Jessica: 2764 books
Paediatric Chaplaincy
Principles, Practices and Skills
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Drawing on a range of approaches developed by paediatric chaplaincy teams worldwide, this edited collection provides best principles, practices and skills of chaplaincy work with neonates, infants, children, young people and their families.
By engaging with paediatric chaplaincy from an international,...
Emerging Values in Health Care
The Challenge for Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
Professional values in healthcare are in a state of constant and increasingly rapid change. While all professions now emphasise teamwork and collegiality in practice, fewer are inclined to consider shared or differing values across professions.
This interdisciplinary volume explains how health...
by Anna Chesner, Sheila Ryan, Jane Read
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2007
This is a book that unashamedly brings love, spirit and soul into the heart of the supervision process but does so without becoming sanctimonious or precious. We see this through the various heart-felt experiences and stories of the different helping professionals that Robin Shohet has brought together'
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Art of Living, Art of Dying
Spiritual Care for a Good Death
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Without an appropriate spiritual care model, it can be difficult to discuss existential questions about death and dying with people who are confronted with life-threatening or incurable diseases. This book offers a simple framework for interpreting existential questions with patients and helping them...
Hope and Grace
Spiritual Experiences in Severe Distress, Illness and Dying
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
Conventional coping strategies can be pushed to their limits when people find themselves in situations of suffering, illness, and dying. Moved beyond their everyday consciousness, individuals often have spiritual experiences of grace and encounters with the transcendent or the divine. The author shows...
by Michael Yandell, Amir Hussain, Brad Kelle
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Moral injury is a profound violation of a human being's core moral identity through experiences of violence or trauma. This is the first book in which scholars from different faith and academic backgrounds consider the concept of moral injury not merely from a pastoral or philosophical point of view...
Mind Clearing
The Key to Mindfulness Mastery
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2015
Mind Clearing (MC) builds on mindfulness approaches, with the ultimate aim of reducing suffering caused by mental, emotional, relationship and spiritual distress, through clearing the mind. This book offers a fresh approach for mental and physical health practitioners wishing to expand their practice...
The Man Who Lost his Language
A Case of Aphasia Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2007
The Man who Lost His Language is a unique exploration of aphasia - losing the ability to use or comprehend words - as well as of the resilience of love.
When Sir John Hale suffered a stroke that left him unable to walk, write or speak, his wife, Shelia, followed every available medical trail...
Adopting after Infertility
Messages from Practice, Research and Personal Experience
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
Around three quarters of people who turn to adoption do so because of infertility and those working in this field need information, guidance and support to assist them in the process of adoption to support the adopters and to deal with any issues that may result from infertility.
Adopting after...
by Richard Bryant-Jefferies
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2001
At the heart of Richard Bryant-Jefferies' work with problem drinkers is his belief in the power and effectiveness of the person-centred approach to counselling. He suggests that many alcohol problems develop out of, or are connected with, relationship difficulties. He highlights the importance of...
Tackling Addiction
Pathways to Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
The issue of 'recovery' has been increasingly prioritised by policymakers in recent years, but the meaning of the concept remains ambiguous. This edited collection brings together the thoughts and experiences of researchers, practitioners and service users from the fields of health, addiction and...
Working with Suicidal Individuals
A Guide to Providing Understanding, Assessment and Support
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
*Highly Commended in the Psychiatry Category of the 2011 BMA Book Awards*
Working with Suicidal Individuals provides a comprehensive guide to understanding suicide, the assessment of risk, and the treatment and management of suicidal individuals.
It begins by covering the theory behind...
The Ethic of Traditional Communities and the Spirit of Healing Justice
Studies from Hollow Water, the Iona Community, and Plum Village
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2009
What is healing justice? Who practices it? What does it look like? In this groundbreaking international comparative study on healing justice, Jarem Sawatsky examines traditional communities including Hollow Water - an Aboriginal and Métis community in Canada renowned for their holistic healing work...
Empathic Care for Children with Disorganized Attachments
A Model for Mentalizing, Attachment and Trauma-Informed Care
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
Disorganized attachment is the most extreme form of insecure attachment. This book is a practical guide to caring for children and young people with disorganized attachment and related emotional and psychological difficulties.
Synthesising attachment, trauma and mentalization theory into a...