Mental Health Textbooks

New and Published Textbooks

1. Play Therapy Book & Video Bundle

   By Garry L. Landreth

   This package combines Garry Landreth's bestselling textbook, Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship, 3rd Edition with a 50-minute video demonstration of Landreth working with a young girl in Child Centered Play Therapy: A Clinical Session. The DVD shows Landreth in a complete, unscripted play...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
2. Working in Mental Health

   Practice and Policy in a Changing Environment

   Edited by Peter Phillips, Tom Sandford, Claire Johnston

   A paradigm shift in the ways in which mental health services are delivered is happening – both for service users, and for professional mental healthcare workers. A more influential service user movement, a range of new community-based mental healthcare programmes delivered by an increasing...

   Published March 22nd 2012 by Routledge
3. Linking Theory to Practice – Case Studies for Working with College Students

   3rd Edition

   Edited by Frances K. Stage, Steven M. Hubbard

   Framed by an overview of theories that guide student affairs practice, the cases in this book present a challenging array of problems that student affairs and higher education personnel face, such as racial diversity, alcohol abuse, and student activism. The revised edition has thirty new cases,...

   Published March 4th 2012 by Routledge
4. Trancework

   An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis, 4th Edition

   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...

   Published February 29th 2012 by Routledge
5. Psychopathology

   Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding, 3rd Edition

   Edited by James Maddux E, James E. Maddux, Barbara A. Winstead, Barbara 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...

   Published February 23rd 2012 by Routledge
6. Contemporary Psychotherapies for a Diverse World

   First Revised Edition

   Edited by Jon Frew, 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...

   Published February 23rd 2012 by Routledge
7. Families with Futures

   Family Studies into the 21st Century, Second Edition

   By Meg Wilkes Karraker, Janet R. Grochowski

   Noted for its interdisciplinary approach to family studies, Families with Futures provides an engaging, contemporary look at the discipline's theories, methods, essential topics, and career opportunities. Featuring strong coverage of theories and methods, readers explore family concepts and...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge Academic
8. From Birth to Sixteen

   Children's Health, Social, Emotional and Linguistic Development

   By Helen Cowie

   From Birth to Sixteen outlines children’s physical, social, emotional and language development from infancy through to adolescence. In both its practical application of research and its contribution to the assessment of child development, this text provides essential reading for those studying, or...

   Published February 1st 2012 by Routledge
9. Professional School Counseling

   Best Practices for Working in the Schools, Third Edition

   By Rosemary A. Thompson

   Today’s children and adolescents are constantly facing new and unique challenges, and school counselors must respond to this by expanding their role and function within the schools. This revised and expanded edition of Thompson’s important text explores these issues, as well as the necessary steps...

   Published January 26th 2012 by Routledge
10. Play Therapy

    The Art of the Relationship, 3rd Edition

    By Garry L. Landreth

    Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship is the newest incarnation of Garry Landreth’s comprehensive text on creating therapeutic relationships with children through play. It details the Child-Centered Play Therapy model, which stresses the importance of understanding the child’s world and...

    Published January 23rd 2012 by Routledge