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An Introduction to Systemic Therapy with Individuals

A Social Constructionist Approach

by Fran Hedges
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005

A key book in the Basic Texts in Counselling and Psychotherapy series, this is an accessible introduction to the benefits and applications of systemic therapy with individuals. It builds upon build the growing interest in this approach which, unlike many other therapeutic approaches, can effectively...
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Person-Centred Therapy

The Focusing-Oriented Approach

by Campbell Purton
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017

Since its beginnings in the 1950s, the person-centred approach to therapy has developed in many ways. In this important new text, Campbell Purton introduces the 'focusing' approach of Eugene Gendlin. The book discussed Gendlin's theoretical innovations and their implications for clinical practice....
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by John Bratton
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015

The new edition of this widely used, best-selling core textbook dissects contemporary management practices and encourages readers to reflect critically on workplace realities.  A wealth of theories and subjects are explored in depth via an acclaimed range of clear and interesting international cases...
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by Brian Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2018

Throughout the history of psychology, attempting to objectively measure the highly dynamic phenomenon of human behaviour has given rise to an underappreciated margin of error. Today, as the discipline experiences increasing difficulty in reproducing the results of its own studies, such error not only...
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by Jaqui Hewitt-Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013

Change happens constantly in healthcare contexts and professionals, whether newly qualified or managing staff, need to be ready to understand, adapt to, manage and implement change as necessary whilst continuing to work effectively in busy environments. Unlike most change management texts, this book...
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Revisiting Waterbirth

An attitude to care

by Dianne Garland
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010

Revisiting Waterbirth is an essential text for midwifery practice, by an internationally renowned author. This revised version of Garland's previous book Waterbirth gives clear and structured guidance on the use of water in labour, through clinical scenarios, research summaries and evidence-based advice for both students and practitioners.
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Effective Communication

A Guide for the People Professions

by Neil Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018

Communication is the basis of so much of what happens in the workplace and indeed in our private lives. Without effective communication our lives are so much the poorer and with so many more problems. This book, now in an updated third edition, is therefore an important and valuable resource for anyone...
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Practising Spirituality

Reflections on meaning-making in personal and professional contexts

by Laura Beres
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017

The steady increase in economic, social, environmental and political hardships experienced by many around the globe has led, in recent years, to a corresponding growth in the importance ascribed to finding meaning in life, and to addressing the bigger questions. As deliverers of care and assistance...
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by Kathryn & David Geldard
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017

Most of us find ourselves listening to other people's problems at some time or another - either our friends' or, in the course of our work, patients, pupils, clients, colleagues. This book, written clearly in user friendly language, takes the reader step by step through a range of skills to help them...
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by Amanda Ellison
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012

Have you ever wondered how it's possible to walk down a street, with your thoughts on what you're going to have for lunch? What's telling your legs to move while your mind is on other things? And how are you reading these words right now? The simple answer: it's your brain. Often a complex subject...
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Fundamentals of Adaptive Psychotherapy and Counselling

An Introduction to Theory and Practice

by Robert Langs
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017

This important text not only brings together a synthesis of Robert Langs' most important ideas and the latest developments in his thinking - many of them of utmost importance to all manner of therapists - it also presents them in a form that is accessible to the reader new to the communicative approach,...
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Adolescence and Adulthood

Transitions and Transformations

by Marion Kloep, Leo Hendry
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012

From the teenage years to retirement, each phase of life presents different challenges and new experiences. Examining the patterns of development throughout the lifespan, the authors provide key insights into how we experience the world, and they examine how established theories have been challenged...
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by Karen Bates, Kenda Crozier
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015

Health care professionals need to make rapid decisions under pressure to prevent and manage adverse outcomes during childbirth. Using an enquiry-based learning approach, this book offers a straightforward but comprehensive guide to emergency care, with scenarios throughout and expert commentary from...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017

This book offers a clear and coherent guide to working with families for practitioners and students in social work, health, counselling and related professions. It brings together recent thinking on the historical and contemporary constructions of the family in such a way as to provide a helpful framework...
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