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The First Kiss
by Daryl Chow • 2018
The clinical intake loses clients. An engagement-first method that earns the second session.
4.13
253
The First Kiss Summary
The First Kiss 92%
The clinical intake loses clients. An engagement-first method that earns the second session.
by Daryl Chow 2018
4.13
253 ratings
Practising Existential Psychotherapy
by Ernesto Spinelli • 2007
Three existential truths translated into a clinical method that puts presence ahead of technique.
4.26
88
Practising Existential Psychotherapy Summary
Practising Existential Psychotherapy 91%
Three existential truths translated into a clinical method that puts presence ahead of technique.
by Ernesto Spinelli 2007
4.26
88 ratings
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom • 1967
The group heals more than any therapist alone. The architecture that makes it work.
4.20
10k+
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy Summary
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy 91%
The group heals more than any therapist alone. The architecture that makes it work.
by Irvin D. Yalom 1967
4.20
10k+ ratings
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy
by Gerald Corey • 2004
Twelve ways to do therapy, one truth: the therapist heals with who they are, not what they know.
3.98
2k+
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy Summary
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy 91%
Twelve ways to do therapy, one truth: the therapist heals with who they are, not what they know.
by Gerald Corey 2004
3.98
2k+ ratings
Becoming a Therapist
by Suzanne Bender • 2002
From first phone call to final session: the words and reasoning behind every clinical moment.
3.97
183
Becoming a Therapist Summary
Becoming a Therapist 91%
From first phone call to final session: the words and reasoning behind every clinical moment.
by Suzanne Bender 2002
3.97
183 ratings
The Gift of Therapy
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2003
Therapy's true instrument is the therapist. Lessons on using your own presence, not just protocols.
4.32
30k+
The Gift of Therapy Summary
The Gift of Therapy 91%
Therapy's true instrument is the therapist. Lessons on using your own presence, not just protocols.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2003
4.32
30k+ ratings
Maps of Narrative Practice
by Michael White • 2007
A problem is a story that has become the only story. The maps for finding the others.
4.34
621
Maps of Narrative Practice Summary
Maps of Narrative Practice 90%
A problem is a story that has become the only story. The maps for finding the others.
by Michael White 2007
4.34
621 ratings
Every Day Gets A Little Closer
by Irvin D. Yalom • 1991
Two diaries, one therapy room: what the patient hid and what the therapist really thought.
3.76
3k+
Every Day Gets A Little Closer Summary
Every Day Gets A Little Closer 90%
Two diaries, one therapy room: what the patient hid and what the therapist really thought.
by Irvin D. Yalom 1991
3.76
3k+ ratings
The Development of a Therapist
by Louis Cozolino • 2021
The therapist is the instrument. A neuroscientist-clinician shows how to tune it.
4.19
212
The Development of a Therapist Summary
The Development of a Therapist 90%
The therapist is the instrument. A neuroscientist-clinician shows how to tune it.
by Louis Cozolino 2021
4.19
212 ratings
The Making of a Therapist
by Louis Cozolino • 2004
Grad school taught technique. This teaches how to sit with pain without losing yourself.
4.38
2k+
The Making of a Therapist Summary
The Making of a Therapist 90%
Grad school taught technique. This teaches how to sit with pain without losing yourself.
by Louis Cozolino 2004
4.38
2k+ ratings
Existential–Humanistic Therapy
by Kirk J. Schneider • 2009
How to practice therapy where the relationship is the medicine, not the delivery system.
4.01
145
Existential–Humanistic Therapy Summary
Existential–Humanistic Therapy 90%
How to practice therapy where the relationship is the medicine, not the delivery system.
by Kirk J. Schneider 2009
4.01
145 ratings
On Being a Therapist
by Jeffrey A. Kottler • 1986
What training never covered: the boredom, the burnout, and the clients who end up changing you.
4.03
4k+
On Being a Therapist Summary
On Being a Therapist 90%
What training never covered: the boredom, the burnout, and the clients who end up changing you.
by Jeffrey A. Kottler 1986
4.03
4k+ ratings
Schema Therapy
by Jeffrey E. Young • 2003
When standard CBT isn't enough, the answer lies in healing the wounded core through relationship.
4.47
870
Schema Therapy Summary
Schema Therapy 90%
When standard CBT isn't enough, the answer lies in healing the wounded core through relationship.
by Jeffrey E. Young 2003
4.47
870 ratings
The Mindful Therapist
by Daniel J. Siegel • 2010
Therapy changes brains: cultivating the mindful presence that reconnects neural pathways.
4.12
941
The Mindful Therapist Summary
The Mindful Therapist 90%
Therapy changes brains: cultivating the mindful presence that reconnects neural pathways.
by Daniel J. Siegel 2010
4.12
941 ratings
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
by Judith S. Beck • 1995
CBT made clinical: session maps, case formulation, and the skills that turn worksheets into change.
4.22
3k+
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Summary
Cognitive Behavior Therapy 90%
CBT made clinical: session maps, case formulation, and the skills that turn worksheets into change.
by Judith S. Beck 1995
4.22
3k+ ratings
Gestalt Therapy
by Dave Mann • 2010
A hundred techniques from the therapy that insists awareness, not effort, drives real change.
4.12
140
Gestalt Therapy Summary
Gestalt Therapy 90%
A hundred techniques from the therapy that insists awareness, not effort, drives real change.
by Dave Mann 2010
4.12
140 ratings
Play Therapy
by Garry L. Landreth • 1991
Children speak through play. Follow their lead, reflect the feeling, and let the relationship heal.
4.41
827
Play Therapy Summary
Play Therapy 89%
Children speak through play. Follow their lead, reflect the feeling, and let the relationship heal.
by Garry L. Landreth 1991
4.41
827 ratings
Building Motivational Interviewing Skills
by David B. Rosengren • 2009
Turn conversations into catalysts for change: a skill-building workbook for helping professionals.
4.13
380
Building Motivational Interviewing Skills Summary
Building Motivational Interviewing Skills 89%
Turn conversations into catalysts for change: a skill-building workbook for helping professionals.
by David B. Rosengren 2009
4.13
380 ratings
Co-Creating Change
by Jon Frederickson • 2013
Target the real-time sequence of feeling, anxiety, and defense that produces every symptom.
4.59
193
Co-Creating Change Summary
Co-Creating Change 89%
Target the real-time sequence of feeling, anxiety, and defense that produces every symptom.
by Jon Frederickson 2013
4.59
193 ratings
Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
by Eric Berne • 1961
Three selves run every conversation: a clinical method for tracking who's really talking and why.
4.11
754
Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy Summary
Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy 89%
Three selves run every conversation: a clinical method for tracking who's really talking and why.
by Eric Berne 1961
4.11
754 ratings
Becoming a Helper
by Marianne Schneider Corey • 1988
Therapy training demands more self-work than technique. A guide to the person you must become.
3.79
228
Becoming a Helper Summary
Becoming a Helper 89%
Therapy training demands more self-work than technique. A guide to the person you must become.
by Marianne Schneider Corey 1988
3.79
228 ratings
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Third Edition
by Francine Shapiro • 2022
Trauma lodges in the brain as unprocessed memories; the therapy that reprocesses them, step by step.
4.29
280
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Third Edition Summary
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Third Edition 89%
Trauma lodges in the brain as unprocessed memories; the therapy that reprocesses them, step by step.
by Francine Shapiro 2022
4.29
280 ratings
Reaching Through Resistance
by Allan Abbass • 2015
Symptoms are defenses against buried rage, guilt, and grief. The method to break through.
4.38
85
Reaching Through Resistance Summary
Reaching Through Resistance 89%
Symptoms are defenses against buried rage, guilt, and grief. The method to break through.
by Allan Abbass 2015
4.38
85 ratings
1001 Solution-Focused Questions
by Fredrike P. Bannink • 2010
A thousand ready-to-use therapy questions that replace 'what's wrong' with 'what's next.'
4.25
220
1001 Solution-Focused Questions Summary
1001 Solution-Focused Questions 89%
A thousand ready-to-use therapy questions that replace 'what's wrong' with 'what's next.'
by Fredrike P. Bannink 2010
4.25
220 ratings
Aggression in Play Therapy
by Lisa Dion • 2018
Aggressive play is communication, not misbehavior. Your nervous system is the translator.
4.72
299
Aggression in Play Therapy Summary
Aggression in Play Therapy 89%
Aggressive play is communication, not misbehavior. Your nervous system is the translator.
by Lisa Dion 2018
4.72
299 ratings
Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy
by Eugene T. Gendlin • 1996
Your client's body knows what words cannot reach. The clinical method for guiding them inward.
4.38
96
Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy Summary
Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy 89%
Your client's body knows what words cannot reach. The clinical method for guiding them inward.
by Eugene T. Gendlin 1996
4.38
96 ratings
فسيولوجية الصدمات
by Babette Rothschild • 2026
The nervous system knows when trauma work is unsafe. Six states to read before you proceed.
4.51
93
فسيولوجية الصدمات Summary
فسيولوجية الصدمات 89%
The nervous system knows when trauma work is unsafe. Six states to read before you proceed.
by Babette Rothschild 2026
4.51
93 ratings
Body-Centered Psychotherapy
by Ron Kurtz • 1990
Your body holds the beliefs your mind conceals. A mindful therapy for reaching and revising them.
4.26
160
Body-Centered Psychotherapy Summary
Body-Centered Psychotherapy 89%
Your body holds the beliefs your mind conceals. A mindful therapy for reaching and revising them.
by Ron Kurtz 1990
4.26
160 ratings
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
by Patricia Coughlin • 1996
Weeks, not years. A psychodynamic method that confronts defenses for lasting character change.
4.46
48
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Summary
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy 89%
Weeks, not years. A psychodynamic method that confronts defenses for lasting character change.
by Patricia Coughlin 1996
4.46
48 ratings
The Mummy at the Dining Room Table
by Jeffrey A. Kottler • 2003
Unusual patients forced the best therapists to abandon the textbook. What they improvised instead.
3.88
765
The Mummy at the Dining Room Table Summary
The Mummy at the Dining Room Table 89%
Unusual patients forced the best therapists to abandon the textbook. What they improvised instead.
by Jeffrey A. Kottler 2003
3.88
765 ratings
Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox
by Manuela Mischke-Reeds • 2018
125 exercises that finally bring the body into the therapy room, where trauma actually lives.
4.20
217
Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox Summary
Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox 89%
125 exercises that finally bring the body into the therapy room, where trauma actually lives.
by Manuela Mischke-Reeds 2018
4.20
217 ratings
Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy
by Susan McConnell • 2020
Your client's protectors manifest as tension and pain. The somatic tools to work with them directly.
3.95
426
Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy Summary
Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy 89%
Your client's protectors manifest as tension and pain. The somatic tools to work with them directly.
by Susan McConnell 2020
3.95
426 ratings
Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy
by Halko Weiss • 2015
How to access core unconscious beliefs through the body and transform them with mindful experiments.
4.39
79
Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy Summary
Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy 89%
How to access core unconscious beliefs through the body and transform them with mindful experiments.
by Halko Weiss 2015
4.39
79 ratings
10 Principles for Doing Effective Couples Therapy
by Julie Schwartz Gottman • 2014
Three minutes of conflict predict a couple's future. The clinical playbook for changing the outcome.
4.30
720
10 Principles for Doing Effective Couples Therapy Summary
10 Principles for Doing Effective Couples Therapy 89%
Three minutes of conflict predict a couple's future. The clinical playbook for changing the outcome.
by Julie Schwartz Gottman 2014
4.30
720 ratings
Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders
by David H. Barlow • 2010
Anxiety and depression share core vulnerabilities. This protocol treats them together.
4.17
142
Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders Summary
Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders 89%
Anxiety and depression share core vulnerabilities. This protocol treats them together.
by David H. Barlow 2010
4.17
142 ratings
Brief Interventions for Radical Change
by Kirk D. Strosahl • 2012
Radical change in one to four sessions: focused ACT tools that reveal what keeps clients stuck.
4.49
136
Brief Interventions for Radical Change Summary
Brief Interventions for Radical Change 89%
Radical change in one to four sessions: focused ACT tools that reveal what keeps clients stuck.
by Kirk D. Strosahl 2012
4.49
136 ratings
Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends
by Michael White • 1990
Your life is a story under revision. A therapeutic method for taking back the pen.
4.06
396
Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends Summary
Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends 89%
Your life is a story under revision. A therapeutic method for taking back the pen.
by Michael White 1990
4.06
396 ratings
Psychotherapy
by Tom Burns • 2015
Talk therapy's warring schools, from Freud to CBT, all depend on one common ingredient.
3.73
164
Psychotherapy Summary
Psychotherapy 89%
Talk therapy's warring schools, from Freud to CBT, all depend on one common ingredient.
by Tom Burns 2015
3.73
164 ratings
Skills in Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy
by Emmy Van Deurzen • 2011
Existential philosophy as clinical practice: phenomenological skills for meaning and mortality.
4.31
124
Skills in Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy Summary
Skills in Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy 89%
Existential philosophy as clinical practice: phenomenological skills for meaning and mortality.
by Emmy Van Deurzen 2011
4.31
124 ratings
Schema Therapy
by Eshkol Rafaeli • 2010
An integrative therapy for chronic conditions: heal through the bond, not just the protocol.
4.07
230
Schema Therapy Summary
Schema Therapy 89%
An integrative therapy for chronic conditions: heal through the bond, not just the protocol.
by Eshkol Rafaeli 2010
4.07
230 ratings
On Becoming a Person
by Carl R. Rogers • 1961
Change begins not with fixing yourself but with being heard without judgment.
4.16
19k+
On Becoming a Person Summary
On Becoming a Person 89%
Change begins not with fixing yourself but with being heard without judgment.
by Carl R. Rogers 1961
4.16
19k+ ratings
My Voice Will Go with You
by Sidney Rosen • 1982
Direct advice meets resistance. A well-told story slips past it. The master clinician's casebook.
4.26
2k+
My Voice Will Go with You Summary
My Voice Will Go with You 88%
Direct advice meets resistance. A well-told story slips past it. The master clinician's casebook.
by Sidney Rosen 1982
4.26
2k+ ratings
Speak Ericksonian
by Richard K. Nongard • 2014
Boredom becomes trance, vagueness a key, story a tool: the Ericksonian method for change.
4.25
100
Speak Ericksonian Summary
Speak Ericksonian 88%
Boredom becomes trance, vagueness a key, story a tool: the Ericksonian method for change.
by Richard K. Nongard 2014
4.25
100 ratings
Easy Ego State Interventions
by Robin Shapiro • 2015
Ego state scripts for trauma, attachment repair, and introject removal.
4.42
489
Easy Ego State Interventions Summary
Easy Ego State Interventions 88%
Ego state scripts for trauma, attachment repair, and introject removal.
by Robin Shapiro 2015
4.42
489 ratings
How To Do Motivational Interviewing
by Bill Matulich • 2010
Clients talk themselves into change while you listen. The method that replaces persuasion.
4.12
306
How To Do Motivational Interviewing Summary
How To Do Motivational Interviewing 88%
Clients talk themselves into change while you listen. The method that replaces persuasion.
by Bill Matulich 2010
4.12
306 ratings
Internal Family Systems Therapy
by Richard C. Schwartz • 2020
Your psyche is a family of parts, led by a core self that stays whole.
4.35
786
Internal Family Systems Therapy Summary
Internal Family Systems Therapy 88%
Your psyche is a family of parts, led by a core self that stays whole.
by Richard C. Schwartz 2020
4.35
786 ratings
The Art of Hypnotherapy
by C Roy Hunter • 2010
A hypnotherapy framework that moves past suggestion to root causes, using the clients own inner map.
The Art of Hypnotherapy Summary
The Art of Hypnotherapy 88%
A hypnotherapy framework that moves past suggestion to root causes, using the clients own inner map.
by C Roy Hunter 2010
Brief Counseling That Works
by Gerald B. Sklare • 2014
Too many students, too few sessions: brief therapy that skips the problem, asks what already works.
4.11
136
Brief Counseling That Works Summary
Brief Counseling That Works 88%
Too many students, too few sessions: brief therapy that skips the problem, asks what already works.
by Gerald B. Sklare 2014
4.11
136 ratings
Unlocking the Emotional Brain
by Bruce Ecker • 2012
The brain has a built-in undo for emotional learnings. Most therapy triggers it by accident.
4.44
248
Unlocking the Emotional Brain Summary
Unlocking the Emotional Brain 88%
The brain has a built-in undo for emotional learnings. Most therapy triggers it by accident.
by Bruce Ecker 2012
4.44
248 ratings
The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy
by Louis Cozolino • 2002
The brain is built by relationships. Therapy rewires it through the same social circuits.
4.33
570
The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy Summary
The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy 88%
The brain is built by relationships. Therapy rewires it through the same social circuits.
by Louis Cozolino 2002
4.33
570 ratings
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