This book tracks a particular understanding of self, philosophically, from research evidence and in its implications for psychotherapy. At each step, the author includes first the theory he is working from, then the clinical implications of the theory, followed by some links to the philosophical outlook inherent in the theory, and finally a more extended case example.

It takes the view that the continuing self is partly an illusion, partly a construct, and that we in fact have to work to stay the same in the face of all the different possibilities the world offers us. The author believes that we do this for two reasons. First of all, continuity allows deeper contact: friendships, loving relationships with partners and families. Secondly, and balancing this, the predictable is less anxiety-producing, and that we avoid this existential anxiety by acting in a stereotyped way and avoiding some of the depths of contact.

He argues that this dual nature of continuing self, in one context deepening contact and in another context avoiding contact, has an important place in the understanding of psychotherapy.

A Selection from the Contents
Complexity and Emergence
Relationship and Feedback
Chaos, Process and Structure
Choice and Will
Death and Endings

There are 2 copies for borrowing in the Gestalt Therapy Section of the Library.

Acceptance and commitment therapy: Contemporary theory research and practice.  (2009).

By Blackledge, J. T., Ciarrochi, J., & Deane, F. P. Bowen Hills, QLD: Australian Academic Press. 2009

This important new work showcases the very latest in the theory, research and practice of ACT across a range of clinical applications, including eating disorders, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, PTSD and substance abuse, with contributions from leading ACT practitioners including co-founders Kirk Strosahl, Kelly Wilson and Rob Zettle.

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for anxiety disorders: A practitioner’s treatment guide to using mindfulness, acceptance and values-based behavior change strategies.

By Eifert, G. H., and Forsyth, J. P.

Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.

In a lucid and readable style, the book brings to life the ACT approach to alleviating human suffering.

Clear, flexible, session-by-session guidelines for applying and integrating acceptance, mindfulness, and value-guided behavior change methods into a powerful and effective anxiety treatment approach.

It offers strategies that work to remove barriers to change and foster meaningful movement forward. Theoretical information in the book is supported by detailed examples of individual therapy sessions, worksheets, and experiential exercises—as well as new assessment measures that make learning and teaching these techniques easy and engaging. The book comes with a CD-ROM that includes easily reproducible electronic versions of these materials.

The purpose of this website is to provide information about the ACT approach for anxiety disorders (or our book), and ACT-relevant resources for mental health professionals using ACT to treat persons suffering from anxiety disorders and a range of other problems.

Becoming an effective psychotherapist: Adopting a theory of psychotherapy that’s right for you and your client.

By Truscott, D. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Author Derek Truscott skillfully presents the nine leading systems of psychotherapy, the underlying rationale and approach to treatment for each, and their seminal theorists. Each chapter showcases a specific theory's therapeutic goals, its assumptions about the therapist–client relationship, client tasks, and the related change processes. Chapters end with thought-provoking journal exercises, learning tasks, and case examples, as well as a discussion of how each approach has evolved and is practiced today.

Through exploratory reflection, this book will help you find a theory that is compatible with your own worldview and will encourage you to be a more effective therapist by adapting it to honor the worldviews of your clients. By understanding your values and those upon which the major systems of psychotherapy are based, you can choose a model for practice that you believe in to maximize your satisfaction, confidence, and effectiveness as a therapist.

With expert commentary and detailed excerpts from actual supervisory sessions, the authors describe supervision as process—the process of becoming competent, the process of psychotherapy, and the process of developing as a supervisor. The book examines the supervision relationship in detail and includes supervision tools to help supervisors implement best practices within a competency-based framework.

Whether used alone or in conjunction with the earlier volume, the Casebook for Clinical Supervision will be the standard resource for supervisory competence for years to come.

One copy is available to loan from the Supervision of Practice section of the library.

Unconventional Strategies That Build Support for Change

Resistance to change in organizations kills otherwise important projects and new initiatives. Beyond the Wall of Resistance shows frustrated managers at all levels how to transform the power of resistance into a positive force. The book includes tools for managing organizational change. And it will help you see ways to create your own change management tools.

"A unique achievement! Resistance to change is treated with the respect it deserves-and Rick Maurer reveals the great power and leverage that come from embracing resistance. A welcome and important contribution to our understanding of the process of renewal."

Jim Kouzes
Co-author, The Leadership Challenge and Credibility
Chairman and CEO, Tom Peters Group/Learning Systems

Two copies are available to loan from the Organisation and System section of the library.

How to Win Support for Your Ideas without Hard Sell, Manipulation or Power Plays

Place an order for Rick Maurer's book, Why Don't You Want What I Want?, and learn how to gain the support of others in order to get things done in your organization.

Have you ever asked yourself, Why Don't You Want What I Want? This book shows you how to avoid resistance to change, whether that is employee resistance to organizational change or opposition to your brilliant ideas at home. Knowing how to avoid resistance to change in organizations and build support for your ideas is the most important tool for managing change well. Learn how to gain the support of others in order to get things done in your organization and at home.

Two copies are available to loan from the Organisation and system section of the library.

The most successful changes in organizations have one important thing in common - the people who have a stake in the outcome see the need to change. Our research also found as people's understanding of a need for a change went down, the failure rate went up. Creating a change readiness is critical. This book offers a critical change management tool.

Leaders of successful new initiatives - from mergers to reengineering to new software - made a compelling case to critical stakeholders before doing anything else. How did they do it? This book shows you what they did - and what you can do to make a compelling case for change in your organization. In short, it shows you how to avoid resistance to change before you ever encounter opposition.

Find out more about the books by Rick Maurer

http://www.beyondresistance.com/index.htm

Two copies are available to loan from the Organisation and System section of the library.

Transitions: Making sense of life’s changes. (2^nd ed.).

By Bridges, W. (2004).  Cambridge, MA: DaCapo Press.

Acceptance and commitment therapy: An experiential approach to behavior change

By Hayes, C. S., Strosahl, K. D. & Wilson, K. G.

2003 New York: Guildford Press

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a unique psychotherapeutic approach that addresses this issue by altering the very ground on which rational change strategies rest. Within a coherent theoretical and philosophical framework, ACT illuminates the ways clients understand and perpetuate their difficulties through language. The book shows how interventions based on metaphor, paradox, and experiential exercises can enable clients to break free of language traps and make contact with thoughts, feelings, memories, and physical sensations that have been feared and avoided. Detailed guidelines are presented for helping clients recontextualize and accept these private events, develop greater clarity about personal values, and commit to needed behavior change. Providing in one volume a scientifically sound theory of psychopathology and a practical treatment model, and illustrated by a wealth of clinical examples, this is an important resource for practitioners and students in the full range of behavioral health care fields.

Counselling adolescents: The proactive approach for young people (3^rd ed.)

By Geldard, K. & Geldard, K. Los Angeles: Sage. 2010

This book would be a valuable resource for trainee counsellors. It would also serve to enhance the work of experienced practitioners" (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy).

This book provides a practical and informative introduction to specific issues associated with counselling adolescents. it describes how counselling skills can be enhanced by the use of pro-active processes and strategies for addressing specific issues.  it describes the nature of adolescence and explores specific difficulties faced by adolescents.    it includes case studies to illustrate pro-active counselling techniques.     

Counselling Children: A Practical Introduction (3rd ed.)

By Geldard, K. & Geldard, K. Los Angeles: Sage. 2008

Counselling children is a highly acclaimed text, widely used in practical skills training of counsellors, social workers, psychologists, occupational therapists, nurses and teachers. The book presents the theory and practice of counselling in straightforward, jargon-free terms.

Now in its second edition and including two new chapters, the book Counselling Children includes: specific counselling skills for use with children; a new integrated model of counseling; how to select and use a range of media, activities and play when counselling children, and the benefits and practicality of combining individual work with children, and family therapy.

Featuring over 30 photocopiable worksheets to use when helping children in specific areas such as developing self-esteem or managing emotions, Counselling Children, second edition, is an ideal resource for counsellors working with children.