Counselling Books and Journal Articles: Welcome!

With an extensive annotated bibliography covering research, theory and practical matters in counselling and psychotherapy, psychology and mental health, we hope you'll find what you're looking for -- whether you're a student, researcher, private practitioner or consumer.

What's New?

The book seller which formerly existed here at CounsellingBooks.com was shuttered in May of last year, and in January 2008 the site came under new ownership. Now a member of the same family of sites which includes CounsellingResource.com, the new look and feel is part of a wide-sweeping set of changes intended to bring a whole new set of useful features and material to the site.

We've revamped our well-known counselling and psychotherapy research bibliography and moved it here -- where you'll find hundreds of counselling books and articles in a newly reorganised hierarchy designed to help you find what you're after as quickly as possible.

And since we have such close ties with CounsellingResource.com, we'll also be providing a peek at the latest counselling and therapy book reviews to be featured over there. Have a look, and let us know what you think via the contact page!

Recent Counselling and Therapy Book Reviews

Zerbe on Integrated Treatment of Eating Disorders
Mon, 29 Jun 2009

This book seems to contain all of human life, from the scientific details through the full range of emotions, including the extremes of love and hate. And it emanates a sense that although we all get shaken sometimes, and life is dangerous, every feeling is expressible and every situation is workable.
Counselling for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Tue, 23 Jun 2009

This book is important reading, as it competently deals with the treatment of a major health issue which is both prevalent and chronic, with strong co-morbidity. While the tone didn't particularly engage me, I did finish the book with some insights and solid understanding.
Mindfulness- & Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapies
Mon, 22 Jun 2009

The basic conceptualisation of human experience offered by this book is that distress arises from our relationship with our own internal experience. The remedy goes beyond (and could be seen as contrary to) the traditional cognitive therapy approach of disentangling the client from the thoughts, questioning them and replacing them with more realistic and helpful ones.
Online Counseling: A Handbook For Mental Health Professionals
Tue, 12 May 2009

Seemingly aimed both at students and at internet-illiterates, this book provides fairly comprehensive coverage of the history and development of online counseling. As a practical guide or handbook, however, it lacks depth.