Books published by Jason Aronson Publishers

Jewish tradition is rich in stories, many of which center around the lives and work of the great chasidic rabbis, known as rebbes. This title presents fifty-two such stories.

This book is about the psychoanalytically informed understanding, recognition, and treatment of severe psychological trauma. It goes beyond the limited notion of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and addresses the issues associated with problems ranging from physical and sexual abuse to genocidal persecution.

Weaves together the various stories about Hillel along with his teachings and sayings.

Offers an account of the existentialist approach to psychology. This title defines the approach that seeks to understand mental illness.

A text on drug-user thinking. It attributes crime to a series of early irresponsible choices that predate drug use among drug-using criminals.

A home-based behavioural recovery programme for oppositional, defiant and aggressive children, and a self-help guide for parents. The author offers a variety of cognitive strategies to help defiant children develop the psychological armour needed when teased, provoked or frustrated.

The increasing frequency with which issues of childhood sexual abuse come up in therapy highlights the need for an effective short-term treatment for these patients.

Shows how we can learn to tap the power of rituals to mark transitions, express important values, heal the past, and deepen relationships. This work includes chapters that look at the special issues and possibilities for nuclear, extended, single-parent, and remarried families, as well as for single adults and couples.

Attachment theory provides an overall framework for thinking about relationships, or about those aspects of relationships that are shaped by threat and the need for security, themes that are central to the work of psychotherapy. This book explores the contribution of attachment theory to everyday psycho-therapeutic practice.

This work outlines the historical development of concepts and terminologies currently used in the psychoanalytic process. The author clarifies the ways in which terminology is used by different theorists to denote various phenomena and processes.

A collection of sixty-four Jewish folktales.

Offers a brief (usually less than 20-session) treatment method for psychological disorders based on irrational fears that leads to a change in the interpersonal, cognitive, and emotional organizations underlying these problems.