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Forensic Psychotherapy books and resources

The Forensic Focus series is now well established, and the two volume Forensic Psychotherapy: Crime, Psychodynamics and the Offender Patient has been acclaimed as a ground breaking work. Several new books are now in the process of being published - let us know if you would like us to email you on publication. Books in related areas can be found on our Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis page.

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Restorative Justice

How it Works

Marian Liebmann

This comprehensive guide provides an accessible introduction to the philosophy of restorative justice and its practical application in a wide range of settings, showing how it can help both victims and offenders when harm has been done.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-074-4, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 472pp, 2007, £28.00, $49.95

Categories: Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes, Counselling, Forensic Psychotherapy, Social Work Law, Working with Offenders

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Personality Disorder

The Definitive Reader

Edited by Gwen Adshead and Caroline Jacob

A Personality Disorder Reader offers a comprehensive and accessible collection of papers that will be practically useful to practitioners working in secure and non-secure settings with patients who have personality disorders.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-640-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 280pp, 2008, £22.99, $39.95

Categories: Counselling, Forensic Psychotherapy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Social Work, Working with Offenders

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Therapeutic Relationships with Offenders

An Introduction to the Psychodynamics of Forensic Mental Health Nursing

Edited by Anne Aiyegbusi and Jenifer Clarke-Moore

Working in any area of mental health nursing presents complex issues regarding the nurse-patient relationship. For those working in prolonged clinical contact with offenders, relationships with patients and colleagues can be particularly emotionally intense and sometimes difficult to express. This book attempts to understand and articulate the emotional labour of forensic nursing and explores the challenge of establishing and maintaining therapeutic relationships with offenders.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-949-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp, 2008, £22.99, $39.95

Categories: Forensic Psychotherapy, Psychiatry and Psychology, Working with Offenders

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Working with Ethnicity, Race and Culture in Mental Health

A Handbook for Practitioners

Hári Sewell

'This is a book for practitioners - essentially a self-training book but also one that could be used as a source of knowledge in a complex and controversial field. The author knows about the realities at the grass roots, how NHS mental health care is currently set up, what types of approach are practicable and what are not and more than all that he understands what busy practitioners may look for in a book called a "handbook".'
- Extract from the Foreword by Dr Suman Fernando

This book enables front line practitioners to understand why it is important to consider the specific needs of people from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds in mental health settings.

It offers practical guidance on how practitioners can take positive steps to improve the quality of their work and their relationships with BME service users, and ultimately how to improve their outcomes. By advocating the practice of recognizing the individuality of each service user, this book provides practitioners with the tools and information they need to work fairly and effectively.

Case examples of organisations that have achieved a quality of delivery that is valued by BME people are included, along with exercises that help practitioners to make links between theory and their individual practice. It is invaluable reading for all those working on the front line in mental health.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-621-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp, 2008, £18.99, $37.95

Categories: Forensic Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Occupational Therapy, Psychiatry and Psychology, Social Work, Working with Offenders

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Psychiatry in Prisons

A Comprehensive Handbook

Simon Wilson and Ian Cumming

Psychiatry in Prisons provides a comprehensive overview of the history, problems and development of psychiatric health care in prisons, focusing particularly on the UK. The contributors tackle a broad range of issues, from familiar mental health issues such as substance misuse, self-injury and...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-223-6, 246mm x 189mm / 10in x 7.5in, 320pp, October 2009, £29.99, $49.95

Categories: Forensic Psychotherapy, Psychiatry and Psychology

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Art Therapy and Anger

Edited by Marian Liebmann

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-425-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp, 2008, £19.99, $39.95

Categories: Art Therapy, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Counselling, Forensic Psychotherapy, Working with Offenders

The Assessment of Criminal Behaviours of Clients in Secure Settings

Edited by Mary McMurran and John Hodge

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-124-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp, 1993, £22.99, $41.95

Forensic Psychotherapy books and resources