and beginning to unravel, modify, and heal turbulent and torn minds. This book defines Modern Kleinian Therapy as a modality for...

   Published May 23rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Models of Madness

   Psychological, Social and Biological Approaches to Psychosis

   Edited by John Read, Jacqui Dillon

   Series: The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis Book Series

   Are hallucinations and delusions really symptoms of an illness called ‘schizophrenia’? Are mental health problems really caused by chemical imbalances and genetic predispositions? Are psychiatric drugs as effective and safe as the drug companies claim? Is madness preventable? This second edition of...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
3. Cognitive Behavioural Approaches to the Understanding and Treatment of Dissociation

   Edited by Fiona Kennedy, Helen Kennerley, David Pearson

   The study of dissociation is relevant to anyone undertaking research or treatment of mental health problems. Cognitive Behavioural Approaches to the Understanding and Treatment of Dissociation uses a cognitive approach to de-mystify the processes involved in linking traumatic incidents to their...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Ontology of Psychology

   Questioning Foundations in the Philosophy of Mind

   By Linda A.W. Brakel

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   In this volume, Brakel raises questions about conventions in the study of mind in three disciplines—psychoanalysis, philosophy of mind, and experimental philosophy. She illuminates new understandings of the mind through interdisciplinary challenges to views long-accepted. Here she proposes a view...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
5. Psychoanalysis and Creativity in Everyday Life

   Ordinary Genius

   By Gemma Corradi Fiumara

   Psychoanalysis and Creativity in Everyday Life: Ordinary Genius is an attempt to create a psychoanalytic space for the quest and questions of our everyday creativity. Official creativity is normally applauded to the point of obscuring all other types of creativity, with detrimental consequences for...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
6. Single Case Research in Schools

   Practical Guidelines for School-Based Professionals

   By Kimberly J. Vannest, John L. Davis, Richard I. Parker

   Series: School-Based Practice in Action

   Single Case Research in Schools addresses and examines the variety of cutting-edge issues in single case research (SCR) in educational settings. Featuring simple and practical techniques for aggregating data for evidence-based practices, the book delves into methods of selecting behaviors of...

   Published May 19th 2013 by Routledge
7. Handbook of Vocational Psychology

   Theory, Research, and Practice, 4th Edition

   Edited by W. Bruce Walsh, Mark L. Savickas, Paul J. Hartung

   Handbook of Vocational Psychology identifies, reports, and evaluates significant developments in vocational psychology and career counseling, and in doing so provides both professional clinicians and students with an informed understanding of both the current state and continuing progress in the...

   Published May 19th 2013 by Routledge
8. 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...

   Published May 16th 2013 by Routledge
9. A Handbook of Divorce and Custody

   Forensic, Developmental, and Clinical Perspectives

   Edited by Linda Gunsberg, Paul Hymowitz

   The Handbook of Divorce and Custody brings together mental health professionals and forensic specialists dedicated to working in the legal arena with families in crisis. Section I provides the individual perspectives of experienced clinicians, all of whom share a psychodynamic and...

   Published May 13th 2013 by Routledge
10. Progressive Counting Within a Phase Model of Trauma-Informed Treatment

    By Ricky Greenwald

    Clinicians recognize trauma and loss as a prominent source of clients' problems. Progressive counting is a significant advance in trauma treatment because it is about as efficient, effective, and well-tolerated as EMDR while being far simpler for therapists to master and do well. PC's value has...

    Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge