From the Book Review Editor

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ETHICS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING: A PRACTICAL GUIDE (2nd Edition), by Kenneth S. Pope and Melba J. T. Vasquez (1998). San Francisco: Jossey Bass. Reviewed by Paula J. Caplan.

BREASTS: THE WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVE ON AN AMERICAN OBSESSION, by Carolyn Latteier (1998). New York: Harrington Park Press. Reviewed by Joan C. Chrisler.

LOOKING QUEER: BODY IMAGE AND IDENTITY IN LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITIES, edited by Dawn Atkins. New York: Harrington Park Press, $29.95, paperback. Reviewed by Christine Smith.

THE LAST TIME I WORE A DRESS, by Daphne Scholinski with Jane Meredith Adams (1997). New York: Riverhead Books, $23.95, hardback. Reviewed by Claudette Kulkarni.

AFTER SILENCE: RAPE AND MY JOURNEY BACK, by Nancy Venable Raine (1998). New York: Crown Publications, Inc., $23.00, hardback. ISBN: 0-517-70683-0. Reviewed by Lisa Cosgrove.     

A Review of “A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion”

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HOLMAN OLD TESTAMENT COMMENTARY: EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS. Glen S. Martin. Nashville, TN: Broadman &; Holman Publishers, 2002, 387 pp., $19.99. Reviewed by Gregg Watson.

THE WESTMINSTER DICTIONARY OF NEW TESTAMENT AND EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND RHETORIC. David E. Aune. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003, xii, 595 pp., ISBN: 0-664-21917-9, $49.95. Reviewed by Iren L. Snavely, Jr.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION AND WAR, Routledge Encyclopedias of Religion and Society Series. Edited by Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez. New York &; London: Routledge, 2004, 512 pp., 33 b/w illustrations, ISBN: 0-415-94246-2, $125.00. Reviewed by Al Vara.

READING IS BELIEVING: THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGH LITERATURE AND FILM. David S. Cunningham. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2002, 237 pp., $18.99. Reviewed by Robert F. Darden III.

UNDERSTANDING THE HADITH: THE SACRED TRADITIONS OF ISLAM. Ram Swarup. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2002, 258 pp., $22.00. Reviewed by Jeannie Colson.

AN INDEX TO ENGLISH PERIODICAL LITERATURE ON THE OLD TESTAMENT AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES, Vol. VIII, ATLA Bibliography Series, 21. Compiled and edited by William G. Hupper. Lanham, MD and London: The American Theological Library Association, and The Scarecrow Press, 1999, 483 pp., $70.00. Reviewed by John Dickason.

BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF EVANGELICALS. Editor: Timothy Larsen; Consulting Editors: David Bebbington and Mark Noll. Leicester, England and Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2003, 816 pp., $45.00. Reviewed by J. Michael Garrett.

LOGOS BIBLE SOFTWARE SERIES X-SCHOLAR'S LIBRARY (QB). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, 2004, $599.95, CDROM or DVD. Reviewed by Jason D. Baker.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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THEORY-BASED TREA TMENT PLANNING FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS, by Diane R. Gehart and Amy R. Tuttle. Pacific Grove, CA, Wadsworth, 2003, 269 pp., $46.95 (paper). Reviewed by Toni Schindler Zimmerman.

OLDER COUPLES-NEW COUPLINGS: FINDING AND KEEPING LOVE IN LATER LIFE, by Edith Kemp and Jerrold Kemp. Bloomington, IN: Unlimited Publishing, 2001, 384 pp., $14.95 (paper). [Also published as Older Couples-New Romances: Finding and Keeping Love in Later Life Ten Speed Press, 2002]. Reviewed by Christine Fruhauf.

ASPERGERS IN LOVE: COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS AND FAMILY AFFAIRS, by Maxine Aston. London and New York: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003, 232 pp., $22.95 (paper). Reviewed by Deborah J. Fidler.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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PRE-OBJECT RELATEDNESS: EARLY ATTACHMENT AND THE PSYCHOANALYTIC SITUATION. Kumin, Ivri. New York, NY: The Guilford Press, 1996, pp. 210. Reviewed by Lucia Imbesi.

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT. Bloch, H. Spencer. Madison, CT: International Universities Press, 1995, 417 pages, $50.00. Reviewed by Theresa Aiello-Gerber.

SÁNDOR FERENCZI: THE PSYCHOTHERAPIST OF TENDERNESS AND PASSION. Rachman, Arnold W. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1997, 464 pages, $60. Reviewed by Etty Cohen.     

Power Issues in Therapists

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COUPLES IN TREATMENT: TECHNIQUES AND APPROACHES FOR EFFECTIVE PRACTICE (SECOND EDITION). Gerald R. Weeks and Stephen R. Treat. Philadelphia, PA: Brunner-Routledge, 2001, 288 pp. $34.43 (hardback). Reviewed by Kevin P. Lyness.

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SEX THERAPY, 3RD EDITION. Edited by Sandra R. Leiblum and Raymond C. Rosen. New York: Guilford Press, 2000, 514 pp., $50.00 (hardback). Reviewed by Kristen Ullstrup.

ADULT ATTACHMENT AND COUPLE PSYCHOTHERAPY: THE ‘SECURE BASE’ IN PRACTICE AND RESEARCH. Edited b) Christopher Clulow. Philadelphia, PA: Brunner-Routledge, 2001, 22t pp., $60.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Zeynep Biringen.

VALUES-SENSITIVE FAMILY THERAPY WITH DR. BILL DOH-ERTY: FAMILY THERAPY WITH THE EXPERTS. Jon Carlson, Diane Kjos, and William J. Doherty. Boston, MA: Allyn &; Bacon, 2001, $68.00 (VHS Videotape), $94.00 (Video with CE Quiz). Reviewed by Zepnep Biringen.     

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HANDBOOK OF ATTACHMENT: THEORY, RESEARCH, AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS. Cassidy, Jude and Shaver, Phillip R. New York: Guilford Press, 1999, 925 pages. Reviewed by Margaret M. Tulley.

BECOMING AND BEING A WOMAN. Lax, Ruth E Northvale, New Jersey/London: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1997, 253 pages. Reviewed by Robin MacDonald.     

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THE ANALYST IN THE INNER CITY; RACE, CLASS, AND CULTURE THROUGH A PSYCHOANALYTIC LENS. Altaian, N. Hillsdak, New Jersey/London: The Analytic Press, 1995, 188 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Robin MacDonald.

BALANCING EMPATHY AND INTERPRETATION: RELATIONAL CHARACTER ANALYSIS. Josephs, Lawrence, New Jersey: Jason Awn-son. Inc., 1995, 435pages, $48.00. Reviewed by Donna Jacobs.

THE BIRTH OF HATRED. Akhtar, Salman, Selma Kramer, and Henri Parens (Eds.) Northvale, NJ/London: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1995, 184pp., $27.50. Reviewed by Yaffa Weitzman.

CREATING THE CAPACITY FOR ATTACHMENT: TREATING ADDICTIONS AND THE ALIENATED SELF. Walant, K, Norlhvak, New Jerseysol;London: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1996, 320 pages, $40.00. Reviewed by Maryellen Noonan.     

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REINTERPRETING MENOPAUSE: CULTURAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES. P. KOMESAROFF, P. ROTHFIELD and J. DALY (Eds.). Routledge, New York and London, 1997. pp. 280. UK £16.50. ISBN 0-415-91565-1.

INFERTILITY: PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES AND COUNSELING STRATEGIES. SANDRA R. LEIBLUM (Ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1997. i-x + 278 pages. ISBN 0-471-12684-5 UK £39.95 hbk.

HANDBOOK OF PAIN AND AGING: PLENUM SERIES IN ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING. Edited by DAVID I. MOSTOFSKY and JACOB LOMRANZ. Plenum Press, New York, USA, 1997. pp. 386. ISBN 0-306-45458-0.     

A Review of “Still Practicing: The Heartaches and Joys of a Clinical Career”

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INSIDE OUT AND OUTSIDE IN, PSYCHODYNAMIC CLINICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE IN CONTEMPORARY MULTICULTURAL CONTEXTS. Berzoff, Joan, Laura Melano Flanagan, and Patricia Hertz, Editors. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson, 1996, $45.00. Reviewed by Irene Chung.     

Hope Beyond the Void

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CONTAINING RAGE, TERROR, AND DESPAIR: AN OBJECT RELATIONS APPROACH TO PSYCHOTHERAPY. Seinfeld, Jeffrey. Norihvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson, 1996, 240 pages, $35.     

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CHURCHGOING AND CHRISTIAN ETHICS. Robin Gill. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, 277pp., NP. Reviewed by Lee Canipe.     

Making Connections

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LEARNING FROM OUR MISTAKES: BEYOND DOGMA IN PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY, by Patrick Casement. The Guilford Press: New York and London, 2002, 150 pp. Reviewed by Brian Rasmussen.     

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The Evolving Mind BEN GOERTZEL, Gordon and Breach, 1993, cloth. ISBN 2–88124–587–0, pp. 260, index

From Power to Partnership: Creating the Future of Love, Work, and Community ALFONSO MONTUORI AND ISABELLA CONTI San Francisco: HarperSanFrisco. 1993, paper. ISBN 0–06–250548–3, $13.00 USD pp. 281 includes index

Applied Chaos Theory: A Paradigm For Complexity A. B. CAMBEL, Academic Press, 1993, cloth; pp. 260, index; 38 USD     

The Remarkable Explanatory Power of Neurobiology

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NEUROBIOLOGY FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK: THEORY AND PRACTICE, by Jeffrey S. Applegate and Janet R. Shapiro. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005, $29.95, 248 pp. Reviewed by Linda A. Chernus, MSW, LISW, BCD     

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COUPLES ON THE FAULT LINE: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR THERAPISTS. Peggy Papp (Ed.). New York: Guilford, 2000, 334 pp. $35.00 (cloth). Reviewed by Anne M. Prouty.

THE DARK SIDE OF CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS. Brian H. Spitzberg and William R. Cupach (Eds.) Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998,393 pp., $99.95 (hardback), and $45.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Glade L. Topham.

PREVENTIVE APPROACHES IN COUPLES THERAPY. Rony Berger and Mo Therese Hannah (Eds.). Philadelphia: BrunnerIMazel, 1999, 442 pp., $39.95 (cloth). Reviewed by Marsha T. Carolan.

MARITAL DISTRESS: COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS FOR COUPLES. Jill H. Rathus and William C. Sanderson. New Jersey: Jason Aronson Inc., 1999, 378pp., $40.00 (cloth). Reviewed by Bruce Kuehl.

COPING WITH DIVORCE, SINGLE PARENTING, AND REMARRIAGE: A RISK AND RESILIENCE PERSPECTIVE. E. Mavis Hetherington (Ed.) New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1999,359 pp., $79.95 (cloth), $36.00 (paper). Reviewed by Maureen Semans.     

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CREATIVITY IN PSYCHOTHERAPY: REACHING NEW HEIGHTS WITH INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES, AND FAMILIES, Carson, David K., and Kent W. Becker. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Clinical Practice Press, c2003, 237 pp., ISBN 0789015781. Reviewed by Stella Kerl.

CELLULAR WISDOM: DECODING THE BODY'S SECRET LANGUAGE, King, Joan C. Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts, c2004, 270 pp., ISBN 1587611880. Reviewed by Stella Kerl.     

A Review of “Catch Them Before They Fall: The Psychoanalysis of Breakdown”

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THE SUPERVISORY ENCOUNTER. Jacobs, Daniel, Paul David, and Donald Jay Meyer, New Haven, CT: Yale University, 1995, 285 pages, $l32.50. Reviewed by Constance C. Hendrickson.

THE LANGUAGE OF PERVERSION AND THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE. Bach, Sheldon. Northvale, NJ/London: Jason Aronson, 1994, 202pages, $40.00. Reviewed by Ezra Teitelbaum.     

Book Reviews

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Disablement in the communityDonald L. Patrick and Hedley Peach (eds), Oxford University Press 1989, pp. 227.

Applications in health psychologyMarie Johnston and Theresa Marteau (eds), New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers 1989, pp. 155.

Current developments in health psychologyPaul Bennett, John Weinman, and Peter Spurgeon (eds), Chur, Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers 1990 pp. 358.

ANXIETY PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL PERSPECTIVESN. Sartorius, V. Andreoli, G. Cassano, L. Eisenberg, P. Kielholz, P. Pancheri and G. Racagni (eds), New York: Hemisphere Publishing Corporation 1990

HOMESICKNESS, COGNITION AND HEALTHShirley Fisher (ed). London: Erlbaum Associates 1989 pp. 141.

CHRONIC ILLNESS DURING CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCEPSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS. William T. Garrison and Susan McQuiston (eds). London: Sage 1989 pp. 160     

Book reviews and books received

Counselling and spirituality Lyall, D. 1995 Counselling in the Pastoral and Spiritual Context Buckingham, Open University Press ISBN 0-335-19162-2 £10.99

Career counselling Seligman, L. 1994 Developmental Career Counseling and Assessment (2nd ed.) London, Sage ISBN 0-8039-5804-8 £19.95

Women's careers Walsh, W.B. &; Osipow, S.H. (Eds), 1994 Career Counseling for Women Hove, Erlbaum ISBN 0-8058-1035-8 £53.50

Crisis? what crisis? Dattilio, F.M. &; Freeman, A. (Eds), 1994 Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies in Crisis Intervention New York, Guilford ISBN 0-89862-221-2 £25.00

Guidance on research methods McLeod, J. 1994 Doing Counselling Research London, Sage ISBN 0 8039 7804 9 £10.95

Barker, C. Pistrang, N. &; Elliott, R. 1994 Research Methods in Clinical and Counselling Psychology Chichester, Wiley ISBN 0-471-93612-X £29.95

Research into creative therapies Gilroy, T. &; Lee, C. (Eds), 1995 Art and Music Therapy and Research London, Routledge ISBN 0-415-10045-3 £37.50 (hardback); £15.99 (paperback)

Treating stress Palmer, S. &; Dryden, W. 1995 Counselling for Stress Problems London, Sage ISBN 0-8039-8863-X £12.95

Breast cancer Batt, S. 1994 Patient No More: the Politics of Breast Cancer London, Scarlet Press ISBN 1-85727-167-3 £10.99

Supervision Feltham, C. &; Dryden, W. 1994 Developing Counsellor Supervision London, Sage ISBN 0-8039-8939-3 £9.95     

BOOK REVIEW: CREATIVITY AND LITERATURE

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COUNSELING ADULTS IN TRANSITION: LINKING THEORY WITH PRACTICE, (3RD ED.). Jane Goodman, Nancy K. Schloss-berg, and Mary L. Anderson. (2006). New York: Springer Publishing Company. Hardback. ISBN: 0-8261-3784-9. 334 pp. Reviewed by Margaret Costantino.