Storr's Art of Psychotherapy

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2013 Sensitively updated and revised for modern practice, Anthony Storr's legendary work continues to be an indispensible introductory text for aspiring psychotherapists. Professor Jeremy Holmes, a friend and colleague of Anthony Storr's and himself a leading psychotherapist, has updated this accessible and humane account of the practice of psychotherapy to include: * Integrative psychotherapeutic approaches * Revised classification of personality types * New sections on selection and assessment * Consideration of evidence-based psychodynamic practice * Broadened appeal to the full range of mental health professionals Retaining Anthony Storr's wisdom, vision, and classic approach, whilst bringing the text totally up to date, this will be a cornerstone volume for beginner and experienced psychotherapists alike. It will also appeal to psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, nurses, social workers, counsellors, and other mental health professionals.

Jeremy Holmes is a British psychiatrist, born in London in 1943. He trained at Cambridge University and University College London. He currently practices as a Consultant Psychotherapist in North Devon. He also holds the post of Visiting Professor at University College London (UCL) and was Senior Clinical Research Fellow at Peninsula Medical School until 2003.

He is the author of a number of books including John Bowlby and Attachment Theory, The Search for the Secure Base: Attachment Theory and Psychotherapy and Exploring in Security (winner of the 2010 Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Scholarship).