Critical Psychotherapy Reading List

Critical Psychotherapy Reading List

Work in Progress #2.

Psychotherapy & Critique

Books (in English):

Aldarondo, E. (ed.)(2007). Advancing Social Justice through Clinical Practice. London: Routledge.
Feltham, C. (2013). Counselling and Counselling Psychology: A Critical Examination. Ross-on-Wye: Herefordshire: PCCS Books.
Dryden, W. & Feltham, C. (eds.)(1992). Psychotherapy and its Discontents. Buckingham, UK: Open University Press.
House, R. (2010). In, Against and Beyond Therapy: Critical Essays towards a post-professional era. Ross-on-Wye: Herefordshire: PCCS Books.
Loewenthal, D. (ed.). Critical Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis and Counselling. Implications for Practice. London: Routledge.
Newnes, C. (2014). Clinical Psychology: A Critical Examination. Ross-on-Wye: Herefordshire: PCCS Books.
Parker, I. (2007). Revolution in Psychology. Alienation to Emancipation. London: Pluto Press.
Parker, I. (1999). Deconstructing Psychotherapy. London: Sage.
Prilleltensky, I. & Nelson, G. (2002). Doing Psychology Critically. Making a Difference in Diverse Settings. London, UK: Palgrave McMillan.
Proctor, G. (2002). The Dynamics of Power in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Ethics, Politics and Practice. Ross-on-Wye: Herefordshire: PCCS Books.
Samuels, A. (2015). A New Therapy for Politics? London, UK: Karnac Books.
Samuels, A. (2001). Politics on the Couch: Citizeship and the Internal Life. London, UK: Karnac Books.
Samuels, A. (1993). The Political Psyche. London, UK: Routledge.
Toporek, R.L., Gerstein, L.H., Fouad, N.L., Roysircar, G. & Israel, T. (eds.). (2006). Handbook for Social Justice in Counseling Psychology. Leadership, Vision and Action. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Totton, N. (2000). Psychotherapy & Politics. London: Sage.

Books (in Greek):

Feltham, C. & Horton, I. (2001). Οδηγός Συμβουλευτικής & Ψυχοθεραπείας. Αθήνα: Ασημάκης.
Toporek, R.L., Gerstein, L.H., Fouad, N.L., Roysircar, G. & Israel, T. (eds.). (2014). Συμβουλευτική Ψυχολογία και Κοινωνική Δικαιοσύνη. Ηγεσία, Όραμα και Δράση (επιστημ. Επιμ. Ε.Παπαδοπούλου). Αθήνα: Πεδίο.

Open Dialogue:

Books (in English):

Seikkula, J., & Arnkil, T.E. (2014). Open Dialogues and Anticipations: Respecting Otherness in the Present Moment.
Seikkula, J., & Arnkil, T.E. (2006). Dialogical Meetings in Social Networks. London: Karnak Books.

Articles (in English):

Seikkula, J. & Rober, P. (2012). Making Sense of Multi-Actor Dialogues in Family Therapy and Network Settings. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 38, 4, 667-687. Available at:
Seikkula, J. (2011). Becoming Dialogical: Psychotherapy or a Way of Life? The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 32, 3, 179-183. Available at:
Seikkula, J., Alakare, B., Aaltonen, J. (2011). The Comprehenstive Open-Dialogue Approach in Western Lapland: II, Lond-Term Stability of acute psychosis outcomes in advanced community care. Psychosis, 1-13. Available at:
Seikkula, J. (2008). Inner And Outer Voices In The Present Moment Of Family And Network Therapy. Journal of Family Therapy, 30, 4, 478-491.

Seikkula, J., Alakare, B., Aaltonen, J., Haarakangas, K., Keränen, J. and Lehtinen, K. (2006). Five years experiences of first-episode non-affective psychosis in Open Dialogue approach: treatment principles, follow-up outcomes and two case analyses. Psychotherapy Research, 16, 214–228. Available at:
Seikkula, J. and Trimble, D. (2005). Healing elements of therapeutic conversation: dialogue as an embodiment of love. Family Process, 44, 461–475. Available at:
Seikkula, J. (2002). Open Dialogues with good and poor outocomes for psychotic crises: examples from families with violence. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 28, 3, 263-274. Available at:

Articles (in Greek):

Ομάδα Θεραπευτών Ψυχιατρικού Τομέα του Νοσοκομείου Βόλου (2009). Ένα μήνα μετά... Μετάλογος, 16, 94-95
Rober, P. (2000). Η εσωτερική συζήτηση του οικογενειακού θεραπευτή: Για τον Εαυτό του Θεραπευτή, τα θεραπευτικά αδιέξοδα και πως μπορούμε να σκεφτόμαστε για αυτά (μτφρ. Τ. Ζήσης). Familiendynamik, 2, 150-176.
Seikkula, J. (2012). Να γίνουμε Διαλογικοί: Ψυχοθεραπεία ή Τρόπος Ζωής; (μτφρ: Δ. Μπάσογλου, Σ. Αραπίδου, επιμ. Κ. Δαμασκηνίδου), Μετάλογος, 21, 109-119
Seikkula, J. & Trimble, D. (2009). Οι θεραπευτικές συναντήσεις ως Κοινή Εμπειρία: Ο Διάλογος ως Πράξη Αγάπης (μτφρ. Ν. Δαμάσκου, επιμ. Φ. Τριανταφύλλου, Ε. Μουρελή). Μετάλογος, 15. 39-59
Seikkula, J. & Linares, J.L. (2009). Conversational Partners: Συγκλίσεις & Αποκλίσεις. Ένας διάλογος μεταξύ των 2 ομιλητών (απομ. Ε. Ξανθοπούλου, μτφρ. Φ. Τριανταφύλλου, επιμ. Ε. Μουρελή). Μετάλογος, 15, 60-73
Satu Castella, J. & Bech-Hansen, M. (2009). Αναπτύσσοντας τον Ανοικτό Διάλογο στη Δανία: μια συνέντευξη (μτφ. Ε. Μουρελή). Μετάλογος, 15, 74-83.
Seikkula, J. (2009). Εσωτερικές & Εξωτερικές Φωνές στην Παρούσα στιγμή στη Θεραπεία Οικογένειας & Δικτύου (μτφρ. Φ. Τριανταφύλλου, επιμ. Ε. Μουρελή). Μετάλογος, 16, 63-77.
Seikkula, J. & Alakare, B. (2008). Ανοικτοί διάλογοι με Ψυχωτικούς Ασθενείς και τις Οικογένειές τους (μτφρ: Δ. Μπάσογλου, επιμ. Ε. Μουρελή). Μετάλογος, 14, 22-36.
Trewarthen, C. (1996). Η πρώτη Ποιητική του Διαλόγου: Έρευνες της Ανθρώπινης Συμπάθειας στις Συνομιλίες με τα Βρέφη. Ομιλία για την αναγόρευση σε επίτιμο διδάκτορα, Τμήμα Ψυχολογίας, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης, σελ. 1-19.
Τσέλιου, E. (2009). Η Εκπαίδευση στον Ανοιχτό Διάλογο ως Μεθοδολογία Μεταμορφώσεως ενός Πλαισίου: το παράδειγμα των Δομών Ψυχικής Υγείας Βόλου. Μετάλογος, 17, 78-93.

Critical (& Feminist) Family Therapy:

Books (in English):

Almeida, R., Dolan-Del Vecchio, K. & Parker, L. (2008). Transformative Family Therapy. Just Families in a Just Society. Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
Almeida, R. (ed.)(2007). Expansions of Feminist Family Theory through Diversity. Binghampton, NY: Harrington Park Press.
Ballou, M., Hill, M. & West, C. (eds.)(2008). Feminist Therapy: Theory and Practice. A Contemporary Perspective. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Brown, L.S. (1994). Subversive Dialogues. Theory in Family Therapy. New York, NY: Basic Books.
Goodman, R.D. & Gorski, P.C. (eds.)(2015). Decolonizing “Multicultural” Counseling through Social Justice. New York, NY: Springer.
Goodrich, T.J., Rampage, C., Elmann, B. & Halstead, K. (1988). Feminist Family Therapy: A Casebook. New York, NY: WW Norton & Co.
Knudson-Martin, C., Wells, M.A. & Samman, S.K. (2015). Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy: Bridging Emotion, Societal Context and Couple Interaction. AFTA SpringerBriefs in Family Therapy. Heidelberg: Springer.
McDowell, T. (2015). Applying Critical Social Theories to Family Therapy Practice. AFTA SpringerBriefs in Family Therapy. Heidelberg: Springer.
McGoldrick, M., Giordano, J. & Garcia-Preto, N. (2005). Ethnicity and Familty Therapy (3d ed). New York: The Guildford Press.
Nelson, T. & Winawer, H. (eds.)(2014). Critical Topics in Family Therapy. AFTA Monograph Series Highlights. Heidelberg, DE: Springer.
Silverstein, L.B. & Goodrich, T.J. (eds.)(2003). Feminist Family Therapy: Empowerment in Social Context. Washington, DC: APA.
Worell, J. & Remer, P. (2003). Feminist Perspectives in Therapy. Empowering Diverse Women. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.

Books (in Greek):

Δεληγιάννη-Κουϊμτζή, Β., Αθανασιάδου, Χ. & Στογιαννίδου, Α. (2010)(επιμ.). Συμβουλευτική με την Οπτική του Φύλου, Αθήνα: Ελληνικά Γράμματα.
Χαρίτου-Φατούρου, Μ., Τατά-Αρσέλ, Λ., Καββαδία, Α., Χλιόβα, Α. (2003). Οδηγός Συμβουλευτικής Γυναικών του Κέντρου Ερευνών για Θέματα Ισότητας. Αθήνα: ΚΕΘΙ.

Articles (in English):

Almeida, R.V & Durkin, T. (1999). The Cultural Context Model: Therapy with Couples with Domestic Violence. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy,25, 3, 313-324
Almeida, R.V.; Hernández-Wolfe, P. & Tubbs, C. (2011). Cultural equity: Bridging the complexity of social identities with therapeutic practices. The International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, 3, 43-56.
Hare-Mustin, R. (1994). Discourses in the Mirrored Room: A Postmodern analysis of Therapy. Family Process, 33, 19-35
Hare-Mustin, R. (1978). A Feminist Approach to Family Therapy. Family Process, 17, 181-194.
Hernández-Wolfe, P.; Almeida, R.V.; Dolan-Del Vecchio, K. (2005). Critical Consciousness, Accountability, and Empowerment: Key Processes for Helping Families Heal. Family Process, 44, 105–119.
Hudak, J. & Giamattei, S. (2010). Doing Family: Decentering Heteronormativity on ‘Couple’ and ‘Family’ Therapy. Winter Monograph: American Family Therapy Academy
Kosutic, I.; Garcia, M. Et al. (2009). The Critical Genogram: A Tool for Promoting Critical Consciousness. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 21, 151–176.
Levant, R.F. & Williams, C.M. (2009) 'The Psychology of Men and Masculinity', in James H. Bray & Mark Stanton (Eds.) The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Family Psychology , Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Osborne, K. (1983). Women in families: feminist therapy and family systems. Journal of Family Therapy, 5, 1-10

Formulation & Diagnosis:

Books (in English):

Division of Clinical Psychology, BPS (2011). Good Practice Guidelines on the Use of Psychological Formulation.
Frances, A. (2014). Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt against out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life. New York, NY: William Morrow/Harper Collins.
Johnstone, L. (2014). A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis. Ross-on-Wye: Herefordshire: PCCS Books.
Johnstone, L. & Dallos, R. (eds.)(2013). Formulation in Psychology and Psychotherapy. London: Routledge.
Johnstone, L. (ed.)(2015). Clinical Psychology Forum Special Issue: Team Formulation, 275.
Vanheule, S. (2014). Diagnosis and the DSM: A Critical Review. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Verhaeghe, P. (2004). On Being Normal and other Disorders: A Manual for Clinical Psychodiagnostics. New York, NY: Other Press.

Articles (in English):

C/S/X & Hearing Voices Movement:

Books (in English):

Hall, W. (2012). Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs. The Icarus project & Freedom Centre. Available at:
Icarus Project (2015). Madness & Oppression. Pathways to Personal Transformation & Collective Liberation. A Mad Maps Guide. Available at:
Icarus Project (2013). Friends Make the Best Medicine. A guide to creating community mental health groups. Available at:
LeFrançois, B., Menzies, R. & Reaume, G. (2013). Mad Matters: A Critical Reader in Canadian Mad Studies. Toronto, Ca: Canadian Scholar's Press.
Mindful Occupation (2012). Rising Up Without Burning Out. Available at:
Romme, M. & Escher, A. (1993). Accepting Voices. London: MIND
Romme, M., Escher, A., Dillon, J., Corstens, D. & Morris, M. (2009). Living With Voices. Ross-on-Wye: Herefordshire: PCCS Books.

Books (in Greek):

Hall, W. (2007). Οδηγός Μείωσης της Βλάβης για τη Διακοπή των Ψυχιατρικών Φαρμάκων. The Icarus project & Freedom Centre (μτφρ. Κατερίνα Τσαντίλα & Μαριάννα Κεφαλληνού). Διαθέσιμο στο:
Lehman, P. & Εμμανουηλίδου, Α. (2008). Βγαίνοντας από τα Ψυχοφάρμακα. Θεσσαλονίκη: Νησίδες.
Romme, M., Escher, S., Dillon, J., Corstens, D. & Morris, M. (2014). Ζώντας με Φωνές. 50 Ιστορίες Ανάρρωσης. Θεσσαλονίκη: Νησίδες.

Critical Psychiatry:

Books (in English):

Bentall, R.P. (2010). Doctoring the Mind: Why Psychiatric Treatments Fail. London, UK: Penguin.
Bracken, P. & Thomas, P. (2005). Postpsychiatry: Mental Health in a Postmodern World. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Breggin, P.R. (2001). Toxic Psychiatry. London, UK: St.Martin's Press.
Cohen, C.I. & Timimi, S. (eds.)(2008). Liberatory Psychiatry. Philosophy, Politics and Mental Health. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Burstow, B. (2015). Psychiatry and the Business of Madness: An ethical and Epistemological Accounting. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Burstow, B. & LeFrançois, B. & Diamond, S. (eds.)(2014). Psychiatry Disrupted: Theorizing Resistance & Crafting the (R)evolution. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
Coles, S., Keenan, S. & Diamond, B. (eds.)(2013). Madness Contested: Power and Practice. Ross-on-Wye: Herefordshire: PCCS Books.
Cooke, A. (ed.)(2013). Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia. A Report by the Division of Clinical Psychology. Available at:
Cromby, J., Harper, D. & Reavey, P. (2013). Psychology, Mental Health and Distress. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Davies, J. (2014). Cracked: Why Psychiatry is doing more Harm than Good. London: Icon Books.
Double, D.B. (2006). Critical Psychiatry: The Limits of Madness. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Friedli, L. (2009). Mental Health, Resilience and Inequalities. Copenhagen:WHO Europe. Available at:
Johnstone, L. (2000). Users and Abusers of Psychiatry. A critical look at psychiatric practice (2nd ed.). London, UK: Routledge.
Ingleby, D. (2004). Critical Psychiatry: The Politics of Mental Health. London: Free Association Books.
Kinderman, P. (2014). A Prescription for Psychiatry: Why me need a whole new approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing. London: Palgrave McMillan.
Kinderman, P. & Cooke, A. (eds.)(2000). Recent Advances in Understanding Mental Illness & Psychotic Experiences. Report by the Division of Clinical Psychology of the BPS.
Lewis, B. (2006). Moving Beyond Prozak, DSM and the New Psychiatry: The Birth of Postpsychiatry. Michigan, USA: The University of Michigan Press.
Moncrieff, J., Rapley, M. & Speed, E. (eds.)(2014). De-Medicalizing Misery II. Society, Politics and the Mental Health Industry. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Moncrieff, J. (2013). The Bitterest Pills: The Troubling Story of Antipsychotic Drugs. London: Palgrave McMillan.
Moncrieff, J. (2009). The Myth of the Chemical Cure: A Critique of Psychiatric Drug Treatment. London: Palgrave McMillan.
Moncrieff, J. (2009). A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs. Ross-on-Wye: Herefordshire: PCCS Books.
Morgan, A. (ed.)(2008). Being Human: Reflections on Mental Distress in Society. Ross-on-Wye: Herefordshire: PCCS Books.
Newnes, C., Dunn, C. & Holmes, G. (eds.)(2001). This is Madness Too: Critical Perspectives on Mental Health Services. Ross-on-Wye: Herefordshire: PCCS Books.
Newnes, C., Dunn, C. & Holmes, G. (eds.)(1999). This is Madness: A Critical Look at Psychiatry and the Future of Mental Health Services. Ross-on-Wye: Herefordshire: PCCS Books.
Parker, I., Georgaka, Ε., Harper, D., McLaughlin, T. & Stowell-Smith, M. (1996). Deconstructing Psychopathology. London: Sage.
Pilgrim, D. & McCranie, A. (2013). Recovery and Mental Health: A Critical Sociological Account. London: Palgrave McMillan.
Pilgrim, D. (2009). A Straight-Talking Introduction to Psychological Treatments for Mental Health Problems. Ross-on-Wye: Herefordshire: PCCS Books.
Rapley, M., Moncrieff, J. & Dillon, J. (eds.)(2011). De-Medicalizing Misery. Psychiatry, Psychology and the Human Condition. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Read, J. (2009). Psychiatric Drugs: Key Issues and Service User Perspectives. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Read, J., Bentall, R. & Mosher, L. (2004). Models of Madness: Psychological, Social and Biological Approaches to Schizophrenia. London, UK: Routledge
Tew, J. (2011). Social Approaches to Mental Distress. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Tew, J. (ed.)(2004). Social Perspectives in Mental Health: Developing Social Models to Understand and Work with Mental Distress. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Thomas, P. (2014). Psychiatry in Context: Experience, Meaning and Communities. Ross-on-Wye: Herefordshire: PCCS Books.
Timimi, S. (2009). A Straight-Talking Introduction to Children's Mental Health Problems. Ross-on-Wye: Herefordshire: PCCS Books.
Whitaker, R. & Cosgrove, L. (2015). Psychiatry Under the Influence: Institutional Corruption, Social Injury and Prescriptions for Reform. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Whitaker, R. (2011). Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America. New York, NY: Crown House.
Whitaker, R. (2010). Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill. New York, NY: Basic Books.
Whitwell, D. (2005). Revovery beyond Psychiatry. London, UK: Free Association.
Williams, P. (2012). Rethinking Madness: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding and Treatment of Psychosis. San Francisco, CA: Sky's Edge Publishing.
Zeeman, L., Aranda, K. & Grant, A. (eds.)(2014). Queering Health: Critical challenges to Normative Health and Healthcare. Ross-on-Wye: Herefordshire: PCCS Books.

Books (in Greek):

Basaglia, F. (2008). Εναλλακτική Ψυχιατρική. Ενάντια στην απαισιοδοξία της λογικής: για μια αισιοδοξία της πράξης. Αθήνα: Καστανιώτης.
Basaglia, F. (2008). Οι θεσμοί της βίας και άλλα κείμενα. Ειδική έκδοση των 'τετραδίων ψυχιατρικής' για τα 30 χρόνια από το κλείσιμο των Ιταλικών Ψυχιατρείων. Αθήνα: Βιβλιοτεχνία.
Laing, R. D. (1975).Ο Διχασμένος Εαυτός. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη.
Lehman, P., Statsny, P., Εμμανουηλίδου, Α. (2012). Αντί της Ψυχιατρικής. Εναλλακτικά Μοντέλα Συνάντησης με τον Ψυχικό Πόνο. Θεσσαλονίκη: Νησίδες.
Μπαϊρακτάρης, Κ. (1994). Ψυχική Υγεία και Κοινωνική Παρέμβαση. Αθήνα: Εναλλακτικές Εκδόσεις.
Parker, I., Γεωργάκα, Ε., Harper, D., McLaughlin, T. & Stowell-Smith, M. (2007). Αποδομώντας την Ψυχοπαθολογία. Αθήνα: Gutenberg.

Social Materialist Psychology

Books (in English):

Moloney, P. (2013). The Therapy Industry: The irresistible Rise of the Talking Cure, and Why it doesn't work. London: Pluto Press.
Smail. D. (2015). How to Survive without psychotherapy. London: Karnac
Smail. D. (2015). The origins of unhappiness: a new understsanding of personal distress. London: Karnac
Smail. D. (2015). Taking Care: An Alternative to Therapy. London: Karnac
Smail. D. (2015). Illusion and Reality; The Meaning of Anxiety. London: Karnac
Smail. D. (2005). Power, Interest & Psychology: Elements of a Social Materialist Understanding of Distress.

Articles (in English):

Cromby, J. (2005). Theorizing Embodied Subjectivity. International Journal of Critical Psychology, 15, 133-150.
Cromby, J. (2004). Between Constructionism and Neuroscience: The Societal Co-constitution of Embod ied Subjectivity. Theory & Psychology, 14, 6, 797–821.
Cromby, J. (2004). Depression: embod ying social inequality. Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 4, 3, 176-187.
Cromby, J. and Harper, D. (2012). Paranoia: contested and contextualised. in Diamond, B., Coles, S. and Keenan, S. (eds.) Madness contested: power and practice. Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books
Cromby, J. & Harper, D. (2009). Paranoia: A Social Account. Theory & Psychology, 19, 3; 335-351.
Cromby, J. & Harper, D. (2005). Paranoia and Social Inequality. Clinical Psychology Forum 153, 17-21,
Hagan, T. & Smail, D. (1997). Power-Mapping I. Background and Basic Method ology. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 7, 257-267
Harper, D. (2008). The Politics of Paranoia: Paranoid Positioning and Conspiratorial Narratives in the Surveillance Society, Surveillance & Society, 5, 1, 1-32.
Harper, D. (2004). Introducing social constructionist and critical psychology into clinical psychology training. in G. Larner & D. Paré (eds), Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy. New York: Haworth Press. Available at:
Smail, D. (1995). Power and the Origins of Unhappiness: Working with Ind ivid uals. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 5, 347-356.
The Midlands Psychology Group (john cromby, bob diamond, paul kelly, paul moloney, penny priest, david smail, jan soffe-caswell) (2014). Special Issue: Draft Manifesto for a Social Materialist Psychology of Distress. Clinical Psychology Forum, 256.
The Midlands Psychology Group (John Cromby, Bob Diamond, Paul Kelly, Paul Moloney, Penny Priest, David Smail, Jan Soffe-Caswell) (2012). Draft Manifesto For A Social Materialist Psychology Of Distress. Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 12, 2, 93-107.
The Midlands Psychology Group (2006) Critical & Community Psychology special issue. Clinical Psychology Forum, 162

Just Therapy

Books (in English):

Waldergrave, C., Tamasese, K., Tuhaka, F. & Cambell, W. (2003). Just Therapy – a journey. A collection of papers from the Just Therapy Team, N.Z. Adelaide, S.Australia: Dulwich Centre Publications.

Articles (in English):

Waldegrave, C. (2012). Developing a ‘just therapy’: context and the ascription of meaning. in Andy Lock and Tom Strong (eds), Discursive Perspectives in Therapeutic Practice. Oxford: OUP.
Waldegrave, C. (2009). Cultural, Gender, and Socioeconomic Contexts in Therapeutic and Social Policy Work. Family Process, 48, 85–101.
Waldegrave, C. (2007). “Just Therapy” with Families on Low Incomes. in Flaskas, C., McCarthy, I., & Sheehan, J. (eds.), Hope and despair in family therapy. Adversity, Forgiveness & Reconciliation. Hove, East Sussex, UK: Routledge.
Waldegrave, C. (2006). Contrasting National Jurisdictional And Welfare Responses To Violence To Children. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand.
Kiwi Tamasese, Carmel Peteru, Charles Waldegrave, Allister Bush (2005). Ole Taeao Afua, the new morning: a qualitative investigation into Samoan perspectives on mental health and culturally appropriate services, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39, 300–309.
Kiwi Tamasese (2000). Talking about culture and gender: An interview with Kiwi Tamasese. First published in Working with the Stories of Women’s Lives. Adelaide, Australia: Dulwich Centre Publications. (pp. 15-21)
Salome Raheim, Maggie Carey, Charles Waldegrave, Kiwi Tamasese, Flora Tuhaka, Hugh Fox, Anita Franklin, Cheryl White and David Denborough. An invitation to narrative practitioners to address privilege and dominance. A document created from conversations between the authors.
Tamasese K, Waldegrave C, Tuhaka F and Campbell C (1998). Furthering conversations about partnerships of accountability: Talking about issues of leadership, ethics and care. Dulwich Centre Journal, 4.
Waldegrave C (1998). The Challenges of Culture to Psychology and Post-Modern Thinking. in McGoldrick,M. (Ed.), Re-visioning Family Therapy: Race, Culture, and Gender in Clinical Practice. New York: Guilford Press
Waldegrave C. & Tamasese K.(1994). Some Central Ideas in the 'Just Therapy' Approach. Human Systems: The Journal of Systemic Consultation and Management, 5, 3 & 4, United Kingdom.
Waldegrave C. & Tamasese K.(1994). Some Central Ideas in the 'Just Therapy' Approach. The Family Journal(The Official Journal of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counsellors), 2, 2,
Tamasese K. & Waldegrave C. (1994). Cultural and Gender Accountability in the 'Just Therapy' Approach. Dulwich Centre Newsletter, 2 & 3, Adelaide, Australia
Tamasese K. & Waldegrave C.(1993). Cultural and Gender Accountability in the 'Just Therapy' Approach. The Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 5, 2.
Waldegrave C. & Tamasese K.(1993). Some Central Ideas in the `Just Therapy' Approach. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy,14, 1, 1-8.
Waldegrave C.T.(1992). Psychology, Politics and the Loss of the Welfare State. NZ Psychological Society Bulletin. 74.
Waldegrave C.T. (1990). Just Therapy. Dulwich Centre Newsletter, 1, 5-46
Waldegrave C.T.(1990). The Politics of Empowering Families - Just Therapy. In Strengthening Families Monograph. Washington D.C. Annual Conference Plenary Presentations, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.
Waldegrave C.T.(1985). Mono-Cultural, Mono-Class, and So Called Non-Political Family Therapy. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 6, 4, 197-200.
Charles Waldegrave (1984). The Butchers, an eclectic approach to family therapy. Journal of Family Therapy, 6: 247-263

Liberation Psychology:

Books (in English):

Freire, P. (1996). Pedagogy of the Oppressed. London, UK: Penguin.
Hollander, N. C. (1997): Love in a time of hate: Liberation psychology in Latin America. New Brunswick, NJ, USA: Rutgers University Press.
Martín-Baró, I. (1996). Writings for a Liberation Psychology (edited by Adrianne Aon & Shawn Corne). Boston, MA: Harvard University Press.
Montero, M. & Sonn, C.C. (eds.)(2009). Psychology of Liberation. Theory and Applications. New York, NY: Springer.
Watkins, M. & Shulman, H. (2008). Towards Psychologies of Liberation. London, UK: Palgrave MacMillan

Articles (in English):

Watkins, M. (2015). Psychosocial Accompaniment. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 3, 1. doi:10.5964/jspp.v3i1.103. Available at:

Books (in Greek):

Freire, P. (1977). Η Αγωγή του καταπιεζόμενου. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Κέδρος/Ράππα.
Gutieres, G. (2012). Θεολογία της Απελευθέρωσης. Αθήνα: Άρτος Ζωής.

(Critical) Existential Therapy:

Books (in English):

Buber, M. (1970). I and Thou. N.Y.: Charles Scribner.
Camus, A. (1946). The Stranger. N.Y.: Alfred Knopf.
Camus, A. (1972). A Happy Death. N.Y.: Alfred Knopf.
Loewenthal, D. (forthcoming). Existentialism after Postmodernism: The Collected Works of Del Loewenthal. World Library of Mental Health Series, London: Routledge.
Loewenthal, D. (ed) (2011). Post-existentialism and the psychological therapies: Towards a therapy without foundations. London: Karnac
Yalom, I. D. (1980).Existential psychotherapy. New York: Basic Books.

Books (in Greek):

Βαλ Ζαν, 1988, Εισαγωγή στις Φιλοσοφίες του Υπαρξισμού, Αθήνα, εκδ. Δωδώνη.
Cooper, M. (2008). Ο Υπαρξισμός στην Ψυχοθεραπεία. Αθήνα: Άσπρη Λέξη.
Frankl, V. (1979). Αναζητώντας Νόημα Ζωής και Ελευθερίας σ’ ένα Στρατόπεδο Συγκεντρώσεως. Λευκωσία: Ταμασός.
Frankl, V. (1980). Ο Θεός του Ασυνειδήτου. Λευκωσία: Ταμασός.
Μαίη, Ρόλο. (1980) Υπαρξιακή Ψυχολογία. Αθήνα: Επίκουρος.
Μαίη, Ρόλο. (2003) Η έρευνα του ανθρώπου για τον εαυτό του. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Κονιδάρης. Μαίη, Ρόλο. (2003) Το νόημα του άγχους. Αθήνα: Θεραπευτήριο Ν.Σπινάρη.
Rogers, C.,( 1991) Ομάδες Συνάντησης, Αθήνα, Δίοδος. Τίτλος πρωτοτύπου: On Encounter Groups.
Rogers, C. (2006). Ένας τρόπος να υπάρχουμε, (A way of being),. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Ερευνητής.
Rogers, C. (2006). Το γίγνεσθαι του προσώπου(On becoming a person). Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Ερευνητής.
Van Deurzen, E. (2010). Η Ψυχοθεραπεία και η Αναζήτηση της Ευτυχίας. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Κοντύλι.
Van Deurzen & Martin Adams, (2012), Αναπτύσσοντας δεξιότητες στην Υπαρξιακή Συμβουλευτική & Ψυχοθεραπεία, Εκδ. Κοντύλι, Αθήνα.
Yalom, I. (2006). Θεωρία και πράξη της Ομαδικής Ψυχοθεραπείας. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις ΑΓΡΑ.
Yalom, I. (2004). Το Δώρο της Ψυχοθεραπείας. Αθήνα: Άγρα.

Discursive/Narrative Therapy: