This is a comprehensive text on psychology as related directly to the physical and manual therapies. It is divided into 3 sections :

Section 1 addresses psychological principles as they relate to illness, injury, and rehabilitation.
Section 2 covers key concepts relevant to psychological care in the physical therapies (e.g., client-practitioner relationships, cognitive-behavioural interventions). The emphasis in the section is on integrating psychological and physical approaches to client care.
Section 3 addresses specific client conditions encountered by those working in the physical and manual therapies.

Reviews

Chiropractic Journal of Australia, December 2004 "An ideal companion for Waddell's 'Back Pain Revolution' this book provides very useful tools to strengthen these dimensions in one's practice."

Features

Written in a style which is understandable to those who do not have a specialist psychology background
Relates the theoretical and research foundation to the practicalities of client -practitioner relationships, interventions and working with clients with a variety of conditions.
Aimed specifically at those working in the field of physical and manual therapies including sports
Written by a broad international range of contributors, all of whom are leaders in their fields - therapy approaches may vary from country to country. The book gives the global picture.

Contents
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
SECTION 1: Injury, illness, and rehabilitation: psychological principles

1. Using psychology in the physical and manual therapies
Gregory S. Kolt and Mark B. Andersen
2. Psychological antecedents to injury and illness
Urban Johnson
3. Psychological responses to injury and illness
Diane M. Wiese-Bjornstal
4. Psychological aspects of rehabilitation
Britton Brewer

SECTION 2: Psychological care in the physical and manual therapies: An integrated approach
5. Practitioner-client relationships: Building working alliances
Al Petitpas and Allen Cornelius
6. Transference and countertransference
Mark B. Andersen
7. Recognizing psychopathology
Mark B. Andersen
8. Cognitive and behavioral interventions
Craig A. White and Esther K. Black
9. Relaxation techniques
Rosemary A. Payne
10. Imagery
Helen Graham
11. Pain and its management
Gregory S. Kolt
12. Terminating the therapeutic relationship
Lynda Mainwaring

SECTION 3: Working with specific client populations
13. Traumatic brain injury and stroke
Joseph H. Ricker
14. Spinal cord injuries
Beth L. Dinoff and J. Scott Richards
15. Cardiovascular and respiratory conditions
Pia B. Santiago and Robert M. Kaplan
16. Injury from sport, exercise and physical activity
Gregory S. Kolt
17. Arthritides
Melainie Cameron
18. Functional somatic syndromes
Rona Moss-Morris and Wendy Wrapson
19. Personality disorders
Mark B. Andersen
20. Terminal illness
Stephen A. Gudas