Many clients take the first step to see a psychotherapist and do not return after the first session. Why do people disengage so early, when we have so much to offer? One of the key reasons is that we are too focused on conducting an Intake instead of finding a way to Give.We have to find ways to deepen the engagement with our clients right from the first session of therapy.The First Kiss is specifically for the discerning psychotherapist who is willing to c...

This book is for those navigating significant life transitions, those who are Crossing Between Worlds. This book is your guide.These periods of change, often prompted by loss, crisis, or a desire for personal growth, can be unsettling. Yet this is an invitational season, waiting for you to become who you really are, to come fully alive.Instead of forcing ideas that were not designed specifically for you, this book challenges conventional wisdom and examines 15 paradoxes to ...

Many clients take the first step to see a psychotherapist and do not return after the first session. Why do people disengage so early, when we have so much to offer? One of the key reasons is that we are too focused on conducting an Intake instead of finding a way to Give.We have to find ways to deepen the engagement with our clients right from the first session of therapy.The First Kiss is specifically for the discerning psychotherapist who is willing to challenge the stat...

This book is for those navigating significant life transitions, those who are Crossing Between Worlds. This book is your guide.These periods of change, often prompted by loss, crisis, or a desire for personal growth, can be unsettling. Yet this is an invitational season, waiting for you to become who you really are, to come fully alive.Instead of forcing ideas that were not designed specifically for you, this book challenges conventional wisdom and...

Lessons from the personal experience and reflections of a therapist.The difficulty and cost of training psychotherapists properly is well known. It is far easier to provide a series of classes while ignoring the more challenging personal components of training. Despite the fact that the therapist's self-insight, emotional maturity, and calm centeredness are critical for successful psychotherapy, rote knowledge and technical skills are the focus of most training programs. As a resul...

'Utterly fascinating. I have long felt that books can be medicine. Now I understand why. Read this book. Feel better.'Beth Kempton, bestselling author of Wabi SabiOne of the most fascinating books that I have read in years! Beautifully written and full of insights, this book demonstrates the healing power of stories and how you can transform your life through bibliotherapy.'Simon Alexander Ong, bestselling author of Energize

Positive ThinkingFinding it hard to overcome the inevitable setbacks that life throws at you? Going through a difficult set of personal challenges or changes in your life? Starting a new job and feeling nervous and anxious? Feeling miserable and unmotivated in life?By changing how we think, we change how we feel, as our feelings follow on from our thoughts. It is these renewed feelings of hope, confidence and motivation that then change our lives. These mor...

**An Economist Best Book of the YearEveryone accepts the importance of physical health; isn't it just as important to aim for the mental equivalent? Philippa Perry has come to the rescue with How to Stay Sane -- a maintenance manual for the mind.**Years of working as a psychotherapist showed Philippa Perry what approaches produced positive change in her clients and how best to maintain good mental health. In How to Stay Sane, she has taken these p...

Introducing Practical Guides: With 28 titles already in the series, these user-friendly, jargon-free books are written by established experts in their fields and complete with tips, facts, case studies, and effective exercises to help readers apply proven principles to everyday life and achieve their goals. This free eBook sampler contains extracts from the following: Introducing Psychology of Success; Introducing Positive Psychology; Introducing Ethics for Everyday Life; Introducing Psych...

How to Be a Creative Thinker is a map to your creative mind, the places your creative potential resides, and the allies and enemies along the way. It’s a practical guide to the science and the psychology of creativity and the conditions required for cultivating it.We think creativity is for those lucky enough to be born with it – something you either have or you don’t. But this is untrue. Creativity is more than God-given talent, and it’s more than artistic flair. ...

Are you as authentically happy as your social media profiles make it seem?When a group of researchers asked young adults around the globe what their number one priority was in life, the top answer was "happiness." Not success, fame, money, looks, or love...but happiness. For a rising generation of young adults raised as digital natives in a fast-paced, ultra-connected world, authentic happiness still seems just out of reach. While social media often shows well-lit selfies and flawle...

If you feel at times that life is just passing you by, if you feel that you are being distracted from being your best, or if you know you could do it given half the chance — then this is the book for you! Many of us think that you have to be born talented to succeed. However, recent scientific research has proven that the genes you are born with are open to influence. This book will teach you how to reprogram your mind for success. Brian Colbert will teach you the practical tools and techn...