Counselling category: 1931 books
by Marlene Kadar, Susanna Egan
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009
The essays in Tracing the Autobiographical work with the literatures of several nations to reveal the intersections of broad agendas (for example, national ones) with the personal, the private, and the individual. Attending to ethics, exile, tyranny, and hope, the contributors listen for echoes and...
Families Coping with Mental Illness
Stories from the US and Japan
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2007
When someone develops a mental illness, the impact on the family is often profound. The most common treatment processes, however, focus on the patient while the loved ones are relegated to subordinate roles and sometimes even viewed as barriers to effective recovery. Families Coping with Mental Illness...
by Jeana L. Magyar-Moe
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2009
Positive psychology - essentially the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive - is a relatively new discipline that has experienced substantial growth in the last 5-10 years. Research suggests that the principles and theories from this area of study are...
by Ronald Mah
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013
"Ouch! Where'd that come from?! The Borderline in Couples and Couple Therapy" addresses how the couple with a partner with borderline personality disorder challenges the therapeutic relationship in couple therapy as borderline issues and behaviors inevitably erupt simultaneously at home...
by Max R. Schmidt
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 26, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 26, 2014
Cuando empecé a beber nunca imaginé que iba a llegar un día en el que iba a perder el control. Pero ahora, cuando estoy sobrio y no quiero emborracharme, vuelvo a hacerlo en contra de mi voluntad.
* ¿Qué estoy haciendo mal?
* ¿Qué acaso los consejos de unos alcohólicos puedan serme útiles?
*...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2007
Structured for optimal use as a clinical reference and text, this comprehensive work reviews effective stress management techniques and their applications for treating psychological problems and enhancing physical health and performance. Leading experts present in-depth descriptions of progressive...
A Practical Guide to the Thematic Apperception Test
The TAT in Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This valuable book provides the student with a short, manageable, comprehensive guide to the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), a major psychological measuring instrument. The TAT is effective in telling the clinician how the subject views the self and the world in his or her unique way. This sweeping...
Loss of the Assumptive World
A Theory of Traumatic Loss
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
The assumptive world concept is a psychological principle of the conservation of human reality or "culture" - it is a lens for seeing the psychological disturbances that occur in times of change. In this collection, the authors examine the assumptive world from diverse theoretical perspectives,...
The Therapist in Mourning
From the Faraway Nearby
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
The unexpected loss of a client can be a lonely and isolating experience for therapists. While family and friends can ritually mourn the deceased, the nature of the therapeutic relationship prohibits therapists from engaging in such activities. Practitioners can only share memories of a client in...
The Integrated Self
A Holistic Approach to Spirituality and Mental Health Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
Contemporary research supports the importance of spirituality for mental health. Counselors, social workers, psychologists and other therapists wonder how to include spirituality in treatment. Mental health training and current treatment models do not equip clinicians to adequately address the topic...
Holographic Reprocessing
A Cognitive-Experiential Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Trauma
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Holographic Reprocessing (HR) is a cognitive-experiential psychotherapy based on Seymour Epstein's theory of personality, cognitive experiential self-theory (CEST). According to CEST, people have a natural adaptive system for processing information. If an emotionally distressing event is not fully...
Nurturing Resilience
Helping Clients Move Forward from Developmental Trauma--An Integrative Somatic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
A practical, integrated approach for therapists working with people (both adults and children) who have been impacted by developmental trauma and attachment difficulties
Kathy L. Kain and Stephen J. Terrell draw on fifty years of their combined clinical and teaching experience to provide this...
Hope and Despair in Narrative and Family Therapy
Adversity, Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2007
How do experiences of hope and despair impact upon our capacity to meet life's challenges in narrative and family therapy?
Clients' experiences of hope and despair can be complex, reflecting individual and family histories, current patterns and dynamics, the stresses of everyday life, and the...
Emotional Safety
Viewing Couples Through the Lens of Affect
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2006
Emotional Safety is designed to help couple therapists identify and conceptualize the problems of their clients and to provide solutions, focusing on the two central elements of emotion and attachment.
Problems occur in relationships when the partners no longer feel safe being open and vulnerable...