 | The Heroic Client: Doing Client-directed, Outcome-informed Therapy by Barry Duncan
Buy used from: £21.69 The 5 D's of diagnosis, disorder, dysfunction, disease & deficit, fail too many clients. The authors recast the Heroic Clients goals and 'theory of change' as key to successful therapy or coaching.
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 | Psychotherapy with Impossible Cases: The Efficient Treatment of Therapy Victims (A Norton professional book) by B Duncan
Buy new: £20.90 / Used from: £14.99 Successful outcomes occur with even heartsink cases when therapy/coaching accommodates the client's worldview and theory of change. Trust the therapy veterans' own resources and capabilities.
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 | The Heart and Soul of Change: What Works in Therapy
Buy new: £19.55 / Used from: £32.31 Extensive review of evidence for "what really works" in psychotherapy: it outlines ideas to leverage the common factors that make therapeutic outcomes more effective. Emphasises clients resources.
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 | How Clients Make Therapy Work: The Process of Active Self-healing by Arthur C. Bohart
Buy used from: £136.15 Extensive research recognises the client as the most important contributor to significant change in therapy/coaching: credits the clients strengths and competence in creating a successful outcome.
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 | The Great Psychotherapy Debate: Models, Methods, and Findings by Bruce E. Wampold
Buy new: £18.40 / Used from: £23.06 Factual review argues that therapy works mostly via general therapeutic effects, rather than method or technique-specific benefits. Clients deserve more than to be subjected to SOP manual procedures.
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 | What You Can Change? (Fawcett Book) by Seligman
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £0.07 Candid exploration of the efficacy of interventions for common problems. Outdated in places, Seligmans review is still useful on the likely benefits of psychotherapy or a self-improvement technique.
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 | Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment by Martin Seligman
Buy used from: £12.14 Learn about Signature Strengths and how you can leverage them to improve your happiness and the positive emotions that are positively correlated with success in your social, family, and working life.
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 | Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman
Buy new: £6.44 / Used from: £0.98 Well documented practical guide to the emotions and their powerful affect on physical, emotional, and social well-being in the arenas of work and personal life. EQ has more predictive power than IQ.
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 | The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People by David Niven
Buy used from: £0.01 Extensive research identifies 100 practices, attitudes, and habits that can transform an unhappy existence into a meaningful and happy life. There are simple strategies to incorporate appealing ideas.
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 | Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Buy used from: £4.29 Changes your perspective on what consumes your time and attention. Understanding what absorbs and challenges you can prompt re-crafting of work and leisure activities to spend more time in flow.
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 | Changing for Good by James O. Prochaska
Buy new: £5.79 / Used from: £3.61 Classifies the stages and processes of change from studies of successful self-changers across various problems/addictions: it is vital to match the process of change to the clients stage of change.
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 | Falling for Therapy: Psychotherapy from a Client's Point of View by Anna Sands
Buy new: £17.02 / Used from: £15.00 Questions the ethics and legitimacy of psychotherapy as a profession: highlights the need for better public information about what makes therapy effective and how therapists handle ethical conflicts.
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