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Taylor & Francis Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy
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Taylor & Francis Finding Wholeness Through the Science of
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Austin Macauley Publishers What Helps When Children and Families Struggle
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Family Blob Cards
Book SynopsisThe second edition of these bestselling cards continues to provide a tool for exploring difficult emotions. Depicting various different family scenarios, the cards provide an opportunity for individuals of any age to discuss all aspects of family life and the situations that arise from it. Now with updated illustrations, the cards can be used with individuals or groups of various sizes. Each family scenario is colour coded with 6-9 cards telling a short story, which provides a springboard for individuals to unpick their feelings about family life. Over 50 suggestions for use are detailed in the accompanying activity cards; including ways of using individual cards to facilitate discussion, identifying the positive and negative feelings of the Blobs shown on the cards, as well as combining cards to show more complex situations. Intended for use in educational settings and/or therapy contexts under the supervision of an adult. This is not a toy.Table of Contents48 colour flashcards, with guidance for use.
£31.49
Taylor & Francis Ltd Advances and Techniques in Restoration Therapy
Book SynopsisAdvances and Techniques in Restoration Therapy focuses on the practical elements of the Restoration Therapy Model to help mental health professionals working with individuals, couples, and families, to restore broken identities and senses of safety, and to move toward action that is functional and healing. Richly illustrated with case examples from experienced clinicians, this volume brings new insights and a range of established and emerging therapeutic techniques to the framework and Restoration Therapy community. This is an innovative and much-needed step-by-step manual, which will provide marriage and family therapists and counselors with practical ways of applying key interventions to varied situations of pain, to help clients find functional, healing solutions with integrity. Trade Review"Is there another book that is so inspiring, practical, humane, and creative, all at the same time? Systemic therapy has been begging for a model that uncovers love, safety, and the virtuous truth within every person! Hargrave and colleagues have surprises on every page. Interventions for children, Asian-Americans, and those with personality disorders illustrate the versatility of restoration therapy. These thoughtful questions and transcripts demonstrate how mindfulness cycles liberate our families from pain and conflict."—Suzanne Midori Hanna, PhD, LMFT, senior scholar at the Hiebert Institute, instructor at Capella University and Touro University Worldwide, and author of The Practice of Family Therapy: Key Elements Across Models, 5th Edition"This excellent new edition uses facts from neuroscience to explain how humans process and then relive their individual pain cycle. From there, the book provides therapists with a guide to helping clients move into the peace cycle, using diagrams, cases and dialogue to learn and perfect their skill. Beginners and seasoned therapists that desire a model that resonates with family therapy will find the book easy to follow and the work rewarding to practice."—Linda Metcalf, PhD, LMFT, LPC, director of graduate counseling programs at Texas Wesleyan University"If you are not yet familiar with the new kid on the block, restoration therapy, you are in for a treat. Hargrave and colleagues have created a contemporary model based on the wisdom of attachment theory and contextual therapy. This sequel goes deeper into the theory with the bonus of practical interventions to move a client to truth and healing. I highly recommend this work to enhance your inner work as well as that of your clients."—Jackie L. Halstead, PhD, LMFT, CEO of the Selah Center for Spiritual FormationTable of ContentsPreface I. The Restoration Therapy Model 1. Understanding the Patterns of Pain 2. Finding Truth and the Peace Cycle II. Advances, Techniques, and Interventions 3. Organization, Sequence, and Structure 4. Interventions to Identify Truth and Expand Emotional Regulation 5. The Truth About Safety 6. Practice, Self-Control, and Mindfulness III. Considerations in Restoration Therapy 7. Working with Restoration Therapy with Special Populations and Situations 8. Questions and Answers Regarding Restoration Therapy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Book SynopsisIntellectual and Developmental Disabilities provides a unique contribution not currently available in the professional literature by addressing the experiences and perspectives of families living with or raising a child with a disability. Designed for family therapists, social workers, and other helping professionals, it provides empirically-based, practical information for working with families experiencing intellectual and developmental disabilities of a loved one. This book also provides important information for navigating the various professional systems of care with which these families interface: health care providers, early childhood intervention teams, educational systems, the legal system, and financial planners.Trade Review"Goff and Springer have provided a book that combines professional expertise with practical strategies for daily living. The authors have a rare combination of skills! Families of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and professionals working with them will find the book to be a valuable resource."Libby Kumin, professor, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, Loyola University MarylandTable of ContentsPart I: Foundations for Understanding Developmental, Intellectual, and Other Disabilities 1. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: An Introduction and Overview Brie Turns, MS, PhD, Briana S. Nelson Goff, PhD, Marilyn Masterson, PhD, RN, Jessica D. Cless, MS, and Adam W. Cless, MS 2. A Systemic and Contextual Lens of Disability: Family Stress, Ambiguous Loss, and Meaning Making Nicole Piland Springer, PhD, Brie Turns, MS, PhD, and Marilyn Masterson, PhD, RN 3. Discovering Resilience: Moving Forward on the Journey Thomas Knestrict, EdD 4. Advice to New Parents From Parents: Reflecting on the Journey Jessica D. Cless, MS, Ellen Bodine, BS, Ashley Edelman, BS, Laura Farkas, BS, Adam W. Cless, MS, Briana S. Nelson Goff, PhD, and Nicole Piland Springer, PhD Part II: Perspectives, Contributions, and Lived Experiences of Individuals with IDD and Their Families on the Journey 5. Understanding and Supporting Identity Formation and Meaning Making Kami L. Gallus, PhD and Jennifer L. Jones, PhD 6. Perspectives From Mothers: Recognizing Their Strengths and Contributions Beyond Caregiving Jessica D. Cless, MS and Christyne Stephenson, MS 7. Perspectives From Fathers: Recognizing Their Strengths and Contributions Beyond Breadwinning Gail E. Bentley, PhD, Matthew D. Brown, PhD, and Jason B. Whiting, PhD 8. The Sibling Experience: More Than My Brother’s Keeper Carolyn Shivers, PhD 9. Grandparents: Meaningful Contributors to a Changing Family Landscape Sandra Woodbridge, PhD and Laurie Buys, PhD Part III: Navigating Professional Systems of Care: From Birth to Adolescence 10. The Medical Perspective: Developing Health Literacy in Families Karen Summar, MD, MS 11. Allied Health Professionals: Enhancing Potential Through Early Childhood Intervention and Therapies Jennifer J. Bekins, MS 12. The Education System: Building Partnerships and Inclusive Communities Grace Francis, PhD and Sarah Nagro, EdD Part IV: Preparing for the Future: The Transition to Adulthood and Beyond 13. Special Needs Financial Planning: Optimizing Resources for the Future Mitzi K. Lauderdale, JD, CFP®, Michael C. Walther II, CPA/PFS, CFP®, CFA®, and Nicole Piland Springer, PhD 14. Meaningful Employment: Fostering Opportunities for Adults with IDD to Thrive Jennifer L. Jones, PhD and Kami L. Gallus, PhD 15. Special Needs Legal Concerns: Guidelines for Families and Guardians Michele K. Goldberg, JD 16. When the Journey Ends: Parental Caregiving and Later Life Planning Elizabeth A. Perkins, PhD and Lieke van Heumen, PhD
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Systemic Interventions for Collective and
Book SynopsisSystemic Interventions for Collective and National Trauma explains the theoretical basis for understanding collective and national trauma through the concept of systems theory, and gives ways of implementing systems theory in interventions at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Particular attention is given to the use of socio-political and cultural aspects of interventions with victims, as well as to the ethical codes that social workers and other mental health professionals need to integrate in their work with collective/national trauma. Separated into two distinct parts on theory and practice, this volume is appropriate for practitioners as well as students in advanced courses. Trade Review"Dr. Shamai offers both wisdom and science in her exploration of collective trauma and how to intervene in its wake. She engages the reader in a dialogue that stirs thoughtful insights, but does not pretend to offer all the answers. Her book is an unusually intelligent, mature contribution that will be appealing to both clinicians and researchers involved in understanding and responding to terrorism, war, disaster, and mass casualty."—Stevan E. Hobfoll, PhD, Presidential Professor and Chair of Rush Medical College, Chicago. "Finally, an immensely readable work on trauma that brings a systems perspective to this complex area of practice. This work will be useful to any social worker or other mental health care provider who needs to understand how large scale traumatic events affect people for generations. With examples drawn from around the world, and practical approaches to intervention, the book provides a much needed guide to what makes an event traumatic, and how we can help people experience resilience afterwards."—Michael Ungar, PhD, Director, Resilience Research Centre, Dalhousie University. Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Theory of Collective and National Trauma. 1 Exploring Collective and National Trauma. 2 Impact of Collective and National Trauma. 3 The Role of Mental Health Professionals and Social Workers in Situations of Collective and National Trauma. Part II: Mental Health and Psychosocial Systemic Interventions in Situations of Collective and National Trauma.4 Systemic Intervention in Situations of Collective and National Trauma. 5 Impact of Interventions on the Helpers' System. 6 Evaluation of Systemic Interventions in Situations of National and Collective Trauma.
£49.39
Penguin Books Ltd The AfterGrief
Book SynopsisThe inspiring and powerful book about navigating loss from acclaimed grief coach and New York Times bestselling author Hope Edelman, featuring an exclusive new introduction''Hope Edelman remains unmatched in perfectly weaving touching personal anecdotes with illuminating scientific data, to remind us we are not alone'' Rachel Reichblum, That Good Grief_________Grief is a path we can all expect to walk one day, when we lose someone we love, and life suddenly looks different.In The Aftergrief, Hope Edelman helps us to understand that loss isn''t something to get over, get past, or move beyond. Drawing on her own experiences of early bereavement, as well as interviews with dozens of people who have lost someone dear, The Aftergrief guides us through: The story of grief Getting it together New and old grief Finding self-expression Reauthoring your story of lossTrade ReviewAn invaluable, outstanding and unique resource laced with empathy, wisdom and constructive ideas for those whose lives have been touched by loss and tragedy. * Dr Shelley Gilbert MBE, Founder and President of Grief Encounter and author of Griefbook *Hope Edelman remains unmatched in perfectly weaving touching personal anecdotes with illuminating scientific data, to remind us we are not alone. The author of the seminal Motherless Daughters continues to be at the forefront of changing how the world understands loss, and The AfterGrief is no exception. * Rachel Reichblum of That Good Grief *In the 1970s the phone rang one Friday afternoon when I was aged thirteen and I was told my mum was dead. If I'd had a road map like this for dealing with grief it would have changed my childhood. * Tony Livesey, journalist and broadcaster at BBC Radio 5 Live *A mix of personal stories and advice from bereavement expert Hope Edelman * Woman's Weekly *When we live in uncertain times, we look for things that help us make sense of our world. The AfterGrief offers just that. It's an invaluable, outstanding and unique resource laced with empathy, wisdom and constructive ideas for those whose lives have been touched by loss and tragedy. Personally, as one of the country's leading experts on grief, I cannot wait to recommend this. * Dr Shelley Gilbert MBE, Founder and President of Grief Encounter and author of Griefbook *In the depths of grief, whether it be from a recent loss or from a lifetime ago, we seek permission and validation wherever we can get it. Hope Edelman remains unmatched in perfectly weaving touching personal anecdotes with illuminating scientific data, to remind us we are not alone. The author of the seminal Motherless Daughters continues to be at the forefront of changing how the world understands loss, and The AfterGrief is no exception. * Rachel Reichblum of That Good Grief *Tackling trauma like this is priceless. In the 1970s the phone rang one Friday afternoon when I was aged 13 and I was told my mum was dead. If I'd had a roadmap like this for dealing with grief it would have changed my childhood. * Tony Livesey, journalist and broadcaster at BBC Radio 5 Live *
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Guilford Publications Raising Loving Siblings
Book Synopsis?Be nice to your sister!? ?Stop picking on your brother!? ?That''s a time-out for both of you." When nothing works to stop the incessant battles, where can exhausted parents turn? Sibling expert and family therapist Jonathan Caspi knows that understanding why kids fight is the first essential step to restoring peace. Featuring clear principles, dos and don''ts, and loads of stories, this book shines a spotlight on family dynamics. Dr. Caspi guides you to make an effective plan for managing conflicts, so you can keep a cool head in the heat of the moment. Learn why it''s never helpful to compare kids to each other, how to quell sibling struggles without taking sides, when to intervene (and when to step back), and what to do when parents aren''t on the same page. Improving sibling relationships can have lifelong benefits for your family. This compassionate book shows how.
£15.99
Guilford Publications AdolescentFocused Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa
Book SynopsisFrom pioneering family-based treatment developer James Lock, this is the first comprehensive guide to adolescent-focused therapy (AFT) for anorexia nervosa (AN), an evidence-based individual approach. AFT is an effective alternative to family-based treatment that may be a better fit for some patients. Lock explains how AN serves as a maladaptive response to developmental challenges of adolescence. He presents a manualized framework for helping adolescents find more adaptive coping strategies, manage difficult emotions, and develop greater autonomy and a stronger sense of self, while reducing risky behaviors and restoring weight. AFT emphasizes the therapistâpatient alliance and involves parents in a supportive role. Rich case material and sample dialogues illustrate how to implement each phase of the approach. AFT is recognized as a best practice for the treatment of anorexia nervosa in adolescents by the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).<Trade Review"Although family-based treatment is the first-line approach to adolescent AN, not all parents are comfortable with it, and some prefer an individually focused treatment. AFT, shown to be effective in clinical trials, is a useful alternative to family-based treatment. Lock presents the main elements of AFT clearly and effectively, with helpful clinical vignettes. All those who treat AN should read this book in order to provide the full range of treatments for their patients."--W. Stewart Agras, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Emeritus), Stanford University "AFT is supported by empirical evidence, but, until now, only limited resources were available to guide clinicians in implementation. This much-needed manual provides a detailed description of AFT, replete with case material that brings the approach to life. The book will be of use to a wide range of readers, from students who want to learn more about this evidence-based treatment to seasoned therapists seeking to add another effective treatment to their clinical repertoires. The availability of a treatment manual can also facilitate clinical research, ultimately adding to our understanding of adolescent eating disorders."--Renee D. Rienecke, PhD, FAED, Director of Research, Eating Recovery Center/Insight Behavioral Health Centers; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University "Perhaps not surprisingly, families have proven to be the most valuable resource in helping adolescents with AN. However, there are situations where an individual treatment strategy may be more appropriate and helpful. Moye and Robin’s early work on ego-oriented individual therapy put individual treatment for AN on the map, and AFT represents this approach's further refinement. Lock, a leading treatment developer for eating disorders in young people, provides an excellent clinical guide to the practical steps required to implement AFT."--Daniel Le Grange, PhD, Benioff UCSF Professor in Children’s Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco; Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago "Lock provides a rationale and a step-by-step approach for using AFT. The manual describes AFT from a biopsychosocial perspective that takes stages of adolescent development into account to tailor treatment according to individual needs. While AFT has its roots in developmental–psychodynamic theory, it nevertheless can be aligned with the assumptions of the medical model. This is key to reduce stigma and introduce more transparency to treatment of AN. The well-structured manual provides detailed examples of how AFT can target specific problems in meeting developmental milestones during adolescence. This is a very useful guide for applying AFT with adolescents for whom family-based therapy has not been a feasible option."--Guido K. W. Frank, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego; UCSD Eating Disorder Center for Treatment and Research-Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. What Is the Problem?: Anorexia Nervosa 2. What Is AFT and Why Should You Use It?: An Overview 3. A Primer on Diagnostic Assessment for Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa 4. Overview of Adolescent Development to Guide Case Conceptualization in AFT 5. AFT Toolbox for Therapists 6. Phase I of AFT: What’s Going On Here? 7. AFT for Adolescents with Anger and Control Issues 8. AFT for Adolescents with Depressive Symptoms and Poor Self-Esteem 9. AFT for Adolescents with Deficits in Identity Formation 10. AFT for Adolescents with Fears of Growing Up 11. Concluding Comments: Challenges in Disseminating and Implementing AFT for Anorexia Nervosa References Index
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Guilford Publications Parents as Partners in Child Therapy
Book SynopsisThis book addresses key questions facing the child therapist--how and when to bring parents into the treatment process and give them tools to support their child's healthy development. Known for her innovative, creative TraumaPlay approach, Paris Goodyear-Brown weaves together knowledge about play therapy, trauma, attachment theory, and neurobiology. She presents step-by-step strategies to help parents understand their child's needs, reflect on their own emotional triggers, set healthy boundaries, make time together more fun, and respond effectively to challenging behavior. Filled with rich clinical illustrations, the volume features 52 reproducible handouts and worksheets. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2 x 11 size.Trade Review"Goodyear-Brown offers an insightful look into the world of working with parents as a child therapist. Her deep, empathic understanding of families is rooted in years of therapeutic experience, which she shares openly and eloquently. The book presents effective interventions that are grounded in theory and that take into account the structure and timing of child therapy. Even as a long-time practitioner, I found myself learning new ways of engaging parents. This book is essential reading for novice and experienced play therapists alike."--Dee C. Ray, PhD, LPC-S, NCC, RPT-S, Director, Center for Play Therapy, and Professor, Counseling Program, University of North Texas "When working with children in therapy, bringing parents into the process is critical for success--yet many therapists have had little or no training in how to do this. Goodyear-Brown has written a much-needed resource that addresses the stumbling blocks in working with parents that so many clinicians face. This outstanding book presents a perfect balance of theory, science, and practical application. Clinicians will find a wealth of wisdom; practical tools, such as worksheets; and clinical interventions to actively engage caregivers. Every therapist who works with children should have this book!"--Karen Doyle Buckwalter, MSW, LCSW, RPT-S, Director of Program Strategy, Chaddock, Quincy, Illinois "This is the book parents need clinicians to read. By the time parents seek therapy for their children, they are often exhausted, discouraged, and weighed down by shame. This book beautifully leads clinicians to see parents through a lens of great compassion. As the clinician establishes a feeling of safety, parents, in turn, can do the same for their child. As an adoptive parent, I was deeply moved by this book. It equips clinicians to help families move from distress to calm, from despair to hope."--Lisa Qualls, coauthor of The Connected Parent "A thoughtful exploration of ways to empower parents as partners in children’s healing. The book focuses on responsive therapies, the power of parent–child co-regulation, the rewriting of unhelpful stories that parents may unconsciously carry, and the importance of attachment. Goodyear-Brown balances information and experience, making the content tangible by providing ample examples and dialogues that demonstrate the concepts in real life. She honors parents’ and children’s unique perspectives, and brings them together on the same path so all may begin to heal."--Becky A. Bailey, PhD, CEO and Creator of Conscious Discipline-Table of ContentsPreface 1. Helping Parents Grow: Gently Shifting Paradigms 2. Helping Parents Set the Bar to Support Bottom-Up Brain Development 3. Helping Parents Become Safe Bosses: Attachment and the Cascade of Care 4. Helping Parents Understand Themselves to Understand Their Children 5. Helping Parents SOOTHE: A Deep Dive into Co-Regulation Strategies 6. Helping Parents Be Fun and Fully Present 7. Helping Parents Train the Triune Brain 8. Helping Parents Set Boundaries and Deal with Big Behaviors 9. Helping Parents Become Stronger Storykeepers References Index
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Guilford Publications The Complete Family Guide to Dementia
Book SynopsisIf you are facing the unique challenges of caring for a parent with dementia, you are not alone. What do you do when your loved one so plainly needs assistance, but is confused, angry, or resistant to your help? Where can you find the vital information you need, when you need it? Journalist Thomas Harrison and leading geriatric psychiatrist Brent Forester show that you donât have to be a medical expert to be a good care provider in this authoritative guide. They explain the basics of dementia and offer effective strategies for coping with the medical, emotional, and financial toll. With the right skills, you can navigate changing family roles, communicate better with your parent, keep him or her safe, and manage difficult behaviors. Learn how to care smarter, not harder--and help your loved one maintain the best possible quality of life. Winner (Second Place)--American Journal of NursingBook of the Year Award, Consumer Health Category Winner (Third PlacTrade Review"What a fantastic guide! The book empowers and validates caregivers. You will get needed answers and guidance, and ways to reduce fears and anxieties. Relatable, authentic, practical--this is the book I wish I'd had when my mother was diagnosed.”--Karen F., Marblehead, Massachusetts "Two dedicated experts walk caregivers through everything from understanding a loved one's diagnosis to dealing with the entire range of expected medical, psychiatric, and behavioral issues. Most important, this book is a guide to building the best possible relationship with the person who is living and even thriving in spite of his or her cognitive changes."--Marc E. Agronin, MD, author of The End of Old Age: Living a Longer, More Purposeful Life “This book is a lifesaver. In down-to-earth language, it deftly captures the latest expert advice about dementia care. Dr. Forester brilliantly cared for my wife with dementia—and taught me, her chief care partner, how to survive and thrive.”--Jerry M., Cambridge, Massachusetts "For the adult child of a parent with dementia, the emotional impact is unlike any other disease. This reassuring book helps you navigate your new role in your relationship with your parent and provides concrete, useful advice for managing common concerns. The authors show how 'working smarter' can enhance your loved one's quality of life. It is sure to be a trusted guidebook and companion."--Susan W. Lehmann, MD, Clinical Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine "This wonderful book speaks directly to adult children caring for a parent with dementia, and gives equal weight to the facts, the feelings, and the often bumpy road to understanding, acceptance, and effective care. The sections on how to communicate and resolve conflicts with the 'other' parent--the one who doesn't have dementia--are unique. Above all, this book shows us how to focus on the feelings--our own, our siblings', and our parents'--that are at the heart of caregiving but can give us the biggest challenges.”--Soo Borson, MD, Professor of Clinical Family Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine; Professor Emerita of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington-Compassionate and empathic….The content will inspire, uplift, and inform while preserving dignity.--The Caregiver's Voice, 02/08/2023ƒƒThe book serves as a comforting and orienting primer for the loved ones of an individual with dementia. From the earliest stages of the illness to preparing for the final days of life, the authors give practical advice and concise menus of options….It offers important psychological descriptions and practical experiences that can serve to prepare families for the path that lies ahead, offer validation for the challenges of caregiving, and remind the caregiving families of the importance of respite and self-care. *****!--Doody's Review Service, 12/23/2022Table of ContentsIntroduction I. Understanding Your Parent’s Dementia 1. What Is Dementia? How Is It Different from Just Getting Older? 2. How Can I Know for Sure If My Parent Has Dementia? 3. What Causes Memory Loss?: Alzheimer’s Disease and the Many Other Causes 4. What to Expect: How the Problem Typically Progresses 5. Can Dementia Be Treated to Make It Less Severe? II. Understanding Your New Relationship with Your Parent 6. Why Caring for Parents with Dementia Is So Much Harder than Caring for Parents with Other Diseases 7. The Biggest Mistake Family Members Make 8. Your New Relationship with Your Parent 9. Your Relationship with Your Other Parent or Stepparent 10. Taking Care of Yourself Is Not an Afterthought III. Caring Smarter, Not Harder 11. What It Means to Care Smarter 12. How to Communicate with a Parent with Dementia 13. Avoiding Headaches with Your Parent’s Finances 14. When Is It Okay to Lie to Your Parent? 15. Keeping Your Parent Safe at Home 16. Getting Help When Your Parent Lives at Home or with You 17. How to Take Away the Car Keys 18. What Causes Problem Behaviors 19. How to Reduce Problem Behaviors 20. How to Handle Problem Behaviors When They Occur 21. Responding to Your Other Family Members and Friends IV. The Later Stages 22. Moving Your Parent to a Care Facility 23. How to Choose a Care Facility 24. How Am I Going to Pay for All This? 25. Your Relationship with Your Parent in a Care Facility 26. Dealing with the End of Life Resources Notes Index
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Guilford Publications Treatment Manual for Anorexia Nervosa Third Edition
Book SynopsisNow in a revised and expanded third edition reflecting key advances in research and clinical practice, this manual presents the leading empirically supported treatment for adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN). Strategies and procedures for family-based treatment are described in session-by-session detail. The book gives practitioners a clear framework for mobilizing parents to promote their child's weight restoration and healthy eating; involving siblings; improving parentâchild relationships; and getting adolescent development back on track. Integrating state-of-the-art knowledge about medical and psychological aspects of AN, the manual is complete with sample dialogues, troubleshooting tips, and a chapter-length case example. New to This Edition Chapter on intensive parental coaching, a three-session adaptation for families who need extra support. Synthesizes the growing evidence base for the approach. New and expanded discussions of clinical issues--atypical AN, gender-diverse patients, those with psychiatric comorbidities, and more. Describes innovations in clinical training and modes of delivery. Family-based treatment is recognized as a best practice for the treatment of AN in adolescents by the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
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Pan Macmillan Inside Out Parenting: How to Build Strong Children from a Core of Self-Esteem
Silver Award Winner - Mumii Best Baby and Toddler Gear, Parenting Books.What is the value of our achievements without self esteem? Dr Holan Liang presents her practical approach to bringing up children from the inside out, setting aside exterior results in favour of building a core of self-esteem, resilience and social ability. Inside Out Parenting is a witty blend of hard science from a research and professional point of view, memoir and hands-on anecdotal evidence, offering an assured route to both happiness and success. With a balance of top tips and failed attempts, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Holan Liang offers an empowering and holistic approach to parenting that champions building a strong base of 'inside things' so that the 'outside things', such as achievement in musical exams and academia, have a strong foundation and core of security, giving them a deeper meaning for your child.
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Guilford Publications Aesthetics of Change
Book SynopsisThe fundamental concern of psychotherapy is change. While practitioners are constantly greeted with new strategies, techniques, programs, and interventions, this book argues that the full benefits of the therapeutic process cannot be realized without fundamental revision of the concept of change itself. Applying cybernetic thought to family therapy, Bradford P. Keeney demonstrates that conventional epistemology, in which cause and effect have a linear relationship, does not sufficiently accommodate the reciprocal nature of causation in experience. Written in an unconventional style that includes stories, case examples, and imagined dialogues between an epistemologist and a skeptical therapist, the volume presents a philosophically grounded, ecological framework for contemporary clinical practice. Trade ReviewWritten almost 20 years ago, Aesthetics of Change is a classic in the field of family therapy. It has aged well. The notions it so intricately spins forth are still vibrant, still vital for therapists and students who want to learn to think systemically--wisely--about the context and practice of therapy. Readers will appreciate Keeney's firm, yet relaxed, grasp of Bateson's ideas, his clear explanations, and his sense of irreverence.--Douglas Flemons, PhD, Professor and Director, Brief Therapy Institute, Nova Southeastern University, and author of Of One MindAn astounding, clear, and brilliant exposition of cybernetic epistemology. A major contribution to understanding family therapy!--Luigi Boscolo, MDA persuasive work which will help make the elusive concepts of epistemology and cybernetics accessible to the psychotherapeutic community.--Mary Catherine Bateson, PhDFamily therapy has been an endeavor in search of a theory. Keeney's book fills in that all-important superstructure that every field needs in order to achieve its own conceptual framework.--Lynn Hoffman, MSWAesthetics of Change is really the Rubik's cube in book form. There are six chapters of different colors which can be rotated around a conceptual inner core to create an almost infinite variety of patterns. It's fun and exciting!--Carl Whitaker, MD - Aesthetics is a handbook of [cybernetic ideas] relevant to the clinician with an emphasis on helping the clinician understand the therapeutic context in which he participates and influences....Encourages us to reach for a more poetic, aesthetic approach to our thinking about and dealings with our clients....The argument made that is persuasive is that cybernetic thinking can indeed enhance a therapist's chances of untying the knots of mental process embodied in the stories and experiences clients and therapists construct. --AFTA Newsletter, 7/24/2002ƒƒ This is a rare text which deals unashamedly with complex theoretical issues in a way that relates directly to practice. It is unlikely that anyone who reads this with an inquiring mind will fail to be influenced in their practice. --Journal of Family Therapy, 7/24/2002Table of Contents1. Fundamentals of Epistemology2. Cybernetic Epistemology4. A Cybernetic Description of Family Therapy5. Cybernetics of Therapeutic Change6. An Aesthetic Base for Family Therapy
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Prufrock Press AnxietyFree Kids
Book SynopsisAnxiety-Free Kids (2nd ed.) offers parents strategies that help children become happy and worry-free, methods that relieve a child''s excessive anxieties and phobias, and tools for fostering interaction and family-oriented solutions. Using a unique companion approach that offers two books in onea practical, reader-friendly book for parents and a fun workbook for kidsthis solutions-oriented guide utilizes the cognitive-behavioral approach to therapy and integrates the parent in the child''s self-help process.Research has shown that if left untreated, children with anxiety disorders are at higher risk to perform poorly in school, to have less-developed social skills, and to be more vulnerable to substance abuse. Covering the six most commonly occurring anxiety disordersgeneralized anxiety, separation anxiety, specific phobias, social phobias, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorderthis book gives kids and parents successful strategies for achieving relaxation, conquering worries, challenging faulty thinking patterns, developing positive self-talk, and facing one''s fears.Educational Resource
£18.16
Sounds True The Motherhood Myth
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Icon Books A Practical Guide to the Psychology of Parenting
Book SynopsisDevelop and improve your relationship with teenagers. The teenage years are complex, exciting and often turbulent. Growth, development and learning are intrinsic to this period and every teenage experience is different. For anyone who cares about a teenager's wellbeing, development and learning, this Practical Guide offers a theoretically informed way of thinking about, understanding and actually living with teenagers. Focusing on the three major issues prevalent in teenage years: achievement, belonging and control, and the behaviours that fall within these categories, experienced professional educational psychologist Kairen Cullen expertly draws upon a wealth of experience and the different psychological theories and approaches that can be used to address each issue.
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Icon Books The Psychology of Parenting Teenagers: Thriving
Book Synopsis'Dr Cullen provides the reader with a wealth of knowledge, highly perceptive insights and practical strategies in a clear well-written book that will be very useful for both parents and teenagers to read and use. Highly recommended.' - Tim Francis, HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist (Educational)An original, theoretically informed way of thinking about, understanding and actually living with teenagers.Complex, exciting and often turbulent, every teenage experience is different, and growth, development and learning are intrinsic to these years. This book is for anyone who cares about a teenager's wellbeing, development and learning.Experienced professional educational psychologist Kairen Cullen, parent of four adult children, draws upon a wealth of experience as she looks at the areas of particular challenge in the teenage years, and the different psychological theories and approaches that can be used to address them. Full of case studies, practical tips and exercises, this guide focuses on the three major issues prevalent in teenage years: achievement, belonging and control, and the behaviours that fall within these categories. Underpinning everything with educational psychology literature and psychology theory in general, Dr Kairen Cullen expertly explains how the reader can develop and improve their relationships with teenagers.Trade ReviewDr Cullen provides the reader with a wealth of knowledge, highly perceptive insights and practical strategies in a clear well-written book that will be very useful for both parents and teenagers to read and use. Highly recommended. -- Tim Francis, HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist (Educational)'The Psychology of Teenagers is a kind, clear breakdown of the issues of bringing up teenagers, and the different approaches that parents can take in supporting their children through this challenging time. The writing style is unpatronising and accessible, considering each challenge through a different lens, with the pros and cons of each approach. The suggestions are clear, gentle and appear achievable.' -- Alex Morrall, Author of Helen & The Grandbees
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Sulky, Rowdy, Rude?: Why kids really act out and
Book SynopsisChildren can go through difficult phases - this is a natural part of growing up. Conflicts and arguments are nothing exceptional, but rather a part of everyday family life. The authors of this practical and imaginative book show how parents can create consistent and effective structures, methods and responses, so that children can learn for themselves how to practise self-control and cooperation in a secure environment where they both belong and have autonomy.Based on years of experience working with children, including those with special needs, the authors structure their methods around the low arousal approach. With many creative suggestions and real-life examples, this book has the potential to change family life for the better forever.Trade ReviewOscar Wilde advised that if we wanted children to be good we first needed to make them happy. In this simply written, yet sophisticated book Bo Hejlskov Elvén and Tina Wiman invite us to understand the child's perspective through understanding our own part in it. Clear narrative and powerful vignettes combine to illustrate a range of gentle strategies to prevent or deal with conflict and confrontation that will appeal to parents and teachers alike. -- Richard Mills, Research Autism and University of BathSulky, Rowdy, Rude? Yet again Bo Hejlskov Elven and his colleague Tina Wiman have produced a wonderfully reflective book for families to help them focus on the behaviour of their child. In my view this book can also be read by frontline carers and other professionals working with children. There are a series of easy to read chapters which focus on how to understand the behaviour of young children and the low arousal approach permeates the entire book. In a user friendly way there are many themes that focus on how we perceive behaviours. Chapters include: 'Children behave well if they can' and my personal favourite 'conflicts consist of solutions'. The authors tailor the book well to their main audience. I would recommend this book widely. -- Andrew McDonnell, Ph.D., CEO Studio3, Clinical Psychologist, and Visiting Professor of Autism Studies at Birmingham City University, UKTable of ContentsPart One. Introduction. 1. Who has the problem? 2. Children behave well if they can. 3. People do what makes most sense in each situation. 4. The one that takes responsibility can make a difference. 5. Children learn nothing from failure. 6. You need self-control to cooperate. 7. We all do what we can to maintain self-control. 8. Feelings are contagious. 9. Conflicts consist of solutions. 10. We make demands of children that they don't make of themselves - but in a way that works. 11. It is not fair to treat everyone the same. 12. You become the leader when someone follows you.Part Two. We live in a garage. Cases: Liam and the morning row. Ava and the sibling row. Alvin wants to be alone. Hannah and tooth-brushing. The Principle of the gentle approach. Summary.
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Troubador Publishing Cognitive Hypnotherapy: What's that about and how
Book SynopsisWritten by Trevor Silvester, the Editor of Hypnotherapy Journal for 9 years and Director of the Quest institute, this new book defines an exciting new approach to the field of therapy and counselling. Cognitive Hypnotherapy is a model that can be used to create a unique treatment plan for each client, using techniques drawn from any school of thought, integrated into a single model that uses the clients own mind to solve their own problems. The book describes a theory of mind that explains why we do the things that limit our lives, and why we can take control and change ourselves. It then explains how by weaving a comprehensive selection of interventions into a creative model that assists therapists in making the most appropriate choices, all of which make it essential reading for anyone working in this field. The key readership is likely to be practising hypnotherapists, counsellors and psychotherapists, although anybody interested in the field will find this a fascinating read.
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Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd Child to Parent Violence and Abuse: A
Book SynopsisChild to Parent Violence and Abuse (CPVA) is a much misunderstood problem that affects the lives of millions of families around the world, possibly as many as one in ten. Despite this, and the lasting physical and psychological damage CPVA can cause, it is an underreported issue, and one that presents serious challenges to practitioners and support services - not least because it inverts our normal understanding of abuse within the family. With this book Helen Bonnick shares the knowledge that she has built up over many years specialising in CPVA as a social worker, practice educator and researcher. She brings this complex issue out of the shadows and provides much needed guidance to practitioners. Following an introductory chapter, setting the scene and discussing definitions and language, the book is divided into five sections, which develop an understanding of the main issues before moving on to a more structured approach to work in supporting families. `Five impossible things to believe' sets out five core issues in understanding an issue that many people still find hard to accept, setting the scene for future discussions. The second section, `Four traps to avoid', addresses myths and stereotypes, looking at beliefs and assumptions that can impact on the delivery of a service. The third section, `Three aspects of work with families' looks specifically at assessment and models of intervention, after some important consideration of the power issues at play. This is followed by a section on the difficulties emerging from our tendency to think in binary ways: `Two conflicting paradigms'; and lastly, `One thing that everyone can do'. The book closes with a final chapter for those interested in taking their learning further. Throughout, the easily digestible chapters are illustrated with real-life anecdotes and testimony from families who have faced CPVA. Above all, this is a book which brings the families' lives to the fore, and documents what they say helps, what hinders, and what they want to celebrate or protest. Each chapter includes a section called `What you can do', which may have questions to reflect on, or suggestions of action to continue the work of bringing greater attention and increased resources to this crucial field of family support.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Five impossible things to believe Chapter 1: How much? Chapter 2: It could happen to anyone Chapter 3: The impact on families Chapter 4: Punished for being a victim Chapter 5: Nobody's problem Part 2: Four traps to avoid Chapter 6: The difficult parent Chapter 7: I blame the parents Chapter 8: We need the young person to engage Chapter 9: Just like domestic violence Part 3: Three aspects of work with families Chapter 10: Understanding the issue of power Chapter 11: Full family assessment Chapter 12: Whole family support Part 4: Two conflicting paradigms Chapter 13: Two conflicting paradigms Part 5: One thing everyone can do Chapter 14: One thing everyone can do Chapter 15: Final words Appendix 1: Acronyms used Appendix 2: Programmes of work
£31.95
Guilford Publications Guiding Families through Transitions
Book SynopsisAn indispensable clinical resource and text, this book offers therapists evidence-based strategies to support families through life's inevitable transitions. Chapters explore typical life cycle stages--couple formation, parenthood, adolescence, young adulthood and midlife, and later life--and describe treatment principles for frequently encountered family challenges. The book normalizes developmental strains and underscores the significance of flexibility, adaptability, and resilience through adversity. Extensive case examples encompass a range of family forms, cultural and individual differences, and life cycle disruptions, including parental separation, illness, and loss.
£47.49
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) AutPlay Therapy for Children and Adolescents on
Book SynopsisAutPlay Therapy is a behavioral play-based treatment approach to working with children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities. This innovative new model contains a parent-training component (wherein the therapist trains parents to do directive play therapy interventions in the home) and can be utilized in any setting where children and adolescents with an autism disorder, ADHD, dysregulation issues, or other neurodevelopmental disorders are treated. This comprehensive resource outlines the AutPlay Therapy process and offers a breakdown of treatment phases along with numerous assessment materials and over 30 directive play therapy techniques.Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1 Autism Spectrum Disorder. 2 Developmental Disabilities. 3 Influences on AutPlay Therapy. 4 Play Therapy. 5 Behavioral Therapy. 6 AutPlay Therapy Approach. 7 Emotional Regulation Ability 8 Social Skills Development. 9 Connection (Relationship Development). 10 Parent Training. 11 Phases of AutPlay Therapy. 12 AutPlay Follow Me Approach. 13 Research. 14 Case Studies. 15 Emotional Regulation Interventions. 16 Social Skills Interventions. 17 Connection Interventions. Appendix A: Therapy Inventories. Appendix B: Therapy Treatment Plan Profile. Appendix C: Additional Play Based Treatments. Appendix D: Apps for Autism and Developmental Disorders. Appendix E: Additional Resources.
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HarperCollins Publishers Sleep Better Baby The Essential StressFree Guide
Book SynopsisWarm, wise and deeply reassuring, I love The Sleep Mums!' Sarah Turner, The Unmumsy MumIt's 2am but your baby thinks it's party time; their routine' seems to change with the wind, and you would do anything to get a good night's sleepWe know how you feel! You might be prepared and reading this before baby arrives, or as they snooze beside you in those early new-born days, knowing that forewarned is forearmed. Or your eyebags may tell their own bedtime storyEither way, if your baby is not sleeping, you have not done anything wrong. Your baby is not broken (although you might feel broken from lack of sleep), and you are not a bad parent. Baby sleep is not linear; it changes a lot during their first few years (they like to keep us on our toes like that). You are here because you want some honest support and real solutions.And the good news? We can give you that.Between us, we Cat and Sarah AKA The Sleep Mums' have over 30 years professional experience, plus hands on practice with having Trade Review‘I love The Sleep Mums! Sleep means everything when you're a parent and Cat and Sarah have helped me to make sense of what really works, in a fun and supportive way. They provide advice that's never judgey and offer a much needed feeling of solidarity to parents everywhere who are worrying that they're on their own.'Sarah Turner, The Unmumsy Mum
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Oxford University Press Inc Behavioral Health Services with HighRisk Infants
Book SynopsisThere are relatively high rates of complications in the fetal and neonatal periods (1 in 33 fetuses born with birth defects and 1 in 10 preterm births in the US). With advances in maternal-fetal care and growing services and life-extending medical innovations in the neonatal period, more families are presenting to Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) and often for longer lengths of time. The growing recognition of mental health needs of families and providers in fetal care centers, NICUs, and neonatal follow-up programs has led to a quickly increasing presence of behavioral health providers in these settings. Behavioral Health Services with High-Risk Infants & Families is a practical guide for mental health clinicians working in fetal care, NICU, and neonatal follow-up care. The book provides a broad overview of common medical conditions in fetal and NICU settings (e.g., congenital anomalies, premature birth, hypoxic injury in the perinatal period), prevalence, and symptoms of behavioral health challenges, specific considerations for assessment and intervention, and cross-cutting issues to assist the clinician with optimizing behavioral health care integration with mothers, partners, babies, and families. Additionally, information about the provision of psychosocial support and education to staff is also included. The text represents a comprehensive, practical resource for behavioral health clinicians working with pregnant women, partners, infants, families, and providers in perinatal and neonatal intensive care settings. The book features de-identified case examples, trauma-informed care prompts/scripts, specific questions for assessment and intakes, key medical terms, resource guides, and reference lists.Trade ReviewBehavioral Health Services with High-Risk Infants and Families offers clinicians numerous detailed and varied chapters that provide direction and insight on providing behavioral health care for infants and their families across numerous settings serving high-risk infants. This book is particularly beneficial and useful and has substantially informed my practice via chapters grounded with up-to-date research and illustrated with over 100 detailed case studies connecting research to practice. This book will surely be on my shelf for the duration of my career as it provides the reader with insights for integrating into the role of behavioral health clinician for high-risk infants and families, as well as, training and teaching new clinicians to enter the field. * Melissa Maye, PhD, Center for Health Policy and Health Services Research, Henry Ford Health System *This text provides a comprehensive review of the importance of addressing perinatal and infant mental health. The chapters offer a historical perspective, reinforce the argument for thinking about the entire family unit when taking care of the high risk infant (starting prenatally, well through post-partum and post NICU care). With each chapter carefully outlining approach and theories to management of PMADs, as a reader, it makes it easier to take an overwhelming topic such as this (often under-resourced in healthcare settings) and start to make headway in the different settings (e.g. fetal, NICU, post-discharge, etc.). The combination of authors across the disciplines of healthcare only enhance the perspectives and takeaways for each setting. * Dr. Dmitry Dukhovny, MD, MPH, Oregon Health and Science University *Table of ContentsSECTION I: ROLES AND PRACTICE ISSUES 1. History of Psychological Services in Neonatal Intensive Care Michael T. Hynan 2.Roles, Activities, and Opportunities of Behavioral Health Clinicians in Delivering Continuity of Care Tiffany Willis, LaTrice L. Dowtin, Dailyn Acosta, and Kara Hansen 3.Quality Improvement and Research Across Fetal and Neonatal Care Settings Pamela A. Geller, Ariana Albanese, Victoria A. Grunberg, John Chuo, and Chavis A. Patterson 4.Systems Interventions and Program Development Susanne Klawetter, Jill A. Hoffman, Kristi Roybal, and Sunah S. Hwang 5. Interdisciplinary Behavioral Health Teams Chavis A. Patterson, Mona Elgohail, Alison Hartman, Vincent C. Smith, and Pamela A. Geller 6. Teaching and Training Developing Professionals in Perinatal and Neonatal Settings LaTrice L. Dowtin, Tiffany Willis, Soudabeh Givrad, and Melissa Scala 7.Operations and Ethical Considerations Elizabeth Fischer, KristiLynn Cedars, Abbey Kruper, and Steven R. Leuthner SECTION II: CROSS-CUTTING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND APPROACHES 8. Infant Mental Health for High-Risk Infants Across the Continuum of Care Miller Shivers, Annelise Cunningham, Natalia Henner, and Kerri Machut 9.Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Among Parents of High-Risk Fetuses and Infants Birdie Meyer, Brenda Papierniak, and Christena Raines 10. Screening for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Across Settings Amy E. Baughcum, Olivia E. Clark, Shannon L. Gillespie, and Jeanne Decker 11. Psychotherapy and Medication Interventions for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Across Settings Teni Davoudian, Jacquelyn Knapp, Lana Weber, and Nicole Cirino 12. Trauma and Trauma Informed Care Mary Coughlin 13. Addressing Perinatal Substance Use Across the Continuum of Care Jennifer J. Paul, Jessalyn Kelleher, Susanne Klawetter, and Sarah Nagle-Yang 14. Human Milk and Breastfeeding Diane L. Spatz and Elizabeth D. Morris 15. Shared Decision-Making Across Settings Jeannie Zuk, Kristin Carter, Beth McManus, and Brooke Dorsey Holliman 16. Perinatal Crisis and Traumatic Bereavement Mara Tesler Stein and Deborah L. Davis 17. The Value of Peer Support for High-Risk Pregnant Women and Their NICU Infants Sue L. Hall, Jenny Landry, and Erin Thatcher SECTION III: FETAL CARE SETTINGS 18. Specialty Care Settings: Perinatal Management, Fetal Therapy and the Fetal Therapy Center Christina Paidas Teefey, Sarah Robinson, and Julie S. Moldenhauer 19. Role of Behavioral Health Clinicians in Fetal Care Settings Lacy Chavis, Sakina Butt, and Elizabeth Vaught 20. Uncertainty and Coping in the NICU: Relationships Matter Zina Steinberg and Susan Kraemer SECTION IV: NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE SETTINGS 21. Neonatal Intensive Care Settings Sara C. Handley and David Munson 22. Role of Behavioral Health Clinicians in the NICU Setting Rochelle Steinwurtzel, Sandhya Brachio, Sheau-Yan Ho, Solimar Santiago-Warner 23. Regulation, Relationships, and Reflection: Developmental Care in the NICU Ayelet Talmi and Joy V. Browne 24. Mental Health and Coping Challenges Among Families in the NICU Jennifer Harned Adams, Stacey R. Bromberg, and Anna Zimmerman SECTION V: NEONATAL FOLLOW-UP SETTINGS 25. A Brief History of Neonatal Follow Up and Why It's Done Howard Needelman, Beatrice Egboh, Whitney Strong-Bak, and Grace Winningham 26. Common Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Challenges in Neonatal Follow-Up Kathryn E. Gustafson and Mollie G. Warren 27. Role of Behavioral Health Clinicians in Neonatal Follow-Up Settings Casey Hoffman and Annie Markovits 28. After the NICU: Primary Care Behavioral Health Services Verenea J Serrano, Jonna von Schulz, Melissa Buchholz, Kristina Malik, Amy Wrenn, and Ayelet Talmi
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Oxford University Press Inc Getting Your Child Back to School
Book SynopsisGetting Your Child Back to School is intended for parents grappling with school attendance problems at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Covering a wide variety of attendance problems and special circumstances, the book offers practical, step-by-step strategies parents can easily learn and implement themselves.Trade Review"The information and strategies presented in this book are rich in providing parents with answers to many of their 'why' and 'how' questions. Parents will come away understanding the nature of their child's school refusal problem, the factors contributing to the problem, and effective strategies for returning their child to school in a positive and productive manner." -- Anne Marie Albano, PhD, ABPP, Director, Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders "Using his research background as well as his years of clinical experience, Dr. Kearney describes the variety of reasons that drive school refusal behavior in youth and then provides clear and effective solutions for each type of problem. Parents struggling mightily to get their child to go to and stay in school will welcome Dr. Kearney's sage advice." -- Patricia M. DiBartolo, PhD, Caroline L. Wall, '27 Professor of Psychology, Smith College "Written by one of the leading experts in this area, this book is a mustread for parents of children who are reluctant or refuse to attend school." --Cynthia G. Last, PhD, author of Help for Worried KidsTable of Contents1. What is School Refusal Behavior? 2. Different Types of School Refusal Behavior? 3. Children who Refuse School to Avoid General Distress 4. Children who Refuse School for Attention 5. Children who Refuse School to do More Fun Things Outside of School 6. Prevention and Special Circumstances
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Oxford University Press Inc Parenting Made Complicated
Book SynopsisScreen time. Daycare. Praise. Sleep training. Spanking and time-outs. Helicopter versus old school parenting. There are a lot of questions facing parents of young children but consistent and reliable science-based answers can be hard to find. Parenting Made Complicated, written by child psychiatrist Dr. David Rettew, tackles many of the biggest controversies facing new parents today and examines the science behind these issues with writing that is lively, personal, non-preachy, and even funny. This book doesn''t assume that the correct answer for each parenting dilemma is the same for each child. Instead it describes how different approaches may be required based on a child''s unique temperament or other important factors. Practical, informed, and entertaining, Parenting Made Complicated is a complete resource for parents and professionals alike who are looking for dependable information about today''s parenting controversies.Trade ReviewDr. Rettew does not offer hyped shortcuts. He tells it like it is: parenting is indeed complicated business. As a parent, scientist, and gifted writer, his volume provides much needed direction to the imperfect parents trying their hardest that we all are. * Dr. Andrés Martin, former editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry *Part scientist, part physician, part artist, and all parent — Dr. Rettew has given us a generous gift. Thoughtful, insightful, and eminently readable, Parenting Made Complicated will educate and delight moms and dads as they wade through the all too often murky waters of parenthood. * Jess Shatkin, author of Born to Be Wild *Table of ContentsPart 1: General Principles 1. It Depends Unpacking the Most Boring Answer in Science 2. Child Temperment A Primer on Personality Differences in Children 3. Tiger/Attatchment/Helicopter Parenting Searching for Truth Among the Books and the Blogs Part 2: Infancy 4. Pick Them Up or Let Them Cry (For a While)? The Passionate Debate over Sleep Training 5. Working Making Peace with the Childcare Wars 6. Got Milk? The Case for Breastfeeding Leading to Smarter and Happier Kids 7. Blue, Pink or Yellow? How Parents Can Affect Gender Development Part 3. Toddlers and Preschoolers 8. Yucky Finding Solutions for Picky Eaters 9. For the Sake of the Kids Considerations on Separation and Divorce 10. Sparing the Rod (and the Chair?) Spanking, Time-Outs, and Other Disciplinary Techniques 11. IToddler The Effects of Early Media and Technology Use 12. Good Job! Science Examines Praising and Overpraising 13. The Next Steps Putting Knowledge Into Action 14. References
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Little, Brown Book Group Tears Heal How to listen to our children
Book SynopsisTears Heal shares parenting's best-kept secret - a completely new approach to parenting which is based on listening, and allowing children to express their emotions so that they can return to their natural, good, co-operative selves.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) ParentInfant Psychotherapy for Sleep Problems
Book SynopsisSleep problems are among the most common, urgent and undermining troubles parents meet. This book describes Dilys Daws' pioneering method of therapy for sleep problems, honed over 40 years of work with families: brief psychoanalytic therapy with parents and infants together.Offering tried and tested ways of helping parents work things out better with their babies when such problems arise, this new edition of Dilys Dawsâ classic work, updated with expert help from Sarah Sutton, frees professionals from the burden of feeling they need to rush to give advice to families, showing instead how to begin the challenging journey of discovering new emotions that every baby brings. It sheds light on the sleep problem in the context of a whole range of aspects of the early world: the regulation of babiesâ physiological states; dreams and nightmares; the development of separateness; separation and attachment problems; and connections with feeding and weaning.This much-needed, compassionate and well-informed guide to helping parents and babies with sleep problems draws on twenty-first century development research and rich clinical wisdom to offer ways of understanding sleep problems in each individual family context, with all its particular pressures and possibilities. It will be treasured by new parents struggling with sleeplessness and is enormously valuable for anyone working with parents and their babies. Trade Review'This rewarding book provides a fundamental contribution to the literature on parent infant psychotherapy. Dilys Daws' compassionate understanding creates an accepting emotional climate which is the necessary foundation for successful work. The experience of reading it can itself feel therapeutic. It is indeed a masterpiece in its field.'- Juliet Hopkins, Hon Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist, Tavistock Clinic'I am delighted that a new generation of practitioners will benefit from this updated edition of Dilys Daws’ thoroughly professional and practical book of wisdom. It is like a calm, reliable friend who is always there to help those supporting families with sleep problems. I have used Through the Night successfully over many years to inform and guide my health visitor practice and can highly recommend it.' - Maggie Harris, Specialist Health Visitor for Infant Mental Health (Retired), Former Hon Sec of AIMH UK'This book by Dilys Daws is an essential resource for any clinician working with distressed infants and their families. The author has woven an amazing tapestry from clinical wisdom, psychoanalytic understandings and infancy research to create a thoughtful and practical guide to working with infants with sleep difficulties. Drawing on the knowledge of relationship-based neurophysiology of infancy, psychoanalysis, attachment theory and infancy research we are given a powerfully rich picture of the baby as a person within her intimate relationships. Through this book we see how brief psychoanalytic therapy can be used to help sleep disrupted infants and parents seen in the family medical practice through to the psychotherapist’s clinic. Through exploring the meaning of the infant’s behaviour, we learn how to support parents to ensure that the baby falling asleep feels safe and loved from the very beginning of life.'- Associate Prof Campbell Paul, Consultant Infant Psychiatrist, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and the University of Melbourne, President-Elect, World Association for Infant Mental Health'This book still remains so completely relevant, essential and interesting to anyone working with babies and their families. The combination of clear explanations behind sleep problems and case studies, written with such compassion and understanding, make it very accessible to exhausted parents with their sleepless infants, and professionals trying to support them. I just wish I had known about this book sooner both as a parent and as a GP.'- Dr Jane Sackville-West, GP and Trainer at the James Wigg PracticePraise for Through the Night: Helping Parents with Sleepless Infants:'Through the Night is the most interesting, readable and memorable book on human infant development I have ever read. Almost effortlessly, the reader learns about some of the most important theories of human development and infant psychiatry. Daws manages to teach both lay person and professional alike, equally well, by introducing us to a particular problem: how and why infants sleep, or fail to sleep, as their parents wish them to. Parent-infant sleep struggles are discussed beautifully within a context that deals simultaneously with the psychological landscapes of the parents and the larger cultural context within which they intersect. Students, parents, psychologists and psychiatrists will be captivated and enthralled.'- James McKenna, PhD, Professor of Anthropology, Pomona College and Department of Psychiatry, University of California Irvine School of Medicine'In Through the Night Dilys Daws demonstrates her firm grasp of the two interacting sides of sleeplessness in children: the one that reflects the biological basis of children’s sleep, and the other that reflects the psychological factors which impact upon sleepless children and their parents. Daws clearly recognizes that to help families with sleepless children it is necessary to take both of these into consideration. And – which others often fail to do – she helps parents first recognize the specific nature of their child’s problem before deciding upon a treatment programme to deal with it. She does all this with warmth, reason, understanding and compassion. This is a welcome addition to a limited literature dealing with a major problem.'- Richard Ferber, MD, Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Mass., and author of Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems: A Practical and Comprehensive Guide for Parents'The writing on the therapy provides the highlights of the book. Lively case vignettes are followed by some beautiful writing on therapeutic process … as a powerful and sensitive way of working with parents in the context of young families, her clinical descriptions will be absorbing and instructive reading for many professionals.'- British Journal of Psychiatry'… a beautifully recounted and carefully conceptualized account of sleeping difficulties in small children … It is clear that Dilys Daws’ sensitive and empathetic handling of the parents’ problem creates a space of security within which new ways of thinking, not only about each parent’s relationship to the perturbed infant, but also about their relationship with one another and with the significant figures of their personal past, can for the first time come into existence. As the author puts it, she "listens and takes seriously the ‘cries’ of the family as a whole".'- Joyce McDougall, International Review of Psycho-Analysis'As a family doctor I need to be able to offer realistic and helpful advice to distressed parents. This book has it all. Written with real authority, Through the Night is an essential guide to understanding the basis of sleep problems. Dilys Daws’ depth and range of experience make her uniquely qualified to help all parents. At last her wisdom can be shared, bringing calm to shattered nerves. Everyone can benefit from the simple, often dramatic, exposure to sleep problems so brilliantly revealed in this penetrating and absorbing résumé of many years’ commitment to parents and infants. Unequalled, unrivalled and unsurpassed, this book stands alone as a masterpiece in its field.'- Dr Roy Macgregor, GP, presenter of ITB’s The Full Treatment and family doctor appearing regularly on Sky TB and ITNTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements 01. What is a Sleep Problem? PART I 02. Brief Psychoanalytic Therapy for Sleep Problems 03. A Case Study: The Armitage Family PART II 04. The Physiology of Sleep States 05. Babies’ Physiological States and Parenting 06. Dreams and Nightmares 07. The Development of Separateness of Self 08. Separation and Attachment Problems 09. The Connections of Sleep Problems with Feeding and Weaning 10. Parents’ Own Childhood Experiences 11. Father’s Role, the Parents’ Relationship, Single Parents and Returning to Work 12. Disturbed Sleep as a Psychosomatic Problem 13. Mother’s mental health and wellbeing 14. Children with particulat needs and abilities CONCLUSION Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Transforming Sexual Narratives A Relational
Book SynopsisTransforming Sexual Narratives offers readers the opportunity to address complex sexual problems through Narrative Relational Sex Therapy (NRST), an original approach that Suzanne Iasenza has developed during twenty-five years of clinical practice. This method presents a deeper, richer way of thinking about sexual challenges that has enabled clients to successfully rewrite their mistaken narratives to reclaim pleasure, intimacy, and satisfaction in their erotic lives. Drawing on the strengths of three very different therapeutic traditions â psychoanalytic, couple and family systems, and sex therapy â it delivers a fresh and dynamic way of understanding the complex interrelationship between personal, social, cultural, and familial sexual narratives. Chapters include conversations with diverse couples and individuals from all kinds of backgrounds and cultures, who exist in every kind of body, and in each case show how unconscious and harmful narratives can be transformed into healthy and pleasurable sex lives. This essential guide will help therapists to identify their clientâs secret sexual stories and enable them to rewrite their inner narratives and relationship with sexuality for the better. Sex therapists will be able to integrate a relational perspective into behavioral treatment, individual and couple therapists will be able to weave sexuality into general psychotherapy, and psychoanalysts will be able to use the sexual history to identify early dynamics that affect adult intimacy. Trade Review"This is simply a wonderfully written book that acknowledges the unruly multidimensionality of sex and offers a rich, deep understanding of sexual issues and the stories that shape our sex lives and a clear way forward to eroticism that is about pleasure, not just performance, and intimate connection rather than recipes for endless novelty. Note this as essential reading for every sex therapist and couple counsellor!" — Sue Johnson, author of Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, Canada"Suzanne Iasenza has written a unique and challenging book which should be on every clinician’s shelf, especially those working with non-traditional individuals and couples. Her relational approach to sex therapy focused on transforming sexual narratives is a comprehensive approach combining psychodynamic, couple, and queer perspectives. The emphasis on willingness as the key to desire, creating a sexual menu, mindfulness narrative touch, kink, and sexual resilience provides an empathic, respectful perspective on individual and couple sex therapy. Particularly important is confronting simplistic understandings and the pathologizing of sexual variations. Dr. Iasenza confronts secrecy and shame as she encourages clients to make meaning of the complex themes from childhood and create a meaningful narrative about themselves, and their relational and sexual lives. Sexuality enhances mastery and satisfaction." — Barry McCarthy, Professor of Psychology, American University, USA"On the topic of sex therapy, there is no one I trust more than Dr. Suzanne Iasenza. She is at home with patients who are lesbian, gay, queer, straight, non-binary, cisgender and trans. Wherever someone lands in what we might call the sexual diaspora, Iasenza is able to meet them with a capacious clinical wisdom. Relying on notions from narrative therapy, family systems, and psychoanalysis, she offers case examples that help couples and therapists move past outdated, normative goals to a model focused on willingness and pleasure. This is no less than a step towards the cultural redefinition of Eros." — Deborah Anna Luepnitz, PhD, Psychoanalyst and author of Schopenhauer's Porcupines, USA"Never before has the realm of the practice of sex therapy been explored in such depth, breadth and sensitivity. Suzanne Iasenza demonstrates the wide range of therapeutic interventions that can be called up in the process of healing and integration. She provides the reader with a lucid conceptual base and a detailed account of practical ways of doing sex therapy using her innovative model. She helps us rethink what is healthy sex, doing so with exquisite sensitivity to the cultural and socio-political issues that impact us all. This is essential reading for every couple therapist." — Lois Braverman, MSW, President Emeritus, Ackerman Institute for the Family, USA"With Transforming Sexual Narratives, Suzanne Iasenza has written an instant classic - a book that should be read by every clinician, not just those who consider themselves sex therapists. Weaving together the most current psychoanalytic theories, family systems theory, and a genuine understanding of the intersubjective nature of human experience, she builds a compelling narrative that builds to her own, very unique Relational Theory of Sex Therapy. Finally, we have an answer to that often-asked question "what is it that sex therapists actually do?" Iasenza not only tells us, but tells us how to do it effectively. The book is devoid of jargon, written with empathy and a directness accessible to all, and filled with meaningful clinical examples that bring her concepts alive. Debunking prevalent sexual myths like sex with strangers always lacks intimacy, Iasenza critiques the ubiquitous Desire-Arousal-Orgasm Model of sexual experience, that imposes a rigid linear scheme on what’s actually a complex multidimensional process. Most clients, she asserts, unknowingly internalize this model as the only model of "healthy" sexuality. The party line, she suggests, kills the party, and she offers a new model that includes each individual’s lived experience. I cannot recommend Transforming Sexual Narratives more highly. It will change how we all work." — Sandra Kiersky, PhD, Co-Editor "Sexualities lost and Found." International Universities Press or Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, USA"Suzanne Iasenza is a master clinician, an inspiring teacher, and an excellent writer. In Transforming Sexual Narratives, she builds upon earlier theoretical and clinical approaches to develop a comprehensive, practical, and effective methodology for achieving transformation. Iasenza offers a framework for Narrative Relational Therapy and a guide to practice with practical examples to share her professional experience with individuals and couples. She shows how to do work that gets to root of the problem and enables therapists and clients to examine the long-hidden core aspects of individual experience and the sexual persona. Her approach embraces the full complexity of a person and recognizes the depth of sexuality developed over a lifetime. She demonstrates how to clear obstacles and break patterns. This book provides therapists and patients with a clear vision that the change they seek is perfectly possible by stressing difference between desire and willingness, between history and fate, between limiting beliefs and real possibilities. Transforming Sexual Narratives is a genuinely helpful book that will transform clinical practice with people of all genders and sexual orientations, solo and partnered. It challenges assumptions, increases clinical competence, elevates our approach to human sexuality, and can truly transform clinical practice. As a sex therapist who works with individuals and couples I am energized and eager to get to work with these transformational tools." — Katherine Rachlin, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, AASECT diplomate of sex therapy, USA"Suzanne Iasenza's Transforming Sexual Narratives beautifully details an approach to sexual difficulty that has both far-reaching breadth and stunning depth. She creatively combines elements from a range of important contributors from behavioral therapy, psychodynamic approaches, sexology and mindfulness, to name a few. She applies the resulting tools to today's broad variety of sexualities -- to partnered and unpartnered sex, to gay and straight sex, polyamory and single sex in order to enable the clinician reader to develop an informed, flexible and tensile capacity to face the many issues that are the staple of modern work with sexual difficulty. Iasenza's widely informed and integrated approach will enhance the work of clinicians of all stripes who dedicate themselves to working with sex and relationships." — David Scharff, MD, is Co-Founder and Former Director, the International Psychotherapy Institute; Former President, The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists; and Chair of the International Psychoanalytic Association's Committee on Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, USA"Sex therapy has evolved since the pioneering work of William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Their research was heavily focused on the physiological process that occurred in the body during intercourse and at the point of orgasm. But as someone once said, sex is not what you have between your legs but what you have between your ears. How do our thoughts, the narratives we tell ourselves and others, promote or interfere with healthy sexual functioning? Given the state of sexuality education in the United States, it is not surprising that many people believe that they are the only ones who feel or think the way they do. In Transforming Sexual Narratives: A Relational Approach to Sex Therapy, Dr. Iasenza demonstrates through the use of case histories, how a client’s mistaken sexual narratives can be transformed ‘to reclaim intimacy and satisfaction in their erotic lives.’ Dr. Iasenza’s approach to sex therapy offers a valuable guide for any psychotherapist who has clients with sexual problems." — Herb Samuels, PhD, Past President Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, USA"Suzanne Iasenza’s new book, Transforming Sexual Narratives: A Relational Approach to Sex Therapy, builds upon her extraordinary body of previous clinically informed work on sexually conflicted, low desire, and otherwise struggling varieties of couples that are seeking an appropriate holding environment for sorting out and improving their intimate relationships. Her relational approach (NRST) embodies the best of scientific contributions from sexology, and sexual disorders literature and practice, but her contemporary psychoanalytic, clinical-technical wisdom captures the essential narratives of lived couple experience, past and present. What is truly transformative in these pages, for the beginning and experienced couple’s therapist, is how her chapters weave the sexual and interpersonal histories of each partnership into a therapeutic potential; opening a space for new emotional experience that both informs and improves empathic understanding, for couple use, enriching their relational mosaic. While readers of this book can learn about skills when working with sexual difficulties of couples, the strength of her work is in its humble translation of the internal and external worlds of her treatment couples. Dr. Iasenza embraces and expects a psychological-emotional exposure to occur and utilizes transferences and countertransference to cull the necessary underbelly of neglected, traumatized, and repressive elements so interpretive and technical measures can be applied. This book adds a necessary component of relationally sound clinical material for use in working with troubled couples presenting disorders of desire, and other symptoms of disappointment and dissatisfying interpersonal relations. I recommend it without hesitation. In fact, I recommend reading it twice." — Carl Bagnini, LCSW, BCD, Senior and Founding Faculty, The International Psychotherapy Institute, and faculty, The Adelphi Derner Institute Post-graduate and Doctoral Programs in Psychoanalysis and Couple Therapy, USA. Author of Keeping Couples in Treatment: Working from Surface to Depth"This is simply a wonderfully written book that acknowledges the unruly multidimensionality of sex and offers a rich, deep understanding of sexual issues and the stories that shape our sex lives; a clear way forward to eroticism that is about pleasure, not just performance; and intimate connection rather than recipes for endless novelty. Note this as essential reading for every sex therapist and couple counsellor!" — Sue Johnson, author of Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, Canada"Suzanne Iasenza has written a unique and challenging book which should be on every clinician’s shelf, especially those working with non-traditional individuals and couples. Her relational approach to sex therapy, focused on transforming sexual narratives, is a comprehensive approach combining psychodynamic, couple, and queer perspectives. The emphasis on willingness as the key to desire, creating a sexual menu, mindfulness narrative touch, kink, and sexual resilience provides an empathic, respectful perspective on individual and couple sex therapy. Particularly important is confronting simplistic understandings and the pathologizing of sexual variations. Dr. Iasenza confronts secrecy and shame as she encourages clients to make meaning of the complex themes from childhood and create a meaningful narrative about themselves, and their relational and sexual lives. Sexuality enhances mastery and satisfaction." — Barry McCarthy, Professor of Psychology, American University, USA"On the topic of sex therapy, there is no one I trust more than Dr. Suzanne Iasenza. She is at home with patients who are lesbian, gay, queer, straight, non-binary, cisgender and trans. Wherever someone lands in what we might call the sexual diaspora, Iasenza is able to meet them with a capacious clinical wisdom. Relying on notions from narrative therapy, family systems, and psychoanalysis, she offers case examples that help couples and therapists move past outdated, normative goals to a model focused on willingness and pleasure. This is no less than a step towards the cultural redefinition of Eros." — Deborah Anna Luepnitz, PhD, Psychoanalyst and author of Schopenhauer's Porcupines, USA"Never before has the realm of the practice of sex therapy been explored in such depth, breadth and sensitivity. Suzanne Iasenza demonstrates the wide range of therapeutic interventions that can be called up in the process of healing and integration. She provides the reader with a lucid conceptual base and a detailed account of practical ways of doing sex therapy using her innovative model. She helps us rethink what is healthy sex, doing so with exquisite sensitivity to the cultural and socio-political issues that impact us all. This is essential reading for every couple therapist." — Lois Braverman, MSW, President Emeritus, Ackerman Institute for the Family, USA"With Transforming Sexual Narratives, Suzanne Iasenza has written an instant classic - a book that should be read by every clinician, not just those who consider themselves sex therapists. Weaving together the most current psychoanalytic theories, family systems theory, and a genuine understanding of the intersubjective nature of human experience, she builds a compelling narrative that builds to her own, very unique Relational Theory of Sex Therapy. Finally, we have an answer to that often-asked question "what is it that sex therapists actually do?" Iasenza not only tells us, but tells us how to do it effectively. The book is devoid of jargon, written with empathy and a directness accessible to all, and filled with meaningful clinical examples that bring her concepts alive. Debunking prevalent sexual myths like sex with strangers always lacks intimacy, Iasenza critiques the ubiquitous Desire-Arousal-Orgasm Model of sexual experience, that imposes a rigid linear scheme on what’s actually a complex multidimensional process. Most clients, she asserts, unknowingly internalize this model as the only model of "healthy" sexuality. The party line, she suggests, kills the party, and she offers a new model that includes each individual’s lived experience. I cannot recommend Transforming Sexual Narratives more highly. It will change how we all work." — Sandra Kiersky, PhD, Co-Editor Sexualities lost and Found. International Universities Press or Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, USA"Suzanne Iasenza is a master clinician, an inspiring teacher, and an excellent writer. In Transforming Sexual Narratives, she builds upon earlier theoretical and clinical approaches to develop a comprehensive, practical, and effective methodology for achieving transformation. Iasenza offers a framework for Narrative Relational Therapy and a guide to practice with practical examples to share her professional experience with individuals and couples. She shows how to do work that gets to root of the problem and enables therapists and clients to examine the long-hidden core aspects of individual experience and the sexual persona. Her approach embraces the full complexity of a person and recognizes the depth of sexuality developed over a lifetime. She demonstrates how to clear obstacles and break patterns. This book provides therapists and patients with a clear vision that the change they seek is perfectly possible by stressing difference between desire and willingness, between history and fate, between limiting beliefs and real possibilities. Transforming Sexual Narratives is a genuinely helpful book that will transform clinical practice with people of all genders and sexual orientations, solo and partnered. It challenges assumptions, increases clinical competence, elevates our approach to human sexuality, and can truly transform clinical practice. As a sex therapist who works with individuals and couples I am energized and eager to get to work with these transformational tools." — Katherine Rachlin, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, AASECT diplomate of sex therapy, USA"Suzanne Iasenza's Transforming Sexual Narratives beautifully details an approach to sexual difficulty that has both far-reaching breadth and stunning depth. She creatively combines elements from a range of important contributors from behavioral therapy, psychodynamic approaches, sexology and mindfulness, to name a few. She applies the resulting tools to today's broad variety of sexualities -- to partnered and unpartnered sex, to gay and straight sex, and polyamory and single sex in order to enable the clinician reader to develop an informed, flexible and tensile capacity to face the many issues that are the staple of modern work with sexual difficulty. Iasenza's widely informed and integrated approach will enhance the work of clinicians of all stripes who dedicate themselves to working with sex and relationships." — David Scharff, MD, is Co-Founder and Former Director, the International Psychotherapy Institute; Former President, The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists; and Chair of the International Psychoanalytic Association's Committee on Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, USA"Sex therapy has evolved since the pioneering work of William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Their research was heavily focused on the physiological process that occurred in the body during intercourse and at the point of orgasm. But as someone once said, sex is not what you have between your legs but what you have between your ears. How do our thoughts, the narratives we tell ourselves and others, promote or interfere with healthy sexual functioning? Given the state of sexuality education in the United States, it is not surprising that many people believe that they are the only ones who feel or think the way they do. In Transforming Sexual Narratives: A Relational Approach to Sex Therapy, Dr. Iasenza demonstrates through the use of case histories, how a client’s mistaken sexual narratives can be transformed ‘to reclaim intimacy and satisfaction in their erotic lives.’ Dr. Iasenza’s approach to sex therapy offers a valuable guide for any psychotherapist who has clients with sexual problems." — Herb Samuels, PhD, Past President Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, USA"Suzanne Iasenza’s new book, Transforming Sexual Narratives: A Relational Approach to Sex Therapy, builds upon her extraordinary body of previous clinically informed work on sexually conflicted, low desire, and otherwise struggling varieties of couples that are seeking an appropriate holding environment for sorting out and improving their intimate relationships. Her relational approach (NRST) embodies the best of scientific contributions from sexology, and sexual disorders literature and practice, but her contemporary psychoanalytic, clinical-technical wisdom captures the essential narratives of lived couple experience, past and present. What is truly transformative in these pages, for the beginning and experienced couple’s therapist, is how her chapters weave the sexual and interpersonal histories of each partnership into a therapeutic potential; opening a space for new emotional experience that both informs and improves empathic understanding, for couple use, enriching their relational mosaic. While readers of this book can learn about skills when working with sexual difficulties of couples, the strength of her work is in its humble translation of the internal and external worlds of her treatment couples. Dr. Iasenza embraces and expects a psychological-emotional exposure to occur and utilizes transferences and countertransference to cull the necessary underbelly of neglected, traumatized, and repressive elements so interpretive and technical measures can be applied. This book adds a necessary component of relationally sound clinical material for use in working with troubled couples presenting disorders of desire, and other symptoms of disappointment and dissatisfying interpersonal relations. I recommend it without hesitation. In fact, I recommend reading it twice." — Carl Bagnini, LCSW, BCD, Senior and Founding Faculty, The International Psychotherapy Institute, and faculty, The Adelphi Derner Institute Post-graduate and Doctoral Programs in Psychoanalysis and Couple Therapy, USA. Author of Keeping Couples in Treatment: Working from Surface to DepthTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: The Foundations of Narrative Relational Sex Therapy (NRST) 1. Sex is Possible without Desire 2. Expanding the Healthy Sex Narrative 3. The Sexual History: Identifying Conscious and Unconscious Narratives 4. Deconstructing Sex with the Sexual Menu 5. Moving from Mind to Body: A Narrative Approach to Mindful Touch Part 2: Applying NRST to Challenging Sexual Issues 6. Embracing The Complexity of Sexuality 7. When Three or More is Not a Crowd: Non-monogamy and Polyamory 8. We’re All a Little Bit Kinky 9. George and Martha Try to Have Sex: Listening to Emotional Sadism 10. Sexual Resilience: Maintaining an Erotic Connection to Self and Other(s) References
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Taylor & Francis Gifted Lives
Book SynopsisThis book reveals the dramatic stories of twenty outstandingly gifted people as they grew from early promise to maturity in Britain. Recorded over the last thirty-five years by award-winning psychologist, Joan Freeman, these fascinating accounts reveal the frustrations and triumphs of her participants, and investigates why some fell by the wayside whilst others reached fame and fortune.These exceptional people possess a range of intellectual, social and emotional gifts in fields such as mathematics, the arts, music and spirituality. Through their particular abilities, they were often confronted with extra emotional challenges, such as over-anxious and pushy parents, teacher put-downs, social trip-wires, boredom and bullying in school and conflicting life choices. Their stories illustrate how seemingly innocuous events could have devastating life-long consequences, and confront the reader with intriguing questions such as: Does having a brilliant mind help wheTrade Review"At last, an honest picture of what really happens to the gifted. Prof Joan Freeman understands the psychology of having gifted abilities and its challenges, and has brought a breath of fresh air to this area of human development. I learned a lot and highly recommend it." - Lewis Wolpert CBE, FRS, FRSL, Emeritus Professor of Biology as Applied to Medicine, University College London, UK"A sensitive, probing and revealing analysis of the super-bright from childhood to middle-age by Britain's leading analyst of gifted children, Joan Freeman." - Brenda Maddox, biographer and winner of the Los Angeles Times Biography Award, the Silver PEN Award, the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger, and the Whitbread Biography Prize"Joan Freeman has written engaging and often surprising portraits of 20 of the 210 gifted children she has followed into adulthood. This book will inform not only parents, teachers, and scholars of giftedness but all those interested in the unpredictable course of individual lives." - Ellen Winner, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, Boston College USA & Author of Gifted Children: Myths and Realities"Again and again in this book, the stories surprise and confound. No one reading this book could possibly come away with simple prejudices unchallenged. ... These true stories contain lessons for us all about what it is to have, and respond to, special qualities." – John Stoboda, Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Keele University, in The Psychologist"Freeman’s writing throughout is disciplined and carefully objective, without sacrificing any narrative power. ... Gifted Lives—with its many twists and turns—is captivating, inspiring, and educating. I want to recommend the book to parents and educators everywhere. It seems to me it will be easy to find a nugget of information that you can utilize almost immediately." - Joseph Cardillo, Psychology Today"At last, an honest picture of what really happens to the gifted. Joan Freeman understands the psychology of having gifted abilities and its challenges, and has brought a breath of fresh air to this area of human development. I learned a lot and highly recommend it." - Lewis Wolpert CBE, FRS, FRSL, Emeritus Professor of Biology as Applied to Medicine, University College London, UK "A sensitive, probing and revealing analysis of the super-bright from childhood to middle-age by Britain's leading analyst of gifted children." - Brenda Maddox, biographer and winner of the Los Angeles Times Biography Award, the Silver PEN Award, the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger, and the Whitbread Biography Prize."Joan Freeman has written engaging and often surprising portraits of 20 of the 210 gifted children she has followed into adulthood. This book will inform not only parents, teachers, and scholars of giftedness but all those interested in the unpredictable course of individual lives." - Ellen Winner, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, Boston College USA & Author of Gifted Children: Myths and RealitiesTable of ContentsIntroduction: Ideas of Gifts and Talents, and Description of Study. Part 1. So Many Gifts. 1. Maths Prodigy to Saint. 2. Spoilt For Choice. 3. Stark Odds. Part 2. A Dominant Gift. 4. Opera Star. 5. Two Davids and the Goliath of Art. 6. A Good Samaritan. 7. The Gift of Integrity. 8. Musical Chairs. Part 3. Challenges to Gifted Potential. 9. The Label of ‘Gifted’. 10. Barriers in The Mind. 11. A Gifted Gambler. 12. Gifted Women. Part 4. Beyond Gifts and Talents… 13. Genius. References.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Internal Family Systems Therapy New Dimensions
Book SynopsisInternal family systems therapy, or IFS, is one of the fastest growing models of psychotherapy today. Focused on psychic multiplicity and the healing effects of compassion, this non-pathologizing therapy has been adopted by clinicians around the world. Internal Family Systems Therapy builds on Richard Schwartzâs foundational introductory texts, illustrating how the IFS protocol can be applied to a variety of therapy modalities and patient populations.Each chapter provides clear, practical guidance and clinical illustrations. While addressing questions from therapists who are exploring the model or wonder about its applicability, Internal Family Systems Therapy is also essential reading for knowledgeable IFS clinicians.Trade Review"This thoughtful and readable volume addresses the questions that enter most clinicians' minds when first encountering Internal Family Systems: "How will IFS work for me in encountering the kinds of populations and issues I face every day in my practice?" Full of actual case illustrations, Internal Family Systems Therapy brings this new, exciting form of treatment into the therapy room in a way that is substantive, alive, relevant, and exciting."—Terrence Real, author of I Don't Want to Talk About It and The New Rules of Marriage"IFS is a profound and truly innovative treatment method that is based on self-leadership rather than prescriptions from outside. Psychological problems have their origins in attempts to protect a person's fundamental integrity. We all have angry, depressed, confused and seductive parts that started off as ways to cope with life's challenges. Rather than trying to banish them IFS helps us welcome our parts and enlist them to release the burdens we carry from our past. Sweezy and Ziskind's book on IFS is filled with wise and practical chapters from experienced IFS practitioners and teachers to guide clients and therapists alike with the work of healing. I highly recommend it".—Bessel van der Kolk, MD, professor of psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, and author of Traumatic Stress"As a mindfulness-based treatment, IFS is inherently compassionate, gentle, and respectful, allowing therapist and client access to places of deep healing and self-connection. This book beautifully illustrates the power of IFS therapy to reframe many common clinical challenges as internal struggles between parts of us and to open up new possibilities for resolution." — Janina Fisher, PhD, coauthor of the forthcoming book, The Body as a ResourceTable of ContentsForeword Richard C. Schwartz An Introduction to IFS Jack Engler 1. The Therapist-Client Relationship and the Transformative Power of Self Richard C. Schwartz 2. Emotional Cannibalism: Shame in Action Martha Sweezy 3. IFS with Children and Adolescents Pamela Krause 4. Self in Relationship: An Introduction to IFS Couple Therapy Toni Herbine-Blank 5. Integrating IFS with Phase Oriented Treatment of Dissociative Disordered Clients Joanne Twombly 6. Embodying the Internal Family Susan McConnell 7. "Who’s Taking What?" Connecting Neuroscience, Psychopharmacology and Internal Family Systems For Trauma Frank Gustella Anderson 8. The Internal Family System and Adult Health: Changing the Course of Chronic Illness Nancy Sowell 9. IFS and Health Coaching: A New Model of Behavior Change and Medical Decision Making John B. Livingstone & Joanne Gaffney 10. Treating Pornography Addiction with IFS Nancy Wonder 11. Welcoming All Erotic Parts: Our Reactions to the Sexual and Using Polarities to Enhance Erotic Excitement Lawrence G. Rosenberg
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Family Therapy for Adolescent Eating and Weight Disorders New Applications
Book SynopsisFamily-based treatment (FBT) for eating disorders is an outpatient therapy in which parents are utilized as the primary resource in treatment. The therapist supports the parents to do the work nurses would have done if the patient were hospitalized to an inpatient-refeeding unit, and are eventually tasked with encouraging the patient to resume normal adolescent development. In recent years many new adaptations of the FBT intervention have been developed for addressing the needs of special populations. This informative new volume chronicles these novel applications of FBT in a series of chapters authored by the leading clinicians and investigators who are pioneering each adaptation.Trade Review"This is an important and timely book. The editors, themselves key figures in the development and provision of family based treatment (FBT) for eating disorders, have put together a series of important chapters by leading clinicians and researchers...The final chapter is a work of genius – if you want to know whether you are really practising FBT (as opposed to a pale imitation), read this chapter." - Mark Berelowitz, ACAMHTable of Contents1 The Role of the Family in Eating Disorders. 2 What’s New is Old and What’s Old is New: The Origins and Evolution of Eating Disorders Family Therapy. Part I: Innovative Adaptations of Family Therapy for Eating and Weight Disorders. 3 In Vivo Family Meal Training for Initial Non-Responders. 4 Parent Focused Treatment. 5 A Brief, Intensive Application of Family-Based Treatment for Eating Disorders. 6 Exposure-Based Family Therapy. 7 Multi-Family Therapy. 8 Parent Support as an Adjunct to Family Therapy. Part II: Specialty Populations. 9 Family Therapy for Prodromal Anorexia Nervosa. 10 Family-Based Treatment for Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: A Transdevelopmental Approach. 11 Family Therapy for Transition Youth. 12 Family-Based Therapy for Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Families Facing Food Neo-phobias. 13 Family-Based Therapy for Adolescent Weight Loss Surgery. 14 Integrating Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Family Therapy for Adolescents with Affect Dysregulation. 15 Emotional Experience and Regulation in Eating Disorders: Theory, Evidence, and Translational Application to Family Treatment. Part III: Dissemination and Implementation. 16 Implementing Behavioral Family Therapy in Complex Settings. 17 Delivering Family-Based Treatment in a Specialty Practice Setting. 18 Internet Assisted Family Therapy and Prevention for Anorexia Nervosa. 19 Dissemination of Family-Based Treatment. 20 Conceptualizing Fidelity in FBT as the Field Moves Forward: How Do We Know When We’re Doing it Right?
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Transforming Troubled Children Teens and Their
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Transforming Troubled Children, Teens, and Their Families offers an alternative vision of clinical practice to the dominant medical model, in which childhood 'disorders' are treated like diseases in need of diagnosis and 'treatment'. Instead, the book sets out a model of assessment and healing for children and families, integrating ideas from attachment theory, systemic thinking, psychodynamic therapy and humanistic approaches. The approach is inclusive, draws on a range of evidence, and is non-pathologising, with an emphasis on supportive interventions. Mones is able to draw on a wealth of clinical experience and provides many vignettes to illustrate his approach. The author has a natural style of writing which will appeal to therapists looking for ideas that can directly inform their clinical practice, based on a fundamental respect for troubled children and their families." --Nick Midgley, PsychD, Director of Developmental Psychology and Clinical Practice Program Anna Freud Centre and University College London.Transforming Troubled Children, Teens, and Their Families is an essential tool for anyone using IFS with children and adolescents. Art guides practitioners through the complex task of working with young people in the context of their surroundings. He clearly illustrates how a clinician can shift from working within the child’s internal system to their external system(s) and back again. Art’s wisdom and compassion flow from the pages. --Pamela K. Krause, LCSW, Private Practitioner and Senior Lead Trainer for the Center for Selfleadership"Art Mones has brilliantly bridged the gap between the IFS model and family therapy. He shows us how to work with the internal and external (i.e., family) systems from the IFS perspective to bring balance and harmony to our relationships. He applies this perspective to developmental and attachment theories in a way that provides a clear "roadmap" to creating healthy children and healthy relationships. Art also provides a template for integrating various models of family therapy from an IFS perspective. As an IFS trainer and professor of marriage and family therapy, I will be using this book as a primary source of teaching family therapy." --Ralph S. Cohen, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Marriage and Family Therapy Program, IFS Lead Trainer, Central Connecticut State UniversityTable of ContentsForeword R. Schwartz Part 1: The Internal Family Systems MetaModel 1. The Essence of Emotional Healing 2. Historical Roots of the MetaModel and Internal Family Systems Therapy 3. Family Dynamics: The Dance of Adaptation Part 2: Therapeutic Applications of the Internal Family Systems MetaModel: Doing Child-Focused Family Therapy 4. Clinical Assessment of Children and their Families 5. Organizing Concepts and Principles for Treatment of Children and their Families 6. Intrapsychic Treatment of Children 7. Healing Attachment Injuries of Children 8. Guiding the Process of Self-Led Parenting 9. Working with Siblings 10. Working with Teens 11. Inside the Child's Body Part 3: Beyond the Family 12. The Child in Larger Contexts Part 4: Challenging Aspects of Therapy with Children, Teens, and their Families 13. Frequently Asked Questions in Working with the Internal Family Systems MetaModel Part 5: Putting it all Together 14. Two Cases Part 6: Conclusions and References 15. The Real Picture
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Why Love Matters How affection shapes a babys
Book SynopsisWhy Love Matters explains why loving relationships are essential to brain development in the early years, and how these early interactions can have lasting consequences for future emotional and physical health. This second edition follows on from the success of the first, updating the scientific research, covering recent findings in genetics and the mind/body connection, and including a new chapter highlighting our growing understanding of the part also played by pregnancy in shaping a babyâs future emotional and physical well-being. The author focuses in particular on the wide-ranging effects of early stress on a baby or toddlerâs developing nervous system. When things go wrong with relationships in early life, the dependent child has to adapt; what we now know is that his or her brain adapts too. The brainâs emotion and immune systems are particularly affected by early stress and can become less effective. This makes the child more vulnerable to a range of later difficulties such as depression, anti-social behaviour, addictions or anorexia, as well as physical illness. Trade Review"This book provides an interesting and eminently readable account, compressively set out, with a clear description, assisted by case studies, as to how the interaction between automatic physiological responses and biochemical reactions function to help maintain a good state." – Nicola Miller, in Seen and Heard"For a reader acquainted with psychology, this truly is an all-encompassing book on early human development and presents fascinating links between genetic expression and socio-cultural and environmental influence. " – Michael Fiorini, International Journal of Psychotherapy"This book is a rare achievement. It succeeds in combining the most accessible and readable account of the neurobiology of early development I have come across with an impressive level of scholarship. Though written with a light touch this fascinating updated volume eloquently describes how very recent advances in neuroscience are being used to re-define and deepen our understanding of the relational origins of human nature, and how this knowledge can be used to address the early roots of many of the common problems that all societies are now facing. A best seller in the UK, Sue Gerhardt's book deserves to be more widely read in the USA." – Allan N. Schore, Ph.D., UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine"A sensational read. Combining cutting edge research on the brain, parenting and emotional development with wonderful writing, this is popular science at its best. A page-turner of a book which packs a powerful and life-changing message and is a must-read for parents, policy-makers, childcare professionals, students and indeed anyone interested in a healthier and happier future." – Dr. Graham Music, consultant psychotherapist, Tavistock Clinic, London, and author of Nurturing Natures"With the knowledge summed up in this superb book, we can ensure that our child and every child gets close to the very limits of human potential." – Steve Biddulph, from the forewordPraise for the first edition: "Why Love Matters is hugely important. It should be mandatory reading for all parents, teachers and politicians." – Rebecca Abrams, in The Guardian"Sue Gerhardt writes in an easy-to-read, page-turning way and makes complex science tangible, relevant, popular and accessible." – Martine Horvath, Eye on Education"The book is successful in conveying the important message about the role which early relationships play in the formation of the brain and is a useful tool for parents, professionals and students… An informative, enjoyable and motivating read." – Gemma Roxanne West, Student Play Therapist for BAPT Magazine"Bolstering the work of the best-selling 2004 edition is this trade-meets-specialist publication that itnersects neuropsychology with attachment theory to emphasise the foundational importance of scure attachement through one-on-one primary care. The book is the product of impressive literature review and synthesis to further Gerhardt's argument... What is striking about Gerhardt's contribution is the volume of evidence she amasses and the wholistic, arguably 'whole-brained' approach she adopts. Perhaps most compelling, however, is the reported extent of the attachment disturbances... [A] courageous and mmeticulously argued, highly elucidating call to take the care of our most vulnerable dependents more seriously, and install good, present, securely attached love at the centre of our plan to help children live well." - Susie Elliot, researcher, Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia"This book is a rare achievement. It succeeds in combining the most accessible and readable account of the neurobiology of early development I have come across with an impressive level of scholarship. Though written with a light touch this fascinating updated volume eloquently describes how very recent advances in neuroscience are being used to re-define and deepen our understanding of the relational origins of human nature, and how this knowledge can be used to address the early roots of many of the common problems that all societies are now facing. A best seller in the UK, Sue Gerhardt's book deserves to be more widely read in the USA." - Allan N. Schore, Ph.D., UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine"A sensational read. Combining cutting edge research on the brain, parenting and emotional development with wonderful writing, this is popular science at its best. A page-turner of a book which packs a powerful and life-changing message and is a must-read for parents, policy-makers, childcare professionals, students and indeed anyone interested in a healthier and happier future." - Dr. Graham Music, consultant psychotherapist, Tavistock Clinic, London, and author of Nurturing Natures"With the knowledge summed up in this superb book, we can ensure that our child and every child gets close to the very limits of human potential." – Steve Biddulph, from the forewordPraise for the first edition: "Why Love Matters is hugely important. It should be mandatory reading for all parents, teachers and politicians." - Rebecca Abrams, in The GuardianTable of ContentsPart 1: The Foundations: Babies and their brains 1. Before we meet them 2. Back to the beginning 3. Building a brain 4. Corrosive Cortisol. Conclusion to Part 1. Part 2: Shaky Foundations and their Consequences 5. Trying Not to Feel 6. Melancholy Baby 7. Active Harm 8. Torment 9. Original Sin. Part 3: Too Much Information, Not Enough Solutions 10. ‘If all else fails, hug your teddy bear’ 11. Birth of the Future.
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Taylor & Francis The Embedded Self
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1996, The Embedded Self was lauded as a brilliant and long overdue rapprochement between psychoanalysis and family therapy conceived by a practitioner trained and experienced in both modalities of treatment. Mary-Joan Gerson's integrated presentation of psychodynamic and family systems theory invited therapists of either orientation to learn the tools and techniques of the other, to mutual benefit. Firmly grounded in detailed case presentations, her focus on family therapy examined its history, organizing concepts, and developmental approaches, and addressed practical questions of diagnosis, clinical interaction, and referrals.A dozen years later, the psychoanalytic community is more open to integrating perspectives, and the growth of analysts working with couples and families necessitates an update of the material presented in The Embedded Self. Similarly, the family therapy community has deepened its interest in individual dynamicTrade Review"Mary-Joan Gerson speaks to psychoanalysts from the perspective of family therapy and to family therapists from the perspective of psychoanalysis. Now updated in breadth of coverage, extended clinical illustrations, and new possibilities of integration, this dual approach brings novely to familiar concepts and phrases. Like a book of Borges' poetry that I read in both Spanish and English, The Embedded Self brings intellectual challenge and esthetic pleasure. Any clinician, whether system or psychodynamic, will find this book an enriching and thought-provoking experience." - Salvador Minuchin, M.D., Research Professor of Psychiatry, NYU Medical Center"This was a marvelously comprehensive and integrative book when it first came out. In this new edition it is even better! It adeptly integrates new developments in fields such as attachment theory and neurobiology, thus extending its already impressive synthesis of systemic and psychodynamic thought. A powerful and important book." - Paul Wachtel, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, City University of New York"Mary-Joan Gerson's masterful synthesis of psychoanalytic and systems perspectives on couples treatment has stood the test of time. The second edition retains the impressive breadth, emotional depth and intellectual heft of the original volume, while adding crucial new material on adult attachment and neurobiology. It shows how an understanding of the complex linkage between romantic partners can free up stalemated treatments, creating empathy and responsiveness where there was only harshness and withdrawal. Couples work is hard to do. It's important to have a book like this one at the ready." - Virginia Goldner, Ph.D., Faculty Emeritus, Ackerman Institute for the Family"This beautifully written book is a gift to therapists working with couples and families. At one time, the underlying premises of psychoanalysis and family therapy were considered incompatible, but times have changed. Mary-Joan Gerson, steeped in both traditions, expertly illustrates how each perspective can be enriched and vitalized by the other." - Marcia Sheinberg, LCSW, Director of Training and Clinical Services, Ackerman Institute for the Family"Although I would have thought it impossible, the second edition of Dr. Gerson’s book surpasses the remarkable first edition of The Embedded Self. The new edition is one of the finest books in our field, an accolade I do not offer lightly. Dr. Gerson preserves and improves upon the outstanding quality of the first edition. Her book is at once an excellent piece of scholarship, a probing theoretical analysis, and a clinical treasure trove of stimulating ideas and insights. It also offers a new, comprehensive, illuminating chapter on attachment theory in relation to couples and family dynamics as well as new, extensive case material. Dr. Gerson writes beautifully and her words reflect the clinical astuteness of a highly talented therapist who appreciates the intimate links between the intrapsychic and the interpersonal perspectives in relation to individuals, couples, and families. It will be savored with great profit by clinicians of all stripes." - David Wolitzky, Ph.D., series editor, Psychological Issues book series"This is a book that really gets it because Mary-Joan Gerson has the ability to simultaneously shuttle between two worlds: she is equally adept at articulating couples therapy from both a systems world and a psychoanalytic world...Gerson's book has achieved the position of the text for developing couples therapists who want a thorough grounding in clinical history and techniques in working with relationships. However, this is no book for beginners alone; it is also a book for clinicians who have been around the block a few times, clinicians who love to ground their clinical technique in solid theoretical underpinnings... There is so much to like about this book that it is hard to limit one's praise to a few items. Of foremost importance is that the quality of both clinical and theoretical conceptualizations is outstanding. The writing is descriptive and evocative...As soon as one begins to wonder how a given theoretical principle would unfold in the context of a couple, a clinical example appears. Finally, Gerson steadfastly maintains a personal point of view throughout the book - that the self develops and is challenged to grow in a context. We are social beings: needing another, finding the other, protecting ourselves from the other, and often growing because of the other." - Daniel Goldberg, The Psychoanalytic Quarterly"the book is timely...the author engages our attention by a balance of precise, theoretical overviews and a rich flow of clinical illustrations. We are encouraged to reflect, to widen our perspective, and to become more creative in our own therapeutic approaches. Gerson juxtaposes with great clarity the family or couple therapy positions to the psychoanalytic, adding a sense of drama to our reading journey...I highly recommend this book to all psychotherapists of whatever persuasion!" - Marianne Horney Exkardt, M.D., American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic PsychiatryTable of ContentsIntroduction: New Possibilities for Integration. Theoretical Overview. An Orientation to Family Systems Theory. Controversies and Conundrums. Context and Culture. Family Patterns. Attachment Theory: A New Frontier. Development from a Family Perspective. Diagnosis from a Family Perspective. How to Intervene: Technique and Timing. The Therapeutic Relationship. Playfulness, Authority and Authenticity. Referrals: Who? When? Where? Epilogue
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Family Based Treatment for Restrictive Eating
Book SynopsisFamily Based Treatment for Restrictive Eating Disorders unpacks some of the most common dilemmas providers face in implementation of Family Based Treatment (FBT) across the spectrum of restrictive eating disorders. Directed towards advanced clinicians and supervisors, this manual is rooted in the assumption that true fidelity requires ongoing self-reflection and an understanding of the nuances involved in translating manualized interventions into rich clinical practice. Combining the key tenets of FBT with the best practices in supervision, it provides a framework to support each phase of the treatment process. Each chapter contains a wealth of resources, including clinical vignettes, a treatment fidelity measure, and other useful tools to assist both supervisors and advanced clinicians in becoming expert FBT practitioners.Trade Review"Written by the field’s most authoritative experts, this book is a "must read" for all students, practitioners and supervisors engaged in treating adolescent eating disorder patients with Family Based Treatment, and for all others interested in learning what this first-line, evidence-based treatment is about. Clearly written and elaborately detailed, the volume contains step-by-step instructions for undertaking this treatment approach, practical discussions of the common problems likely to be encountered and tactics for their management, and useful appendix material to help chart and assess progress."—Joel Yager, MD, professor of psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, and past president of the Academy for Eating Disorders"This is an extraordinarily helpful book aimed at enhancing the supervision of clinicians using Family Based Treatment for disorders such as anorexia and bulimia nervosa. As such, it is a rare practical treatise on supervision, with many concrete case examples, and although focused on Family Based Treatment, it would be useful to many beginning (or experienced) supervisors in other domains. Moreover, many of the chapters present an advanced view that is likely to be useful to those wanting to improve their practice of Family Based Treatment."—W. Stewart Agras, MD, professor emeritus of psychiatry, Stanford University School of MedicineTable of Contents1. Orientation to This Manual 2. Orientation to FBT Supervision: Notes from the Field 3. Beginning Well 4. Session 1 Sarah Forsberg, Kathleen Kara Fitzpatrick, James Lock, and Daniel Le Grange 5. Session 2 Sarah Forsberg, Kathleen Kara Fitzpatrick, James Lock, and Daniel Le Grange 6. Remainder of Phase I Sarah Forsberg, Kathleen Kara Fitzpatrick, James Lock, and Daniel Le Grange 7. Transition to Phase II 8. Phase II Issues 9. Phase III and Termination 10. Additional Considerations and Future Directions; Appendices
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Taylor & Francis Inc Exploring Developmental Theories Toward A
Book SynopsisThrough the evaluation and integration of developmental theories, this volume proposes a new structural/behavioral model of development. Dr. Horowitzâs model helps account for both the behavioral development of children (with extensions across the life-span) and for the universal and non-universal characteristics in human behavioral development. Exploring Developmental Theories also sheds a new and different light on the nature- nurture or heredity-environment controversy and on the topic of continuity and discontinuity in development. Exploring Developmental Theories:*examines the concepts of stage, structure, and systems; organismic theory; and general system theory;*analyzes open and closed systems as well as organismic and mechanistic world views;*integrates the concepts associated with organismic and mechanist world views;*examines learning mechanisms and processes that foster the acquisition of behavior, and*discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Gessel, Piaget, and behaviorism in accounting for behavioral development. Trade Review"This book is a fine and bold attempt to build a model of development. Few try it, and Horowitz is to be commended for both the effort and its results ... Horowitz's model is important precisely because she has attempted to overcome what others have considered unbridgeable."—Human DevelopmentTable of ContentsContents: Overture. Organismic Theory: Stage, Structure, and System. Behaviorism: Processes of Acquisition and Organization of Mechanisms. Environment and Development. Synthesis: A Structural/Behavioral Model of Development. Using the Model for Developmental Research.
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Megalith Books Modular Consciousness The Key That Unlocks
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Cambridge University Press Black Couples Therapy
Book SynopsisBlack Couples Therapy fills a void in the theory, research, and practice of couples therapy and serves as a resource for clinicians and graduates working with Black couples. Clinicians will be able to provide culturally responsive care and clinical interventions that inform treatment approaches.Trade Review'This wonderful ground-breaking book charts new territory in the treatment of Black couples. It is one of the first books to explore therapy with heterosexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender Black couples in one volume. An inspirational text for both experienced and new therapists, it provides special strategies for addressing the impact of racism on Black relationships. This book is also an outstanding resource for all courses on diversity, and couple and family therapy.' Nancy Boyd-Franklin, Rutgers University, New Jersey, and author of Black Families in Therapy: Understanding the African American Experience'This is a fascinating book that opens the door to the challenges and opportunities for treating Black couples. A must-read.' John Gottman, author of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, and Julie Schwartz Gottman, author of Ten Principles for Doing Effective Couples Therapy'In this much needed book, a very knowledgeable group of authors speak cogently to the special factors involved in the relationships of Black couples, and offer wise guidance about therapy with Black couples. Black Couples Therapy approaches these subjects through a breadth of lenses, including the impact of racism, gender, sexuality, and sexual orientation. Further, it includes chapters about working with Black couples in the context of several of the most widely practiced couple therapies. This is an exemplary book through which every therapist or therapist in training can learn more about the Black couple experience and couple therapy. It should be in every mental health professional's library.' Jay Lebow, Northwestern University, IllinoisTable of ContentsList of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Foreword by Kenneth V. Hardy; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Race, Racism, and Identity: 1. Internalized Stereotypes and the Impact on Black Couples Cynthia Chestnut; 2. The Role of the Strong Black Woman Schema in Black Love and Relationships Heather C. Lofton and Adia Gooden; 3. Black Same-Gender-Loving Male Couples' Health within an Afrocentric Psychological Paradigm: The Influences of Spirituality and Religion Jonathan Mathias Lassiter; Part II. Foundations for Healthy Coupling: 4. The Foundations for Strong and Healthy Relationships between Black Men and Women: Purposes, Practices, and Processes Daryl M. Rowe and Sandra Lyons Rowe; 5. Considerations for Premarital Counseling and Education for Dating and Engaged Heterosexual African American Couples Erica Holmes, Ronecia Lark and Jessica M. Smedley; Part III. Adapting Major Therapeutic Approaches for work with African American Couples: 6. Emotionally Focused Therapy with Black Couples Yamonte Cooper; 7. Use of the Gottman Method with African American Couples Impacted by Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome Satira Streeter Corbitt; 8. Transcending the Binary: A Narrative Therapy Approach to Work with Black Trans Men Navigating Gender Transition with Romantic Partners Moe A. Brown; 9. Imago Therapy and the African American Couple Beverley Boothe; 10. African American Narratives of Trauma: An EMDR Approach to Tapping into the Strengths of Black Love Alice Shepard and Katherine McKay; Part IV. Sex and Intimacy: 11. Sexual Intimacy in Black Heterosexual Couple Relationships: Challenges and Opportunities toward Relational Intimacy Danielle Y. Drake and Daktari Shari R. Hicks; 12. Intimacy, Desire, and Sex in the African American Relationships Jeshana Avent-Johnson; 13. Wearing a Mask in Love: Implications for Covering and Infidelity in Black Relationships Laura Dupiton and Cynthia Chestnut; Part V. Special Topics: 14. Weathering the Storm: Fertility and the Black Lesbian Experience Tenika L. Jackson; 15. African American Men and Infertility: Biopsychosocial Considerations Brian R. Humphrey; 16. Couples Therapy with Black American Couples Facing Medical Illness: Considerations for Treatment Lekeisha A. Sumner; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A StepbyStep Guide to SocioEmotional Relationship
Book SynopsisWriting to the practicing clinician, this book offers a step-by-step practical guide to Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy (SERT) when working with individuals, couples, and families.Most therapists know sociocultural systems influence their clients' lives, but few know how to connect the dots between what happens in the wider society, interpersonal neurobiology, relational processes, and client well-being. Written by a founder of SERT, Carmen Knudson-Martin draws on knowledge from multiple disciplines to innovatively weave together a practical step-by-step guide that demystifies the connections between micro and macro processes and relational/self-development.Divided into four parts, chapters cover how to conceptualize clinical issues through a socio-emotional lens, the therapist's role in assessment, goal-setting, clinical decision-making, the how-to of each of the three phases of the SERT clinical sequence, and self-of-the-therapist work and clinical research thatTrade Review"A Step-by-Step Guide to Socioemotional Relationship Therapy is a game changer. Thoughtful and well-researched, it strikes a great balance between the theoretical and the practical. It opened my eyes to power dynamics in relationships and gave me practical intervention strategies that I am already using. You will want to read it cover to cover, and then refer back to it regularly! Everyone can learn something from this book!"Ryan B. Seedall, Ph.D, Associate Professor at Utah State University, Associate Co-Editor of The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy, and Co-Author of Deliberate Practice in Systemic Family Therapy"This must-read book reveals how common societal discourses and interrelated “isms” result in the individual, couple, and family relationship problems seen in therapy. This seminal book’s illustrative case examples, reflective questions, specific competencies and other core tools help novice and seasoned therapists and researchers to empower couples, families, and individuals to reject harmful societal discourses and improve their relationships according to their own values."Shalonda Kelly, PhD, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; author of Diversity in Couple and Family Therapy: Ethnicities, Sexualities, and Socioeconomics"Knudson-Martin’s pedagogical and clinical brilliance makes SERT principles of mutuality and equity accessible and practical. Readers will find clearly articulated definitions and clinical examples of how to engage and embody the humble contextual relationality the model offers us and our clients."Jessica ChenFeng, PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary, co-author of Finding Your Voice as a Beginning Marriage and Family Therapist"In this wonderful beautifully written book, Carmen Knudson-Martin presents her cutting-edge approach to relational therapy, the product of a lifetime of experience as a therapist, scholar, teacher, researcher, and supervisor, Knudson-Martin provides a compelling clear theoretical framework for socio-emotional relationship therapy, offers a guide to the specific steps in its practice, and supplies numerous evocative clinical examples. This is a book that illuminates essential aspects of relational therapies that are often ignored by others: the implicit underlying values underlying treatment. Feminist, egalitarian, but ultimately human, this book raises the consciousness of practitioners about vital aspects of relational therapy, having to do with power, social class, and other aspects of intersectionality. Valuable either as a comprehensive approach to treatment or as a source for those of various specific therapy orientations about how to incorporate issues about gender, culture, and intersectionality into relational therapy, this is the book about relational therapy you should read this year."Jay Lebow, Ph.D., ABPP, Clinical Professor, Family Institute at Northwestern and Northwestern UniversityTable of Contents1. An Introduction to Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy Part One: Socio-Emotional Case Conceptualization 2. Expand the Lens 3. Link Emotion, Societal Discourse, and Relational Process 4. Identify the Flow of Power 5. Center the Circle of Care Part Two: Clinical Role, Assessment, and Treatment Planning 6. Third Order Ethics and the Clinical Role 7. SERT Assessment and the Therapeutic Alliance 8. SERT Treatment Planning and Clinical Decision-Making Part Three: SERT Clinical Sequence Step by Step 9. Phase 1 - Position toward Relationality and Equity 10. Phase 2 - Interrupt the Flow of Power 11. Phase 3 - Practice Mutuality Part Four: Learn through Research and Reflexivity 12. Engage Contextual Self of the Therapist 13. Study Clinical Practice 14. Co-Create the Future
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Clinical Documentation with Children and
Book SynopsisThis book addresses the unique challenges therapists face when documenting their clinical work with children, providing insight into what ethical, appropriate, and culturally competent practice looks like. Clinical documentation is vital for ethical and legal practice, and good documentation helps clinicians leave room for client-centered and age-appropriate interventions, such as play therapy. Beginning with an overview of the important considerations unique to providers working with children, Amy Marschall offers guidance on all aspects of clinical documentation, such as intakes, treatment plans, mental status examinations, progress notes, safety plans, and more. Each chapter includes specific examples of clinical situations with guidance on how to document these situations effectively. With chapters on client confidentiality and telehealth, as well as special attention being paid to cultural awareness, including race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and socioeconomiTrade Review"Dr. Marschall's book would have saved me so much time and stress when I was a new therapist trying to figure out billing insurance companies and clinical documentation! This guide should be on the shelf of all mental health counseling students and new mental health professionals alike. I found the sample intake interviews and notes to be very helpful!"Casey O'Brien Martin, LMHC, REAT, RN, Author of Skills for Big Feelings: A Guide for Teaching Kids Relaxation, Regulation, and Coping Techniques "Regardless of population, documentation in the clinical world can be a challenging process to navigate. Clinical Documentation with Children and Adolescents by Dr. Amy Marschall, Psy.D., provides an articulate and comprehensive guide for the nuances in practice that must be approached specifically for child and adolescent clients. With thoughtful consideration of each step in the documentation process and excellent detailed templates and examples, this is a phenomenal resource for seasoned mental health professionals and is sure to become an essential addition to the library of any clinical student or new clinician who is interested in working with this population."Andrea Dorn, MSW, LISW-CP, Founder of Bloom Therapy and Wellness and Author of the Mindful Steps Series™"Clinical Documentation for Children and Adolescents is a must-read for any clinician working with this population. Dr. Marschall provides nuanced and detailed information to help any provider navigate the complexity of potential ethical and legal issues. This versatile manuscript will serve as a timeless guide for students as well as the most-seasoned clinicians."Dr. Marina Harris, PhD, Psychologist, CEO of Bloom Psychology GroupTable of Contents1. Overview of Clinical Documentation for Children and Adolescents 2. Informed Consent and Other Paperwork 3. Billing and Insurance 4. Intakes and Diagnostic Interviews 5. Diagnoses 6. Treatment Plans 7. Mental Status Examinations 8. Progress Notes 9. Consultations and Contact Notes 10. Risk Assessments and Safety Plans 11. Letters
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Taylor & Francis Advanced Methods in Family Therapy Research
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Taylor & Francis Couple Relations
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Taylor & Francis ChildAdolescent Behaviour
Book SynopsisThis book briefly outlines psychological perspectives of the values, attitudes and behaviour of parents in influencing a childâs personality. The volume discusses important factors and family surroundings that influence a growing childâs development and various techniques that parents and teachers may use to inculcate childrenâs growth and well-being. Various discipline techniques that parents can use with the child and ways in which they can enhance their childâs creativity and achievement levels are explained. It also discusses the causes, signs and types of learning disabilities, such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia and developmental coordination disorder (dyspraxia), and behaviour disorders like anxiety disorders, conduct disorders, oppositional defiant disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), aggressive behaviour in children and the speech disorder stuttering. The volume gives an elaborate understanding of the diverse changes, conflicts, emotional turmoil and identity crises that adolescent children go through and how parents and teachers can help them to handle this transitional stage.This book will be of interest to psychologists, parents, students and teachers of psychology and scholars of child development, as well as professionals involved in working with children and adolescents, such as teachers, counsellors, doctors, nurses and social workers.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Family Atmosphere and the Child’s Personality 2. Influence of Birth Order on Personality 3. Environmental Factors Influencing the Child’s Development 4. Disciplining the Child 5. Development of Children’s Ambitions and Aspirations 6. Developing the Child’s Creativity 7. Learning Disabilities in Children 8. Behaviour Disorders in Children 9. Adolescence – A Crucial Period
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