Readings Recommends: Psychology
Chasing The High: A Firsthand Account Of One Young Persons Experience With Substance Abuse
$18.95 (Paperback book / Oxford University Pr )
In this book for young people who are struggling with substance abuse, Kyle Keegan recounts his own remarkable story of drug abuse and ruthless addiction. Keegan, now an adult who is in recovery from his addiction, discu... More »
The Attachment Connection: Parenting A Secure and Confident Child Using the Science Of Attachment Theory
$38.95 (Paperback book / New Harbinger )
The Attachment Connection sorts out the facts from the fiction about parent-child attachment and shows how paying attention to the emotional needs of your child, particularly during the first five years of development, c... More »
Being A Brain-Wise Therapist
$49.95 (Paperback book / W W Norton )
This book translates current advances in neuroscience into useful clinical applications for the practitioner. Linking science with clinical material, the author persuasively argues for more scientifically based long-term... More »
Children's Anxiety: A Contextual Approach
$80.00 (Paperback book / Routledge )
Children’s Anxiety: A Contextual Approach provides an introduction to anxiety in children and teenagers, emphasising the importance of understanding the life circumstances of young people. The book provides an up-to-date... More »
Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Eating Disorders
$82.00 (Hardcover book / Guilford Publs Inc )
This book provides the first comprehensive guide to the practice of "enhanced" cognitive behavior therapy (CBT-E), the latest version of the leading empirically supported treatment for eating disorders. Written with the ... More »
Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy: The Dynamics of Emotion, Love and Power
$97.00 (Hardcover book / American Psych Assn )
In Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy: The Dynamics of Emotion, Love, and Power, authors Leslie S. Greenberg and Rhonda N. Goldman explore the foundations of emotionally focused therapy for couples. They expand its framewor... More »
Handbook Of Depression In Children And Adolescents
$112.00 (Hardcover book / Guilford Publs Inc )
This timely, authoritative volume provides an integrative review of current knowledge on child and adolescent depression, covering everything from epidemiology and neurobiology to evidence-based treatment and prevention.... More »
Mindfulness And Acceptance Workbook For Anxiety
$50.95 (Paperback book / New Harbinger )
Leaders in the field of ACT John Forsyth and Georg Eifert present this exciting and innovative workbook, the first to offer readers a complete, ACT-based programme for dealing with any anxiety related problem. The techni... More »
Feeling Like Crap: Young People and the Meaning of Self-Esteem
$41.95 (Paperback book / Jessica Kingsley Pub )
We use the word all the time, but what exactly is self-esteem, and how do young people develop it? Feeling Like Crap explores how a young person's self is constructed, and what might really help that self to feel more va... More »
Acceptance and Mindfulness Treatments For Children and Adolescents
$89.95 (Paperback book / New Harbinger )
Though acceptance and mindfulness interventions have proven enormously effective for adults with stress, anxiety, depression and other mental health issues, they have not been fully documented for use with children and a... More »
A Multidisciplinary Handbook: Of Child And Adolescent Mental Health For Frontline Professionals, Second Edition
$54.95 (Paperback book / Jessica Kingsley Pub )
This fully updated edition is an accessible introduction to child mental health, covering the nature, prevalence, treatment and management of mental health problems in children and young people. The authors explore issue... More »
The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression
$45.95 (Paperback book / New Harbinger )
This workbook marks a major development in the treatment of depression. Based on the acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), an emerging new model of psychotherapy, The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression... More »
Mindfulness and the Therapeutic Relationship
$72.00 (Hardcover book / Guilford Publs Inc )
A number of books have explored the ways psychotherapy clients can benefit from learning a practicing mindfulness. This is the first volume to focus specifically on how mindfulness can deepen the therapeutic relationship... More »
New Black: Mourning Melancholia and Depression
$39.95 (Hardcover book / Hamish Hamilton )
What happens when we lose someone we love? A death, a separation or the break-up of a relationship are some of the hardest times we have to live through. We may fall into a nightmare of depression, lose the will to live ... More »
Shyness And Social Anxiety Workbook: 2nd Edition
$34.95 (Paperback book / New Harbinger )
There's nothing wrong with being shy. But if social anxiety keeps you from forming relationships with others, advancing in your education or your career, or carrying on with everyday activities, you may need to confront ... More »
The Ten Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques
$29.95 (Paperback book / W W Norton )
Addressing physical, emotional, and behavioral symptoms, Wehrenberg, a leading mental health clinician, draws on basic brain science to highlight the top 10 anxiety-defeating tips. Everything from breathing techniques an... More »
Clinical Handbook Of Couple Therapy 4 Th Ed
$126.00 (Hardcover book / Guilford Publs Inc )
Lauded as "the definitive handbook of couple therapy," this authoritative work provides a definitive overview of the major models of couple therapy and their clinical applications. In the newly revised and expanded fourt... More »
Pathways to Change: Brief Therapy With Difficult Adolescents, 2nd Edition
$51.95 (Paperback book / Guilford Publs Inc )
This innovative, practical guide presents an effective brief therapy model for working with challenging adolescents and their families. Matthew Selekman demonstrates powerful ways to help families gain new perspectives o... More »
Too Safe For Their Own Good: How Risk and Responsibility Help Teens Thrive
$26.95 (Paperback book / Inspired Living )
Ungar's thought-provoking book is both wise and practical. All of us parents, therapists and educators who work with adolescents will benefit from his ideas on what teenagers require for optimal growth. This is a paradig... More »
Adolescent Girls In Crisis Intervention And Hope
$57.95 (Hardcover book / W W Norton )
From anorexia to sex to depression and pregnancy, the lives of teen girls are often awash in rage and despair. Martha B. Straus, a seasoned therapist, describes how to reach the children behind these often frightening be... More »
Child And Adolescent: Development An Advanced Course
$140.00 (Hardcover book / Wiley )
Unique both in the depth of its coverage and in the timeliness of the research that it presents, this comprehensive text conveys the field of child and adolescent development through the voices of scientists who themselv... More »
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Mental Health Workers
$64.00 (Paperback book / Taylor & Francis )
Can Cognitive Behavioural therapy revolutionise your practice? Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Mental Health Workers offers the reader a good overview of CBT, allowing them to develop an understanding of the patient's ... More »
Counseling Toward Solutions: A Practical Solution Focused Program For Working With Students Teachers And Parents
$49.95 (Paperback book / Wiley )
When it was first published in 1995, Linda Metcalf's book Counseling Toward Solutions became an instant bestseller. Written for counselors and teachers at all levels, this revised and updated second edition presents a po... More »
The Field Guide To Counseling Toward Solutions: The Solution Focused School
$37.95 (Paperback book / Wiley )
The Field Guide to Counseling Toward Solutions offers school counselors, teachers, and administrators a complete program for changing the way that schools deal with a variety of issues. From an alternative school program... More »
Eight Stories Up: An Adolescent Chooses Hope Over Suicide
$18.95 (Paperback book / Oxford University Pr )
This is a book for adolescents who have contemplated suicide, or who may be at risk for doing so. As a teenager, author DeQuincy Lezine was one of the many young people each year who attempt suicide. Instead, he sought p... More »
Handbook Of Counseling Psychology 4th Edition
$165.00 (Hardcover book / Wiley )
This new edition of the best known and only comprehensive reference covering counseling in clinical and educational settings is completely updated and revised, with chapters by leading figures in counseling psychology. More »
Out Of The Well: My Battle With School Bullying And Severe Depression
$19.95 (Paperback book / )
“I Attended Sandringham Secondary College in 1995 and 1996 when I suffered bullying and assaults. I then attended Brighton Secondary College and had my first bout of depression when I was 16 years old. I have had about 1... More »
Psychotherapy with Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Fostering Autonomy Through Attachment
$62.00 (Hardcover book / Guilford Publs Inc )
Adolescent girls and young women in therapy—even those who genuinely desire change—often are highly ambivalent and difficult to engage. This book provides fresh insights and powerful clinical tools for understanding a yo... More »
Raising Boys: Third Edition
$24.95 (Paperback book / Finch Publishers )
Raising Boys has created shifts in how parents understand the development and needs of boys from birth to the teenage years. Completely new and revised with 50 extra pages and new photographs. More »
Reflective School Counselor's Guide To Practitioner Research: Skills And Strategies For Successful Inquiry
$53.95 (Paperback book / Sage )
Only by asking questions, gathering data, and becoming informed as members of professional learning communities will school counselors be able to provide high quality learning for all students. Taken as a whole, the book... More »
Talking Back To OCD
$25.95 (Paperback book / Guilford Publs Inc )
Talking Back to OCD puts the power to beat obsessions and compulsions in their hands. This uniquely designed volume is really two books in one. The first portion of each chapter teaches children and adolescents skills th... More »
Therapy To Go: Gourmet Fast Food Handouts For Working With Adult Clients
$81.00 (Paperback book / Jessica Kingsley Pub )
This convenient collection of handouts provides a wide range of ready-made activities for all kinds of therapists working on a professional level with child and adolescent clients and their families. There are activities... More »