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

Therapy with Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome
Thu, 24 Jun 2010
Asperger's as a diagnosis can appear to preclude the existence of fulfilling human relationships for the young people concerned. But Bromfield's "relationship-based therapy" for his young clients shows that they have the same human needs for relationship as others, they just have trouble expressing them in socially proficient ways.
Brazier on Other-Centred Therapy
Wed, 13 Jan 2010
In stark contrast to the stereotypical Western therapist forever distracting the client from their stories about the world in order to ask "but how do you feel?", the Other Centred therapist listens carefully to the stories themselves. Indeed, this book presents examples of client work in which the therapist asks the opposite question about a partner whose behaviour the client is complaining about: "but what was that like for him?".
Caroline Brazier on Listening to the Other
Mon, 07 Sep 2009
Brazier reminds us that counselling often goes beyond offering a non-judgemental space in which the client can listen to and experience themselves, to actively encourage a kind of self-preoccupation which can actually make one more isolated and miserable.
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.