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