Evidence-Based Counseling and Psychotherapy for an Aging Population

At a time when the mental health difficulties/disorders of the elderly are coming to the fore of many practitioners' patient rosters, naming and treating those problems is still too often handled as an art as much as a science. Inconsistent practices based on clinical experience and intuition rather than hard scientific evidence of efficacy have for too long been the basis of much treatment. 

LSD Psychotherapy (The Healing Potential Potential of Psychedelic Medicine)

The sensationalism surrounding the widespread use of LSD in the late 60s and the subsequent legislative overkill virtually ended psychotherapeutic LSD research. Much of what had been learned over thirty years of scientific medical study was so distorted or suppressed that no objective overview was available to the general reader - except for this book. LSD Psychotherapy is a complete account of a remarkable chapter in the ever-continuing inquiry into our transpersonal nature and origins. The controlled studies described in this book reveal exciting and challenging data about the nature of human consciousness, perception, and reality itself.

The Thief of Happiness: The Story of an Extraordinary Psychotherapy

This eloquent, stream-of-consciousness case study of psychotherapy entangles the reader from the first page. A patient in therapy for seven years, Friedman (Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distraction, and Other Dilemmas in the Writer's Life) portrays her thoughts and feelings during the process of analysis through exquisitely painted word-pictures. She shows how she recovered from her writer's block and achieved new levels of self-confidence through what felt like an almost magical process.

The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy provides a comprehensive guide to the practice and principles of child and adolescent psychotherapy around the world. Contents include: a brief introduction to the child psychotherapy profession, its history and development; a review of the theory underlying therapeutic practice; an overview of the varied settings in which child psychotherapists work; an analysis of the growth of the profession internationally; an examination of areas of expertise around the world; and a summary of current research in the field. The experienced practitioners contributing to this book come from a diverse range of schools and approaches, providing a well-rounded picture of child and adolescent psychotherapy today. This handbook will provide invaluable guidance to the work and training of child psychotherapists and is an essential resource for anyone working with disturbed children.

No one can escape stress -- but you can learn to gain power over it. Lori Leyden-Rubenstein presents a proven program of life strategies for coping with stressors and changing behavior. Stress reduction approaches discussed include yoga, relaxation training, guided imagery, biofeedback, hypnosis, psychotherapy, cognitive restructuring, and behavior modification.