Taking its inspiration from the classic hard-boiled crime tradition, Scorpio's Children is the first novel in the Mark Desmond series. It's 1980. Investigator Mark Desmond is hired to snatch the daughter of Jefferson City's wealthiest citizen away from the control of a sinister cult calling itself Scorpio's Children. Duplicity and death stalk Desmond's enquiries while every step he takes pushes him toward a collision between a past he's done his best to erase and a present that's empty of dreams. It's 1980. Rag-tag revolutionaries are kicking sand into ...

Drawn from the author's experience as an internationally recognized theorist, lecturer and practitioner, this practical book on existential therapy elucidates this notoriously difficult and distinctly different therapeutic approach to counselling and psychotherapy. Balancing theory and practice, the book is now substantially updated with extensive re-writes made to Part One and extensive edits made to Part Two. Each part is also now prefaced by a schematic overview, introducing the content and guiding readers through each chapter.