This important and timely book gives a balanced synthesis, based on actual cases, evidence, practice, and experience, to describe the process of psychotherapy and identify the fundamental elements that lead to good outcome across all its schools. In the course of developing a consistently reliable, effective, practical psychotherapy, Digby Tantam pinpoints four essential principles to provide essential reading for psychiatrists or clinical psychologists looking for a straightforward framework for short-term psychotherapy and anyone working long-term with patients using a psychotherapy model.

Self-wounding is surprisingly common with one in every 600 people wounding themselves sufficiently to receive hospital treatment. This concise and informed introduction is written primarily as a resource for health care professionals and explores both why people hurt themselves and the impact of their behaviour on others. Covering both the psychological and physical aspects of repeated self-wounding, the book presents the latest research evidence and uses engaging case examples. Therapeutic options are discussed. The book also addresses some of the difficulties professionals, family and...

Well-being is an important topic for many different professions. From health professionals to politicians, a number of fields seek to research, understand and promote wellbeing. As a concept at the heart of psychotherapeutic practice, it is essential that trainee and practising therapists understand the distinctive contribution to our understanding of well-being that each of these professions have made. In this unique text, author Digby Tantam explores the philosophical, political, economical, psychological, medical and spiritual perspectives on well-being through a psychotherapeutic lens,...