Research and Social Sciences.

Two books that every psychotherapist needs to have are:

Oxford Textbook of Psychotherapy - Gabbard, Beck & Holmes Editors. ISBN: 0198520646

For those specifically working in Neuro Linguistics: Constructivism in Psychotherapy - Neimeyer & Mahoney Editors. ISBN: 1557982791

Reading list.

These two textbooks are ESSENTIAL reading for this module:

Cooper, T and Roth, I (Eds) (2002) Challenging Psychological Issues. Milton Keynes: The Open University. Available from Open University Worldwide, www.ouw.co.uk, Telephone: 01908 858785.

and

Robson, C. (2001) Real World Research: A Resource for Social Scientists and Practitioner-Researchers (Regional Surveys of the World) 2nd Edition. London: Blackwell Publications. www.amazon.co.uk.

Reading prior to weekend	Chapters or Sections
Weekend One	Real World Research - none
Weekend One	Challenging Psychological Issues - Language and Meaning; Sex and Gender
Weekend Two	Real World Research - 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, Appendix B
Weekend Two	Challenging Psychological Issues - Consciousness; Lifespan Development
Weekend Three	Real World Research - 3, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15
Weekend Three	Challenging Psychological Issues -"Normal development"

Optional Resources are:

Charvet, SR. (1997) Words That Change Minds, Second Edition. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendal/Hunt Publishing Company.

Briggs Myers, I. (2000) Introduction to Type™, Sixth Edition European English Version. Oxford: Oxford Psychologists Press. [Can be obtained directly from OPP, telephone: 01865 404500.]