Books
A short reading list, kept deliberately small. Each entry carries one sentence saying what the book is for, so you can tell in a moment whether it is for you.
- Mark Solms, 2026, Pegasus BooksMark Solms argues that neuroscience now vindicates Freud, and that the talking cure, rather than medication, is what actually heals the mind.
- Irvin D. Yalom, 2002, HarperCollinsEighty five short lessons on the craft of therapy, written by an existential psychiatrist looking back over a working lifetime.
- Mick Cooper, John McLeod, 2011, SAGE PublicationsThe founding text of the pluralistic approach: different clients need different things at different times, so goals and methods are negotiated rather than prescribed.
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