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Rising in Love

A Philosophy of Being

Rising in Love offers further insight into the now-familiar Family Constellations, as envisaged by Bert Hellinger, as well as into their extended manifestation, which he calls Spiritual Constellations. Deeply textured and powerfully realized, the text is both practical and full of wonder as it considers the essential connections of life—each individual to self, to other, to community and beyond.

With God in Mind

Our Thinking about God: Where It Comes From and Where It Leads

Bert Hellinger — “My main concerns in these chapters are the thoughts and images we create around God -- from which hidden sources these ideas originate, their effects on the soul of the individual human being, and their consequences for human interactions. I describe the effects these ideas have on our human experience and strictly remain within this actual experience as it can be accessed and verified by every person.”

PAUL WATZLAWICK Insight May Cause Blindness AND OTHER ESSAYS

Edited by Wendel A. Ray and Giorgio Nardone

Paul Watzlawick is among the best known figures in the fields of communication and constructivist theory, family and brief therapy. A Senior Research Fellow at the Mental Research Institute (MRI) and founding member of the MRI Brief Therapy Center team, he was Clinical Professor Emeritus at Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Watzlawick’s contributions to the Interactional View of human behavior are profound, many, and among the most influential and widely read.

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Focused Problem Resolution: Selected Papers of the MRI Brief Therapy Center

Edited by Richard Fisch, MD, Wendel A. Ray, PhD and Karin Schlanger, LMFT

The Mental Research Institute (MRI) has a distinguished history and can lay claim as the birthplace of numerous contributions to Communication/Interactional theory and innovations in the application of these ideas in the practice of family and brief therapy—not least of which is to be home of the MRI Brief Therapy Center (BTC).

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Don D. Jackson Interactional Theory in the Practice of Therapy

Edited by Wendel A. Ray | Foreword by Paul Watzlawick, Ph.D. | Prologue by Carlos Sluzki, M.D.

Don D. Jackson (1920-1968) is best remembered as a brilliant therapist, teacher, and for his leading part in the development of such ground breaking theoretical concepts as family homeostasis, family rules, relational quid pro quo, and, with Gregory Bateson, John Weakland and Jay Haley, the theory of the Double Bind.

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Reflections on Relationships with Self and Others

By: Jerry M. Lewis, M.D.

“Writing is a dialogue with oneself,” says Dr. Jerry M. Lewis in the opening pages of this new work. Fortunately, he has included the rest of us in on the conversation. For 15 years, his words have graced editions of Psychiatric Times in an on-going series of essays in which Dr. Lewis shares knowledge, observations and personal experience drawn from over five decades of professional practice.

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Existential Psychotherapy of Meaning: a Handbook of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis

Edited by Alexander Batthyany & Jay Levinson

Written by an international assembly of leading exponents of existential psychotherapy and related disciplines, this book includes thirty chapters on current trends and topics in Logotherapy and Existential Analysis. It provides readers with an up-to-date and well-integrated text that will enhance the knowledge and skills of everyone who in one way or another applies meaning-oriented and person-centered psychotherapy and counseling in his or her professional and/or personal life. In keeping with Logotherapy’s tradition of interdisciplinarity, the research gathered in this volume comes from a variety of sources and disciplines, including medicine, psychiatry, psychology (both clinical and theoretical), counseling, nursing, and philosophy.

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	Brief Psychotherapies Principles & Practices By Michael Hoyt “When it comes to combining scope, clarity, wit, and humanity, Michael Hoyt does it better than anyone. He is brilliant, and Brief Psychotherapies: Principles and Practices may be his best book.” —John Frykman, Ph.D., author of Making the Impossible Difficult and The New Hassle Handbook More Information
	Psychology’s War on Religion Edited by Nicholas Cummings, William O’Donohue and Janet Cummings Psychology attempts to deify “science” as a secular substitute for religion, according to the authors of Psychology’s War on Religion edited by Cummings, O’Donohue and Cummings. The current growing conflicts between evidenced- based treatments versus faith- based counseling is just one example of this. Readers will be energized by the re-examination of the intolerance of science toward faith-based values that drive our secular society. Issues of abortion, homosexuality, status of women, gay rights, bioethics of stem-cell research, ethical absolutism versus ethical relativism, and “scientism” (scientific moralism) all come under scrutiny. The authors discuss the hypocrisy of viewing debates over conflicting research data as unbiased intellectual freedom and considering debates over legal, social and political issues derived from religious teachings as expressions of prejudice. This book challenges one’s value system and revitalizes the reader with fresh thinking. More Information
	Confluence: The Selected Papers of Jeffrey K. Zeig - Volume I Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D. At long last, Jeffrey Zeig has gathered up some of his most pivotal contributions to psychotherapy and put them together in a new volume that will be of interest to students and colleagues alike. And as the title implies, this book represents a convergence of ideas and writings over time, reflecting Zeig’s professional and personal journey. More Information
	The Therapist as Humanist, Social Activist and Systemic Thinker ... and Other Selected Papers Cloé Madanes The Therapist as ...provides an opportunity to see what such conviction looks like in action across a variety of circumstances. It also teaches us about the power of humor even in the most serious of settings. And just as each piece captures something essential of the author at that particular time in her life, each piece also tells us something of the time itself as reflected in the voice of the author. More Information
	Don D. Jackson: Selected Essays at the Dawn of an Era Edited by Wendel A. Ray, With a foreword by Jay Haley Don Jackson’s intellectual prowess, teaching charisma, and refusal to blindly adhere to the status quo are all apparent in these writings. Get to know Don Jackson and we get to know a man who profoundly influenced the human sciences. In looking back at his work, we not only shed light on the nature of the field as it is today but we recapture the spark of passion and imagination that could very well revitalize the clinical work we do tomorrow. More Information
	The Personality Disorders Through the Lens of Attachment Theory and the Neurobiologic Development of the Self: A Clinical Integration Edited by James F. Masterson, M.D. “This outstanding text, spearheaded by one of the foremost authorities of our time on personality disorders, is the culmination of four decades of clinical observation and research. Integrating the latest information from attachment theory and neurobiological development, Masterson and his colleagues have created a well-crafted text that is a must-read for serious students,researchers, and clinicians of all contemporary modalities of treatment. Surely destined to become a classic!” - Frank M. Dattilio, Ph.D., ABPP, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School More Information
	A DISCOURSE WITH OUR GENES The Psychosocial and Cultural Genomics of Therapeutic Hypnosis and Psychotherapy By Ernest L. Rossi, Ph.D. Gathering essential concepts from biology, medicine, neuroscience, and psychology, Ernest Rossi has forged a revolutionary new paradigm that encompasses mind, body, and spirit. An applied philosophy, this integration -- Psychosocial and Cultural Genomics -- has broad and specific implications for the human condition. More Information
	BECOMING DRAGON By Frances E. Steinberg, Ph.D. and Richard G. Whiteside Do you feel burnt out? Have you lost some of your enthusiasm for work? Are you becoming increasingly frustrated with clients, co-workers, yourself? Are you interested in being extraordinary instead of ordinary? Do you want to increase inspiration and decrease perspiration? If the answer to any of the above is YES, Becoming Dragon will help you back on your path and have you dancing into work. More Information
	I Am Interrupting This Program By Mary Goulding In her latest book, Mary Goulding discusses many important things, from practical applications of Redecision Therapy to atheism in America, the promulgation of ignorance about Cuba (and other nations), hatred of the poor and, especially, growing old. These topics and others fill the pages of this slim book. More Information
	In Her Own Words... Virginia Satir Selected Papers 1963-1983 Edited by John Banmen’ Satir’s broadly encompassing perspective is communicated in this new book, In Her Own Words, through a series of previously published —and never-before-published — short works she produced between 1963 and 1983. Presented in chronological order, these articles give readers a strong sense of her professional evolution, as well as her lively personal voice. The short introductions by contemporary contributors provide frame and context for what follows. More Information
	Tears of The Ancestors: Victims and Perpetrators in the Tribal Soul By Daan van Kampenhout Tears of the Ancestors is an important contribution to our understanding of problems rooted in collective trauma. Individuals who have been abused and victimized will be helped by becoming aware of the patterns in the soul as it responds to deep relational trauma. More Information
	The Imprinters: Surviving the Unlived Life of Our Parents By Eileen Walkenstein, M.D. Therapists and laypersons alike have continually urged Eileen Walkenstein to detail the personal odyssey of 1975-76 that led to the creation of The Nucleus concept in group therapy. The Imprinters is Dr. Walkenstein’s intriguing, intensely personal, and honest account of that time and the six women who shared in that journey of honest self-discovery — an insightful journey of both anguish and triumph. Told through colorful narrative, personal notes, journal entries, and revelatory transcripts, the book reads more like a novel than a memoir. More Information
	Surviving a Licensing Board Complaint: What to do, What Not to Do-Practical Tips from the Experts Surviving a Licensing Board Complaint is designed to assist the mental health professional in preparing for and dealing with a complaint that is filed with the state licensing board against him or her. Even psychotherapists who work in institutions and agencies may be subjected to what could be a career-ending grievance filed by an unhappy consumer. Rather than simply worry about these possibilities, the authors present steps the prudent practitioner can take to be prepared for the rare case when it might happen. More Information

Rising in Love

With God in Mind

PAUL WATZLAWICK Insight May Cause Blindness AND OTHER ESSAYS

Focused Problem Resolution: Selected Papers of the MRI Brief Therapy Center

Don D. Jackson Interactional Theory in the Practice of Therapy

Reflections on Relationships with Self and Others

Existential Psychotherapy of Meaning: a Handbook of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis

Brief Psychotherapies Principles & Practices

Psychology’s War on Religion

Confluence: The Selected Papers of Jeffrey K. Zeig - Volume I

The Therapist as Humanist, Social Activist and Systemic Thinker ... and Other Selected Papers

Don D. Jackson: Selected Essays at the Dawn of an Era

The Personality Disorders Through the Lens of Attachment Theory and the Neurobiologic Development of the Self: A Clinical Integration