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Routledge Focus on Mental Health

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Routledge Focus on Mental Health presents short books on current topics, linking in with cutting-edge research and practice.

36 Series Titles


Psychoanalysis and the Feminine An

Psychoanalysis and the Feminine: An "Other" Sex

1st Edition

By Jacqueline Schaeffer
December 09, 2024

Psychoanalysis and the Feminine presents Jacqueline Schaeffer's understanding of the feminine as a psychoanalytic concept. Schaeffer considers the difference between the sexes to be the paradigm of all differences, and the basis for the repudiation of the feminine and gender theories, those that ...

Lacan, Jouissance, and the Social Sciences The One and the Many

Lacan, Jouissance, and the Social Sciences: The One and the Many

1st Edition

By Raul Moncayo
November 29, 2024

Exploring how a Freudian-Lacanian approach to psychoanalysis intersects with social and cultural theory, Lacan, Jouissance, and the Social Sciences demonstrates the significance of subjectivity as a concept for the study of leadership, social psychology, culture, and political theory. Raul Moncayo ...

Physician Wellness and Resilience Narrative Prompts to Address Burnout

Physician Wellness and Resilience: Narrative Prompts to Address Burnout

1st Edition

Edited By Pauline Davies, Cynthia M. Stonnington
November 11, 2024

Physician Wellness and Resilience: Narrative Prompts to Address Burnout explores 26 compelling narratives from practicing doctors and medical students as they share their personal and professional encounters in their own words. This volume seeks to expand the conversations around burnout and mental...

A Critical Reconstruction of Evidence-based Practice in Psychology Evidence and Ethics

A Critical Reconstruction of Evidence-based Practice in Psychology: Evidence and Ethics

1st Edition

By Henrik Berg
October 30, 2024

Evidence-based practice in psychology is the dominant regulatory principle in clinical psychology, defining psychological knowledge and its application. This book provides a critical analysis and a reconstruction of the policy statement focusing on epistemology and ethics. The book shows the ...

Technology in Mental Health Foundations of Clinical Use

Technology in Mental Health: Foundations of Clinical Use

1st Edition

By Jessica Stone
October 09, 2024

Technology in Mental Health focuses on the responsible integration of technology into therapy in a world affected by COVID. Author Jessica Stone discusses the pandemic’s effects on the mental health field, historical fundamentals, and possible future implications. Chapters also explore legal and ...

Transference in Institutional Work with Psychosis and Autism The Transferential Constellation

Transference in Institutional Work with Psychosis and Autism: The Transferential Constellation

1st Edition

By Pierre Delion
October 09, 2024

Transference in Institutional Work with Psychosis and Autism presents Pierre Delion’s extensive experience in psychiatric institutions, focusing on the concept of the transferential constellation. Delion first discusses the pioneering work of François Tosquelles at the Saint Alban psychiatric ...

Analytic Listening in Clinical Dialogue Basic Assumptions

Analytic Listening in Clinical Dialogue: Basic Assumptions

1st Edition

By Dieter Bürgin, Angelika Staehle, Kerstin Westhoff, Anna Wyler von Ballmoos
August 26, 2024

Analytic Listening in Clinical Dialogue focuses on the work of four leading clinicians as they assess how their unconscious basic assumptions impact their clinical work. Using the case study of a seven-year-old boy, the authors evaluate a videotaped psychoanalytic first interview and exchange their...

Psychoanalysis and the Act of Artistic Creation A Look at the Unconscious Dynamics of Creativity

Psychoanalysis and the Act of Artistic Creation: A Look at the Unconscious Dynamics of Creativity

1st Edition

By Luís Manuel Romano Delgado
August 26, 2024

This book explores the phenomenon of creativity and creation from a psychoanalytic point of view, focusing on understanding the psychoemotional dynamics underlying artistic creative activities, such as theatre, literature, and painting. Throughout, Delgado considers these works of art through a ...

Single-Session Therapy and Its Future What SST Leaders Think

Single-Session Therapy and Its Future: What SST Leaders Think

1st Edition

By Windy Dryden
August 26, 2024

Single-Session Therapy and Its Future provides an introduction to the major principles of single-session therapy and what currently constitutes good practice in the field. The book is a timely reflection on where SST is at, and where it might be heading. It is comprised of interviews with ...

The Working Alliance in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy Principles and Practice

The Working Alliance in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: Principles and Practice

1st Edition

By Windy Dryden
August 26, 2024

The Working Alliance in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy explores the principles and practice of REBT from the perspective of working alliance theory. Windy Dryden seeks to debunk the myth that REBT neglects the therapeutic relationship by breaking down working alliance theory into specific ...

The Concept of the Individual in Psychoanalysis The Ego, the Self, the Subject, and the Person

The Concept of the Individual in Psychoanalysis: The Ego, the Self, the Subject, and the Person

1st Edition

By Raul Moncayo
July 29, 2024

The Concept of the Individual in Psychoanalysis considers the different conceptions of the individual that are found in psychoanalysis according to the culture in which it operates, and its political structure. Considering the origins and use of concepts including the Ego, the Self, the Subject, ...

Forgiveness and Reconciliation Initiating Individuation and Enabling Liberation

Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Initiating Individuation and Enabling Liberation

1st Edition

By Monika Renz
May 27, 2024

This book details a five-phase model of the process of forgiveness and reconciliation, exploring how it can be understood as a threshold experience with the potential to offer profound emotional renewal. Illustrated with numerous case study vignettes, the book presents the findings of a research ...

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