Weaving the story of a "wild child" patient into true tales of other troubled young people, Terr seeks to understand how the "magical moments of change" come about in therapy. 48 cases are presented, each illustrating the marvelous and varied ways psychotherapists help children exhibit positive turnarounds. For more information click here

Insightful proposals, bolstered by preliminary research data, for how mindful awareness might engage parts of the brain in novel ways and lead to permanent neurological changes. . . . [A]n exciting glimpse of into an uncharted territory of neuroscience." –Scientific American Mind. For more information click here

Psychiatric residents who are starting their work with outpatients are often at a loss for books that offer practical advice. Here in one concise volume are the techniques of the psychotherapies, appropriate uses of psychotropic medication in patients engaged in therapy, and pertinent issues from the expanding field of psychotherapy research.  For more information click here

Tronick, who has been teaching at Harvard for twenty years, has authored some of the key studies in infant and child development. Here, he gathers together major writings that present field-defining work on mother/infant relationships, emotional connection, and the healthy development of infants and children. For more information click here

"From describing the social, everyday aspects of contemporary girl life, to exploring the specifics of what actually matters when treating teen girls, to untangling the confusions of modern diagnosis. . . . If you want to know how to understand and handle adolescent girls today, this is the one book you should read.” —Ron Taffel, Ph.D., author of Breaking Through to Teens. For more information click here

Lamb demonstrates how to be sex-positive in a way that’s responsive to the developmental stage of the child or teen. She guides therapists through core issues such as recognizing and responding to the sexual play of children who have not been abused, understanding common worries of adolescents, and helping gay and lesbian youth who are grappling with their sexual identity. For more information click here

No matter what kind of sub-specialty a coach might have, life coaching is the basic operating system: a whole-person, client-centered approach. This book presents the essential elements of life coach training program in a content-rich form that is equivalent to a graduate-level education in the field. For more information click here

The first edition of Therapist as Life Coach, published in 2002, anticipated this trend, has become a standard for therapists who wish to transition or expand their practices into life coaching. Pat Williams and Deborah C. Davis have finally revised their classic practice-building book for today's therapists and future coaches. For more information click here

"Tells of the one thing all therapists have in common: they all work with clients to facilitate change. That said, it's surprising that few books on therapy identify this common denominator to treatment—or survey the basic idea of what constitutes helpful change." —Library Bookwatch. For more information click here

""Makes for easy reading. . . and is packed with personal stories and advice on Internet management and interactions. A 'must' for any collection strong in psychology, Internet sociology or education."  –California Bookwatch. For more information click here

"Knowing that clients who get 'lost in their feelings' are much less likely to make good decisions or behave effectively, Carolyn Daitch shares an impressive array of effective and goal-directed hypnotic strategies that can help clients develop the vitally important awareness that they are much more than their feelings." —Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D , author of Trancework. For more information click here

Up to one-third of Americans suffers a panic attack during their lifetime and up to eight percent is currently suffering from one of the anxiety disorders. This book describes brain structure and activity related to the three major anxiety disorders in a way that psychotherapists can better understand, diagnose, and treat them. For more information click here

"Will be useful to any practicing physician—whether an internist or a family-medicine practitioner—and to general psychiatrists as well. . . . Expresses the engaging voice of the authors rather than the diverse and less consistent orientations often found in edited mulitauthored books." —New England Journal of Medicine. For more information click here

"Provides a compelling overview of the 'science of addiction' and superbly summarizes the state of the art of addiction medicine. . . . A 'must-read' for any medical student, physician, or other allied health professional dedicated to the care of their patients with the treatable disease of addiction." —Journal of the American Medical Association. For more information click here

Shannahoff-Khalsa—researcher, Kundalini yoga teacher for over 30 years, and worldwide authority in the field of alternative therapies for psychiatric disorders—weaves scientific insights, clinical trials, case histories, and disorder-specific techniques to explain how the ancient science of Kundalini yoga can be a useful stand-alone or supplemental treatment for psychiatric disorders.  For more information click here

White, one of the founders of narrative therapy, is back with his first major publication since the seminal Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends. This bookprovides brand new practical and accessible accounts of the major areas of narrative practice that White has developed and taught over the years, so that readers may feel confident when utilizing this approach in their practices. For more information click here

Based on a series of confidential research interviews with individuals who believe that they were child victims of PAS, the book provides an adult's perspective and voice to the experience of being manipulated as a child by one parent to turn against the other.  Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome is a much-needed examination of this little-understood syndrome. For more information click here

A revision of the highly successful Domestic Violence 2000, this comprehensive treatment program for domestic violence offenders is an all-in-one manual for therapists, social workers, and other counselors. Treatment providers will find the open-ended 26-week psychoeducational treatment model easily adaptable to different settings. For more information click here

This revised and expanded paperback edition includes a new introduction by the editors, as well as two new chapters: “Transforming Stories: A Contextual Approach to Treating Sexual Offenders” by William C. Rambo, and “Re-Membering the Self: A Relational Approach to Sexual Abuse Treatment” by Martha Laughlin and Kate Warner  For more information click here

"This is an engrossing book that will leave even the experienced family therapist with creative new ideas for practice." —PsycCRITIQUES

"A great resource for therapists to help them shift their gaze from pathology-based approaches to a resiliency-based perspective.” —Jerry Gale, Ph.D., Director, MFT Doctoral Program, The University of Georgia.

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Sexually inappropriate touching, language, and other actions on the part of children are difficult to diagnose and treat. Here Friedrich, with more than 25 years of experience in the field, offers a research-based and clinically-proven method for assessment, diagnosis, and intervention with children and their families.  For more information click here

Drawing on more than 20 years of clinical experience, Hughes presents his comprehensive, effective, and accessible treatment model for working with all members of a family—not simply the individual in question—to recognize, resolve, and heal problems using principles from theories of attachment and intersubjectivity. For more information click here

Fink, a leading translator and expositor of Lacan's work, addresses here describes and amply exemplifies the innovative techniques (such as punctuation, scansion, and oracular interpretation) developed by Lacan to uncover unconscious desire, lift repression, and bring about change.  For more information click here

Burijon provides a comprehensive introduction to the body’s response to anxious or traumatic stress, and the most effective treatments for stress disorders. medical professionals as well as students need a text such as this, which summarizes both conceptual and empirical data, and links theory with specific clinical treatments. For more information click here

This book appears at a time when new guidelines are emerging every day in response to growing public concern about industry marketing. A long-awaited primer on the basic principles of pharmaceutical research, statistical methods, and health care ethics, this book arms clinicians with strategies for getting to the facts.  For more information click here

This book is a guide for three groups of people: psychologists and social workers who send clients to psychiatrists; the prescribing psychiatrists; and the clients who are caught in the middle. The authors discuss the agendas of these groups with a focus on how we can we make relationships easier and more beneficial for the client. For more information click here

Malkinson introduces a new idea for cognitive grief therapy—maintaining ties with the deceased and integrating our memories of them into our belief system. She shows professionals how to achieve these aims when working with individuals, couples, and families. Theory is presented with an emphasis on case examples and practical advice. For more information click here

At least 40-70% of those diagnosed with ADHD as kids will still suffer as adults, but mental health professionals often overlook or misdiagnose its symptoms. Young, who has been treating and researching ADHD for over 15 years,  takes a comprehensive look at the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in adolescent and adult patients. For more information click here

Winner, Media Award, International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, 2006

"A powerful set of insights for clinicians, students of clinical psychology and psychiatry, and any involved in mental health issues." —The Bookwatch.

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"An engaging introduction to the application of neuroscience to human behavior. . . An absolute pleasure. . . . [Cozolino's] deft interweaving of case examples with theory and physiology (illuminated by charts and drawings) makes the material easily digestible." —Keeping in Touch: The United States Association for Body Psychotherapy Newsletter. For more information click here

COMING EARLY 2008: PRE-ORDER NOW!

Now updated and expanded in its third edition, and featuring revised genograms for easier reading, reflecting the growing and widespread use of genograms for clinical intervention, this best-selling text provides a standard method for constructing a genogram, doing a genogram interview, and interpreting the results. For more information click here

Geriatric Psychiatry Basics is the ideal handbook for non-specialists who need a quick reference or primer on the issues central to geriatric care. Sakauye explores the most commonly encountered problems—from memory impairment and cognitive disorders, to depression, psychosis, anxiety, substance abuse, somatoform, and sleep disorders. For more information or to pre-order:click here

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