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Best Books on learning psychotherapy

Therapist listening to crying patient on the sofa at therapy session


These are all books that I have read and can personally recommend as being excellent


General

Book on becoming a therapist

Becoming a Therapist: What Do I Say, and Why?

by Suzanne Bender and Edward Messier


Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive behavior therapy CBT book

High-yield Cognitive-behavior Therapy for Brief Sessions: An Illustrated Guide

by Jesse H. Wright PhD, Donna M. Sudak MD, Douglas Turkington MD, and Michael E. Thase MD


cognitive behavior therapy CBT book

Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond

by Judith Beck and Aaron T. Beck


Learning cognitive behavior therapy CBT book

Learning Cognitive-behavior Therapy: An Illustrated Guide, 2nd Edition

by Jesse H. Wright MD PhD, Gregory K. Brown PhD, Michael E. Thase MD and Monica Ramirez Basco PhD


Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

psychodynamic psychotherapy book

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

by Jon Frederickson


Doing psychotherapy book

Doing Psychotherapy

by Michael Franz Basch


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