New Books in Mental Health

Core Competencies in Brief Dynamic Psychotherapy

Becoming a Highly Effective and Competent Brief Dynamic Psychotherapist

By Jeffrey L. Binder, Ephi J. Betan

Series: Core Competencies in Psychotherapy Series

This book addresses the essential clinical competencies required to conduct brief dynamic therapy. Authors Jeffrey L. Binder and Ephi J. Betan discuss the conceptual foundation of their treatment model, and the application of this framework in forming and maintaining a therapeutic alliance,...

Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge

Creative Activities for Group Therapy

By Nina W. Brown

Leading a group is a delicate balancing act of tasks and dynamic group and individual factors, and the group leader’s expertise and skill are fundamental to maintaining this balance. However, no matter how competent and well-prepared the group leader is, there can be situations that present...

Published December 7th 2012 by Routledge

Deaf Mental Health Care

Edited by Neil S. Glickman

Series: Counseling and Psychotherapy: Investigating Practice from Scientific, Historical, and Cultural Perspectives

This volume presents a state of the art account of the clinical specialty of mental health care of deaf people. Drawing upon some of the leading clinicians, teachers, administrators, and researchers in this field from the United States and Great Britain, it addresses critical issues from this...

Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge

Feminist Therapy with Latina Women

Personal and Social Voices

Edited by Debra M. Kawahara, Oliva Espín

Feminist Therapy with Latina Women highlights the principles of feminist and multicultural counselling and therapy with Latinas and Latin American women, providing both theoretical approaches and applied frameworks. The authors are all experienced therapists and researchers with a deep...

Published November 4th 2012 by Routledge

Group Counseling

Concepts and Procedures, 5th Edition

By Robert C. Berg, Garry L. Landreth, Kevin A. Fall

First published in 1979, Group Counseling has consistently been a widely used and praised text, providing both novice and experienced counselors with a framework from which to expand their group counseling skills and knowledge. This fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect...

Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge

Group Counseling Textbook & Workbook Bundle

By Robert C. Berg, Garry L. Landreth, Kevin A. Fall

This bundled set will consist of one copy of the fifth edition of the Group Counseling: Concepts and Procedures text authored by Robert Berg, Garry Landreth and Kevin Fall, and one copy of the new companion Group Counseling in Action Workbook & DVD product, produced by and featuring...

Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge

Helping Beyond the 50-Minute Hour

Therapists Involved in Meaningful Social Action

Edited by Jeffrey A. Kottler, Matt Englar-Carlson, Jon Carlson

"Slacktivism" is a term that has been coined to cynically describe the token efforts that people devote to some cause, without long-term or meaningful impact. We wear colored wristbands, pins, or ribbons proclaiming support for a particular organization. We might post something on social network...

Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge

Introduction to the Counseling Profession

Sixth Edition

Edited by David Capuzzi, Douglas R. Gross

Introduction to the Counseling Profession is a comprehensive overview of the history and foundational concepts of counseling, offering the most current and relevant breadth of coverage available. Students will gain insight into the myriad issues that surround not only the process of counseling and...

Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge

Loneliness Updated

Recent research on loneliness and how it affects our lives

Edited by Ami Rokach

"To be alone is to be different. To be different is to be alone, and to be in the interior of this fatal circle is to be lonely. To be lonely is to have failed" (Susan Schultz, 1976) Loneliness carries a significant social stigma, as lack of friendship and social ties is socially undesirable, and...

Published November 8th 2012 by Routledge

Pacific Identities and Well-Being

Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Edited by Margaret Nelson Agee, Tracey McIntosh, Philip Culbertson, Cabrini 'Ofa Makasiale

Series: Routledge Monographs in Mental Health

Filling a significant gap in the cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary literature within the field of Pasifika (Polynesian) and Maori identities and mental health, this volume focuses on bridging mental health related research and practice within the indigenous communities of the South Pacific...

Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge

The Clinical Effectiveness of Neurolinguistic Programming

A Critical Appraisal

Edited by Lisa Wake, Richard Gray, Frank Bourke

Series: Advances in Mental Health Research

Despite widespread use, Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) is a topic of much debate, often receiving criticism from academic and professional sectors. In this book international academics, researchers and therapists are brought together to examine the current evidence of the clinical efficacy of...

Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge

The Psychology of Feeling Sorry

The Weight of the Soul

By Peter Randall

Can feeling genuinely sorry enable an important healing experience? Can relieving the weight of guilt restore a general sense of self-worth? Can an individual's dawning awareness give birth to feelings of remorse; perhaps even to acts of repentance? The concepts of betrayal, vengeance and...

Published October 31st 2012 by Routledge

The Therapist’s Answer Book

Solutions to 101 Tricky Problems in Psychotherapy

By Jerome S. Blackman

Therapists inevitably feel more gratified in their work when their cases have better treatment outcomes. This book is designed to help them achieve that by providing practical solutions to problems that arise in psychotherapy, such as: Do depressed people need an antidepressant, or...

Published November 6th 2012 by Routledge

The Use of Self in Therapy, Third Edition

Edited by Michele Baldwin

One of the most powerful factors in therapy is that it involves the intensive relationship between two (or more) human beings. The issues of transparency and self-disclosure therefore become important concerns for therapists; how can they use themselves effectively in their work without...

Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge

Unlocking the Emotional Brain

Eliminating Symptoms at Their Roots Using Memory Reconsolidation

By Bruce Ecker, Robin Ticic, Laurel Hulley

Psychotherapy that regularly yields liberating, lasting change was, in the last century, a futuristic vision, but it has now become reality, thanks to a convergence of remarkable advances in clinical knowledge and brain science. In Unlocking the Emotional Brain, authors Ecker, Ticic and Hulley...

Published September 23rd 2012 by Routledge