‎"‎This book provides excellent foundations in common psychological interventions that are used in mental health and other fields of nursing ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ Each chapter uses a scenario‎,‎ which helps to apply the concepts to the real world of providing healthcare‎.‎ This is reinforced by the robust manner in which the text signposts readers to examples which they may use or test out in their day to day practice of mental health nursing‎.‎‎"‎

Paul Barber‎,‎ Senior Lecturer‎,‎ University of Chester‎,‎ UK

‎"‎This accessible scenario based text gets to the heart of how to effectively integrate psychological values and emotional intelligence with professional‎,‎ ethical and cognitive skills to develop a meaningful collaborative therapeutic relationship with mental health service users and their families‎.‎

The language‎,‎ style‎,‎ and format is engaging and linked to mental health field‎-specific‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎