Mental Health Counselling

Learn to get the most out of therapy to unlock your best self. Millions of Americans will go to therapy this year, but veteran psychotherapist Gary Trosclair believes the vast majority of them will start the process with little to no sense of how to best use their sessions to achieve their goals. Recent research has identified effective client participation as one of the most crucial factors in successful therapy.

The empowering book exploring the link between trauma, illness, and modern life – and how to heal your health. From the acclaimed physician and bestselling author of When The Body Says No. THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD We tend to believe that normality equals...

Now in a fully rewritten fourth edition, this is the authoritative presentation of motivational interviewing (MI), the powerful approach to facilitating change. It has been updated and streamlined to be even more user-friendly as a practitioner guide and course text. MI originators William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick elucidate the four tasks of MI—engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning—and vividly demonstrate what they look like in action. A wealth of vignettes and interview examples illustrate the dos and don'ts of successful implementation in diverse contexts.

Most people don't realize how much unresolved emotional pain they carry around. They don't know why they always feel depressed, anxious, victimized, or disappointed. They wonder why they keep making the same self-sabotaging impulsive decisions. These patterns often stem from their lost inner child, which carries a false narrative that has been on repeat since childhood.

This substantially revised fifth edition of a classic text includes an updated preface, new content on the therapeutic relationship, substantially revised chapters on the middle phase of counselling and reflections on the influence of other modalities and shared aspects of practice across approaches. Each chapter now includes an annotated further listening section to help deepen knowledge and reinforce learning of key aspects of the counselling process.

Trauma-Focused ACT presents a highly effective, research-based protocol for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as a broad range of trauma-related disorders—from depression to addiction. Newcomers and experienced professionals alike will learn a comprehensive approach to treating trauma with a focus on living in the present, healing the past, and building the future. This unique guide is based on the empirically supported program author Russ Harris developed for the World Health Organization (WHO).

Brought to you by Penguin. In a world where it’s easy to feel like everything is going wrong, world-renowned psychiatrist Paul Conti asks – what’s going right? Despite the increasing availability of mental health resources and freedom of people talking about it, the data around mental...

Brought to you by Penguin. A radically compassionate plan for turning inward and lifting the heaviness that prevents us from healing ourselves and the world yung pueblo's path to deep healing began only after years of drug abuse had taken a toll on his body and soul. Searching for a way forward...

‘Powerful, humane and wise’ JULIA SAMUEL ‘Everyone should read it’ NIGELLA LAWSON ‘Beautiful … This is a book for everyone. You feel held by it’ PHILIPPA PERRY Most of us have a conversation we’re avoiding. From the bestselling author of With the End in Mind, this is a book about...

Those who struggle with disordered eating often find themselves in an unrelenting cycle of harsh self-judgment, painful emotions, and harmful behaviors. Seeing the body as an adversary, these patterns can lead many people to become withdrawn or isolated. Ann Saffi Biasetti’s powerful holistic approach to liberating people from disordered eating focuses on growing self-compassion and embodiment. This insight, informed by yoga and mindfulness meditation, views the body not just as something to be healed or restored but as a source of great wisdom and knowledge.

A compassionate guide for women seeking to heal the rift with their bodies, from a somatic psychotherapist. Follow a step-by-step, research-based series of somatic practices to help you forgive, reconnect with, and trust your body.

From Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) originator Francine Shapiro, this groundbreaking, evidence-based work has been translated into multiple languages. Originally developed for treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), EMDR therapy is now also used to treat adults and children with complex trauma, anxiety disorders, depression, addictive behavior problems, and other clinical problems. The third edition reviews the therapy's theoretical and empirical underpinnings, details the eight phases of treatment, and provides vignettes, training materials, and resources.

So you've decided you want to try therapy. But which type of therapy is best for you? Do you know your CBT from your DBT, your cognitive analytic therapy from your psychoanalysis? Talk Yourself Better cuts through the confusion when it comes to choosing a therapist. Exploring all the different...

Brought to you by Penguin. It has never been more essential to support our mental health at work. With one in four people experiencing poor mental health right now, we need to start talking about it. Penguin Business Expert James Routledge has worked with CEOs, HR directors, managers and people...

‘Rose Cartwright breaks all our old certainties and liberates us to approach our mental struggles with new humanity and creativity. The book cannot fail to interest anyone concerned with their mind’s bewildering beautiful complexities’ ALAIN DE BOTTON 'Radically open-minded. An...

Der bekannte Psychiater und Psychotherapeut Manfred Lütz ist der Auffassung, dass Psychologie über unsere Zukunft entscheiden wird. Deswegen zeigt er hier in bewährt unterhaltsamer und allgemeinverständlicher Art mit lockeren Geschichten und überraschenden Beobachtungen Auswege aus dem allgemeinen Wahnsinn: Clevere Methoden – Sternstunden der Psychotherapie – Ungewöhnliche Patienten – Geschichten aus dem Irrenhaus – Psychologie für den Alltag – Lebenshilfe höchstpersönlich – Trump, Putin und all die anderen – Zur Psychologie der neuen Herrscher.

Mentale Stärke aufbauen und Selbststeuerung entwickeln – das geführte Selbsthypnose-Programm für bewusste Veränderung. Teil 5 der Reihe "Mental Coaching und Hypnose Audio" bietet Ihnen einen klar strukturierten und praxisnahen Einstieg in die Welt der Selbsthypnose und mentalen Selbstregulation. Viele Menschen möchten ihre Gedanken, Gefühle und innere Reaktionen bewusster steuern, wissen jedoch nicht, wie sie Zugang dazu finden.

Niemand ist davor gefeit, im Laufe des Lebens aus der Bahn geworfen zu werden − sei es durch eine tiefe Erschöpfung, die sich im Alltag eingeschlichen hat oder durch eine akute psychische Krise. Alain de Botton hat einen empathischen Begleiter für diese herausfordernden Lebensabschnitte geschrieben: Wie gehen wir freundlich und fürsorglich mit uns um, wenn Besserung in weiter Ferne scheint? Welche kleinsten Veränderungen und Kniffe helfen, den entscheidenden Unterschied zu machen? Wie stärken wir unsere Resilienz? Wie finden wir unseren Weg aus der Krise?

This classic guide has helped tens of thousands of therapists integrate play therapy and family therapy techniques in clinical practice.

Ucelené a přehledné shrnutí znalostí z více než padesáti let praxe světoznámého psychiatra Stanislava Grofa, jednoho ze zakladatelů transpersonální psychologie. Počínaje jeho výzkumy užívání LSD v psychoterapii, přes jeho klinickou práci s umírajícími, holotropní dýchání, až po kosmologický přesah výzkumu vědomí. Kniha potvrzuje Grofův neocenitelný přínos pro moderní psychiatrii a psychologii, zejména v jeho intenzivním a systematickém zkoumání zážitků ve změněných stavech vědomí a pojetí holotropního dýchání. Zároveň významně přispívá do debaty o místě člověka v kosmu.