Psychotherapy Books

Book SynopsisISHA MCKENZIE-MAVINGA is a published author, Psychotherapist, Reiki Practitioner, Trainer& Supervisor in the UK. She has twenty years of teaching experience and lectures on transcultural counselling at London Metropolitan University.

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Book SynopsisLinda Hopper focuses on the essential knowledge needed to work therapeutically with children, making this comprehensive guide an ideal resource for students training in child counselling. Bowlby and Winnicott, among others, are consulted to promote an understanding of children's emotional development and their use of play to express feelings.

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Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D.PART I. UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA1. "Why Am I Afraid of the Sound of Carrots Crunching?"2. How I Began Using EMDR with ChildrenPART II. SMALL WONDERS: THE CASES3. Who's Afraid of a Toilet?: Critical-Incident Trauma4. "I Get Real Nervous": A Car Accident5. "I Have to Get Them Out!": Head Lice6. "What If? What If?": Converging Stresses7. "Wasitz?": Cascades of Trauma8. "I'll Love You Forever": Unresolved Grieving9. Never-Ending Love Is Round: Complex, Unresolved Grieving10. "I Can't Swallow It": Not Simply a Critical Incident11. "I Can't Move": Somatic Symptoms12. Too Scared to Think: Test-Taking Anxiety13. "We Did Something Wrong": Secret Coercion, Sexual Mistreatment14. Monsters Come Out at Night: Sleep DisordersAfterwordAPPENDIX 1. Questions Frequently Asked About EMDRAPPENDIX 2. For Parents: What to Expect When Your Child Does EMDRAPPENDIX 3. Guidelines for Writing a Story for Your ChildAPPENDIX 4. Guidelines for Clinicians: Using Storytelling and EMDR to Treat Young Children for Critical-Incident TraumaAPPENDIX 5. EMDR ResourcesReferencesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisPsychoanalysis offers many concepts that are extremely useful clinically but not always accessible in the original. In Psychoanalysis and Literature: The Stories We Live, Marilyn Charles pairs case vignettes with examples from literature to highlight the essential human struggles that play out in the consulting room. This pairing depathologizes those struggles and offers a conceptual framework that can help the clinician facilitate these journeys of discovery. Describing first how literature affords an opportunity for vicarious engagement with struggles endemic to the human condition, she then focuses on trauma, dreams, and cultural collisions' turning more explicitly to the developmental challenges of identity, relatedness, aging, and generativity. Psychoanalysis and Literature is accessible, relevant, and timely.Trade ReviewA psychoanalyst in private practice, Charles provides an adroit exploration of the ways in which literature and clinical work often function as mappings of the same terrain—terrain that is at once intellectual, emotional, and behavioral. By bringing her work with patients in sync with her readings of literary texts—by writers from Herman Melville to Virginia Woolf to John Fowles—the author is able to look at the human condition, and the lived lives of her patients, from a vantage point outside the individual therapeutic case. Literature and literary metaphor afford Charles a mode of inquiry that has the special capacity to highlight the structures and patterns that underlie the particulars of a person's life. Charles's investigations of texts and lives crosses the territory of sensory experience, trauma, dreams, relatedness, and identity issues related to the collision of culture, aging, and death. One strength of the book is the author's refusal to pathologize the individual dilemmas playing out in her consulting room; she always sees her patients' lives as part of the larger human condition that literature has mapped independent of the healing arts and sciences. This book will have great appeal to those whose interests are humanistic, clinical, and philosophical, whatever the level of preparation. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers. -- Michael Uebel, University of Texas * CHOICE *One of my graduate school professors was fond of telling us that our role as therapists was to be the keepers of others’ stories. Psychoanalysis is a perspective keenly centered on the stories we tell ourselves, both about our own lives and in the realm of fictions. Charles’ Psychoanalysis and Literature is a great contribution to this ever-fruitful conversation. * Psychology Today *"Marilyn Charles unites the dimensions of literature and clinical encounters, creating a fresh perspective of their mutually illuminating interplay. Exploring the value of the unconscious, dreams, myths and metaphors, this precious volume brims with transformative wisdom. Charles conveys the poetry of life’s journey, directing us to live fully, in the experience of mind, body and world and to open deeply to pain and pleasure, trauma and insight––from birth to death." -- Danielle Knafo, Ph.D., Long Island University, author of Dancing with the Unconscious“Marilyn Charles has given us a profound work, a writing clearly destined to become a classic in contemporary psychoanalytic thinking. Her powerful, deeply creative, moving, and accessible prose carries us from literature to dreams to the clinical experience, with an unparalleled intellectual grace and spacious depth of feeling. She succeeds in her effort ‘to understand some essential patterns at the core of the dilemma of being human.’ This is truly a remarkable book that will leave a deep and lasting impression on our field and beyond.” -- Paul Lippmann, Ph.D., William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Institute“Readers from many fields—clinical, academic, and non-professional—will be enriched by this book. With her emphasis upon metaphor, creativity, and the discovery of human experience, Marilyn Charles explores literary and psychoanalytic relations with fresh, sensitive, and smartly subtle intelligence.” -- Marshall Alcorn, PhD, George Washington UniversityFrom the narratives of The Stories We Live, one cannot fail to appreciate Marilyn Charles’s devotion to psychoanalysis….This book shows exquisite breadth in its choices and illuminations of psychoanalytic foundations and directions. Her case studies shadowed by literary tales, bring analysis very close to the reader.… [who] is necessarily engaged with Charles’s love of psychoanalysis, her love of literature, and her fidelity to her patients. -- Kareen Malone, PhD, University of West GeorgiaTable of ContentsPart I: LITERATURE, PSYCHOANALYSIS, AND SENSORY EXPERIENCE Introduction 1.Epiphany: The Poet’s Art, The Analyst’s Instrument: Formal Structure as a Vehicle for the Expression of Primary Experience: To the Lighthouse 2.The Waves: Tensions between Creativity and Containment in the Life and Writings of Virginia Woolf Part II: TRAUMA 3.Falling Man: Encounters with Catastrophic Change 4.Telling Trauma: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Part III: DREAMS 5.The Book of Intimate Grammar: Transgenerational Trauma 6.Dreamscapes: Rectangular Spaces in Memoirs of a Survivor and in Dreams 7.Pictures at an Exhibition: Reparation and Redemption, Nightmare and Memory Part IV: CULTURAL COLLISIONS 8.Collisions Between Conscious and Unconscious; East and West; Enigma and Transparency: Kafka on the Shore 9.Cultural Chasms: Catastrophic Change and the Excluded Other: Mulberry and Peach Part V: THE HERO’S QUEST: IDENTITY AND RELATEDNESS 10.The Labyrinth, Part I: The Magus 11.Journeys into the Labyrinth, Part II: Through the Unknown, Remembered Gate: The Glass Bead Game 12.Standing Outside the Gates: Pierre, or the Ambiguities 13.Identity Derailed: The Echo Maker Part VI: RELATEDNESS, AGING, AND GENERATIVITY 14.Identity, Community, and Object Choice, Part I: Mrs. Dalloway and Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing 15.Identity, Community, and Object Choice, Part II: Possession 16. Aging and Death: The Map and the Territory, The Sense of an Ending, and All Passion

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Book SynopsisFailure to Launch is a book geared towards helping clinicians work with dependent adult children. The book first attempts to define the problem of failure to launch as well as identify the underlying causes such as entitlement, narcissism, enabling family systems, and undiagnosed mental health problems. Failure to Launch also lays out a step-by-step treatment plan to help guide clinicians with these clients to help facilitate change. The book includes case studies, sample chapters, and the latest research to help illustrate the theoretical basis for the treatments in this book.Trade Review“Michael DeVine has done it! The challenges of a science/practitioner model have been one of the most hotly debated topics in psychology for decades—i.e. the rigors of academic science vs. the practice of psychology. Yet, in Failure to Launch, DeVine takes us on a journey to understand narcissism today by incorporating both the science and practice of psychology. Through DeVine’s honest and lucid writing style, he integrates counseling theory, family systems theory, psychiatry, and cutting edge neurological research. With ease, he guides us to an understanding of how his generation bridges the ‘Baby Boomers’ and the ‘Millenials.’ He writes with passion and verve. The case examples are wonderfully clear examples of real life happening all around us. This is a book for everyday people and those of us honored and privileged enough to work with narcissism as it is seen today through the eyes of a brilliant young mind—a mind willing to mirror the truth back to us, even when we prefer not to see it. This book is a must read for any professional with ‘stuck’ individuals, as well as their families who often unwittingly contribute to the ‘failure to launch.’” -- Larry Bugen, PhD, private practice, author of "Stuck on Me, Missing You: Getting Past Self-Absorption to Find Love"“The topic of dependent adult children is one that needs to be addressed. Clinicians who work with the young adult population have long been forecasting this generational issue of a 'failure to launch.' Thus, it is no surprise that Michael's work is filling a need for clinicians at just the right time. Michael has done his research. While this book looks at the sociological dynamics of the trend of overly dependent adult children, Michael also provides concrete, practical ways in which clinicians can address this problem. For this reason and many more, I strongly recommend Michael Devine's Failure to Launch.” -- Roger L. Johnson, CMAT, private practice, co-owner of onlyonebrain.comTable of ContentsForeword Introduction Section 1: Background & Theory Chapter 1: What is Failure to Launch? Chapter 2: 22 is the new 18 Chapter 3: So are they Narcissistic, entitled, or just a bunch of a$%hol&s? Chapter 4: The Loving Enabler Section 2: Underlying Mental Health Issues Chapter 5: Mood Disorders & Anxiety Chapter 6: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Chapter 7: Pervasive Developmental Disorders Chapter 8: Substance Abuse Section 3: Moving the Immovable Object Chapter 9: Why Change? What is My Motivation? Chapter 10: “What Do You Want To Do Now That You Are Grown Up?” Chapter 11: Career and Life Coaching Chapter 12: Empowering the parent Section 4: It’s Now Up to the Family Chapter 13: Preparing For Launch Chapter 14: The Launch Pad Chapter 15: Clearing the Tower Chapter 16: Houston …We Have a Problem Chapter 17: Houston…We Have Lift-Off Afterword

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Book SynopsisProvides stimulating interpretations of Christian practice.

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Book SynopsisThe PAIRS course acts as a kind of bridge between marriage education and therapy, working both with couples in healthy relationships hoping to improve intimacy, and with distressed couples trying to save their marriages. Building Intimate Relationships is an edited work with contributions from the creator of the PAIRS program and the most experienced PAIRS leaders. It describes the elements of the PAIRS course and discusses the application of the theories and techniques taught in the PAIRS program. Chapters include discussions on intimacy, communication, conflict resolution, emotional literacy, sensuality and sexuality, spirituality and gender issues.Table of Contents Foreword, Mo Therese Hannah Preface, DianeSollee Introduction to PAIRS, Rita DeMariaPart One: The PAIRS Program in Context1. An Overview of the PAIRS Program, Rita DeMaria2. The Saga of the Development of PAIRS, Lori H. Gordon 3. The Voices of the PAIRS Leaders, Barbara Bogartz Part Two:The PAIRS Program: Through the Voices of the Leaders4. The PAIRS Relationship Road Map, Robin Temple5. Emotional Literacy and Healthy Relationships, AnnLadd6. Communication and Conflict Resolution, J.Thomas DeVoge and Joyce B. DeVoge7. PAIRS and Family Systems, Bonnie Gordon-Rabinowitz and Marc D.Rabinowitz8. Bonding and Emotional Literacy, CarlosDurana9. Sensuality and Sexuality, Don Adam and DonAzevedo10. Contracting: Clarifying Expectations, Ellen B. Purcell11. Spirituality and the PAIRS Program, Teresa Adams12. PAIRS Research, CarlosDurana Part Three: Special Populations andAdaptations13. Stepfamilies, Bill and Linda Wing14. PEERS: Programs for Youth, Seth Eisenberg15. PAIRS Short Programs, Kelly Simpson Part Four:Practical Realities16. Exploring Gender Issues in the PAIRS Program, Elaine Braff17. PAIRS: Health and Wellness-Preliminary Considerations, Christine Hibbardand David Hibbard 18. Ethics, J. ThomasDeVoge Epilogue: Spiritual Partnership, RabbiMorris Gordon Closing, Rabbi Morris GordonAppendix Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisWhat turns an apparently 'normal' individual into a killer?Many people who commit "rage type" murders have no history of violence. Using psychoanalytic theory and a number of case studies, this book isolates key psychological factors that appear to help explain why such acts of extreme violence occur.Starting from a psychoanalytic standpoint, Psychoanalysis, Violence and Rage-Type Murder argues for a pluralistic approach to understanding aggression, and claims that the origins of aggression have no single source or cause. Drawing broadly on psychological, criminological and psychoanalytic research the author outlines the clinical features of the act and explores the possible role that psychopathology and personality might play in the build up to murder. These observations raise a number of questions about the so-called 'normality' of the individual alongside the capacity to commit murder, and how we might understand the stability of such offenders. Psychoanalysis, Violence and Rage-Type Murder will be of great interest to psychotherapists, forensic psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, psychologists, criminologists and health care workers.Table of ContentsPeter Fonagy, Foreword. Introduction. Part I: Aggression and Violence in Psychoanalysis. Aggression, Rage and Violence. Seven Intrapsychic Dimensions of Violence. Part II: Investigating Rage-Type Murder. The Act. Explosive Violence, Mental Illness and Personality. Formulations of Rage-Type Murder: Past and Recent Contributions. Part III: Intrapsychic Dimensions of Rage-Type Murder. The Narcissistic Exoskeleton: The Defensive Organization of the Rage-Type Murder. Representational Capacity Internal Objects and Situational Factors. Trauma Phantasy/Fantasy and Sexuality. The Act Revisited. Some Thoughts on Assessment Treatment and Prevention. Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisHow can science and religion co-exist in the modern discipline of psychotherapy? A Dream in the World explores the interfaces between religious experience and dream analysis. At the heart of this book is a selection of dreams presented by the author's patient during analysis, which are compared with the dreams of Hadewijch, a thirteenth century woman mystic. The patient's dreams led the modern woman to an unanticipated breakthrough encounter with the divine, her "experience of soul". The experience reoriented and energized her life, and became her "dream-in-the-world". Following Jung's idea that the psyche has a religious instinct, Robin van Loben Sels demonstrates that the healing process possible through psychotherapy can come from beyond the psyche and can not be explained by our usual theories of scientific psychology.Written in flowing, easily-read language A Dream in the World details a classical Jungian analysis of a woman's dreams, and searches the relationship between religious encounter, psyche and soul.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Dream-in-the-World. The Dream Sequence. Religious Experience and the Psyche. Religious Experience and the Body. A Quantum Stance. A New Story of Our Place in the Cosmos. Part I: Theoretical Approaches to Mystical Experience. The Body as Locus for Religious Experience: Mairi and Hadewijch. A Capacity for Religious Experience: Quantum Mind and the Psycho-Spiritual Senses. Quantum Mind. Dreams as Portals to the Quantum Mind. Psycho-Spiritual Senses. Fully Human Consciousness: Paradox and the Capacity to Participate. Jung's Religious Terminology: Self (and Spirit), Soul (and Psyche). Self and Individuation. Soul and Spirit. Self-Directive Dreams. Part II: The Dreamer and Her Dreams. Dreams with Commentary. 1 - Red Circus Tent. 2 - Flaming Angel. 3 - Snowy Mountains, Two Children. 4 - Ordeal by Spiders. 5 - Two-ness Beneath the Ocean. 6 - Artichoke Dream. 7 - Lightning Strike. 8 - Silver Fish Kiss. Waking Vision. 9 - Burning Stone. 10 - Three Angels. 11 - One the Beach, Naked Woman, Fiery Skin. 12 - Four Colors. 13 - Buddha With a Globe. 14 - Statue of a Woman. 15 - Swami B. is Dancing. 16 - Rose Dream. 17 - Bird With Jeweled Wings. 18 - White Elephant on a White Sea. 19 - Self-Birth. 20 - The Lunar Tree. 21 - The Solar Tree. 22 - Hands Holding the Earth. 23 - Cowlick and Re-entry. Part III: "Falling Through:" Experience of Soul. Psychological Commentary. Self-Directive Dreams and Initiation. Personification, Personalisation and "Indwelling". Winnicott's Personalisation and Indwelling. Beyond Personalisation to Personhood. Reflections on Psyche and Soul. Limitations of Winnicott's View of Religion As "Necessary Illusion". Part IV: Hadewijch's Paradox. Hadewijch and the Beguines. Literary Contributions. Beguine Spirituality. Mysticism and the Body. Hadewijch and the Feminine. Soul and Self-Transformation . Part V: Summary and Conclusions. Individuation and the Religious Instinct. Centrality of the Soul in Religious Experience. Anima Mundi. Loss and Recovery of a World View. Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisAre dual relationships always detrimental? Speaking the Unspeakable provides an in-depth exploration of client-practitioner dual relationships, offering critical discussion and sustained narrative on thinking about and being in dual relationships.Lynne Gabriel draws on the experiences of both practitioners and clients to provide a clear summary of the complex and multidimensional nature of dual relationships. The beneficial as well as detrimental potential of such relationships is discussed and illustrated with personal accounts. Subjects covered include: · roles and boundaries in dual and multiple role relationships· client experiences and perceptions of being in dual and multiple role relationships· developing a relational ethic for complex relationshipsThis book offers an insightful and challenging portrayal of dual relationships that will be welcomed by therapists, trainers, trainees and supervisors.Trade Review'The themes in this book should be a compulsory element in all core therapy and supervisor training programmes... The book gives rich food for thought. I think it will help practitioners to reconsider attitudes to what might once have been 'unspeakable'.' - Val Simanowitz, Therapy Today, November 2005'A highly readable, in-depth account of issues related to the complex and controversial area of dual or multiple relationships within counselling and psychotherapy.' - Jane Edwards, Counselling and Psychotherapy Research'The themes in this book should be a compulsory element in all core therapy and supervisor training programmes... The book gives rich food for thought. I think it will help practitioners to reconsider attitudes to what might once have been 'unspeakable'.'- Val Simanowitz, Therapy Today, November 2005Table of ContentsIntroduction and Overview. Dual Relationships in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Sexual Dual Relationships. Non-sexual Dual Relationships. Roles and Boundaries in Dual and Multiple Role Relationships. Dual Relationships and Relational Ethics. Client and Practitioner Dual and Multiple Relationships. Client Experiences and Perceptions of Being in Dual and Multiple Role Relationships. Practitioner Experiences and Perceptions of Being in Dual and Multiple Role Relationships. Developing a Relational Ethic for Complex Relationships. Concluding Comments. Questions for Assessing Dual or Multiple Role Relationships in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Appendix 1: Guidelines on Ethical Decision-making. Appendix 2: Useful Contacts.

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