A comprehensive student introduction to mental health in counselling and psychotherapy

This accessible introduction fills a gap for a textbook that can be used across all applications of Transactional Analysis - from counselling & psychotherapy to coaching. The expert authors make difficult TA concepts understandable for undergraduates and postgraduates alike.

A book on how children learn to read.

An accessible and practical text providing essential coverage of inclusive practice for pre-service and in-service trainee teachers in the Lifelong Learning Sector.

An introduction to population, sociological and psychological influences on health and delivery of healthcare in the UK for medical students.

Edited by two of the biggest names in the field, Windy Dryden and Rhena Branch, with 26 chapters by leading experts, this timely book alone as the most accessible yet comprehensive guide to CBT theory, skills, research and practice.

Counselling skills are core to the social work undergraduate curriculum. This book takes readers through the theoretical models that they need to learn about for their course, and provides direct examples of how to use these in practice.

A text on working with aggressive or resistant groups and individuals

Appropriate for beginners and established researchers the book represents SNA in its entirety; as theory as well as method - and is carefully supported by up-to-date statistical models.

Authoritative collection from the Open University team.