Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse
A How-To Guide for Evidence-Based Practice

Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse
A How-To Guide for Evidence-Based Practice
Kathleen Wheeler, PhD, PMHNP-BC, APRN, FAAN
The leading textbook on psychotherapy for advanced practice psychiatric nurses and students
Award-winning and highly lauded, Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse is a how-to compendium of evidence-based approaches for both new and experienced advanced practice psychiatric nurses and students. This expanded third edition includes a revised framework for practice based on new theory and research on attachment and neurophysiology. It advises the reader on when and how to use techniques germane to various evidence-based psychotherapy approaches for the specific client problems encountered in clinical practice.
This textbook guides the reader in accurate assessment through a comprehensive understanding of development and the application of neuroscience to make sense of what is happening for the patient in treatment. Contributed by leaders in the field, chapters integrate the best evidence-based approaches into a relationship-based framework and provides helpful patient-management strategies, from the first contact through termination. This gold-standard textbook and reference honors the heritage of psychiatric nursing, reaffirms the centrality of relationship for psychiatric advanced practice, and celebrates the excellence, vitality, depth, and breadth of knowledge of the specialty.
New to This Edition:
- Revised framework for practice based on new theory and research on attachment and neurophysiology
- 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
Key Features:
- Offers a "how to" of evidence-based psychotherapeutic approaches
- Highlights the most-useful principles and techniques of treatment for nurse psychotherapists and those with prescriptive authority
- Features guidelines, forms, and case studies to guide treatment decisions
- Includes new chapters and robust instructor resources—chapter PowerPoints, case studies, and learning activities
- Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers
Contributors and Reviewers
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Nurse Psychotherapist and a Framework for Practice
Chapter 2. The Neurophysiology of Trauma and Psychotherapy
Chapter 3. Assessment and Diagnosis
Chapter 4. The Initial Contact and Maintaining the Frame
Chapter 5. Supportive and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Chapter 6. Humanistic–Existential and Solution-Focused Approaches to Psychotherapy
Chapter 7. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy
Chapter 8. Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Chapter 9. Motivational Interviewing
Chapter 10. Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Chapter 11. Trauma Resiliency Model Therapy
Chapter 12. Group Therapy
Chapter 13. Family Therapy
Chapter 14. Psychotherapeutics: Re-uniting Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy
Chapter 15. Trauma-Informed Medication Management
Chapter 16. Integrative Medicine and Psychotherapy
Chapter 17. Stabilization for Trauma and Dissociation
Chapter 18. Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Complex Trauma
Chapter 19. Psychotherapeutic Approaches for Addictions and Related Disorders
Chapter 20. Psychotherapy with Children
Chapter 21. Psychotherapeutic Approaches with Children and Adolescents
Chapter 22. Psychotherapy with Older Adults
Chapter 23. Reimbursement and Documentation
Chapter 24. Termination and Outcome Evaluation
Springer Publishing Connect: Your new educator hub!
As of July, 2020 all educator resources have migrated to Springer Publishing CONNECT. Here, you will find a seamless experience that includes your books and their included resources all in one place, with one log in!
What actions do you need to take?
- If you previously received access to educator resources on this website, you may have already received an email granting you Springer Publishing CONNECT access to our title you have adopted
- If not, we're here to help! Email customer service at cs@springerpub.com and we'll set up your access on Springer Publishing CONNECT. Be sure to include the book title, edition number, ISBN, and "Instructor Resources‚" in the subject line. (Please allow 2-3 business days for this to be completed)
- If this is a new request, click "Request Exam Copy" above and follow the instructions for access.

- Release Date: September 1, 2020
- Paperback / softback
- 896 Pages
- Trim Size: 7in x 10in
- ISBN: 9780826193797
- eBook ISBN: 9780826193896