“Self-help is ubiquitous, internationally recognized both as an alternative to and as a critical element of professionally administered therapies. Commercial hype, blatant self-promotion, and lack of empirical evaluation, however, have resulted in professional disdain, marring what'should be integral to effective therapy. What has been sorely missing is a comprehensive examination of the entire self-help domain, based on sound evidence, common sense, and clinical acumen. Skilled clinical scientists Patti Lou Watkins and George A. Clum and their assembled authors have delivered us an outstanding, erudite, and innovative handbook to meet exactly this long-standing need.”
- Ian M. Evans, PhD, FRSNZ, Head of School and Professor of Psychology, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
“Watkins and Clum have assembled an impressive cast of contributors to produce a scholarly and comprehensive volume on self-help therapies. This book is a must-read for any serious scholar of self-directed therapies. Evidence-based practitioners will find Watkins and Clum’s book a valuable resource when considering recommending self-help materials to their clients.”
- Jeffrey E. Hecker, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Maine
“This is a very much needed handbook that definitely fills a gap in the literature. The issues selected for review are right on target; and the chapters are authoritative and well written both by invited contributors and the editors. I therefore highly recommend Watkins and Clum's Handbook of Self-Help Therapies for professionals in the field and graduate students alike.”
- Michel Hersen, PhD, ABPP, Professor and Dean, School of Professional Psychology, Pacific University, Hillsboro
"Although the book's content is well integrated from chapter to chapter, individual chapters are self-contained, and, thus, the book could be used either as a complete text or as a reference tool for specific disorders or modalities. The chapter authors are highly expert and credible in their content areas. There is little variability in the quality from chapter to chapter. As a moderately knowledgeable reader of the self-help literature, I found this text generally to be of superior quality."
-Patricia L. Wolleat in PsycCRITIQUES, October 22, 2008, Vol. 53, Release 43, Article 8
