Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse, 2nd edition: a how-to guide for evidence-based practice

In addition to her role as Editor, Kathleen Wheeler is a contributing author (with Patricia D. Barry), "Interpersonal psychotherapy".

Book description: Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse provides the nurse psychotherapist with a useful “how-to” primer that contains practical techniques and interventions without a lot of theoretical jargon. Topics include the basics of psychotherapy, from how to respond to a patient’s initial call to termination of care. Selected approaches, interpersonal, cognitive-behavioral, and psychodynamic psychotherapy are highlighted with discussion of evidence-base research. Specific techniques for working with commonly seen patient populations that require special consideration: those who have experienced trauma, children, and older adults are included. In addition, how to integrate psychopharmacology and psychotherapy is discussed in detail.