Lcsw: 197 books
Success as a Foster Parent
Everything You Need to Know About Foster Care
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
Change a child's life!
Reap the rewards of becoming a foster parent. Over 600,000 American children are in the foster care system each year, and the number is growing. So is the number of good-hearted people willing to become foster parents. But what does it take to become a foster parent?...
Treating Depressed and Suicidal Adolescents
A Clinician's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Grounded in decades of research and the clinical care of thousands of depressed and suicidal teens, this highly accessible book will enhance the skills of any therapist who works with this challenging population. The authors describe the nuts and bolts of assessing clients and crafting individualized...
by Nancy Abel, LCSW, LADC
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Mental health practitioners must be prepared to treat addiction-related issuesóaffecting up to 50% of mental health clientsówhether or not clients present with addiction as a primary concern. This practical roadmap to the treatment of addictions advocates an underutilizedóyet highly effectiveómethod...
Ignore It!
How Selectively Looking the Other Way Can Decrease Behavioral Problems and Increase Parenting Satisfaction
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
This book teaches frustrated, stressed-out parents that selectively ignoring certain behaviors can actually inspire positive changes in their kids.
With all the whining, complaining, begging, and negotiating, parenting can seem more like a chore than a pleasure. Dr. Catherine Pearlman, syndicated...
Aftershocks
Healing the Curse of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
Estimates are that 1/3 of adult females and 1/4 of adult males were sexually abused as children. The multilayered wounds reverberate in the Aftershocks of Post Traumatic Stress...for years..or a lifetime --without healing intervention. NOW...the latest holistic Energy therapies CAN and DO guide people...
Post-Traumatic Stress Derailment
A Trauma Survivor’S Guide to Getting Back on Track
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
No matter where trauma comes from, its always violent.
It breaks hearts and shatters shields regardless if its caused by an earthquake, fire, flood, hurricane, abuse, a car crash, murder, or something else. Those who suffer from trauma often wonder if theres something wrong with them.
Afrah...
Grandparents as Parents, Second Edition
A Survival Guide for Raising a Second Family
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
If you're among the millions of grandparents raising grandchildren today, you need information, support, and practical guidance you can count on to keep your family strong. This is the book for you. Learn effective strategies to help you cope with the stresses of parenting the second time around,...
The Divorce Workbook for Teens
Activities to Help You Move Beyond the Break Up
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
It's tough being a teen even in the best of circumstances, but when parents divorce, teens are faced with an additional set of practical and emotional issues. This book gives them everything they need to get through their parents' divorce and keep it from taking a long-term emotional toll. Teens learn...
Jewish Men Pray
Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day.
"An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary,...
Revolution of Jewish Spirit
How to Revive Ruakh in Your Spiritual Life, Transform Your Synagogue & Inspire Your Jewish Community
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
In this practical and engaging guide to reinvigorating Jewish life, Rabbi Baruch HaLevi and Ellen Frankel identify the difference between a living synagogue and a dying one, and offer methods for reviving the Jewish spiritual centers that serve as the heart of Jewish tradition and your life. They offer...
The PTSD Workbook
Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
In the third edition of The PTSD Workbook, psychologists and trauma experts Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula offer readers the most effective tools available for overcoming post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
PTSD is an extremely debilitating condition that can occur after exposure to...
Stop Giving It Away
How to Stop Self-Sacrificing and Start Claiming Your Space, Power, and Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2015
• National statistics on the twenty most common occupations for women and men show a huge gender disparity in the type of professions where women dominate: caring and service jobs are held predominantly by women. • The value that women provide in informal care to spouses, parents, parents-in-law,...
by Dr. Derek Smyth, Ph.D., Robert Jones
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2012
There’s a whole world of people who find themselves caring for someone and often haven’t been trained on the subject of caring. Even the clinical or technical skills needed to be an effective professional like Doctor, Nurse, Lawyer, Clergy, Human Resource professional don’t always prepare us...
The Self-Esteem Habit for Teens
50 Simple Ways to Build Your Confidence Every Day
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Make self-esteem a habit, every day. Written by Lisa Schab, author of Self-Esteem for Teens, The Self-Esteem Habit for Teens offers 50 simple, positive thoughts and immediate actions to help you “perceive it, believe it, achieve it!”
When it comes to cultivating positive self-esteem, the...