Book reviews and books received

Counselling as a Career Ross, R, 1997 Oxford: Baldrick Press ISBN 0-9530477-0-9 £9-95

Which Psychotherapy?: Leading Exponents Explain their Differences Feltham, C. (Ed.), 1997 London: Sage ISBN 0-8039-7479-5 £12.95

An Introduction to Existential Psychotherapy Cohn, H. W., 1997 London: Sage ISBN 0-7619-5-109 £11.99

Therapeutic Work with Children and Young People Copley, B. & Forryan, B., 1997 London: Cassell ISBN 0-304-70010-X (hb); 0-304-70011-8 (pb) £16.99

Counselling in Terminal Care and Bereavement Parkes, C. M., Relf, M. & Couldrick, A., 1996 Leicester: British Psychological Society ISBN 1-85433-178-7 £14.99

The Gains of Listening Feltham, C., 1997 Buckingham: Open University Press ISBN 0-335-19280-7 £18.99     

Book reviews and books received

Paradox and Passion in Psychotherapy van Deurzen, E., 1998 Chichester: Wiley Isbn 0-471-97390-4 £14.95

Witness and Vision of the Therapists Feltham, C. (Ed.), 1998 London: Sage ISBN 0-7619-5158-X £13.99

Are You Sitting Uncomfortably?: Windy Dryden Live and Uncut Dryden, W., 1998 Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books ISBN 1-898059-18-7 £10.50 (discounts for buying direct)

The Integrative Power of Cognitive Therapy Alford, B.A. & Beck, A.T., 1997 New York: Guilford Press ISBN 1-57230-171-6 £11.95

Psychotherapy Counselling and Mental Health Care: Assessment for Brief or Longer-Term Treatment Burton, M., 1998 Chichester: Wiley ISBN 0-471-98228-8 £17.99

Career Counselling: a Narrative Approach Cochran, L., 1997 London: Sage ISBN 0-7619-0442-5 £14.99

Telling Tales: Perspectives on Guidance and Counselling in Learning Edwards, R., Harrison, R. & Tait, A.I. (Eds), 1998 London: Routledge ISBN 0-415-19443-1 £14.99

Taking Issue: Debates in Guidance and Counselling in Learning Crawford, M., Edwards, R. & Kydd, L. (Eds), 1998 London: Routledge ISBN 0-415-19667-1 £14.99     

Book Reviews and Books Received

Integrative Stress Counselling: a Humanistic Problem-Solving Approach Milner, P. & Palmer, S., 1998 London: Cassell ISBN 0-304-33492-8 £16.99

Person-Centred Therapy: a Revolutionary Paradigm Bozarth, J., 1998 Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books ISBN 1-898059-22-5 £15

The Presenting Past: the Core of Psycho-dynamic Counselling and Therapy (2nd edn) Jacobs, M., 1998 Buckingham: Open University Press ISBN 0-335-20196-2 £15.99

Sacred Science: Person-Centred Inquiry into the Spiritual and the Subtle Heron, J., 1998 Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books ISBN 1-898059-21-7 £14

Person-Centred Therapy: a European Perspective Thorne, B. & Lambers, E. (Eds) London: Sage ISBN 0-7619-5155-5 £14.99

New Skills for New Futures: Higher Education Guidance and Counselling Services in the European Union Watts, A.G. & van Esbroeck, R., 1998 Brussels: VUB University Press ISBN 90-5487-199-7 £12     

Activities of the member societies

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The impact and legacy of Karen Horney 1885-1952

The William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology White Institute Elects New Editor

News from the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, New York, USA

News from Brazil:

Conferences

The Karen Horney Psychoanalytic Institute and Center

The William Alanson White Institute

The VII Scientific Conference of IFPS was held in Munich, August 26-29th 1992. Theme: Psychoanalysis between conformity and opposition.

The V Nordic Conference for members from IFPS Societies in Finland, Norway and Sweden will be held near Stockholm, January 23-24, 1993.     

Book reviews

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THE INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE: Theory, Translation, Measurement and Analysis. Sally A. Shumaker and Richard Berzon (eds). Oxford: Rapid Communications of Oxford, 1995. 275 + vi pages. Price £80/US$125. ISBN 1-86560-004-7.

UNDERSTANDING DISABILITY. FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE (1996), MICHAEL OLIVER, BASINGSTOKE: Macmillan Press Ltd. UK £11.50 pbk. ISBN 0333599160.     

Book Reviews and Books Received

Person-Centred Counselling: an Experiential Approach Rennie, D.L., 1998 London: Sage ISBN 07619-5345-0 £12.95

From Hearing to Healing: Working with the Aftermath of Child Sexual Abuse (2nd edn) Bannistkr, A. (Ed.), 1998 Chichester: Wiley ISBN 0-471-98298-9 £14.99

The Ethical Use of Touch in Psychotherapy Hunter, M. & Struve, J., 1998 London: Sage ISBN 0-7619-0361-5 £17.99

After the Death of a Child: Living with Loss through the Years Finkbeiner, A.K., 1996 Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 0-8018-5914-X £13

Remembering Trauma: a Psychotherapist's Guide to Memory and Illusion Mollon, P., 1998 Chichester: Wiley ISBN 0-471-98214-8 £16-99

Counselling and Communication Skills for Medical and Health Practitioners Bayne, R., Nicolson, P. & Horton, I., 1998 Leicester: BPS Books ISBN 1-85433-256-2 £14.50

Counselling in Healthcare Settings Bor, R., Miller, R., Latz, M. & Salt, H. 1998 London: Cassell ISBN 0-304-33986-5 £15.99     

Book reviews and books received

Using REBT with Common Psychological Problems Yankura, J. & Dryden, W., 1997 New York: Springer ISBN 0-8261-9800-7 $33.95

Promoting Positive Behaviour O'Brien, T., 1998 London: David Fulton ISBN 1-85346-502-X £13.99

Person-Centred Counselling Training Mearns, D., 1997 London: Sage ISBN 0-7619-5290-X (hbk); 0-761-9-5291-8 (pbk) £35 (hbk); £14.99 (pbk)

Feminism and Psychotherapy: Reflections on Contemporary Theories and Practices Seu, I.B. & Heenan, M.C. (EDS), 1998 London: Sage ISBN 0-7619-5191-1 £14.99

Carl Rogers: a Critical Biography Cohen, D., 1998 London: Constable ISBN 0-09-477010-7 £20

Long-Term Counselling Shipton, G. & Smithe, E., 1998 London: Sage ISBN 0-7619-5030-3 £12.99

Making Vocational Choices: a Theory of Vocational Personalities and Work Environments (3rd edn) Holland, J.L., 1997 Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources ISBN 0-911907-27-0 $29.95     

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

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Chronic Illness: From Experience to Policy, edited by S. Kay Toombs, David Barnard, and Ronald A. Carson. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 1995. 221 pp. ISBN 0-253-36011-0. $27.95 hardback. Reviewed by Lee Combrinck-Graham.

S. Kay Toombs is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University and author of The Meaning of Illness.

David Barnard is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Humanities at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He is coauthor of Nourishing the Humanistic in Medicine: Interactions with the Social Sciences.

Ronald A. Carson is Professor and Director of the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas in Galveston. He is coeditor of Medical Humanities Reviews.

Lee Combrinck-Graham is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Behavioral Health Medical Director of Oxford Health Plans, and Editor of Children in Family Contexts and Children in Families at Risk. She is the author of Giant Steps: Therapeutic Innovations in Child Mental Health.     

Book reviews and books received

Seeking convergence SAVICKAS, M.L. & LENT, R. W. (Eds), 1994 Convergence in Career Development Theories: Implications for Science and Practice Palo Alto, CA: CPP Books ISBN 0-89106-066-9 $32

Reviewed by John Killeen, University of Hertfordshire and National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling

Careers in the classroom BARNES, A. & ANDREWS, D. (Eds), 1995 Developing Careers Education and Guidance in the Curriculum London: Fulton ISBN 1-85346-323-X £13.99

Reviewed by Sheila M. Sloney, National Foundation for Educational Research

Painful questions LAGO, C. & THOMPSON, J. 1996 Race, Culture and Counselling Milton Keynes: Open University Press ISBN 0-335-19294-7 £12.99

Reviewed by Alan Home, Principal Psychotherapist, Central Manchester Healthcare Trust

Skills training INSKIPP, F. 1996 Skills Training for Counsellors London: Cassell ISBN 0-304-32920-7 (hardback); 0-304-32918-5 (paperback) £35 (hardback); £11.99 (paperback)

Reviewed by Maggie Robson, School of Education, University of Durham

Therapy for psychosis CHADWICK, B. BIRCHWOOD, N. & TROWER, P. 1996 Cognitive Therapy for Delusions, Voices and Paranoia Chichester: Wiley ISBN 0-71-96173-6 £15.99

Reviewed by Frank Margison, Consultant Psychotherapist, Manchester Royal Infirmary

Demonstrating REBT DRYDEN, W. 1996 Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: Learning from Demonstration Sessions London: Whurr ISBN 1-897-635-443 £12.95

Reviewed by Michael Gopfert, Consultant Psychotherapist, Liverpool Psychotherapy and Consultation Service, Mossley Hill Hospital, Liverpool

Promoting mental health TUDOR, K. 1996 Mental Health Promotion: Paradigms and Practice London: Routledge ISBN 0-415-10106-9 £16.99

Reviewed by Mike McNulty, Department of Primary Health Care, University College of St Martin, Carlisle

Incest therapy COURTOIS, C.A. 1988 Healing the Incest Wound: Adult Survivors in Therapy New York: Norton ISBN 0-393-31356-5 £13.95

Reviewed by Helen Bridges, Senior Lecturer in Counselling and Psychology, University College of St Martin, Lancaster     

BOOK REVIEW

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FROM SACRED TEXT TO INTERNET. Edited by Gwilym Becker-legge. Aldershot, England: Ashgate Publishing, 2001, 347 pp. ISBN: 0-7546-0748-8. Reviewed by Frederick Sweet.     

Book reviews

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The Menstrual Cycle. Anne E. Walker. London: Routledge, 1997, i-ix + 252 pages. ISBN 0-415-16331-5 pb.

Children, Families and Chronic Disease: Psychological Models and Methods of Care. Roger Bradford. London: Routledge, 1997. i-xii + 215 pages. ISBN 0-415-13147-2 (pbk).     

Implicit learning,consciousness, and the psychology of thinking

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Berry, D., & Dienes, Z. (1993). Implicit learning: Theoretical and empirical issues. Hove, UK: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Ltd. 197pp. ISBN 0-86377-223-4 £19.95 (hbk).

Reber A. S. (1993). Implicit learning and tacit knowledge: An essay on the cognitive unconscious. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1 88pp. ISBN 0-19-505-9425 £30.00 (hbk).     

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.     

Book Review

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Yates, J.F. (Ed.) (1992) Risk-taking behavior. Wiley Series in Human Performance and Cognition. Chichester: Wiley. 345 pp. ISBN: 0-471-95140-4; £17.95 (pbk).     

Book synopsis

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Ford, C.M., & Gioia, D.A. (Eds.). (1995). Creative action in organizations: Ivory tower visions and real world voices. London: Sage. Pp. 400. ISBN 0-8039-5349-6. £42.50. ISBN 0-8039-5350-X (£19.95 paperback).¹     

Book Review

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Hartley, J., Jacobson, D., Klandermans, B., & Van Vuuren, T. (1991). Job insecurity: Coping with jobs at risk. London: Sage Publications. Pp. 228. ISBN 0-8039-8253-4 £27.50.     

BOOK REVIEW: CREATIVITY AND LITERATURE

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INTERACTIVE AND IMPROVISATIONAL DRAMA: VARIETIES OF APPLIED THEATER AND PERFORMANCE. Blatner, A.,&Wiener, D. (Eds.). (2007) ISBN: 0-595-41750-7, $25.95 U.S. Reviewed by John L. Garcia.     

BOOK REVIEW

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Some Days I Wish I was A Turtle: Managing Stress and Pain. Lynn Hill. Conshohocken, PA: Infinity Publishing, 2005, 236 pp., $15.95, ISBN: 0-7414-2624-2, paperback. Reviewed by Rosemary E. Batorski.     

BOOK REVIEW

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Gaetano Benedetti: Psychotherapie als existentielle Herausfordeung (Psychotherapy as an existential challenge). Vandenhoek &; Ruprecht, Gottingen, 1992JSBN-525-45742-1