These books are cornerstone textbooks for beginning (and even more advanced) psychotherapists. A broad range of approaches to psychotherapy is included.
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Long-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Basic Text (Core Competencies in Psychotherapy)
Glen O. Gabbard
Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology: Caring for the Treatment-Resistant Patient
David Mintz
Being a Brain-Wise Therapist: A Practical Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
Bonnie Badenoch
Psychoanalytic Diagnosis
Nancy McWilliams
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse
Zindel V. Segal
The Mindful Therapist: A Clinician's Guide to Mindsight and Neural Integration (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
Daniel J. Siegel
Get Out of Your Mind & Into Your Life: The New Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Library Edition
Steven C. Hayes
Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond
Judith S. Beck
Beginnings, Second Edition: The Art and Science of Planning Psychotherapy
Mary Jo Peebles
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk
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