The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients37 reviews Irvin Yalom Harper Perennial, 2003 A wonderful book for all therapists, seasoned and new + Excellent Resource + Excellent + A Must Read + The opinions of an experienced therapist             Existential Psychotherapy15 reviews Irvin D. Yalom Basic Books, 1980 Most Illuminating Psych Book I've Read + A Classic in the Field + Essential Reading for Philosophers, Parents and Psychology Students + A psychotherapy practice could be built on this book! + Not morbid in the least             Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship10 reviews Garry L. Landreth Brunner-Routledge, 2002 Interesting + A more than sufficient survey of the techniques of therapeutic play + Awesome! + Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship             Their Finest Hour: Master Therapists Share Their Greatest Success Stories3 reviews Jeffrey Kottler, Jon Carlson Allyn & Bacon, 2004 Makes for some fine reading hours + Famous Therapists with the Common Touch + A top pick for community library psychology and biography collections Interesting therapeutic stories presented in the same tradition, and by the same authors, as The Mummy at the Dining Room Table. Again, and perhaps unbeknownst to the individual therapists, the theory and technique do not even begin to compete with the healing relationship between therapist and ...             The Art of the Psychotherapist2 reviews James F. T. Bugental W. W. Norton & Company, 1992 A touchstone As a therapist 'out there', after my training, I know that my learning is ongoing. Supervision, workshops, colleagues, patients and books are all sources of this learning. Some books are like old friends that I keep turning back to. The Art of the Psychotherapist by James Bugental is one of these. ...             The Client Who Changed Me2 reviews Jeffrey A Kottler, Jon Carlson Routledge, 2005 Profound change goes both ways + therapist's must read The fourth book in Kottler and Carlson's you-can't-just-read-one-of-the-stories series, this book shows how the therapeutic process (when done right) inspires change in the client and therapist alike. The stories in this book do a wonderful job in challenging the traditional view of psychotherapy ...             The Disappearing Girl: Learning the Language of Teenage Depression5 reviews Lisa Machoian Plume, 2006 Lisa knows girls! + An uplifting book on depression! + Extremely Helpful + Great Resource for Parents of Teenage Girls + Every Mom Needs This Book on the Shelf             How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk183 reviews Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish Collins Living, 1999 for desperate moms + A thought provoking book + Best ideas for dealing with difficult situations + How to talk so your kids will listen & Listen so your kids will talk + A very Enlightening Book             A Secret Sadness: The Hidden Relationship Patterns That Make Women Depressed4 reviews Valerie E. Whiffen New Harbinger Publications, 2007 Marriage and Depression + The pattern can stop here + Compelling, well informed exploration of the role of women's relationships in depression I have experienced depression for the entire 30 years of marriage. I always blamed myself for an unsuccessful marriage and went to counselors myself and was at one point suicidal. When I read this book, it really made things clear that I was devalued as a person by my husband and mother. When ...             Regaining Your Self: Breaking Free From the Eating Disorder Identity: A Bold New Approach8 reviews Ira M. Sacker, Sheila Buff Hyperion, 2007 A New Possibility for Healing + The perfect book for someone battling ED! + Understanding, addressing and defeating an eating disorder + Eating Disorders + Nourishing the self             Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, Fifth Edition35 reviews Irvin D. Yalom, Molyn Leszcz Basic Books, 2005 Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy + good book + Masters Student + happy customer             A General Theory of Love85 reviews Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, ... Vintage, 2001 An ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL BOOK!! Runs the gamut from self-evident to groundbreakingly informative and innovative. And for + Strong start + Excellent interpretation of the science of love + What Really Happens When Love Appears             The Schopenhauer Cure: A Novel (P.S.)39 reviews Irvin D. Yalom Harper Perennial, 2006 Two ways of confronting the problems of relationships + A pleasure to read + Death and values + Yalom on death             Lying on the Couch: A Novel44 reviews Irvin D. Yalom Harper Perennial, 1997 A Great Read! + Tantalizing fun + Lying on the Couch + More Engaging Than Actual Therapy + For people who are ready             Learning to Fall: The Blessings of an Imperfect Life28 reviews Philip Simmons Bantam, 2003 The best book ever! + A Keeper + A Masterpiece + An Incredible Book of Truth             Schopenhauer's Porcupines: Intimacy and Its Dilemmas7 reviews Deborah Luepnitz, Deborah Anna Luepnitz Basic Books, 2003 Insightful, compassionate and accessible + The space between isolation and entanglement + A great value for a psychotherapist + A playful and moving book + Beautifully written and sensitive             Dibs in Search of Self59 reviews Virginia M. Axline Ballantine Books, 1986 Loves Cures All + thought provoking + I Cried + Great             Lying in Weight: The Hidden Epidemic of Eating Disorders in Adult Women3 reviews Trisha Gura HarperCollins, 2007 concrete + Finally! + The latent beast of eating disorders This is one of several new books on eating disorders in adult women (as opposed to children and teenagers). The author speaks with an authentic voice and gives real examples of women who have come face-to-face with eating disorders. She makes no false promises about recovery, but gives suggestion ...             The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World100 reviews Marti Olsen Laney Workman Publishing Company, 2002 This is an eye opening book + Enlightening, eye-opening, validating! + Interesting + A Book That Brings Introversion Out of the Shadows             The Pregnant Man: And Other Cases from a Hypnotherapist's Couch3 reviews Deirdre Barrett Crown, 1998 A deep and enchanting book, yet easy to read + Hypnotic reading! + It was fascinating! Hypnotherapy is easy to write badly about, and hard to handle with grace. Deirdre Barrett has done a superb job. Each "case" is thought-provoking; she never oversimplifies what she has seen; and the prose flows beautifully. First-rate.