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Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse

A How-To Guide for Evidence-Based Practice

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Kathleen Wheeler, PhD, PMHNP-BC, APRN, FAAN

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Integrating Mind, Brain, and Practice—Advanced Psychotherapy for APRNs

Includes CourseConnect: Study, practice, succeed– Trusted Content Innovative Learning 

Essential for every PMHNP program. Wheeler’s authoritative guide delivers the theory, art, and science of psychotherapy through a nursing-centered, neurobiologically informed lens. The Fourth Edition features new content on telemental health, trauma resiliency, and psychotherapy with older adults, plus updates on billing, coding, and documentation. Fully aligned with national competencies and enriched by robust instructor resources, it empowers nurses to practice with confidence, compassion, and clinical precision.

Know, use, and test your understanding of course content with CourseConnect—an interactive learning platform included with your print purchase.

What’s New:

  • New chapters on Trauma Resiliency Therapy and Psychotherapy With Older Adults
  • Enhanced focus on telemental health, reimbursement, and coding
  • Updated case studies and vignettes reflecting modern practice
  • Revised pharmacotherapy, integrative, and complementary content
  • Updated discussions of diversity, equity, and cultural humility
  • New color design and improved figures for visual clarity

Key Features:

  • Integrates neuroscience, theory, and advanced nursing practice
  • Strengthens critical thinking through case studies and reflection
  • Links psychotherapeutic modalities to clinical application
  • Emphasizes ethical, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed care
  • Authored by nationally recognized leader and APNA Fellow
  • Instructor Resources include an Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint slides, a Test Bank, and more

Maximize Your Learning With CourseConnect—Included with Your Print and eBook Purchase! Enhance your textbook experience with CourseConnect, an interactive learning platform designed to help you engage more deeply, study smarter, and achieve success in your course.

  • Master Complex Concepts—Interactive learning activities simplify concepts and improve comprehension and retention.
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  • Study Anytime, Anywhere—Enjoy seamless access to your eBook and study tools whenever and wherever you need them.
  • Help Whenever You Need It—Course Coach provides answers, summaries, and practice questions to keep you moving forward and build confidence.

Through purchase of this product, you'll get a license to continuous access to this CourseConnect course for as long as you need it, subject to our Terms of Use.

Contents

Contributors 

Foreword by Michael J. Rice, PhD, APRN, FAAN, WAN 

Preface 

Acknowledgments 

PART I. GETTING STARTED 

Chapter 1. The Nurse Psychotherapist and a Framework for Practice 

Chapter 2. The Neurobiology of Trauma and Psychotherapy 

Chapter 3. Assessment and Diagnosis 

Chapter 4. The Initial Contact and Maintaining the Frame 

PART II. PSYCHOTHERAPY APPROACHES 

Chapter 5. Supportive and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 

Chapter 6. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 

Chapter 7. Motivational Interviewing 

Chapter 8. Humanistic-Existential and Solution-Focused Approaches 

Chapter 9. Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Social Rhythm Therapy 

Chapter 10. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy 

Chapter 11. Trauma Resiliency Therapy 

Chapter 12. Group Therapy 

Chapter 13. Family Therapy 

PART III. PRESCRIBING AND COMPLEMENTARY MODALITIES 

Chapter 14. Reuniting Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy 

Chapter 15. Trauma-Informed Medication Management 

Chapter 16. Integrating Complementary Modalities in Psychotherapy 

PART IV. PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH SPECIAL POPULATIONS 

Chapter 17. Psychotherapy for Trauma and Dissociation 

Chapter 18. Dialectical Behavior Therapy 

Chapter 19. Psychotherapeutic Approaches for Substance Use and Related Disorders 

Chapter 20. Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents 

Chapter 21. Psychotherapy With Older Adults 

PART V. TERMINATION AND REIMBURSEMENT 

Chapter 22. Reimbursement and Documentation 

Chapter 23. Termination and Outcome Evaluation 

Afterword 

Index 

Authors

Kathleen Wheeler, PhD, PMHNP-BC, APRN, FAAN, is a professor emerita at Fairfield University Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies in Fairfield, Connecticut where she developed one of the first PMHNP programs in the United States in 1994. Dr. Wheeler has been a leader in projects that are highly significant for advanced practice psychiatric nursing. These include cochair of the National Panel that developed the first PMHNP Competencies and the first chair of National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties’ (NONPF) PMHNP special interest group. Her book, Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse: A How-To Guide for Evidence-Based Practice, has been awarded two AJN Book of the Year Awards. 

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  • Mental Health Nursing

Includes the following instructor materials:

  • LMS Common Cartridge - All Instructor Resources 
  • LMS Common Cartridge Import Instructions 
  • Instructor’s Manual
  • Chapter-Based Multiple-Choice Questions
  • Instructor Chapter PowerPoints
  • Mapping to AACN Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education
  • Transition Guide: from Third to Fourth Edition 

Please visit our Resources for Educators page for more information. 

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Product Details
  • Release Date: February 28, 2026
  • Paperback / softback
  • 920 Pages
  • Trim Size: 8in x 10in
  • Number of Illustrations: 40
  • ISBN: 9780826192516
  • eBook ISBN: 9780826192523
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