Counseling Books

New and Published Books

1. Comprehensive Children's Mental Health Services in Schools and Communities

   A Public Health Problem-Solving Model

   By Robyn S. Hess, Rick Jay Short, Cynthia E. Hazel

   Series: School-Based Practice in Action

   Despite the growing emphasis on a population-based training and service delivery model for school psychology, few resources exist to provide guidance concerning how such services might be conceptualized and put into place. In this book, the authors propose a public health model for comprehensive...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Human Quest for Meaning

   Theories, Research, and Applications, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Paul T. P. Wong

   The first edition of The Human Quest for Meaning was a major publication on the empirical research of meaning in life and its vital role in well-being, resilience, and psychotherapy. This new edition continues that quest and seeks to answer the questions, what is the meaning of life? How do we...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
3. Record Keeping in Psychotherapy and Counseling

   Protecting Confidentiality and the Professional Relationship, 2nd Edition

   By Ellen T. Luepker

   Record Keeping in Psychotherapy and Counseling provides an essential framework for understanding record keeping within legal, ethical, supervisory, and clinical contexts. Compelling case examples identify dilemmas and strategies in protecting confidentiality. More than a simple reference book, this...

   Published February 2nd 2012 by Routledge
4. Adventure Therapy

   Theory, Research, and Practice

   By Michael A. Gass, H.L. "Lee" Gillis, Keith C. Russell

   The evolution and history of adventure therapy, as chronicled in the second chapter of this book, well demonstrates how far this field has evolved from a “divergent therapy” into an efficacious form of therapy that engages clients on cognitive, affective, and behavioral levels. Adventure Therapy is...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
5. Professional School Counseling

   Best Practices for Working in the Schools, Third Edition

   By Rosemary A. Thompson

   Today’s children and adolescents are constantly facing new and unique challenges, and school counselors must respond to this by expanding their role and function within the schools. This revised and expanded edition of Thompson’s important text explores these issues, as well as the necessary steps...

   Published January 26th 2012 by Routledge
6. Play Therapy

   The Art of the Relationship, 3rd Edition

   By Garry L. Landreth

   Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship is the newest incarnation of Garry Landreth’s comprehensive text on creating therapeutic relationships with children through play. It details Landreth’s Child-Centered Play Therapy model, which stresses the importance of understanding the child’s world and...

   Published January 23rd 2012 by Routledge
7. Interactional Coaching

   Choice-focused Learning at Work

   By Michael Harvey

   Series: Essential Coaching Skills and Knowledge

   Interactional Coaching is a powerful, one-to-one learning approach, used successfully for over fifteen years, that enables executives to make the choices that work for them. Drawing on existential philosophy, psychotherapy and business theory, interactional coaching uses innovative techniques...

   Published January 23rd 2012 by Routledge
8. A Guide to Psychiatric Services in Schools

   Understanding Roles, Treatment, and Collaboration

   By Shawna S. Brent

   Series: School-Based Practice in Action

   In order to provide comprehensive care to students with a wide variety of social and emotional challenges, close collaboration between psychiatrists and school-based mental health professionals is vital. This book provides practical information about psychiatric diagnoses and medications, as well...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
9. Two Plus Two

   Couples and Their Couple Friendships

   By Geoffrey L. Greif, Kathleen Holtz Deal

   Friendships are undeniably important to an individual’s health, longevity and wellbeing, but they can be equally important for the health and happiness of a couple. Just as a friend can provide a mirror to the self, another couple can provide a reflecting team that supports or impedes a...

   Published January 9th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Compassion Fatigue Workbook

    Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Traumatization

    By Françoise Mathieu

    Series: Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

    The Compassion Fatigue Workbook is a lifeline for any helping professional facing the physical and emotional exhaustion that can shadow work in the helping professions. Since 2001 the activities in this Workbook have helped thousands of helpers in the fields of healthcare, community mental health,...

    Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge