Books About Personality and Psychotherapy

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Adler, A. (1956).  The individual psychology of Alfred Adler: A systematic presentation in selections from his writings.  New York: Harper & Row. Chodorow, N. (1989). Feminism and psychoanalysis. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press

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Corsini, J. & Wedding, D. (1989).  Current psychotherapies. Itasca, IL: F. E. Peacock Pub.

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Erikson, E. (1963).  Childhood and society (2nd ed.). New York: Norton.

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Freud, A. (1966). The ego and the mechanisms of defense. New York: International University Press.
Freud, S. (1990). New introductory lectures on psychoanalysis. Strachey, J. (trans.). New York: Norton. (Originally published 1933: Volume 22 of Standard Edition of Complete Works.)

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Gergen, L. (1991). The saturated self. New York: Basic Books.

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Liotti, G. (1983).  Cognitive processes and emotional disorders. New York: The Guilford Press.

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Guntrip, H. (1973).  Psychoanalytic theory, therapy and the self. New York: Basic Books.

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Hampson, S. (1988). The construction of personality: An introduction. London: Routledge.

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Luddon, W. (1988). Information processing and constructivist models of cognitive therapy: A philosophical divergence. The Journal of Mind and Behavior, 9 (7),137-165.

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Mahoney, M. (1991). Human change processes: The scientific foundation of psychotherapy. New York: Basic Books.
Maslow, A. (1968).  Toward a psychology of being. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
May, R. (Ed.). (1961). On becoming a persona: A therapist's view of psychotherapy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Meichenbaum, D. (1976). Cognitive-behavior modification. In Spence, J .J., Carson, J.W,. & Thibault, J.W. (Eds.). And behavioral approaches to therapy. New Jersey: General Teaching Press, 275-292.
Mischel, W. (1989).  Personality and cognition: Something borrowed something new. In Cantor, N. & Kihistromieds, J. F.. Personality cognition and social interaction. Hillsdale: Erlbaum

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Okin, B.(1990). Seeking connections in psychotherapy. SF: Jossey-Bass Pub.

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Perls, F., Hefferine, R., & Goodwin, P. (1951).  Gestalt therapy. NY: Penguin.

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Rogers, C . (1961). On becoming a person. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin.
Rychlak, J. (1973).  Introduction to personality and psychotherapy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

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Skinner, B.F. (1962).  Walden two. New York: Macmillan. (originally pub. 1948.)
Sullivan, H.S. (1953).  The interpersonal theory of psychiatry. New York: Norton.

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Wilber, K. (1983). Eye to eye: The quest for the new paradigm. New York: Anchor/Doubleday.
Winnicott, DW. (1971). Playing and reality. New York: Basic Books .

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