Russell, Bertrand. The Conquest of Happiness. New York: Bantam, 1968 (first published in 1930). [One of the most psychologically perceptive attempts to identify the basic ingredients for a happy life, by a philosopher who made original contributions to whatever subjects he touched.]
Strupp, Hans H. Patients View Their Psychotherapy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1969. [Evaluations by patients of their experiences in psychotherapy.]
———. Psychotherapists in Action. New York: Grune & Stratton, 1960. [Focuses on what the therapist actually does in the therapy relationship.]
Watson, Robert I., Jr. Psychotherapies: A Comparative Casebook. New York: Holt, Reinhart and Winston, 1977. [A collection of cases treated by means of different approaches to psychotherapy.]
Wheelis, Allen. How People Change. New York: Harper & Row, 1973. [An insightful book about the process of therapy.]
A. PSYCHOANALYSIS (CHAPTER 9)
Brenner, Charles. An Elementary Textbook of Psychoanalysis. New York: International Universities Press, 1973. [A world-famous introduction to analysis that has now been translated into nine languages.]
Hall, Calvin. A Primer of Freudian Psychology. New York: New American Library, 1954. [Perhaps the clearest and most concise summary of psychoanalytic concepts.]
Jones, Ernest. The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud. New York: Basic Books, 1953-57. 3 volumes. [A biography of Freud that describes his personal development and summarizes his main contributions.]
B. CLIENT-CENTERED THERAPY (CHAPTER 10)