Jessica Kingsley Publishers: 1951 books
Working with Drug and Alcohol Users
A Guide to Providing Understanding, Assessment and Support
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Working with Drug and Alcohol Users provides an accessible guide to substance use and working with substance users.
Using transactional analysis theory, the author explains why some people use substances, exploring different personality types, and covers the basic components of drug counseling....
Connecting with Kids Through Stories
Using Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Adopted children whose early development has been altered by abuse or neglect may form negative beliefs about themselves and parents, and may resist connecting with others. This book outlines how therapeutic stories can help children to heal and develop healthy attachments.
With a thorough...
Teen Anxiety
A CBT and ACT Activity Resource Book for Helping Anxious Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2014
Today's teens are faced with all sorts of decisions, dilemmas and difficulties, from exam worries to friendship and relationship problems. The result is that anxiety is an increasingly common problem, and professionals need practical ways of helping these anxious teens.
Teen Anxiety is a practical...
Creative Therapies for Complex Trauma
Helping Children and Families in Foster Care, Kinship Care or Adoption
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
A burgeoning evidence base supports that arts, play and other creative therapies have potential to help children in foster care, kinship care or adoptive families to recover from complex trauma.
Written by contributors working at the cutting edge of delivering effective therapeutic interventions,...
The "BASIC Ph" Model of Coping and Resiliency
Theory, Research and Cross-Cultural Application
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
The “BASIC Ph” model of coping and resiliency, developed by Prof. Mooli Lahad and Dr. Ofra Ayalon, was the first to describe coping as an on-going effort to manage life challenges. This is the first book to be published on this world-renowned approach, widely used as an effective resiliency assessment,...
Integrating Spirituality in Counseling
A Manual for Using the Experiential Focusing Method
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Elfie Hinterkopf describes the Experiential Focusing Method, a model to help clients work through religious and spiritual problems, deepen existing spiritual experiences, and bring about new, life-giving connections to spirituality. Focusing can be used in conjunction with any psychotherapeutic model...
Educational Psychology Casework
A Practice Guide Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Educational Psychology Casework is a practical, accessible guide to working with children, outlining the basic skills needed and practical strategies to promote positive change and obtain the best results for children.
The book covers how to develop skills such as establishing rapport, gaining...
Creative Supervision Across Modalities
Theory and applications for therapists, counsellors and other helping professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2013
Creative methods can bring depth and new perspectives to the supervision process. This book proposes that a firm understanding of supervision theory is the vital foundation to utilising the power of creativity in reflection and learning, and demonstrates that these creative approaches are applicable...
by Steven Walker
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
The Social Worker's Guide to Child and Adolescent Mental Health provides a comprehensive guide to working with children and young people who are experiencing mental health problems, and equips the reader with the knowledge and skills to provide the best service to these vulnerable young people.
The...
Re-Thinking Autism
Diagnosis, Identity and Equality
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Challenging existing approaches to autism that limit, and sometimes damage, the individuals who attract and receive the label, this book questions the lazy prejudices and assumptions that can surround autism as a diagnosis in the 21st Century.
Arguing that autism can only be understood through...
Foster Placements
Why They Succeed and Why They Fail
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2004
How can we determine success in foster placements? Based on exhaustive research, the authors discuss the primary concerns in foster placement planning, considering the high frequency of placement breakdowns, their impact on the child's behaviour and school performance, and the challenges this places...
Can I tell you about Depression?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Part of the Reading Well scheme. 35 books selected by young people and health professionals to provide 13 to 18 year olds with high-quality support, information and advice about common mental health issues and related conditions.
Meet Julie - a women who suffers from periods of depression....
by Marianna Csoti
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2003
Many children are challenged by anxiety at some time in their school career. Bringing together knowledge from her years of teaching and parenting, Márianna Csóti shows how parents and professionals can help children aged five to sixteen move away from the negative thoughts and behaviour that contribute...
Understanding Family Support
Policy, Practice and Theory
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Understanding Family Support provides a definition of family support and a clear perspective on the role that it has in promoting the welfare of children and their families.
Family support is a concept that has been used in a range of ways to describe various aspects of child welfare policy...