Psychotherapy & Counselling Books
| Introducing Psychology Nigel Benson & Simon Grove (1998). Cambridge: Icon Books. ISBN: 1840460598  Excellent
Cartoon-style revision or introduction book that in few a few short pages
will remind you of everything you knew about psychology (which is more
than you might think), and fill in the rest in note form. Recommended
to give you a quick overview of the key ideas in psychology. See more
about Introducing
Psychology including
reviews and "Search Inside". |
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| Introducing Psychotherapy Nigel Benson & Borin van Loon (2003). Cambridge: Icon Books. ISBN: 1840464410 Good
cartoon-style whiz around the major modes of psychotherapy. Only gets
4 stars (compared to Benson (1998) because it wonders off topic at the
end, discussing complementary therapies. See more about Introducing
Psychotherapy including
reviews and "Search Inside". |
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| In the Psychiatrist's Chair Anthony Clare (1992). London: Heineman. ISBN: 1840460598 Celebrity
biographical interviews, including the psychoanalyst R. D. Laing and the "angony
aunt" Clair Raynor. See more about In
the Psychiatrist's Chair |
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| Gestalt Counselling in Action. Petruska Clarkson (1989). London: Sage Publications. ISBN: 1412900859 See more about Gestalt Counselling in Action including
reviews and "Search Inside". |
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| Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday
Life. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1998). Basic Books. ISBN: 0465024114 Addresses
the question of what is happiness and fulfillment in a personal life, by entering
into a state of flow, where time and self-consciousness stop. (His name is pronounced chick-sent-me-high-ee,
if you were wondering.) See more about Finding
Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday including
reviews. |
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| Handbook of Individual Therapy (4th ed.). Windy Dryden (Ed.) (2002). London: Sage Publications. ISBN: 0761969438  A
set of reviews of the major psychotherapy and psychodynamic modes of
treatment, including Transactional Analysis. They are all treated in
the same format to help comparison. It provides a condensed and intense
introduction to each. Includes TA chapter by Keith Tudor and Robin Hobbes.
See more about Handbook
of Individual Therapy including
reviews and "Search Inside". See also review by Underwager. |
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| Overcoming Depression Windy Dryden & Sarah Opie (2003). London: Sheldon press. ISBN: 0859698181 See more about Overcoming Depression including
reviews. |
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| On Becoming a Psychotherapist. Windy Dryden & Spurling, L. (Eds.). (1989). London, Routledge. ISBN: 0415036119 See morea about On Becoming a Psycotherapist including "Search Inside" (also available as an e-book). |
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| Identity: Youth and Crisis. ErikErikson (1968). London: Faber and Faber. ISBN: 0393311449 See more about Identity: Youth and Crisis .
See also review by Nisbet. |
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| Understanding the Counselling Relationship. Colin Feltham (ed.) (1999). London: Sage Publishing. ISBN: 0761957855  See more about Understanding
the Counselling Relationship
including chapter on the Counselling Relationship in Transactional Analysis
by Keith Tudor. |
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| Applying Psychology to Early Child Development Cara Flanagan (1996). London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN: 0340643927 Well written
and engaging first year university level tour of child psychology. See more
about Applying
Psyuchology to Early Child Development |
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| Mental Health Matters: A Reader Tom Heller, Jill Reyonds, Roger Gomm, Rosemary Muston, Stephen Pattison (Eds.). (1996). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 0333678486 See
more about Mental
Health Matters: A Reader including
reviews. |
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| A Level Psychology Through Diagrams (2nd ed.). Grahame Hill (2001). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0199134227 Good
revision book using diagrams. Useful if you need to go into more detail than
Benson & Grove (1998).See more about A
Level Psychology Through Diagrams including
reviews. |
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| Emotional Health: What
Emotions Are and How They Cause Social and Mental Diseases Bob Johnson (2002). York: James Naylor Foundation. ISBN: 1904327001 See more
about Emotional
Health.
See also reviews by Mental
Health Nursing. You can also listen to an interview with Bob Johnson
on the BBC's
All in the Mind (click on Listen Again button (In .RAM Real Audio format).
See also a memo by Bob Johnson to Parliament on the Draft
Mental Health Bill. |
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| A Complete Guide to Therapy: From Psychoanalysis to Behaviour Modification Joel Kovel (1978). Harmondsworth: Pelican Books. ISBN: 0140136312 See more about A Complete Guide to Therapy: From Psychoanalysis to Behaviour Modification |
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| The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity
and Madness (Pelican
ed.) R. D. Laing (1965). London: Penguin Books. ISBN: 0140135375 Tries
to make maddness and the process of going mad comprehensible to the sane.
See more about The
Divided Self |
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| Knots R. D. Laing (1970). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN: 0140033505 Takes
you into the through-the-looking-glass mental convolutions of script
and game thinking from the inside. See more about Knots including
reviews. See also review by Matherne. |
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| The Dance of Anger: A Guide to Changing the Pattern of Intimate
Relationships Lerner, H. G. (1989). London: HarperCollins. ISBN: 0722536232 Simple,
clear and practical message about dealing with your anger, with good insights
into scripts being passed on in families, and the drama triangle (though
not described in a Transactional Analysis way). See more about The
Dance of Anger including
reviews). See also review by the
author. |
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| The Road Less Travelled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional
Values and Spiritual Growth M. Scott Peck (1978). London: Arrow Books. ISBN: 0099727404 See more about The Road Less Travelled including
reviews). See also reviews by Durocher, eagle_eye and msnzo. |
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| The Child's Conception of the World Jean Piaget (1929). Lanham, ML: Littlefield Adams Quality Paperbacks. ISBN: 082260213X See more about The Child's Conception of the World .
See also review by Pycha. |
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| Client Centered Therapy: Its Current Practice, Implications
and Theory Carl Rogers (1951). London: Constable. ISBN: 0395053226 See more about Client Centered Therapy |
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| Klein Hannah Segal (1979). Glasgow: Fontana/Collins. ISBN: 0946439699 See more about Klein |
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| Jung Storr, A. (1973). Glasgow: Fontana/Collins. ISBN: 0006860311 See more about Jung |
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| Families and How to Survive Them Robin Skynner & John Cleese (1983). London: Vermillion. ISBN: 0749314109 The
psychoanalyst and the comedian keep up a chatty Socratic explanation
of the Psychodynamic account of family dynamics and child development
(from a practical perspective). But the discussion on sexuality doesn't
chime, particularly the ideas on homosexuality. See more about Families
and How to Survive Them including
reviews). See also review by Anon. |
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| Life and How to Survive It Robin Skynner & John Cleese (1993). London: Vermillion. ISBN: 0749323205 See more about Life and How to Survive It including
reviews). See also review by Anons. |
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| Coping with Anxiety and Depression (revised ed.) Shirley Trickett (1996). London: Sheldon Press. ISBN: 0859697622 See more about Coping with Anxiety and Depression including
reviews. |