Offers an introduction to psychodynamic practice. This book addresses the competencies and techniques identified as central to the delivery of effective psychodynamic practice. It is suitable for trainees on psychodynamic counseling and psychotherapy courses.

Contains eight case-studies of people the author has treated, including a woman of 67, obsessively pining with love for her 32-year-old previous therapist and a woman of 19 stone who has emotional difficulties because of her weight problem. This title includes stories that reveal the diversity of human motivation.

Presents an introduction to the psychodynamic approach. This book describes the psychodynamic counselling process from initial meeting to the end of the relationship. It sets out the main theory and principles involved in psychodynamic work and shows how these can be applied creatively and effectively within the process.

Narrative Tools for Stimulating Process and Dialogue in Therapy Groups for Children and Adolescents.

Explores the creation of meaning in clinical psychoanalysis. This book features chapters that are undergirded by the concept that the meanings which arise from unformulated experience are catalyzed by the states of relatedness in which the meanings emerge. It theorizes enactment as the interpersonalization of dissociation.

Reflective Practice in Psychotherapy and Counselling

Presents the basic concepts of modern medical hypnosis. This title encourages mental health care practitioners to learn how to use hypnosis as an adjunct to standard medical care.

Explores the creation of meaning in clinical psychoanalysis. Approaching the link between dissociation and enactment via hermeneutics, metaphor, and narrative, among other perspectives, this book weaves an experience-near theory of psychoanalytic relatedness that illuminates dilemmas clinicians find themselves in every day.

Emphasizes the process of learning essential clinical competencies. This title illustrates competencies in action with evidence-based treatment protocols and clinical simulations to foster learning and competency. It promotes learning of the 20 essential clinical competencies needed for effective and successful clinical practice.

Emphasizes the process of learning essential clinical competencies. This title illustrates competencies in action with evidence-based treatment protocols and clinical simulations to foster learning and competency. It promotes learning of the 20 essential clinical competencies needed for effective and successful clinical practice.

full title ; 101 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started Using Hypnosis

Explores the wise and conscious use of spiritual resources within counselling and psychotherapy.

Offers guidance on how to apply the theory and refine TA psychotherapy skills in practice.

This new edition includes over twenty additional pages of new therapy tips by the author reflecting on the major issues and changes he has seen in the world of therapy since he first wrote this book in 2002.

Presenting a framework for tailoring cognitive-behavioral interventions to each client's needs, this book offers practical pointers and sample dialogues. It shows how to collaborate with clients to develop and test conceptualizations that illuminate personal strengths as well as problems.

Introduces the reader to the theory and practice of formulation through the discussion of two clients (one adult and one child focused problem), whose problems are formulated from the perspective of 5 different therapeutic traditions: systemic, psychodynamic, community, cognitive - behavioural and social constructionist/narrative.

Reviews the constructivist trends in psychotherapy, allowing the reader to enter a fresh dialogue and elaborating on Kelly's personal construct theory and the implications for psychotherapeutic theory and practice.

A guide to the basic theory, skills, and applications of CBT. This book sets out the core concepts and generic skills of CBT including: the method of Socratic dialogue; case formulation; the therapeutic relationship; and, therapeutic strategies - cognitive, behavioural, and physiological.