Blank Minds and Sticky Moments in Counselling is a popular and down-to-earth guide to the common challenges which arise in everyday counselling practice. Drawing on humour and over 30 years' experience, the authors describe a range of strategies to help practitioners and trainees through the 'sticky' moments and offer reassurance that "you are not alone" in facing these dilemmas.The book explores what to do when you: feel stuck and are failing to help the client move forward; are faced with a client who struggles with verbal communication; encounter a client with mental health problems; find interpersonal issues are affecting your view of a client; and find yourself at odds with the values of your client. For more information click here

Adolescent girls and young women in therapy - even those who genuinely desire change - often are highly ambivalent and difficult to engage. This book provides fresh insights and powerful clinical tools for understanding a young woman's conflict between her attachment and dependence on her parents and her efforts to be autonomous, and how this may play out in seemingly treatment-rejecting behavior. Rich case material illustrates innovative ways to embrace resistance, rather than fighting it, to build a strong therapeutic relationship that can get to the root of self-defeating patterns. For more information click here

This book provides the first comprehensive guide to the practice of "enhanced" cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E), the leading empirically supported treatment for eating disorders. Written with the practitioner in mind, the book demonstrates how this transdiagnostic approach can be used with the full range of eating disorders seen in clinical practice. For more information click here

We use the word all the time, but what exactly is self-esteem, and how do young people develop it?
Feeling Like Crap explores how a young person's self is constructed, and what might help that self to feel more valued and confident. Through accounts of his individual and group work with six young people, Nick Luxmoore demonstrates how listening to, engaging with and being respectful of young people can provide the support they need to help them repair their sense of self and offer them new possibilities and directions in life. For more information click here

This book provides clinicians and therapists with a practical guide to evidenced-based techniques that help reduce stress and anxiety as well as enhance quality of life. The techniques discussed are aimed at adults and help clinicians deliver best practice treatments to individuals and groups with anxiety and stress related issues, as well as those who would generally benefit from building up their emotional resilience. For more information click here

This CD is designed as an introduction to relaxation exercises that have been shown to be effective in reducing and managing the symptoms of stress and anxiety. The program contains seven simple yet powerful techniques to help experience everyday relaxation and each exercise is preceded by clear and simple instructions for their use. For more information click here

Is it possible that the simple act of being is not actually that simple? That to really be here now requires practice, like any other skill worth learning? On The Art of Presence, Eckhart Tolle invites you to a six-session audio retreat to teach you how to deepen the moment-to-moment realization of your essential nature, the unified consciousness that lives all things. For more information click here

This is the first book to showcase a comprehensive diagnostic system for all psychotherapeutic orientations - a project that has been deemed impossible until recently: experts of seventeen schools of thought got together and drew up guideline to be used by psychotherapists in their daily work. This book documents the results, summarises the relevant standard questions, and contains methodological commentaries for practical implementation. For more information click here

All practitioners working in the caring and helping professions face many challenges and questions when dealing with suicidal clients: Is this client being serious? Can I do more? What should I do? Should I refer on? Should I break confidentiality? Have I assessed this client correctly? Both experienced practitioners and trainees wish to have more knowledge about assessing and dealing with suicidal clients. For more information click here

In The Fine Art of Confident Conversation communication expert Debra Fine shows you how to use conversation to build stronger relationships with friends, colleagues and family members. She provides simple techniques to help you develop meaningful conversations, keep conversations on track, achieve the purpose of your meetings and presentations, deal with difficult people and awkward situations, leave clear answerphone messages and send emails that won't be misinterpreted. For more information click here

Steps to Healthy Touching offers a unique approach to treating the problem of children with sexually inappropriate behaviours. Through drawing and writing activities, this interactive workbook helps kids admit their problem and learn ways to deal with it. For more information click here

Are your children victims of the emotional fallout of your separation? Do you want to protect them frombecoming victims? Separating Respectfully takes you through a proven step-by-step programme about how you can. Outlines a preventative framework based on responsibility and respect to help protect your children from the impact of your separation. For more information click here

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