Recommended Reading

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(* Denotes HIGHLY Recommended).

Ok this is the totally biased part of the site. Here is a list of books I have found enjoyable, useful or both.  Please feel free to suggest links to articles or other books. 

For your convenience, I have added a link to Amazon (bottom of this page) for you to be able to buy books online.  Of course, these books can also be bought in your local bookshop.

*Assagioli, R. (1965): Psychosynthesis: The definitive guide to the principles and techniques of Psychosynthesis, Thorsons, London.    Thanks to Kay Conroy for stimulating my interest in Psychosynthesis during my training and after.

Assagioli, R. (1973): The Act of Will, New York Press.

*Austin, A.T, (2007): The Rainbow Machine: Tales from a Neurolinguistics Journal, Real People Press. (Just buy it - it's great)- Special Thanks to Manolo Garcia-Mendez for suggesting this one.

Bozarth, J. and Temaner Brodley (1986): ‘The Core Values and Theory of the Person-Centred Approach’. Association for the Development of the Person-Centred Approach, Chicago.

*Frankl, V.E. (1946): Man's Search for Meaning - (various editions and publishers -A stunning book about life, recovery & Growth.)

*Ferrucci, P. (1982): What We May Be : Techniques for psychological and spiritual growth through Psychosynthesis, Tarcher/Putnam, New York.

*Jackins, H. (1965): The Human Side of Human Beings:  The Theory of Re-evaluation Counselling. Rational Island, Seattle.
Thanks to MaryPaula Walsh for bringing this book to my attention while training.

Lapworth, P, Sills, C. and Fish, S (2001): Integration in Counselling & Psychotherapy- Developing a Personal Approach, Sage, London.

*Masson. J. (1989): Against Therapy, Collins, London.

Maslow, A. ‘A theory of human motivation’, Psychological Review, 1943, Vol. 50, no.4, pp 370-396.

Nolan, P. (1993): ‘An Integrative Approach to Psychotherapy’ in Boyne, E. (ed.) Psychotherapy in Ireland, Columba Press, Dublin.

Nye, R.D. (2000).  Three Psychologies : Perspectives from Freud, Skinner and Rogers, (6^th ed.).  Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, Belmond, CA

O’Farrell, U. (1999): Courage to Change – The Counselling Process, Veritas, Dublin

*Perls, F., Hefferline, R & Goodman, P. (1951): Gestalt Therapy – Excitement and Growth in The Human Personality, The Gestalt Journal Press, New York.

Perls, F. (1969): Gestalt Therapy Verbatim, Bantam Books, New York

*Rogers, C.R. (1951): Client-centered therapy: Its current practice, implications, and theory.: Houghton Mifflin,  Boston.

Rogers, C.R. (1956): ‘Client-centered therapy: A current view’. In F. Fromm-Reichmann & J.L. Moreno (Eds.). Progress in psychotherapy: 1956: Grune & Stratton publishers, New York

Rogers, C.R. (1957). ‘The necessary and sufficient conditions of therapeutic personality change’. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, Vol 21.

Rogers, C.R. (1959):. A theory of therapy, personality and interpersonal relationships as developed in the client-centered framework. In S. Koch (Ed.). Psychology: A study of a science. Vol. 3: Formulations of the person and the social context,  McGraw-Hill, New York.

Rogers, C.R. (1980): A Way of Being, Houghton Mifflin, Boston

*Ruiz, DM (2004): The Four Agreements.
(Thanks to James Byrne for giving me this great book).

Wampold, B.E. (2001): The Great Psychotherapy Debate: Models, Methods and Findings, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, London.

*Yalom, I.D. (2001): The Gift of Therapy – Reflections on being a therapist, Piatkus, London.
(A really sensible view on therapy from a gifted therapist).