Human Services category: 778 books
Person-Centred Therapy
A European Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 1998
`In this scholarly book, Thorne and Lambers have gathered together significant contributions to the advancement of person-centred theory and practice from leading exponents of the approach in Austria, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom.... I found the book both stimulating...
Addressing Cultural Issues in Organizations
Beyond the Corporate Context
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1999
Analyzing how unexamined cultural patterns influence an organization's culture, this book provides conceptual models and ideas about how to build practical approaches to organizational interventions.
The contributors focus on the broad issues such as how organizational leaders shape and influence...
New Frontiers for Youth Development in the Twenty-First Century
Revitalizing and Broadening Youth Development
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2002
Practical guide and theoretical manifesto, New Frontiers for Youth Development is a vital roadmap to the problems and prospects of youth development programs today and in the future.
In response to an unprecedented array of challenges, policy makers and care providers in the field of youth...
Community Engagement Best Practices Across the Disciplines
Applying Course Content to Community Needs
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
This book is a reference to administrators and educators at institutions of higher learning who are thinking about taking serious steps to link their educational mission to helping their surrounding communities. Various best practices across the disciplines in higher education about integrating community...
Journeys to Professional Excellence
Stories of Courage, Innovation, and Risk-Taking in the Lives of Noted Psychologists and Counselors
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Journeys to Professional Excellence highlights the “professional journeys” of notable psychologists, counselors, and academics and describes the lessons we might learn from their stories. With guidance from the editors, Frederic P. Bemak and Robert Conyne, this book presents the developmental...
by Mavis Maclean
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
This volume asks what legal and socio legal scholarship can contribute to understanding the role of law in the care and development of children. The editors have selected key articles ranging from theoretical analysis to empirical data based research that address the law's approach in the United States...
by Nick Maguire, Dzintra Stalmeisters, Michael Townend
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
Reflecting the current legal, professional and cultural context of CBT practice this book provides therapists and counsellors with an understanding of both the values and ethics that accompany this approach.
Providing real examples and reflective questions to encourage trainees to think about...
by John McLeod
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 1997
`A densely packed book with interesting and valuable research gleaned from a wide variety of therapy approaches, Narrative and Psychotherapy furnishes the reader with a cogent historical appraisal of the way psychotherapy, culture and storytelling fit together.... A good reference book for counsellors...
by Martin Adams
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
'A concise introduction to existential counselling is a superb addition to the literature on existential counselling and psychotherapy. Martin Adams provides an excellent overview of the field for those who are new to it at the same time as distilling key features in a way which will be valuable for...
Character Building
Psychological View
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
The need to educate for character is viewed as critically important by many societies, ranking ahead of academic achievement. Accordingly, many schools have included moral education in school curricula. Conversely, the society is complaining that immoral acts have increased in the society.
Many...
Person-centred and Experiential Therapies
Contemporary Approaches and Issues in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
An essential new guide for any person-centred trainee or practitioner, this book explores some of the key contemporary counselling and psychotherapy approaches that have developed from classical client-centred therapy. Part One discusses five approaches including Classic Client-Centred Therapy;...
by Dr. Jon L. Winek, M. J. Zimmerman
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
Group Activities for Families in Recovery offers therapists a wealth of activities designed to help families struggling with addiction address problem areas of functioning, and ultimately shift from dysfunctional patterns to healthy living. Written by expert practitioners in family-oriented substance...
Hatching Results for Elementary School Counseling
Implementing Core Curriculum and Other Tier One Activities
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
With case studies, examples, templates, charts, graphs, and images, you’ll create and implement high-quality Tier 1 systems of support, including core curriculum classroom lessons and schoolwide activities.
The Sociology of Healthcare
A Reader for Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2008
A comprehensive collection of classic and contemporary readings in the sociology of health. The Sociology of Healthcare will stimulate debate, reflexive practice and critical thinking in applied sociology and is aimed at the teaching and learning needs of both lecturers and students.