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Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions

About the Book Series

The Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions Series celebrates Routledge's commitment to excellence within the field of mental health. These books are recognized as timeless classics covering a range of important issues, and continue to be recommended as key reading for professionals and students in the area. With a new introduction that explores what has changed since the books were first published, and why these books are as relevant now as ever, the series presents key ideas to a new generation.

52 Series Titles


Self-Supervision A Primer for Counselors and Human Service Professionals

Self-Supervision: A Primer for Counselors and Human Service Professionals

1st Edition

By Patrick J. Morrissette
August 24, 2021

Self-Supervision synthesizes the literature on the theory and practice of self-supervision and provides counselors and human service professionals with a plan for the pursuit of independent professional growth. The classic edition includes a new preface from the author reflecting on his work and on...

African American Grief

African American Grief

1st Edition

By Paul C. Rosenblatt, Beverly R. Wallace
August 12, 2021

African American Grief is a unique contribution to the field, both as a professional resource for counselors, therapists, social workers, clergy, and nurses, and as a reference volume for thanatologists, academics, and researchers. The classic edition includes a new preface from the authors ...

Before You See Your First Client 55 Things Counselors, Therapists, and Human Service Workers Need to Know

Before You See Your First Client: 55 Things Counselors, Therapists, and Human Service Workers Need to Know

1st Edition

By Howard Rosenthal
August 05, 2021

Before You See Your First Client begins where courses, workshops, training seminars, and textbooks leave off, providing a candid, behind-the-scenes look at the fields of therapy, counseling, and human services. The classic edition includes a new preface from the author reflecting on changes in ...

Life and Loss A Guide to Help Grieving Children

Life and Loss: A Guide to Help Grieving Children

1st Edition

By Linda Goldman
August 05, 2021

For decades, Life and Loss has been the book clinicians have relied on for a full and nuanced presentation of the many issues with which grieving children grapple, as well as an honest exploration of the interrelationship between unresolved grief, educational success, and responsible citizenry.  ...

More Than Miracles The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

More Than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

2nd Edition

By Steve de Shazer, Yvonne Dolan, Harry Korman, Terry Trepper, Eric McCollum, Insoo Kim Berg
February 22, 2021

Written by pioneering experts in the field, More Than Miracles remains the authoritative text on solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT). The final work of the world-renowned family therapists and original developers of SFBT, the late Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg, this comprehensive resource ...

The Independent Mind in British Psychoanalysis

The Independent Mind in British Psychoanalysis

1st Edition

By Eric Rayner
May 29, 2020

Arguably the most informative and readable account of the development of British independent psychoanalysis, Eric Rayner’s The Independent Mind in British Psychoanalysis offers a coherent account of the core concepts that influence the clinical practice. Covering the main themes and theorists with ...

Therapeutic Trances The Cooperation Principle in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy

Therapeutic Trances: The Cooperation Principle in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy

1st Edition

By Stephen Gilligan
September 06, 2018

Therapeutic Trances is a manifesto of the fundamental principles and techniques of Ericksonian hypnotherapy. This innovative volume lays out the principles and practice of developing relationships with patients and creating a hypnotic environment in which true healing can take place. The book ...

Psychiatry and Religion Context, Consensus and Controversies

Psychiatry and Religion: Context, Consensus and Controversies

1st Edition

Edited By Dinesh Bhugra
August 10, 2018

Psychiatry and Religion: Context, Consensus and Controversies works to eradicate the distinction between spiritual and psychological welfare and promote greater understanding of the relationship between the two. This book brings together chapters from fifteen mental health practitioners and ...

Shame and the Origins of Self-Esteem A Jungian approach

Shame and the Origins of Self-Esteem: A Jungian approach

1st Edition

By Mario Jacoby
September 07, 2016

Shame is one of our most central feelings and a universal human characteristic. Why do we experience it? For what purpose? How can we cope with excessive feelings of shame? In this elegant exposition informed by many years of helping people to understand feelings of shame, leading Jungian analyst ...

Human Nature and Suffering

Human Nature and Suffering

1st Edition

By Paul Gilbert
August 17, 2016

Human Nature and Suffering is a profound comment on the human condition, from the perspective of evolutionary psychology. Paul Gilbert explores the implications of humans as evolved social animals, suggesting that evolution has given rise to a varied set of social competencies, which form the basis...

Individuation and Narcissism The psychology of self in Jung and Kohut

Individuation and Narcissism: The psychology of self in Jung and Kohut

1st Edition

By Mario Jacoby
August 17, 2016

Developments in Freudian psychoanalysis, particularly the work of Kohut and Winnicott, have led to a convergence with the Jungian position. In Individuation and Narcissism Mario Jacoby attempted to overcome the doctrinal differences between the different schools of depth psychology, while taking ...

The Therapeutic Use of Self Counselling practice, research and supervision

The Therapeutic Use of Self: Counselling practice, research and supervision

2nd Edition

By Val Wosket
August 17, 2016

The Therapeutic Use of Self has continued, since its publication in 1999, to be considered a key text within integrative, humanistic and relational approaches for the training and development of therapists in the UK and abroad.   This long-awaited classic edition includes powerful case examples ...

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