'At long last there is a book that brings the issue of religious belief into the consulting room. Deliberately avoiding the one debate about whether or not God exists, the editors have marshaled paper
Overcoming Shyness and Social Phobia provides a detailed program for eliminating social anxieties based on the latest cognitive behavioral treatments for social phobia.
The original edition of this book describes it as an attempt to 'develop a comprehensive understanding of traditional Judaism in conversation with contemporary philosophical and Christian thought.' Th
Eat and Be Satisfied is the first comprehensive and critical history of Jewish food from biblical times until the present. John Cooper explores the traditional foods—the everyday diets as well as the
Peer supervision is an important component of many psychotherapists' professional lives, particularly those in private practice. This first and only book on peer supervision groups describes in detail
Attachment theory and research have begun to specify the variety of therapist-patient interactions and the relation between the quality of these interactions and patient outcomes. The goal of this boo
In this direct and scholarly book, Dr. Joseph Fernando provides the first in-depth exploration and up-to-date revision of the psychoanalytic theory of defenses since Anna Freud's 1936 classic, The Ego
Many people seek treatment for life problems without knowing that the real problem is an addiction. If the patient does not report an addiction as part of the presenting problem, it is likely to remai
This book is the first comprehensive study of the managed care therapeutic situation, its pitfalls, and its rewards. It is grounded in an in-depth understanding of the human mind and of conditions of
Supervision Can Be Playful focuses on the dynamic nature of the clinical supervisory relationship when the supervisee is a mental health professional working with children. The contributors focus on t
This work advances the notion of harm reduction as a new paradigm in the substance use treatment field that sees substance use as varying on a continuum of harmful consequences to the user and the com
Sacred Secrets: The Sanctity of Sex in Jewish Law and Lore dispels the common misconception that Judaism, like Christianity, views sex as a mere procreative tool with taboos on other expressions of se
Deception is ubiquitous - commonplace in our everyday interactions, part and parcel of our legal system and political culture. Yet few have studied its role in therapy. In The Many Faces of Deceit, Dr
Detached, alienated people, many of them functioning with a pathologically developed false self, barely navigate life's challenges. Our cultural emphasis on autonomy and separateness has led to a retr
In the past twenty-five years, the practice of play therapy has increased exponentially in America and throughout the world. This handbook brings together an international group of scholars and therap
Reflecting on his experience in the clinical trenches, a pragmatic existential therapist offers a provocative study of power, erotic influence, and illusion in the clinical relationship. Written in a
This book is designed to help partners assess the most important domains of their marriages using information gathered from decades of marital research and therapy. The theme is about health, how to t
Kulish (psychiatry, Wayne State U., psychology, U. of Detroit) and Holtzman (psychiatry and psychology, U. of Detroit) offer a critical re-examination of psychoanalytic concepts based on Freud's Oedip
Freud's colleagues noted his fondness for telling jokes, belying his serious public persona despite his study Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious (1905). In this update of the 1997 edition, Or
Certain intrinsic features of early memories make them analogous to life problems and to the therapy relationship: childhood tends to imply situations that are confusing, disempowered, or impulsive, a
Sex therapist Eva Margolies (Center for Sexual Recovery, New York City) takes a conversational, non-technical approach to guiding women who wish to help the men in their life overcome sexual problems.
This rich and uplifting anthology, devoted to the Passover holiday, brings together many highly creative and prominent contemporary writers whose contributions all serve to enhance our experience of t
Shows readers how to engage even hard-to-reach parents, how to have an impact on their ways of parenting, and how to make them effective partners in fostering growth in their children.
In the twelve years since the first edition of Talking With Patients was published, contributions from relational psychoanalysis and from neuroscience have been integrated into much of the work done b
Charts six skills that are necessary for a stable love relationship: the capacities for erotic involvement, for merging, for idealization, for integration, for 'refinding,' and for self-transcendence.
A young mother suspected of abusing her toddler, a severely behavior-disordered teenager who faces expulsion from his community residence, a depressed and illiterate homeless man who fears psychiatric
"John H. Riker's book is very compelling, original, and well argued. Quite a tour de force! His idea is very powerful, one that hopefully will stimulate a lot of discussion both within and outside of
Demystifying Meaningful Coincidences (Synchronicities) is an original naturalistic theory of meaningful coincidences (synchronicities) as well as a blueprint for identifying, decoding, interpreting, a
"In Longing for Nothingness: Resistance, Denial, and the Place of Death in the Nursing Home, Andrew Stein offers a groundbreaking new psychoanalytic treatment of the depression and other mental confli
Object relations theory has been useful in understanding borderline personality disorder, and from this theoretical orientation have emerged effective approaches to its treatment. However, treatment b
Considered one of the most difficult conditions to treat, BPD often seems to resist even the possibility of a positive outcome. However, practitioners Donald Roberts (also The Masterson Institute for
Some readers may recognize their mothers as well as themselves in this book. They will also find specific suggestions for creating healthier relationships. Addressing the adult children of borderlines
When a mother has borderline personality disorder, her children live in a profoundly confusing world; the child may even develop the disorder as a result. Writing in accessible language directed at a
Leadership issues are subject to much discussion and interest yet too little is known of their internal dynamics. Leadership and succession of authority has been a constant theme in Jewish literature
Therapists are always willing to write and talk about cases, but somewhat reluctant to expose themselves and their experiences. In this book, however, sixty psychotherapists of various backgrounds, di
The movement was Hasidism, the cataclysmic force that wiped away the narrow intellectualism that had estranged the Jewish masses from their heritage. Hasidism focused upon fundamental Judaism, on subl
