7 Top counselling books like Satir Step by Step: A Guide to Creating Change in Families by Virginia Satir

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Satir Step by Step: A Guide to Creating Change in Families

By: Virginia Satir

4.06

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Annotated transcript of Satir conducting family therapy -- showing what she's thinking and how she …

If you liked the counselling plot in Satir Step by Step: A Guide to Creating Change in Families by Virginia Satir , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Alias Grace

By: Margaret Atwood

4.04

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

It's 1843, and Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her emp… read more

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"The small details of life often hide a great significance."

-Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace

"If they want a monster so badly they ought to be provided by one."

-Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace

"[...] he often talked to himself and he was the best conversationalist he knew; [...]"

-Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace

"I don’t know why it is, a girl of fifteen or sixteen is accounted a woman, but a boy of fifteen or sixteen is still a boy."

-Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace

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2. Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends

By: Michael White , David Epston

4.12

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Use of letter-writing in family therapy. White and Epston base their therapy on the assumption that… read more

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  • counselling
  • psychology
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3. Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

By: Judith Lewis Herman

4.39

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

When Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In th… read more

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  • counselling
  • psychology
"Dissociation appears to be... the internal mechanism by which terrorized people are silenced."

-Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

"Recovery can take place only within then context of relationships; it cannot occur in isolation."

-Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

"The desire for total control over another person is the common denominator of all forms of tyranny."

-Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

"People who have survived atrocities often tell their stories in a highly emotional, contradictory and fragmented manner."

-Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

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4. Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child

By: John Bradshaw

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Using a wealth of practical techniques, informative case histories and unique questionnaires, John … read more

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  • counselling
  • psychology
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5. Sophie’s World

By: Jostein Gaarder , Paulette Møller

3.96

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen c… read more

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"الذي يعرف الخير يفعل الخير"

-Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

"الأكثر ذكاء هو الذي يعرف أنه لا يعرف"

-Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

"Wisest is she who knows she does not know."

-Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

"It's not a silly question if you can't answer it."

-Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

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6. The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story

By: David John , Hyeonseo Lee

4.42

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorshi… read more

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"He’d valued his dignity more than his own life."

-David John, The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story

"I was already hiding beneath so many lies that I hardly knew who I was any more. I was becoming a non-person."

-David John, The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story

"This is when I understood that we can do without almost anything – our home, even our country. But we will never do without other people, and we will never do without family."

-David John, The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story

"I hope you remember that if you encounter an obstacle on the road, don’t think of it as an obstacle at all… think of it as a challenge to find a new path on the road less traveled."

-David John, The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story

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7. Dibs in Search of Self

By: Virginia M. Axline

4.32

Format: 285 pages,

A child therapy classic. Dibs will not talk. He will not play. He has locked himself in a very spec… read more

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  • counselling
  • psychology
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8. When Nietzsche Wept

By: Irvin D. Yalom

4.09

Format: 129 pages, Paperback

A richly evocative novel set in 19th-century Vienna on the eve of the birth of psychoanalysis. The … read more

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  • psychology
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9. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

By: Daniel Goleman

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be smart, with a new introduction by the au… read more

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  • psychology
"In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels"

-Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

"Emotional self-control-- delaying gratification and stifling impulsiveness- underlies accomplishment of every sort"

-Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

"[Sharmayne Williams:]...puoi avere tutte le emozioni possibili, ma non devi permettere che siano loro a manovrarti."

-Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

"In the calculus of the heart it is the ratio of positive to negative emotions that determines the sense of well- being."

-Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

10. When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

By: Gabor Maté

3.91

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

In this accessible and groundbreaking book--filled with the moving stories of real people--medical … read more

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11. 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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12. Leaves of Grass

By: Walt Whitman

3.50

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

A collection of quintessentially American poems, the seminal work of one of the most influential wr… read more

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13. Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

By: Sue Johnson

4.50

Format: 158 pages, Hardcover

Heralded by the New York Timesand Timeas the couples therapy with the highest rate of success, Emot… read more

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14. 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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15. Family Therapy Techniques

By: Salvador Minuchin , None

3.00

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

A master of family therapy, Salvador Minuchin, traces for the first time the minute operations of d… read more

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16. Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy.… read more

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"I AM WHO I AM IN SPITE OF MY MOTHER, BUT I ALSO AM WHO I AM BECAUSE OF HER."

-Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction

"I NOW KNOW WHAT JOE MEANT WHEN HE ALWAYS SAID THAT HIS PARENTS WOULD'VE LOVED ME."

-Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction

"I AM NOW LIVING OUT MY CHILDHOOD DREAMS OF MAKING A LIVING AS AN AUTHOR AND AN ARTIST, BUT IT IS A GREATER TRIUMPH FOR ME TO HAVE CREATED A STABLE, LOVING HOME WITH MY WIFE."

-Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction

"When you're a kid and a teen, you're not in control of your circumstances. But the beautiful thing about growing up is that you get to create your own reality and your own family. That family might b…"

-Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction

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17. Haven

By: Emma Donoghue

3.42

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the s… read more

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"Fog makes an island of every man."

-Emma Donoghue, Haven

"To travel is to turn the pages of the great book of life."

-Emma Donoghue, Haven

"Cormac’s distracted by a slopping sound under the slats. He keeps talking to soothe his nerves. ‘Here’s a saying I’ve heard but don’t understand: Never turn your back on the ocean.’ ‘Even on a calm d…"

-Emma Donoghue, Haven

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18. Lie With Me

By: Philippe Besson

4.26

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning, bestselling French novel by Philippe Besson about an affair between two teenage … read more

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"Desire does not go out like a match, it extinguishes slowly as it burns into ash."

-Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

"I also know how much of yourself you have to leave behind in order to look like everyone else."

-Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

"You get used to everything, even the defection of those you thought you were bound to forever."

-Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

"In the end, love was only possible because he saw me not as who I was, but as the person I would become."

-Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

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19. No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

By: Richard C. Schwartz

4.15

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts t… read more

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  • counselling
  • psychology
"The big insight was that giving a troubled person a psychiatric diagnosis and seeing that as the sole or main cause of their symptoms was unnecessarily limiting, pathologizing, and could become self-…"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

"IFS can be seen as attachment theory taken inside, in the sense that the client’s Self becomes the good attachment figure to their insecure or avoidant parts. I was initially amazed to discover that …"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

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20. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

By: Elif Shafak

4.09

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

An intensely powerful new novel from the best-selling author of The Bastard of Istanbul and Honour … read more

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"Grief is a swallow,"

-Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

"كانت ليلى هي الوحيدة التي اعتقدت أنه قادر على تحقيق الأشياء العظيمة"

-Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

"Because what was love if it wasn't nursing someone else's pain as if it wasn't your own?"

-Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

"How could meditation help you to quieten your mind when you needed to quieten your mind in order to meditate?"

-Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

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21. The Death of Vivek Oji

By: Akwaeke Emezi

4.13

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Raised by a distant father and an understanding but overprotective mother, Vivek suffers disorienti… read more

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"Love and guilt sometimes taste the same, you know"

-Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

"They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died."

-Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

"Somewhere, you see, in the river of time, I am already alive."

-Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

"He smelled like grass and wind and clothes that had been dried in the sun."

-Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

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22. The Confession

By: Jessie Burton

3.91

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

One winter's afternoon on Hampstead Heath in 1980, Elise Morceau meets Constance Holden and quickly… read more

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"[...] And women are always like that.' 'What do you mean?' 'Well, all the women I know who've left long-term relationships in their thirties checked out of it long before they actually did. They went…"

-Jessie Burton, The Confession

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23. Systems Theory and Family Therapy: A Primer

By: Raphael J. Becvar

3.78

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

This book provides an overview of the basic concepts of a systems theoretical perspective using fam… read more

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  • counselling
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24. Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do

By: John A. Bargh

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Dr. John Bargh, the world’s leading expert on the unconscious mind, presents a “brilliant and convi… read more

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  • psychology
"When we do something others frown upon, we say “I didn’t mean it"

-John A. Bargh, Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do

"On any given day, how much of what we say, feel, and do is under our conscious control? More important, how much is not? And most crucial of all: If we understood how our unconscious worked—if we kne…"

-John A. Bargh, Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do

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25. Satir Step by Step: A Guide to Creating Change in Families

By: Virginia Satir

4.06

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Annotated transcript of Satir conducting family therapy -- showing what she's thinking and how she … read more

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  • psychology
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26. Karma and Reincarnation: The Key to Spiritual Evolution and Enlightenment

By: Hiroshi Motoyama

4.06

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Karma is the moral law of cause and effect. This law assumes that every action bears an equivalent … read more

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9 best-selling psychology books like Satir Step by Step: A Guide to Creating Change in Families by Virginia Satir

Transform Your Habits

Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends

Michael White , David Epston

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

Judith Lewis Herman

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child

John Bradshaw

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Dibs in Search of Self

Virginia M. Axline

4.32

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6 best-selling grad school books like Systems Theory and Family Therapy: A Primer by Raphael J. Becvar

Transform Your Habits

Family Therapy: An Overview

Irene Goldenberg

3.62

Transform Your Habits

Counseling Theory and Practice (PSY 641 Introduction to Psychotherapy)

Edward S. Neukrug

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Systems Theory and Family Therapy: A Primer

Raphael J. Becvar

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Modern Psychotherapies: A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal

Stanton L. Jones

3.82

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