Human Services category: 778 books
The Crisis of Authority – Workforce Tensions
A Desperate Call for Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
The public service in South Africa faces an enormous challenge in improving service delivery not only to meet the citizens expectations but to ensure quality life for the nation. The urgent need exists to establish what went wrong and how can the situation be turned around. The book established the...
In the Eye of the Hurricane:
Skills to Calm and De-escalate Aggressive & Mentally Ill Family Members
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Individuals suffering from psychiatric or substance use disorders sometimes display any one of a number of frightening behaviors: verbal outbursts, physical threats and even violence. In this comprehensive guidebook, Ellis Amdur walks families through a multitude of strategies they can use to keep...
by Linda Gast, Anne Patmore
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2012
Central to a social worker's role is the ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds, but social workers can often feel anxious and unsure of how to approach anti-discriminatory practice.
This book, grounded in practice experience, is an accessible guide to diversity issues in social...
Come From Away
Nurses who Immigrated to Newfoundland and Labrador
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
The third volume in the best-selling nursing history series.
by Mr Michael Neenan, Windy Dryden
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy in a Nutshell provides a concise overview of a popular therapeutic approach, starting with the ABCDE Model of Emotional Disturbance and Change. Written by leading REBT specialists, Michael Neenan and Windy Dryden, the book goes on to explain the core...
Counselling and Psychotherapy with Older People
A Psychodynamic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Building on the success of Working with the Elderly and their Carers, this new edition pursues an in depth understanding of therapy with older people. A wide range of clinical material and 3 new chapters draw on developments in psychodynamic theory and the author's experience to offer valuable insights for trainees and experienced practitioners.
Girls Without Limits
Helping Girls Achieve Healthy Relationships, Academic Success, and Interpersonal Strength
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
"You just don't understand!"
Today's girls agree: adults don't "get" what's going on in their lives. Friendship drama, self-image, grades, dating, fear of failure—these pressures impose limits. More than ever, girls need adults who will be a positive force in their lives....
by Richard Nelson-Jones
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
This sixth edition provides an essential introduction to the major theoretical approaches in counselling and psychotherapy today. Comprehensive and accessible, it now includes two brand new chapters on Mindfulness and Positive Therapy, as well as additional content on ethics, on new developments...
Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy
A Relational Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
This is an accessible and user friendly guide to the theory and practice of relational counselling and psychotherapy. It offers a meta-theoretical framework for the integration of the three most popular counselling and psychotherapy modalities: humanistic, psychodynamic and Cognitive-behavioural including...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
'[This] is essential reading for all who aspire to professional practice to ensure that knowledge and skills are up to date in order to best serve their clients.'
Professor Sue Wheeler, University of Leicester
'[It] continues to be the book that one turns to when looking for a clear introduction...
Beyond the DSM Story
Ethical Quandaries, Challenges, and Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2004
Beyond the DSM Story presents challenges to the Diagnostic Statistical Model (DSM) system from ethical and cultural perspectives, critically evaluating its fit with other professional and theoretical orientations. It offers possible solutions or best practices for addressing ethical, theoretical,...
Family-Centered Policies and Practices
International Implications
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2001
Analyzing the critical juncture of family-centered policy and practice, this book places the universal institution of the family in a global context. By including a conceptual framework as well as practice components, the authors offer an original multimodal approach toward understanding family-centered...
by Norman Claringbull
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2010
Written specifically for students on counselling and psychotherapy courses, this book gives an overview of the profession from its early beginnings in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis through the development of the different schools and approaches of talking therapies including psychodynamic, cognitive...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2013
Many counselling courses have a strong research element built into the modules and students are expected to gain a thorough understanding of research issues early on in their studies. This accessible and practical textbook will demystify research and make it relevant to counselling practice. There...