Norton Professional Books for Psychotherapists

Every therapist has challenging clients who drive them crazy.  >> more

All the nuts and bolts of doing successful attachment-focused therapy are in this book—a synopsis of attachment theory and styles, best practice standards, assessment techniques, the role of trauma, and components of treatment.  >> more

The brain has fascinated philosophers and scientists for centuries.  >> more

This book explains how the brain, as a social organism, learns best throughout the lifespan, from our early schooling through to late life.  >> more

Rigorously field-tested by on-the-ground clinicians, this guidebook provides an easy-to-use, evidence-based summary of CBT to treat depression.  >> more

Moving beyond the traditional paper-and-pencil self-report, this book offers therapists a new approach to suicide assessment.  >> more

Embodied self-awareness is the ability to feel our emotions and movements in the present moment, without the influence of judgmental thoughts (such as: Am I doing this right?  >> more

Rigorously field-tested by on-the-ground clinicians, this guidebook provides an easy-to-use, evidence-based summary of using DBT to treat emotional disorders, or dysregulated affect.  >> more

The accompanying manual to Dissociation Model of Borderline Personality Disorder.  >> more

This book addresses one of the fundamental, understudied issues of borderline personality disorder (BPD): dissociation and a lack of sense of self.  >> more

This book, organised around different areas of the brain, presents therapists with the basic neurobiology they need to understand their clients' behaviours and actions.  >> more

Patty O’Grady presents the basics of positive psychology to educators and provides interactive resources to enrich teachers’ proficiency when using positive psychology in the classroom.  >> more

In this practical, witty and no-nonsense book, Bill O’Hanlon provides all the essential information for readers interested in writing their own books.  >> more

This practical manual will help therapists integrate sensorimotor psychotherapy—a technique that promotes safe and gradual reconnection with the body—into their work with individuals, groups, families, and couples suffering from complex trauma.  >> more

Jaak Panksepp's lifework has revealed that all mammalian brains are composed of seven common emotional systems-seeking, lust, rage, fear, care, grief and play.  >> more

One of the hottest theoretical areas in psychotherapy—attachment—is combined with the use of EMDR to teach therapists a new way of healing clients with relational trauma and attachment deficits.  >> more

Rigorously field-tested by on-the-ground clinicians, these guidebooks—sold separately or as a set—provide an easy-to-use, evidence-based summary of five core therapy techniques: (1) Cognitive-behavioral Therapy for Depression, (2) Cognitive-behavioral Therapy for Anxiety, (3) Interpersonal Therapy for Depression, (4) Motivational Interviewing for Co-morbid Disorders, and (5) Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Emotion Dysregulation.  >> more

By decoding the scientific data, this book explains how recent findings from brain and infant research can expand a clinician’s understanding of the therapist-client relationship and, in turn, improve how therapy is done.  >> more

Understanding how our brains and bodies actually work is a powerful tool in mitigating the anxiety generated by unpleasant physical and emotional symptoms that we all may experience from time to time.  >> more

Stress has become a near-universal experience as well as a rising public health concern.  >> more