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.

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.

Carried by each and every human being, death anxiety is the price for our self-awareness and the shadow from which we cannot be separated. Because we cannot live frozen in fear, we turn to our children, to wealth, to fame, or to a belief in a higher power to soften death's terror. This title opens the 'mortal wound', our knowledge of death.

Offers a collection of psychological case studies, which reveal the intricacies of the clients' psychological landscapes. This work provides an insight into the human condition and our search for happiness, and it explores the unique dynamic of the relationship between therapist and client.

Presents a fresh approach to the universal issue of mortality. This book helps us recognize that the fear of death is at the heart of much of our anxiety.

Frustrated by the challenge of his psychiatric practice, Ernest Lash is compelled to create a remarkable new approach to therapy that involves a completely open, authentic relationship with his clients.

Concerning choosing the most appropriate treatment, this volume in the 'Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique' offers guidelines and specific models for intervention in the treatment of numerous types and subtypes of depression.

Helps us recognize that the fear of death is at the heart of much of our anxiety. Such recognition is often catalyzed by an awakening experience - a dream, or loss, illness, trauma, or aging. Once we confront our own mortality, this work explains that we are inspired to rearrange our priorities, and communicate more deeply with those we love.

In the JOSSEY-BASS LIBRARY OF CURRENT CLINICAL TECHNIQUE series. Guidance offered by experts to clinicians to guide them on the most effective interventions for working with school-age children. The issues of normal developmental childhood are addressed as well as serious problems. Aimed at psychiatrists, child psychologists and social workers.

In the JOSSEY-BASS LIBRARY OF CURRENT CLINICAL TECHNIQUE series in which the most effective techniques for treating a broad range of psychological problems in preschool children are explained. Aimed at psychiatrists, child psychologists, social workers and health care professionals working with young children.