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On Being a Therapist (JOSSEY BASS SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE SERIES)
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4.03 avg rating — 3,960 ratings
score: 193,
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Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change
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4.27 avg rating — 4,150 ratings
score: 189,
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The Mindful Therapist: A Clinician's Guide to Mindsight and Neural Integration (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
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Daniel J. Siegel (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 933 ratings
score: 100,
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Where to Start and What to Ask: An Assessment Handbook
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4.05 avg rating — 469 ratings
score: 99,
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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4.35 avg rating — 272,844 ratings
score: 98,
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Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others
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4.28 avg rating — 7,094 ratings
score: 97,
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
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Lori Gottlieb (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 399,846 ratings
score: 96,
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The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
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4.20 avg rating — 40,067 ratings
score: 95,
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The Heart and Soul of Change: Delivering What Works in Therapy
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Barry L. Duncan (Editor)
4.12 avg rating — 198 ratings
score: 94,
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The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
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4.32 avg rating — 28,714 ratings
score: 92,
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Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
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Lundy Bancroft (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 17,679 ratings
score: 91,
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Engaging with Social Work: A Critical Introduction
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score: 89,
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Social Work and the Law: A Guide for Ethical Practice
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4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 88,
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Organisations and Management in Social Work: Everyday Action for Change
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score: 87,
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Ethics and Values in Social Work
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score: 86,
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Our Voices: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Work
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4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 85,
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Empowerment Series: Direct Social Work Practice: Theory and Skills - Standalone Book
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3.73 avg rating — 407 ratings
score: 84,
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The Space Between (The Systemic Thinking and Practice Series)
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Carmel Flaskas (Editor)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 83,
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Help for the Helper: The Psychophysiology of Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma
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4.18 avg rating — 274 ratings
score: 82,
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Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
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4.16 avg rating — 16,265 ratings
score: 81,
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Dealing With Emotionally Immature Parents: How To Handle Toxic Parents
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4.08 avg rating — 52 ratings
score: 80,
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