A Framework for Understanding Intergenerational Trauma in the Black and Brown Diaspora
The Ground Beneath Our Work
A groundbreaking guide for therapists, educators, healthcare workers, and helpers who want to bring nature into their practice - ethically, practically, and with heart.What if the most powerful tool in your therapeutic toolkit isn't a technique - but the living world outside your door?The Ground Beneath Our Work introduces Nature-Informed Therapy (NIT) and Nature-Informed Care (NIC), a flexible, evidence-informed framework for weaving nature into clinical practice, education, healthcare, faith communities, and everyday helping roles.At the heart of the book is the ROOTED(TM) model - six practical mechanisms for integrating nature into professional care: Regulate AttentionOpen the SensesOptimize DosageTend RelationshipsEnact Reciprocity & MeaningDesign the SettingDr. Heidi Schreiber-Pan draws on over 20 years of clinical experience, her own research, and the ancient wisdom of Indigenous and land-based traditions to offer: A 30-day implementation plan with session tools and trackersClinical case stories showing NIT in actionPractices for diverse settings - from therapy offices to schools, hospitals, parks, and nursing homesGuidance on ethics, safety, equity, and outdoor group facilitationTools for addressing eco-grief, climate anxiety, and nature-deficitWith a foreword by Robert J. Wicks, Psy.D., author of It's Good to Be Lost Once in a While (Oxford University Press), this book is both a practical manual and a quiet invitation to remember: we have never not been in relationship with nature.For licensed clinicians, counselors, social workers, psychologists, educators, chaplains, park rangers, coaches, and anyone whose work involves caring for others."I cannot recommend this book highly enough." - Mark A. Salvatore, MD, MS, Harvard Medical School"A deeply human and clinically usable resource." - Dr. Christine Lynn Norton, Professor of Social Work, Texas State University"This book has forever changed how I sit in my own backyard." - Thomas R. Medema, Former National Park Service Associate Director
Issue 34
Over 65,000 words of psychological knowledge, theory and practice by bestselling writer Connor Whiteley in one great collection. If you want great, fascinating information covering a wide range of psychological topics you NEED to buy this issue!Issue 34 contains two brilliant full-length psychology books: Your Unshakable Self: A Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Mental Health Guide to Sense of SelfForensic Psychology of Terrorism and Hostage-Taking: A Forensic and Criminal Psychology Guide to Understanding Terrorists, Terrorism and Hostage SituationsAND contains 5 enthralling blog posts: What is Radicalisation and What Are the Signs of Radicalisation In Children?What is Media Psychology?What to Do When Depression Makes It Impossible to Get Out of BedAre Infants Moral?What is Social Prescribing?
The Ground Beneath Our Work
A groundbreaking guide for therapists, educators, healthcare workers, and helpers who want to bring nature into their practice - ethically, practically, and with heart.What if the most powerful tool in your therapeutic toolkit isn't a technique - but the living world outside your door?The Ground Beneath Our Work introduces Nature-Informed Therapy (NIT) and Nature-Informed Care (NIC), a flexible, evidence-informed framework for weaving nature into clinical practice, education, healthcare, faith communities, and everyday helping roles.At the heart of the book is the ROOTED(TM) model - six practical mechanisms for integrating nature into professional care: Regulate AttentionOpen the SensesOptimize DosageTend RelationshipsEnact Reciprocity & MeaningDesign the SettingDr. Heidi Schreiber-Pan draws on over 20 years of clinical experience, her own research, and the ancient wisdom of Indigenous and land-based traditions to offer: A 30-day implementation plan with session tools and trackersClinical case stories showing NIT in actionPractices for diverse settings - from therapy offices to schools, hospitals, parks, and nursing homesGuidance on ethics, safety, equity, and outdoor group facilitationTools for addressing eco-grief, climate anxiety, and nature-deficitWith a foreword by Robert J. Wicks, Psy.D., author of It's Good to Be Lost Once in a While (Oxford University Press), this book is both a practical manual and a quiet invitation to remember: we have never not been in relationship with nature.For licensed clinicians, counselors, social workers, psychologists, educators, chaplains, park rangers, coaches, and anyone whose work involves caring for others."I cannot recommend this book highly enough." - Mark A. Salvatore, MD, MS, Harvard Medical School"A deeply human and clinically usable resource." - Dr. Christine Lynn Norton, Professor of Social Work, Texas State University"This book has forever changed how I sit in my own backyard." - Thomas R. Medema, Former National Park Service Associate Director
Shit Life to Self-Made
A raw, honest, and deeply human roadmap from chaos to clarity.In Shit Life to Self-Made, Jani Havunen tells the unpolished truth about addiction, trauma, crime, and rebuilding a life from the inside out. This is not a motivational fantasy-it is a hard-earned transformation grounded in lived experience and psychological insight.Inside, you'll discover: Why survival mode keeps people stuck-and how to exit itHow trauma rewires the brain toward addiction, impulsivity, and self-sabotageWhy discipline without self-understanding always collapsesHow rock bottoms contain invisible pivots-if you learn to read themWhat real change looks like when excuses are stripped awayWritten with authority, compassion, and brutal honesty, this book speaks directly to readers who feel lost, restless, or trapped in repeating patterns. It does not offer shortcuts-only clarity, responsibility, and a path forward grounded in truth.If you are done lying to yourself, this book is for you.
Self-Working
Self-Working: A Novel and Integrative Approach to Psychotherapyby Reza Johari FardOver the past century, psychotherapy has evolved through diverse schools of thought-each focusing on specific dimensions of human experience, from unconscious processes and emotional regulation to cognition and interpersonal relationships. While these approaches have significantly advanced clinical practice, the challenge of theoretical integration remains unresolved.Self-Working offers a novel and coherent integrative model designed to bridge this gap. Grounded in systems thinking and informed by contemporary psychotherapy integration, this model provides a structured yet flexible framework for understanding psychological growth across time.At the core of the Self-Working approach lies a three-dimensional therapeutic pathway: Being-on-This - working with the individual's past, personality, and foundational psychological structures.Becoming-to-That - actively constructing the future through values, strengths, and personal meaning.Life Theme - cultivating conscious, responsible, and creative living in the present moment.Unlike symptom-focused or single-school therapies, Self-Working conceptualizes psychotherapy as a lifelong educational and developmental process, integrating body, emotion, cognition, and attention into a unified clinical framework.This book is designed not only as a theoretical contribution, but as a practical clinical guide-offering therapists, researchers, and graduate students a comprehensive model for working with clients in a holistic, future-oriented, and culturally sensitive manner.Key FeaturesA fully integrative psychotherapy model grounded in systems thinkingCombines psychodynamic, cognitive, humanistic, and experiential perspectivesApplicable to clinical practice, psychotherapy training, and academic researchIncludes conceptual frameworks, therapeutic structure, and clinical rationaleSuitable for psychologists, counselors, psychotherapists, and mental health studentsWho This Book Is ForClinical psychologists and psychotherapistsGraduate and doctoral students in psychology and counselingResearchers interested in integrative and systemic modelsMental health professionals seeking a coherent theoretical framework beyond single-school approachesSelf-Working represents the foundation of an emerging psychotherapy framework developed and implemented in clinical and academic settings over more than a decade.
Shit Life to Self-Made
A raw, honest, and deeply human roadmap from chaos to clarity.In Shit Life to Self-Made, Jani Havunen tells the unpolished truth about addiction, trauma, crime, and rebuilding a life from the inside out. This is not a motivational fantasy-it is a hard-earned transformation grounded in lived experience and psychological insight.Inside, you'll discover: Why survival mode keeps people stuck-and how to exit itHow trauma rewires the brain toward addiction, impulsivity, and self-sabotageWhy discipline without self-understanding always collapsesHow rock bottoms contain invisible pivots-if you learn to read themWhat real change looks like when excuses are stripped awayWritten with authority, compassion, and brutal honesty, this book speaks directly to readers who feel lost, restless, or trapped in repeating patterns. It does not offer shortcuts-only clarity, responsibility, and a path forward grounded in truth.If you are done lying to yourself, this book is for you.
The Black Sheep Therapist
Transformation doesn't come from abandoning who you are.Are you a therapist who is tired of hiding your gifts, values, beliefs, and unconventional practices?What if you had a clear, proven framework for weaving spiritual and energy practices into your work ethically - a framework grounded in real clinical theory, transparent consent, and unwavering integrity?Well, you can.In this book you will learn how to...Ground your work in clinical theory-without losing its soul.Create informed consent that protects both you and your clients.Navigate ethics and legality without fear or confusion.Translate spiritual and energetic practices into clinical language that holds up.Practice in a way that aligns your values with professional responsibility.If rigid, conventional mental health systems really worked, the state of our collective well-being would tell a different story.The world doesn't need another textbook therapist. The world needs you- aligned, liberated, and fully in your power.It's time to challenge the outdated perceptions that keep innovative practitioners in hiding-and discover the professional freedom you deserve.
More than a Patient
Living with chronic illness means medical appointments, unpredictable symptoms, and the exhausting work of managing your health. Relationships often become casualties. Friends drift away. Dating feels impossible. Family dynamics strain under caregiving pressures. The isolation can be as painful as the physical symptoms themselves.In this groundbreaking, compassionate guide, psychotherapist and chronic illness and rare disease expert Jodi Taub-who lives with primary immunodeficiency and associated conditions-teaches you how to rebuild and strengthen the connections that matter most. Drawing from almost three decades as a therapist specializing in chronic illness and hard-won insights from her own lived experience, Taub provides practical strategies for challenges familiar to patients: handling unhelpful comments, dating with a diagnosis, managing mental health, navigating caregiving relationships, and working with medical teams.You didn't choose to be sick, but you can choose what to do with it. The right relationships can transform your experience, and this book will help you build them.
More than a Patient
Living with chronic illness means medical appointments, unpredictable symptoms, and the exhausting work of managing your health. Relationships often become casualties. Friends drift away. Dating feels impossible. Family dynamics strain under caregiving pressures. The isolation can be as painful as the physical symptoms themselves.In this groundbreaking, compassionate guide, psychotherapist and chronic illness and rare disease expert Jodi Taub-who lives with primary immunodeficiency and associated conditions-teaches you how to rebuild and strengthen the connections that matter most. Drawing from almost three decades as a therapist specializing in chronic illness and hard-won insights from her own lived experience, Taub provides practical strategies for challenges familiar to patients: handling unhelpful comments, dating with a diagnosis, managing mental health, navigating caregiving relationships, and working with medical teams.You didn't choose to be sick, but you can choose what to do with it. The right relationships can transform your experience, and this book will help you build them.
Internal Family Systems
Do you feel stuck?Is your life - and are your relationships - lacking in spark, intimacy and vulnerability?Do you find that therapy just doesn't quite work for you, though you've tried it several times? It's time to try a different way of thinking, feeling and being. Internal Family Systems therapy (IFS) is the fastest growing psychotherapy in the world - perhaps because it can be used in everyday life, at any different level, by anyone willing to embrace the paradigm shift of parts and Self-leadership. In Internal Family Systems: Making A Start, leading IFS therapist Emma Redfern will introduce the revolutionary concept of multiplicity, or parts, in a book which will challenge everything that you ever thought about therapy. With curiosity, a superpower quality, at its core, this book features all the key IFS concepts, practices and methods of use, along with an explanation of its benefits and a troubleshooting section (in addition to informative appendices). It is likely you will never think about yourself in the same way again, or underestimate the power of curiosity, as you begin your journey in understanding your own internal family of parts and Self. Using line drawings, bullet points, candid self-disclosure, case studies and journal prompts, this is an approachable and authoritative book that is ideal for newcomers to IFS (and those more versed in it) and which will transform the way you think about therapy. To improve your mental flexibility, emotional regulation and interpersonal tolerance, and to find greater balance in all areas of your life, start here.
Big Behaviors in All Containers
Kids aren't the only ones with big behaviors.If you've ever worked hard to help a child regulate in session, only to have that progress unravel at home, you're not alone. Even the best therapy can only go so far when the grown-ups in a child's life are overwhelmed, overstimulated, or stuck in old, reactive patterns. In this follow-up to the best-selling Big Behaviors in Small Containers, renowned play therapist and author Paris Goodyear-Brown once again delivers over 100 play-based, trauma-informed interventions--this time to support dysregulated kids and their grown-ups. Based on the TraumaPlay(TM) framework, these interventions allow you to work directly with the caregiver-child dynamic by teaching caregivers to: Reframe big behaviors as forms of communication instead of willful defianceDeepen attachment and trust through playful, nurturing interactionsSet clear, compassionate boundaries that don't elicit power strugglesManage their own stress, reactivity, and triggersUse creative storytelling activities to make sense of traumaCo-create a treatment plan that addresses the entire family systemWhether you're working with parents, teachers, school counselors, grandparents, or any other grown-ups who feel exhausted and confused by a child's behavior, this book will support them in becoming the regulated, safe, and steady presence that every child needs.
The Strength to Serve
The Strength to Serve: A Workbook for First Responders and Healthcare ProfessionalsYou care for everyone else-now it's time to learn to care for yourself.Created by a clinical psychologist with two decades of experience supporting first responders and healthcare professionals, The Strength to Serve is a hands-on workbook designed to support those who care for others. Drawing on the latest evidence and proven, evidence-based psychological tools and strategies, it offers practical tools for building self-understanding, resilience in the face of difficult work experiences, and improved psychological health and well-being.Inside you'll find: Evidence-based strategies drawn from Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), mindfulness-based strategies, Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) and other leading therapeutic orientations.Real stories and case examples from first responders and healthcare professionals who've faced trauma, burnout, moral injury and other service-related difficulties -and found ways to heal.Step-by-step exercises to help you manage stress, regulate emotions, and strengthen your mental and emotional health.Reflection prompts and journaling tools to deepen self-understanding and promote personal growth.Practical tips for reconnecting with purpose, protecting your wellbeing, and finding meaning in both your work and life.Whether you're a nurse, paramedic, firefighter, physician, police officer, or any other healthcare or emergency services professional, this book is your guide to cultivating resilience, balance, and psychological strength that lasts.
The Hidden Forces Within
he Hidden Forces Within takes readers beneath the surface of human action to reveal the unseen psychological systems that quietly shape every decision, habit, and behavior. Moving beyond simplistic ideas of motivation and willpower, this book exposes the deeper mechanisms-emotion, belief, perception, identity, and conditioning-that govern why people act as they do.Rather than treating behavior as random or irrational, this book presents a powerful insight: every action is logical when viewed through the psychological system that produces it. From unconscious triggers and emotional memory to habitual thinking and internal narratives, human behavior is guided by forces operating largely outside awareness. Until these forces are understood, real change remains temporary and fragile.Through clear, structured analysis, The Hidden Forces Within explores how decisions form beneath awareness, why desire alone fails to produce action, how habits and emotional loops maintain repetition, and how belief systems quietly control behavior. The book also examines the roles of social influence, identity, stress, and self-regulation-revealing why people often know what to do, yet still struggle to do it.This is not a motivational book built on hype or shortcuts. It is a psychological framework for understanding action itself. By developing awareness of the hidden drivers behind behavior, readers gain the ability to interrupt automatic patterns and design actions with intention rather than impulse.Whether you are seeking personal growth, behavioral clarity, or a deeper understanding of human psychology, The Hidden Forces Within offers a clear and intellectually grounded path forward.Action does not begin with willpower. It begins with awareness.
The Hidden Forces Within
he Hidden Forces Within takes readers beneath the surface of human action to reveal the unseen psychological systems that quietly shape every decision, habit, and behavior. Moving beyond simplistic ideas of motivation and willpower, this book exposes the deeper mechanisms-emotion, belief, perception, identity, and conditioning-that govern why people act as they do.Rather than treating behavior as random or irrational, this book presents a powerful insight: every action is logical when viewed through the psychological system that produces it. From unconscious triggers and emotional memory to habitual thinking and internal narratives, human behavior is guided by forces operating largely outside awareness. Until these forces are understood, real change remains temporary and fragile.Through clear, structured analysis, The Hidden Forces Within explores how decisions form beneath awareness, why desire alone fails to produce action, how habits and emotional loops maintain repetition, and how belief systems quietly control behavior. The book also examines the roles of social influence, identity, stress, and self-regulation-revealing why people often know what to do, yet still struggle to do it.This is not a motivational book built on hype or shortcuts. It is a psychological framework for understanding action itself. By developing awareness of the hidden drivers behind behavior, readers gain the ability to interrupt automatic patterns and design actions with intention rather than impulse.Whether you are seeking personal growth, behavioral clarity, or a deeper understanding of human psychology, The Hidden Forces Within offers a clear and intellectually grounded path forward.Action does not begin with willpower. It begins with awareness.
Between Psyche and Soma
With this book, the long-awaited introduction to "Biodynamic Psychology" developed by Gerda Boyesen is available.It has two essential foundations: 1. the Vegetotherapy of Wilhelm Reich, and2. massage, which works like a psychoanalysis.
Rethink Consumption
Free from Consumption Compulsions - A Guide to a More Conscious LifeIn a world where consumption is omnipresent, we often become unnoticed prisoners of our buying habits. Rethinking Consumption is a practical guide for anyone who wants to question, understand, and sustainably change their consumption behavior. The book provides a clear overview of the mechanisms behind consumption and luxury addiction, from psychological causes to societal influences.With concrete exercises and checklists, you will learn how to control impulse purchases, organize your finances, and lead a life beyond the superfluous.Discover alternative lifestyles to find long-term freedom, fulfillment, and a balanced relationship between having and being.This guide shows that a self-determined life is possible in the age of consumption -- and how you can achieve it step by step.Target Audience: People with excessive buying behavior, impulse purchases, or dependence on status symbols, as well as their relatives. Psychologists, therapists, coaches, and financial or debt counselors. Sociologists, economists, cultural scientists, and marketing experts.
Love, Luck, and Narcissism
What if some of the most popular beliefs about happiness, love, and self-improvement are not only incomplete-but psychologically harmful?In Love, Luck, and Narcissism: When Popular Culture Gets It Wrong, a retired clinical psychologist, Dr. Geraldine K. Piorkowski, with more than fifty years of experience offers an intriguing series of insights that challenge the modern self-help obsession with relentless positivity. The book begins with a surprising truth: positive thinking is not always helpful. When it bypasses grief, doubt, disappointment, or loss, it can distort reality, impair judgment, and interfere with genuine emotional healing Across eight thought-provoking chapters, readers are invited into a deeper, more realistic psychology of everyday life. You'll discover why romantic love is often shaped by fantasy in its earliest stages, why we cannot truly make anyone do anything, and how anger-when restrained and purposeful-can provide the energy for positive transformation. Perhaps most unexpectedly, the book reframes narcissism. Rather than treating all self-focus as toxic, it introduces the essential idea of healthy narcissism: the delight we take in our talents, achievements, and simple pleasures, which can nourish joy and protect against depression. The author also explores the underrated role of luck and chance in shaping life outcomes, offering readers a path away from crushing self-blame and toward gratitude and acceptance.Warm, insightful, and deeply human, Love, Luck, and Narcissism: When Popular Culture Gets It Wrong is ideal for therapy-curious readers, spiritually reflective seekers, counselors, educators, and anyone ready to break free from repeating destructive relationship patterns and misleading cultural myths.This is not a book about blind optimism-it is a book about psychological truth.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted
Ten thousand dreams interpreted or what's in a dream is an extensive guide exploring the significance and meanings of dreams through historical, philosophical, and psychological lenses. The book presents dreams as powerful reflections of the subconscious mind, emotions, and spiritual state, often containing insights into the future. It draws on the beliefs of ancient thinkers and literary figures who regarded dreams as prophetic or spiritually revealing. The work distinguishes between different types of dreams-subjective, physical, and spiritual-and emphasizes the role of inner consciousness and intuition in understanding them. It includes various anecdotes and historical examples illustrating how dreams have revealed crucial truths or warnings to individuals. The book promotes the idea that dreams can communicate messages from a higher self or spiritual source beyond ordinary rational thought. It stresses the importance of balancing material and spiritual awareness to achieve a harmonious state of being. Ultimately, the guide encourages readers to pay close attention to their dreams, offering tools to interpret them for personal growth and insight into life's mysteries.
The Journal Of Abnormal Psychology Vol. X
The journal of abnormal psychology Vol. X is a scientific compilation examining the intricacies of human behavior and mental irregularities through clinical research and theoretical discussion. This volume brings together a series of analytical essays and case studies that explore the psychological dimensions of hysteria, dream interpretation, and psychoneuroses. Through its investigations, it reveals how emotional strain and inner conflict manifest in both physical and behavioral symptoms. The essays delve into the relationship between mental disturbance and personal experience, suggesting that psychological imbalance often serves as a form of communication or control within complex social dynamics. Discussions on dream analysis uncover how subconscious imagery reflects unresolved tensions and desires, while studies on hysteria highlight its symbolic and psychological dimensions. The journal combines empirical insight with speculative reasoning, presenting an early understanding of the human psyche's depth and contradictions. This volume stands as a reflection of the evolving study of the mind, bridging clinical observation with philosophical inquiry into emotional suffering and the hidden patterns of thought.
Practice & Politics
Is it appropriate for a therapist to be politicized? Can you be anti-oppressive as a psychodynamic therapist? What are the clinical implications of working with clients who request you as a queer or racialized therapist? Practice & Politics: An Essential Reader for Social Workers and Therapists is a conversation-in-book form that explores these questions with depth and nuance. Edited by Rahim Thawer, MSW, RSW, this collection brings together the voices of queer and racialized clinicians who examine the intersections of identity, politics, and care within the fields of psychotherapy and social work. This first volume foregrounds the political nature of clinical and community practice. It emphasizes that therapeutic work never occurs in isolation but is continuously shaped by systems of power, privilege, and oppression, including colonial histories, racial hierarchies, capitalism, heteronormativity, and ableism. Readers are invited to reflect on how these forces influence both their clients and their own professional choices. Through essays, case examples, and critical conversations, Practice & Politics helps practitioners develop the vocabulary and conceptual tools to identify how systemic dynamics show up in therapeutic, organizational, and community settings. It encourages readers to move away from neutral or depoliticized approaches and toward more ethically engaged, reflexive, and socially attuned practices.
Riding Through the Dark
You don't have to ride to learn how horses heal us...Sometimes the hardest ride isn't in the saddle - it's the one back to yourself.When life unseats you - through loss, fear, or heartbreak - how do you find thestrength to rise again? In Riding Through the Dark, author Amber M. Wildetakes readers on a powerful journey of healing with horses, exploring how thebond between human and horse becomes a living metaphor for emotionalresilience, mindfulness, and courage.Through lyrical storytelling and gentle wisdom, Wilde reveals that the lessonslearned in the arena mirror the ones we face in life: learning to trust, to breathe, to listen, and to let go. Each chapter becomes a trail marker toward renewal -blending equine therapy insights, trauma recovery research, and soulfulreflections from the barn and beyond.This isn't just a book for riders. It's for anyone who has fallen and longed to findhope again. Whether you seek connection in the quiet companionship ofanimals or the restorative calm of nature, this inspirational memoir reminds youthat healing is possible - one breath, one hoofbeat, one moment of stillness ata time.Riding Through the Dark speaks to horse lovers, nature seekers, and those ona path of personal growth and spirituality. It's a story of fear transformed intofreedom, and silence transformed into trust - a timeless reminder that even inour darkest moments, light is waiting to lead us home.Perfect for readers who love: Equine therapy and horse-human connectionMindfulness and emotional resilienceNature-inspired healing and personal transformationMemoirs about courage, compassion, and finding peaceStep into the stillness, take hold of the reins, and discover the light that always returns.
Schema Therapy for Beginners
Schema Therapy Without the Confusing Jargon Tired of psychology books you can't understand? This guide explains schema therapy in plain English-no complicated terms, no clinical jargon, no confusing examples. Just clear, simple explanations that actually make sense. What You Get: ✓ All 18 schemas explained in everyday language✓ Real-life examples that sound like your actual life✓ Step-by-step techniques you can follow easily✓ Simple assessments to identify your patterns✓ Practical tools that work-explained clearly Why This Book Is Different: Other books say: "Maladaptive cognitive-affective schema structures"This book says: "Painful patterns from childhood" Same information. Language you can understand. Perfect for people who: Got lost trying to read other psychology books Want real help in plain English Are tired of confusing terminology Need practical guidance, not academic theory No Psychology Degree Required This book proves complex concepts can be explained simply. You'll understand your patterns clearly, quickly, and completely-without struggling through textbook language. Clear explanations. Real examples. Simple steps. Actual results. Stop being confused by complicated books. Start understanding yourself today.
A Holding Space While You Wait for Therapy
Bridging the gap between self-help and therapy, A Holding Space While You Wait for Therapy provides insight, support, compassion and hope to clients who are waiting to begin counselling and psychotherapy. Readers will benefit from building their knowledge through accessible psychoeducation, learning practical tools and reading case vignettes which demonstrate these ideas in practice. Mirroring the way in which a therapist 'holds space' for a client, this book provides non-judgemental support to those experiencing challenging moments within their lives.Written in a relational style and backed by academic research, this book provides an accessible yet rigorous guide to self-help while waiting for therapy. Each chapter is devoted to exploring a different part of the 'self', drawing from Daniel Stern's 'self-psychology' and the author's humanistic and integrative perspective. There is guidance on: dealing with feelings and emotions, supporting psychological well-being, tuning into the body's wisdom, developing a positive self-relationship, understanding and improving relationships, connecting with soul and spirituality, and harnessing creativity and the imagination - all with the common purpose of helping and healing.The open-letter, easy-to-read style makes the content accessible and acts as a companion tool for the reader as they journey through the challenges of life. This is an essential read for clients waiting for therapy, mental health practitioners looking to provide support to waitlisted clients, and trainees or students wanting to better understand the therapeutic journey in full.
Advancing Motivational Interviewing
Move your motivational interviewing skills from theory to real life.As a mental health provider, you're familiar with the spirit of motivational interviewing (MI): partnership, acceptance, compassion, and empowerment, as well as the skills that help you build a strong therapeutic connection. But when you're faced with real-world challenges--clients who are ambivalent, silent, or feel stalled--how do you translate these principles into action?Advancing Motivational Interviewing is here to help you bridge that gap. Intended for seasoned MI practitioners, this hands-on guide is packed with experiential exercises, conversation strategies, and sample dialogues to take your MI skills to the next level.Inside, you'll learn how to: Engage clients who seem "noncompliant," disengaged, or discouragedNavigate uncomfortable silences or sensitive topicsBalance professional boundaries with genuine self-disclosureAvoid getting stuck in the "fixing reflex"Make the most out of limited time in short sessionsAdapt MI principles to virtual and web-based interactionsWhether you're working in behavioral health, education, the justice system, or primary care, this book will help you break through the "stuck points" that keep you from using MI to its full potential.
Coping with Bereavement
Loss is something that we all experience in various ways, yet conversations about grief can feel particularly difficult as death continues to be a generally unspoken subject between many of us.Written by a clinical psychologist with lived experience of bereavement, this book aims to lessen the taboo around death and grief by inviting readers to reflect in an open, honest and judgment-free space. Elaborating on different circumstances of grief, chapters provide psychologically informed, practical strategies for caring for yourself while navigating bereavement.Topics explored include, but are not limited to: - The impact of bereavement- Life after death and what coping can look like- Coping with the death of someone you have experienced trauma alongside or from- Navigating bereavement as a parent- Coping with death by suicide- Bereavement in the context of war, as well as immigrationAn essential read for anyone experiencing bereavement, this book guides and encourages readers to look after their wellbeing and become better informed about their individual process of grief. It will also be of interest to mental health practitioners looking for resources to support their clients, and to individuals in helping professions who have encountered bereavement at work or in their private life.
Decolonised Minds
Endorsed by Professor John McLeod, the co-founder of the Pluralistic Approach to Counselling and Psychotherapy. Decolonised Minds: When Radical Becomes Rational offers a bold and timely framework for transforming psychotherapy, counselling, and mental health practice. At its core, this book dismantles the lingering legacy of colonialism in the therapeutic encounter, exposing how Eurocentric assumptions continue to shape the ways we understand, diagnose, and treat psychological distress.Drawing on lived experience, global case studies, and critical theory, Talha AlAli illuminates how racism, Islamophobia, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and structural inequalities infiltrate therapeutic spaces. He argues that to decolonise therapy is not simply to diversify knowledge or practice, but to unlearn and relearn the very foundations of what counts as care.Accessible and deeply grounded in scholarship, the book balances critique with practical tools. It includes worksheets, reflective inventories, and thought-provoking exercises that invite practitioners to examine their own positionality, biases, and responsibilities. AlAli challenges readers to move beyond tokenistic "cultural competence" and toward humility, solidarity, epistemic justice, and genuine accountability.Decolonised Minds speaks to students, trainees, and seasoned practitioners alike. It offers a radical yet rational vision of psychotherapy - one rooted in belonging, connection, community, and history. By placing lived experience and ancestral wisdom alongside contemporary theory and practice, AlAli shows that decolonising therapy is not optional, but essential to ethical and effective care.Endorsed by leading voices in psychotherapy and beyond, this book is both a mirror and a roadmap: it reflects the societies in which we practise while guiding us toward a more just, humane, and liberated future.
Couples Therapy in the Digital Age
Help couples strengthen their relationship--both online and off. Everyday digital behaviors--like frequent phone use, social media scrolling, and chasing "likes" online--can seem harmless, but they gradually erode intimacy, attachment, and trust in relationships. Unlike more obvious challenges that couples face, these digital behaviors often blend into daily routines, making their effects harder to detect until disconnection has already set in. In Couples Therapy in the Digital Age, expert couples therapist and clinical sexologist Dr. Anna Elton provides practical, research-based strategies, interventions, and real-world examples to help couples reconnect and rebuild intimacy in today's tech-driven world. Inside, you'll find resources to help clients: Navigate common digital relationship challenges like online flirting, endless scrolling, and technology addiction Address online infidelity, emotional disconnection, and communication breakdowns Set boundaries and repair trust after online infidelity or emotional affairs Discern when screen time becomes unhealthy, compulsive, or addictive--and what to do about it Build emotionally intelligent habits around smartphone and device use, including how to approach erotic online content
Apothecary for the Afflicted
Apothecary for the Afflicted is a unique and transformative tool disguised as a book. The pages are filled with rich and potent shadow-work practices to uncover the authentic self while healing invisible wounds. Throughout the book, the reader encounters hauntingly beautiful imagery blended with the symbolism of fairy tales. The shadow speaks symbolically because it is beneath our conscious awareness. Therefore, we all have psychological blind spots. The Apothecary for the Afflicted is designed to creatively reveal these blind spots through shadow work practices rooted in the Jungian tradition. In this book, Melissa teaches you about the shadow, how to work with it, and the importance of facing inner darkness. As you work with the materials, you will discover supportive shadow-work practice to soften resistance when difficult emotions, feelings, and sensations rise to the surface. Shadow work involves the transmutation of stuck energy and transformation of repressed feelings. We must confront the things we ignore. There is power hidden in the places we are afraid to look. Within the shadow, the energy remains in limbo, and like a ghost, it eventually begins to haunt us . . . until we face it. To transmute darkness, we must turn our attention toward the many faces of the shadow. We can find the shadow mirrored in our dreams, triggering behaviors, emotional reactions, and qualities we refuse to see within ourselves. We all need a guide to walk with us through dark times, to navigate the unknown and uncover our blind spots. We need someone who can see in the dark. That person is Jungian and depth psychologist Melissa Kim Corter, and this book is your guide. The Apothecary for the Afflicted is a book you will return to time and time again to confront darkness, heal invisible wounds, and reclaim lost parts of the soul.
Other-Centred Therapy
Caroline Brazier offers an introduction to an innovative therapeutic approach which is founded on an understanding of human process that is both practical, and honoring of our place in an experiential world.
Healing TIME
Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, confused, or depressed, with no solutions in sight? Do you feel you'll never find happiness or peace in your life? It doesn't have to be like this! Healing TIME: Move into a Future of Freedom and Flow is a compassionate, empowering guide that helps readers heal from the pain of their past, and step into a more aligned and fulfilling life.Blending storytelling, therapeutic insight, and coaching strategies, author Rebecca D. Hogg redefines the reader's relationship with time as a unique ally in the healing process. If you're struggling with some health issues, anxiety, depression, grief and/or trauma and aren't ready for or interested in therapy, this book can help.Through the author's personal journey and the signature Healing TIME method - Talk, Investigation, Movement, and Embodiment - you'll learn how to: Uncover and release limiting beliefs rooted in the past Build a stronger connection with your future self Identify what truly matters and take meaningful steps toward it Create internal alignment between mind, body, spirit, and action Shift from feeling stuck to living with greater freedom and flowThis book is not about managing your time more efficiently - it's about changing how time moves with you, transforming every moment into an opportunity for healing, choice, and growth.
Healing TIME
Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, confused, or depressed, with no solutions in sight? Do you feel you'll never find happiness or peace in your life? It doesn't have to be like this! Healing TIME: Move into a Future of Freedom and Flow is a compassionate, empowering guide that helps readers heal from the pain of their past, and step into a more aligned and fulfilling life.Blending storytelling, therapeutic insight, and coaching strategies, author Rebecca D. Hogg redefines the reader's relationship with time as a unique ally in the healing process. If you're struggling with some health issues, anxiety, depression, grief and/or trauma and aren't ready for or interested in therapy, this book can help.Through the author's personal journey and the signature Healing TIME method - Talk, Investigation, Movement, and Embodiment - you'll learn how to: Uncover and release limiting beliefs rooted in the past Build a stronger connection with your future self Identify what truly matters and take meaningful steps toward it Create internal alignment between mind, body, spirit, and action Shift from feeling stuck to living with greater freedom and flowThis book is not about managing your time more efficiently - it's about changing how time moves with you, transforming every moment into an opportunity for healing, choice, and growth.
Beyond Behaviors, Second Edition
An updated edition of the groundbreaking book that changed how parents, educators, and professionals respond to problem behaviors in kids. In her pioneering, paradigm-shifting book Beyond Behaviors, internationally known pediatric psychologist Dr. Mona Delahooke reshaped how we view and respond to children's challenging behaviors. In this second edition, she reminds us that problem behaviors are just the tip of the iceberg--signaling deeper, unmet needs that are best addressed in the context of relational safety. This updated edition features: Neuroscience-based strategies to address the root causes of behaviors Accessible worksheets, charts, and handouts to promote resilience and build satisfying, secure relationships A new chapter with answers to common questions from the Beyond Behaviors community Designed to support children diagnosed with: Conduct disorder Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) Sensory processing disorder (SPD) Anxiety and depression As well as: Autistic children and teens And those experiencing: Developmental or learning differences Aggressive, confusing, or unpredictable behaviors Tantrums and meltdowns Disconnection or shutdown Trauma, toxic stress, or adverse childhood experiences
Trauma-Informed Motivational Interviewing Made Practical
Help clients move toward change without re-triggering them.This practical guide shows you how to apply Motivational Interviewing (MI) with a clear trauma lens. You will learn how to keep sessions safe, pace skilfully, and use MI techniques that fit the window of tolerance. The book turns theory into steps you can use right away. What this book teaches Trauma-informed MI basics: MI spirit, collaboration, and autonomy-applied with safety, consent, and choice. Safety first: grounding, de-escalation, and when to pause or slow an MI process. OARS with care: open questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries adapted for trauma cues and shame reactions. Pacing and timing: spotting signs of overload, titrating tasks, and keeping arousal within a workable range. Change talk that doesn't push: evoking reasons for change while protecting dignity and control. Managing avoidance and stuck points: gentle strategies that reduce fight, flight, freeze, or appease patterns. Cultural and historical context: using cultural humility and language that respects lived experience. Risk and crisis moments: brief plans, role-play prompts, and stepwise actions you can follow under pressure. Working across settings: mental health, substance use, primary care, schools, justice, and community services. Clinician care: supervision check-ins, boundaries, and simple routines that limit vicarious trauma. What's inside Step-by-step skills labs: short exercises to practise reflections, double-sided reflections, and summaries that lower threat. Ready-made scripts: first-session openings, consent language, soft starters, and repairs after a rupture. Who this book is for Counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, GPs, peer workers, and trainees who use MI. Teams in addiction services, trauma clinics, crisis teams, schools, and primary care who need a shared, simple playbook. Supervisors who want clear prompts for skills rehearsal and case review..
Living in Balance
The book Living in Balance: A simple guide to finding happiness and living your best life resulted from years of working with patients and speaking to people about the many stressors they have faced. These stressors included depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and unrealistic expectations. This book discusses what restrains people from feeling their best and finding happiness. This book identifies some common problems and provides coping skills to help people handle their stressors productively and effectively. This book can provide a road map to happiness when you feel like you do not know where to begin. About the Author: Christina Stern is a psychiatric nurse practitioner who has her own private psychiatric practice. Christina has worked as a nurse for over ten years in diverse settings, including a psychiatric hospital, emergency department, and nursing home. Christina lives in New York with her husband and two daughters. Her mission has always been to help others, which is why she wrote her first book titled Finding balance: A simple guide to finding happiness and living your best life.
