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Recently Published UK-US (English-language) Books on Psychotherapy

Available for Review (November 2021)

We currently have about 60 books that all need - (someone like you?) - to review them.
 
If you want to review one of these books (below), just copy the author, title etc. and send us an e-mail here with your postal address, and you will then receive a review copy of the published book.
For 'Information & Guidelines about Writing a Book Review' please go here.

You can also apply directly to the publisher and request review copies (now often in e-book format) quoting "International Journal of Psychotherapy" and my name on the application form for review copies. Please let me know if you do so, so that I can keep track of publishing the reviews. (e.g.: Taylor & Francis + Routledge Group: here)

  1. Persons, J.B. (2008). The Case Formulation Approach to Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. New York & London: Guilford Press. See link here.  

  2. Dryden, W. (Ed.) (2011). Dryden's Handbook of Individual Therapy (5th Ed.) London: Sage. See link here.
  3. Goldberg, A. (2012). The Analysis of Failure: An Investigation of Failed Cases in Psychoanaylsis and Psychotherapy. Hove, UK: Routledge. See link here.  
  4. Sobel, V.S. (2012). Successful Psychopharmacology: Evidence-based treatment solutions for achieving remission. New York & London: W.W. Norton. See link here.    

  5. O'Grady, P. (2013). Positive Psychology in the Elementary School Classroom. London: W.W. Norton. See link here. 
     
  6. Shannon, S.M. (2013). Mental Health for the Whole Child: Moving young clients from disease & disorder to balance & wellness. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 

  7. Biel, L. (2014). Sensory Processing Challenges: Effective clinical work with kids & teenagers. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.  See link here.  

  8. Sederer, L.I. (2013). The Family Guide to Mental Health Care: Advice on helping your loved ones. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. (H/back) See link here.
  9. Wesselmann, D., Schweitzer, C. & Armstrong, S. (2014). Integrative Team Treatment for Attachment Trauma in Children: Family Therapy & EMDR. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.
        
  10. Smith G. (2015). Surviving Family Care Giving: Co-ordinating effective care through collaborative communication. New York & London: Routledge. See link here. 

  11. Wesselmann, D., Schweitzer, . & Armstrong, S. (2014). Integrative Parenting: Strategies for raising children affected by attachment trauma. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.

  12. Wehrenberg, M. (2014). Anxiety and Depression: Effective treatment of the big two co-concurring disorders. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.
  13. Allen: V.B. (2014). Counseling in the Family Law System: A professional counselor's guide. New York: Springer. See link here. 

  14. Caby A. & Caby, F. (2014). The Therapist's Treasure Chest: Solution-oriented tips and tricks for everyday practice. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 

  15. Emerson, D. (2015). Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.

  16. Sederer, L.I. (2013). The Family Guide to Mental Health Care. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. (P/back) See link here.

  17. Bongiorno, P. (2015). Holistic Solutions for Anxiety and Depression. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.  

  18. Balfour, S. (2013). Stress Control: Stress-busting strategies for the 21st century. Tunbridge Wells, UK: Anshan Publications. See link here.
  19. Reilly, N. (2015). Anxiety and Depression in the Classroom: A teachers guide to fostering self-regulation in young students. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.   

  20. O'Hanlon, Bill (2006). Solution-Oriented Spirituality: Connection, wholeness and possibility for therapist and client. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.       
              
  21. Nathan, Peter A. & Gorman, Jack M. (2015). A Guide to Treatments that Work (4th Ed). New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press. See link here.        

  22. Cook-Cottone, Catherine P. (2015). Mindfulness and Yoga for Self-Regulation: A primer for mental health professionals. New York: Springer. See link here

  23. Lyons, Lynn (2015). Using Hypnosis with Children: Creating and delivering effective interventions. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.

  24. Hare, Robert D. (1999). Without Conscience: The disturbing world of the psychopaths among us. New York: Guilford Press. See link here.       
              
  25. Korn, L. (2016). Nutritional Essentials for Mental Health: A complete guide to to the 'Food-Mood' connection. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.  
           
  26. Austin V. & Sciarra D. (2016). Difficult Students & Disruptive Behavior in the Classroom: Teacher responses that work. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.          

  27. Rechtschaffen, D. (2016). The Mindful Education Workbook: Lessons for teaching mindfulness to students. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.  

  28. Baylin J. & Hughes D.A. (2016). The Neurobiology of Attachment-Focused Therapy: Enhancing connection & trust in the treatment of children & adolescents. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 

  29. Cooper, M. & Dryden, W. (Eds.) (2016). The Handbook of Pluralistic Counselling & Psychotherapy. London: Sage. See link here.
      
  30. Marsten, D., Epston, D. & Markham, L. (2016). Narrative Therapy in Wonderland: Connecting with children's imaginative know-how.  New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 
  31. Bush, A.D. (2015). Simple Self-Care for Therapists: Restorative practices to weave through your workday. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 
  32. Aitkin, C. & Phelps, J. (2017). Bipolar: Not So Much: Understanding your mood swings and depression. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.         
       
  33. Gold, Claudia M. (2016). The Developmental Science of Early Childhood: Clinical applications of infant mental health concepts from infancy through adolescence. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.  

  34. Laitch, C. & Lorberbaum, L. (2016). The Road to Calm Workbook: Life-changing tools to stop runaway emotions. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.  

  35. Katz, M. (2016). Children WHo Fail At School But Succeed at Life: Lessons from lives well-lived. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 

  36. Shapiro, R. (2016). Easy Ego State Interventions: Strategies for working with parts. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 

  37. Douglas, B., Woolfe, R., Strawbridge, S., Kasket E. & Galbraith, V. (Eds.) (2016). The Handbook of Counselling Psychology (4th Ed.) London: Sage. See link here.  

  38. Dormoy, M. (2016). Guided Imagery Work with Kids: Essential practices to help them manage stress, reduce anxiety and build self-esteem. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.  

  39. Leger F.J. (2009). Beyond the Therapeutic Relationship: Behavioral, biological & cognitive foundations of psychotherapy. Hove, UK: Routledge. See here. 

  40. Farber, S.F. (Ed.) (2017). Celebrating the Wounded Healer Psychotherapist: Pain, post-traumatic growth and self-disclosure. Hove, UK: Routledge. See here. 

  41. Palmiter, D.J. (2016). Practicing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Children and Adolescents: A guide for students and early career professionals. New York: Springer. See here.   
       
  42. Joseph, S. (Ed.) (2017). The Handbook of Person-Centred Therapy and Mental Health: Theory, Research & Practice. Monmouth, UK: PCCS Books. See link here.   
  43. Fay, D. (2017). Attachment-Based Yoga & Meditation for Trauma Recovery. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 
     
  44. Jenkins, P. (2017). Professional Practice in Counselling & Psychotherapy: Ethics and the Law. London: Sage Books. See link here.  
  45. Beinart, H. & Clohessy, S. (2017). Effective Supervisory Relationships: Best evidence and practice. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 
  46. Proctor, G. (2017). The Dynamics of Power in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books. See link here.  
  47. Desmond, T. (2017). The Self-Compassion Skills Workbook: A 14-day plan to transform your relationship with yourself. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 

  48. McKay, D., Abramowitz, J.S. & Storch, E.A. (2017). Treatments for Psychological Problems & Syndromes. Chichester, UK:  Wiley Blackwell. See link here.

  49. Kort, J. (2018). LGBTQ Clients in Therapy: Clinical Issues and Treatment Strategies. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.

  50. Tudor, K.. (2018). Psychotherapy: A critical examination. Monmouth, UK: PCCS Books. See link here.

  51. Schwartz, A. & Maiberger, B. (2018). EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology: Interventions to enhance embodiment in trauma treatment. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 

  52. Shapiro, J.R. & Applegate, J.S. (2018). Neurobiology for Clinical Social Work: Theory and practice (2nd Ed.) New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 

  53. Yeager M. & Yeager, D. (2013). Executive Function & Child Development. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 

  54. Hingston, P. (2016). Rethinking Psychotherapy. Kibworth, UK: Matador.  See link here. 

  55. Armstrong, C. (2015). The Therapeutic "Aha!": 10 Strategies for getting your clients unstuck. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 

  56. Mozdzierz, G.J., Peluso, P.R. & Lisiecki, J. (2009). Principles of Counselling and Psychotherapy: Learning the essential domains and non-linear thinking of master practitioners.  New York & Abingdon: Routledge. See link here. 

  57. Davies, W. (2000). Overcoming Anger and Irritability: A self-help guide using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques. London: Robinson. See link here. 

  58. Hjort, S.D. (2019). A Portrait of Sigurd Naesgaard: The man who broke down the barriers to psychoanalysis in Denmark. Rønne: Dankerts Forlag. See link here.

  59. Stout, M. (2002). The Myth of Sanity: Divided consciousness and the promise of awareness. New York: Penguin.  See link here.

  60. Mathers, D. (Ed.) (2021). Depth Psychology and Climate Change: The green book. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.  See link here.

    61. NB: Inclusion of a book on this listing (above) means: (i) that we have been sent a printed copy of the book for reviewing and are ready to send it out; unfortunately, (ii) this does not guarantee that a review will be published any time soon, as we are totally dependent on the interests and predilections of our many international reviewers. Any of the above books can be posted out immediately to anyone willing to read it and then write a review.  Then you get to keep the book!  Waiting is Fullness!

If you are interested in reviewing any one of the above books for the IJP; and if you have reviewed books before; or if you are in psychotherapy training and fancy writing a book review; please contact us here and we will send you your choice. These are all review copies of recently-published books that have been sent to us by the publishers. We usually expect a Book Review to be written within about a month.

Having written the review and sent it in, we will check out the review and respond, so that the review is ready for publication. You then get to keep the book for yourself! But please, please, please also let the publisher know about your review (and send them a copy) - even if it is a negative one!

Short book reviews (600-800 words) do not now have to be refereed ('double-blind peer-reviewed').

We also hope to build up similar facilities soon for books and reviewers in other languages and from other countries. Please see also the IJP website page on Book Review Editors, here. 

BOOK REVIEWS ALREADY IN PROGRESS (2012-2021) 

All the books in the list below have already been sent out for review: so please expect to see a review of these in the IJP at some point in time ... (hopefully) at some point in time. However, if you already have a copy of one of these books, and would like to write your own review - which could be published alongside the other review - please do so, and then send it in.

Meares, R. (2012). A Dissociation Model of Borderline Personality Disorder. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. Sent out for review.

Meares, R. (2012). Borderline Personality Disorder and the Conversational Model : A Clinician's Manual. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here : Sent out for review.

Scaer, R. (2012). 8 Keys to Brain-Body Balance. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here : Sent out for review. 

Schore, A.N. (2012). The Science of the Art of Psychotherapy. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here : Sent out for review.

Heller, M.C. (2012). Body Psychotherapy: History, Concepts & Methods. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here : Sent out for review.

Itten, T. & Young, C. (Eds) (2012). R.D. Laing: 50 years since 'The Divided Self'. Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books. See link here : Sent out for review.

Stoddart, K.P., Burke, L. & King, R. (2012). Asperger Syndrome in Adulthood: A comprehensive guide for clinicians. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here : Sent out for review.

Wehrenberg, M. (2012). The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques Workbook. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here : Sent out for review.

Tacey, D. (2012). Gods and Diseases: Making sense of our physical and mental well-being. Hove, UK: Routledge. See link here : Sent out for review.

Montgomery, A. (2013). Neurobiology Essentials for Clinicians: What every therapist needs to know. New York & London: W.W. Norton. See link here : Sent out for review.

Chudler, E.H. (2013). The Little Book of Neuroscience Haikus. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co.See link  here : Sent out for review.

Gurman, A.S.(Ed.) (2010). Clinical Casebook of Couple Therapy. New York & London: Guilford Press. See link here : Sent out for review.

Fogel, A. (2009). Body Sense: The Science and Practice of Embodied Self-Awareness. New York: W.W. Norton. See link here : Sent out for review.

Nolan, P. (2012). Therapist and Client: A relational approach to psychotherapy.  Chichester: Wiley Blackwell. See link here : Sent out for review.

Cornell, A.W. (2013). Focusing in Clinical Practice: The Essence of Change. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here : Sent out for review.

Driver, C., Crawford, S. & Stewart, J. (Eds.) (2013). Being and Relating in Psychotherapy: Ontology and therapeutic practice. New York: Palgrave McMillan. See link here : Sent out for review

Scott, E.A. (2013). 8 Keys to Stress Management. London: W.W. Norton. See link here : Sent out for review 

Siegel, D.J. & Solomon, M. (Eds.) (2013). Healing Moments in Psychotherapy. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here : Sent out for review : 15-Feb-2014

Ammaniti, M. & Gallese, V. (2014). The Birth of Intersubjectivity: Psychodynamicss, Neurobiology and the Self. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here : Sent out for review: 16-Feb 2014

Marks-Tarlow, T. (2014).  Awakening Clinical Intuition: An experiential workbook for Psychotherapists. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here : Sent out for review: 26-Mar 2014

Abblett, M. (2013). The Heat of the Moment in Treatment: Mindful Management of Difficult Clients. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here : Sent out for review: 25-May 2014

Brownell, P. (2015). Spiritual Competency in Psychotherapy. New York: Springer. See link here : Sent out for review: 20-Feb 2015.

Zeeman, L., Aranda, K. & Grant, A. (Eds.) (2014). Queering Health: Critical challenges to normative health and healthcare. Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books. See link here : Sent out for review: 20-Feb 2015.

Bush, A.D. (2015). Simple Self-Care for Therapists: Restorative practices to weave through your workday. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. : Sent out for review: 10-Jul 2015. 

Narvaez, D. (2014). Neurobiology and the Development of Human Mortality: Evolution, Culture & Wisdom. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. Sent out for review: 16-Aug 2016. 

Beebe, B., Cohen, P. & Lachmann, F. (2016). The Mother-Infant Interaction Picture Book: Origins of Attachment. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. Sent out for review: 19-Aug 2016. 

Wylie, Philip, Lawson, Wenn B. & Beardon, Luke (Eds.) (2016). The Nine Degrees of Autism: A developmental model. Hove, UK: Routledge. See link here. Sent out for review: 19-Aug 2016.   

Kottler, Jeffrey A. (2015). The Therapist in the Real World: What you never learn in graduate school (but really need to know). New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.  Sent out for review: 21-Feb 2017.

Schwartz, D.L., Tsang, J.M. & Blair, K.R. (2016). The ABC's of How We Learn: 26 scientifically proven approaches, how they work, and when to use them. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. Sent out for review: 21-Feb 2017.

Barkham, M., Guthrie, E., Hardy, G.E. & Margidon, F. (2017). Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy: A conversational model. London: Sage. See link here. Sent out for review: 21-Feb 2017.    

Yalom, I.D. (2015). Creatures of a Day and other tales of psychotherapy. London: Piatkus. See link here. Sent out for review: 8-Mar 2017. 

Kelly, L. & Plunkett D'Avignon, J. (2014). Charting the Course for Treating Children with Autism. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. Sent out for review: 8-Mar 2017. 

Cullinane, D. (2016). Behavioral Challenges in Children with Autism and Other Special Needs. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. Sent out for review: 8-Mar 2017.

Erskine, Richard G. (2015). Relational Patterns, Therapeutic Presence: Concepts and practice of integrative psychotherapy. London: Karnac Books. See link here. Sent out for review: 8-Mar 2017.

Olsson, Peter A. (2014). The Making of a Homegrown Terrorist: Brainwashing rebels in search of a cause. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger. See link here. Sent out for review: 8-Mar 2017.

Russell, Eileen  (2015). Restoring Resilience: Discovering your clients' capacity for healing. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.  Sent out for review: 8-Mar 2017. 

Rosenthal, M. (2015). Your Life After Trauma: Powerful practices to reclaim your identity. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. Sent out for review: 8-Mar 2017. 

Higgins-Klein, D. (2013). Mindfulness-Based Play-Family Therapy: Theory & Practice. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. Sent out for review: 8-Mar 2017.

Chapman, L. (2014). Neurobiologially Informed Trauma Therapy with Children & Adolescents: Understanding Mechanisms of Change. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. Sent out for review: 8-Mar 2017

Marks-Tarrow, T. (2014). Awakening Clinical Intuition: An experiential workbook for psychotherapists. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. Sent out for review: 23-Jun 2017

Farber, S.F. (Ed.) (2016). Celebrating the Wounded Healer Psychotherapist: Pain, post-traumatic growth and self-disclosure. London & New York: Routledge. link here. Sent out for review: 23-Jun 2017

Bannink, F. (2014). Post Traumatic Success: Postitive Psychology & Solution Focused Strategies to Help Clients Survive & Thrive.  New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. Sent out for review: 25-Jul 2017

Bannink, F. (2017). 201 Positive Psychology Applications: Promoting well-being in individuals and communities. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. Sent out for review: 25-Jul 2017

Linehan, M.M. (2015). DBT Skills Training Manual, 2nd Ed. New York: Guildford Press. See link here. 

Sent out for review: 25-Feb 2018

Brandt, A. (2014). Mindful Anger: A pathway to emotional freedom. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 

Sent out for review: 25-Feb 2018

Shannon, S.M. & Heckman, E. (2013). Parenting the Whole Child. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 

Sent out for review: 25-Feb 2018

Kestly, T.A. (2014). The Interpersonal Neurobiology of Play: Brain-Building Interventions for Emotional Well-Being. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.

Sent out for review: 25-Feb 2018


Taibbi, R. (2016). The Art of the First Session: Making psychotherapy from the start. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. Sent out for review: 25-Feb 2018

Tantam, D. (2018). The Interbrain: Embodied Connections Versus Common Knowledge.  London: Jessica Kingsley. See link here. 

Sent out for review: 25-Feb 2018

Turow, R.G. (2017). Mindfulness Skills for Trauma & PTSD: Practices for recovery and resilience. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 

Sent out for review: 25-Feb 2018

Cooper, M. & McLeod, J. (2011). Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy. London: Sage. See link here. Sent out for review: 25-Feb 2018

Cozolino, L. (2017). The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Healing the Social Brain (3rd ed.) New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 

Sent out for review: 25-Feb 2018



Cozolino, L. (2014). The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brain (2nd ed.)  New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. Sent out for review: 25-Feb 2018

Lynch, T. (2015). Depression Delusion: Volume 1: The myth of the brain chemical imbalance. Limerick, Ireland: Mental Health Publishing. See link here.  Sent out for review: 3-Mar 2018 

Holmes J. & Slade, A. (2018). Attachment in Therapeutic Practice. Los Angeles: Sage. See 
link here. Sent out for review: 3-Mar 2018 
Mearns, D. & Cooper, M. (2018). Working at Relational Depth in Counselling & Psychotherapy. Los Angeles: Sage. See link here.  Sent out for review: 3-Mar 2018 
Pillars, W. (2016). Visual Note-Taking for Educators: A teacher's guide to student creativity. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.  Sent out for review: 3-Mar 2018 

Kelly, V.C. & Lamia, M.C. (2018). The Upside of Shame: Therapeutic interventions using the positive aspects of a "negative" emotion. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here.   Sent out for review: 3-Mar 2018 
Vossler, A., Havard, C., Pike, G., Barker, M-J. & Raabe, B. (Eds.) (2017). Mad or Bad? A critical approach to counselling and forensic psychotherapy. London: Sage. See link here.  Sent out for review: 3-Mar 2018



Solomon, M. & Siegel (Eds.) (2017). How People Change: Relationships & neuroplasticity in psychotherapy. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 
Sent out for review: 3-May 2018

   


Lloyd, J & Clayton, P. (Eds.) (2014). Cognitive Analytic Therapy for People with Intellectual Disabilities and their Carers. Philadephia, PA: Jessica Kingsley. See link here. 
Sent out for review: 15-Oct 2018 

   

Bruun, E.L. & Michael, S. (2014). Not On Speaking Terms: Clinical Strategies to Resolve Family & Friendship Cutoffs. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 

Sent out for review: 15-Oct 2018 

Cheffetz, R.A. (2015). Intensive Psychotherapy for Persistent Dissociative Processes: The fear of feeling real. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. 

Sent out for review: 15-Oct 2018 


Brown, W.A. (2019). Lithium: A doctor, a drug and a breakthrough. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co. See link here. Sent out for review 28-Oct 2020

FYI: Inclusion of a book on this listing (immediately above) means that we have sent the actual review copy of the printed book out for reviewing on the request from one of our reviewers; however, this - in itself - does not guarantee that a review will be received back and published sometime soon, as we are totally dependent on the diligence (and conscience) of our many international reviewers.