Routledge Mental Health

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Man

By Donald Moss

Images and ideas associated with masculinity are forever in flux.

In this book, Donald Moss addresses the never-ending effort of men—regardless of sexual orientation—to shape themselves in relation to the unstable notion of masculinity.

Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Man will be of great interest not only to psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, but also to a much wider audience of readers interested in gender studies, queer studies, and masculinity.

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Managing Depression, Growing Older

By Kerrie Eyers, Gordon Parker, and Henry Brodaty

Even when he’s grey around the muzzle, the black dog of depression can still deliver a ferocious bite.

Depression can strike at any age, and it may appear for the first time as we get older, as a result of life circumstances or our genetic makeup.

While older people face the same kinds of mental health issues as younger people, they can find it more difficult to deal with them owing to the stressors which accumulate with age.

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The Power of Witnessing

Edited by Nancy R. Goodman and Marilyn B. Meyers

Witnessing comes in as many forms as the trauma that gives birth to it. The Holocaust, undeniably one of the greatest traumatic events in recent human history, still resonates into the twenty-first century.

The echoes that haunt those who survived continue to reach their children and others who did not share the experience directly. In what ways is this massive trauma processed and understood, both for survivors and future generations?

The answer, as deftly illustrated by Nancy Goodman and Marilyn Meyers, lies in the power of witnessing: the act of acknowledging that trauma took place, coupled with the desire to share that knowledge with others to build a space in which to reveal, confront, and symbolize it.

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The Thinking Heart

By Anne Alvarez

How do we talk about feelings to children who are cut off from feeling? How do we raise hope and a sense of safety in despairing and terrified children without offering false hope? How do we reach the unreachable child and interest the hardened child?

The Thinking Heart is a natural sequel to Live Company, Anne Alvarez' highly influential and now classic book about working with severely disturbed and damaged children.

Building on 50 years experience as a child and adolescent psychotherapist, Alvarez uses detailed and vivid clinical examples of different interactions between therapist and client, and explores the reasons why one type of therapeutic understanding can work rather than another.

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Trancework: An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis

By Michael D. Yapko

For three decades, Trancework has been the fundamental textbook for guiding professionals in learning hypnosis.

Now in its fourth edition, this classic text continues to be the most comprehensive book for learning the fundamental skills of the field.

This edition accommodates new studies and topics, and contains five new chapters on positive psychology, the management of pain, pediatric and adolescent hypnosis, behavioral medicine, and hypnosis across modalities.

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Clinical Psychology: An Introduction

By Alan Carr

Clinical Psychology is for students studying clinical psychology as part of an undergraduate programme in psychology, nursing, sociology or social and behavioural sciences.

Undergraduate students who wish to know if postgraduate study in clinical psychology would be of interest to them will find this book particularly useful.

There is a focus on both clinical case studies and relevant research, and the book includes summaries, revision questions, advice on further reading and a glossary of key terms, all of which make it an excellent student-friendly introduction to an exceptionally interesting subject.

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Sexual Awareness: Your Guide to Healthy Couple Sexuality

By Barry McCarthy and Emily McCarthy

In the newest edition of this classic text, veteran authors Barry and Emily McCarthy explain how desire, pleasure, and satisfaction can enrich your relationship.

As the premier book on the subject, Sexual Awareness focuses on factors that promote and subvert healthy couple sexuality.

Reading this book and partaking in the psychosocial skill exercises it contains will help couples learn how to value sexuality as a positive and satisfying part of their lives.

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Functional Analytic Psychotherapy

By Mavis Tsai, Robert J. Kohlenberg, Jonathan W. Kanter, Gareth I. Holma,n and Mary Plummer Loudon

How can I supercharge the therapy I currently use?

This volume distils the core principles, methods, and vision of the approach.

Each Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) principle is presented in terms of its intended purpose and is clearly linked to the underlying theory, thus providing clinicians with a straightforward guide for when and how to apply each technique.

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The School Counselor’s Study Guide for Credentialing Exams

By Rita Schellenberg

The School Counselor’s Study Guide for Credentialing Exams is the only study guide on the market based on the ASCA School Counselor Competencies, CACREP Standards, NBCC NCSCE content requirements, and the NCATE and NBPTS Standards.

Designed to help users build knowledge and skills that are transferrable to any test format, it can be used to prepare for the NCSCE, Praxis II School Counseling Specialty Exam, NBPTS School Counseling national certification exam, Comprehensive School Counselor Education program exams, and state certification exams for professional school counseling.

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Implementing Response-to-Intervention in Elementary and Secondary Schools

By Matthew K. Burns and Kimberly Gibbons

An update to the bestselling first edition, this practical guidebook for implementing a school-wide Response-to-Intervention (RTI) model clearly and concisely presents issues from assessment and decision-making to Tiers I, II, and III interventions.

The authors discuss what RTI is and why it is used, how to conduct assessments within an RtI system, and how to create a school-wide organization to facilitate RTI.

Curricula, instruction, and intervention strategies for each Tier level covered in detail, and answers to frequently asked questions and tips for getting started are also provided.

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Psychopathology: Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding

Edited by James E. Maddux and Barbara A. Winstead

This is the most up-to-date text about the etiology and treatment of the most important psychological disorders.

Intended for first-year graduate students in clinical and counseling psychology, the third edition of Psychopathology continues to focus on research and empirically supported information while also challenging students to think critically.

This valuable teaching tool is not only appropriate for students, but also professionals, who will continue to refer to it as a reference.

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Contemporary Psychotherapies for a Diverse World: First Revised Edition

Edited by Jon Frew and Michael D. Spiegler

This unique text is the first to provide an introduction to the theory and practice of the major theories of psychotherapy and, at the same time, illustrate how these approaches are dealing with the ever-increasing diversity of today’s clients.

Frew and Spiegler have assembled the leading contemporary authorities on each theory to offer an insider's perspective that includes exposure to the style and language used by adherents of the approach, which is not available in any other text.

The history of each approach and the latest, cutting-edge theory and practice are integrated with an emphasis on an awareness of the needs of diverse non-majority clients, creating a comprehensive, practical, and invaluable text for any counseling theories course.

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Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in Educational Settings

Edited by Rosemary B. Mennuti, Ray W. Christner, and Arthur Freeman

Schools and school staff play a critical role in the cognitive, behavioral, emotional, social, and interpersonal development of children and adolescents.

This second edition of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in Educational Settings teaches readers to think strategically about the individual and plan for effective and specific interventions based on the student’s age, developmental level, and presenting problems.

It is written by forward-thinking, established professionals whose writing represents the state-of-the-art in cognitive behavioral interventions in educational settings, and presents evidence-based interventions for a variety of issues commonly seen in schools.

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Bothered By Alligators

By Marion Milner

Milner's final text, Bothered by Alligators, came about when, in her nineties, she unexpectedly came across a diary she had kept during the early years of her son's life, recording his conversations and play between the ages of two and nine.

Whilst working on the material, Milner gradually realised that both diary and storybook were provoking questions she realised had scarcely been asked, let alone answered in her own analysis.

Through her memories, her notebooks and by interpreting her own previously discarded drawings and paintings, she reaches a point of awareness that they were depicting things she did not know in herself, addressing her relationships not only with her son but also with her husband, her father, and in particular, her mother.

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Two Plus Two: Couples and Their Couple Friendships

By Geoffrey L. Greif and Kathleen Holtz Deal

Friendships are undeniably important to an individual’s health, longevity and wellbeing, but they can be equally important for the health and happiness of a couple.

Just as a friend can provide a mirror to the self, another couple can provide a reflecting team that supports or impedes a relationship’s growth.

Two Plus Two: Couples and Their Couple Friendships offers an important framework for helping couples to have conversations about their friendships with other couples and to enrich their own relationships.

New: Watch the authors of Two Plus Two discuss their new book on couple friendships.

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