Jessica Kingsley Publishers: 1951 books
Thera-Build® with LEGO®
A Playful Therapeutic Approach for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Children
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
Thera-Build' is a LEGO®-based therapeutic approach for improving children's emotional well-being. Participation in Thera-Build groups can help to boost self-esteem, address common issues such as anxiety and anger, support social development and build positive attachments.
This inspiring and...
DBT-Informed Art Therapy
Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and the Creative Process
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
Understand DBT-informed art therapy, and how to apply it to your practice. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) treats problems with emotion regulation, and is especially effective in treating chronic self-harming and suicidal behaviors associated with Borderline Personality Disorder. Combining the...
by Julie Zigo, Marcia Lajoie, Felicity Baker
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2013
There is a rapidly emerging and developing area of music therapy practice that uses electronic music technologies in a range of therapeutic and clinical settings to help clients with complex needs. This edited volume explains cutting edge technologies and how to apply these tools in practice.
With...
Tackling Selective Mutism
A Guide for Professionals and Parents
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2014
Bringing together the latest research and understanding on selective mutism, this edited book gives essential information on the various treatment and therapy options. Experts in the fields of speech and language therapy, psychology, music therapy education and communication offer a wide range of...
Art in Action
Expressive Arts Therapy and Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
The field of expressive arts is closely tied to the work of therapeutic change. As well as being beneficial for the individual or small group, expressive arts therapy has the potential for a much wider impact, to inspire social action and bring about social change.
The book's contributors explore...
Violent States and Creative States (2 Volume Set)
From the Global to the Individual
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
This is a provocative collection exploring the different types of violence and how they relate to one another, examined through the integration of several disciplines, including forensic psychotherapy, psychiatry, sociology, psychosocial studies and political science. By examining the 'violent states'...
Essential Listening Skills for Busy School Staff
What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2014
How do you listen effectively when you're already late for a meeting? How do you respond to a girl who's so angry that she's threatening to hit someone? Or to a boy who feels like giving up altogether? How do you listen, not only to students, but also to parents and to colleagues?
Whatever...
The Spirit of the Child
Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2006
Spirituality is increasingly acknowledged to be an essential part of child development. David Hay argues for the inclusion of spiritual awareness as a cross-curricular element in the school syllabus to promote the development of morality and social cohesion.
While culturally constructed pressures...
An Integrative Approach to Therapy and Supervision
A Practical Guide for Counsellors and Psychotherapists
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
An Integrative Approach to Therapy and Supervision presents an innovative and flexible model for therapy and supervision practice.
The model draws on ideas from the psychological traditions of Transactional Analysis, Gestalt theory and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to develop an integrated...
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME
Support for Family and Friends
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)/ME experience extreme tiredness and a range of other symptoms, including pain, headaches, impaired concentration and memory, anxiety, sleep problems, and palpitations. The condition can affect all areas of a sufferer's life and, in turn, the lives of those...
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Older People
Interventions for Those With and Without Dementia
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2010
The development of 'ageless' mental health services means that an increasing number of clinicians are now required to work with older people. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is recognised by all recent meta-analyses as the most effective therapy, yet few clinicians are trained specifically in its usage...
Young Onset Dementia
A Guide to Recognition, Diagnosis, and Supporting Individuals with Dementia and Their Families
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
Providing key information and insight into the experiences of people living with a diagnosis of young onset dementia, this book will increase the knowledge and skills of health and social care professionals in the early recognition, diagnosis and support of young people with dementia and their families.
The...
Supporting Young Parents
Pregnancy and Parenthood among Young People from Care
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008
Invaluable in providing vivid illustrations of the strengths and needs of young parents who have been 'looked after' and, therefore of their children at the start of their lives. It illuminates policy and practice implications and points the way forward to what needs to be done to ameliorate their...
In and Out of Anorexia
The Story of the Client, the Therapist and the Process of Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2001
Ayelet spent six years of her adolescence in and out of hospital, having been diagnosed as suffering from a severe anorexia disorder. She is now a special needs teacher. In the first part of this book Ayelet describes her personal experiences of the illness, the repeated hospitalisations and her ultimate...