Books like The quality of tenderness by Brian Thorne

The Gift of Therapy is a practical guide that compiles Irvin D. Yalom’s 35‑year experience as a psychiatrist into 85 thoughtful, often original therapeutic ideas for counsellors and patients.

Clementine Brady, a sensible landlord, finds unexpected romance when the shy Michael Forrest arrives at her boarding house, but his guarded past and disguise threaten to keep them from truly connecting.

How does parent-infant attachment affect mental functioning throughout life? What are the pathways by which interpersonal experience shapes the structure and function of the brain? How are neural processes altered by psychological trauma, and how can psychotherapeutic intervention help? Going beyond the nature-nurture divisions that traditionally have constrained much of our thinking about development, this volume presents an integrative new framework for understanding the interface of the brain and the social environment. Daniel J. Siegel addresses fundamental questions about mental health and dysfunction as he explores the ways that interpersonal relationships influence the genetically programmed unfolding of the human mind. Offering a unique perspective on the brain in its natural environment - the growing, feeling, communicating mind - this book belongs on the shelf of professionals and students in a range of fields. It serves as an engaging and informative text for courses in psychiatry, clinical and developmental psychology, neuropsychology, and cognitive science.

After being released from juvenile detention for murdering his parents, 18‑year‑old Eric seeks a twisted form of tenderness, while runaway 15‑year‑old Lori, emotionally naive and sexually precocious, finds the same in him—raising the question of whether their connection will save or destroy them.

Ten tales, by Dr. Yalom, re-create breaking through a patient's uncertainty to the ultimate truth.

Gerard Egan's The Skilled Helper is internationally recognized for its successful problem-management approach to effective helping. Egan's practical, three-stage model will help you learn to use a wide variety of counseling skills appropriately and effectively; develop a solid foundation as a basis for building your own personal counseling orientation; master practical strategies for facilitating client change; and be able to confront and deal with the "shadow side of helping.". And, throughout the book, vivid examples show helping skills in action in a vast array of possible relationships and settings - from correctional institutes and hospitals to private practice.

When a struggling single mother finds shelter from a helpful stranger, she meets a hotel manager whose gentle touch awakens hope for love again.