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Book SynopsisThis book is an account of work done six decades ago in Howard Hall, the maximum security section of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C. The two volumes of this work help fill a need for specific data on what transpires in psychotherapy, especially that of sexual and psychotic offenders.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 Synopsis and Guide Chapter 6 Chapter I: The Black Therapy Group Chapter 7 Chapter II: The White Therapy Group

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Book SynopsisThis book is an account of work done six decades ago in Howard Hall, the maximum security section of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C. The two volumes of this work help fill a need for specific data on what transpires in psychotherapy, especially that of sexual and psychotic offenders.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Chapter III: The Integrated Group Chapter 2 Chapter IV: Courses of Individual Patients in the Groups Chapter 3 Chapter V: Summary and Inferences Chapter 4 Chpater VI:The Works as Therapy and Research Chapter 5 Chapter VII: The Maximum Security Mental Hospital of the Future Chapter 6 Appendix A: Glossary Chapter 7 Appendix B: Occupational Therapy, the Parallel Program Chapter 8 Appendix C: Photographs of Howard Hall Chapter 9 Annotated Bibliography Chapter 10 Index

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Book SynopsisPresents principles of supportive-expressive psychotherapy and demonstrates how to combine it with other types of psychotherapies. This book is suitable for beginner and seasoned clinicians. It is also suitable for graduate level courses in psychology, especially suitable for those exploring personality disorders.Trade ReviewAmong this book's many contributions, two are particularly stellar. First, the book provides a treatment manual that conveys what the therapist ought to do, say, and assess and how to watch, listen, and formulate what transpires in the session. In the therapy business, treatment manuals are not that novel these days. However, a manual for psychodynamic therapy that contains concrete assessment guidelines and explicit directives on how to use the information during ongoing treatment is quite special. The manual presents principles to guide the therapist in concrete ways and describes processes and therapist-patient exchanges that make the treatment replicable for research or practice. Second, the book elaborates four methods that Luborsky has developed toidentify core conflicts, the context in which symptoms appear, pretreatment health and sickness, and therapeutic alliance (core conflictual relationship theme, symptom-context method, Health-Sickness Rating Scale, and helpingalliance methods, respectively). Finally and perhaps foremost, the book provides a model of integrating research and practice? namely, developing and using validated measures of key constructs, obtaining data that are pertinent to individual patients, and tracking progress by using -- Alan E. Kazdin Ph.D., Yale University * PsycCRITIQUES *This book brings together the clinical work and the sophisticated and influential research conducted by Dr. Luborsky and his numerous colleagues in the last 30 years. Research and Psychotherapy is an important contribution to the literature and will be of great help for psychotherapists interested in learning more about the practice and the research conducted with supportive-expressive (SE) therapy. -- Jacques P. Barber, Ph.D., Center for Psychotherapy Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of MedicineLester and Ellen Luborsky have given the field of psychoanalysis (and the larger community of psychotherapy) a gem with their book Research and Psychotherapy: The Vital Link. As a psychodynamically-oriented clinical and personality researcher and as a practicing psychoanalytic clinician, I am delighted that this book has been published. Not only does it describe how clinical psychotherapy research can be done, but it also shows how practicing clinicians can apply the findings of research immediately and directly to their clinical work. Although the book focuses on the research and practice of Supportive-Expressive (SE) Psychotherapy, which is the form of psychoanalytic psychotherapy that Lester Luborsky developed, I thought that the book applies equallywell to any form of psychoanalytic treatment. It is now more than hackneyed to write as a reviewer of a book that it will benefit both junior and senior colleagues, and most of the time when the reviewer writes such a statement, the book actually benefits only the junior colleagues, but this book is the real deal. It will benefit all colleagues. It will benefit junior colleagues who are starting out as researchers and/or clinicians and will benefit senior colleagues, because it will inform both groups a -- William H. Gottdiener, PhD * Psychologist-Psychoanalyst: Division 39 Newsletter *This book is well worth reading. -- John C. Markowitz, M.D. * The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. 196, No. *Concise presentations of the fundamental contributions of a most distinguished psychotherapy investigator. A wonderful text for introducing principles and methods in psychotherapy research. -- Sidney J. Blatt, Ph.D, author, Experiences of Depression: Theoretical, Clinical and Research Perspectives; co-editor, Theory and Treatment of DepressioAmong this book's many contributions, two are particularly stellar. First, the book provides a treatment manual that conveys what the therapist ought to do, say, and assess and how to watch, listen, and formulate what transpires in the session. In the therapy business, treatment manuals are not that novel these days. However, a manual for psychodynamic therapy that contains concrete assessment guidelines and explicit directives on how to use the information during ongoing treatment is quite special. The manual presents principles to guide the therapist in concrete ways and describes processes and therapist-patient exchanges that make the treatment replicable for research or practice. Second, the book elaborates four methods that Luborsky has developed to identify core conflicts, the context in which symptoms appear, pretreatment health and sickness, and therapeutic alliance (core conflictual relationship theme, symptom-context method, Health-Sickness Rating Scale, and helpingalliance methods, respectively). Finally and perhaps foremost, the book provides a model of integrating research and practice— namely, developing and using validated measures of key constructs, obtaining data that are pertinent to individual patients, and tracking progress by using this information to improve the quality of clinical care. This is what clinicians ought to be doing in clinical work, no matter what therapy they are using. Indeed, at a higher level of abstraction than SEP, Luborsky and Luborsky propose use of scientific thinking and methods (e.g., observation, hypotheses, assessment, and evaluation) to help patients. Accordingly, this book is one of the few constructive efforts to bridge research and practice with concrete and research-based guidelines. Luborsky and Luborsky point the way to bridge research and practice with a traditional form of therapy that looks systematically at patient problems, clinical care, and therapeutic progress. This book was published the same year Lester Luborsky turned 86, which further in -- Alan E. Kazdin Ph.D., Yale University * PsycCRITIQUES *Lester and Ellen Luborsky have given the field of psychoanalysis (and the larger community of psychotherapy) a gem with their book Research and Psychotherapy: The Vital Link. As a psychodynamically-oriented clinical and personality researcher and as a practicing psychoanalytic clinician, I am delighted that this book has been published. Not only does it describe how clinical psychotherapy research can be done, but it also shows how practicing clinicians can apply the findings of research immediately and directly to their clinical work. Although the book focuses on the research and practice of Supportive-Expressive (SE) Psychotherapy, which is the form of psychoanalytic psychotherapy that Lester Luborsky developed, I thought that the book applies equally well to any form of psychoanalytic treatment. It is now more than hackneyed to write as a reviewer of a book that it will benefit both junior and senior colleagues, and most of the time when the reviewer writes such a statement, the book actually benefits only the junior colleagues, but this book is the real deal. It will benefit all colleagues. It will benefit junior colleagues who are starting out as researchers and/or clinicians and will benefit senior colleagues, because it will inform both groups about the research behind SE and how to practice it. The book also will benefit senior psychotherapists (including psychoanalysts) by providing a corrective to those psychotherapists who claim that there is no effectual way to apply psychotherapy research to clinical practice. Finally, for those who want to learn how to conduct single-case research in the context of their private practices or who want to simply publish better clinical case reports, this book will prove highly instructive. Reading this book gave me one of those rare opportunities in my professional life to read a book and actually agree with the authors, while at the same time learning a tremendous amount. Even though I have long been familiar with this body of research, this book tied it al -- William H. Gottdiener, PhD * Psychologist-Psychoanalyst: Division 39 Newsletter *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface: The Book's Beginnings Part 2 The Vital Link Between Research and Psychotherapy Chapter 3 The Links Between Research & Psychotherapy Chapter 4 The Essence of Supportive-Expressive (SE) Psychotherapy Chapter 5 The Essence of SE Session-Limited Psychotherapy Part 6 Clinical Research Methods Chapter 7 The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) Method Chapter 8 The Symptom-Context Method Chapter 9 The Health-Sickness Rating Scale (HSRS) Method Chapter 10 The Helping-Alliance (HA) Methods Part 11 Doing Supportive-Expressive (SE) Psychotherapy Chapter 12 The Opening Phase of SE Psychotherapy Chapter 13 The Supportive Relationship: Its Hows and Whys Chapter 14 Expressive Techniques: Ways of Listening and Understanding Chapter 15 Expressive Techniques: Ways of Responding Chapter 16 The Closing Phase of SE Psychotherapy Part 17 Combining and Comparing SE Psychotherapy with Other Treatments Chapter 18 Combining Medication with SE Psychotherapy Chapter 19 Comparing and Combining Psychotherapies Part 20 Summaries: Linking Research and Psychotherapy Chapter 21 The Steps in SE Psychotherapy: A Review Chapter 22 Twenty New Ideas for Clinical Research Chapter 23 The Interplay of Clinical Hunches with Research Discoveries Chapter 24 Appendix A: CCRT Scoring: Standard Categories Chapter 25 Appendix B: Helping Alliance Questionnaire—I Chapter 26 Appendix C: Rating Scales for SE and SE Session-Limited Psychotherapy

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Book SynopsisPresents principles of supportive-expressive psychotherapy and demonstrates how to combine it with other types of psychotherapies. This book is suitable for beginner and seasoned clinicians. It is also suitable for graduate level courses in psychology, especially suitable for those exploring personality disorders.Trade ReviewAmong this book's many contributions, two are particularly stellar. First, the book provides a treatment manual that conveys what the therapist ought to do, say, and assess and how to watch, listen, and formulate what transpires in the session. In the therapy business, treatment manuals are not that novel these days. However, a manual for psychodynamic therapy that contains concrete assessment guidelines and explicit directives on how to use the information during ongoing treatment is quite special. The manual presents principles to guide the therapist in concrete ways and describes processes and therapist-patient exchanges that make the treatment replicable for research or practice. Second, the book elaborates four methods that Luborsky has developed toidentify core conflicts, the context in which symptoms appear, pretreatment health and sickness, and therapeutic alliance (core conflictual relationship theme, symptom-context method, Health-Sickness Rating Scale, and helpingalliance methods, respectively). Finally and perhaps foremost, the book provides a model of integrating research and practice? namely, developing and using validated measures of key constructs, obtaining data that are pertinent to individual patients, and tracking progress by using -- Alan E. Kazdin Ph.D., Yale University * PsycCRITIQUES *This book brings together the clinical work and the sophisticated and influential research conducted by Dr. Luborsky and his numerous colleagues in the last 30 years. Research and Psychotherapy is an important contribution to the literature and will be of great help for psychotherapists interested in learning more about the practice and the research conducted with supportive-expressive (SE) therapy. -- Jacques P. Barber, Ph.D., Center for Psychotherapy Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of MedicineLester and Ellen Luborsky have given the field of psychoanalysis (and the larger community of psychotherapy) a gem with their book Research and Psychotherapy: The Vital Link. As a psychodynamically-oriented clinical and personality researcher and as a practicing psychoanalytic clinician, I am delighted that this book has been published. Not only does it describe how clinical psychotherapy research can be done, but it also shows how practicing clinicians can apply the findings of research immediately and directly to their clinical work. Although the book focuses on the research and practice of Supportive-Expressive (SE) Psychotherapy, which is the form of psychoanalytic psychotherapy that Lester Luborsky developed, I thought that the book applies equallywell to any form of psychoanalytic treatment. It is now more than hackneyed to write as a reviewer of a book that it will benefit both junior and senior colleagues, and most of the time when the reviewer writes such a statement, the book actually benefits only the junior colleagues, but this book is the real deal. It will benefit all colleagues. It will benefit junior colleagues who are starting out as researchers and/or clinicians and will benefit senior colleagues, because it will inform both groups a -- William H. Gottdiener, PhD * Psychologist-Psychoanalyst: Division 39 Newsletter *This book is well worth reading. -- John C. Markowitz, M.D. * The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. 196, No. *Concise presentations of the fundamental contributions of a most distinguished psychotherapy investigator. A wonderful text for introducing principles and methods in psychotherapy research. -- Sidney J. Blatt, Ph.D, author, Experiences of Depression: Theoretical, Clinical and Research Perspectives; co-editor, Theory and Treatment of DepressioAmong this book's many contributions, two are particularly stellar. First, the book provides a treatment manual that conveys what the therapist ought to do, say, and assess and how to watch, listen, and formulate what transpires in the session. In the therapy business, treatment manuals are not that novel these days. However, a manual for psychodynamic therapy that contains concrete assessment guidelines and explicit directives on how to use the information during ongoing treatment is quite special. The manual presents principles to guide the therapist in concrete ways and describes processes and therapist-patient exchanges that make the treatment replicable for research or practice. Second, the book elaborates four methods that Luborsky has developed to identify core conflicts, the context in which symptoms appear, pretreatment health and sickness, and therapeutic alliance (core conflictual relationship theme, symptom-context method, Health-Sickness Rating Scale, and helpingalliance methods, respectively). Finally and perhaps foremost, the book provides a model of integrating research and practice— namely, developing and using validated measures of key constructs, obtaining data that are pertinent to individual patients, and tracking progress by using this information to improve the quality of clinical care. This is what clinicians ought to be doing in clinical work, no matter what therapy they are using. Indeed, at a higher level of abstraction than SEP, Luborsky and Luborsky propose use of scientific thinking and methods (e.g., observation, hypotheses, assessment, and evaluation) to help patients. Accordingly, this book is one of the few constructive efforts to bridge research and practice with concrete and research-based guidelines. Luborsky and Luborsky point the way to bridge research and practice with a traditional form of therapy that looks systematically at patient problems, clinical care, and therapeutic progress. This book was published the same year Lester Luborsky turned 86, which further in -- Alan E. Kazdin Ph.D., Yale University * PsycCRITIQUES *Lester and Ellen Luborsky have given the field of psychoanalysis (and the larger community of psychotherapy) a gem with their book Research and Psychotherapy: The Vital Link. As a psychodynamically-oriented clinical and personality researcher and as a practicing psychoanalytic clinician, I am delighted that this book has been published. Not only does it describe how clinical psychotherapy research can be done, but it also shows how practicing clinicians can apply the findings of research immediately and directly to their clinical work. Although the book focuses on the research and practice of Supportive-Expressive (SE) Psychotherapy, which is the form of psychoanalytic psychotherapy that Lester Luborsky developed, I thought that the book applies equally well to any form of psychoanalytic treatment. It is now more than hackneyed to write as a reviewer of a book that it will benefit both junior and senior colleagues, and most of the time when the reviewer writes such a statement, the book actually benefits only the junior colleagues, but this book is the real deal. It will benefit all colleagues. It will benefit junior colleagues who are starting out as researchers and/or clinicians and will benefit senior colleagues, because it will inform both groups about the research behind SE and how to practice it. The book also will benefit senior psychotherapists (including psychoanalysts) by providing a corrective to those psychotherapists who claim that there is no effectual way to apply psychotherapy research to clinical practice. Finally, for those who want to learn how to conduct single-case research in the context of their private practices or who want to simply publish better clinical case reports, this book will prove highly instructive. Reading this book gave me one of those rare opportunities in my professional life to read a book and actually agree with the authors, while at the same time learning a tremendous amount. Even though I have long been familiar with this body of research, this book tied it al -- William H. Gottdiener, PhD * Psychologist-Psychoanalyst: Division 39 Newsletter *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface: The Book's Beginnings Part 2 The Vital Link Between Research and Psychotherapy Chapter 3 The Links Between Research & Psychotherapy Chapter 4 The Essence of Supportive-Expressive (SE) Psychotherapy Chapter 5 The Essence of SE Session-Limited Psychotherapy Part 6 Clinical Research Methods Chapter 7 The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) Method Chapter 8 The Symptom-Context Method Chapter 9 The Health-Sickness Rating Scale (HSRS) Method Chapter 10 The Helping-Alliance (HA) Methods Part 11 Doing Supportive-Expressive (SE) Psychotherapy Chapter 12 The Opening Phase of SE Psychotherapy Chapter 13 The Supportive Relationship: Its Hows and Whys Chapter 14 Expressive Techniques: Ways of Listening and Understanding Chapter 15 Expressive Techniques: Ways of Responding Chapter 16 The Closing Phase of SE Psychotherapy Part 17 Combining and Comparing SE Psychotherapy with Other Treatments Chapter 18 Combining Medication with SE Psychotherapy Chapter 19 Comparing and Combining Psychotherapies Part 20 Summaries: Linking Research and Psychotherapy Chapter 21 The Steps in SE Psychotherapy: A Review Chapter 22 Twenty New Ideas for Clinical Research Chapter 23 The Interplay of Clinical Hunches with Research Discoveries Chapter 24 Appendix A: CCRT Scoring: Standard Categories Chapter 25 Appendix B: Helping Alliance Questionnaire—I Chapter 26 Appendix C: Rating Scales for SE and SE Session-Limited Psychotherapy

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMichael Karson provides a fresh way of looking at psychotherapy and theater, with lessons for each. The emphasis on 'lively theater' speaks to both the actor and the therapist within me, permiting me a new sense of integration. The theater metaphor offers a visualization of the different levels of conceptualizing psychotherapy that is clear and understandable. -- Roy W. Jarnecke, Ph.D., licensed clinical psychologist, Behavioral Healthcare of Fredericksburg; Board of Directors, Stage Door Productions, FredericksbWarning: this book may induce anxiety in therapists grown accustomed to rigid how-to manuals. In Deadly Therapy, Michael Karson parallels theatre's tradition of questioning political power structures by grappling with contemporary psychological assumptions about the client-therapist relationship, gender and multicultural influences, and the truth of authenticity, among other issues at the crux of psychotherapy. Scarcely should therapists put down this critical treatise without experiencing a deeply personal challenge: to listen by attending to nuance, question self-inflexibility, be open to diversified language and approach, and, therein, to enliven as if on stage the immediate moment of therapeutic space. -- Audrey K. Miller PhD, assistant professor of psychology, Sam Houston State UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1 Lessons from Deadly Theater Chapter 2 Lessons from Performance Theory Chapter 3 What Am I Doing to Irma? Chapter 4 Status Games Chapter 5 Gender Is Something We Do, Not Something We Are Chapter 6 Deadly Multiculturalism Chapter 7 Therapeutic Privilege Chapter 8 Is Science Just Another Party Line? Chapter 9 Critical Thinking About Critical Thinking Chapter 10 Applying Theory to the Therapy (and Not Just to the Patient’s Life) Chapter 11 Deadly Supervision Chapter 12 Fourteen Things We Can Do to Make Our Therapies Livelier Chapter 13 References Chapter 14 Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewKevin Hull's latest book is a gift by a gifted writer and clinician for mental health professionals working with children and adults on the autism spectrum. In this book, Hull persuasively makes the case for the value of group therapy with the colorful and unique individuals making up the high functioning ASD population. He then provides practical and creative group therapy strategies and tailors them for different age groups from young children to adults. This book is highly readable, compassionate, and deeply moving and beautifully illustrates the strengths-based approach and resilience mind-set in work with these intriguing individuals. -- David Crenshaw, PhD, Children's Home of PoughkeepsieIt has long been recognized that social interactions are among the most troubling difficulties for those with Asperger’s syndrome and many programs have addressed them in multiple ways. One approach that has not been tried very often is group therapy, even though it is helpful for people with many other conditions. The reason for this is that people with Asperger’s do very poorly in group settings and group therapy is often too insight oriented and language based to meet the interests and needs of those with Asperger’s. Now all of this might change thanks to this splendid contribution by Kevin Hull. His thorough understanding of Asperger’s disorder plus many years of experience with group therapy have enabled him to combine them in this thoughtful, sensitive, and easy to read book. He is able to capture the richness that group therapy encourages with the structure, predictability and encouragement of individual narrow interests that are so important to those with Asperger’s. His clear writing, penetrating theoretical insights, and wonderful case examples combine for a comprehensive presentation. These exhaustive discussions and descriptions help capture the idiosyncrasies of this population that have fascinated researchers and clinicians for the past half century and offer helpful suggestions for providing assistance to them and meeting their social needs. The book also shows with meaningful examples how group therapy for this population can build self-esteem and coping skills as well as help them to deal with anxiety and depression. We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to the author for finally giving this field the kind of thorough review and synthesis that it has badly needed. -- Gary B. Mesibov, PhD, University of North CarolinaTable of ContentsDedication Chapter 1: Group Therapy and the Autism Spectrum: A New Dawn Chapter 2: Clinical Information and Additional Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorders Chapter 3: Effectiveness and Usefulness of Group Therapy Chapter 4: Group Therapy with Young Children Diagnosed with ASD Chapter 5: Group Therapy with Older Children Diagnosed with ASD Chapter 6: Group Therapy with Adolescents Diagnosed with ASD Chapter 7: Group Therapy with Adults Diagnosed with ASD Epilogue Appendix References About the Author

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Book SynopsisThis introduction to psychotherapy covers all phases of the therapeutic process for individuals, couples and families. Readers are taken through the process of: conducting a thorough assessment; devising a treatment plan; planning overall treatment strategies; and carrying out the treatment.

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Book SynopsisFragments of Trauma and the Social Production of Suffering: Trauma, History, and Memory offers a kaleidoscope of perspectives that highlight the problem of traumatic memory. Because trauma fragments memory, storytelling is impeded by what is unknowable and what is unspeakable. Each of the contributors tackles the problem of narrativizing memory that is constructed from fragments that have been passed along the generations. When trauma is cultural as well as personal, it becomes even more invisible, as each generation's attempts at coping push the pain further below the surface. Consequently, that pain becomes increasingly ineffable, haunting succeeding generations. In each story the contributors offer, there emerges the theme of difference, a difference that turns back on itself and makes an accusation. Themes of knowing and unknowing show the terrible toll that trauma takes when there is no one with whom the trauma can be acknowledged and worked through. In the face of utter lack of rTrade ReviewThis book breaks new ground in work on intergenerational transmission of trauma. It not only offers a multitude of ways of understanding how trauma is passed on, but it brings theory compellingly alive by embedding it in a diverse and international array of sociocultural situations. The diversity itself allows readers to appreciate and experience the complex and painful ways that passed-on traumas are lived and communicated to those who bear witness. -- Lynne Layton, Harvard Medical SchoolThis is an indispensable book for anyone interested in how innovatively-applied psychoanalytical thinking can be profoundly but also practically useful. Trauma fragments memory and disables the cohering power of narrative. In this volume, highly skilled editors have facilitated the coming together of clinicians and consummate storytellers who have found ways to help traumatized individuals reconnect with and make sense of their lost and incoherent personal narratives. Working with the trauma in disparate cultures and across mute generations to help people 'live well and with integrity' may better be facilitated. -- Sue Wallace, Senior Adult Psychotherapist, National Health Service Greater Glasgow and ClydeFragments of Trauma is an important collection. Powerful and frequently unsettling, its chapters address experiences of trauma in settings from around the world: Māori communities in New Zealand, impoverished African-American neighbourhoods in the US, Irish immigrants in the UK, and many others. Uncompromising in its insistence that the psychic, social and historical dimensions of trauma cannot be separated, the book should be read by clinicians, social scientists and anyone who wants to grasp the continuing relevance of psychoanalysis to our understanding of social problems, as well as to overwhelming personal suffering and pain. -- Peter Redman, Editor of Psychoanalysis, Culture and SocietyTable of ContentsForeword Introduction, Marilyn Charles & Michael O’Loughlin Part I Fragments of Trauma Chapter 1: Trauma, Fragmentation, Memory, and Identity, Marilyn Charles Chapter 2: Healing Transgressions of Tapu: Re-Membering the Body Sacred, Ingo Lambrecht Chapter 3: Black Maids-White Madams and the Ghosts in the Nurseries of Post-apartheid South Africa, Cora Smith Chapter 4: The Lifelong Impact of Institutional Childhood Abuse: The Perspective of the Irish in Britain, Jeff Moore & Christine Thornton Chapter 5: Django Unchained: Identification with the Oppressor and Traumatic Reenactment, Claude Barbre Chapter 6: Trauma and Resilience among a Stolen Generation of Indigenous People, Janice Walters Chapter 7: The Subtle Trauma: Premenstrual Syndrome, Language, and Subjectivity , Marie Hansen Part II Interventions in Social Spaces Chapter 8: Life after “Death:” An Empirical and Clinical Perspective on Trauma, Karen Lombardi & Avigail Gordon Chapter 9: Sounding Home: Using Music to Help Bear Witness and with Expression of Trauma for Patients with Psychosis, Trisha Ready Chapter 10: A Good Little Group: Recovering Lost Connections between Aboriginal Mothers and Children, Cate Osborn Chapter 11: When Trauma is Normal: Violence, Creativity, and Healing Relationships in a Distressed African American Urban Neighborhood , Annie Stopford Chapter 12: Trauma and Identity in Teacher Education Spaces, Richard Johnson & Michael Salzman Chapter 13: Making Sense of the Senseless: Feeling Bad, Being Mad, Getting Charged Up, Judy Atkinson Chapter 14: To Unchain Haunting Blood Memories: Intergenerational Trauma Among African Americans, Kirkland C. Vaughans Chapter 15: “Thinking Beyond Our Means:” Engendering a Depth Understanding of Trauma, Michael O’Loughlin & Barbara Ann McLeod

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Book SynopsisWhile many books and current research in the field of child psychotherapy focus on typical psychiatric conditions faced by children and the associated treatments for those conditions, there is a paucity of information on treating vulnerable demographics and unique child populations. These include, but are not limited to, children affected by natural disasters, complex trauma, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Play Therapy with Vulnerable Populations: No Child Forgotten provides the latest research-supported, play-based interventions for clinicians to utilize with these children. This book encourages the reader through real-world application case studies to honor the significance of the therapeutic relationship and balance humanism and therapeutic warmth with evidence-based practices.Trade ReviewGreen and Myrick advocate evidence-based play therapy in conjunction with a range of different problems. Recognizing that there is often a need for integrated therapies targeted at particular needs, the editors have assembled a range of authorities who explore a variety of techniques. Each essay reviews the particular problem children may have and describes the research and the appropriateness of each type of play therapy, culminating in a case history that demonstrates the impact of the particular approach. Children on the autism spectrum, those with physical disabilities, and those with obsessive compulsive disorder are among the populations discussed. Individuals recovering from trauma—be it a specific occurrence, such as a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina, or complex chronic trauma from multiple causes, such as sexual abuse or dysfunctional family situations—are examined and the most appropriate treatment is described. The various examples offer much useful information. Even more valuable is the emphasis on recognizing that the treatment must be appropriate to the particular individual and the specific problem he or she faces, and should include working with the children’s families. A valuable resource. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals. * CHOICE *This book is a helpful compilation of information and guidelines to work with several unique groups of children. The authors share their expertise of working with these children, clearly articulating the children’s needs, play therapy concepts, and applicable techniques. The case studies vibrantly demonstrate the resulting integrated treatment. Clearly a needed addition to our field as we seek to offer best practices with vulnerable populations. -- Linda E. Homeyer, PhD, Texas State UniversityEric Green and Amie Myrick have brought together a group of experts in the field of play therapy and the treatment of ‘vulnerable’ children. They have written and produced a highly readable and informative book. Well-grounded in theory and covering a wide range of issues and situations, this book will be of great benefit to practitioners, graduate students, and other interested professionals. I recommend it most highly. -- John Allan, professor emeritus, University of British Columbia, and author of Inscapes of the Child’s WorldGreen and Myrick, respected scholars and practitioners of play therapy, along with an impressive group of contributing authors are to be commended for this important new work on play therapy with a wide range of vulnerable client groups. The volume achieves a masterful blend of research-informed methods, solid theoretical underpinnings, and humanistic care that represents the best that play therapy offers. This book is highly recommended to practitioners and scholars alike. -- David A. Crenshaw, PhD, clinical director of the Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie, coeditor with Anne Stewart of Play Therapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice, and coeditor with Cathy Malchiodi of Creative Arts and Play Therapy for Attachment ProblemsTable of ContentsForeword Nancy Boyd-Webb Introduction Eric J. Green and Amie C. Myrick Part 1: Foundations Chapter 1 Integrating Play Therapy and Evidence-Informed Interventions with Vulnerable Populations: An Overview Anne L. Stewart and Eric J. Green Chapter 2 The Evidence and Filial Therapy: Effectively Integrating Parents Into Child Psychotherapy Glade Topham and Cynthia C. Sniscak Part 2: Clinical Applications for Traumatized Populations Chapter 3 Simple Interventions for Complex Trauma: Play-Based Safety and Affect Regulation Strategies for Child Survivors Janine Shelby, Brenda Aranda, Lisa Asbill, and Jenny A. Gallagher Chapter 4 Healing Young Children Affected by Sexual Abuse: The Therapeutic Touchstone Eileen Prendiville Chapter 5 Animal Assisted Play Therapy to Empower Vulnerable Children Risë VanFleet and Tracie Faa-Thompson Chapter 6 Disaster Response Play Therapy with Vulnerable Children Jennifer N. Baggerly and Marshia Allen-Auguston Chapter 7 Holistic Mental Health Care and Play Therapy for Hospitalized, Chronically Ill Children Judith A. Parson Part 3: Clinical Applications for Psychosocial and Developmental Issues Chapter 8 The Use of Psychometric Play-Based Assessment to Inform Research-Supported Treatment of Children with Autism Karen Stagnitti Chapter 9 Play Therapy with Children Affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Amie C. Myrick and Eric J. Green Chapter 10 Adlerian Play Therapy with Children Affected by Externalizing Behavioral Disorders Kristin K. Meany-Walen and Terry Kottman Chapter 11 Group Activity Therapy for Physically Disabled Preadolescents Affected by Bullying Amie C. Myrick, Julia A. Mitchell, and Kelsey A. Stephenson Chapter 12 Integrating Expressive Arts and Research-Supported Play-Based Interventions with LGBTQI Adolescents Linda Goldman About the Authors

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Book SynopsisEngaging Parents in Adolescent Therapy offers mental health professionals effective strategies to involve parents in the counseling process with adolescents. Weaving together the most current research in attachment theory with insightful clinical experiences, Myrick examines parental motivations in seeking treatment for teens and the complexity of parentadolescent relationships, while also addressing issues such as building rapport, therapeutic boundaries, coping with trauma and high-risk behaviors, and the role of social media in today's counseling and parenting relationships. Thoughtful and accessible, this book serves as a valuable resource to therapists and practitioners. Trade Review"A good supplemental text for graduate level courses that deal with providing therapy to teens. It is essential to involve parents, and this book gives important guidance.” -- Nancy Boyd Webb, Fordham University“Reflects the sensitivity and empathic qualities of a truly skilled therapist experienced in working with adolescents.” -- David A. Crenshaw, PhD, clinical director of the Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie, coeditor with Anne Stewart of Play Therapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice, and coeditor with Cathy Malchiodi of Creative Arts and Play Therapy for Attachment Problems

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Book SynopsisApplications of Family and Group Theraplay is rich in content and practical ideas guided by current research in attachment and neurobiological research. Most chapters are illustrated with a case study, including agendas from beginning, middle, and end sessions with an extensive appendix describing each activity, to help translate theory into practice. Theraplay, a research based therapeutic model that has gained increasing attention worldwide, is described in this book from its theory (based on attachment theory), research, to its underlying dimensions (structure, challenge, engagement, nurture) applied to a wide diversity of populations and formats. The book describes activities that have underlying goals of increasing parental attunement, creating a caring, accepting environment and co-regulating the child. It replicates normal parent/child interactions that are playful, physical, and fun. Applying Theraplay to a wide variety of populations (dysregulated, resistant, aggressive, impulTrade ReviewA comprehensive compendium covering the gamut on how best to utilize Theraplay. It not only offers coverage on family and group work, but also clearly addresses multicultural approaches, research, special populations and situations, working with parents,and dealing with termination. Each chapter is a gem unto itself, coming alive with case studies and examples. Given the ever-increasing and alarming rates of autism, trauma, poor parental attachment, and emotional and affect dysregulation in children,Theraplay is needed now more than ever. This excellent resource is a must-have book for both the experienced Theraplay therapist and also clinicians looking to integrate Theraplay and enhance their treatment repertoire. I highly recommend it!!! -- Athena A. Drewes, PsyD, MA, MS, RPT-S, director of Clinical Training, Astor Services for Children and FamiliesAdvances in our understanding of the sequential nature of brain development and the impact of trauma on this development have ignited considerable interest in finding therapies that are effective with lower brain region dysfunction. Unfortunately, traditional play therapies are very powerful in treating higher brain level dysfunction but have little impact on brain regions that are unresponsive to language, insight, and logic. In her most recent book, Applications of Family and Group Theraplay, Evangeline Munns has compiled a wonderful assortment of Theraplay techniques and strategies that can greatly assist the neurodevelopmentally sensitive therapist. -- Richard L. Gaskill, EdD, RPT-S, Clinical Director Sumner County Mental Health CenterApplications of Family and Group Theraplay is an informative assembly of chapters from front line Theraplay therapists. The descriptions of activities, as well as details regarding case studies, inform therapists how effective and adaptable Theraplay can be across cultures and with specific client populations. It is sure to become a valuable resource for therapists worldwide as they translate Theraplay’s theory into practice! -- Lorie Walton, M.Ed., President of the Canadian Association for Child and Play TherapyThis book is immediately useful, informative, and from my point of view convincing. Theraplay is gentle, it's practical, it's simple in design, and trusts that legitimate contact can be promoted through specific playful behaviors observed in normative and healthy parent-child relationships. Families present us with real challenges and Theraplay provides real solutions and empowers both parents and clinicians to contribute to the development of positive changes.... -- Eliana Gil, Ph.D., Childhelp Children's Center of VirginiaThis book is immediately useful, informative, and from my point of view convincing. Theraplay is gentle, it's practical, it's simple in design, and trusts that legitimate contact can be promoted through specific playful behaviors observed in normative and healthy parent-child relationships. Families present us with real challenges and Theraplay provides real solutions and empowers both parents and clinicians to contribute to the development of positive changes. -- Eliana Gil, Ph.D., Childhelp Children's Center of VirginiaA comprehensive compendium covering the gamut on how best to utilize Theraplay. It not only offers coverage on family and group work, but also clearly addresses multicultural approaches, research, special populations and situations, working with parents, and dealing with termination. Each chapter is a gem unto itself, coming alive with case studies and examples. Given the ever-increasing and alarming rates of autism, trauma, poor parental attachment, and emotional and affect dysregulation in children, Theraplay is needed now more than ever. This excellent resource is a must-have book for both the experienced Theraplay therapist and also clinicians looking to integrate Theraplay and enhance their treatment repertoire. I highly recommend it! -- Athena A. Drewes, PsyD, MA, MS, RPT-S, director of Clinical Training, Astor Services for Children and FamiliesTable of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction Part 3 Part I: Background and Fundamentals of Theraplay Chapter 4 Chapter 1. Family and Group Theraplay Chapter 5 Chapter 2. Research on Theraplay Effectiveness Part 6 Part II: Theraplay with Special Populations Chapter 7 Chapter 3. The Dysregulated Child in Theraplay Chapter 8 Chapter 4. Theraplay with Overtly and Passively Resistant Children Chapter 9 Chapter 5. Theraplay with Adopted Children Chapter 10 Chapter 6. Theraplay Approaches for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Chapter 11 Chapter 7. The Powerful Catalyst in Residential Treatment Part 12 Part III: Theraplay and Cultural Diversity Chapter 13 Chapter 8. Theraplay and Aboriginal Peoples Chapter 14 Chapter 9. Theraplay for Chinese Children Chapter 15 Chapter 10. Theraplay in Germany Chapter 16 Chapter 11. Theraplay Used in a Multi-Cultural Environment Part 17 Part IV: Theraplay Integrated with Other Therapies Chapter 18 Chapter 12. In Sync Chapter 19 Chapter 13. Theraplay and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Chapter 20 Chapter 14. Parent Session in Theraplay—A Way to Consolidate Therapeutic Alliance Chapter 21 Chapter 15. Theraplay in Combination with Sensory and Handling Techniques: The Body Mind Connection in Pediatrics Chapter 22 Chapter 16. Relinquishment Visits: Saying Goodbye is an Unnatural Process Chapter 23 Chapter 17. Equine Assisted Therapy and Theraplay Part 24 Part V: Group Theraplay Chapter 25 Chapter 18. Father-Son Group Theraplay Chapter 26 Chapter 19. Theraplay and Adolescents

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