Psychotherapy: counselling Books

Book SynopsisâœThis book provides a very good introduction to the key concepts and theories that inform and frame the current psychotherapeutic and counselling landscape. Each author has written on a selection of basic concepts as they are approached in their preferred therapeutic modality, resulting in an exciting and inclusive overview of both old and contemporary psychotherapeutic thought. In addition, each author is mindful of the importance of a critical appraisal of the various concepts and theories. Thus, this book will be extremely useful both for trainees and practitioners.â Dr Anastasios Gaitanidis, Senior Lecturer, University of Roehampton, London, UKâœAs well as being an invaluable source of knowledge about all aspects of counselling and psychotherapy, this book is a real pleasure to read. The authors have been able to capture the essence of ideas, traditions and key figures in a way that is accessible and a consistent source of delight and illumination. Highly reco

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Book SynopsisFrom the origins of Carl Rogersâ person-centred approach to the cutting-edge developments of therapy today, The Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy Handbook charts the journey of an ambitious vision to its successful reality. In this book, Lago and Charura bring together history, theory, research and practice to deliver a complete and unique perspective on the person-centred approach. Key topics include: â The groundbreaking journey of PCAâs early decades, spearheaded by Carl Rogersâ Developments and extensions of the original theory and practiceâ The influence of PCA in developing new therapies and practiceâ The frontier of contemporary PCA, and Table of ContentsPreface Part One: Origins: The History and Development of the Person Centred Approach (1930’s-1980’s) 1. The Phenomenological, Cultural and Historical Antecedents to the Person Centered Approach 2. Rogers: Rigour, Research and Recordings 3. Rogers’ Life Trajectory: Fame, Disappointment and a Movement in Focus 4. Tenderness in Person-centred Therapy: A Spiritual Dimension? 5. The PCA in other settings Part Two: Post Rogers: Other contributions to theory and practice of the Person Centred Approach. 6. Developing Perspectives and Themes in Person-Centred Theory 7. Configurations of Self: A Person Centred Perspective 8. Relational Depth: Theory, Research and Practice 9. Psychopathology and the Person-Centred Perspective 10. Difficult Process: Working with Fragile and Dissociated Client Experience 11. Working with Complex Trauma & Dissociation: Towards an Integration of Person-Centred Perspectives with other Theoretical Approaches 12. Journey to the Heart of Person-Centered Psychotherapy: A Belief in Clients’ Self-Righting Capacities 13. Critiques of Person-Centred Theory – From Within and from Outside the Person-Centred Nation 14. Person-centred couple and family therapy 15. Group Therapy and therapeutic groups Part Three: The Emergence of the ‘Tribes’: New theoretical paradigms, practices and research outcomes 16. Emerging Tribes and New Paradigms 17. Pre-Therapy and working on contact 18. ‘Focusing’ and ‘Experiencing’: Gendlin’s early contribution to Client-Centred Theory and its implicatiofor practice 19. Cutting Edge Person Centred Expressive Arts 20. Emotion-Focussed Therapy 21. Research On Person-Centred-Experiential Psychotherapy and Counselling: Summary of the Main Findings Part Four: Difference, Diversity and Future Challenges. 22. Exploring applications of the Person Centred Approach in a Middle Eastern context: Emerging theoretical and practice considerations 23. The White Therapist: Privilege and Power 24. Disfigurement, Disability and Diversity: Addressing the visible and invisible challenges to the Person Centred Therapist of these dimensions of client presentation 25. Challenges to Person Centred Theory and Practice from the Perspective of the Therapist from Minority Groups within Society 26. Thinking about the other: conversations and context 27. On Becoming a Person Centred Therapist for these Contemporary Times: Suggestions for Professional Development in the Context of Diversity Part Five: Person Centred and Experiential Psychotherapies: Current Positioning and Future Possibilities. 28. Identity Aspects of the Person Centred and Experiential Psychotherapy Family 29. Person Centred Futures: Surveying the Landscape

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Book SynopsisPractitioners across many counselling approaches acknowledge that the therapeutic relationship is central to therapy and its outcomes. This book argues that the therapeutic relationship cannot be reduced to particular words or therapeutic skills, but is a relationship encounter that promotes dialogue, contact and process. In each chapter, experts in different fields interpret the therapeutic relationship through the lens of their own modality, offering:Summaries of the key theoretical and research bases Example case studies of therapeutic interventions that illuminate key relational components of the approach and the development and management of the therapeutic relationship Study of the limitations, challenges and complexities of maintaining a therapeutic relationship Exploration of new developments in working with clients - capturing work that the authors and other colleagues have been involved in developing in that area The Therapeutic Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsAbout the EditorsContributors Introduction Section 1: Modalities and the One-to-One Therapeutic RelationshipThe therapeutic relationship in counselling and psychotherapy Psychoanalysis and conceptualisation of the therapeutic relationshipCognitive Behaviour Therapy and the therapeutic relationshipExistential, humanistic and transpersonal therapies and the relational approachThe person centered approach: Courage, presence and complexity: A template for relationship in a postmodern/post-structuralist world Section 2: Cross modality, Relational, Integrative, Creative and CoachingThe drama of the therapeutic encounter – a cross modality approachAn integrative approach to the psychotherapeutic relationship: Therapeutic challenges and successesRelational therapy - defining the therapeutic relationshipThe opportunities, challenges and complexities of maintaining therapeutic relationship within the creative therapiesProcess based relational-centred training: Preparing psychotherapy students to work at relational depthDimensions of the coaching relationship Section 3: Group Therapies, Systemic, Couple/Marital and Family Therapy, and Sex TherapyThe relationship in group therapyThe therapeutic relationship in the systemic therapiesThe therapeutic relationship in couples/marital and family therapySex and relationship therapy: Therapeutic relationship perspectives Section 4: The relationship in the helping professions and mental healthThe therapeutic relationship in the helping professionsWorking with diagnosis within psychiatric settings: About diagnosis evolution and paradigm shift Psychiatry and young peoplePsychotherapy for disorganised attachment, dissociation and dissociative identity disorderMaking the invisible visible: The relationship when working with learning disabilities Section 5: Further Dimensions of the Therapeutic RelationshipTranscultural and diversity perspectives: The space between usSpirituality in therapeutic relationshipsOnline text-based and video linked relationships: Holograms don't get hangoversThe neuroscience of relationships: Discovering the glia of relationship or reinventing the psychotherapeutic wheel? Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisDo you beat yourself up after making a mistake? Do you treat yourself worse than you would a good friend?If these questions strike a chord, it''s likely that you contend with unhealthy self-criticism. This mental habit is the cause of so much emotional suffering, and lies at the root of most of the problems that psychotherapists and counsellors encounter.In Everyone''s a Critic, psychotherapist Julia Bueno shares seven case studies, inspired by her practice. They explore some of the reasons why we learn to turn against ourselves, encourage readers to be more curious about their self-critic, and inspire a practice of greater self-compassion instead.Praise for Everyone''s a Critic:''Julia Bueno explores such an important topic, and one that holds so many people back: our inner critic. This book discusses where it may come from and, through case studies, how we can rewrite the script. Gently enquiring, authoritative andTrade ReviewThis sensitive, insightful and occasionally self-critical book made me think that its author must be very good at her job * Times Literary Supplement *Insightful, honest ... Bueno's writing is accessible, with reference made to pre and post-pandemic experiences, of working with clients in an office, but also online, and she speaks in a frank manner to us the reader * Entertainment Focus *Julia Bueno explores such an important topic, and one that holds so many people back: our inner critic. This book discusses where it may come from and, through case studies, how we can rewrite the script. Gently enquiring, authoritative and reassuring. * Annalisa Barbieri *A quiet revelation: an investigation into the lacerating self-criticism many of us unleash upon ourselves without even being aware of it. One thinks, feels and learns. A compelling and important book * Hannah Betts *If you've ever felt that little voice - or a very loud one - at the back of your mind telling you you're no good, Julia Bueno's book is the ideal way to answer back * Harry Mount, editor of the Oldie *This is most certainly not a self-help book to beat yourself up with. Julia Bueno explains how self-criticism affects many of us and digs far deeper than the usual social-media-blaming... It's an important, timely book that many will benefit from reading and acting upon * Louise Chunn, founder of therapist-matching site Welldoing *

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Book SynopsisDo you beat yourself up after making a mistake? Do you treat yourself worse than you would a good friend?If these questions strike a chord, it''s likely that you contend with unhealthy self-criticism. This mental habit is the cause of so much emotional suffering, and lies at the root of most of the problems that psychotherapists and counsellors encounter.In Everyone''s a Critic, psychotherapist Julia Bueno shares seven case studies, inspired by her practice. They explore some of the reasons why we learn to turn against ourselves, encourage readers to be more curious about their self-critic, and inspire a practice of greater self-compassion instead.Praise for Everyone''s a Critic:''Julia Bueno explores such an important topic, and one that holds so many people back: our inner critic. This book discusses where it may come from and, through case studies, how we can rewrite the script. Gently enquiring, authoritative andTrade ReviewThis sensitive, insightful and occasionally self-critical book made me think that its author must be very good at her job * Times Literary Supplement *Insightful, honest ... Bueno's writing is accessible, with reference made to pre and post-pandemic experiences, of working with clients in an office, but also online, and she speaks in a frank manner to us the reader * Entertainment Focus *Julia Bueno explores such an important topic, and one that holds so many people back: our inner critic. This book discusses where it may come from and, through case studies, how we can rewrite the script. Gently enquiring, authoritative and reassuring. * Annalisa Barbieri *A quiet revelation: an investigation into the lacerating self-criticism many of us unleash upon ourselves without even being aware of it. One thinks, feels and learns. A compelling and important book * Hannah Betts *If you've ever felt that little voice - or a very loud one - at the back of your mind telling you you're no good, Julia Bueno's book is the ideal way to answer back * Harry Mount, editor of the Oldie *This is most certainly not a self-help book to beat yourself up with. Julia Bueno explains how self-criticism affects many of us and digs far deeper than the usual social-media-blaming... It's an important, timely book that many will benefit from reading and acting upon * Louise Chunn, founder of therapist-matching site Welldoing *

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Book SynopsisAre you studying or working in academia and in need of support? Perhaps youâre finding your work, study or personal life challenging or overwhelming; are experiencing bullying, harassment or abuse; or find your progress is being blocked by unfair, exploitative or precarious systems? Or perhaps you want to support a friend or colleague whoâs struggling? Whether your problems are big or small, Being Well in Academia provides a wealth of practical and workable solutions to help you feel stronger, safer and more connected in what has become an increasingly competitive and stressful environment.This volume uses a realistic, pragmatic and â above all â understanding approach to offer support to a diverse audience. Covering a range of issues, it includes advice on: Ways to increase your support network, so youâre not alone. Reflections and actions that encourage you to evaluate your position. Guidance if you are in a stressful, precarious, dangerous or exploitative situation. Checklists and agreements to help you identify your specific needs and accommodations. Signposting to books, websites, networks and organisations that provide additional support. Ways to build your confidence and connections, particularly for Black, Indigenous or People of Colour; LGBTQ+; disabled or chronically sick; or other marginalised groups. Reflections on your rights and the responsibilities academia should be meeting. Tips for being an active bystander and helping others in need of assistance. Ideas for resisting, challenging and coping with unfair or exploitative environments. Suggestions for bringing you happiness, inspiration, motivation, courage and hope. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to address the need to stay well in academia, and will be particularly useful to those in diverse or disadvantaged positions who currently lack institutional support or feel at risk from academia.The 'Insider Guides to Success in Academia' offers support and practical advice to doctoral students and early-career researchers. Covering the topics that really matter, but which often get overlooked, this indispensable series provides practical and realistic guidance to address many of the needs and challenges of trying to operate, and remain, in academia.These neat pocket guides fill specific and significant gaps in current literature. Each book offers insider perspectives on the often implicit rules of the game -- the things you need to know but usually aren't told by institutional postgraduate support, researcher development units, or supervisors -- and will address a practical topic that is key to career progression. They are essential reading for doctoral students, early-career researchers, supervisors, mentors, or anyone looking to launch or maintain their career in academia.Table of Contents1. Getting Started, Being Well. 2. Creating your Support Network. 3. Giving and Receiving Care. 4. What Help do you Need? 5. Threats to your Wellbeing. 6. Warning Signs and Symptoms. 7. Looking after Yourself. 8. Letting Go, Moving Forward.

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Book SynopsisAre you studying or working in academia and in need of support? Perhaps you're finding your work, study or personal life challenging or overwhelming; are experiencing bullying, harassment or abuse; or find your progress is being blocked by unfair, exploitative or precarious systems? Or perhaps you want to support a friend or colleague who's struggling? Whether your problems are big or small, Being Well in Academia provides a wealth of practical and workable solutions to help you feel stronger, safer and more connected in what has become an increasingly competitive and stressful environment.This volume uses a realistic, pragmatic and  above all  understanding approach to offer support to a diverse audience. Covering a range of issues, it includes advice on: Ways to increase your support network, so you're not alone. Reflections and actions that encourage you to evaluate your position. Guidance ifTable of Contents1. Getting Started, Being Well. 2. Creating your Support Network. 3. Giving and Receiving Care. 4. What Help do you Need? 5. Threats to your Wellbeing. 6. Warning Signs and Symptoms. 7. Looking after Yourself. 8. Letting Go, Moving Forward.

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The aim of this book is to awaken creative desire and expand the imagination of the psychotherapist and, in turn, her patient. Each chapter is meant to surprise the reader and help him see the world in a new way. Many varieties of imagination are explored -- the spiritual, the relational, the dreamworld, the aesthetic and the adaptive. The author offers space to reflect, to daydream, to remember; space to pursue goals, to make new connections; space to take risks and space to be wrong. The psychotherapist is encouraged to find her own voice, be poetic, dare to create, converse with other disciplines and, most especially, enter the world of dreams. This is all passed onto the patient as the dyad enters the intersubjective field.Both scholarly and practical, this volume elegantly and persuasively synthesizes for the first time research in many fields, including spirituality and Kabbalah, neuroscience, the arts, biology and artificial intelligence, to give an in de

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Book SynopsisAdventure Group Psychotherapy: An Experiential Approach to Treatment explores what is necessary for an experiential therapy group to function effectively, and the practical skills needed to inspire success.The authors describe how to use activities in a manner that produces the greatest opportunity for clients to reach their goals. Issues such as how to actively assess client functioning in the group, how to select the appropriate activity, how to shape an effective environment, and how to help clients process their experience are a few of the aspects examined to help clients move toward their goals. The practical skills the authors describe enable readers to immediately learn and apply their practice with groups.This book will be an important tool in any group therapy class, in practice settings to train practitioners, and for any clinician trying to expand their group work capabilities. Trade Review. . . This book is the outstanding text on the subject of adventure therapy. It is thorough in presenting the origins of this approach, how adventure therapy is offered through all the phases of group development, how to create assessments that guide adventure therapy implementation, how the environment is taken into consideration in adventure therapy and addressed and how the experience of such therapy is evaluated. The authors also offer a great case example of adventure group psychotherapy.Charles Garvin, PhD, MSW, professor emeritus, School of Social Work, The University of Michigan, USA, and author of Social Just Practice in Groups: A Social Work Perspective and Foundations of Interpersonal Practice in Social Work: Promoting Competence in Generalist Practice (3rd ed).Nowhere in the world can you find a richer confluence of cutting edge thinking regarding the facilitation of adventure group psychotherapy experiences than in this book. Focused on the "how to" of producing transformative change for clients, you will be clearly guided through effective processes that will help you with the most difficult of clients. Written by a collection of some of the leading minds and hearts in psychotherapy today, your therapeutic work will never be the same once you start to read this valuable source of professional development.Michael Gass, PhD, LMFT, professor, College of Health & Human Services, University of New Hampshire, USA, and author of Adventure Therapy: Theory, Practice, and Research.The field of mental health treatment has long known the power of group work. This book not only reinforces that knowledge but provides an experiential, adventure-based approach to group psychotherapy that holistically engages clients in trauma-informed, strengths-based activities to elicit change. The profession needs a book like this now more than ever to reconceive clinical interventions with groups.Dr. Christine Lynn Norton, LCSW, CCTP, CET, professor of social work, Texas State University, USA, and founder, Foster Care Adventure Therapy Network.. . . The comprehensive clarity brought by Tony Alvarez, Gary Stauffer, Maurie Lung, Kim Sacksteder, Bobbi Beale and Anita Tucker to Adventure Group Psychotherapy: An Experiential Approach to Treatment arises from many decades as leading experts in the field. They have developed a significant book that helps generate solidarity and collective intelligence for trainers, practitioners, supervisors and researchers. It will leave readers deeply enriched and undoubtedly advance the profession for many years to come.Tonia Gray, PhD, senior researcher, Centre for Educational Research, Western Sydney University, Australia.This inspiring and essential resource provides powerful tools and techniques for adventure therapy practitioners and students. Read this book and learn from the authors who are a diverse team of leaders who are also the best teachers, mentors, researchers, practitioners, and stewards of the growing field of adventure therapy.Will White, LICSW, PhD, co-founder, Summit Achievement, and author of Stories from the Field: A History of Wilderness Therapy."This book is the outstanding text on the subject of adventure therapy. It is thorough in presenting the origins of this approach, how adventure therapy is offered through all the phases of group development, how to create assessments that guide adventure therapy implementation, how the environment is taken into consideration in adventure therapy and addressed, and how the experience of such therapy is evaluated. The authors also offer a great case example of adventure group psychotherapy."Charles Garvin, PhD, MSW, professor emeritus, School of Social Work, The University of Michigan, USA, and author of Sociallly Just Practice in Groups: A Social Work Perspective and Foundations of Interpersonal Practice in Social Work: Promoting Competence in Generalist Practice (3rd ed)"Nowhere in the world can you find a richer confluence of cutting-edge thinking regarding the facilitation of adventure group psychotherapy experiences than in this book. Focused on the 'how to' of producing transformative change for clients, you will be clearly guided through effective processes that will help you with the most difficult of clients. Written by a collection of some of the leading minds and hearts in psychotherapy today, your therapeutic work will never be the same once you start to read this valuable source of professional development."Michael Gass, PhD, LMFT, professor, College of Health and Human Services, University of New Hampshire, USA, and author of Adventure Therapy: Theory, Practice, and Research"The field of mental health treatment has long known the power of group work. This book not only reinforces that knowledge but provides an experiential, adventure-based approach to group psychotherapy that holistically engages clients in trauma-informed, strengths-based activities to elicit change. The profession needs a book like this now more than ever to reconceive clinical interventions with groups."Dr. Christine Lynn Norton, LCSW, CCTP, CET, professor of social work, Texas State University, USA, and founder, Foster Care Adventure Therapy Network"The comprehensive clarity brought by Tony Alvarez, Gary Stauffer, Maurie Lung, Kim Sacksteder, Bobbi Beale and Anita Tucker to Adventure Group Psychotherapy: An Experiential Approach to Treatment arises from many decades as leading experts in the field. They have developed a significant book that helps generate solidarity and collective intelligence for trainers, practitioners, supervisors, and researchers. It will leave readers deeply enriched and undoubtedly advance the profession for many years to come."Tonia Gray, PhD, senior researcher, Centre for Educational Research, Western Sydney University, Australia "This inspiring and essential resource provides powerful tools and techniques for adventure therapy practitioners and students. Read this book and learn from the authors who are a diverse team of leaders who are also the best teachers, mentors, researchers, practitioners, and stewards of the growing field of adventure therapy."Will White, LICSW, PhD, co-founder, Summit Achievement, and author of Stories from the Field: A History of Wilderness TherapyTable of Contents1. An Introduction 2. Foundations of Adventure Group Psychotherapy 3. Building Blocks of Adventure Group Psychotherapy: Moving Beyond Group Treatment Foundations with Experience 4. Overview of the Facilitated Wave 5. Guiding the Learning 6. Assessment 7. Matching 8. Shaping the Environment 9. Facilitating the Experience 10. Evaluating the Process 11. Concluding Invitation Appendices Index

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Book SynopsisHumanitarian aid workers are trying to make a difference in an increasingly dangerous world. Psychosocial Support for Humanitarian Aid Workers: A Roadmap of Trauma and Critical Incident Care highlights the risks of such work, educates professionals responsible for their duty of care, and brings together current thinking to promote collaborative working to support the carers of our world. From the humanitarian aid worker trying to organise support amongst chaos, to the professional offering a safe place for recovery, all of these individuals are at risk of becoming traumatised. Therefore, it is vital that we recognise the psychological risks on these individuals, and that they recognise how they can support themselves, so they can continue to function in the work that they do. This book can be used as a trauma awareness guide for all staff whose work exposes them â directly or indirectly â to trauma, and therefore becomes a risk to their physical or mental wellbeing.Psychosocial Support for Humanitarian Aid Workers will appeal to all those working in the field of humanitarian aid, counsellors and psychotherapists, emergency first responders, as well as those who are looking to support themselves after surviving trauma. Trade Review"Raising standards in psychosocial support for those working on humanitarian response to crises and disaster is only just being recognised by those organisations working in the field. This book is an essential and timely contribution to understanding the need for such support as well as providing a practical guide to establishing systems and approaches. I would urge all those responsible for humanitarian aid workers and indeed, for those responsible for staff or volunteers working in development organisations, to read this book as a matter of urgency and to take on board its recommendations" Philip Goodwin, Chief Executive, VSO International.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsPreface 1. Introduction: the roadmap of psychological risk Aid work: the curse of the strong Organisational duty of care Ripple effect of trauma The changing face of aid work The scars of wisdom 2. The physiology of trauma:the mechanics of trauma What is trauma? The survival response How is the brain impacted by trauma? Common trauma symptoms 3. Treating trauma: support vehicles of recovery What are trauma specialist treatments? EMDR: how does it work? Case study 1 (EMDR) TF-CBT: how does it work? Case study 2 (TF-CBT) 4. Resilience toolkit: the first aid kit Relaxation Education Social Physical Exercise Creativity Thinking 5. Psychosocial management of critical incidents: the emergency route Peter Moore: case study Megan Nobert: case study Organisational trauma What psychological support should be available to staff after a critical incident? Appropriate timings of offering psychological support Summary of early interventions 6. The complete package of care: the road most travelled Pre-deployment psychosocial support Psychosocial support during deployment Post-deployment psychosocial support The homecoming Conclusion 7. Cultural relevance of psychosocial support: local roadmaps Culturally sensitive support Cultural models of psychosocial support Developing localised services or importing international professionals Supporting national staff Conclusion 8. Conclusion: the complete trauma grab bag Survival Unresolved trauma leads to war Post-traumatic growth Final thoughts Sources of help ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisIn sharp contrast with the current top-down medicalized method to treating addiction, this book presents the felt sense polyvagal model (FSPM), a paradigm-shifting, bottom-up approach that considers addiction as an adaptive attempt to regulate emotional states and trauma. The felt sense polyvagal model draws from Porges'' polyvagal theory, Gendelin''s felt sense, and Lewis'' learning model of addiction to offer a graphically illustrated and deeply embodied way of conceptualizing and treating addiction through supporting autonomic regulation. This model de-pathologizes addiction as it teaches embodied practices through tapping into the felt sense, the body's inner wisdom. Chapters first present a theoretical framework and demonstrate the graphic model in both clinician and client versions and then teach the clinician how to use the model in practice by providing detailed treatment strategies. This text's informed, compassionate approach to undersTrade Review"Reframing addiction and its treatment through the lens of Experiential Psychotherapy, Polyvagal Theory, Interpersonal Neurobiology and Imago Relationship Therapy, Jan Winhall has produced a brilliant synthesis and expansion of addiction theory and treatment that should be read by all therapists, not just addiction specialists." —Harville Hendrix, PhD, and Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD, authors of Doing Imago Relationship Therapy in the Space Between "In this insightful volume Jan Winhall brings together the essence of groundbreaking modern therapeutic practices with her own decades of hard-won clinical experience to fashion a new, deeply humane and promising model of addiction treatment, illustrated by poignant clinical vignettes." — Gabor Maté, MD, is the author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction. "In Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model Jan Winhall introduces a new strategy to treat addiction that brilliantly integrates Gendlin’s classic concept of a felt sense with Polyvagal Theory. The author shares her intellectual journey in which unique insights transform two disparate perspectives into obvious complements leading to a powerful treatment model. As Polyvagal Theory gives the language of neuroscience to Gendlin’s felt sense, the phenomenological world of Gendlin becomes transformed by Polyvagal Theory into observable shifts in autonomic state. The product of this creative journey is an integrated therapeutic strategy with the potential to decode the wisdom of the body with its full repertoire of survival reactions into positive outcomes that promote optimal mental and physical health. These successes are highlighted by new abilities to co-regulate with others that lead to successful trusting relationships." —Stephen W. Porges, PhD, Distinguished University Scientist, founding director, Traumatic Stress Research Consortium, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University Bloomington; professor of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Brave and revolutionary in her thinking, Jan Winhall has written a compelling book on addiction—a must-read for both clinicians and the general public alike. Compassionate, wise and profound, this book will leave its mark for years to come." —Ann Dowsett Johnsonis an award-winning journalist, and newly trained trauma psychotherapist. She is the bestselling author of Drink, A Woman’s Intimate Journey with Alcohol. "Jan Winhall has developed a powerful healing model that integrates polyvagal theory and felt sense experience. The model comes to life in this beautifully written book. It engages you in a process of discovery that helps you make it your own from the inside out." —Serge Prengel, LMHC, is a psychotherapist trained in Focusing, Core Energetics and Somatic Experiencing. He is a co-editor of Defining Moments For Therapists and the editor of the Relational Implicit & Somatic Psychotherapy podcast. "This is an inspiring book that invites therapists to see addiction freshly, not as a disease but as a way of regulating the nervous system to adapt to the person’s social context. Jan combines Porges’ polyvagal theory with Gendlin’s Focusing-oriented therapy in a creative manner that embraces both theory and practice. Her models for understanding and working with addiction are brought to life with case examples, personal sharing, and invitations to the reader to explore their own experience and understanding of the subject." —Peter Afford, author of Therapy in the Age of Neuroscience."Jan Winhall’s book is wise, emotionally compelling and hopeful. I highly recommend it to any clinician who wants to expand their therapeutic toolkit for addressing addictive behaviour." —Andrew Tatarsksy, PhD, founder and director, The Center for Optimal Living."Jan Winhall blends Gendlinian bottom-up process of felt sensing with Stephen Porges’ polyvagal theory. Her book is both broad and deep and a remarkable contribution to the Field of Addiction. Jan’s wise and heartfelt human presence is fully embodied throughout the book as she takes us on her own journey over 40 years as a psychotherapist. Clinicians will be able to easily take in these fresh clinical avenues, perspectives and practical clinical treatment methods. I will continue to savor this book as a theoretical resource and as a clinician’s handbook for treating Addictions." —Karen Whalen, PhD, www.relationalwholebodyfocusing.com"This book is a powerful illustration of Eugene Gendlin’s ‘Thinking at the Edge’ methodology for working with the Felt Sense. The integration of Porges Polyvagal theory with the author’s bodily knowing creates a brilliant model for working with trauma and addiction. Her courage to challenge the disease model benefits all who are impacted by addiction. The writing is elegant, comprehensive, and touching in a transformative way." — Dr. Evelyn Fendler-Lee, www.fendler-lee.com "Based on Porges' biologically-based theory of trauma, this book shows how addiction is a brilliantly adaptive way to ‘bear the unbearable’ rather than a sickness. Integrating this framework with her intuitive grasp of body-centered therapy, Winhall helps us both reinterpret and treat this most formidable of habits." —Marc Lewis, PhD, author of The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a DiseaseTable of ContentsA Prologue: My Women’s Group; Chapter 1. Early Days: The Initiation of a Trauma Therapist; Chapter 2. Finding Focusing and Thinking at the Edge; Chapter 3. Thinking about Thinking about Addiction: Integrating Top-down and Bottom-up; Chapter 4. Addiction: A Very Bad Habit; Chapter 5. Facing the Truth About Addiction; Chapter 6. Bringing Body to Mind: The Emerging Field of Interpersonal Neurobiology; Chapter 7. Creating A Safe Nest; Chapter 8. Bringing Polyvagal Theory into the World of Addiction; Chapter 9. Experiential Psychotherapy and Gendlin’s Felt Sense: The Whole of a Situation; Chapter 10. Bringing the Model to Life: Going Deep and Thinking Big; Chapter 11. Nuts and Bolts: Embodied Assessment and Treatment Tool (EATT) and Focusing-Oriented Therapy Strategies; Chapter 12. An Embodied Experiential Assessment: The Margaritas; Chapter 13. Hailstorms and Turtles: The Felt Sense Polyvagal Dialogue (FSPD); Chapter 14. Lily and Lucas; Epilogue.

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Book SynopsisThis text introduces readers to the diverse and unique ways art therapy is used with women who are undergoing various stages of the childbearing process, including conception, pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, and postpartum. Art Therapy and Childbearing Issues discusses a range of topics including the role of transference/countertransference, attachment and maternal tasks, and neuropsychology. The book also addresses several motifs that are outside cultural norms of pregnancy and childbearing, such as racial sociopolitical issues, grief and loss, palliative care, midwifery, menstruation, sex-trafficking, disadvantaged populations, and incarceration. Each chapter offers research, modalities, case studies and suggestions on how to work in this field in a new way, accompanied by visual representations of different therapy methods and practices.The approachable style will appeal to a range of readers who will come away with a new awareness of art therapTrade ReviewJudith RubinAs a woman who experienced trauma in childbirth when medicine was blind to its impact, I welcome this book. As a mother whose daughter’s survival was precarious during pregnancy, I welcome this book. As an art therapist who has treated many women becoming parents, I thank Nora Swan-Foster for editing it.Judith A. Rubin, PhD, ATR-BC, HLM, president, Expressive Media; Author, Introduction to Art Therapy; The Art of Art TherapySelena Shelley: Picture a web, woven together by the intricacies of childbirth. That is what you will find in this anthology… a unique collection of knowledge, insight, and the reality of childbirth in present-day America. Without question, Swan-Foster has managed the extraordinary – bringing together critical information and perspectives for every art therapist, therapist, feminist, and/or practitioner who wants to better understand both the beauty and struggle of the perinatal period. Selena Shelley, MA, LMHC – Psychotherapist, When Survivors Give Birth Trainer, & adjunct faculty in the Department of Midwifery at Bastyr UniversityMichelle DeanArt therapy and childbearing issues elegantly restores the childbirth process from one of a medically oriented procedure to its rightful place as a vital cosmic and archetypal experience – a profound threshold for the child and parents. The authors thoughtfully contribute their diverse perspectives, which bring forth a wealth of knowledge for the reader. Swan-Foster’s text masterfully infuses the richness of participation in a primordial experience with contemporaneous relevance, a text sure to appeal to art therapists, students, and other mental health clinicians interested in the intersection of imagery and the emergent process of art and life.Michelle L. Dean, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, CGP, Art Therapy Program director at Cedar Crest College, co-founder & director of The Center for Psyche & the Arts, LLC, and author of Using Art Media in Psychotherapy. Gayle Peterson:Swan-Foster is an organizing voice in the wilderness of women’s political and psychic needs. These authors not only know the experience of art and its transformative value, but also bring this knowledge to women’s growth and development at the crux of the childbearing and mothering experience. Art Therapy and Childbearing Issues is a must read for anyone working in the field, and an inspiring read to the lay person as well. Gayle Peterson, LCSW, PhD is author of Birthing Normally, An Easier Childbirth and Making Healthy Families. Gayle directs the training certification program "Peterson Childbirth Method" and has a private practice in Berkeley, CA. Sondra GellerArt Therapy and Childbearing Issues is a comprehensive collection of writings by outstanding scholars in the field. This timely book is superbly edited by Swan-Foster, a Jungian Analyst, Art Therapist and specialist working with the archetypal/initiatory experiences of women and how identity is solidified by the full circle of matrescence, a term borrowed from anthropology. Swan-Foster’s expertise as an Art Therapist comes across in her selection of contributors with their breadth and depth of topics that show the value of using the expressive arts in work with all aspects of childbearing. This book is an invaluable contribution to the field that will leave the reader wanting more. Sondra Geller, MA, LPC, ATR-BC, Jungian Analyst and Board Certified Art Therapist in private practice in Washington, DC.Gussie Klorer:Art Therapy and Childbearing Issues focuses on the very beginning: pregnancy, birth, postpartum, loss, palliative care, and mothering. As a trauma therapist working with very young abused children, I found the focus on early intervention immensely practical and hopeful as a preventative tool for a myriad of complex issues that expectant mothers face. Gussie Klorer, PhD, ATR-BC, LCSW, LCPC, HLM, professor emeritus, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Author: Expressive Therapies with Traumatized Children and Expressive Therapy with Troubled Children. Teresa Robertson:Art Heals! Within the art of midwifery care, the Midwife listens deeply to guide and empower the client /family through their life transitions. Midwife means with women. What you are holding in your hands is a cutting edge treasure written by Art Therapist Midwives. It simply and powerfully elucidates how art therapy is the quintessential trauma informed, survivor led healing modality. This book reveals holistic and inclusive tools that will enable you to nourish and sustain your clients as they give birth to themselves on their journey to thriving. Teresa Robertson CNM-BC, MS, RN, SANE, adjunct clinical professor, Human Trafficking, Denver College of Nursing.Aurélie Athan:This text will surely be used in my own classroom as an example of how to use destigmatizing and agentic approaches that help mothers to explore, cope with, and shape their destinies for generations to come." Aurélie Athan, PhD, Teachers College, Columbia University, Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology, Reproductive & Maternal Wellbeing Certificate, New York, NYJudith Rubin:As a woman who experienced trauma in childbirth when medicine was blind to its impact, I welcome this book. As a mother whose daughter’s survival was precarious during pregnancy, I welcome this book. As an art therapist who has treated many women becoming parents, I thank Nora Swan-Foster for editing it.Judith A. Rubin, PhD, ATR-BC, HLM, president, Expressive Media; Author, Introduction to Art Therapy; The Art of Art TherapySelena Shelley:Picture a web, woven together by the intricacies of childbirth. That is what you will find in this anthology… a unique collection of knowledge, insight, and the reality of childbirth in present-day America. Without question, Swan-Foster has managed the extraordinary – bringing together critical information and perspectives for every art therapist, therapist, feminist, and/or practitioner who wants to better understand both the beauty and struggle of the perinatal period.Selena Shelley, MA, LMHC – Psychotherapist, When Survivors Give Birth Trainer, & adjunct faculty in the Department of Midwifery at Bastyr UniversityMichelle Dean:Art therapy and childbearing issues elegantly restores the childbirth process from one of a medically oriented procedure to its rightful place as a vital cosmic and archetypal experience – a profound threshold for the child and parents. The authors thoughtfully contribute their diverse perspectives, which bring forth a wealth of knowledge for the reader. Swan-Foster’s text masterfully infuses the richness of participation in a primordial experience with contemporaneous relevance, a text sure to appeal to art therapists, students, and other mental health clinicians interested in the intersection of imagery and the emergent process of art and life.Michelle L. Dean, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, CGP, Art Therapy Program director at Cedar Crest College, co-founder & director of The Center for Psyche & the Arts, LLC, and author of Using Art Media in Psychotherapy. Gayle Peterson:Swan-Foster is an organizing voice in the wilderness of women’s political and psychic needs. These authors not only know the experience of art and its transformative value, but also bring this knowledge to women’s growth and development at the crux of the childbearing and mothering experience. Art Therapy and Childbearing Issues is a must read for anyone working in the field, and an inspiring read to the lay person as well.Gayle Peterson, LCSW, PhD is author of Birthing Normally, An Easier Childbirth and Making Healthy Families. Gayle directs the training certification program "Peterson Childbirth Method" and has a private practice in Berkeley, CA. Sondra Geller:Art Therapy and Childbearing Issues is a comprehensive collection of writings by outstanding scholars in the field. This timely book is superbly edited by Swan-Foster, a Jungian Analyst, Art Therapist and specialist working with the archetypal/initiatory experiences of women and how identity is solidified by the full circle of matrescence, a term borrowed from anthropology. Swan-Foster’s expertise as an Art Therapist comes across in her selection of contributors with their breadth and depth of topics that show the value of using the expressive arts in work with all aspects of childbearing. This book is an invaluable contribution to the field that will leave the reader wanting more.Sondra Geller, MA, LPC, ATR-BC, Jungian Analyst and Board Certified Art Therapist in private practice in Washington, DC.Gussie Klorer:Art Therapy and Childbearing Issues focuses on the very beginning: pregnancy, birth, postpartum, loss, palliative care, and mothering. As a trauma therapist working with very young abused children, I found the focus on early intervention immensely practical and hopeful as a preventative tool for a myriad of complex issues that expectant mothers face. Gussie Klorer, PhD, ATR-BC, LCSW, LCPC, HLM, professor emeritus, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Author: Expressive Therapies with Traumatized Children and Expressive Therapy with Troubled Children. Teresa Robertson:Art Heals! Within the art of midwifery care, the Midwife listens deeply to guide and empower the client /family through their life transitions. Midwife means with women. What you are holding in your hands is a cutting edge treasure written by Art Therapist Midwives. It simply and powerfully elucidates how art therapy is the quintessential trauma informed, survivor led healing modality. This book reveals holistic and inclusive tools that will enable you to nourish and sustain your clients as they give birth to themselves on their journey to thriving.Teresa Robertson CNM-BC, MS, RN, SANE, adjunct clinical professor, Human Trafficking, Denver College of Nursing.Aurélie Athan:This text will surely be used in my own classroom as an example of how to use destigmatizing and agentic approaches that help mothers to explore, cope with, and shape their destinies for generations to come.Aurélie Athan, PhD, Teachers College, Columbia University, Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology, Reproductive & Maternal Wellbeing Certificate, New York, NYMaude Davis:As it stands, I believe this volume is a truly valuable asset to Jungian clinicians, art therapists and students training in these fields. It provides many examples of art therapy processes—visual journalling, mandalas, body casts and more.Maude Davis, C.G. Jung Institute, Zürich, Journal of Analytical PsychologyTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Background Considerations for Childbearing Issues and Art Therapy; Part 1: Art Therapy: Pregnancy; Chapter 2; The Juxtaposition of Rupture and Repair: Exploring Trauma and Resilience with Women on the Paths of Childbearing, Birth and Motherhood; Chapter 3: Prenatal Art Therapy and Feminine Initiation: When Pregnant Imagination Gives Birth to Maternal Identity; Chapter 4:Supervising the Pregnant Art Therapist: Integrating Reflective Developmental and Arts-based Supervision Approaches; Chapter 5: Using Art to Prepare for Births as a Doula-Grandmothe; Part 2: Art Therapy: Postpartum; Chapter 6: Going on Being: Losing and Finding a New Identity in the Early Phases of Treatment with Postpartum Mothers; Chapter 7: Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder: Processing Trauma Through Couples’ Art Therapy; Part 3: Art Therapy: Grief and Loss; Chapter 8: Cultivating Aliveness after Pregnancy Loss: Somatic Art Therapy, Ritual and Grief Work; Chapter 9: Honoring the Process: Art Therapy with Mothers of Pediatric Palliative Care Patients; Chapter 10; Motherhood Rounds It Out: Art Therapy with Mothers Without Mothers; Chapter 11: The Use of Japanese Ritual and Art Therapy in Healing from Pregnancy Loss; Part 4: Art Therapy: Special Topics of Childbearing Women; Chapter 12: Where It All Beings: Anthropology as a Method for Engaging with Menstruation and Uncovering Art Therapy Explorations; Chapter 13: Penalizing More Than One: Art Therapy with Prison Inmates Struggling with Pregnancy, Birth and Motherhood; Chapter 14: Working with the Huecos: The Art Therapy Space for Undocumented Latina Mothers; Chapter 15: Infertility to Motherhood: Collective Voices in Art Therapy Challenge Social Constructs; Chapter 16: Addressing Motherhood Issues of Sex Trafficking Survivors Through Art Therapy.

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Book SynopsisThis fully updated second edition of Cognitive Behavioural Coaching in Practice explores various aspects of coaching from within a cognitive behavioural framework. In response to the continued growth in the popularity and scope of coaching and cognitive behavioural therapy, Michael Neenan and Stephen Palmer again bring together experts in the field to discuss topics including procrastination, stress, coaching alliance, motivational interviewing, goal selection and self-esteem.The book is illustrated throughout with coachcoachee dialogues that include a commentary of the aims of the coach during the session. This second edition is fully updated and includes three new chapters on single-session coaching, health and wellbeing coaching and coaching supervision.Part of the Essential Coaching Skills and Knowledge series, this comprehensive volume will be essential reading for coaches, as well as therapists, counsellors and psychologists.Trade Review"This second edition of the book Cognitive Behavioural Coaching in Practice is a leap forward in the practice of CBC, highlighting chapters on wellbeing, resilience, stress and many more relevant constructs for a post-Covid era. Mental wellbeing is now top of the agenda for individual and organisational health and wellbeing, which makes this book a ‘must read’ for anyone practicing or researching cognitive behavioural coaching." Sir Cary Cooper, CBE, 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology & Health at the ALLIANCE Manchester Business School, University of Manchester "Neenan and Palmer, two prolific writers, have produced a readable, practical, and helpful text on applying REBT to coaching. The strength of this lies in the knowledgeable authors who each write on their respective areas of expertise. This book is an excellent resource for practitioners because of the wide variety of topics it covers by experts." Raymond DiGiuseppe, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology St. John’s University, New York City, USA "This is an essential reading for anyone who wants to practice coaching, based on the cognitive-behavioural approach. It is a highly practical book which provides an excellent illustration of various applications of cognitive-behavioural coaching. The topic of each chapter is presented by top experts at the international level in the field. All professional coaches and students or allied professionals that want to train in coaching will find this book and excellent resource for evidence-based tools and techniques." Oana A. David, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Director of the International Coaching Institute at Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, and President of the International Association of Cognitive Behavioral Coaching "This new edition of Cognitive Behavioural Coaching in Practice: An Evidence Based Approach maintains the quality and focus of the 1st edition, but also pushes the area forward significantly. The chapters included in the 2nd edition will surely be invaluable to students, trainees, practitioners, and researchers, invested in Cognitive Behavioural Coaching. Neenan and Palmer have once again engaged excellent authors in the book to provide a broad and deep insight into the most important facets of Cognitive Behavioural Coaching. The book offers a contemporary resource for readers that is based in evidence, and a wealth of practitioner experience." Martin J. Turner, CPsychol., FAREBT (Acad), Reader in Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Department of Psychology "We are living in particularly difficult times where uncertainty is profoundly challenging people’s ability to cope and maintain a sense of hope. Bias, error and distortion are at the root of our potentially negative thinking and anxiety in such circumstances. Those interested in the helping relationship whether coaches or coaching psychologists need a psychologically minded, evidence-based approach to inform and guide their practice in supporting their clients. This second edition of Cognitive Behavioural Coaching in Practice which I highly recommend, certainly provides that." Hugh O’Donovan, CPsychol. P.s.S.I, Principal at HODA, Coaching Psychologist, Author of Mindful Walking and Honorary Vice President of the International Society for Coaching Psychology "How many times during this COVID-19 pandemic as coaches and coaching psychologists do we find ourselves working with our clients on issues such as employees engagement, lack of control, digital stress, new work/life balance, new health and wellbeing topics, self-esteem and self-acceptance, or on the dark side of resilience? How many times from 2020 as practitioners have we resorted to coaching supervision? Nine years after its release, the second edition of Cognitive Behavioural Coaching in Practice puts at the service of this transformed world the updated contributions of "highly experienced coaches, some of whom are researchers too." Silvana Dini, Co-founder & Steering Committee member of SCP Italy, ISCP Honorary Vice President, Coaching Psychologist (FISCP Accred), Coaching Supervisor (ISCP Accred), Management Consultant "This book by Neenan and Palmer gives valuable insights into different aspects of Cognitive Behavioural Coaching by bringing together some of the world’s most prominent people in the field to share with us their knowledge and experience in the field both in theory and practice. It doesn’t matter if you are an experienced coach or new in the field of coaching psychology this book will provide you with highly valuable insights and knowledge in the field that will deepen your understanding of it providing you with effective tools and valuable insights on how to work with cognitive behavioural coaching in different situations. This is a book you will definitely return to on many occasions." P-O Eriksson, Licensed psychologist, founder and chair of Coaching Psychologists, Sweden and Honorary Vice President of International Society for Coaching Psychology "The 2nd edition of Cognitive Behavioural Coaching in Practice: An Evidence Based Approach is an essential guide to coaching with the use of evidence-based practice. The first edition was a must-have for anybody willing to be an expert in coaching while relying on specialist psychological knowledge. In the second edition, the existing chapters have been revised and updated and two new ones have been added: on supervision, and health and well-being, which is a clear added value of the publication. I highly recommend the book to be placed on the reference list for any coaching-related university courses as well as I would certainly recommend it to experienced coach and coaching psychologist colleagues." Anna Syrek-Kosowska, ASK Expert, WSB University and Kozminski University, Poland "I highly recommend the second edition of this excellent book. It provides a comprehensive and pragmatic guide to cognitive behavioural coaching, exploring application of the approach in a range of contexts. It is an invaluable resource for coaches, expanding upon the first edition to include the important areas of supervision, and health and wellbeing. It is equally useful to those new to cognitive behavioural coaching, or more experienced coaches who would like to add further depth to their knowledge and practice. Covering personal, health and corporate settings, it combines a strong evidence base with practical tools and techniques." Sheila Panchal, CPsychol., Co-Director of the Centre for Positive Transitions; Leadership and Maternity Coach. "The second edition of Cognitive Behavioural Coaching in Practice: An Evidence Based Approach co-edited by Michael Neenan and Stephen Palmer offers latest perspectives on CBC in practice, including stress management, motivation, and performance development. Considering that CBC has been substantially employed in coaching applications, this book is well-suited for practitioners in the field of coaching psychology for the enhancement of their evidence-based practice." Yi-Ling Lai, CPsychol., Birkbeck, University of London "For anyone interested in cognitive behavioural coaching, this book provides an evidence based approach from the global leaders in the field. Some of the post-pandemics most in demand topics are elaborated from the CBC viewpoint, including dealing with procrastination, stress, wellbeing and resilience at work. The best of CBC is packed into chapters on motivational interviewing, Socratic questioning and single session coaching. The book provides a rich resource not only for CBC academics and practitioners, but also for coaches from other modalities who look for an integrative approach in coaching." Jelena Pavlović, Assistant Professor of Organizational Development and Change, University of Belgrade & Founder at Koučing CentarTable of ContentsForeword to the First Edition, Anthony M Grant Foreword to the Second Edition, Suzy Green Introduction, Michael Neenen and Stephen Palmer01. Understanding and Tackling Procrastination, Michael Neenan02. Motivational Interviewing, Jonathan Passmore 03. The Coaching Alliance in Cognitive Behavioural Coaching, Alanna Henderson and Stephen Palmer 04. Socratic Questioning, michael Neenan 05. Developing Self-Acceptance Through Coaching, Stephen Palmer and Helen Williams 06. Stress and Performance Coaching, Kristina Gyllensten and Stephen Palmer 07. Health and Wellbeing Coaching, Siobhan O'riordan and Stephen Palmer 08. Developing a Coaching Culture at Work, Alison Whybrow and Siobhan O'Riordan 09. Understanding and Developing Resilience, Michael Neenan and Windy Dryden 10. Single-Session Cognitive Behavioural Coaching (SSCBC), Windy Dryden 11. Coaching Supervision, Michael NeenanAfterword, Michael Neenan and Stephen Palmer

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Book SynopsisDerived from the methods of cognitive behaviour therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Coaching: A Guide to Problem Solving and Personal Development shows you how to help yourself by tackling self- and goal-defeating thinking and replacing it with an effective problem-solving outlook. Trade Review‘In this book, Neenan and Dryden have successfully demonstrated through the use of case examples how the evidence-based cognitive behavioural coaching approach can be used to tackle problems and enhance personal development. I highly recommend this excellent guide.’ - Professor Stephen Palmer PhD, Wales Academy for Professional Practice and Applied Research, UWTSD, Wales‘In this book, Neenan and Dryden have successfully demonstrated through the use of case examples how the evidence-based cognitive behavioural coaching approach can be used to tackle problems and enhance personal development. I highly recommend this excellent guide.’ Professor Stephen Palmer PhD, Wales Academy for Professional Practice and Applied Research, UWTSD, WalesTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Dealing with troublesome emotions; Chapter 2: Problem-creating vs problem-solving; Chapter 3: Overcoming procrastination; Chapter 4: Time management; Chapter 5: Persistence; Chapter 6: Dealing with criticism; Chapter 7: Assertiveness; Chapter 8: Developing resilience; Chapter 9: Taking risks and making decisions; Chapter 10: Understanding the personal change process; Chapter 11: Putting it all together; References; Index

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Book SynopsisTherapeutic Arts in Pregnancy, Birth and New Parenthood explores the use of arts in relation to infertility, pregnancy, childbirth and new parenthood. It is the first book to bring all these subjects together into one accessible volume with an international perspective. The book looks at the role of the arts in health with respect to the pregnancy journey, from conception to new parenthood. It introduces readers to the ways in which art is being used with women who are experiencing different stages of childbearing â who may be unable to conceive and are struggling with infertility treatment, or who experience miscarriage and loss, a traumatic birth, or grief over the loss of a baby. It also elucidates how art-making offers a means for women to express and understand their changed sense of self-identity and sexuality as a result of pregnancy and motherhood. The book has an international compass and is essential reading for arts therapy trainees and arts in health courses and will also be of interest to other health professionals and artists.Trade ReviewThis is a very important international contribution to the theory and practice of the arts and arts therapies, addressing the experiences of women over the whole field of childbearing. The editor acknowledges that ideals around pregnancy and childbirth are highly contested, and as can be expected from Professor Hogan, she gives a prominent place to the social, political and cultural context in which childbearing takes place. Many of the carefully selected contributors share very moving personal as well as professional experience. An original, accessible and rigorous account of a somewhat neglected area of work within the arts therapies. Highly recommended.Professor Diane Waller OBEMA(RCA) DPhil Dip Psych FRSAEmeritus Professor of Art PsychotherapyGoldsmiths University of LondonHon.President British Association of Art TherapistsThis is an important new book, which so usefully helps expand the knowledge of the role of Art Therapy and Therapeutic arts in such a sensitive and intimate clinical area of work. It will help promote the importance we should give to the very beginning of life and the emotional and psychological experiences that are faced by those involved.Ed Kuczaj Chair Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists. This looks like a fascinating book, of interest to art therapists for our clients, but also for ourselves as a largely female profession.Dr Sally Skaife (Art Therapist)This innovative book offers a rich seam of expertise for those working in all fields associated with prospective parents and infants. For arts therapists working with this client group it will be especially enlightening.Professor Joy Schaverien PhD. Jungian Psychoanalyst, author of The Revealing Image: Analytical Art Psychotherapy in theory and Practice (1999) and Boarding School Syndrome: The Psychological Trauma of the ‘Privileged’ Child (2015)"This is a very important international contribution to the theory and practice of the arts and arts therapies, addressing the experiences of women over the whole field of childbearing. The editor acknowledges that ideals around pregnancy and childbirth are highly contested, and as can be expected from Professor Hogan, she gives a prominent place to the social, political and cultural context in which childbearing takes place. Many of the carefully selected contributors share very moving personal as well as professional experience. An original, accessible and rigorous account of a somewhat neglected area of work within the arts therapies. Highly recommended."Professor Diane Waller, OBE, MA(RCA), DPhil, Dip Psych, FRSA, Emeritus Professor of Art Psychotherapy, Goldsmiths University of London, Hon.President British Association of Art Therapists"This is an important new book, which so usefully helps expand the knowledge of the role of art therapy and therapeutic arts in such a sensitive and intimate clinical area of work. It will help promote the importance we should give to the very beginning of life and the emotional and psychological experiences that are faced by those involved."Ed Kuczaj, Chair Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists"This looks like a fascinating book, of interest to art therapists for our clients, but also for ourselves as a largely female profession."Dr Sally Skaife, Art Therapist"This innovative book offers a rich seam of expertise for those working in all fields associated with prospective parents and infants. For arts therapists working with this client group it will be especially enlightening."Professor Joy Schaverien, PhD, Jungian Psychoanalyst, author of The Revealing Image: Analytical Art Psychotherapy in theory and Practice (1999) and Boarding School Syndrome: The Psychological Trauma of the ‘Privileged’ Child (2015)+__Table of Contents1. Arts in health: pregnancy, birth and new parenthood; 2. Metaphorically maternal: finding potential space through the experience of grief and loss associated with infertility; 3. Art Therapy and pregnancy loss: a secret grief; 4. Overcoming severe fear in late pregnancy. The use of Art Therapy in maternal healthcare, in the south of Sweden; 5. Lost and found: locating meaning within the landscape of perinatal loss; 6. Reframing motherhood: photography as a creative application to re-image mother; 7. Representations of motherhood: normative and transgressive constructions; 8. Recovery stories: transitional identities and the ambivalence of the maternal experience; 9. Where can we make our home? In-utero images and thinking in the running of a small therapeutic group for mothers and their young children affected by domestic abuse; 10. ‘Myself as a Tree’: the enabling power of an Art Therapy intervention in clinical work with postnatally distressed women-mothers; 11. Obstetric violence: silenced issues; 12. Artful trans-itions and the queering of pregnancy, birth and (m)othering; 13. Mothering mothers: an exploration of self-referred, self-funded, six-week Art Therapy groups for new mothers; 14. Mechanisms of change within a dyadic model of Art Therapy for parents and their infants; 15. And if the bough breaks: the use of individual Art Therapy within a perinatal mental health service; 16: Cases on the border: perinatal parent-infant work involving migrants, video analysis and art psychotherapy; 17. Art Therapy for motherhood and families as a way to support positive parenting.

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Book SynopsisThis beautifully illustrated and sensitive storybook is designed to be used therapeutically by professionals and caregivers supporting children whose parents are going through a separation. With engaging and colourful illustrations that can be used to prompt conversation, it tells the story of a brother and sister, who are helped to come to terms with the new, changing shape of their family.This book is also available to buy as part of the Therapeutic Fairy Tales pack. Therapeutic Fairy Tales is a series of short modern tales dedicated to exploring challenging situations that might be faced by young children. Each short story is designed to be used by professionals and parents as they use stories therapeutically to support children's mental and emotional health.Other books in the series include: Storybook Manual: Introduction To Working With Storybooks Therapeutically And Creatively The Night Crossing: A LuTable of Contents A Word of Caution The Storm: For Children Growing Through Parents' Separation

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Book SynopsisGroup Art Therapy: Practice and Research is the first textbook of its kind, taking into account practice-based evidence and using a transtheoretical approach to present a range of art therapy group interventions.The book covers essential topics including leadership, art making, successful therapeutic factors, and the basic stages of developing and facilitating groups. Offering practical information not only to students but also to experienced practitioners, the chapters provide details about preparation and practice, note-taking and documentation, and research tips. Adhering to the most up-to-date educational standards and ethical codes of art therapy, the book covers the full range of settings and art therapy approaches. This text will prepare art therapy graduate students and practitioners to lead groups in a variety of settings, theoretical approaches, and applications.Trade Review"Megan A. Robb’s book on the practice and research of art therapy groups is both timely and much needed. Beginning with an historical analysis of the evolution of group therapy, Robb effectively weaves together the neglected contributions of Black and brown art therapists and reviews the many formats in which group art therapy has been conceptualized and practiced. The book eloquently bridges theory and practice and advances diverse possibilities for art therapy." —Savneet K. Talwar, professor, Department of Art Therapy and Counseling, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA"In a new book on group art therapy, Robb brings a critical lens to previous texts that largely focus on a medical and psychodynamic model, missing out on the rich history of using group art therapy to build relationships, bridge communities, and address social issues. By including a range of theoretical orientations, multiple views of how to use the art, and a more humanistic view of membership and leadership in a group, this book will serve to inform and educate a new generation of art therapists to expand our understanding of art therapy." — Sarah E. Kremer, PhD, LPCC, ATR-BC, senior lecturer, Dominican University of California, USA; clinical director, Puente de la Costa Sur, USATable of Contents1. Theories of Art Therapy Groups 2. Types and Formats of Art Therapy Groups 3. Art Media 4. Dynamics That Work 5. Therapeutic Factors in Art Therapy Groups 6. Group Leadership 7. Stages of Group Development and Group Preparation 8. Beginning Stage 9. Working Stage 10. Ending Stage 11. Documentation and Evaluation of Groups

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Book SynopsisMen’s Accounts of Boarding School is a collection of writings by men about their childhood experiences of being sent away to boarding school. Trade ReviewMany readers will be shocked by this unique record of pain and shame, while it will also inspire awe for those who were brave enough to share their stories. It is a record of the hitherto concealed legacy of seamless transgenerational harm to families and of a social mindset that still perverts British politics. It will be a privilege for the uninitiated to read and should enlighten therapists beginning to engage with the normalised mental-health problems resulting from how the British educate their elites. Nick Duffell, author of The Making of Them and Wounded LeadersEach of the contributions to this book gives a vivid sense of the lasting distress borne by children who experienced early boarding.These tales offer a nuanced picture of an intergenerational scandal; a portrait of neglect and abuse of children across the world, all in the name of privileged education. The pain of these adult men as they look back and reflect on their child selves is profound. Professor Joy Schaverien, author of :Boarding School Syndrome: The Psychological Trauma of the ‘Privileged’ ChildThese stories vividly portray the deep wounding that the boarding school experience has on children. There are common themes of bewilderment at leaving home and the difficulties of living, without love,in an institution. They describe ways in which boarding school has impacted on their adult lives,the sense they have made of their experiences and about their inability to trust, feel safe with others and love another…even those closest to them. This is a deep wounding to the soul. Darrel Hunneybell, Psychotherapist and leader of Men’s Boarding School Survivors Workshops'Many readers will be shocked by this unique record of pain and shame, while it will also inspire awe for those who were brave enough to share their stories. It will be a privilege for the uninitiated to read and should enlighten therapists beginning to engage with the normalised mental-health problems resulting from how the British educate their elites.' Nick Duffell, author of The Making of Them and Wounded Leaders'Each of the contributions to this book gives a vivid sense of the lasting distress borne by children who experienced early boarding. These tales offer a nuanced picture of an intergenerational scandal; a portrait of neglect and abuse of children across the world, all in the name of privileged education.' Professor Joy Schaverien, author of Boarding School Syndrome: The Psychological Trauma of the ‘Privileged’ Child'These stories vividly portray the deep wounding that the boarding school experience has on children. There are common themes of bewilderment at leaving home and the difficulties of living, without love, in an institution. They describe ways in which boarding school has impacted on their adult lives, the sense they have made of their experiences and about their inability to trust, feel safe with others and love another… even those closest to them.' Darrel Hunneybell, Psychotherapist and leader of Men’s Boarding School Survivors Workshops Table of ContentsForeword: Nick Duffell; Introduction; 1. Memories; Introduction, Joy Schaverien; For My Own Good, Mike Timms; Tying it all Together, Crispin Ellison; Raining Pain, Khalid Roy; I was Wonderfully Good and Never Shed a Tear, John Duncan; A Five-year Old’s Rush to Prove Himself a Man, Philip Batchelor ; The Life of a Modern Boarder, Gareth Coleman; Surviving Boarding School, Ardhan Swatridge; Sursum Corda, Anupam Ganguli; 2. Reflections; Introduction; Leaving home, Mike Dickens; Life in the Ha Ha, Robert Arnold; As Secret as a Lady’s Handbag, Gordon Knott; All Self Left Behind, Peter Adams; How Did You Survive?, Simon Darragh; Schooldays, David Bennett; A Former Boarder’s Habits and Feelings, Jonathan Sutton; Antipodean Reflections, Andrew Patterson; 3. Recovery; Introduction; Emotional Courage, Thurstine Basset; Pulling it Together, Jonathan Burr; With Sadness comes Joy, Robert Arnold; The Metamorphosis…and Back, Lech Mintowt-Czyz; Afterword, Darrel Hunnybell

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Book SynopsisThe Contemporary Relational Supervisor, 2nd edition, is an empirically based, academically sophisticated, and learner-friendly text on the cutting edge of couple and family therapy supervision.This extensively revised second edition provides emerging supervisors with the conceptual and pragmatic tools to engage a new wave of therapists, helping them move forward together into a world of highly systemic, empirically derived, relational, developmental, and integrative supervision and clinical practice. The authors discuss major supervision models and approaches, evaluation, ethical and legal issues, and therapist development. They present methods that help tailor and extend supervision practices to meet the clinical, institutional, economic, and cultural realities that CFT therapists navigate. Filled with discussions and exercises to engage readers throughout, as well as updates surrounding telehealth and social justice, this practical text helps emerTrade ReviewReading this book reminded me just how much the literature on supervision is siloed, with the consequence that those of us in psychology are missing excellent work on supervision being written by our couples and family therapy colleagues (and presumably, vice versa). Lee and Nelson have drawn on their rich clinical experience and deep knowledge of the literature to write a book that not only provides a comprehensive overview of the practice of supervision, but does so in a clear, practical, and engaging way. I strongly recommend it to anyone, including fellow psychologists and psychology students, who want to deepen their knowledge of supervision.Rod GoodyearEmeritus ProfessorUniversity of Southern California and University of RedlandsContemporary Relational Supervision is a must read for supervisors of all levels. It provides a deep dive into the evidence-based literature for best practice in systemic clinical supervision. Essential topics related to diversity and inclusion are integrated throughout the text which is essential for the practice of Socially Just Supervision. Toni Schindler Zimmerman, PhD, LMFTMFT Program Director, Colorado State UniversityContemporary Relational Supervision (2nd ed.) is nothing short of a revolution in clinical supervision. No other text on the market covers the depth and breadth of topics tackled by Lee and Nelson in this impressive volume, encouraging readers to cultivate a personal style of supervision as well as guidance on highly relevant topics such as telesupervision. Written with incredible clarity, attention to context, and refreshing humility and charm, this text reinvents relational supervision and is a must-have for any systemic therapist beginning their supervisory journey.Katherine M. Hertlein Professor, Couple and Family Therapy Program University of Nevada, Las VegasIf Lee and Nelson’s Contemporary Relational Supervision was a client family in a session, this text would read like its genogram, with the authors skillfully laying out for us who in the field did what, when, and how—along with all of the nuance and detail one appreciates in the best kind of genogram narrative. The history of systems supervision ideas is only part of the package; in this book, Lee and Nelson’s scholarship on the practice of supervision in family therapy is as comprehensive and engaging as the suggested exercises and tasks at the end of every chapter. Just as with the best of genograms, this book invites the reader to consider the patterns of supervision scholarship and practice across the generations, while also inspiring us to make our own contribution to its sound future. Laurie L Charlés, Global Family Systems & Psychosocial Resilience, Project LeadMassachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions (MGHIHP), Visiting LecturerThe Contemporary Relational Supervisor serves as bridge between the roots of couple and family therapy training and the ways of being that encourage ethical and equitable supervision practices. As a Canadian C/MFT and supervisor, it is challenging to find clinical and supervisory resources that speak to the regulatory and training contexts in Canada. In addition to pragmatic and gate-keeping roles as a supervisor, finding a scaffold on which to structure and communicate the how and why of relationally-based supervision within our regional, personal and professional environments is important. In reading this revised text, particularly Part III Cultural Considerations, I found myself reviewing my scaffold and revisiting the differences that make a difference personally, professionally and systemically. Said differently, this text places supervisors’ way of being in a recursive loop with the systems in which training C/MFTs occurs, the hopes and expectations of those who seek that training and the skills, knowledge and attitudes that make systemic practice a worthwhile contribution to relational well-being. Sharon RamsayPrivate Practice, Toronto, ONLee and Nelson establish a clear foundation for systemic supervision and therapies. This is an outstanding resource that uncannily speaks to both the seasoned supervisor and those working to hone their craft. The book will be incredibly valuable to new supervisors as they bridge the transition from training students to mentoring new clinicians. This work is theoretically cogent, emphasizing social awareness, and elaborating on the distinctive patterns within supervisory relationships. Each chapter opens my mind to research opportunities that could support systemic supervision training. This will be seminal literature for training doctoral students, educators, and mentors. I am grateful for the publication of this innovative work. If you could only buy one book on supervision, this is the one to buy.Scott KetringAssociate Professor and Director,Auburn University Marriage and Family Therapy Program…thoughtful, comprehensive and engaging resource.Olivia LoewyOlivia Loewy and AssociatesAAMFT Approved Supervisor…students have found it to be extremely practical and helpful.Megan Dolbin-MacNab, Associate Professor, Virginia TechTable of ContentsPART I: Understanding the Supervisory Process: An Overview; 1: Basic Ingredients in the Supervisory Process; 2: Systemic Supervisory Relationships, Roles, and Goals; 3: Getting Started: Readiness and Procedures; 4: Screening, Contracts, Core Competencies, Evaluation, and Feedback-Centered Supervision; PART II: Relational Supervision Practices; 5: A Closer Look at Supervision Formats; 6: Approaches to Supervision; 7: Effective Supervision According to the Literature; 8: Supervision Based on Core Competencies; 9: Supervising Manual-Based Models; PART III: Contextual Considerations ; 10: Contextual Aspects of Supervision: Settings, Culture, and Self; 11: Legal Aspects of Relational Supervision; 12: Ethical Considerations in Relational Supervision; 13: Self of the Therapist, Self of the Supervisor; PART IV: Troubleshooting and Writing a Personal Philosophy of Supervision Paper; 14: Troubleshooting and Pragmatics in the Relational Training System; 15: Developing Your Personal Philosophy of Supervision Paper

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Book SynopsisMindfulness for Young Adults: Tools to Thrive in School and Life is an interactive experience designed to enhance mindful awareness and to aid in teaching and learning the principles and practice of mindfulness.Blending theory, research, and practice to offer a comprehensive program for young adults to build well-being tools, each of the bookâs five modules includes engaging information, strategies, meditations, and activities designed to deepen understanding and application of mindfulness. It includes practical techniques to cope with emotions, work with thoughts, navigate stress, build resilience, make aligned choices, and be more present in life and relationships. In addition to the reflection and meditation activities found at the end of each module, the text also features a resources section complete with a mock exam, tips for course design, and resources for further study. Designed for both students and instructors, this workbook can be used independently or in the classroom as either a textbook to an introductory mindfulness course or as a supplement for teaching well-being practices in any discipline.Trade Review"Essential reading for students and educators alike! Trainings in mindful presence are the hope for our next generation and for the healing of our world." — Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and Radical Compassion"This beautifully structured, practical, and comprehensive book brings mindfulness to the college-aged population and the adults who work with them. Whether you are a young adult or an educator trying to introduce mindfulness into your classroom, this book is sure to serve as a thorough and relevant guide to the power of mindfulness practice. —Diana Winston, director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center and author of The Little Book of Being"In this engaging and accessible approach to well-being, Linda Yaron Weston beautifully combines her expertise in mindfulness and education. She invites us into the present moment and captures the essence of mindfulness with fresh and interactive practices that build on one another. This is an important book for young adults who need a strong foundation to thrive. Highly recommended for students and the schools and organizations that serve them." —Arianna Huffington, founder & CEO, Thrive Global "Taking better care of ourselves, our families, and our communities is ever more critical for our nation’s students, especially now. Linda Yaron Weston gives us fascinating insights into the science and practice of mindfulness with evidence-based lessons for teachers and students drawn from the neuro, social, physiological, and psychological sciences. This book makes the powerful case that mindful learning enables higher and deeper levels of students’ academic and personal success, outcomes that we wish for each of our students." —Dr. Martha J. Kanter is CEO of College Promise in Washington, DC and the former U.S. Under Secretary of Education for the Obama Administration"Linda Yaron Weston supplies us with a comprehensive program to help bring mindfulness to the classroom. In "Mindfulness for Young Adults" she pairs mindfulness tools with day to day scenarios, offering students techniques to promote thriving in the classroom and in life. The course design provides avenues for deepening personal connections, maneuvering through emotions and supporting intellectual growth. This work will be of benefit to educational systems, teachers and students." —Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Happiness and Real Change"Linda Yaron Weston’s work is an essential offering for the well-being of our young people and the health of our future. Mindfulness for Young Adults: Tools to Thrive in School and Life offers practical strategies in a comprehensive, interactive program to help calm the body, relax the nervous system, and create conditions for optimal healing, learning, and thriving. As our young people learn to care for themselves in this way, it does not only impact them—it impacts the health and wellbeing of our entire society. Thank you, Linda for your expertise and passion." —Jillian Pransky, author of Deep Listening: Practices to Calm Your Body, Clear Your Mind, And Open Your Heart"This book taught me so many important lessons and techniques that have helped me learn and incorporate mindfulness into my everyday life. Cultivating mindfulness has shifted my mindset from one of fear and anxiety, to one of acceptance and gratitude. It has truly changed my life and has pushed me to evolve into a much more confident, compassionate, and positive person." —Jacqueline Berliner, USC undergraduate class of ‘20"Essential reading for students and educators alike! Trainings in mindful presence are the hope for our next generation and for the healing of our world." — Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and Radical Compassion"This beautifully structured, practical, and comprehensive book brings mindfulness to the college-aged population and the adults who work with them. Whether you are a young adult or an educator trying to introduce mindfulness into your classroom, this book is sure to serve as a thorough and relevant guide to the power of mindfulness practice." —Diana Winston, director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center and author of The Little Book of Being"In this engaging and accessible approach to well-being, Linda Yaron Weston beautifully combines her expertise in mindfulness and education. She invites us into the present moment and captures the essence of mindfulness with fresh and interactive practices that build on one another. This is an important book for young adults who need a strong foundation to thrive. Highly recommended for students and the schools and organizations that serve them." —Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO, Thrive Global "Taking better care of ourselves, our families, and our communities is ever more critical for our nation’s students, especially now. Linda Yaron Weston gives us fascinating insights into the science and practice of mindfulness with evidence-based lessons for teachers and students drawn from the neuro, social, physiological, and psychological sciences. This book makes the powerful case that mindful learning enables higher and deeper levels of students’ academic and personal success, outcomes that we wish for each of our students." —Dr. Martha J. Kanter, CEO of College Promise in Washington, DC and the former U.S. Under Secretary of Education for the Obama administration"Linda Yaron Weston supplies us with a comprehensive program to help bring mindfulness to the classroom. In Mindfulness for Young Adults, she pairs mindfulness tools with day to day scenarios, offering students techniques to promote thriving in the classroom and in life. The course design provides avenues for deepening personal connections, maneuvering through emotions and supporting intellectual growth. This work will be of benefit to educational systems, teachers and students." —Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Happiness and Real Change"Linda Yaron Weston’s work is an essential offering for the well-being of our young people and the health of our future. Mindfulness for Young Adults: Tools to Thrive in School and Life offers practical strategies in a comprehensive, interactive program to help calm the body, relax the nervous system, and create conditions for optimal healing, learning, and thriving. As our young people learn to care for themselves in this way, it does not only impact them—it impacts the health and wellbeing of our entire society. Thank you, Linda, for your expertise and passion." —Jillian Pransky, author of Deep Listening: Practices to Calm Your Body, Clear Your Mind, And Open Your Heart"This book taught me so many important lessons and techniques that have helped me learn and incorporate mindfulness into my everyday life. Cultivating mindfulness has shifted my mindset from one of fear and anxiety, to one of acceptance and gratitude. It has truly changed my life and has pushed me to evolve into a much more confident, compassionate, and positive person." —Jacqueline Berliner, USC undergraduate class of '20Table of ContentsAbout the Author; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Module 1: Principles of Mindfulness; Module 2: Body; Module 3: Heart; Module 4: Mind; Module 5: Mindfulness in Daily Life; Conclusion; Resources; Index

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Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge second edition of The Craft of Family Therapy revisits some of Salvador Minuchin's most famous cases, guiding trainee therapists through basic techniques and ideas while illuminating the unique voice of Minuchin as the founder of Structural Family Therapy.The book begins by teaching readers the fundamentals of family therapy through the lens of rich commentary from Salvador Minuchin on some of his most interesting cases. It then moves on to three detailed supervision transcripts from Minuchin's former students, illustrating the struggles, fears, and insecurities that new family therapists face and how they can overcome them. In a new, ground-breaking third section, Reiter and Borda share their own lessons from Minuchin as well as expand his influential ideas, emphasizing a strength-based family therapy approach. Written in an accessible, practical style, The Craft of Family Therapy, 2nd edition draws on a wealth of fascinating case exampTrade Review"This is a uniquely fascinating book. The first edition presented the practical and poetic wisdom of Salvador Minuchin with the counterpoint voices of his trainees. Their lessons learned and their personal growth are a significant addition to the training literature. This second edition enlarges the prism by incorporating the incisive views of the trainee’s teachers, family therapy Professors Michael Reiter and Charmaine Borda. A must read for any clinician interested in enhancing their craft." – H. Charles Fishman, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine"In his final book, Minuchin gives us an in-depth master class in family therapy as developed over a 60-year career. Having worked with him, these classes speak true to his teachings throughout his career, breaking down the key skills of viewing families systemically. Minuchin gives voice to his key insights into the dynamics of the family dance that has made him one of the most influence figures in our field. Every family therapy student will appreciate the second part of the book which demonstrates the struggle and growth that student therapists have in becoming professional family therapists. The third part of the book fondly pays tribute to Minuchin’s masterful voice and how it continues to impact family therapists into the future." – Cloe Madanes, president, Madanes Institute, author of Changing Relationships"This is a uniquely fascinating book. The first edition presented the practical and poetic wisdom of Salvador Minuchin with the counterpoint voices of his trainees. Their lessons learned and their personal growth are a significant addition to the training literature. This second edition enlarges the prism by incorporating the incisive views of the trainee’s teachers, family therapy Professors Michael D. Reiter and Charmaine Borda. A must read for any clinician interested in enhancing their craft." – H. Charles Fishman, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine"In his final book, Minuchin gives us an in-depth master class in family therapy as developed over a 60-year career. Having worked with him, these classes speak true to his teachings throughout his career, breaking down the key skills of viewing families systemically. Minuchin gives voice to his key insights into the dynamics of the family dance that has made him one of the most influence figures in our field. Every family therapy student will appreciate the second part of the book which demonstrates the struggle and growth that student therapists have in becoming professional family therapists. The third part of the book fondly pays tribute to Minuchin’s masterful voice and how it continues to impact family therapists into the future." – Cloe Madanes, president, Madanes Institute, author of Changing RelationshipsTable of ContentsPart I. 1. The Craft of Family Therapy 2. Symptoms: Challenge to the Concept that the Symptom is Located in One Family Member 3. Unwrapping Family Member Identities 4. Deconstructing Family Member Organization: Exploring Subsystems 5. The Therapist’s Style 6. Utilizing the Family Therapist’s Pouch Part II. 7. Angela and the Way to Ask Questions 8. Olivia and Becoming a Supernanny 9. Learning From My Mistakes Sarah Walker 10. Too Close for Comfort Roseann Pascale 11. Six Lessons from Doctor Minuchin Helen Reynolds 12. Minuchin and the Wilsons Part III. 13. Ten Things I Learned from Dr. Salvador Minuchin Michael D. Reiter 14. Sage Advice from Salvador Minuchin Charmaine Borda 15. A Therapy of Hope and Strength 16. Honing One’s Craft in a Changing Field

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Book SynopsisRoutledge International Handbook of Play, Therapeutic Play and Play Therapy is the first book of its kind to provide an overview of key aspects of play and play therapy, considering play on a continuum from generic aspects through to more specific applied and therapeutic techniques and as a stand-alone discipline.Presented in four parts, the book provides a unique overview of, and ascribes equal value to, the fields of play, therapeutic play, play in therapy and play therapy. Chapters by academics, play practitioners, counsellors, arts therapists and play therapists from countries as diverse as Japan, Cameroon, India, the Czech Republic, Israel, USA, Ireland, Turkey, Greece and the UK explore areas of each topic, drawing links and alliances between each. The book includes complex case studies with children, adolescents and adults in therapy with arts and play therapists, research with children on play, work in schools, outdoor play and play therapy, animal-asTrade Review"Routledge International Handbook of Play, Therapeutic Play and Play Therapyis a delightful collection of stories, research, experiences from play practitioners across multicultural contexts. What is most fascinating about this play potpourri is the range it is able to cover from children as play experts in co-research, to use of play in classroom, work place, health space to play as core medium for healing and therapy. This innovative handbook by Sue and Clive is an ultimate encyclopedia on play that will treasured by therapists, teachers, paediatricians, parents and play campaigners across the world for many generations. " - Shelja Sen, Family Therapist"Bringing perspectives from around the world to consider play across time and cultures and in a broad range of disciplines, artistic forms, settings and creative spaces, this handbook offers an in indispensable point of entry and a timely journey through this multifaceted field." - Dr Maggie O’Neill, NUI Galway"I celebrate Clive Holmwood and Sue Jennings in showing how "play and the arts are intrinsically linked." The silos of professions, and of the arts themselves, too often block access to this natural interdependence of imagination advancing the whole of life—even the workplace. Children model a life-affirming creative intelligence involving all of the senses, ways of playing needed to create, heal, and be in the world in the most complete and organic ways. Routledge International Handbook of Play, Therapeutic Play and Play Therapy, and its global community of authors, reinforce the vital role of play in our common humanity." - Shaun McNiff, Professor, Lesley University"The importance of play for human development is paramount. Neurosciences showed that play is ingrained in our brain, generating the basic emotion of joy, and, at least since Froebel, we know that a large amount of what children learn, is learnt through play. Notwithstanding that, we can perceive everywhere what Roger Caillois called the ‘debasement of play’, the lacking of spontaneity, creativity and freedom. How can these virtues of play be recovered? This precious book offers a whole range of reflections on the matter in a multicultural perspective, and suggests many powerful ways to engage with play and restore its therapeutic potentiality." – Salvo Pitruzzella, Centro ArtiTerapie, Lecco, Italy"Routledge International Handbook of Play, Therapeutic Play and Play Therapy is a delightful collection of stories, research, experiences from play practitioners across multicultural contexts. What is most fascinating about this play potpourri is the range it is able to cover, from children as play experts in co-research to use of play in classroom, work place, health space to play as core medium for healing and therapy. This innovative handbook by Sue and Clive is an ultimate encyclopedia on play that will treasured by therapists, teachers, paediatricians, parents and play campaigners across the world for many generations. " - Shelja Sen, Family Therapist"Bringing perspectives from around the world to consider play across time and cultures and in a broad range of disciplines, artistic forms, settings and creative spaces, this handbook offers an indispensable point of entry and a timely journey through this multifaceted field." - Dr Maggie O’Neill, NUI Galway, Ireland"I celebrate Clive Holmwood and Sue Jennings in showing how 'play and the arts are intrinsically linked.' The silos of professions, and of the arts themselves, too often block access to this natural interdependence of imagination advancing the whole of life - even the workplace. Children model a life-affirming creative intelligence involving all of the senses and ways of playing needed to create, heal and be in the world in the most complete and organic ways. Routledge International Handbook of Play, Therapeutic Play and Play Therapy, and its global community of authors, reinforce the vital role of play in our common humanity." - Shaun McNiff, Professor, Lesley University, USA"The importance of play for human development is paramount. Neurosciences showed that play is ingrained in our brain, generating the basic emotion of joy, and, at least since Froebel, we know that a large amount of what children learn is learnt through play. Notwithstanding that, we can perceive everywhere what Roger Caillois called the ‘debasement of play,’ the lacking of spontaneity, creativity and freedom. How can these virtues of play be recovered? This precious book offers a whole range of reflections on the matter in a multicultural perspective, and suggests many powerful ways to engage with play and restore its therapeutic potentiality." – Salvo Pitruzzella, Centro ArtiTerapie, Lecco, ItalyTable of ContentsPart I – Play 1. Play and childhoods: how are the relationships between researching play and children changing? 2. Lila: teacher´s play through the eyes of a child 3. Cultivating playfulness in the workplace 4. Playing memories: exploring the notion of play amongst participants of participatory theatre in Cameroon 5. The ness of being playful 6. Stages not ages: The emerging Developmental Play approach for differently abled children 7. Playful workshop toolkit for professionals working with children 8. Lilaloka: a place of play 9. Play with children in hospitals: the situation in Japan Part II – Therapeutic Play 10. Playwork as a therapeutic tool 11. Playfulness and other worlds: re-visiting A Midsummer Night’s Dream 12. ‘The Magic Drum’ in action: the use of therapeutic play group intervention to foster positive peer interaction among children with diverse abilities and needs in an international primary school in Prague 13. Planning successful therapeutic material engagements: charting a course from danger to the safe zone 14. Let’s get Messy! enhancing and enriching children’s learning and development through messy play 15. Neuro-Dramatic Play and a hero’s journey: a play-based approach in a UK junior school Part III – Play in Therapy 16. Using play as a counselling tool in a multicultural society 17. The Isle of Silliness: play and dramatherapy with addicted Palestinian men in Israel as a way of balancing in patriarchal society 18. Grannies on the run: into the wild spaces of autistic play 19. "Some body rlse": Harlequin’s journey in forensic sandplay and gender dysphoria 20. Playing together: the use of directed joint engagement activities in Dyadic Art Psychotherapy 21. The "terror of the school" learns to play 22. The international appeal of Filial Therapy: values, methods and its use in Turkey to empower children and families and the therapists who assist them 23. The color of play: breaking through walls within a child’s world 24. Listening to Pan: helping children who panic 25. The story of Angela Part IV – Play Therapy 26. Swings or roundabouts? The case for using a combined play therapy and dramatherapy approach as an effective intervention with children at risk of exclusion 27. Creative interventions with children and adolescents with complex trauma 28. Play therapy/therapeutic play with children with autism: the journey: wait, watch and wonder 29. Play therapy: the ideal environment for play development and the repair of play deprivation 30. Therapeutic use of self and the Play Therapy Dimensions Model 31. What am I doing out here?! Exploring the challenge for play therapy in the outdoors 32. School-based play therapy 33. The healing power of playful animals: Animal Assisted Play Therapy® as an intervention for childhood bullying in South Africa 34. Creating a safe space in a safe place: working creatively with young people in a secure setting 35. Healing through therapeutic play in Malaysia Afterword Closure

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Book SynopsisFor effective use, this book should be purchased alongside the professional guidebook. Both books can be purchased together as a set, Negotiating the World of Friendships and Relationships: A âCool to be Kindâ Storybook and Practical Resource [9780367537807]This illustrated storybook introduces Coco, Otto, Ollie and Ling as they negotiate the sometimes tricky world of friendships and relationships, observing the unkindness of some and using their superpower â kindness â to change the lives of others. Explore with them what it means to be unkind, why that choice is sometimes made and how usually there is another choice â to be kind.This storybook will: Help facilitate discussions with children about values, morals and empathy Support children to see that kindness can be a cool choice to make Help you to introduce children to the notion that kindness and unkindness are choices This storybook is available to purchase as part of a two-component set, Negotiating the World of Friendships and Relationships: A âCool to be Kindâ Storybook and Practical Resource. It can be used by teachers and support staff to teach and promote kindness to children at primary age and beyond.Trade Review"An utterly charming and accessible resource for teachers and young students to grasp the importance of being kind."Bruce Hood, Chair of Developmental Psychology in Society, University of Bristol, UK."It has a clear aim of enabling children to work their way through the often confusing and mind-blowing world of friendships and relationships in an age where acceptance and belonging is most important to them. It enables our children to incorporate new information and ideas about friendships and relationships into their existing thought patterns and experiences. With ongoing, daily support from staff, they are able to adapt their thoughts and thus responses, into their daily experiences… Cool to be Kind will be used not only as an intervention but also alongside our PSHE curriculum whole class as needed. As a resource, it upskills staff delivering it and enlightens their perception of what they thought might be happening. By opening dialogue and discussion between child and adult, you can see an increased understanding and empathy through a child’s lens. The aim to create the best version of themselves is only strengthened." Janet Raju, Deputy Headteacher, UKTable of ContentsCool to be Kind

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Book SynopsisFor effective use, this book should be purchased alongside the storybook. Both books can be purchased together as a set, Negotiating the World of Friendships and Relationships: A Cool to be Kind' Storybook and Practical Resource [9780367537807]This is a practical resource for use by teachers, support staff and therapists that contains session ideas for use with children to promote kindness, friendship and self-compassion. It includes detailed lesson plans with extensive guidance and photocopiable activity sheets to support individuals, groups or classes of children aged 7 and upwards.This guidebook can be used to: Help children understand the value of kindness, both to themselves and to others Nurture the moral development of children Support children who may be struggling with self-worth and self-kindness This guidebook is available to purchase as part of a two-componenTrade Review"An utterly charming and accessible resource for teachers and young students to grasp the importance of being kind."Bruce Hood, Chair of Developmental Psychology in Society, University of Bristol, UK."It has a clear aim of enabling children to work their way through the often confusing and mind-blowing world of friendships and relationships in an age where acceptance and belonging is most important to them. It enables our children to incorporate new information and ideas about friendships and relationships into their existing thought patterns and experiences. With ongoing, daily support from staff, they are able to adapt their thoughts and thus responses, into their daily experiences… Cool to be Kind will be used not only as an intervention but also alongside our PSHE curriculum whole class as needed. As a resource, it upskills staff delivering it and enlightens their perception of what they thought might be happening. By opening dialogue and discussion between child and adult, you can see an increased understanding and empathy through a child’s lens. The aim to create the best version of themselves is only strengthened." Janet Raju, Deputy Headteacher, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction Session 1 Cool Session 2 Coco and Kez Session 3 Otto and Indra Session 4 Ollie and Nina Session 5 Ling and Danny Session 6 Cool to be Kind Self Kindness Appendices: 1. Super-powers 2. Feelings 3. How might it feel? 4. Calm 5. My Map of Me 6. Thoughts 7. Send a Cool to be Kind Message 8. Like / Not Like Continuum Cards 9. Cool to be Kind Cards 10. Kind to Me Cards

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding Your 7 Emotions explains how emotions help us to respond to the world around us and are fundamental to our existence.The book provides a detailed understanding of the main human emotions fear, sadness, anger, disgust, guilt, shame and happiness showing how to live with them and how to resolve problems with them. Each of the seven chapters also includes an emotional trap' to highlight what happens when we get stuck responding in unhelpful ways and explains how to get out of the trap. Grounded in emotion science and cognitive behavioural therapy, the book provides a powerful alternative to mental health diagnosis. Examples and exercises are provided throughout to help apply the ideas in everyday life and achieve health and happiness.This easy-to-read guide will help anybody who is interested in emotions or is struggling with common mental health problems to better understand how emotions work and improve their own and others'' mental health Trade Review'This is an excellent book. It is accessible and written in common-sense language, yet its evidence-base is broad and scientifically sound. Dr Howells has managed to cut through those aspects of mental health care that can mystify and pathologise, to focus on the central issue that matters most to us all: how we and those we work with can live rich, full and healthy emotional lives.' Peter Cairns, Clinical Psychologist, Norfolk, UK‘Given the importance of our emotional life to our sense of wellbeing and resilience it's surprising we give so little thought to understanding our feelings and how they work. This book, based on the emerging field of emotion science, will go a long way in helping anybody, especially young people, learn how to read their feelings differently, have new ways of coping with difficult emotions and accessing the positive ones.’Steve Killick, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Director of Feelings are Funny Things and author of Emotional Literacy at the Heart of the School EthosTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1: Fear; 2: Sadness; 3: Anger; 4: Disgust; 5: Guilt; 6: Shame; 7: Happiness; Afterword

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This volume explores how the principles and values of pragmatic philosophy serve as orienting perspectives for critical thinking in contemporary psychotherapy and clinical practice. Drawing on the contributions of William James and John Dewey, Neuroscience, Psychotherapy, and Clinical Pragmatism introduces a model of clinical pragmatism emphasizing the individuality of the person, open-ended dialogue, experiential learning, and the practical outcomes of ideas and methods. In a second part, chapters show how recent developments in neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology deepen our understanding of change and growth in accord with the principles of clinical pragmatism. Finally, the volume reviews paradigms of psychotherapy across the psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, and humanistic traditions. Case studies show how the pluralist orientation of clinical pragmatism enlarges concepts of therapeutic action. This text has been written for psychotherapists

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Book SynopsisCognitive Behaviour Therapy for Eating Disorders in Young People is a state-of-the-art guide for parents based on enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E), one of the most effective treatments for eating disorders and recently adapted for adolescents.Part I presents the most current facts on eating disorders. Part II provides parents with guidance on how to support their child's recovery. The book will be of interest to parents of teenagers with eating disorders treated with CBT-E and also for clinicians using CBT-E with young patients.Trade Review'This book will be invaluable to the parents of children with an eating disorder. Written by two expert clinicians, it provides a succinct account of eating disorders and their treatment. This is followed by detailed guidance on how to provide the optimal home environment while their child receives "CBT-E", the leading evidence-based treatment for all eating disorders.'Christopher G. Fairburn, DM, FMedSci, FRCPsych, Emeritus professor of psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK'Parents are an integral part of treatment when their child is struggling with an eating disorder. While Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E) is an individual psychotherapeutic approach, Drs. Dalle Grave and el Khazen skillfully incorporate parental support in this treatment endeavor. With their parent guide to CBT-E, these authors provide parents with knowledge and tools which should enable the adult caregivers of the young person to support their offspring in their struggles. This parent guide is extraordinarily well written and will, without a doubt, be a terrific resource to parents and clinicians who are joining the young person in their quest to overcome their eating disorder.'Daniel Le Grange, Ph.D., Benioff UCSF Professor in Children's Health, Director of the Eating Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, and Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA'Isolation is one of the core maintaining features of an eating disorders. Friends and family can play an important role in moderating this obstacle to recovery. However anorexia nervosa is a confusing illness. Both sufferer and close others find it difficult to understand. This book is an update on some of the latest information about the illness and describes one of the models used to understand and move towards recovery.'Janet Treasure, OBE, Ph.D., FRCP, FRCPsych, Director of the Eating Disorder Unit and Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK'The well-known researchers and clinicians in Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Eating Disorders have succeeded in producing a highly informative book for caregivers of young patients with eating disorders. It is also a book for professionals who need an easy and well understandable access to the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of these often debilitating disorders. A major strength is the wide bandwidth of information. It will surely support parents and medical staff to help their child or patient out of his or her eating disorder.'Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Professor Dr. med., Director and Chair, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, RWTH Aachen University, Germany'This is the perfect guide book for parents whose child is engaged in enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E) for an eating disorder. The scientific rigor of these two experienced authors makes the book a valuable addition to a clinician’s library as well.' Marcia Herrin, EdD, MPH, RDN, LD, Fellow, Academy of Eating Disorders, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USATable of ContentsPART I: UNDERSTANDING EATING DISORDERS 1: GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT EATING DISORDERS; 2: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL FEATURES OF EATING DISORDERS; 3: PHYSICAL FEATURES OF EATING DISORDERS; 4: WHAT CAUSES EATING DISORDERS?; 5: CBT-E FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AN EATING DISORDER: AN OVERVIEW; PART II: HOW TO HELP YOUR TEEN OVERCOME AN EATING DISORDER 6: BEFORE STARTING CBT-E; 7: THE ROLE OF PARENTS; 8: CREATING AN OPTIMAL FAMILY ENVIRONMENT; 9: SUPPORTING YOUR TEEN WITH CBT-E STRATEGIES; 10: SUPPORTING YOUR TEEN WITH COEXISTING PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES; 11: SUPPORTING YOUR TEEN THROUGH REMOTE CBT-E

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Book SynopsisTransgenerational Trauma and Therapy presents the transgenerational, psychological impacts of trauma, and the clinical work on it. The book's expansive insight explores the psychology of the massive, collective trauma, and provides new ways of understanding the serious after-effects of man-made suffering. In this book, Bakà and Zana employ their original concept, the transgenerational atmosphere, to fully comprehend many familiar phenomena in a new theoretical framework, exploring the psychological impact of trauma on the first generation, the mode of transmission, the effects on future generations, and therapeutic considerations. Crucially, Transgenerational Trauma and Therapy explores the psychological effects of collective, societal traumas on whole groups of individuals. Beginning with the direct, deep psychological effects of individual trauma, and then exploring the impact of collective trauma over generations , it deals particularly with the role of the social environment in the processing of trauma, as well as its hereditary transmission.Rich in clinical material and methodological suggestions, Transgenerational Trauma and Therapy will appeal to mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, psychoanalysts, and social workers, in addition to professors in other academic disciplines, such as sociology, history, philosophy, and anthropology.Trade Review"Families, like nations, also transmit values, culture and creativity to future generations. This wonderful book is the proof. It opens the space for the readers from different horizons to pose different intelligent questions."Haydee Faimberg MD, Training Analyst, Paris Psychoanalytical Society. Author of The Telescoping of Generations: Listening to the Narcissistic links between Generations. London/New York Routledge 2005"This important book deal with topics which have been, for a long time, rarely approached in psychoanalytical publications. Writings about collective traumas and their consequences have stayed apart from clinical hypotheses and reports. The value of this book should be highlighted along these lines, given the fact that the authors live in a European region which has been subjected to the effects of these traumas. They bring to us, added to their excellent review of transgenerational trauma literature, their own and new constructions of ‘the transgenerational atmosphere and the transgenerational self-experience’." Eva Weil, Société Psychanalytique de Paris"Families, like nations, also transmit values, culture and creativity to future generations. This wonderful book is the proof. It opens the space for the readers from different horizons to pose different intelligent questions."Haydee Faimberg MD, Training Analyst, Paris Psychoanalytical Society. Author of The Telescoping of Generations: Listening to the Narcissistic links between Generations. London/New York Routledge 2005"This important book deal with topics which have been, for a long time, rarely approached in psychoanalytical publications. Writings about collective traumas and their consequences have stayed apart from clinical hypotheses and reports. The value of this book should be highlighted along these lines, given the fact that the authors live in a European region which has been subjected to the effects of these traumas. They bring to us, added to their excellent review of transgenerational trauma literature, their own and new constructions of ‘the transgenerational atmosphere and the transgenerational self-experience’." Eva Weil, Société Psychanalytique de ParisTable of Contents1. The impact of trauma 2. From trauma to transgenerational trauma 3. The first-generation impacts of collective societal traumas 4. The transgenerational atmosphere 5. The transgenerational self-experience 6. The impact of collective societal traumas on subsequent generations 7. Therapeutic aspects of transgenerational trauma 8. Methodology for the therapy of transgenerational trauma 9. Closing thoughts 10. Reflections

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Book SynopsisIn this third edition of Poetry Therapy, Dr. Mazza expands on poetry therapy applications and techniques, carefully illustrating the use of poems, expressive writing, and symbolic activities for healing, education, and community service.Building on the definition and foundation of poetry therapy, chapters discuss using Mazza's poetry therapy model with individuals, families, groups, and communities. Featuring over a hundred new references and practice experiences, the updated edition covers new research findings and methods, especially with respect to expressive writing and brain activity. Additional updates include working with special populations such as minorities, persons with disabilities, veterans, and the LGBTQ+ community. New chapters on spirituality, the COVID-19 pandemic, and personal development through poetry and running are also featured. Each chapter ends with questions for reflection.This is a truly invaluable resource for any practitioner, educatTrade Review"This book, the most comprehensive one in the poetry/bibliotherapy field, represents a labor of love and devotion. Infused with its author’s far-ranging knowledge base, experiences, and heartfelt beliefs, Poetry Therapy contains a veritable treasure trove of materials pertaining to psychological theories, research, education, and practice with individuals, couples, families, groups, and communities. In this substantially revised third edition, Nicholas Mazza spreads an even wider net, incorporating recent research studies, case materials, and poems while also adding three meaningful chapters on the Covid 19 pandemic, on spirituality, and on inspiring experiences that meld the acts of running and writing for wellbeing. Concluding each chapter in this revised edition is an excellent set of questions designed to invite readers’ reflections on the material presented." — Geri Giebel Chavis, PhD, is professor emerita at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, certified poetry therapist and licensed psychologist"In Poetry Therapy, Third Edition, Mazza has written an updated and truly comprehensive delineation of the field of poetry therapy, greatly broadening the research review as well as expanding and deepening the clinical material. The new chapters on poetry therapy and the pandemic, spirituality, and running, bring the benefits of poetry therapy into arenas of contemporary importance. The inclusion of the author’s personal as well as professional experience greatly enriches the book, which is both deeply instructive and an inspiring testament to the power and beauty of poetry therapy." — Alma M. Rolfs, LICSW, PTR, psychotherapist, past president, NAPT"In this third edition of Poetry Therapy, Nick Mazza, one of the world’s leading experts on the power of words, explicitly points out the transformation ability of writing and reading in human life. Words matter! They enrich our lives, promote insight, and facilitate change. Mazza illustrates how this happens through explicit examples, some of them extremely moving including his own. Poetry and metaphor especially make us aware of our humanity and what we share with those in the past, as well as those in the present. Deep seated words help move us through setbacks and sorrow as well as transcend and resolve rough times of isolation, pain, and turmoil. They also connect us to feelings of joy, delight, and thankfulness, as we celebrate small and major successes. The new chapters in this latest edition on pandemic, spirituality, and personal development add depth to a text that is already deep and a classic in the field. Mental health workers from various backgrounds and individuals from all walks of life will find this book beneficial in multiple ways regardless of where they are or where they might be headed." — Samuel T. Gladding, PhD, professor of Counseling, Wake Forest University, author of The Creative Arts in Counseling, Sixth Edition"If you are stumped about how to approach poetry therapy with the profound challenges we have faced in these past few years, look no further. Nicholas Mazza comes to the rescue with his third edition of Poetry Therapy: Theory and Practice. Facing our issues head on, he blends his vast knowledge with his signature personable approach. New material tackles the pandemic fallout, rising depression and suicide rates, racism, and social justice, to name a few. He addresses how adolescents can use technology to send their story out globally, and the significance of writing in community, whether a young child or newly retired looking for purpose. Replacing fear with hope, Mazza follows the healing path of poetry, with his own touch of genius." — Perie J Longo, PhD, licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, registered Poetry TherapistTable of ContentsPart I: The Foundation of Poetry Therapy; 1. The History and Development of Poetry Therapy 2. Theoretical Foundations of Poetry Therapy 3. The RES. Poetry Therapy Practice Model; Part II: Modalities of Poetry Therapy; 4. Working with Individuals 5. Working with Families 6. Working with Groups 7. Working with Communities; Part III: Developmental Stages; 8. Children and Early Adolescents 9. Adolescents and Young Adults 10. Adults 11. Older Adults 12. Death and Loss; Part IV: Research, Education, and Professional Development; 13. Research 14. Education 15. Professional Development and New Directions; Part V: Special Topics; 16. Pandemic 17. Spirituality 18. Poetry, Running, and Personal Development: A Poetic Approach to Life Transitions; Afterword; References; Appendices

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Book SynopsisThis practical guide presents the cutting-edge work of the Trauma Center’s yoga therapy programme, teaching all therapists how to incorporate it into their practices.Trade Review"This user-friendly, easily read book provides ample case vignettes, suggested language and photo images of yoga forms to use...I would encourage all counsellors and therapists to try it—you may be pleasantly surprised." -- Therapy Today

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Book SynopsisThe impact of visual images all around us on clients who suffer from eating disorders; using phototherapy as a means of healing.

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Book SynopsisDiscussing the outsized role that fear, anxiety and other distressing emotions play in forming fundamental aspects of who we are.

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Book SynopsisHelp for both victims and offenders of sexual misconduct in the age of #MeToo.

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Book SynopsisNow in its third edition, Itâs My Life Now is a guide for survivors who have left an abusive relationship. It addressesâin clear, non-threatening languageâvarious issues associated with abuse and violence, including post-relationship emotions, psychological impact, dealing with children, personal safety, legal problems, and financial security. Each chapter dismantles common myths about being in and leaving an abusive relationship and contains activities for self-exploration that survivors can complete as they navigate a new life free from abuse. Recommended by the National Coalition of Domestic Violence, this book is designed to benefit any survivor, no matter how much time has passed.Trade Review"It’s My Life Now is a comprehensive roadmap toward rebuilding one’s internal sense of safety, esteem, and control at the conclusion of an abusive relationship. It’s My Life Now recognizes the innate challenges at the end of one's relationship and provides concrete strategies and tools to progress through this transition."Lia Woods Holbrook, program director, Project Sanctuary"Dugan and Hock continue to impact the lives of survivors in their newest edition of It's My Life Now. Each chapter provides valuable information that can empower people as they rebuild their lives in the aftermath of abuse. A resource for survivors and mental health professionals alike, this is my go-to book when working with this population."Kevin A. Fall, PhD, LPC-S, professor and program coordinator, Professional Counseling Program, Texas State University Table of ContentsPART I: LOOKING BACK 1. Were You in an Abusive Relationship? 2. Are You Out of Danger Now? 3. Self-Esteem 4. The Hidden Horror: Sexual Abuse 5. How Could You Have Loved an Abuser? 6. Abuse of Men by Women, and Abuse in Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Relationships PART II: NOW 7. Losing Your Partner, Your Dream, Your Life 8. When Feelings Overwhelm You 9. Signs of Unfinished Healing 10. What About the Children? 11. The Reactions of Others PART III: LOOKING FORWARD 12. Practical Considerations 13. Beginning to Heal 14. Who Are You Now? 15. The Temptation to Go Back 16. Is Your Abuser Still in Your Life? 17. Loving Again

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Book SynopsisSupervising the Counsellor and Psychotherapist considers how to meet the supervision needs of trainee and experienced counsellors, psychotherapists and other helping professionals using an integrative approach that will appeal to practitioners from a broad range of backgrounds and theoretical persuasions. The book charts the development of the supervisor as he or she moves through making the transition from therapist to supervising the work of others and includes consideration of the advanced competencies required to supervise experienced practitioners.This third edition brings a number of contemporary perspectives to a well-known and widely respected core text for the training and development of supervisors. The Cyclical Model at the heart of the book has established its relevance in the UK as one of the best known frameworks for teaching and learning the steps and stages of supervision. All chapters in this new edition have been extensively revised and updated, andTrade Review‘This third edition keeps the earlier one’s skeleton and digests research and experience into a fuller body of applied knowledge. The authors create an integrative, coherent, nuanced, unpretentious, grounded, thoroughly enjoyable and engaging read. Having refined their original model, they give attention to deep collaborative supervisory relationships, and explore important topics for experienced and new supervisors. It is rare to have such a fresh third edition of a classic.’ - Penny Henderson, Fellow of British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and Co-director of Cambridge Supervision Training‘For anyone interested in clinical supervision of counsellors and psychotherapists this is a must read. Steve Page and Val Wosket write in an engaging, informed and above all scholarly fashion about supervision today. The authors are senior figures in the field and in this latest edition of their book they re-present their cyclical model of supervision within an up to date and global context. New material is covered that draws from their own supervisory practice, the latest scholarly publications, ethical and equality considerations and new approaches that include supervision online and by telephone.’ - Professor William West, Reader in Counselling Studies, University of Manchester and Visiting Professor of Counselling and Spirituality, University of Central Lancashire, UKTable of ContentsList of Illustrations. Preface. Acknowledgements. Chapter One: An historical overview. Chapter Two: From therapist to supervisor. Chapter Three: Overview of the supervision model. Chapter Four: Stage 1: Contract. Chapter Five: Stage 2: Focus. Chapter Six: Stage 3: Space. Chapter Seven: Stage 4: Bridge. Chapter Eight: Stage 5: Review. Chapter Nine: Supervising in groups. Chapter Ten: Ethical and professional issues. Chapter Eleven: Difference and diversity in supervision. Chapter Twelve: Supervising experienced practitioners. Chapter Thirteen: Deepening supervision practice. Chapter Fourteen: Training and development of the supervisor. Chapter Fifteen: Beyond supervising the counsellor and psychotherapist. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisSexualities: Contemporary Psychoanalytic Perspectives presents a broad selection of contemporary psychoanalytic thinking on sexuality from a wide range of psychoanalytic traditions. Sexuality remains at the heart of much psychoanalytic theory and practice but it is a complex and controversial subject. Edited by Alessandra Lemma and Paul E. Lynch, this volume includes a range of international contributions that examine contemporary issues and trace common themes needed to understand any sexuality, including the basics of sexuality, and the myriad ways in which sexuality is lived. The clinical examples provided here demonstrate contemporary psychoanalytic techniques that uncover meanings that are both fresh and enlightening, and address heterosexuality, homosexuality, gender, and perversion from a psychoanalytic perspective. Divided into four parts, the book includes the following: Historical context Foundational concepts: Contemporary Trade Review"In this remarkable new collection of essays, Alessandra Lemma and Paul E. Lynch have provided us with an up-to-the-minute compendium of current psychoanalytic thinking regarding sexualities. Desire, developmental pathways of gender and sexual orientation, prostitution, perversion, sexual excitement, intimacy, and many other themes are considered from various perspectives that are unfailingly enlightening. Psychoanalysis has struggled with this entire area because of our fear of looking at what is in front of our eyes. This extraordinary book helps us see what we may prefer to avoid in ourselves and in others. It deserves a place on the bookshelf of every psychoanalytically-oriented clinician and will surely be used as a textbook for courses in psychoanalytic institutes. - Glen O. Gabbard, MD. - Training and Supervising Analyst at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston. This book sets a new standard. Contributors portray extraordinary empathy for and rich clinical documentation of the wide range of psychic and behavioral usages of sexuality and gender. They candidly acknowledge wrestling, like Freud, with old feelings -- discomfort with some current culturally-contested formulations while being at the forefront of contestation. Several chapters provide an original, creative integration of abstract theories about maternal sexuality with research on attachment, mirroring and mentalization and on-the-ground observations of infantile sexuality. I was grateful for recognition of Stoller's contribution and for necessary, and too rare, discussions of the relations between sociology, sexology and psychoanalysis. - Nancy J Chodorow, PhD. Training and Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. "The book make a compelling argument for how psychoanalytic conepts such as mirroring and revisiting the Oedipal Complex could help us understand sexual variations (a term preferred by some sexologists to "perversions"), gender, and homosexuality... The current sexual climate requires a reevaluation of theories to explain human sexuality to keep pace with changes in issues such as gay and lesbian rights, sexual dysfunctions, and gender issues. Lemma and Lynch have managed to provide updated and integrative discussions on these issues. Lemma nad Lynch have managed to provide updated and integrative discussions on these issues. The book should be of interest to scholars interested in sexology, as well as to historians of psychology and clinicians." - Carlos Escoto, Eastern Connecticut State University, associate editor for Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, in PsycCritiques "In this remarkable new collection of essays, Alessandra Lemma and Paul E. Lynch have provided us with an up-to-the-minute compendium of current psychoanalytic thinking regarding sexualities. Desire, developmental pathways of gender and sexual orientation, prostitution, perversion, sexual excitement, intimacy, and many other themes are considered from various perspectives that are unfailingly enlightening. Psychoanalysis has struggled with this entire area because of our fear of looking at what is in front of our eyes. This extraordinary book helps us see what we may prefer to avoid in ourselves and in others. It deserves a place on the bookshelf of every psychoanalytically-oriented clinician and will surely be used as a textbook for courses in psychoanalytic institutes. - Glen O. Gabbard, MD. - Training and Supervising Analyst at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston. This book sets a new standard. Contributors portray extraordinary empathy for and rich clinical documentation of the wide range of psychic and behavioral usages of sexuality and gender. They candidly acknowledge wrestling, like Freud, with old feelings -- discomfort with some current culturally-contested formulations while being at the forefront of contestation. Several chapters provide an original, creative integration of abstract theories about maternal sexuality with research on attachment, mirroring and mentalization and on-the-ground observations of infantile sexuality. I was grateful for recognition of Stoller's contribution and for necessary, and too rare, discussions of the relations between sociology, sexology and psychoanalysis. - Nancy J Chodorow, PhD. Training and Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. Table of ContentsIntroduction. What happened to psychoanalysis in the wake of the sexual revolution? A developmental model of sexual excitement, desire and alienation. Desire and Its Discontents. Disrupting Oedipus; The Legacy of the Sphinx. No maps for uncharted lands: what does gender expression have to do with sexual orientation? . A Scientific Theory of homosexuality for psychoanalysis. Intimacy, Desire and Shame in Gay Male Sexuality. Objecting to the object: Encountering the internal parental couple relationship for lesbian and gay couples. The Sexual Aberrations: Do We Still Need the Concept? If so, when and why? If not, why not? The prostitute as mirror: Distinguishing perverse and non-perverse use of prostitutes.. On sexual perversions’capacity to act as portal to psychic states that have evaded representation. Working with problems of perversion.

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Book SynopsisA practical guide with a strong theoretical base which explains how elements of coaching can be customised and adapted for relationships. Trade Review "This book is a valuable resource for trainee relationship coaches and professional coaches looking to apply existing skills to a new client group, as well as a useful interactive guide for all counsellors – and specifically relationship counsellors – wishing to further develop brief and pragmatic coaching methodology practice." – Kirsten Leslie, Coaching Today"Coaching is gradually but confidently moving into new areas of application. This book is an intelligent guide and an important resource for those who wish to enrich their understanding of relationship coaching. Clear and accessible, it is highly recommended for both coaches and potential clients." – Dr Tatiana Bachkirova, Reader in Coaching Psychology, Faculty of Business, Oxford Brookes University, UK"Today the schooling we get on relationship skills, such as friendship, marriage, and parenting, emerges from the hard knocks of life experience, a somewhat inefficient and often painful process. At long last, Ives and Cox have launched a comprehensive and well-grounded guide to relationship coaching. Now coaches can enter this field knowing they are standing on a robust intellectual and scientific foundation." – Margaret Moore, CEO, Wellcoaches Corporation and Co-Director, Institute of Coaching, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School affiliate, USA"Much attention is paid in the therapeutic world to how damaged relationships might be repaired but less attention is paid to helping people adopt a more helpful approach to achieving a more satisfactory life-affirming outcome to their quest. This book rectifies that imbalance, providing a model that fosters human flourishing, supporting people in their pursuit of relationship fulfilment and success." – Nick Turner, from the foreword ‘Coaching is gradually but confidently moving into new areas of application. This book is an intelligent guide and an important resource for those who wish to enrich their understanding of relationship coaching. Clear and accessible, it is highly recommended for both coaches and potential clients.’ - Dr Tatiana Bachkirova, Reader in Coaching Psychology, Faculty of Business, Oxford Brookes University, UK‘Today the schooling we get on relationship skills, such as friendship, marriage, and parenting, emerges from the hard knocks of life experience, a somewhat inefficient and often painful process. At long last, Ives and Cox have launched a comprehensive and well-grounded guide to relationship coaching. Now coaches can enter this field knowing they are standing on a robust intellectual and scientific foundation.’ – Margaret Moore, CEO, Wellcoaches Corporation and Co-Director, Institute of Coaching, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School affiliate, USA‘Much attention is paid in the therapeutic world to how damaged relationships might be repaired but less attention is paid to helping people adopt a more helpful approach to achieving a more satisfactory life-affirming outcome to their quest. This book rectifies that imbalance, providing a model that fosters human flourishing, supporting people in their pursuit of relationship fulfilment and success.’ – Nick Turner, from the forewordTable of ContentsForeword. Introduction 2. Working Towards Personal Development in Relationship Coaching. 3. Working to Achieve Relationship Goals. 4. Psychological Approaches and Relationship Coaching. 5. Relationship Coaching in Practice 6. Coaching Single People for Relationship Success 7. Coaching Couples 8. Coaching with Parents 9. Professional and Ethical Issues 10. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisLove and Sex in a New Relationship explores leaving a long relationship and starting a new one, with all the complexities that entails. Using her experience as a relationship therapist, Cate Campbell takes the reader through the journey of loss and renewal, examining the dynamics involved in the end and beginning of a relationship, and how to give new relationships the best chance of survival.Focusing on three main relationship issues, the book considers: how to end a relationship and manage ongoing contact with an ex; how to understand what went wrong in previous relationships; and how to overcome everyday relationship problems and make relationships thrive. Taking into account the effect of technology and social media, and how to make online dating work, the book offers a distinctly modern take on relationships. Similarly, the spectrum of sexuality, gender and sexual relationships is addressed, with many different examples included throughout the book. With practical advice, case studies, quizzes and exercises to help identify and remedy a variety of problems that can occur at any stage of a relationship, Love and Sex in a New Relationship will provide an essential resource for relationship counsellors and their clients.Trade ReviewThis book offers a refreshing approach to the subject of love and sex in new relationships. Accessible as well as scholarly, it covers the end of relationships and the pitfalls which may be encountered when starting again. The author shares her considerable knowledge as a practitioner with the reader, bringing the book alive with case vignettes and offering practical advice and quizzes. Humorous and thought provoking, a highly relevant contemporary look at intimate relationships in the twenty first century. Michèle Logue, MA, relationship and psychosexual therapist, programme leader at the Foundation for Counselling and Relationship Studies at University Centre Doncaster.Table of ContentsCONTENTSIntroduction xPART ONE:A New Start Making decisions xYou and your exxxYour single self xxPART TWO:Looking Forward -- Looking Back How we do relationshipsxxWhy couples arguexxThe unconscious contractxxUnfinished businessxxPART THREE:Managing New RelationshipsUncertainty xxBreaking and avoiding negative cyclesxxxRelationship trauma xxxSexxxxThe relationship lifecyclexxxHappy ever afterIndexxxxxxxEXERCISESPlan your lifexxUsing your younger selfxxTopics for discussionxxVulnerabilityxxQualities xxDriversxxActivity scoringxxxTalking pointxxxWhat kind of life do I want?xxxI am the kind of personxxxQUIZZESBuried concernsxxHow you arguexxHow in touch with the past are you?xxAre you a hoper or a healerxxx

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Book SynopsisDesigned for psychotherapists and counsellors in training, An Introduction to the Therapeutic Frame clarifies the concept of the frame - the way of working set out in the first meeting between therapist and client. This Classic Edition of the book includes a brand new introduction by the author.Anne Gray, an experienced psychotherapist and teacher, uses lively and extensive case material to show how the frame can both contain feelings and further understanding within the therapeutic relationship. She takes the reader through each stage of therapeutic work, from the first meeting to the final contact, and looks at those aspects of management that beginners often find difficult, such as fee payment, letters and telephone calls, supervision and evaluation. Her practical advice on how to handle these situations will be invaluable to trainees as well as to those involved in their training.Trade Review"It has been a pleasure to re-read Anne Gray's book. It is beautifully written, admirably clear and exquisitely thoughtful. Gray's purpose is to demonstrate the value of containment of anxiety provided by the therapeutic frame and to illustrate, by a striking series of case studies, the values of the frame and the consequences of a failure to maintain it. With remarkable humility she describes mistakes she has made and their consequences. Absolutely the most engaging aspect of the book is Gray's authorial voice, which is not dogmatic or prescriptive, but on the contrary authoritative and facilitative. This is a book which has plenty of life left in it yet."Julia Buckroyd, Emeritus Professor of Counselling, University of Herfordshire and Fellow of BACP.'This is a rewarding and wise book offering a thoughtful approach to the everyday challenge of managing patient related correspondence, telephone calls, initial consultations, fees and endings whilst remaining vigilantly anchored in the transference when it comes to understanding what these activities might also mean to the troubled mind in search of competent help."Anthony Cantle, Psychoanalyst and Fellow of the Institute of Psycho-Analysis, London."This is an essential textbook for trainee therapists and experienced practitioners alike. Anne Gray conveys in accessible and human terms the fundamental significance of the frame in all our therapeutic endeavours. I wholeheartedly recommend this book." Dr Gill Popple, Professional Lead for Counselling Training Programmes, University of Hertfordshire.Table of ContentsThe Frame. Transference, Countertransference and Interpretation. The First Contact. First Meetings. Letters and Telephone Calls. Third-Party Communications. Ongoing Work. Money Matters. A Brief Intervention. Supervision. Ending and Evaluation.

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Book SynopsisFeminist Perspectives in Therapy: Empowering Diverse Womenaddresses core issues in feminist psychological practice along withstrategies and techniques for understanding the development andexperiences of women throughout their lives. Two leading feministpsychologists provide a model that integrates feminist andmulticultural theory and practice, incorporating both internal andexternal sources of women''s psychological distress andwell-being. This Second Edition is filled with valuable information on thelatest developments in research and major issues faced bytherapists treating women, along with clinical case studies thatprovide practical examples of how to put theory intopractice. Topics covered include: * Promoting physical and psychological health * Confronting interpersonal abuse and violence * Balancing career and family * Integrating multicultural and diversity issues * Negotiating relationships Complete with self-assessment activitiesTable of ContentsPrologue. PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF FEMINIST THERAPY. Foundations of Feminist Counseling and Therapy. Socialization for Womanhood: Developing Personal and SocialIdentities. Empowerment Feminist Therapy. Feminist Transformation of Counseling Theories. A Feminist Approach to Assessment. PART II: LIFE SPAN ISSUES IN COUNSELING WOMEN. Dealing with Depression. Choosing a Career Path. Surviving Sexual Assault. Confronting Abuse. PART III: BECOMING A FEMINIST THERAPIST. Reconsidering Research. Exploring Ethics and Practice Issues. Implementing a Feminist-Diversity Model of Training. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisA collection of stories, grouped by therapeutic outcome, for therapists to use with clients searching for solutions to or enlightenment about their problems.Trade Review"George Burns' 101 Healing Stories: Using metaphors in Therapy will reignite the spirit that can enhance everyone's commitment to help people help themselves." "For anyone planning (or even considering) the implementation of metaphors in healing, this book is a must-read. It provides a comprehensive look at the topic -- in a very user friendly style." (Brian Alman, Ph.D., author of The Six Steps To Freedom, Self-Hypnosis, and Thin Meditations I was captivated by this book from the Introduction to the final page. George Burns is a rarity. He is not only a master storyteller, he is able to do what few artists blessed with a disciplined genius can do. He can describe what he did and why he did it. This book is like taking a master course in metaphor and therapeutic storytelling, complete with suggested exercises to individualize and expand the learning. The format of the book follows the traditional teaching model that makes learning easier: Tell what you are going to do, do it, then describe what you did. The book is divided into three parts: [An overview of ] Metaphor Therapy, Healing Stories, and Creating Your Own Metaphors. Since I supervise and teach students and interns and conduct workshops for licensed mental health professionals, I decided to take the book out for a "test drive" and used this book as the core of my training for a semester. I started with the format found in the introduction. Unlike most books, I found the Introduction section crucial to the reading of 101 Healing Stories. It outlines not only how one was to use the book, but how to approach the creation, development, and presentation of therapeutic stories. In my class, this outline was invaluable for those students who found the task of therapeutic metaphor initially daunting. It outlined the process they were about to experience in small, reasonable, easily understood steps. It also reminded the more seasoned therapists of Erickson's admonition of the need to create metaphors for the individual client, rather than just apply a predetermined intervention to a diagnostic category. In that same way, the Introduction presents an open mindset for the reader to experience the stories as examples and stimuli rather than as stock stories to indiscriminately inject into clients. Part One, Metaphor Therapy, presents the rationale and uses of storytelling. It succinctly lists Ten Guidelines for Effective Storytelling including Six Guidelines for the Storyteller's Voice. These guidelines were very helpful for my beginning students and nice reminders that the more seasoned therapists could review. Part Two, Healing Stories, contained ten examples each of ten general goals of Healing Stories: Enhancing Empowerment, Acquiring Acceptance, Reframing Negative Attitudes, Changing Patterns of Behavior, Learning from Experience, Attaining Goals, Cultivating Compassion, Developing Wisdom, Caring for yourself, and Enhancing Happiness. Each of the stories was preceded by an outline of its therapeutic characteristics: Problems Addressed, Resources Developed and Outcomes Offered. This format makes it easy to teach and to learn. By listing the therapeutic characteristics prior to telling the story and reviewing the therapeutic characteristics afterwards, the pattern of the development of therapeutic stories (described in Part three of the book) becomes evident. The stories themselves are delightful. They are filled with humor and insight. Part Three is Creating Your Own Metaphors. It includes How to Do It and How Not to Do It and Using the PRO-Approach to Create Your Own Healing Stories. These sections are a structured review of what is intuitively suggested in Part Two. I found this very useful in translating the intuitive feelings that were stimulated by the story formats into concrete story-making skills. The students were able to follow the suggestions and easily generated their own stories. Part Three ends with Story 101. This is a wonderful story that is worth the price of the book. It combines the essence of Erickson with the heat of Burns. The book concludes with a significant list of References And Professional Literature On Metaphors. These include folktales, cross-cultural myths, legends, stories for children, religious and spiritual stories, videotapes and internet websites. This section reminded me of Erickson's observation that it was well and good for a therapist to trust his unconscious, but the unconscious needs to be fed regularly. Burns truly provides more than enough nutrition to keep the unconscious well fed. My test ride of the book was a resounding success. Both the beginning students and seasoned therapists loved the content and format of 101 Healing Stories. They found it easy to understand, entertaining and they were able to create their own stories that heal. If you want to develop your storytelling skills to the level of an art, I can recommend no finer book. And, it is a good read!! (Review by Richard Landis) "George W. Burns is indeed a master in the art of using stories for healing purposes." (Metapsychology Review, January 2003)Table of ContentsForeword By Michael D. Yapko, PhD. Introduction. The Importance of Stories. METAPHOR THERAPY. The Power of Stories. Effective Storytelling. Stories in Therapy. HEALING STORIES. Enhancing Empowerment. Acquiring Acceptance. Reframing Negative Attitudes. Changing Patterns of Behavior. Learning from Experience. Attaining Goals. Cultivating Compassion. Developing Wisdom. Caring For Yourself. Enhancing Happiness. CREATING YOUR OWN METAPHORS. How To Do It and How Not To Do It. Using The PRO-Approach to Create Your Own Healing Stories. Why Do You Teach in Stories? Resources. Index.

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Book SynopsisPatients as Victims Sexual Abuse in Psychotherapy and Counselling Derek Jehu, University of Leicester, UK with specialist contributions from John Davis, Tanya Garrett, Linda Jorgenson and Gary Schoener There is growing concern at the number of complaints about sexual abuse of patients while undergoing therapy. This book discusses the ethical proscription of sex between therapists and patients, and the legal and professional regulation of abuse in both North America and Britain--including many very recent and important legislative developments. The author looks at characteristics which appear to place therapists at risk of abusing, together with some pre-conditions necessary for the occurrence of abuse. He also discusses certain characteristics which render patients vulnerable to abuse, the consequences of abuse for them, and the treatment of the problems they present. Practitioners and trainees in the professions of clinical psychology, psychiatry, nursing, counselling and social work Table of ContentsETHICS. Proscription of Sexual Activities. Former Patients. EPIDEMIOLOGY. Epidemiology in the U.S.A. Epidemiology in the U.K. ABUSIVE THERAPISTS. Risk Characteristics and Preconditions for Abuse. Management of Abusive Behaviour. VICTIMIZED PATIENTS. Psychological Vulnerability to Abuse. Psychological Consequences of Abuse. Psychological Interventions with Victims. REGULATION AND PREVENTION. Regulation in the U.S.A. Regulation in the U.K. Primary Prevention of Abuse. Appendices. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisTherapists and counsellors in training and practice will find in this book a new, accessible and powerful approach to short-term therapy with couples. Much problem behaviour in relationships can be see## attempts to find solutions to pain and distress. This guide to therapy is based on the authors considerable clinical experience and on their integrative approach which brings together ideas from humanistic, analytic and cognitive behavioural therapy. The authors approach is based on a developmental perspective which relates the partners history to their present situation. The method helps couples to optimize the best aspects of their relationship rather than remaining stuck in repetitive, unproductive processes. This book brings together theory and practice, and is illustrated by ample clinical examples, as well as a substantial case history running through the treatment process. This book appears in the Wiley Series in Brief Therapy and Counselling Series Editor: Windy Dryden GoldsmitTable of ContentsDefinition, Aims and Scope of Brief Therapy with Couples. Strengths and Limitations of Brief Therapy with Couples. An Integrative Theoretical Model for Brief Therapy withCouples. Assessment and Problem Definition. Contracting in Brief Therapy with Couples. Working Through the Issue of Compatability of Value Systems andFrames of Reference. Working Through the Areas of Effective Problem-Solving and ConflictResolution. Working Through the Areas of Intimacy, Sexual Gratification and Funin Relationship. Working Through the Issues Relating to Caring for the Other.

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Book SynopsisHow can psychotherapists, counsellors and medical practitioners best determine the most appropriate treatment for individual patients in primary care? The growth of counselling and therapy in primary care has been accompanied by pressure for shorter-term, brief treatments and evidence-based, managed care.Table of ContentsPsychological Therapies in Primary Care. Patients and Their Problems. Therapy Models and Professional Disciplines. Assessment for Short vs. Longer-Term Treatment. Assessment II: Early Loss, Comorbidity and TreatmentModality. Does It Work?: Service Evaluation and Audit in Primary Care. Organizational Issues. Appendix. References. Index.

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