Psychotherapy for Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses: A Comprehensive Guide

Written by Kathleen Wheeler PhD PMHNP-BC APRN FAAN, this award-winning textbook is a must-have resource for advanced practice psychiatric nurses and students. This expanded third edition provides a how-to compendium of evidence-based approaches for both new and experienced professionals.

New Framework for Practice

This updated edition features a revised framework for practice, grounded in new theory and research on attachment and neurophysiology. This framework advises readers on when and how to use techniques germane to various evidence-based psychotherapy approaches for specific client problems encountered in clinical practice.

Accurate Assessment and Neuroscience

The textbook guides readers in accurate assessment through a comprehensive understanding of development and the application of neuroscience. This helps make sense of what is happening for the patient in treatment, enabling nurse psychotherapists to provide effective care.

Relationship-Based Framework

Contributed by leaders in the field, chapters integrate the best evidence-based approaches into a relationship-based framework. This provides helpful patient-management strategies, from the first contact through termination, and honors the heritage of psychiatric nursing.

New Chapters

• Trauma Resiliency Model Therapy
• Psychotherapeutics: Re-uniting Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacotherapy
• Trauma-Informed Medication Management
• Integrative Medicine and Psychotherapy
• Psychotherapeutic Approaches with Children and Adolescents

Robust Instructor Resources

The textbook includes robust instructor resources, featuring chapter PowerPoints, case studies, and learning activities to support teaching and learning.

This gold-standard textbook and reference celebrates the excellence, vitality, depth, and breadth of knowledge of the specialty, and is an essential resource for advanced practice psychiatric nurses and students.