Existential-humanistic therapy melds European existential philosophy - which values self-inquiry, struggle, and responsibility - with the American tradition of spontaneity, optimism, and practicality. This volume demonstrates how this unique approach can help clients free themselves from self-imposed limitations and develop a deeper understanding of their authentic life goals.

Brief dynamic therapy is a time-efficient treatment in which the therapist maintains a focus on specific client issues, all within a basic psychodynamic framework. This volume focuses largely on time-limited dynamic psychotherapy. It explores this integrative, culturally-sensitive approach, its theory, history, the therapy process, primary change mechanisms, empirical basis, and developments.

In this second edition of Relational-Cultural Therapy (RCT), Judith V. Jordan returns to explore the history, theory, and practice of relationship centered, culturally oriented psychotherapy.

Western psychological theories generally depict human development as moving from dependence to independence. In contrast, RCT is built on the premise that, throughout the lifespan, human beings grow through and toward connection, and that we need connections to flourish. This theory views isolation, at both individual and cultural levels, as a major source of suffering. The goal of...

In this second edition of her popular book, Laura S. Brown reviews the history, theory, empirical basis, and practice of feminist therapy.

Revised edition of the author's Career counseling, c2011.

Includes advice for working with highly conflicted couple relationships; innovative techniques for working with children, youth, and families; updated practice approaches to grief, loss, trauma, and death; and ideas for understanding gender and the influence of queer informed narrative therapy on identity formation.