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This book tells the enthralling stories of ten different people in therapy in various cultural and geographical contexts from Saudi Arabia to Venice or New York. Each narrative explores a unique presenting situation and uncovers the complexities of the therapeutic experience.

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This volume explores contemporary notions of normality and how the therapy profession is engaging with that question today. Can 'being normal' ever be observed and tested Who defines the norm of the mental health Is it constrained by a social concept of normal And how do we ever reach an understanding of 'not normal'.

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In this lively exploration, an experienced child psychotherapist draws together perspectives on the role and experience of grandmothers. In Grandmotherland, we meet good grannies, bad grannies, and all those in between, as well as women who decided to be agents of transmission in other ways than passing on their DNA.

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Sex in the Brain gives an overview of what happens in the brain during the development of romantic and sexual relationships, from the intense emotions accompanying the early stages of a new relationship through to kissing, touch, arousal, orgasm, commitment, parenting, infidelity, breaking up or staying together.

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In The Spirit of Psychotherapy, Holmes considers whether the principles which underpin religion this can be applied to the largely secular world of psychotherapy.

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This timely and relevant book focuses on the societal impact of the pandemic on children worldwide and the educational, social, and psychological services that function to support them. An in-depth study from diverse perspectives, it improves our understanding of the issues raised by Covid-19 and addresses the challenges of what to do next.

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Energy, Soul Connecting and Awakening Consciousness introduces readers to energy psychotherapy, a relatively new combination of relational talking therapy and self-applied energy methods. Suitable for both trained therapists interested in energy techniques and those wishing to incorporate this practice into their daily lives.

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Designed to give both students and practitioners access to the experience of engaging with a dynamic unconscious, this volume investigates some of the key tenets and principles of psychoanalytic theory and demonstrates ways in which educational psychologists have used both theory and practice in their roles.

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Body Psychotherapy for the 21st Century looks at the wider psychotherapy field, bringing awareness of embodiment into what has been a verbally oriented profession. Engaging with neuroscience, phenomenology and cognitive studies, as well as the relational turn in psychotherapy.

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What is the secret of a long and contented marriage Anne Power sits down with eighteen contented couples to discuss how they found each other and what made it work. Almost all the couples interviewed had faced major challenges along the way but their attachment grew and relationships survived. In this book they tell us why.

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In this gripping book, Professor Brett Kahr examines the nature of criminality throughout history, exploring the ways in which we have progressed from the ancient methods of torture and the execution of offenders to a more humane and psychologically sophisticated approach.

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Pathologies of the Self draws on almost 40 years of clinical practice to explore the nature and structure of human identity. In this fascinating book Phil Mollon explores narcissistic phenomena in both the clinic and everyday life, demonstrating the illusory nature of the self, and showing how, beneath our defences, we are all 'borderline'.

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Describing the neuroscientific basis for effective psychotherapy, Professor Holmes draws on the Free Energy Principle, which holds that, through 'active inference' - agency and model revision - the brain minimises discrepancies between incoming experience and its pre-existing picture of the world.