Best Medical Psychotherapy TA & NLP Books of 2025

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl is a timeless book that offers solace and guidance to those facing despair and adversity. Frankl's theory of logotherapy, which emphasizes the pursuit of meaning as the primary human drive, has inspired generations of readers since its publication in 1946. The book provides a riveting account of Frankl's time in Nazi concentration camps and his exploration of the human will to find meaning even in the worst circumstances. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking purpose and strength in challenging times.

The "DBT® Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, Second Edition" is a valuable resource for clients who are learning dialectical behavior therapy skills, and those who treat them. This updated manual provides more than 225 user-friendly handouts and worksheets, which have been demonstrated effective in treating a wide range of psychological and emotional problems. The book's flexible approach allows practitioners and treatment adopters to tailor the skills to meet their clients' specific needs. Mental health professionals will also benefit from the author's DBT® Skills Training Manual, Second Edition, which provides complete instructions for teaching the skills. Overall, this book is an essential tool for anyone interested in learning and implementing DBT skills.

Are you ready to unleash your supernatural potential? Becoming Supernatural by a renowned author, who has written New York Times bestsellers, is the book you need to read. Drawing on research conducted in advanced workshops, the book explores how ordinary people can transform their consciousness, mindset, and beliefs to live a supernatural life. You will learn how to balance your body's seven energy centers to heal, recondition your body to a new mind, change your energy to create reality in the present moment, and the difference between third and fifth-dimension creation. With this book, you will develop the skill to create a more efficient, balanced, healthy body, and greater access to the realms of spiritual truth. Get ready to experience a more mystical life with Becoming Supernatural!

Many Lives, Many Masters by Dr. Brian Weiss is a classic New York Times bestseller that tells the true story of the past-life therapy that changed the lives of both the prominent psychiatrist and young patient involved. Dr. Weiss was initially skeptical of his patient's past-life traumas, but as she began to channel messages from the “space between lives,” he was able to cure her and embark on a new, more meaningful phase of his own career. The book is a fascinating blend of psychiatry and metaphysics that challenges traditional approaches to psychotherapy. Highly recommended for those interested in alternative psychotherapy.

The Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner is a valuable resource for mental health professionals who need to develop evidence-based treatment plans quickly and efficiently. The sixth edition has been updated with new client objectives and clinician interventions grounded in research, as well as two new presenting problem chapters. The book contains over 3,000 prewritten treatment symptoms, goals, objectives, and interventions to select from, making it a comprehensive guide for those working with adult clients. Overall, this book is a must-have for clinicians looking to streamline their treatment planning process and improve the quality of care they provide.

Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief is a cutting-edge work that explores the connection between modern neuropsychology and religious stories. Jordan Peterson, the author of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, presents a rich theory that makes the wisdom and meaning of myth accessible to the critical modern mind. The book reflects Peterson's vast erudition in areas ranging from clinical psychology to scripture and his personal soul-searching. The unique and brilliant new synthesis of the meaning of mythologies makes this book a beautiful work that should be read at leisure and employed as a stimulus and reference to expand one's own maps of meaning.

The Gift of Therapy by Irvin D. Yalom is a must-read for therapists and patients alike. The book offers 85 personal and thought-provoking tips for beginner therapists, based on the author's 35 years of clinical practice. Yalom's fresh approach and valuable insights are presented through real case studies, making it an entertaining and insightful read for anyone interested in the subject. Yalom's writing style is engaging and humorous, making complex ideas easy to understand. Overall, The Gift of Therapy is an essential guidebook that enriches the therapeutic process and offers valuable lessons for improving relationships and self-understanding.

This revised edition of "Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond" is a must-read for clinicians and graduate students seeking to learn the fundamentals of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). The book covers core cognitive, behavioral, and experiential techniques, and includes extended cases that illustrate how a skilled therapist delivers CBT and troubleshoots common difficulties. The third edition includes new chapters on the therapeutic relationship and integrating mindfulness into treatment, as well as recovery-oriented cognitive therapy (CT-R) and strategies from other modalities. The companion website features downloadable worksheets and videos of therapy sessions. Overall, this book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in CBT and its applications.

This book is an authoritative presentation of motivational interviewing (MI), a powerful approach to facilitating change. The book elaborates on the four processes of MI and demonstrates what they look like in action through a wealth of vignettes and interview examples. Highly accessible, the book is infused with respect and compassion for clients. The companion webpage provides additional helpful resources. The book reviews the growing evidence base and covers ways to assess MI fidelity. A superb, readable guide to theory and practice, this book has fundamentally changed the way we think about working with less motivated clients.

As seen on Good Morning America's SEPTEMBER 2020 READING LIST and FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2020!"We need to read stories about folks who have been through hell and kept going... Fascinating." ―Glennon Doyle, A Favorite Book of 2020 on Good Morning America. "Gildiner is nothing short of masterful―as both a therapist and writer. In these pages, she has gorgeously captured both the privilege of being given access to the inner chambers of people's lives, and the meaning that comes from watching them grow into the selves they were meant to be." ―Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone. In this fascinating narrative, therapist Catherine Gildiner’s presents five of what she calls her most heroic and memorable patients. Among them: a successful, first generation Chinese immigrant musician suffering sexual dysfunction; a young woman whose father abandoned her at age nine with her younger siblings in an isolated cottage in the depth of winter; and a glamorous workaholic whose narcissistic, negligent mother greeted her each morning of her childhood with "Good morning, Monster.". Each patient presents a mystery, one that will only be unpacked over years. They seek Gildiner's help to overcome an immediate challenge in their lives, but discover that the source of their suffering has been long buried.. As in such recent classics as The Glass Castle and Educated, each patient embodies self-reflection, stoicism, perseverance, and forgiveness as they work unflinchingly to face the truth. Gildiner's account of her journeys with them is moving, insightful, and sometimes very funny. Good Morning, Monster offers an almost novelistic, behind-the-scenes look into the therapist's office, illustrating how the process can heal even the most unimaginable wounds.