Harm reduction is a framework for helping drug and alcohol users who cannot or will not stop completely. Harm reduction accepts... Læs mere
Describes the links between crisis and personality style, and offers a plan for approaching cases with these connections in mind. This book discusses ways to... Læs mere
Once a journey for self understanding has begun, there is inevitably a struggle against real change. Inner roadblocks on both sides of the couch impede the journey of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. This book explores these resistances.
Offers clinicians a glimpse into the dark corners of psychopathology and the arenas of healthy mental functioning.
Treating Chronic Depression explains how to identify the cause of chronic depression and details specific treatment approaches. Various types of... Læs mere
Includes papers that take seriously the fact that patients are affected by their religious convictions.
When unmourned experiences of helplessness and disavowed desires turn into a passive fatalism, people stop hoping for the best and fear the worst, despairing that the real world has anything good to offer.
A deeply felt and beautifully written tribute to the bravery of patients and therapists alike in their very human search for connection.
Divided into seven categories, this book contains chapters which include techniques which are applied to practice situations.
Designed and arranged according to the DSM-IV diagnostic categories, this book contains chapters which address the short-term treatment of a specific condition or patient population.
Dr. Frank M. Lachmann, eminent clinician, teacher, and researcher, offers help to clinicians working with difficult-to-treat... Læs mere
An examination of the world of borderline mothers and children. Dr Lawson describes four basic profiles of the borderline mother: the Waif Mother, the Hermit Mother, the Queen Mother and the Witch. She goes on to demonstrate how to cope with each of these types.