11 Best nonfiction books like Essential Skills in Family Therapy: From the First Interview to Termination by JoEllen Patterson

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Essential Skills in Family Therapy: From the First Interview to Termination

By: JoEllen Patterson

3.81

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Designed throughout to meet the developmental needs of the beginning family therapist, this handboo…

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1. The Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professionals

By: Patricia C. Broderick , Pamela Blewitt

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This textbook provides an in-depth look at the science of human development and how it applies to c… read more

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  • psychology
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2. The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

By: Brené Brown

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

New York Times best-selling author and professor Brene Brown offers a powerful and inspiring book t… read more

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  • psychology
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3. The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients

By: Irvin D. Yalom , Nicola Ferguson

3.66

Format: 162 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology

4. Narrative Therapy: The Social Construction of Preferred Realities

By: None , None

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

For psychotherapy students, teachers, and practitioners, this book describes the clinical applicati… read more

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5. Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic

By: Esther Perel

3.79

Format: 704 pages,

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6. Theory-Based Treatment Planning for Marriage and Family Therapists: Integrating Theory and Practice

By: None , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

This text is a treatment planner and theory guide for therapists working from systemic and postmode… read more

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7. The Making of a Therapist (Norton Professional Books)

By: Louis Cozolino

4.38

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Lessons from the personal experience and reflections of a therapist. The difficulty and cost of tra… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"Therapists are never “done"

-Louis Cozolino, The Making of a Therapist (Norton Professional Books)

"Most therapists grew up struggling to be loved and accepted by others. Because of these early experiences, many of us find it difficult to believe others can be of help to us. We carry this struggle …"

-Louis Cozolino, The Making of a Therapist (Norton Professional Books)

"The things most people need to learn in therapy are related to attachment, abandonment, love, and fear. We are trying to access basic emotional processes that are organized in primitive and early-dev…"

-Louis Cozolino, The Making of a Therapist (Norton Professional Books)

8. The Family Crucible: The Intense Experience of Family Therapy

By: Augustus Y. Napier , None

3.60

Format: 137 pages, Paperback

The classic groundbreaking book on family therapy by acclaimed experts Augustus Y. Napier, Ph.D., a… read more

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9. Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change

By: Stephen Rollnick , William R. Miller

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This bestselling work has introduced hundreds of thousands of professionals and students to motivat… read more

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10. The Schopenhauer Cure

By: Irvin D. Yalom

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Suddenly confronted with his own mortality after a routine checkup, eminent psychotherapist Julius … read more

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11. Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice

By: David Sue , Derald Wing Sue

3.89

Format: None pages,

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12. Letters to a Young Therapist

By: Mary Pipher

4.00

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Mary Pipher's groundbreaking investigation of America's "girl-poisoning culture," Reviving Ophelia,… read more

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13. Mastering Competencies in Family Therapy: A Practical Approach to Theory and Clinical Case Documentation

By: None

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

MASTERING COMPETENCIES IN FAMILY THERAPY: THEORY-BASED ASSESSMENT provides a competency-based appro… read more

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14. On Being a Therapist

By: Jeffrey A. Kottler

4.44

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Since it was first published in 1986, On Being a Therapisthas become a classic book in the field an… read more

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15. The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection

By: Sue Johnson

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Since its original publication in 1996, this volume has been a helpful guide to therapists in the p… read more

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16. Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods

By: Michael P. Nichols , Richard C. Schwartz

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This update of the 2003 edition begins with a chronology of family therapy in sociopolitical contex… read more

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17. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life

By: Ali Wong

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Ali Wong's heartfelt and hilarious letters to her daughters (the two she put to work while they wer… read more

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  • nonfiction
"That day, my co-workers found out my secret: I'm a fucking idiot."

-Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life

"I don't care how funny or beloved someone is. Take his ass down if he fucks with you."

-Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life

"My dad would sometimes say things to my mom like, “Devil, get away, for I am God’s property!"

-Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life

"When in doubt, go out. Not just for material, but to experience new people, new social situations, and unfamiliar surroundings."

-Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life

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18. Happy-Go-Lucky

By: David Sedaris

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

David Sedaris, the “champion storyteller,” ( Los Angeles Times ) returns with his first new collect… read more

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19. My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

By: Resmaa Menakem

4.40

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trau… read more

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  • psychology
"At its best, activism is a form of healing. It is about what we do and how we show up in the world. It is about learning and expressing regard, compassion and love."

-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

"In today's America, we tend to think of healing as something binary: either we're broken or we've healed from that brokenness. But that's not how healing operates, and it's almost never how human gro…"

-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

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20. A Winter in New York

By: Josie Silver

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to the love—and life—she’s been… read more

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"It's the swoon-worthy climax of our showreel moment, this beautiful, achingly sexy kiss, slow and electric, full of pure, vulnerable kiss-me-forever magic."

-Josie Silver, A Winter in New York

"You guys have enough baggage to fill a gosh dang carousel at JFK, but isn't that kind of the point of love, that you help each other carry the bags? Fresh starts are for Hallmark movies, not real lif…"

-Josie Silver, A Winter in New York

"By my reckoning, everyone gets a handful of movie-worthy moments in their lives. Some people would probably pick out their wedding day or the birth of their child for their showreel, but for most of …"

-Josie Silver, A Winter in New York

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21. Effective Psychotherapists: Clinical Skills That Improve Client Outcomes

By: William R. Miller

4.23

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

What is it that makes some therapists so much more effective than others, even when they are delive… read more

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  • psychology
Cover of Re-Visioning Family Therapy: Race, Culture, and Gender in Clinical Practice by Monica McGoldrick

22. Re-Visioning Family Therapy: Race, Culture, and Gender in Clinical Practice

By: Monica McGoldrick

3.95

Format: 444 pages, Paperback

Exploring the ways that clients' lives, and family therapy itself, are constrained by larger forces… read more

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23. Essential Skills in Family Therapy: From the First Interview to Termination

By: JoEllen Patterson

3.81

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Designed throughout to meet the developmental needs of the beginning family therapist, this handboo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
Cover of Ethical, Legal And Profesional Issues in the Practice of Marriage And Family Therapy by Theodore P. Remley

24. Ethical, Legal And Profesional Issues in the Practice of Marriage And Family Therapy

By: Theodore P. Remley

3.41

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The fourth edition of this established text for students, supervisors, and practitioners in marriag… read more

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Cover of Couple and Family Assessment: Contemporary and Cutting‐Edge Strategies (Routledge Series on Family Therapy and Counseling) by Len Sperry

25. Couple and Family Assessment: Contemporary and Cutting‐Edge Strategies (Routledge Series on Family Therapy and Counseling)

By: Len Sperry

3.33

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

The field of family, child, and couple assessment continues to evolve and change since the first ed… read more

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Cover of Common Factors in Couple and Family Therapy: The Overlooked Foundation for Effective Practice by Douglas H. Sprenkle

26. Common Factors in Couple and Family Therapy: The Overlooked Foundation for Effective Practice

By: Douglas H. Sprenkle

3.97

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Grounded in theory, research, and extensive clinical experience, this pragmatic book addresses crit… read more

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27. Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy: A Therapist's Guide to Creating Acceptance and Change

By: Andrew Christensen

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The definitive therapist manual for Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT)―one of the most em… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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28. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5

By: American Psychological Association

4.17

Format: 991 pages, Paperback

DSM-5- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders- by APA, BRAND NEW American Psychiatri… read more

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Cover of The Expanded Family Life Cycle: Individual, Family, and Social Perspectives by Monica McGoldrick

29. The Expanded Family Life Cycle: Individual, Family, and Social Perspectives

By: Monica McGoldrick

3.82

Format: 552 pages, Hardcover

Now featured in a Classics Edition with a new Foreword by Donald Boch, The Expanded Family Life Cyc… read more

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12 Best psychology books like Essential Skills in Family Therapy: From the First Interview to Termination by JoEllen Patterson

Transform Your Habits

The Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professionals

Patricia C. Broderick , Pamela Blewitt

5.00

Transform Your Habits

The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

Brené Brown

5.00

Transform Your Habits

The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients

Irvin D. Yalom , Nicola Ferguson

3.66

Transform Your Habits

The Making of a Therapist (Norton Professional Books)

Louis Cozolino

4.38

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12 must-read psychology books like Ethical, Legal And Profesional Issues in the Practice of Marriage And Family Therapy by Theodore P. Remley

Transform Your Habits

Change: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution

Paul Watzlawick , John H. Weakland , Richard Fisch

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others

Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky , Connie Burk

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Survive Everyday Parenting Struggles, and Help Your Family Thrive

Daniel J. Siegel , Tina Payne Bryson

4.44

Transform Your Habits

The Marriage Clinic - A Scientifically Based Marital Therapy

John M. Gottman

3.50

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