BOOK REVIEWS

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FAMILY TREATMENT OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS: ADVANCES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE. Malcolm M. MacFarlane, (Ed.). Binghamton, New York: Haworth Press, 2004, 409pp., $34.95. (paperback). Reviewed by William F. Murray.

THE DARK SIDE OF RELATIONSHIP PURSUIT: FROM ATTRACTION TO OBSESSION AND STALKING. William R. Cupach and Brian H. Spitzberg. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004, 336pp., $69.95 (hardback), $32.50 (paperback). Reviewed by Dynesha D. Mason.

DIVORCE AND FAMILY MEDIATION: MODELS, TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS, Jay Folberg, Ann Milne, and Peter Salem, (Eds). New York: Guildford Press, 2004, 576pp., $67.00 (hardcover). Reviewed by Susan M. Boyan.     

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.     

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.     

Notes on the Existential Psychotherapist as a Host in Couples Therapy

EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED COUPLE THERAPY WITH TRAUMA SURVIVORS: STRENGTHENING ATTACHMENT BONDS. Susan M. Johnson. New York: Guilford, 2002, 228 pp., $30.00 (hardcover). Reviewed by Connie Salts.

COUPLES IN CONFLICT. Edited by Alan Booth, Ann Crouter, and Mari Clement. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001, 304 pp., $59.95 (hardback). Reviewed by Kyle D. Killian.

CONFLICT AND DECISION-MAKING IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS. Erich Kirchler, Christa Rodler, Eric Holzl, &; Katja Meier. Philadelphia, PA: Taylor &; Francis, 2001, 272 pp., $62.95 (hardcover). Reviewed by Anna K. Hultquist.

CLOSE ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENT. Edited by John Harvey and Amy Wenzel. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2001, 400 pp., $89.95 (hardback), $37.50 (paperback). Reviewed by Mark Odell.

A CLINICIAN'S GUIDE TO MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS. Edited by John Harvey and Amy Wenzel. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2002, 342 pp., $79.95 (hardback), $36.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Mark Odell.

BEYOND THE MYTH OF MARITAL HAPPINESS: HOW EMBRACING THE VIRTUES OF LOYALTY, GENEROSITY, JUSTICE AND COURAGE CAN STRENGTHEN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS. Blaine Fowers. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2000, 241 pp., $25.00 (hardback). Reviewed by Roy Bean.     

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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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.     

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.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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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.     

Stimulus Properties of the Blacky Pictures Test

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Buss, A. H. Psychology of Aggression. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1961, Pp. X + 307, $7.95. Reviewed by Leonard D. Eron

Eiduson, Bernice T. Scientists—their psychological world. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1962. pp. 299, $6.50. Reviewed by John R. Weir

Ginott, Haim G. Group Psychotherapy with Children. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961, pp. 208. Reviewed by Gordon Filmer-Bennett

Holtzman, Wayne H., Thorpe, Joseph S., Swartz, Jon D., &; Herron, E. Wayne Inkblot perception and personality. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1961. 417 pp. $8.00. Reviewed by A. Barclay, Ph.D.

Ittelson, William H., Kutash, Samuel B., ed: Perceptual Changes in Psychopathology. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1961. 262 pp. $9.00. Reviewed by Donald L. Weston

Levitt, E. E. Clinical Research Design and Analysis in the Behavioral Sciences. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1961, pp. 199–xxii. $8.50. Reviewed by Wilson H. Guertin

Lindzey, Gardner. Projective Techniques &; Cross-Cultural Research. Published by Appleton, Century-Crofts, Inc., N.Y., 1961, 339 pp., $6.00. Reviewed by Sohan Lal Sharma, Ph.D.

Clifton, James A. and Levine, David. Klamath Personalities: Ten Rorschach Case Studies, University of Oregon Press, Eugene, 1961, 80 pp. Reviewed by Sohan Lal Sharma, Ph.D.     

Psychoanalysis,Social Justice,and the Therapeutic Endeavor

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FREUD'S FREE CLINICS: PSYCHOANALYSIS & SOCIAL JUSTICE, 1918–1938, by Elizabeth Ann Danto. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, $29.50, 348 pp. Reviewed by William Borden     

Book Reviews

DesLauriers, Austin. The experience of reality in childhood schizophrenia. New York: International University Press, 1962, pp. 215. Reviewed by Sohan Lal Sharma.

Farberow, Norman L., Ph. D. and Shneidman, Edwin S., Ph. D., The Cry for Help, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961, 388 pp., $9.95. Reviewed by Irving R. Stone.

Hirt, Michael (Ed.) Rorschach Science. New York: Glencoe Free Press. 1962. Pp. ix + 438. $8.50 Reviewed by Marvin R. Goldfried.

Kataguchi, Yasufumi, editor. Rorschachiana Japonica, Volume 5. Tokyo Institute of Rorschach Research, Seishin Book Co., 1962, Pp. 275. Reviewed by Bertram R. Forer.

Klopfer, B. & Davidson, Helen. The Rorschach Technique:: An Introductory Manual. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962, pp. 245. Reviewed by Mortimer M. Meyer.

Tomkins, Silvan S. Affect, Imagery, Consciousness. Vol. I, “The Positive Affects”. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 1962. Reviewed by S. Z. Dudek.

Tallent, Norman. Clinical psychological consultation: A rationale and guide to team practice. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1963. Pp. xviii and 298. Reviewed by Dale Higbee.     

Experimenter Modeling Effects as Determinants of Subject's Responses

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Ames, Louise Bates, Metraux, Ruth W., Walker, Richard N. Adolescent Rorschach Responses. New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1959, xi plus 313. $8.50. Reviewed by Mortimer M. Meyer

Bass, B. F. and Berg, I. A. Objective Approaches to Personality Assessment. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1959, pp. x-233. $4.95. Reviewed by Wilson H. Guertin

Bellak, L. (Ed.), Ostow, M., Pumpian-Mindlin, E., Stanton, A. H., and Szasz, T. S. Conceptual and methodological problems in psychoanalysis. New York: Annals of the N. Y. Academy of Sciences, 1959, p. 973–1134. Reviewed by A. I. Rabin

Buros, Oscar K. (Ed.) The fifth mental measurements yearbook. Highland Park, N.J.: Gryphon Press, 1959. Reviewed by Bertram R. Forer

Caligor, Leopold. A New Approach to Figure Drawing. Springfield, III.: Charles Thomas, Publisher, 1957, pp. 148, $4.50. Reviewed by Emanuel F. Hammer, Ph.D.

Hallower, Molly. Personality Change and Development. New York and London: Grune &; Stratton. 1958. 383 pp. $10.00. Reviewed by Theodore H. Blau

Ledwith, Nettie H. Rorschach responses of elementary school children. Pittsburgh: Univ. Pittsburgh Press, 1959. Reviewed by Mortimer M. Meyer

Tomkins, Silvan S. and Miner, John B. PAT Interpretation. Springer Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1959. 184 pp. Reviewed by Leonard P. Ullmann     

Book Reviews

Dana, Richard H., Foundations of clinical psychology: problems in personality and adjustment, Princeton, N.J.: Van Nostrand, 1966, 322 pp. Reviewed by Vincent Glaudin

Goldstein, Arnold P., Heller, Kenneth, and Sechrest, Lee B., Psychotherapy and the psychology of behavior change. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1966, 492 p., $8.95. Reviewed by Sohan Lal Sharma

Phillips, Herbert P., Thai peasant personality, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1965, Pp. 231, $6.00. Reviewed by Irving R. Stone

Hudson, Liam. Contrary imaginations: A psychological study of the young student. New York: Schocken Books, Inc., 1966, 181 pp., $4.95. Reviewed by Dale D. Simmons, Ph.D.

Kantor, Robert E., & Herron, William G., Reactive and process schizophrenia. Palo Alto: Science & Behavior, 1966, 184 pp. Reviewed by Ernest Kramer

Atkinson, John W. & Feather, Norman T. A theory of achievement motivation. New York: John Wiley, 1966, 392 + x. Reviewed by Clifford H. Swensen

Goldberg, Miriam, L., Passow, Harry, A., & Justman, Joseph. The effects of ability grouping. New York: Teachers College Press, 1966, 254 pp. Reviewed by Samuel I. Goldstein

White, Mary Alice & Charry, June. School disorder, intelligence, and social class. New York: Teachers College Press, 1966, 92 pp., $2.25. Reviewed by Kevin M. Mitchell

Raychaudhuri, Manas. Studies in artistic creativity: Personality structure of the musician. Calcutta: Rabindra Bharati, 1966, 256 pp., Rs. $15.00. Reviewed by Dell Lebo

Glasser, Alan J. & Zimmerman, Irla Lee, Clinical interpretation of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. New York & London: Grune & Stratton, 1967. pp. 152. Reviewed by Ronald E. Smith     

A Reply to Pugh's “Note on the Vorhaus Configurations of Reading Disability”

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Beach, H. D. &; Lucas, R. A. (Eds.) Individual and Group Behavior in a Coal Mine Disaster. Disaster Research Group, Study Number 13. National Academy of Sciences — National Research Council, Publication 834. Washington, D. C., 1960. $3.00. 160pp. Reviewed by Albert Eglash

Beck, S. J., Beck, Anne G., Levitt, E. E., and Molish, H. B. Rorschach's Test. I. Basic Processes. Third Ed. Revised. New York: Grune and Stratton, 1961, 237 + X pp. Reviewed by Murray Levine

Carr, A. C., Forer, B. R., Henry, W. E., Hooker, Evelyn, Hutt, Max L., and Piotrowski, Z. A. The Prediction of Overt Behavior Through the Use of Projective Techniques. American Lecture Series Monog. Springfield, III.: Chas. Thomas, Publisher, 1960, Pp. 177. $6.50. Reviewed by Stephanie Z. Dudek

Cattell, R. B. and Scheier, I. H. The Meaning and Measurement of Neuroticism and Anxiety. New York: Ronald Press, 1961, pp. 535. $12.00. Reviewed by Wilson H. Guertin

Fein, L. G., The Three-Dimensional Personality Test. International Universities Press, New York. 1960. pp. xii + 324, $6.75. Reviewed by Theodore H. Blau

Hiltmann, H. Kompendium der Psychodiagnostischen Testen. Berne: Huber, 1960, 252 pps. Reviewed by Fred J. Goldstein

Kaplan, Bert (Ed.) Studying Personality Cross-culturally. Evanston, III.: Row, Peterson and Co., 1961. ix + 687. $8.50. Reviewed by Norman D. Sundberg

Meili, Richard Lehrbuch Der Psychologischen Diagnostik (Textbook of Psychological Diagnostics), 476 pages including index. Bern und Stuttgart: Hans Huber, 1961. $9.50. Reviewed by Z. A. Piotrowski

Peck, Robert F., Havighurst, Robert J., and associates: The Psychology of Character Development. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1960. 267 pp. $6.50. Reviewed by Dale L. Johnson

Symonds, P. M. with Jensen, A. R., From Adolescent to Adult. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961. Pp. x + 413. Reviewed by Murray H. Sherman     

BOOK REVIEWS

HANDBOOK OF RELIGION AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS. Edited by Helen Rose Ebaugh. New York: Springer, 2005. xxii + 439 pp. $199.00 cloth, $69.95 paper.
A CHURCH OF OUR OWN: DISESTABLISHMENT AND DIVERSITY IN AMERICAN RELIGION. By R. Stephen Warner. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2005. ix + 307 pp. $65.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.
SACRED CIRCLES, PUBLIC SQUARES: THE MULTICENTERING OF AMERICAN RELIGION, by Arthur E. Farnsley II, N. J. Demerath III, Etan Diamond, Mary Mapes, and Elfriede Wedam. Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2004. 272 pp. $45.00 cloth.
SAVING SOULS, SERVING SOCIETY: UNDERSTANDING THE FAITH FACTOR IN CHURCH-BASED SOCIAL MINISTRY. By Heidi Rolland Unruh and Ronald J. Sider. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 323 pp. $35.00 cloth.
POLITICS AND RELIGION IN THE WHITE SOUTH. Edited by Glenn Feldman. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2005. xiii + 386 pp. $55.00 cloth.
AGAINST ALL ODDS: THE STRUGGLE FOR RACIAL INTEGRATION IN RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. By Brad Christerson, Korie L. Edwards, and Michael O. Emerson. New York: New York University Press, 2005. ix + 197 pp. $55.00 cloth; $19.00 paper.
A MOSAIC OF BELIEVERS: DIVERSITY AND INNOVATION IN A MULTIETHNIC CHURCH. By Gerardo Marti. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2005. ix + 239 pp. $39.95 cloth.
T. D. JAKES: AMERICA'S NEWEST PREACHER. By Shayne Lee. New York: New York University Press, 2005. x+201 pp. $27.95 cloth.
QUOTING GOD: HOW MEDIA SHAPE IDEAS ABOUT RELIGION AND CULTURE. Edited by Claire Hoertz Badaracco. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2005. xv + 307 pp. $$29.95 paper.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN A SHOW LIKE VEGGIE TALES: SACRED MESSAGES IN A SECULAR MARKET. By Hillary Warren. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press. 2005. $55.00 cloth, $19.95 paper.
SCHOLARSHIP AND CHRISTIAN FAITH: ENLARGING THE CONVERSATION. By Douglas Jacobsen and Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. viii–190 pp. $35.00 cloth.     

Reviews: Books, Art

THREE MOTHERS THREE DAUGHTERS: PALESTINIAN WOMEN'S STORIES. By Michael Gorkin and Rafiqa Othman. New York: Other Press, 2000, $20 (softcover printing of 1996 University of California Press book). BREATHING SPACE: A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY IN THE SOUTH BRONX. By Heidi B. Neumark. 286 pp. Boston: Beacon Press, 2003. $25. KNOCKING ON HEAVEN'S DOOR: AMERICAN RELIGION IN THE AGE OF COUNTERCULTURE. By Mark Oppenheimer. 285 pp. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003. $30. PROFILES OF PLAY: ASSESSING AND OBSRVING STRUCTURE AND PROCESS IN PLAY THERAPY. By Saralea Chazan. 224 pp. London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002. $24.95. THE HAPPINESS PARADOX. By Ziyad Marar. 209 pp. London: Reakition Books, 2003. $19.95. GOD AT THE EDGE: SEARCHING FOR THE DIVINE IN UNCOMFORTABLE AND UNEXPECTED PLACES. By Niles Elliot Goldstein. 197 pp. New York: Random House, 2003. $22. THE RURAL LIFE. By Verlyn Klinkenborg. 213 pp. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2003. $20. OAXACA JOURNAL. By Oliver Sacks. 159 pp. Washington, DC: National Geographic Directions, 2002. $20. THE MAYS OF VENTADORA. By W.S. Merwin. 159 pp. Washington, DC: National Geographic Directions, 2002, $20.     

Reviews: Books Photography

RELATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS: THE EMERGENCE OF A TRADITION. Edited by Stephen A. Mitchell and Lewis Aron. 514 pp. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press, 1999. $39.95. D.H. LAWRENCE AND THE PARADOXES OF PSYCHIC LIFE. By Barbara Ann Schapiro. 155 pp. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999. $17.95. TECHNOLOGY AS MAGIC: THE TRIUMPH OF THE IRRATIONAL. By Richard Stivers. 240 pp. New York: Continuum Press. 1999. $24. REFLECTIONS ON A RAVAGED CENTURY. By Robert Conquest. 317 pp. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000, $27.95. THE MYSTERIES WITHIN A SURGEON REFLECTS ON MEDICAL MYTHS. By Sherwin B. Nuland. 274 pp. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000, $24.00. DISEASE, PAIN, AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR. By Elisabeth Stenager and Egon Stenager. 127 pp. New York: The Haworth Medical Press, 1998. $17.95. TRAUMA ASSESSMENTS: A CLINICIAN'S GUIDE. By E. B. Carlson. 307 pp. New York: The Guilford Press, 1997. $30. ON INFANCY AND TODDLERHOOD: AN ELEMENTARY TEXTBOOK. By David A. Freedman, M.D. 247 pp. Madison: International Universities Press, Inc., 1999. $27.95. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE. By Mitch Albom. 192 pp. New York: Doubleday, 1997. $21. THE SORROWS OF THE QUAKER JESUS; JAMES NAYLER AND THE PURITAN CRACKDOWN ON THE FREE SPIRIT. By Leo Damrosch. 322 pp. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996, $39.95. THE PASTORAL CARE OF DEPRESSION: A GUIDEBOOK. By Binford W. Gilbert. 127 pp. New York: The Haworth Pastoral Press, 1998. $19.95. LEARNING DISABILITIES AND PSYCHIC CONFLICT: A PSYCHOANALYTIC CASEBOOK. By Arden Aibel Rothstein, Ph.D., and Jules Glenn, M.D. 504 pp. Madison: International Universities Press, Inc., 1999. $78. HAUNTED CHILDREN: RETHINKING MEDICATION OF COMMON PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS. By Arthur F. Roemmelt, MD. 196 pp. New York: State University of New York Press, 1998. $17.95. NAVIGATING THE DEEP RIVER: SPIRITUALITY IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES. By Archie Smith, Jr. 181 pp. Cleveland, Ohio: United Church Press, 1997. $15.95. AL-JUNUN: MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD. Edited by Ihsan Al-Issa. 382 pp. Madison: International Universities Press, 2000. $48. Witnessing the Lack of Sanctuary     

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     

Suggestions for an Improved M-Limits Technique

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Bennett, Edward. Personality Assessment and Diagnosis. New York: Ronald Press, 1961 Reviewed by Theodore H. Blau

Honkavaara, Sylvia, The psychology of expression, Cambridge University Press, 1961; British Journal of Psychology, Monograph XXXII, pp. 96. $4.50 Reviewed by Hal M. Wells

Sherman, M. H. (ed.) A Rorschach Reader. New York: International Universities Press, 1960. $7.50. Reviewed by Melvin A. Gravitz, Ph.D.