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Book SynopsisIn this carefully crafted exploration of classic hypnotherapy, Hugh Gunnison has articulated the connection between the ideas and practices of Milton H. Erickson and Carl R. Rogers. This volume gently guides the reader to new understandings in a significant contribution to the work of the experienced counselor, social worker, psychologist or marriage and family therapist. Whatever their setting, practitioners are sure to find stimulating material.Trade ReviewHugh Gunnison is a master at integrating theories and techniques and putting them into practice. His engaging writing style and practical examples make Hypnocounseling a valuable resource for counseling students and professionals. I shall be using this book in my classes. Jay Cerio, Associate Professor and Director, Child and Family Services Center, Alfred University NY.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Rogers and Erickson Impact on Counseling; Origin and Development of Values Person-Centeredness; The Self as a Tool; The Importance of Caring and Respect for the Client (Positive Regard); The Importance of Empathy; Genuineness, Communication, and Self-Hypnosis; The Use of Metaphors; On Growth, Self-Actualization and the Unconscious (Nonconscious); Rambles at Random and Implications Chapter 2: Theory Carl R. Rogers and Theory; The Propositions; Milton H. Erickson: Tentative Assumptions; A Short Course in Epistemologies Chapter 3: Mysteries from Physics; A New Oxymoron: Ordered Chaos - Complexity on the Edge of Chaos: The Story of Nonlinear Emerging Systems; Quantum Chaos: A Footnote; Quantum Mechanics: aka QM; aka Quantum Theory; aka The Copenhagen Interpretation; aka The Newer Physics; The Principle of Complementarity; The Uncertainty Principle; Choice - Free Will Chapter 4: Hypnosis and Hypnocounseling Hypnosis; Definitions - Hypnosis; Hypnotic Phenomena; Definitions - Hypnocounseling; Implied Directive Language (IDL): The Core of Hypnocounseling Hypno-Suggestive Language Patterns of Hypnocounseling (IDL) Chapter 5: Eclecticism Definitions and Discussions; R.R. Carkhuff, et al; The Core Conditions (A Certain Type of Relationship); The Three Phase Counseling Process Chapter 6: Strategies; Surrogate Self - SS; Fantasy Relaxation Technique - FRT; Fantasy Door Approach - FDA Dials, Meters and Gauges - DMG Chapter 7: Hypnocounseling and Brief Therapy Brief Therapy - BT; BT Assumptions; Examples of BT Questions; Creed of a Counselor; Hypnocounseling and A Surrogate Self (SS) as a Scaffolding for Brief Therapy: An Example of Mix and Match Non Conclusion Appendices A. A Script for FRT; B. A Script for FDA; C. 'Reaction to Gunnisons's article on the similarities and differences between Erickson and Rogers' - by Carl R. Rogers

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Book SynopsisAvailable for the first time in paperback, this 2007 second edition of Howard Kirschenbaum's biography of Carl Rogers extends to over 700 pages and includes a more detailed personal and professional history, an evaluation of the Wisconsin years and a full account of the last decade of Rogers' life. The years that followed the publication of the first edition of Carl Rogers' biography in 1979 turned out to be one of the most important periods of his career. Until now this work has not been widely known. Now, more than a quarter of a century after the first edition, Kirschenbaum has added deeper understanding of Rogers' contributions to psychology, the helping professions and society. On a personal level, access to recently revealed private papers tells us much more about Carl Rogers the man than was known to many of his closest associates. Brought to us by a masterly biographer whose own understanding of Carl Rogers, psychotherapy, education, and the human condition has matured over the intervening years. This much-anticipated second edition reflects a wiser and more balanced perspective of his subject. Now fully referenced, this is the life and work of Carl Rogers - no more, no less.Trade Review'I couldn't put it down. I kept jumping from one part of the book to another and getting absorbed in the close research and the wonderful detail. I know the book took years to research, and now I can see why. Even reading the footnotes is absorbing.' - Professor Dave Mearns; 'This book is absolutely essential reading for understanding Carl Rogers' achievements, humanity and frailties. It is of real interest to all therapists and educationalists where his writing and practice has been so influential-full of fascinating insights into his life and thinking. This book is the definitive biography of this leading figure whose influence in contemporary society extends so much further than person-centred therapy and psychology for which he is best known. - Professor Tim Bond,University of Bristol. Past Chair of British Association for Counselling.Table of ContentsChildhood and Youth: Suburban Childhood, Youth on a Farm, High School and Beyond.College Years: From Agriculture to Religion, Trip to China, Interim, History Major, Carl and Helen.The New York City Years: Union Theological Seminary, Personal Life, Columbia University, Institute for Child Guidance, Move to Rochester.The Rochester Years: Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning, Environmental Treatment, Education, Persuasion and Release, Psychoanalysis, Interpretive Therapy, Otto Rank and Relationship Therapy, Clinical Treatment of the Problem Child, Professional Activities, Personal Life, Move to Ohio.The Ohio Years: The New Professor, Counseling and Psychotherapy, The Client, The Non-Directive Method, The First Research, Recording Psychotherapy, Implementing the Method, Initial Impact, Working with Graduate Students, Personal Life, Professional Activities, Wartime Work, Move to Chicago.The Chicago Years: Part One: Getting Started, From Non-directive to Client-Centered, Speaking Personally, The Counseling Center, A Character Sketch, Becoming Congruent.The Chicago Years: Part Two: Congruence Continued, Unconditional Positive Regard, Necessary and Sufficient Conditions, Research on Psychotherapy, Professional Reputation, Personal Life, Developing Theory, Move to Wisconsin.Freud, Skinner and Rogers--Three Forces in Psychology: Freud, Rogers and Human Nature, Skinner, Gestalt and Humanistic Psychology, The Rogers-Skinner Debates, Rogers and the CIA, Other Dialogues, Integration and New Developments.The Wisconsin Years: The Schizophrenia Research Project, The Conflict in Wisconsin, The Schizophrenia Project Results, Relationships in Wisconsin, Personal Life, Professional Travel, On Becoming a Person, The Fully Functioning Person, Persons or Science, Widening Applications, Further Recognition, Move to California.The California Years--Encounter Groups and Education: At Home, WBSI, The Behavioral Sciences, Encounter Groups, On Encounter Groups, Center for Studies of the Person, Personal Life, Teaching and Learning, Freedom to Learn, Changing Educational Systems, Professional Honors.The California Years--Personal and Political Awakenings: Youthful Relationships, The Person of Tomorrow, Becoming Partners, Older and Growing, Political Awakening, Person-Centered Workshops, On Personal Power, Personal Relationships, Physical and Mental Health, Spiritual Journey.The California Years--Peacemaking: Cross-Cultural Work, Developments in the Person-Centered Approach, Peacemaking, A Way of Being.Epilogue: Following Rogers, Historical Importance, Expanding Publications, Proliferating Organizations, Evolving Research, Competing Paradigms, The Future of the Person-Centered Approach.

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Book SynopsisBipolar disorder is a lifelong challenge, but it doesn't have to rule your life. Join the many tens of thousands of readers who have used the science-based tools in this book to achieve greater balance and get the most out of treatment. Leading expert Dr. Monica Ramirez Basco helps you understand the nature of bipolar illness and recognize the early warning signs of mood swings. Step-by-step exercises (you can download and print additional copies of the forms as needed) give you greater insight into your own triggers, vulnerabilities, and strengths. Dr. Basco guides you to build the particular skills you need to withstand the seductive pull of manic episodes and escape the paralysis of depression. You'll also learn key strategies for managing stress, making healthy decisions, and solving problems. Vivid stories and examples illustrate how to put the techniques into action. Significantly revised, the second edition features a new structure, more succinct chapters, and streamlined exeTrade Review"For those on the bipolar spectrum--as well as loved ones who want to understand and help--this book is empathic, respectful, empowering, and accessible. Dr. Basco's deep understanding of the illness is evident. The steps in this book can help you strengthen your commitment to treatment, practice essential coping skills, and achieve greater stability."--Cory F. Newman, PhD, ABPP, Center for Cognitive Therapy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania "This workbook provides essential strategies for coping with mood swings and intense emotions. Dr. Basco explains step by step how to manage the mix of depression and mania symptoms that typically goes along with bipolar disorder. A fantastic book and a 'must read.'"--Thilo Deckersbach, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School "Having suffered with bipolar disorder for years, I am grateful for Dr. Basco's well-organized, easy-to-understand guidance on how to live with this illness. The book contains numerous useful exercises that help you organize your thoughts in a logical way. It helps you understand your symptoms and moods and teaches realistic coping strategies so you can get your life back."--Erin B. "Dr. Basco once again hits it out of the park with this clear and concise workbook. This book can have a profound effect on improving the quality of life of anyone with bipolar illness."--Daniel J. Taylor, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of North Texas "A great book has gotten even better. The Workbook is an invaluable aidto managing bipolar disorder and achieving sustained wellness. I highly recommend this lucidly written book to people with bipolar illness and their families and friends."--Madhukar H. Trivedi, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center -Basco successfully guides patients through the course of the various stages of their illness at an easy-to-understand level. The workbook continues to give patients the awareness, understanding, and knowledge to take control and ownership of their illness. It also will serve as an excellent resource for clinicians, families, and friends….Every patient who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder will find this a most beneficial resource. Notably, clinicians will enjoy sharing the exercises and tools with their patients as well. The author is a well-regarded member of the mental health field….This is a well-written and easy-to-read book that provides a solid foundation for patients to take control of their illness. The book promotes stability, medication compliance, managing emotions, and a proactive stance to help retain remission….It is a must-read for every person with bipolar disorder. ****!--Doody's Review Service, 11/9/2015ƒƒExtremely useful to patients and professionals....This is an excellent example of putting helpful, evidence-based tools and information in the hands of people...who are experiencing a baffling disorder.(on the first edition)--PyscCRITIQUES, 6/14/2006ƒƒA practical, bottom line tool....The structure and focus that counselors struggle to impart to persons with bipolar disorder is effectively presented in this client-friendly workbook....The best part, in my view as a therapist, is the overall tone of the book, which is positive, encouraging, and empowering. (on the first edition)--The Masters' Advocate, 3/1/2007ƒƒThis workbook successfully guides patients through the course of their illness at an easy-to-understand level and is specific to various stages of the illness. It will help patients gain awareness, understanding, knowledge, and ownership of their illness....This is, undoubtedly, one of the best workbooks on bipolar disorder in a long time. It is thorough, realistic, and should be given to all bipolar patients as part of their treatment plan. Highly recommended! 5 stars! (on the first edition)--Doody's Review Service, 9/29/2006Table of ContentsStep 1. Get the Big Picture 1. Understand How You Can Control Your Mood Swings 2. Learn about the Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder 3. Distinguish Symptoms from the Real You Step 2. See It Coming 4. Recognize and Label Your Moods 5. Identify Triggers and Improve Coping Step 3. Don't Make It Worse 6. Avoid Things That Make You Feel Worse 7. Don't Let Your Emotions Control Your Thoughts 8. Stop Avoidance and Procrastination Step 4. Reduce Your Symptoms 9. Regain Control When You Feel Overwhelmed 10. Change Your Negative Outlook 11. Analyze Your Thoughts 12. Work through Denial about Needing Medication 13. Improve Medication Consistency Step 5. Strengthen Your Coping Skills 14. Effectively Solve Problems 15. Strengthen Stress Management Skills and Healthy Habits 16. Make Better Decisions 17. Maintain Your Gains Resources

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Book SynopsisThe polyvagal theory presented in client-friendly language.

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Book SynopsisPresenting an effective treatment approach specifically tailored to the unique challenges of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), this book is grounded in state-of-the-art research. The authors are experts on BDD and related conditions. They describe ways to engage patients who believe they have defects or flaws in their appearance. Provided are clear-cut strategies for helping patients overcome the self-defeating thoughts, impairments in functioning, and sometimes dangerous ritualistic behaviors that characterize BDD. Clinician-friendly features include step-by-step instructions for conducting each session and more than 50 reproducible handouts and forms; the large-size format facilitates photocopying.See also the related self-help guide by Dr. Wilhelm, Feeling Good about the Way You Look, an ideal recommendation for clients with BDD or less severe body image problems.Trade Review"BDD entails substantial suffering and requires skilled therapeutic intervention. This unique treatment manual lives up to the stellar reputations of Wilhelm, Phillips, and Steketee. Their systematic treatment is science based, clinically informed, and practitioner friendly. The manual is generous in its provision of reproducible handouts and assessment tools, and it wisely guides therapy that is tailored to the individual client’s needs."--Thomas F. Cash, PhD, Department of Psychology (Emeritus), Old Dominion University"Wilhelm, Phillips, and Steketee are among a small handful of internationally recognized authorities on the etiology and treatment of BDD and related conditions. It is next to impossible to think of a better qualified group of authors for this definitive treatment manual."--David B. Sarwer, PhD, Departments of Psychiatry and Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania"BDD is a common and often crippling psychiatric disorder, yet too frequently it is not diagnosed or not competently treated. This book fills a critical niche by providing concrete, hands-on guidance for conducting state-of-the-art cognitive-behavioral therapy for BDD. The guidelines in this book will be accessible and useful for a wide range of readers, from students just beginning their training in behavioral therapies to seasoned professionals who are already experienced with BDD. An invaluable addition to the field."--Harrison G. Pope Jr., MD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School"This essential, richly detailed guide is written at a level of specificity that will enable even the clinician new to working with BDD to be comfortable implementing the strategies. The manual also provides a concise review of the scientific basis for the approach. All clinicians who treat patients with BDD or other clinically meaningful body image disturbances now have a go-to guide to add to their clinical bookshelves."--J. Kevin Thompson, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida"Helping patients accept that their problem is psychological rather than medical is a daunting prospect that is at the heart of treatment for BDD. This book encapsulates the wisdom from extensive clinical experience. It provides the therapist with an evidence-based map for navigating the challenges of this disorder, and has relevance for treating other obsessive-compulsive problems as well."--Janet Treasure, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, Director, Eating Disorders Research Unit, Kings College London, United Kingdom"BDD is a common and often crippling psychiatric disorder, yet too frequently it is not diagnosed or not competently treated. This book fills a critical niche by providing concrete, hands-on guidance for conducting state-of-the-art cognitive-behavioral therapy for BDD. The guidelines in this book will be accessible and useful for a wide range of readers, from students just beginning their training in behavioral therapies to seasoned professionals who are already experienced with BDD. An invaluable addition to the field." - Harrison G. Pope Jr., MD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School"Helping patients accept that their problem is psychological rather than medical is a daunting prospect that is at the heart of treatment for BDD. This book encapsulates the wisdom from extensive clinical experience. It provides the therapist with an evidence-based map for navigating the challenges of this disorder, and has relevance for treating other obsessive-compulsive and somatizing problems as well." - Janet Treasure, Kings College London, UK"BDD entails substantial suffering and requires skilled therapeutic intervention. This unique treatment manual lives up to the stellar reputations of Wilhelm, Phillips, and Steketee. Their systematic treatment is science based, clinically informed, and practitioner friendly. The manual is generous in its provision of reproducible handouts and assessment tools, and it wisely guides therapy that is tailored to the individual client’s needs." - Thomas F. Cash, Old Dominion University, Virginia, USAThis essential, richly detailed guide is written at a level of specificity that will enable even the clinician new to working with BDD to be comfortable implementing the strategies. The manual also provides a concise review of the scientific basis for the approach. All clinicians who treat patients with BDD or other clinically meaningful body image disturbances now have a go-to guide to add to their clinical bookshelves." - J. Kevin Thompson, PhD, University of South Florida, USATable of ContentsI. Fundamentals of Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Its Treatment1. Introduction to BDD 2. Treatment Overview and Roadmap3. Special Considerations in Treating Patients with BDD4. Diagnosing and Assessing BDD and Associated Symptoms5. Enhancing MotivationII. Introductory Sessions: Laying the Foundation for Successful Treatment6. Session 1: Assessing BDD, Orienting the Patient to CBT-BDD, and Assessing Motivation7. Session 2: Education and Case Formulation8. Session 3: Setting Goals, Describing CBT-BDD, and Assessing ThoughtsIII. Core Treatment Components9. Sessions 4-5: Evaluating Self-Defeating Thoughts 10. Session 6: Introducing Exposure 11. Sessions 7-9: Adding Ritual Prevention12. Session 10: Perceptual Retraining for Mirror Checking 13. Sessions 11-20: Introducing Advanced Cognitive Strategies and Moving Forward 14. Termination Sessions, Relapse Prevention, and Booster SessionsIV. Optional Modules for Patients with Relevant Symptoms15. Skin Picking and Hair Pulling 16. Weight, Shape, and Muscularity 17. Cosmetic Treatment 18. Depression

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Book SynopsisNow with brand new illustrations, the second edition of these bestselling cards continues to provide a tool to consider and discuss a multitude of positive and negative emotions. The cards cover the entire range of emotions identified within Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions, and a Blob Plutchik wheel is provided to show how the emotions relate to each other. Blobs are a way to discuss issues in a deep, meaningful way and yet they can be understood by adults and children alike. The groups of Blobs on these cards are acting in many familiar ''human'' ways: celebrating, worrying, feeling left out and supporting each other. Looking at Blobs together enables you to explore a wide range of feelings and emotions to do with personal and social interaction. The accompanying activity cards suggest several different ways of using the cards with individuals or groups to initiate discussion and reflection around emotions. Intended for use in educational settings and/or therapy conTable of Contents48 colour flashcards, with guidance for use

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Book SynopsisFor therapists wishing to build their skills in compassion-focused therapy (CFT), this powerful workbook presents a unique evidence-based training approach. Self-practice/self-reflection (SP/SR) enables therapists to apply CFT techniques to themselves and reflect on the experience as they work through 34 brief, carefully crafted modules. The authors are master trainers who elucidate the multiple layers of CFT, which integrates cognitive-behavioral therapy, evolutionary science, mindfulness, and other approaches. Three extended therapist examples serve as companions throughout the SP/SR journey. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the volume includes 24 reproducible forms. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print most of the reproducible materials.Trade Review"CFT is a bold new approach to psychotherapy based on our innate capacity to transform emotional suffering--our own and others'--by cultivating care and kindness. This workbook introduces clinicians to CFT and provides a first-person experiential framework for transferring that knowledge into clinical practice. A special strength of this book is its versatility; it invites clinicians to explore up to 34 different aspects of CFT that are most personally relevant. Highly recommended for novice and seasoned therapists who want to experience and share the life-changing potential of CFT."--Christopher Germer, PhD, private practice, Arlington, Massachusetts"CFT is becoming an essential technique in the armamentarium of the mental health clinician. This book allows clinicians to understand the power of CFT through applying the therapy to themselves, and by doing so, to improve both their own lives and their clinical effectiveness. The authors are to be commended for this superb, straightforward guide that allows the reader to truly experience CFT 'from the inside out.'"--James R. Doty, MD, Founder and Director, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, Stanford University"A 'must read' for all therapists! This book does an amazing job of taking the complex, empirically based principles of CFT and weaving them into an easy-to-implement guide to personal practice. Any therapist who wants to help clients develop greater self-compassion should read this book first in order to see how it all works. You will learn how to be kinder and more supportive to yourself using the practices of CFT. The SP/SR approach not only will improve the quality of your professional practice, but also will help you become happier and more emotionally resilient along the way."--Kristin Neff, PhD, Department of Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin"This book is an extraordinary achievement. It takes therapists to the heart and soul of CFT practice, inviting them to genuinely embody and experience compassion for both self and others. The workbook is intellectually vigorous and packed with a rich array of research and practices. This is a volume that will enrich the knowledge of novice and seasoned practitioners alike, and must be the go-to resource for anyone wanting to develop a deep understanding of CFT."--Graham Music, PhD, Tavistock Centre, London, United Kingdom"This excellent workbook provides therapists with an experiential exploration of CFT, giving them another clinical tool to help alleviate the suffering that their clients present in treatment. This will certainly enhance their work with these clients."--Doody's Review ServiceTable of ContentsSetting the Scene for CFT SP/SR Chapter 1. Introducing Experiencing Compassion-Focused Therapy from the Inside Out Chapter 2. A Brief Roadmap to CFT Chapter 3. Why Do SP/SR? Chapter 4. Getting the Most from SP/SR Chapter 5. A Trio of Companions I. Developing Compassionate Understanding Module 1. Initial Assessment and Identifying a Challenge Module 2. Three Systems of Emotion Module 3. Soothing Rhythm Breathing Module 4. Understanding the Tricky Brain Module 5. Exploring Old Brain–New Brain Loops Module 6. Mindful Breathing Module 7. Shaped by Our Experiences Module 8. Compassionate Functional Analysis Module 9. Safe-Place Imagery Module 10. Exploring Attachment Style Module 11. Exploring Fears of Compassion Module 12. Threat-Focused Formulation in CFT: Historical Influences and Key Fears Module 13. Threat-Focused Formulation in CFT: Safety Strategies and Unintended Consequences Module 14. The Mindful Check-In Module 15. Unpacking Compassion Module 16. Mindfulness of Self-Criticism Diary Module 17. Midprogram Assessment II. Cultivating Compassionate Ways of Being Module 18. Different Versions of the Self: The Threat-Based Self Module 19. Cultivating the Compassionate Self Module 20. The Compassionate Self in Action Module 21. Deepening the Compassionate Self Module 22. Behavioral Experiments in CFT III. Developing the Flows of Compassion Module 23. Compassion from Self to Others: Skill Building Using Memory Module 24. Compassion from Self to Others: Skill Building Using Imagery Module 25. Compassion from Self to Others: Compassionate Behavior Module 26. Compassion from Others to Self: Skill Building Using Memory Module 27. Compassion from Others to Self: Opening to Kindness from Others Module 28. Compassion Flowing to the Self: Compassionate Letter Writing IV. Engaging Compassionately with Our Multiple Selves Module 29. Getting to Know Our Multiple Selves Module 30. Writing from the Multiple Selves Module 31. Attachment and the Professional Self Module 32. The Internal Compassionate Supervisor Module 33. Using Your Internal Compassionate Supervisor to Work with a Difficulty V. Reflecting on Your CFT SP/SR Journey Module 34. Maintaining and Enhancing Compassionate Growth References Index

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Book SynopsisNow in a significantly revised third edition featuring 60% new material, this is the authoritative clinical reference and course text on a crucial psychotherapy skill. Leading practitioners of major psychotherapies describe step by step how to construct sound case formulations and use them to guide individualized treatment. Following a standard format, chapters cover the historical background of each case formulation approach, its conceptual framework and evidence base, multicultural considerations, steps in implementation, application to treatment planning and practice, and training resources. Rich case material includes examples of completed formulations. New to This Edition *Chapters on additional models: mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, couple therapy, and thematic mapping. *Chapters on specific approaches for personality disorders, suicidality, and panic disorder. *Expanded case examples now go beyond crafting thTrade Review"Any practicing clinician knows that there is more to conducting therapy than following a manual. Yet the growing availability of treatment manuals over the past several decades has led many training programs to pay relatively less attention to individualized case formulation. Fortunately, Eells and his contributors recognize the crucial importance of case formulation in planning personalized interventions for transdiagnostic problems. The third edition of this book continues to provide a notable contribution to the field with its detailed account of how case formulation may add to the effectiveness of therapeutic intervention."--Marvin R. Goldfried, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University "Case formulation allows therapists to know when and how to use their clinical skills and how to evaluate whether clients have benefited. The up-to-date third edition of this excellent resource helps practitioners from all different orientations learn how to construct and use case formulations. Doctoral students and experienced clinicians alike should read this book so they can respond more effectively to the needs of their clients. It is user friendly and easy to read."--Clara E. Hill, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park “Case formulation is the invisible force that guides psychotherapy--without a sound formulation, treatment is likely to be unfocused and of limited benefit. Developing a case formulation and using it to guide treatment is a skill needed by all psychotherapists, regardless of their theoretical orientation or psychotherapy style. In the third edition of this comprehensive handbook, Eells brings together other leaders in the field to approach case formulation from an array of perspectives, resulting in an effective integration of theory, evidence, and clinical practice.”--Bruce E. Wampold, PhD, ABPP, Department of Counseling Psychology (Emeritus), University of Wisconsin–Madison “This handbook is built on the cornerstones of evidence-based practice: theory, practice wisdom, the person of the client, and research. Each chapter lays out ways that clinicians can methodically engage clients while building hypotheses for treatment planning. Students and practicing clinicians can improve their practice processes and outcomes after reading this vital practice text."--Jemel P. Aguilar, PhD, Department of Social Work, Southern Connecticut State University-Table of Contents 1. History and Current Status of Psychotherapy Case Formulation, Tracy D. Eells 2. The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme for Personality Disorders, Brin F. S. Grenyer, Ely M. Marceau, & Hadas Wiseman 3. Panic-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Fredric N. Busch & Barbara L. Milrod 4. Plan Formulation Method, John T. Curtis & George Silberschatz 5. The Cyclical Maladaptive Pattern, Jeffrey L. Binder & Ephi J. Betan 6. Case Formulation in Interpersonal Psychotherapy of Depression, John C. Markowitz & Holly A. Swartz 7. Thematic Mapping: A Transtheoretical, Transdiagnostic Method of Case Conceptualization, Charles R. Ridley & Christina E. Jeffrey 8. Optimizing Psychotherapy with Plan Analysis, Franz Caspar 9. Cognitive-Behavioral Case Formulation, Jacqueline B. Persons & Michael A. Tompkins 10. Dialectical Behavior Therapy Case Formulation of Individuals Who Are Chronically Suicidal, Nicholas L. Salsman 11. Behavioral Approaches to Psychotherapy Case Formulation, Peter Sturmey 12. Case Conceptualization in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Willem Kuyken & Barnaby D. Dunn 13. Case Conceptualization in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Fredrick T. Chin, Cory E. Stanton, Brandon T. Sanford, & Steven C. Hayes 14. Case Formulation in Emotion-Focused Therapy, Rhonda N. Goldman & Leslie S. Greenberg 15. Conceptualization in the Gottman Method of Couple Therapy, John M. Gottman, Julie S. Gottman, Donald L. Cole, & Carrie U. Cole Index

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Book SynopsisNow in a revised and expanded sixth edition, this is the leading text on evidence-based treatments for frequently encountered mental health problems. David H. Barlow has assembled preeminent experts to present their respective approaches in step-by-step detail, including extended case examples. Each chapter provides state-of-the-art information on the disorder at hand, explains the conceptual and empirical bases of intervention, and addresses the most pressing question asked by students and practitioners--How do I do it? Concise chapter introductions from Barlow highlight the unique features of each treatment and enhance the book's utility for teaching and training. New to This Edition *Existing chapters thoroughly revised to incorporate the latest empirical findings and clinical practices. *Chapter on âœprocess-based therapy,â a new third-wave approach for social anxiety. *Chapter on transdiagnostic treatment of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors. *ChapteTrade Review"The sixth edition of Barlow's handbook is an essential resource for anyone wanting a deep dive into the latest developments in evidence-based practice for a wide variety of clinical concerns. Twenty-five years after formalizing the evidence-based practice movement within clinical psychology, Barlow has once again masterfully curated an up-to-date reference written by the field's leading clinical scientists. The sixth edition offers fresh insights, critical advances, and rich examples. Whether you are a graduate student, a clinical researcher, or a seasoned practitioner, this book should always be within arm's reach."--Bruce F. Chorpita, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles; President, PracticeWise "I have used this valuable text in my graduate classes since the first edition was published in 1985. Chapters present concise summaries of the theory and empirical evidence for the respective interventions, along with insightful explanations of how they are conducted. With the sixth edition, Barlow has again provided a rare gem that helps students and practicing clinicians understand how evidence-based treatments are actually implemented with clients. The book includes updated chapters on well-established approaches presented in previous editions, as well as more recent developments, such as process-based therapy and the transdiagnostic treatment of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors."--Leonard A. Doerfler, PhD, Professor and Director, Clinical Counseling Psychology Program, Assumption University "A marvelous presentation of the latest and most clinically applicable evidence-based practices, including cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal approaches. Revised and new chapters are written by the best and brightest in the field, including many of those who developed the respective interventions. The sixth edition of the Handbook is suitable for both students in training and experienced practitioners who want to burnish their clinical skills. There is no better collection that highlights how the field developed, where it currently is, and where it is going to be in the future. I could not recommend it more strongly."--Steven D. Hollon, PhD, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University "In its sixth edition, this handbook continues to be the single best teaching text on evidence-based practices in mental health. I use this book as a primary text and resource in my Advanced Clinical Practice class and my students rarely resell it--they take it with them when they graduate to save as a clinical reference. The chapter organization makes the book ideal for teaching beginning clinicians. Having a regularly revised text that navigates this increasingly sophisticated and complex terrain makes both the students and me feel like we have a partner in their learning."--André Ivanoff, PhD, Columbia University School of Social Work "Since its initial publication, this handbook has been the single most important volume on evidence-based psychotherapy. For the sixth edition, as in prior editions, Barlow has assembled eminent contributors who are expert practitioners of the therapies they discuss. Each chapter features a review of the evidential basis for the therapy, a description of its implementation, and a detailed clinical illustration. The authors skillfully demonstrate the flexible application of our most efficacious protocols as they merge clinical wisdom and the best psychological science. Essential reading for all mental health professionals, this is the ideal text for graduate psychotherapy courses, and the one we have always used in Harvard's clinical psychology program."--Richard J. McNally, PhD, Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, Harvard University-This book is excellent. Written by well-known experts, it covers many different DSM-5 disorders and problems, providing a step-by-step approach to treatment. The sixth edition justifies replacing the fifth because new research is released daily revealing new evidence-based treatments, as reflected by the updated content in this edition. Clinicians and researchers will not be disappointed by this volume….*****!--Doody's Review Service, 02/18/2022ƒƒThe Clinical Handbook succeeds in offering its readers procedures for assessment, case formulation, treatment planning, and intervention strategies and techniques. Clinical vignettes and transcripts populate the pages, which serve to exhibit the integration of theory, empiricism, and real-world practice. These clinical illustrations further demonstrate how proficient use of evidence-based practices involves the principled application of techniques individualized to meet patients' needs instead of rigid adherence to manualized treatments. This realistic portrayal of the skill required to render treatments effectively is refreshing….A very well-written and easy to use textbook. As a reference resource, it will serve students and therapists like a favorite cookbook…as they return to seek clinical recipes that will help them better serve their patients. (on the fifth edition)--Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 08/01/2015ƒƒAn outstanding revision. Each chapter is well organized, and includes a comprehensive range of information. This handbook is a helpful resource for keeping mental health professionals and students up to date on the latest research and advances in evidence-based treatments for commonly encountered psychological disorders. (on the fifth edition)--Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 07/01/2015ƒƒAn indispensable guide replete with clinical tools for new and seasoned clinicians, as well as an excellent teaching resource….The authors, all distinguished scholars and clinical investigators, have addressed a wide range of psychological disorders in a rigorous and empirical manner, skillfully translating what is known about them, from theory and precisely executed research to clinical application.…An exceptional resource for clinicians and should be required reading for all in mental health training programs. It has surpassed its stated objectives to provide state-of-the-art scientific knowledge, present empirically tested effective therapies, and teach clinicians how to implement these treatments in a step-by-step manner, helping them achieve the goal that every mental health professional seeks to achieve, that is, to alleviate psychological pain and enable every client to live a more gratifying and fulfilling life. (on the fifth edition)--Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 02/01/2015Table of Contents1. Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia, Michelle G. Craske, Kate Wolitzky-Taylor, & David H. Barlow 2. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Candice M. Monson, Philippe Shnaider, & Kathleen M. Chard 3. Social Anxiety: A Process-Based Treatment Approach, Idan M. Aderka & Stefan G. Hofmann 4. Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Martin E. Franklin & Edna B. Foa 5. Generalized Anxiety Disorder: An Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapy, Lizabeth Roemer, Elizabeth H. Eustis, & Susan M. Orsillo 6. Emotional Disorders: A Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment, Laura A. Payne, Kristen K. Ellard, Todd J. Farchione, & David H. Barlow 7. Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Jeffrey E. Young, Erin F. Ward-Ciesielski, Jayne L. Rygh, Arthur D. Weinberger, & Aaron T. Beck 8. Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression, Kathryn L. Bleiberg & John C. Markowitz 9. Behavioral Activation for Depression, Sona Dimidjian, Christopher R. Martell, Ruth Herman-Dunn, & Samuel Hubley 10. Borderline Personality Disorder, Andrada D. Neacsiu, Noga Zerubavel, K. Maria Nylocks, & Marsha M. Linehan 11. Addressing Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors within the Context of Transdiagnostic Treatment for Emotional Disorders, Kate H. Bentley, Joseph S. Maimone, & Matthew K. Nock 12. Bipolar Disorder, David J. Miklowitz 13. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders, Nicholas Tarrier & Katherine Berry 14. Alcohol Use Disorders, Barbara S. McCrady & Elizabeth E. Epstein 15. Substance Use Disorders, Stephen T. Higgins, Sarah H. Heil, & Kelly R. Peck 16. Treatment of Sleep Disturbance, Katherine A. Kaplan & Allison G. Harvey 17. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain, John D. Otis 18. Eating Disorders: A Transdiagnostic Protocol, Zafra Cooper & Rebecca Murphy 19. Couple Distress, Andrew Christensen, Jennifer G. Wheeler, Brian D. Doss, & Neil S. Jacobson Author Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative guide has been completely revised and expanded with over 90% new material in a new step-by-step format. It details how, when, and why therapists can make best use of each chapter in Mind Over Mood, Second Edition (MOM2), in individual, couple, and group therapy. Christine A. Padesky's extensive experience as a CBT innovator, clinician, teacher, and consultant is reflected in 100+ pages of compelling therapistâclient dialogues that vividly illustrate core CBT interventions and management of challenging dilemmas. Fully updated, the book offers research-based guidance on the use of MOM2 to treat anxiety disorders, depression, anger, guilt, shame, relationship problems, and personality disorders. Invaluable therapy tips, real-life scenarios, and troubleshooting guides in each chapter make this the essential MOM2 companion for novice and experienced therapists alike. Reproducible Reading Guides show how to sequence MOM2 chapterTrade Review"This important book builds on the classic first edition. Clinicians who want to apply Beck's cognitive therapy model while their clients are using Mind Over Mood will find a seamless, user-friendly roadmap for helping clients overcome their difficulties. Packed with client–therapist dialogues and powerful tools, this guide will prove to be a popular manual for adhering to the CBT model. Highly recommended."--Robert L. Leahy, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College; Director, American Institute for Cognitive Therapy "Mind Over Mood is perhaps the best self-help manual in the field today, making the second edition of The Clinician's Guide invaluable. I will use both books together in working with my clients and teaching clinical trainees, and strongly recommend that others do the same."--Steven D. Hollon, PhD, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University "Padesky scores really big with the second edition of The Clinician's Guide. Each chapter contains an informative description of how to conduct CBT, including ways to collaboratively problem solve with clients when things are not going as planned. Those who liked the first edition will simply love this book, and new readers are in for a real treat! This is a book that belongs in all graduate training programs and should be in the hands of clinicians who work with a wide variety of individuals, couples, and groups. A most welcome volume!"--Thomas H. Ollendick, PhD, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech “Mind over Mood is one of the most widely used tools to help clients deepen the learning that occurs in therapy sessions. This outstanding therapist guide shows clinicians how to ensure their clients get the most out of Mind over Mood. It is also a brilliant, clear, sensitive, and perceptive guide to core CBT interventions.”--David M. Clark, CBE, FBA, FMedSci, FAcSS, Professor and Chair of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom "For students and trainees, The Clinician's Guide explains core CBT concepts clearly and effectively, and helps them hone in on how to teach clients specific skills. It has a great blend of research evidence and practical clinical guidance. Using this book together with MOM2 offers students an even more complete picture of how CBT helps clients and how to tailor interventions to meet each individual's needs."--Lynn McFarr, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles "The Clinician's Guide fills the gap between learning cognitive therapy strategies and building skills for how and when to use them. With multiple nuanced case illustrations, this book provides invaluable information on how to practice, teach, and supervise others in CBT. Like MOM2, the second edition of The Clinician's Guide incorporates more behavioral and acceptance skills. It empowers clinicians not simply to reduce clients’ maladaptive thoughts and behaviors, but also to help them cultivate positive emotions, thoughts, and actions, and harness their natural strengths. Used together, The Clinician's Guide and MOM2 are indispensable texts in graduate-level courses to train the next generation of mental health professionals."--Lata K. McGinn, PhD, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University "Reading this book is similar to sitting in a consultation room with the most seasoned therapists so they can help to navigate the often turbulent waters of treating clients with difficult problems. The second edition has been significantly expanded to include state-of-the-art practice guidelines, theoretical developments, enhanced troubleshooting guides, decision trees, and other tools that make it an essential resource for both students and experienced professionals. The revised case examples are outstanding and offer strategies for some of the most challenging situations that clinicians are likely to encounter. I will turn to this book frequently in my clinical practice. I highly recommend it to anyone serious about achieving excellent outcomes in therapy."--Frank M. Dattilio, PhD, ABPP, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School-Table of ContentsSection I. Mind Over Mood Unpacked 1. How to Use This Clinician’s Guide 2. Fundamental Skills (MOM2 Chapters 1–4) 3. Goal Setting (MOM2 Chapter 5) 4. Thought Records, Part I: Situations, Moods, and Thoughts (Columns 1–3; MOM2 Chapters 6–7) 5. Thought Records, Part II: Cognitive Restructuring (Columns 4–7; MOM2 Chapters 8–9) 6. New Thoughts, Action Plans, and Acceptance (MOM2 Chapter 10) 7. Underlying Assumptions and Behavioral Experiments (MOM2 Chapter 11) 8. New Core Beliefs, Gratitude, and Acts of Kindness (MOM2 Chapter 12) 9. Depression and Behavioral Activation (MOM2 Chapter 13) 10. Understanding Anxiety and Treatment Principles (MOM2 Chapter 14) 11. Adapting MOM2 to Common Anxiety and Related Disorders 12. Anger, Guilt, and Shame (MOM2 Chapter 15) 13. Relapse Management and Happiness (MOM2 Chapter 16 and Epilogue) Section II. Mind Over Mood in Context 14. CBT Principles in Individual and Couple Therapy 15. MOM2-Based Group Therapy Appendix A. Specific Mood Reading Guides from MOM2 Appendix B. A Personal History of the 7-Column Thought Record Appendix C. Additional Resources from Christine A. Padesky

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Book SynopsisThe properties and function of human communication.

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Book SynopsisThis classic volume, now completely revised, has helped tens of thousands of therapists integrate play therapy and family therapy techniques in clinical practice. Eliana Gil demonstrates a broad range of verbal and nonverbal strategies for engaging all family members--including those who are ambivalent toward therapy--and tailoring interventions for different types of presenting problems. Numerous case examples illustrate ways to effectively use puppets, storytelling, art making, the family play genogram, drama, and other expressive techniques with children, adolescents, and their parents. Gil offers specific guidance for becoming a more flexible, creative practitioner and shows how recent advances in neuroscience support her approach. Photographs of client artwork are included.New to This Edition*Incorporates 20 years of clinical experience and the ongoing development of Gil's influential integrative approach.*All-new case material.*Discusses how current brain rTrade Review“Every family and child therapist should read this book! Gil is the most creative family play therapist and teacher I have ever known. This second edition is the culmination of her career spent working in the trenches. She has translated her ability into a highly readable and useful guide that is straightforward and clear without oversimplifying issues, which takes genius. This book will be indispensable for any therapist interested in helping families--which nearly always requires working with children--and vice versa. Gil offers a brilliant summary of the roots of family play therapy and describes her fantastic work with family members to transform their problems and find imaginative solutions.”--Monica McGoldrick, LCSW, PhD (h.c.), Director, Multicultural Family Institute, Highland Park, New Jersey "In the second edition of her pioneering book on family play therapy, Gil has greatly amplified her unique contribution to the field. Gil stands alone in her masterful blend of solid theory; creativity; and spirited, playful engagement with families. The use of metaphor is one of the special gifts of both the author and this book. It features compelling illustrations of a wide range of clinically astute interventions that facilitate secure attachments in families. This positive, hopeful book will be treasured by clinicians and will ignite further enthusiasm for Gil's integrative treatment model."--David A. Crenshaw, PhD, ABPP, RPT-S, Clinical Director, Children's Home of Poughkeepsie, New York "This book has been a valuable resource for me in clinical practice, and for many years has been a required text in the play therapy courses I teach. The second edition provides a number of important updates. Therapists working with children, teens, and their families will benefit from Gil's thoughtful, integrative approach."--John W. Seymour, PhD, LMFT, RPT-S, Department of Counseling and Student Personnel, Minnesota State University, Mankato -The techniques suggested are very specific so that the reader could easily integrate them into family sessions after simply reading the chapter. The activities are also quite flexible, allowing the clinician to alter or modify them to suit the needs of the family….Given that any therapeutic work with children typically includes some level of parental involvement, this book may have broader appeal than to just the clinician who identifies as a family therapist. Even if the primary emphasis is on individual play therapy, clinicians may enjoy occasionally adding some simple family techniques and this book certainly offers resources to do that….Offers effective ideas, resources, and specific interventions for integrating play into therapeutic work with children.--Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 5/31/2017ƒƒProvides the reader with expert guidance for the use of play therapy techniques in work with families and their young children. Case examples are alive and instructive. (on the first edition)--Families in Society, 9/1/1996ƒƒProvides clinicians with information that will effectively help them when working with children and their families. It is certainly a book worth reading and utilizing. (on the first edition)--Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 4/3/2014ƒƒFor child clinicians who engage in play with children individually, this text provides important tools for overcoming barriers that may have made family therapy seem difficult or unworkable at times. (on the first edition)--AFTA Newsletter, 4/3/2014ƒƒEliana Gil, a master in play therapy in the context of family therapy, is an internationally acclaimed family and play therapist. Her trainings in play therapy are considered among the best ways to learn to work with creative arts in the field of family therapy. This book is as useful to beginning therapists as it is to experienced clinicians who want to know more about integrating play therapy in their work with families….This is a masterful work from a master in the field—a must-read for students in family therapy as well as clinicians working with children as well as adults.--Doody's Review Service, 2/26/2015Table of ContentsForeword, Matthew D. Selekman 1. The Rationale for Integrating Play and Family Therapy, Catherine Ford Sori with Eliana Gil 2. Obstacles and Opportunities in Utilizing Family Play Therapy, with Catherine Ford Sori 3. The Development of Clinical Creativity for Use in Family Play Therapy, with Lynn B. Hadley 4. Goldilocks's Peaceful Protest: The Use of Puppets and Storytelling 5. The Wolf Who Wanted to Be King of the World: The Use of Puppets and Storytelling 6. The Shark with a Heart of Gold: A Family Aquarium 7. The Sea Serpent Rises from the Sea: A Family Scribble Drawing Facilitates a Teen's Coming Out 8. The Owl Spreads His Wings: The Family Play Genogram Comes to Life 9. Love Leads the Way: When Clarity Emerges in a Couple's Scribble Drawing 10. "What's That Guy Doing in My Mouth"?: A Shark Story Illustrates the Use of Family Artwork in Assessing Family Dynamics 11. "Take Me to Your Leader": The Use of Drama Therapy Techniques to Provoke Family Change 12. Epilogue

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Book SynopsisImprovisation plays a key role in the toolbox of the music therapist. Tony Wigram's practical and comprehensive guide and online content will prove indispensable to students, teachers, therapists and musicians as a book of musical techniques and therapeutic methods. Beginning with an overview of developing, teaching and analysing the skills of improvisation, Wigram describes techniques ranging from warming up to mirroring, rhythmic grounding, containing and holding. With specific sections on piano improvisation, chordal and 2-, 3- and 4- note improvisation are covered, in addition to advanced skills such as frameworking and transitions. Wigram also includes techniques for thematic improvisation, group improvisation and outlines methods for analysing and reporting improvisational processes. Notated examples allow readers to try out techniques and progress as they read, with audio examples on the accompanying online content adding another dimension to the structure and guidance provided for all levels of music student and therapist.Trade ReviewIn conclusion, this is an impressive book, essential for its exceptional thoroughness and readability as well as for being the only book of its kind. It will be invaluable as a training manual for professional courses, and may also raise other health professionals' awareness of the complex and scientifically grounded skills deployed by a profession so often obliged to defend its research base against accusations of a lack of scientific rigour from those with too narrow a vision of evidence based medicine. -- British Journal of Music Therapy, John Strange, former Chair of the APMTThe book's prose is clear and always user friendly. Wigram's approach is also profoundly practical, requiring the reader to work on the methods outlined, moving "backwards as well as forwards" so as to revise, integrate and develop them in ways specific to the needs of particular working contexts. The book is both accessible and profoundly practical. Moreover, whilst written for a music therapy audience, it warrants a much wider readership, including musicians that play in hospitals or in hospices who may not necessarily be formally qualified as music therapists'. -- British Journal of Music EducationTony Wigram is an experienced improviser, who has written a book to help others to attain the necessary musical and clinical skills to learn to improvise and to effectively use improvisation in their music therapy sessions. As I begun reading, I felt that Wigram was speaking to my experience. He spoke to and normalized my fears of failure and my inner voice of self-criticism. His intention with this book is to dispel the myth that improvisation is "a gift granted to the chosen few" (p.19) and he asserts that "the potential to 'join in' with a musical experience through improvising is inborn and present in everyone" (p.19). It is really designed for music therapy students and clinicians. It is geared towards both beginning and experienced pianists and includes the use of other instruments. It begins at a very basic level and progresses to very complex skills. The chapters that I found most valuable as an educator of undergraduate music therapy students were the chapters on musical techniques (Chapter 3), basic therapeutic methods and skills (Chapter 4), advanced therapeutic methods (Chapter 5), transitions (Chapter 6), and group improvisation (Chapter 8). All of these techniques are well explained, masterfully illustrated in the audio and notated example provided, and are further reinforced with readily accessible yet challenging exercises. Throughout, Wigram provides helpful guidelines in terms of strategies with which to experiment. Improvisation: Methods and Techniques for Music Therapy Clinicians, Educators, and Students is a must for all undergraduate music therapy students.This book provides a systematic approach for novice improvisers and as such is a wonderful teaching aid for those who have been reluctant to teach it in their program. This book also covers more complex skills and therefore I also highly recommended it for graduate students, clinicians, and people with improvisation experience. -- Music Therapy PerspectivesA comprehensive representation of the current international knowledge and practical experiences of music therapeutic interventions, which describes a systematic procedure on different instruments for teachers, students and clinical practitioners, and offers a lot of practical material to aid the development of a personal repertoire of music therapeutic interventions... [Wigram] is the authority to write a book on this topic. -- Musiktherapeutische UmschauThis bountiful text by experienced musician and researcher Tony Wigram is destined to become a standard on the shelves of music therapists globally. Packed full of ideas and examples, it breaks down the "doing" of improvisation into simple and straightforward sections...A bible for music therapists who use and teach improvisation - I highly recommend it. -- Australian Journal of Music TherapyA unique and excellent book of didactics for music therapy academic education, involving the systematisation (and "quantification") of music therapy procedures with a focus of improvisation, and of a Meta methodology of improvisation - especially in music therapy dyad work. While it could be considered first of all as a tutor for students and educators, it is also designed for clinicians to help develop more improvisation skills. As such, it is a handbook of improvisation for clinical practice, to develop more sensitivity to musical material, and to learn a very useful assessment and indication perspective into improvisation as an intervention. -- Nordic Journal of Music TherapyTable of ContentsForeword, Professor Kenneth Bruscia. 1. Introduction. 2. Basic concepts in improvisation. 3. Musical techniques. 4. Basic therapeutic methods and skills. 5. Advanced musical and therapeutic techniques: Extemporising and frameworking. 6. Transitions: In improvisation and therapy. 7. Thematic Improvisation. 8. Group improvisation. 9. Two different methods for analysing improvised music. 10. Summary and Conclusion. Appendices. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisLife throws a lot of unexpected and unpleasant things at us. Many people just struggle on, but others find someone to talk to, someone like Stephen Joseph, who, as a therapist, is trained to listen to their concerns. They turn up with problems - failing relationships, stalled careers, conflicts, feelings of upset - that all seem very real to them in the moment. They may say they just want to ''get back to normal'' or ''get back on track''. But sometimes the truth is that things have changed too much to go back. More than that, they come to realise that their life wasn''t really on track in the first place. Getting on track now means something much bigger. Over months, or years, Joseph works with his clients to peel away the layers and find something deeper behind their discontents and identify new understandings of what really matters. These revelations often seem to come out of the blue - lightbulb moments in which people suddenly gain a new perspective on how to lead theirTrade ReviewIlluminating, insightful, and a lovely read. Stephen Joseph has beautifully distilled the essence of psychotherapy to bring a book of wisdom and compassion with powerful lessons in living. Whether it is to untangle emotions or seek a new direction, this book will help you look at life afresh. It challenges us to ask ourselves the hard questions that we must answer if we are to learn to value ourselves, reclaim our personal power, and live a richer life. Anyone wanting a more balanced and happier life will benefit from this book -- Julia Samuel, psychotherapist, bestselling author & speakerStephen Joseph has crafted the art of conveying complex concepts and ideas in an accessible way whilst maintaining the depth and rigour of the research and philosophical bases from which they are built. And he conveys these ideas in a kind, compassionate, and warm way that reflects him as a person. I would like to thank him for writing this book. THINK LIKE A THERAPIST will enrich the process of self-development for anyone in a way that is made possible only by his depth and wealth of understanding the human condition. I will recommend it to students thinking about becoming therapists and to clients in therapy. Anyone thinking about therapy and self-development will learn a lot -- David Murphy, Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Nottingham & editor of COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY: A TEXTBOOK FOR STUDY AND PRACTICEThis book is a rare gem - a masterclass in how to live a contented life - all told in Stephen's gentle caring voice. His six insights are irrefutably right: simple in meaning, yet very deep in truth. Anyone who actually follows what he offers, really will find it life-changing -- Richard Macklin, Executive Coach, The Alexander PartnershipI love this book. The concept of sharing with people what an experienced therapist has learned about living life well is brilliant. The way Stephen Joseph mixes together his personal experience, clients' stories and research is a perfect balance. His writing is so conversational that people are going to feel like they are in a personal relationship -- Richard G. Tedeschi, Ph.D., Distinguished Chair, Boulder Crest Institute for Posttraumatic GrowthI love this book. The concept of sharing with people what an experienced therapist has learned about living life well is brilliant. The way Stephen Joseph mixes together his personal experience, clients' stories and research is a perfect balance. His writing is so conversational that people are going to feel like they are in a personal relationship -- Richard Tedeschi, Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte & Distinguished Chair, Boulder Crest Institute for Posttraumatic Growth

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a theoretical framework and a practical model of intervention for distressed couples whose relationships are affected by the echoes of trauma. Combining attachment theory, trauma research, and emotionally focused therapeutic techniques, Susan M. Johnson guides the clinician in modifying the interactional patterns that maintain traumatic stress and fostering positive, healing relationships among survivors and their partners. In-depth case material brings to life the process of assessment and treatment with couples coping with the impact of different kinds of trauma, including childhood abuse, serious illness, and combat experiences. The concluding chapter features valuable advice on therapist self-care.Trade ReviewMost therapists nowadays take for granted the obvious relevance of couple therapy for ruptures of relationship bonds. But what is unique about this book is the vivid and vital way in which Johnson reveals the power of couple relationships to help heal trauma originally experienced by individuals outside those relationships. I hope this book will launch a new era in the psychotherapeutic treatment of PTSD and related disorders. It's that good.--Alan S. Gurman, PhD, University of Wisconsin Medical SchoolWith the increasing recognition that many couples 'problems are related to the traumas of one or both partners comes the need for a new framework for understanding and doing couple therapy. This book succeeds brilliantly in providing such a framework. Skillfully integrating aspects of attachment theory, traumatology, and emotion-focused couple therapy, Susan Johnson enriches each of these fields while also providing practical guidelines for both beginning and seasoned clinicians. This book represents an important advance in the treatment of couples and of trauma survivors. I will be recommending it to all my students and colleagues.--Richard C. Schwartz, PhD, Center for Self Leadership, Oak Park, ILThis book is a major advance in the treatment of traumatized individuals and their partners, and a much-needed resource for clinicians. Dr. Johnson clearly shows how the experience of any kind of trauma can resonate in an individual's significant relationships, thereby compounding and extending the reach of the stressful experience. Offering an important theoretical perspective on the significance of attachment to the healing process, the book outlines a sequenced treatment approach and specific strategies and techniques to help couples rework and recover from the devastating effects of past trauma.--Christine A. Courtois, PhD, The CENTER: Posttraumatic Disorders Program, The Psychiatric Institute of Washington; author of Healing the Incest Wound and Recollections of Sexual AbuseJohnson offers a highly engaging and readable approach for clinicians working with couples affected by trauma. Her brilliant synthesis, based on extensive scholarship and a depth of clinical experience, applies to couples dealing with childhood trauma as well as those mired in past hurts from the relationship itself. Regardless of theoretical orientation, clinicians will learn much that they can apply to help in their most difficult couple cases.--Karen S. Wampler, PhD, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy, Texas Tech University - A well balanced book....A very informative book. It held my attention from cover to cover....Johnson ably demonstrated how the couple can be both worked with therapeutically to ameliorate psychological distress and cause the exasperation of distress....Johnson's EFT has most definitely brought another level of awareness, when working with traumatized clients, to the therapeutic table. --Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis, 1/20/2005ƒƒ A significant addition to the trauma treatment literature....Case examples are vivid, interesting, and tackle complex issues. Interventions are similarly detailed and well described....Recommended to all therapists working with couples where one or both members of the couple have suffered trauma. --Journal of Trauma Practice, 1/20/2005ƒƒ [Johnson] is an experienced clinician and a gifted writer. Individuals interested in adult attachment processes and the impact of trauma on either individual or relationship functioning, and clinicians committed to intervening with trauma survivors from either an individual or couple perspective, will find this book an invaluable resource. --Relationship Research News, 1/20/2005Table of ContentsI. Trauma in Context: Healing in Attachment Relationships1. Healing Connections: Expanding the Role of Couple Therapy2. Trauma and Its Aftermath3. Attachment and Trauma4. Assessment5. InterventionsII. Clinical Realities: Couple Therapy with Traumatized Couples6. Couple Therapy to Create a Secure Base for the Treatment of Trauma7. Defeating an Anxiety Disorder and Marital Distress8. The Trauma of Physical Illness9. Couple Therapy with Combat Veterans, Lyn Williams Keeler and Susan M. Johnson10. Relationship Traumas: Attachment Injuries in Close Relationships11. Therapists Who Deal with Dragons

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Book SynopsisThis hands-on manual from Leigh McCullough and associates teaches the nuts and bolts of practicing short-term dynamic psychotherapy, the research-supported model first presented in Changing Character, McCullough's foundational text. Reflecting the ongoing evolution of the approach, the manual emphasizes affect phobia, or conflict about feelings. It shows how such proven behavioral techniques as systemic desensitization can be applied effectively within a psychodynamic framework, and offers clear guidelines for when and how to intervene. Demonstrated are procedures for assessing patients, formulating core conflicts, and restructuring defenses, affects, and relationship to the self and others. In an easy-to-use, large-size format, the book features a wealth of case examples and write-in exercises for building key clinical skills. The companion website (www.affectphobiatherapy.com) offers useful supplemental resources, including Psychotherapy Assessment Checklist (PAC) forms and instructions.Trade ReviewThis work is an extraordinary synthesis of depth and practicality. It is as clear, concrete, and richly exampled a treatment manual as I have seen, yet it depicts not a simple or mechanistic therapy but one that goes to the very heart of human feeling and experience. Incorporating a profoundly integrative vision, Treating Affect Phobia will be of great value not only to psychodynamically oriented therapists but to anyone in the field who appreciates the accumulating evidence for the central role of affect--and fear of affect--in our lives.--Paul L. Wachtel, PhD, Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, City College and the CUNY Graduate Center, New YorkThis is the training manual that teachers and practitioners of short-term dynamic therapy have been eagerly anticipating. It is the first psychodynamically oriented volume that expertly guides the novice through emotion-focused, time-sensitive psychotherapy in an explicit, step-by-step fashion. The manual is enhanced by very useful exercises that allow therapists to try out their interventions and compare them to the authors' expert responses. This volume represents a new and exciting development in the teaching, learning, and practice of psychodynamic/integrative therapy in general, and brief psychotherapy in particular.--Stanley B. Messer, PhD, Dean, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers UniversityThis is a treatment manual with a number of fabulous characteristics: it takes the astute clinical observations of psychodynamic therapists and sets them within modern principles of learning and behavioral change; it draws from the best of the behavior therapy treatments for phobias; it is beautifully clear and easy to follow; and it has comprehensive learning exercises at the end of each chapter to help the clinician actually learn how to apply the treatment in clinical practice. I plan to have my students read it.--Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of WashingtonThis carefully reasoned and researched manual starts with the simple assumption that many people are afraid of their own emotions, offers easy ways to identify whatever is being expressed or even suppressed, and explains clearly the authors' suggestions for treatment.--Donald L. Nathanson, MD, The Silvan S. Tomkins Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson Medical College - This is the training manual that teachers and practitioners of short-term dynamic therapy have been eagerly anticipating. It is the first psychodynamically oriented volume that expertly guides the novice through emotion-focused, time-sensitive psychotherapy in an explicit, step-by-step fashion. The manual is enhanced by very useful exercises that allow therapists to try out their interventions and compare them to the authors' expert responses. This volume represents a new and exciting development in the teaching, learning, and practice of psychodynamic/integrative therapy in general, and brief psychotherapy in particular. -Stanley B. Messer, PhD, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers- --The State University of New Jersey, 1/26/2003Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I. Theory, Evaluation, and FormulationChapter 1. Affect and Affect Phobia in Short-Term TreatmentChapter 2. Affect Phobia, Psychodynamic Conflict, and Malan's Two TrianglesChapter 3. Assessment and Selection of Treatment for the PatientChapter 4. How to Formulate a Core Psychodynamic Conflict: Spotting Affect PhobiasPart II. Defense and Affect RestructuringIntroduction to Part IIChapter 5. Defense Restructuring Phase I: Defense RecognitionChapter 6. Defense Restructuring Phase II: Defense RelinquishingChapter 7. Affect Restructuring Phase I: Affect ExperiencingChapter 8. Affect Restructuring Phase II: Affect ExpressionPart III. Self- and Other-RestructuringIntroduction to Part IIIChapter 9. Self-Restructuring: Building Compassion and Care for SelfChapter 10. Other-Restructuring: Building Adaptive Inner Images of OthersPart IV. Diagnostic Considerations and TerminationChapter 11. Treating Specific Diagnoses: The Relationship between DSM Diagnoses and Affect PhobiasChapter 12. TerminationAppendix. Answers to ExercisesReferences

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Book SynopsisThis acclaimed clinical guide and widely adopted text has filled a key need in the field since its original publication. Nancy McWilliams makes psychoanalytic personality theory and its implications for practice accessible to practitioners of all levels of experience. She explains major character types and demonstrates specific ways that understanding the patient's individual personality structure can influence the therapist's focus and style of intervention. Guidelines are provided for developing a systematic yet flexible diagnostic formulation and using it to inform treatment. Highly readable, the book features a wealth of illustrative clinical examples.New to This Edition *Reflects the ongoing development of the author's approach over nearly two decades. *Incorporates important advances in attachment theory, neuroscience, and the study of trauma. *Coverage of the contemporary relational movement in psychoanalysis. Winner--Canadian Psychological Association's Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic ScholarshipTrade ReviewThis is a book for all clinicians who aspire to understand their clients deeply and help them live more richly and authentically. McWilliams synthesizes a century of cumulative clinical wisdom and offers it in a form that is accessible and useful to clinicians of any theoretical persuasion. The first edition of Psychoanalytic Diagnosis was an instant classic; the second edition is exceptionally lucid and masterful. This is McWilliams, master clinician and teacher, at her very best.--Jonathan Shedler, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of MedicineIn revising Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, McWilliams has surpassed herself. The original--deservedly regarded as a classic--was an integrative tour de force; the second edition is even better. Informed by current advances in neuroscience and infant research, and reshaped in light of the 'relational turn' in contemporary psychoanalysis, this book distills a vast literature on development, psychopathology, and therapy into an extraordinarily useful map of the clinical terrain. It is at once an indispensable resource for beginning therapists, a valuable teaching tool, and a comprehensive reference for seasoned clinicians.--David J. Wallin, PhD, private practice, Mill Valley and Albany, CaliforniaIn this accessible and impassioned book, McWilliams provides organizing principles to help us understand psychopathology without oversimplifying or evading the difficult questions raised by diagnosis. Reading McWilliams's book will make you feel like you know her. Her extraordinary humanity, wisdom, deep sense of ethics, and steady concern for her patients are evident throughout. The second edition includes an updated presentation of attachment theory, addresses the contributions of relational theory and neuroscience research, and integrates a contemporary understanding of somatization and defense. A 'must read' for every clinician in training.--Joyce A. Slochower, PhD, Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, New York University-This essential text is highly useful to all practitioners of any theoretical orientation….[McWilliams's] writing style is much like she describes her therapy sessions….Her personal sharing gives the text a soul and you feel you are with a warm and wise teacher….This text [is] as enjoyable as it is enlightening….It goes into great detail about personality organization, defensive functioning, and character styles and describes how they impact treatment.--DIVISION/Review, 04/01/2013ƒƒWith humor, warmth, and enthusiasm, Dr. McWilliams instills confidence while making the book a delectable read. There is no doubt that the goal of 'enhancing practice' has been achieved. This book is highly recommended to any clinician-in-training as a foundation for psychoanalytic thinking and also to any practicing therapist as a well-structured and comprehensive resource....This book will be a rich addition to learning about psychoanalytic diagnosis (and psychoanalytic concepts) for any younger mental health professional who is seriously interested in depth psychology. It will also be a valuable tool for more experienced clinicians and educators who would like assistance in translating fairly complex concepts into language that can be appreciated by learners of a variety of different levels of sophistication and disciplinary backgrounds.--Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 10/01/2012ƒƒIf a 'charming textbook' seems like an oxymoron, then welcome to Nancy McWilliams's Psychoanalytic Diagnosis. Her book is just such a wonder....McWilliams has succeeded in producing a book for initial learning that will remain on her readers' desks as a frequently thumbed manual. (on the first edition)--Psychoanalytic Books, 07/16/2011ƒƒThanks to McWilliams's excellent book, those of us who teach or supervise can at last offer our students and supervisees a comprehensive, exceptionally well-organized text on diagnosis, grounded in evolving psychoanalytic theory and focused on linking diagnosis to the appropriate therapeutic response....Experienced therapists will enjoy a thorough 'refresher' course while also absorbing new ideas, and less experienced clinicians will gain a solid structural foundation and essential guidelines for their clinical work. (on the first edition)--Contemporary Psychology, 07/16/2011Table of ContentsIntroduction I. Conceptual Issues 1. Why Diagnose? 2. Psychoanalytic Character Diagnosis 3. Developmental Levels of Personality Organization 4. Implications of Developmental Levels of Organization 5. Primary Defensive Processes 6. Secondary Defensive Processes II. Types of Character Organization 7. Psychopathic (Antisocial) Personalities 8. Narcissistic Personalities 9. Schizoid Personalities 10. Paranoid Personalities 11. Depressive and Manic Personalities 12. Masochistic (Self-Defeating) Personalities 13. Obsessive and Compulsive Personalities 14. Hysterical (Histrionic) Personalities 15. Dissociative Psychologies Appendix. Suggested Diagnostic Interview Format

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Book SynopsisFeaturing a wealth of clinical examples, this book facilitates implementation of Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) in a range of contexts. It demonstrates how assessment strategies and treatment components can be tailored to optimally serve clients' needs while maintaining overall fidelity to the TF-CBT model. Coverage includes ways to overcome barriers to implementation in residential settings, foster placements, and low-resource countries. Contributors also describe how to use play to creatively engage kids of different ages, and present TF-CBT applications for adolescents with complex trauma, children with developmental challenges, military families struggling with the stresses of deployment, and Latino and Native American children.See also Cohen et al.'s authoritative TF-CBT manual, Treating Trauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents, Second Edition.Trade Review"Cohen, Mannarino, and Deblinger have done it again! The TF-CBT developers compile the wisdom of expert clinicians and trainers in this valuable book. They share innovative strategies for applying TF-CBT to serve children across varying settings, developmental issues, and special populations."--Lisa Amaya-Jackson, MD, MPH, UCLA–Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, Duke University School of Medicine "Provides extensive, clinically grounded illustrations of how TF-CBT can be flexibly used to address trauma impact for children in varied and complex circumstances. Therapists will find critical information for enhancing therapy effectiveness in diverse populations, from foster children to military families. Chapters provide specific adjustments and adaptations for each of the standard components of TF-CBT, supported with relevant case examples. The volume demonstrates how this empirically supported intervention can be broadly applied to the full range of children and families affected by trauma. It also has utility for graduate students learning evidence-based practice. The book shows that it is possible to remain faithful to a model while making population-specific adaptations."--Lucy Berliner, MSW, Director, Harborview Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress, University of Washington "This outstanding contribution helps professionals and students gain knowledge about many different applications of trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT). The book conveys the flexibility of this important approach and describes how to adapt it for a variety of settings and populations--for example, military families, children with developmental disabilities, and culturally diverse children. Particularly helpful are the discussions of strategies for tailoring TF-CBT to specific children's needs, such as by incorporating play or drawing on cultural traditions. This book should be required reading for all who work with traumatized children and their families, regardless of theoretical orientation, because it elucidates the impact of traumatic experiences--and meaningful ways to intervene--so well."--Joy D. Osofsky, PhD, Paul J. Ramsay Chair, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center "Edited and written by expert clinicians, this book presents state-of-the-art treatments for traumatized children, adolescents, and their families. Cohen, Mannarino, and Deblinger are key contributors to recent advances in trauma-informed mental health services who have decades of experience in the field. A vital addition to the libraries of practicing clinicians, the book will also be of great benefit to students and trainees. I recommend it most highly."--Terence M. Keane, PhD, National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, and Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine -This is an excellent book covering a topic of high significance. A highly skilled group of chapter contributors add and expand on Cohen, Mannarino, and Deblinger's explanation of TF-CBT. The elements of this treatment approach are clearly explained and the research documenting its effectiveness is detailed. This would be an excellent graduate text in any psychology or social work program where children's issues and trauma are a part of the curriculum. It provides the reader with a clear understanding of the treatment approach, highlighting its flexibility and use with varied age groups and significantly diverse cultures. It contains sufficient detail and is enhanced by case presentations, such that one is left with a clear idea of how to implement such treatment programming with this specialized population.--Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 1/1/2013Table of ContentsIntroduction, Esther Deblinger, Judith Andrew Cohen, & Anthony P. Mannarino I. TF-CBT Setting Applications 1. Schools, Susana Rivera 2. Children in Foster Care, Shannon Dorsey & Esther Deblinger 3. Residential Treatment, Judith A. Cohen, Anthony P. Mannarino, & Daniela Navarro II. TF-CBT Developmental Applications 4. Play Applications and Skills Components, Athena A. Drewes & Angela M. Cavett 5. Play Applications and Trauma-Specific Components, Angela M. Cavett & Athena A. Drewes 6. Children with Developmental Disabilities, Christina A. Grosso 7. Adolescents with Complex Trauma, Matthew Kliethermes & Rachel Wamser III. TF-CBT Applications for Special Populations 8. Children in Military Families, Judith A. Cohen & Stephen J. Cozza 9. International Settings, Laura K. Murray & Stephanie A. Skavenski 10. Children of Latino Descent: Culturally Modified TF-CBT, Michael A. de Arellano, Carla Kmett Danielson, & Julia W. Felton 11. American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Honoring Children–Mending the Circle, Dolores Subia BigFoot & Susan R. Schmidt

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Book SynopsisSynthesizing an explosion of recent research, this book presents dramatic advances in understanding and treating autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in very young children. Leading authorities describe the innovative tools and methods that are enabling clinicians to more effectively identify 0- to 5-year-olds with the disorder and those at risk for related problems. Chapters discuss the early core symptoms and co-occurring characteristics of ASD, the best diagnostic instruments, and lessons learned from large-scale screening and surveillance, including sibling studies. The book reviews evidence-based interventions and explores practical issues in treatment of young children and their families.Trade Review"An impressive, comprehensive resource on autism during infancy and toddlerhood. The contributors provide an up-to-date overview of research on screening, symptoms, and treatment. This book will be valuable to both clinicians and researchers interested in the earliest manifestations of ASD and how to improve children’s outcomes."--Geraldine Dawson, PhD, William Cleland Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences; and Director, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development, Duke University School of Medicine "Finally, everything you need in one place! This is a scientifically rigorous yet remarkably accessible analysis of what we have learned and what we still need to understand about autism screening, diagnosis, and treatment in infants and young children. Clinicians who are eager to translate research into high-quality care--and the children and families they serve--will benefit from this important work."--Alison Singer, President, Autism Science Foundation "This outstanding work has particularly strong chapters relating to screening and diagnosis. The book thoughtfully describes current practices, barriers, controversies, and guidelines for accurate and early identification of ASD. This is a great book for students who will be screening or diagnosing children with ASD and for professionals who wish to stay abreast of current issues in the field."--Lynn Kern Koegel, PhD, CCC-SLP, Clinical Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine; codeveloper, pivotal response treatment-This book is an easy read….It covers all aspects related to young children with autism including assessment, diagnosis, and treatments. It is useful for both clinicians and researchers in the field.--Doody's Review Service, 01/08/2021Table of ContentsIntroduction, Katarzyna Chawarska & Fred R. Volkmar 1. The Evolution of Autism as a Diagnostic Concept, Fred R. Volkmar & Roald A. Øien 2. Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Delays in Infants and Toddlers, Emily Campi, Catherine Lord, & Rebecca Grzadzinski 3. Psychological Development of Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Suzanne L. Macari, Kelly K. Powell, Megan Lyons, Celine A. Saulnier, Angelina Vernetti, & Katarzyna Chawarska 4. Early Interventions for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Maria Pizzano & Connie Kasari 5. Development of Infant Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Katarzyna Chawarska, Suzanne L. Macari, Angelina Vernetti, & Ludivine Brunissen 6. Brain and Behavioral Development in High-Risk Infants: Considering the Role of Sensorimotor, Attentional, and Reward Networks, Robin Sifre, Joseph Piven, & Jed T. Elison 7. Long-Term Outcomes of Infants at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder, Meghan Miller & Sally Ozonoff 8. Intervention during the Prodromal Stages of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Jonathan Green 9. Providing Medical Care to Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Fred R. Volkmar, Roald A. Øien, & Lisa Wiesner 10. Advancing Technology to Meet the Needs of Infants and Toddlers at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder, Frederick Shic, Kelsey Jackson Dommer, Adham Atyabi, Marilena Mademtzi, Roald A. Øien, Julie A. Kientz, & Jessica Bradshaw 11. Potential Challenges of Importing Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening and Diagnostic Tools from High-Income Countries to Resource-Poor Settings, Amina Abubakar, Kavita Ruparelia, Joseph K. Gona, Kenneth Rimba, Rachel Mapenzi, Petrus J. de Vries, Fons J. R. van de Vijver, Andy Shih, & Charles R. Newton Index

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Book SynopsisThis influential work has now been substantially revised with over 60% new material reflecting over a dozen years of research and clinical advances. Leading experts describe innovative ways to use dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in a wide range of real-world clinical and community settings. The volume provides wise guidance on setting up, running, and evaluating a comprehensive DBT program. It also presents adaptations designed to meet the needs of particular client populations as time- and cost-effectively as possible. Vivid case examples illustrate diverse applications of DBT for helping adults, adolescents, and children reduce suicidal and self-harming behavior; overcome complex, multiple challenges; and build a life worth living. New to This Edition *Presents current best practices for making DBT more efficient and accessible while maximizing program fidelity. *Chapters on additional populations, including persons with posttraumatic stress disorder and Trade Review“I am so pleased to see the second edition of this excellent work, which has been a much-tapped resource on my bookshelf over the years! The second edition shares all the excellent qualities of the first—it is theoretically sound, clinically relevant, engaging, and written by preeminent DBT clinicians and researchers. The book covers an even broader diversity of settings and client groups in which DBT is applied, thoroughly showcasing all that we have learned about the treatment in the last decade. Clinicians will find much of value, whether they are at the start of their DBT journey or have worked in the field for a while and want to review and update their programs and practices.”—Michaela A. Swales, PhD, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Professor in Clinical Psychology, North Wales Clinical Psychology Program, Bangor University, United Kingdom "As application of DBT has expanded beyond its original clinical setting, it has moved into settings such as hospital units, residential programs, and the school classroom. This expertly edited second edition comprehensively addresses how DBT has evolved and how to ensure that implementation remains adherent to the treatment. The book builds on essential DBT concepts and applies them effectively to various contexts. This book is an indispensable contribution for therapists who want to develop a deeper understanding of the treatment and for graduate educators who want to teach a comprehensive DBT course."--Blaise Aguirre, MD, Medical Director, 3East DBT Continuum, McLean Hospital; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School "DBT has earned a unique place in our clinical toolkits due to its rigorous scientific evidence base and its enthusiastic reception among clinicians, other health care decision makers, and clients and their families. This volume offers practical guidance on DBT, grounded in research and clinical experience. Chapters cover implementation issues, strategies for using DBT across diverse settings and populations, approaches for integrating pharmacological treatments and DBT, and training and supervision issues. This book is a 'must' for any clinician interested in DBT; instructors will find it to be a valuable text or supplemental reading for courses on psychotherapy and psychosocial treatment."--Joan Asarnow, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles "Superbly edited by Dimeff, Rizvi, and Koerner, the second edition of this seminal work is a DBT tour de force. Building on the strong foundation of the first edition, the volume includes nine new chapters related to cutting-edge clinical delivery of DBT. The contributors are a veritable who’s who of DBT science, training, and clinical practice. Marsha Linehan has fundamentally revolutionized our understanding and treatment of suicidal risk, self-harm behaviors, and complex case presentations. This second edition is a worthy testament to Linehan's vision and genius and will prove to be an invaluable resource for students and providers of DBT around the world."--David A. Jobes, PhD, ABPP, Professor of Psychology and Director, Suicide Prevention Laboratory, The Catholic University of America-This book is excellent because it provides an overview of DBT and its clinical application across settings and populations. It is written by experts in the field. The second edition justifies replacing the first edition because the chapters have been updated, along with the addition of new material. ****!--Doody’s Review Service, 06/01/2021Table of ContentsForeword, Marsha M. Linehan I. Overview and Getting Started with DBT 1. Overview of DBT, Kelly Koerner, Linda A. Dimeff, & Shireen L. Rizvi 2. Adopt or Adapt?: Fidelity Matters, Kelly Koerner, Linda A. Dimeff, Charles R. Swenson, & Shireen L. Rizvi 3. Evaluating Your DBT Program, Shireen L. Rizvi, Maria Monroe-DeVita, & Linda A. Dimeff II. Applications across Settings 4. Implementing Standard DBT in an Outpatient Setting, Linda A. Dimeff, Kim Skerven, Andrew White, Shelley McMain, Katherine Anne Comtois, Cedar R. Koons, Soonie A. Kim, Sharon Y. Manning, & Elisabeth Bellows 5. DBT in Milieu-Based Programs, Charles R. Swenson, Suzanne Witterholt, & Juliet Nelson 6. Applications of DBT in a School-Based Setting, Elizabeth T. Dexter-Mazza, James J. Mazza, Alec L. Miller, Kelly Graling, Elizabeth Courtney-Seidler, & Dawn Catucci 7. DBT in University Counseling Centers, Jacqueline Pistorello & Carla D. Chugani 8. DBT in Juvenile Justice Programs, Debra M. Bond, Jesse Homan, & Bradley Beach 9. Comprehensive DBT Forensic and Correctional Programs: Orchids, Not Dandelions, Robin A. McCann & Elissa M. Ball III. Applications across Populations 10. DBT—Accepting the Challenges of Employment and Self-Sufficiency, Katherine Anne Comtois, Lynn Elwood, Jenna Melman, & Adam Carmel 11. DBT for Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorders, Linda A. Dimeff, Shelley McMain, Jennifer H. R. Sayrs, Chelsey Wilks, & Marsha M. Linehan 12. Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder during DBT: Applying the Principles and Procedures of the DBT Prolonged Exposure Protocol, Melanie S. Harned & Sara C. Schmidt 13. DBT and Eating Disorders, Lucene Wisniewski & Debra L. Safer 14. DBT beyond Stage 1: An Overview of Stages 2, 3, and 4, Cedar R. Koons 15. An Overview of DBT for Preadolescent Children: Addressing Primary Treatment Targets, Francheska Perepletchikova & Donald Nathanson 16. DBT for Adolescents, Alec J. Miller, Jill H. Rathus, Elizabeth T. Dexter-Mazza, Chad S. Brice, & Kelly Graling 17. DBT with Families, Alan E. Fruzzetti, Luciana G. Payne, & Perry D. Hoffman IV. Special Topics 18. Training and Supervision in Outpatient DBT Programs, Jesse Homan, Jennifer H. R. Sayrs, & Travis L. Osborne 19. Pharmacotherapy Guidelines for Treating Stage 1 DBT Patients, Elisabeth P. Bellows, W. Maxwell Burns, & Chelsy R. Wilks

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Book SynopsisA guide for clinicians (both beginner or seasoned professional) to understand the philosophy and practical steps of Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) to maximize their effectiveness with any client, written by two respected and innovative experts in the field.Solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) is a therapeutic approach that focuses on the client’s hoped-for future instead of their ongoing problems. Elliott E. Connie and Adam S. Froerer are the founders of The Solution Focused Universe and are two of the most respected and innovative experts in their field. Together, they have developed the Diamond model—a framework of SFBT skills and tools designed to guide a clinician through each session of therapy—which is one of the biggest innovations in the field of solution focused brief therapy.This is a practical guide for any clinician (beginner or seasoned professional) to understand the philosophy and practical steps of conducting an SFBT session. Among the topics discussed:How to presuppose the best in your clientHow to trust your client’s capabilityThe stance clinicians should adopt to be effective solution focused practitionersThe art of asking meaningful questionsThe importance of autonomyThis book also includes tools to help practitioners implement this approach, including a complete SFBT session with editorial comments that illustrate the thinking that goes into constructing a session, as well as 101 solution focused questions that practitioners can use.Connie and Froerer see their Diamond model as life-changing for all parties involved. They write, “This work is transformative not only for clients but also for you. When you view your clients as capable and strong, it changes you—and how you do your job. Your perceptions directly impact your actions.”

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Book SynopsisThe text of choice for instructors looking for an innovative, empirically based, and practice-oriented perspective on psychopathology is now in a revised and expanded second edition with 50% new material. The volume presents state-of-the-art information on the disorders most frequently seen in clinical practice, reviewing their etiology, DSM-5 classification, symptoms and clinical features, course, epidemiology, and associated comorbidities. With the goal of integrating science and practice, each chapter also provides substantive therapeutic guidelines derived from the research. Contributors identify underlying principles of change that clinicians can draw on to improve their effectiveness and offer critical guidance for assessment, case formulation, and evidence-based intervention. New to This Edition *Chapters on new topics--suicide, sleep difficulties, and sexual dysfunction. *New chapter on schizophrenia. *Updated throughout with current theory, findinTrade Review“The eagerly awaited second edition of this text belongs on the bookshelf of every graduate student, clinician, and researcher interested in the contemporary relation between clinical science and practice. Castonguay, Oltmanns, and Lott have brought together a stellar group of contributors. Indeed, a significant strength of this book is its breadth. This volume goes beyond simple DSM symptom-based descriptions of various forms of psychopathology, reviewing basic research on 'non-symptom' characteristics of disorders--such as social and occupational functioning, emotion dysregulation, and the cultural context in which the aberrant behaviors occur--and discussing implications of this research for evidence-based prevention and treatment. Contemporary transdiagnostic concerns are highlighted in important new chapters on suicidality, sleep difficulties, and sexual problems.”--Ian H. Gotlib, PhD, David Starr Jordan Professor, Department of Psychology, Stanford University "The editors are the perfect team for a volume that focuses on the integration of clinical science and practice. They have assembled a broad team of experts who address basic research on psychopathology and its translation into evidence-based practice in each chapter. The book provides graduate students with an 'all-in-one' package that will foster their development as clinical scientists."--Joanne Davila, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, State University of New York "Outstanding. Most psychopathology texts lean heavily toward either research or clinical practice, but true to its subtitle, this book successfully speaks well to both perspectives. Researchers will find excellent summaries of existing findings along with discussions of important, cutting-edge questions and issues. Clinicians are provided with practical suggestions and guidelines for interventions. Graduate students will find the second edition of this text to be of considerable value to their education and growth, whether as researchers or clinicians."--Thomas A. Widiger, PhD, T. Marshall Hahn Professor of Psychology, University of Kentucky "I have used this book in my first-year course for students in our Clinical Psychology PhD program, Psychological Therapy and Clinical Fundamentals. My students find it extremely helpful for understanding the dysfunctional mechanisms underlying different mental health problems, targets of intervention, and intervention strategies that can be used to address these targets. I appreciate the addition of three new problem areas (suicide, sleep difficulties, and sexual dysfunction) in the second edition."--Arthur L. Cantos, PhD, Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychological Science, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley-Table of Contents1. General Issues in Understanding and Treating Psychopathology, Thomas F. Oltmanns, Abigail Powers Lott, & Louis G. Castonguay 2. Depression, Joelle LeMoult, Ashley Battaglini, Katerina Rnic, & Louis G. Castonguay 3. Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Michelle G. Newman, Paul F. Crits-Christoph, Lauren E. Szkodny, Gavin N. Rackoff, & Jeremy T. Schwob 4. Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, and Phobias, Bethany A. Teachman, Marvin R. Goldfried, Elise M. Clerkin, & Alexandra L. Silverman 5. Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Jonathan S. Abramowitz & Lynne Siqueland 6. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Richard A. Bryant, Abigail Powers Lott, & Terence M. Keane 7. Eating Disorders, Deborah R. Glasofer, Alexandra F. Muratore, Evelyn Attia, & Kathleen M. Pike 8. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders, Robert O. Pihl, Sherry H. Stewart, & Ioan Tiberiu Mahu 9. Personality Disorders, Abigail Powers Lott, Jeffrey J. Magnavita, Jacques P. Barber, & Thomas F. Oltmanns 10. Bipolar Disorder, Sheri L. Johnson, Michael W. Otto, Alexandra K. Gold, & Matthew V. Elliott 11. Schizophrenia, Ann M. Kring & David A. Smith 12. Marital and Relational Discord, David A. Sbarra, Atina Manvelian, Julia M. Salinger, & Mark A. Whisman 13. Sexual Dysfunctions, Caroline F. Pukall & Sophie Bergeron 14. Sleep–Wake Disorders, Norah Vincent & Judith R. Davidson 15. Suicide, Craig J. Bryan & E. David Klonsky 16. Psychopathology Research and Clinical Interventions: Broad Conclusions and General Recommendations, Louis G. Castonguay, Thomas F. Oltmanns, & Abigail Powers Lott

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Book SynopsisThe first methods handbook devoted solely to arts-based research (ABR) is now in a thoroughly updated second edition, featuring a new section on global perspectives plus new chapters on critical approaches and documentary film. The volume explores the synergies between contemporary artistic and research practices and addresses issues in designing, implementing, evaluating, and publishing ABR studies. Chapters are written by leading practitioners of each ABR genre, including those based in literature (such as narrative inquiry, fiction, and poetry); performance (music, dance, ethnodrama); visual arts (drawing, painting, collage, installation art, comics); and audiovisual and multimethod approaches. Team approaches, ethics, social justice concerns, and public scholarship are discussed, as are innovative ways that ABR is used within creative arts therapies, psychology, education, sociology, health sciences, and other disciplines. The companion website includes selected figures from the book in full color, additional online-only figures, and links to online videos of performance pieces. New to This Edition *Updated throughout with current research, theory, and ABR examples. *Chapters on critical approaches to ABR and on documentary film. *Chapters on ABR projects in Taiwan, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

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Book SynopsisThis book is an accessible companion for all early years practitioners to explore how mindfulness can be integrated into an early years learning environment. It presents topical theory and research, giving practical advice on using mindfulness as an everyday pedagogical tool to improve the emotional wellbeing of children, families and staff members.Providing a step-by-step approach for adopting mindfulness practices, the book offers photocopiable resources, information on mindfulness techniques and opportunities for critical reflection to help create a mindful early years curriculum'. Chapters follows the four pillars of Calm, Acceptance, Relational Approach and Empathy, and include: The benefits of adopting a mindful approach in the early years The importance of staff wellbeing A template mindful curriculum for practitioners to adapt and use Case studies of effective mindful practices Trade Review‘‘Mindfulness in the Early Years’ will challenge practitioners thinking and provide positive change for both young children and those working in the early years sector. Yasmin Mukadam uses fresh innovative ways to demonstrate how we can best support children’s mental health and well-being through mindfulness. This inspiring book also recognises current challenges teachers and practitioners face and provides invaluable strategies to overcome these. There could be no better time than present for this essential read, I highly recommend this book for all those who are studying or caring for young children within an Early Years setting.’ Claire Deadman, Nursery Manager ‘This comprehensive guide provides invaluable insights and practical strategies for integrating mindfulness into the early years learning environment. With a strong foundation in research evidence and pedagogical approaches, Yasmin empowers educators to support children's mental health and well-being through reflective tasks, activities, and case studies. The book not only emphasises the importance of mindfulness for children but also highlights the significance of cultivating mindfulness in educators themselves. It is a must-have resource for early years degree students, practitioners, and teachers striving to create emotionally literate and mindful learning environments. I highly recommend this book to all early years professionals.’ Debra Corboy - Senior Lecturer, Morley College London ‘It is refreshing, after working with children for over 30 years, to read a book that finally emphasises the impact an EYP/EYT can have on a child if their own mental health is not secure. The Pandemic left behind a huge MH Legacy, not just for the children, and this book can support the staff to acknowledge this, as well as offering practical support through personal mindfulness activities. This book is essential in supporting the children you care for, to understand the need for daily mindfulness, and to enable them to have a happy and healthy environment.’ Helen Sachania - External Quality Assurer (Health, Childcare and Education) ‘This highly accessible guide is a must-read for early years practitioners who wish to introduce and embed mindfulness in their settings. The author presents a compelling rationale as to why mindfulness should be at the heart of enabling children and practitioners alike to understand and manage their thoughts, feelings and behaviour as part of effective early years practice. Replete with simple explanations, robust evidence base and activity ideas, the author takes the reader on an engaging journey of mindfulness, from its origins to the future vision of mindfulness in early years. The activities and real-life case studies are directly linked to the EYFS areas of learning and development, alongside mindfulness for staff wellbeing, which is as refreshing as it is critical - particularly post-pandemic and all the stressors that adversely affect mental health of children and adults alike. This book should be an essential part of every early years practitioner’s mindfulness toolkit!’ Dr Mine Conkbayir, award-winning early years author, trainer and researcher. Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsBook IntroductionChapter 1 Introducing Mindfulness into Early YearsChapter 2 The Mindful Pedagogy Chapter 3 Developing Mindful Environments in Early Years Chapter 4 Mindfulness for Staff Wellbeing Chapter 5 Mindfulness Activities for Children in Early Years Chapter 6 The Future Vision of Mindfulness in Early Years

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2021 SSTAR Consumer Book Award!What makes sex magnificent? What are the qualities of extraordinary erotic intimacy and what are the elements that help to bring it about? Is great sex the stuff that people remember nostalgically from the honeymoon phase of their relationships, or can sex improve over time? Magnificent Sex is based on the largest, in-depth interview study ever conducted with people who are having extraordinary sex. It gathers the nuggets for remarkable sex from the experts, distilling them into an attainable blueprint for ordinary lovers who want to make erotic intimacy grow over the course of a lifetime. Looking at factors including individual and relational qualities, empathic communication and the myths and realities of magnificent sex, this book offers accessible and evidence-based guidance for lovers and therapists alike. It is replete with frank and often humorous interviews with straight and Trade Review"With empirical rigor and a playful sense of humor, Kleinplatz and Ménard offer us a grand tour of a previously undocumented world where extraordinary lovers create magnificent sexual experiences. Every sex therapist, educator, researcher, and student should read this book. It will utterly transform the conversation around sexual desire." – Emily Nagoski, author of Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life."This is IT finally, a refreshing real book discussing the nature of magnificent sex! And this book actually sees sex as a relational dance, not one person’s bodily function! The book is easy to read and goes beyond formulas, tips and tricks to discuss topics like empathy which so often are missing in so-called sex books. This is where the field of sex therapy needs to go. The lovers in this book tell us how we often settle for being stuck in clichés and so called symptoms and miss the symphony the great sex can be." – Sue Johnson, EdD, researcher, professor, and bestselling author of Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love."This is a wonderful book! Taking the focus off of ‘sex’ and ‘sexual function’ tricks and techniques, it will provide an invaluable resource for those looking to truly improve the quality of their relationships and their experience of sex." – Daniel N. Watter, EdD, past president, The Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR)"Peggy Kleinplatz has achieved near mythical status in the echelons of sex therapy. For nearly two decades she has been leading the Optimal Sexual Experiences Research Team at the University of Ottawa and carefully protecting their work from outside eyes. Along the way, they have teased and tantalized us with breadcrumbs of insight from their detailed study of actual couples who embody and manifest the eight components of magnificent sex; but now, finally, Kleinplatz and Ménard have given us the secret sauce, and it was worth the wait!" – Ian Kerner, Ph.D., LMFT, NY Times best-selling author, She Comes First."Would you like to have good sex? What about great sex? Or, even better, what about the greatest sexual experience of your life? Kleinplatz and Ménard dive into their incredible research on peak sexual experiences, and distill valuable lessons to help you to discover your potential for sexual ecstasy. This isn't a cookbook style sex manual - it's a guide to creating sexual authenticity in your life, in a way that translates into heights of sexual fulfillment." – David Ley, Ph.D., licensed clinical psychologist and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist & Supervisor"Kleinplatz and Ménard have conducted extensive research on optimal sex and this book beautifully illustrates their work. It offers intimate details in selected quotes as described by their sexually-gratified subjects. Magnificent Sex: Lessons from Extraordinary Lovers will be of great value to readers in the general public as well as to those in the related fields of sexuality science, education, and therapy." – Stella Resnick, PhD, sex therapist and author of Body-to-Body Intimacy: Transformation through Love, Sex and Neurobiology (2019). "Kleinplatz and Ménard investigate sex in the great tradition of Abraham Maslow and the humanistic tradition, as well as the more recent trend of positive psychology, which shift the focus from human dysfunction to human flourishing. While much time and resources have been invested in the study of how sex goes wrong and how to shift from abnormal or dysfunctional sex to functional sex, this book places the emphasis on how couples can set to work to achieve higher and higher levels of sexual pleasure and intimacy. Grounded in empirical science that aims and succeeds at respecting the fidelity of lived sexual experience, this book offers hope for individuals and couples that great sex need not remain restricted to the realm of fantasy." – Brent Dean Robbins, Ph.D., chair and professor of psychology at Point Park University and author of The Medicalized Body and Anesthetic Culture: The Cadaver, the Memorial Body, and the Recovery of Lived Experience. "Magnificent sex! It’s something many crave, but too few have. It’s also a phenomenon that looks nothing like the false media images perpetuating it. In this compelling book, full of striking quotes from real people having superb sex, the authors paint a picture of what truly great sex looks like. Using results from their in-depth study of people having magnificent sex, they reveal the personal and relationship qualities and attitudes necessary for magnificent sex. Unlike books promising results in a few simple steps, this book will shift our paradigm of great sex – and help guide our way there." – Laurie Mintz, professor at the University of Florida and author of A Tired Woman’s Guide to Passionate Sex and Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters—And How to Get It."Magnificent Sex is a much-needed alternative to the hundreds of books about amping up your sex life that amount to cookbooks of positions and toys. Instead, Kleinplatz and Ménard have researched actual couples who still manage to have exceptional sex after years of marriage, and distilled their secrets and wisdom. The couples they interviewed represent a broad range of diversity, and the insights are unexpected – they are all about attitude and perspective, and have little to do with mechanics. This book is destined to become a classic. It is a book for therapists, but also for anyone who is hoping to keep the spark of passion alive in their relationship." – Margaret Nichols, Ph.D., psychologist and AASECT certified sex therapy supervisor, Institute for Personal Growth, Highland Park, Jersey City, and Freehold New Jersey."This book is both original and effective in providing a guide to quality sex in a manner supported by research and avoidance of hyperbole. A valuable read that adds to our knowledge of the entire spectrum of sexualities, from dysfunctional to ‘normal’ to optimal!" – Michael A. Perelman, Ph.D., co-director, Human Sexuality Program, Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian"This is IT finally, a refreshing real book discussing the nature of magnificent sex! And this book actually sees sex as a relational dance, not one person’s bodily function! The book is easy to read and goes beyond formulas, tips and tricks to discuss topics like empathy which so often are missing in so-called sex books. This is where the field of sex therapy needs to go. The lovers in this book tell us how we often settle for being stuck in clichés and so called symptoms and miss the symphony the great sex can be." – Sue Johnson, Ed.D., researcher, professor and bestselling author of Hold me tight: Seven conversations for a lifetime of love"With empirical rigor and a playful sense of humor, Kleinplatz and Ménard offer us a grand tour of a previously undocumented world where extraordinary lovers create magnificent sexual experiences. Every sex therapist, educator, researcher and student should read this book. It will utterly transform the conversation around sexual desire." – Emily Nagoski, Ph.D., author of Come as you are: The surprising new science that will transform your sex life"This is a wonderful book! Taking the focus off of ‘sex’ and ‘sexual function’ tricks and techniques, it will provide an invaluable resource for those looking to truly improve the quality of their relationships and their experience of sex." – Daniel N. Watter, Ed.D., past president, The Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR)"Peggy Kleinplatz has achieved near mythical status in the echelons of sex therapy. For nearly two decades she has been leading the Optimal Sexual Experiences Research Team at the University of Ottawa and carefully protecting their work from outside eyes. Along the way, they have teased and tantalized us with breadcrumbs of insight from their detailed study of actual couples who embody and manifest the eight components of magnificent sex; but now, finally, Kleinplatz and Ménard have given us the secret sauce, and it was worth the wait!" – Ian Kerner, Ph.D., LMFT, New York Times best-selling author, She Comes First"Would you like to have good sex? What about great sex? Or, even better, what about the greatest sexual experience of your life? Kleinplatz and Ménard dive into their incredible research on peak sexual experiences, and distill valuable lessons to help you to discover your potential for sexual ecstasy. This isn't a cookbook style sex manual – it's a guide to creating sexual authenticity in your life, in a way that translates into heights of sexual fulfillment." – David Ley, Ph.D., licensed clinical psychologist and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist & Supervisor"Kleinplatz and Ménard have conducted extensive research on optimal sex and this book beautifully illustrates their work. It offers intimate details in selected quotes as described by their sexually-gratified subjects. Magnificent Sex: Lessons from Extraordinary Lovers will be of great value to readers in the general public as well as to those in the related fields of sexuality science, education and therapy." – Stella Resnick, Ph.D., sex therapist and author of Body-to-body intimacy: Transformation through love, sex and neurobiology"Kleinplatz and Ménard investigate sex in the great tradition of Abraham Maslow and the humanistic tradition, as well as the more recent trend of positive psychology, which shift the focus from human dysfunction to human flourishing. While much time and resources have been invested in the study of how sex goes wrong and how to shift from abnormal or dysfunctional sex to functional sex, this book places the emphasis on how couples can set to work to achieve higher and higher levels of sexual pleasure and intimacy. Grounded in empirical science that aims and succeeds at respecting the fidelity of lived sexual experience, this book offers hope for individuals and couples that great sex need not remain restricted to the realm of fantasy." – Brent Dean Robbins, Ph.D., chair and professor of psychology at Point Park University and author of The medicalized body and anesthetic culture: The cadaver, the memorial body, and the recovery of lived experience "Magnificent sex! It’s something many crave, but too few have. It’s also a phenomenon that looks nothing like the false media images perpetuating it. In this compelling book, full of striking quotes from real people having superb sex, the authors paint a picture of what truly great sex looks like. Using results from their in-depth study of people having magnificent sex, they reveal the personal and relationship qualities and attitudes necessary for magnificent sex. Unlike books promising results in a few simple steps, this book will shift our paradigm of great sex – and help guide our way there." – Laurie Mintz, professor at the University of Florida and author of A tired woman’s guide to passionate sex and Becoming cliterate: Why orgasm equality matters – and how to get it"Magnificent Sex is a much-needed alternative to the hundreds of books about amping up your sex life that amount to cookbooks of positions and toys. Instead, Kleinplatz and Ménard have researched actual couples who still manage to have exceptional sex after years of marriage, and distilled their secrets and wisdom. The couples they interviewed represent a broad range of diversity, and the insights are unexpected – they are all about attitude and perspective, and have little to do with mechanics. This book is destined to become a classic. It is a book for therapists, but also for anyone who is hoping to keep the spark of passion alive in their relationship." – Margaret Nichols, Ph.D., psychologist and AASECT certified sex therapy supervisor, Institute for Personal Growth, Highland Park, Jersey City, and Freehold New Jersey"This book is both original and effective in providing a guide to quality sex in a manner supported by research and avoidance of hyperbole. A valuable read that adds to our knowledge of the entire spectrum of sexualities, from dysfunctional to ‘normal’ to optimal!" – Michael A. Perelman, Ph.D., co-director, Human Sexuality Program, Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-PresbyterianTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: How Did We Come to be Studying Magnificent Sex? 1. How Did We Set Out to Learn About Magnificent Sex? From the Dismal to the Ordinary to Optimal Sexual Experience Part II. 2. The Components of Magnificent Sex 3. Myths and Realities of Magnificent Sex: From Media Stereotypes and Beyond Part III. What Leads to Magnificent Sex? Contributing Factors 4. Developmental Factors 5. Preparation 6. Enduring Individual Qualities 7. Individual Qualities in-the-moment 8. Skills 9. Qualities of the Relationship 10. Relational Qualities in-the-moment 11. The Meta-Factor: Empathic Communication 12. The Pathways towards Magnificent Sex Part IV 13. Implications and Applications for Lovers and Therapists Who Aspire Higher 14. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisContextual Transactional Analysis: The Inseparability of Self and World offers a novel and comprehensive reworking of key concepts in transactional analysis, offering insight into the causes of psychological distress and closing the gap between training and clinical practice. By providing a bigger picture as much sociological as psychological of what it means to be human, the book makes an essential contribution to current debates about how best to account for and work with the social and cultural dimensions of client experience. James M. Sedgwick captures the ongoing importance of what happens around us and the distinctive kinds of psychological distress that arise from persistent and pervasive environmental disadvantage. Beginning with a view of people as always situated and socialised, the book highlights the many ways that the world always and everywhere constrains or enables thought and action. Ranging through ideas about the kinds of contTrade ReviewJames Sedgwick’s updating of TA, and incidentally much related psychotherapy besides, is a timely, necessary, very well-informed, well-written and welcome book. The author successfully transcends the traps of therapy-as-usual and throwing-the-baby-out-with-the-bathwater. The psychotherapy field has long paid lip service to the importance of socio-political contexts but Sedgwick attempts to go further by subtle analyses and critical thinking to expose the nature of ‘horizontal suffering’. Whether you share his political analysis or not, Sedgwick potentially offers a seriously game-changing view of therapy in a world that is much more complex and challenging than the first and second waves of theorists of therapy faced. His book deserves a wide readership in the therapy professions. - Colin Feltham, Emeritus Professor of Critical Counselling Studies, Sheffield Hallam UniversityThis is a timely book, which offers – nay, urgently advocates – a new perspective on transactional analysis psychotherapy, one that reverses the trend towards the focus on the individual and examines what a truly social psychiatry might look like. The author starts from the position that the development of the self, the individual, is a co-creation in and by the environment, with the child as active ‘learning participant’. Furthermore, this is a process that continues at every moment thereafter, as the person shapes and is shaped by the society in which she finds herself, with all its gaps and deficits of possibility. Thus Sedgwick considers ‘self-and-world’ as his client. With this starting premise as a given, he meticulously reviews the theory and methodology of TA to examine how it can best support a therapy that not only addresses what he calls ‘vertical problems’ - those related to an ongoing script - but ‘horizontal problems’ those that relate to the ‘force of circumstance and the uncertainty of the world’. This exploration, informed by social theory, contemporary philosophy and a range of psychological theories, involves the deconstruction and critique of all the major concepts of TA. Some of them are defined anew, some are completely revised and reformed. It is a stimulating intellectual journey. The book is not an ‘easy read’ – it is challenging, thought-provoking and erudite. It is also eloquent and witty, with delightful turns of phrase and pithy metaphors. Many times I found myself smiling in appreciation of Sedgwick’s ability to capture a complex idea or summarise a convoluted concept in a few well-chosen words. It is touching and surprising that a man who writes with such careful, rigorous precision about his ideas, should also come across as a man of passion and compassion. His signposts to the practice of contextual TA are inspiring. I will return to this book often." - Charlotte Sills, psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice; Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst; faculty at Metanoia Institute, UK; Professor of Coaching, Ashridge Business School, UKThe main thesis of this book is that certain forms of psychological distress are best addressed through fostering appropriate conditions for greater social and political awareness and identity formation. In presenting this thesis, the author makes a compelling case for a contemporary transactional analysis (TA) that accounts much more for the context of life. In doing so, Sedgwick both acknowledges those authors in TA who have previously argued about the significance of experiences and concepts such as alienation and oppression, and offers his own critical analysis of TA – one that is informed by sociology, historical materialism, and class politics, as well as a close reading of some 60 years of TA theory. This is a well-researched, and well-informed book that presents complex ideas in accessible and often novel ways, illustrated with clear examples from clinical therapeutic practice. I congratulate Sedgwick on this tour de force and his contribution to what could – and should – be considered to be (to paraphrase a metaphor used by the author) a "good-enough transactional analysis" for the 21st century. - Keith Tudor, Professor of Psychotherapy, Auckland University of Technology, Editor of Psychotherapy and Politics International'James Sedgwick’s updating of TA, and incidentally much related psychotherapy besides, is a timely, necessary, very well-informed, well-written and welcome book. The author successfully transcends the traps of therapy-as-usual and throwing-the-baby-out-with-the-bathwater. The psychotherapy field has long paid lip service to the importance of socio-political contexts but Sedgwick attempts to go further by subtle analyses and critical thinking to expose the nature of "horizontal suffering". Whether you share his political analysis or not, Sedgwick potentially offers a seriously game-changing view of therapy in a world that is much more complex and challenging than the first and second waves of theorists of therapy faced. His book deserves a wide readership in the therapy professions.' - Colin Feltham, Emeritus Professor of Critical Counselling Studies, Sheffield Hallam University, UK'This is a timely book, which offers – nay, urgently advocates – a new perspective on transactional analysis psychotherapy, one that reverses the trend towards the focus on the individual and examines what a truly social psychiatry might look like. The author starts from the position that the development of the self, the individual, is a co-creation in and by the environment, with the child as active "learning participant". Furthermore, this is a process that continues at every moment thereafter, as the person shapes and is shaped by the society in which she finds herself, with all its gaps and deficits of possibility. Thus Sedgwick considers "self-and-world" as his client. With this starting premise as a given, he meticulously reviews the theory and methodology of TA to examine how it can best support a therapy that not only addresses what he calls "vertical problems" – those related to an ongoing script - but "horizontal problems" – those that relate to the "force of circumstance and the uncertainty of the world". This exploration, informed by social theory, contemporary philosophy and a range of psychological theories, involves the deconstruction and critique of all the major concepts of TA. Some of them are defined anew, some are completely revised and reformed. It is a stimulating intellectual journey. The book is not an "easy read" – it is challenging, thought-provoking and erudite. It is also eloquent and witty, with delightful turns of phrase and pithy metaphors. Many times I found myself smiling in appreciation of Sedgwick’s ability to capture a complex idea or summarise a convoluted concept in a few well-chosen words. It is touching and surprising that a man who writes with such careful, rigorous precision about his ideas, should also come across as a man of passion and compassion. His signposts to the practice of contextual TA are inspiring. I will return to this book often.' - Charlotte Sills, psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice; teaching and supervising transactional analyst; faculty at Metanoia Institute, UK; Professor of Coaching, Ashridge Business School, UKThe main thesis of this book is that certain forms of psychological distress are best addressed through fostering appropriate conditions for greater social and political awareness and identity formation. In presenting this thesis, the author makes a compelling case for a contemporary transactional analysis (TA) that accounts much more for the context of life. In doing so, Sedgwick both acknowledges those authors in TA who have previously argued about the significance of experiences and concepts such as alienation and oppression, and offers his own critical analysis of TA – one that is informed by sociology, historical materialism and class politics, as well as a close reading of some 60 years of TA theory. This is a well-researched and well-informed book that presents complex ideas in accessible and often novel ways, illustrated with clear examples from clinical therapeutic practice. I congratulate Sedgwick on this tour de force and his contribution to what could – and should – be considered to be (to paraphrase a metaphor used by the author) a "good-enough transactional analysis" for the 21st century. - Keith Tudor, Professor of Psychotherapy, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand; Editor of Psychotherapy and Politics InternationalTable of ContentsForewordAcknowledgementsPart I: Context Introduced.Introduction: Making a Place for the Contextual 1: Self-and-World and Horizontal Problems 2: The Good Enough World.3: The Parent Ego-State RediscoveredPart II: Theoretical Contexts4: Competitor Theories and a Pragmatic Alternative 5: Language, Pragmatism and Dialogue Part III: The Individual in Context 6: Frame of Reference 7: Games along the Horizontal Axis 8: Contextual Transactional Analysis in Practice Part IV: Our Present and Future9: The Inseparability of Therapy and World

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Book SynopsisEssential Resources for Mindfulness Teachers offers the reader a wealth of knowledge about the explicit and implicit aspects of mindfulness-based teaching. The book focuses on how to develop the craft of teaching mindfulness-based courses and is divided into three parts. Part I addresses the explicit elements of mindfulness-based courses, such as how to offer meditation practices and inquiry. Part II investigates the subtle but powerful implicit qualities needed within the teacher to convey the essence of mindfulness. Part III is a series of chapters on the underpinnings, considerations, and theories surrounding the teaching of mindfulness-based courses, and includes a new framework for reflective practice the Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Teaching and Learning Companion (the TLC). The book is a core companion text for both trainees and established mindfulness-based teachers, and is a resource you will return to again and again. Trade Review'A veritable Rosetta Stone which reveals and deciphers a myriad of basic dimensions of embodied mindfulness instruction in mainstream settings that are key to effective and authentic teaching in mindfulness-based interventions of any kind.'Jon Kabat-Zinn, Professor Emeritus of Medicine'For the field of mindfulness to realise its potential, we need to take great care in training the next generation of mindfulness teachers. They need to develop clarity of intention, theoretical understanding, knowledge of the key research and proficiency as teachers. They need to consistently examine their embodiment and integrity and be open to a lifelong process of learning. This is not just a book. It is an extraordinary collection of resources developed over decades of training many hundreds of mindfulness teachers. It timely and will be widely welcomed. At one level it is a practical, well-structured, skilfully curated set of training resources. At another level it provides inspiration, a compass, as well as a road map for trainees at every stage of their learning. The authors are generously committing to writing what they know through their extensive training experience helps trainee mindfulness teachers. The list of authors represents some of the leading trainers in the world.This edited collection is timely in resourcing both trainees and trainers in mindfulness-based interventions. I can easily see this being a contribution that will evolve through many editions in decades to come.'Willem Kuyken, Ritblat Professor of Mindfulness and Psychological Science, University of Oxford, UK 'This is an outstanding book. As mindfulness-based programs enter the sphere of evidence-based medicine, it is imperative that teacher training programs are consistent with the randomized controlled trials that built the evidence. This book is a rich guide that invites us to travel the high road in teacher training so that we skillfully serve learners, while fitting within healthcare delivery systems.'Eric Loucks, Associate Professor and Director, Mindfulness Center at Brown University, USA'Mindfulness-based programs ask much of teachers who, in turn, are poised to deliver much to program participants. This book will ably guide, support and nourish teachers in linking the implicit knowledge embedded in their curricula with skillful, explicit means for conveying it. It should be required reading for anyone in our field.'Zindel Segal, Distinguished Professor of Psychology in Mood Disorders, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada'This is a jewel of a book, reflecting the multi-faceted nature of teaching mindfulness in our present society, the explicit and implicit aspects of curriculum, and how to nourish ourselves as its teachers. It is the fruit of the experience of a worldwide network of experienced and committed trainers, to whom I am very grateful for this priceless resource. I can warmly recommend it to beginning and advanced teachers, and to teacher trainers. May it lead to even wider and tighter connections of mindfulness teachers and their students around the world!'Anne Speckens, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Radboudumc Centre for Mindfulness, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. 'The authors of this book bring many years of collective wisdom to the process of teaching mindfulness-based programs. As such, this book will be a valuable resource for all aspiring mindfulness-based teachers.' Susan Woods, Senior Faculty at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies, Toronto, Canada, an international MBSR/MBCT senior level trainer/teacher and author 'What an incredible resource! Rich in depth and breadth it will surely become an essential companion for any mindfulness teacher. I am struck by the generosity and humility of the authors and the great integrity with which it is written and compiled. A tremendous contribution to the burgeoning field of mindfulness.'Vidyamala Burch, Co-Founder of Breathworks and author of Mindfulness for Health, Mindfulness for Women and Living Well with Pain and Illness, www.vidyamala-Burch.com, www.breathworks-mindfulness.org.uk'This is a remarkable contribution to the field. This book delicately, deliberately and generously unfolds the architecture and essence of compassionate and competent mindfulness teaching. It is an essential companion for the experienced mindfulness teacher and a precious resource for those training to teach mindfulness-based interventions.' Dr. Paul D’Alton, Head of the Department of Psychology at St Vincent’s University Hospital Dublin, Ireland, and Associate Professor at the School of Psychology UCD where he is co-director of the MSc in Mindfulness Based Interventions'This resource is so rich. It touches upon most relevant issues the MBI teacher will come across when starting (and continuing) to use their wings after a teacher training. This book is an invitation to continuous learning. Dearly needed, for continuous learning is an important quality of embodying mindfulness.'Rob Brandsma, author of The Mindfulness Teaching Guide: Essential skills and Competencies for Teaching Mindfulness-Based Interventions'This book is a rare combination of rigid scholarship, practical pedagogy, and embodied mindfulness. Mindfulness-Based teachers and supervisors will find the wisdom and skills in this book essential for helping not only their participants, but also their own personal and professional growth.'Heyoung Ahn Ed.D., Executive Director of Korea Center for Mindfulness'This book is a treasure and a generous gift to the mindfulness community and beyond. Each chapter is grounded in a deep understanding of mindfulness and it´s applications. The book reflects the profound experience of the authors in the domains of self-reflection, in practicing and teaching mindfulness and in training other to teach. A MUST for everyone involved in teaching mindfulness or training mindfulness teachers.'Petra Meibert, Psychologist, MBSR and MBCT teacher trainer, author, Head of the Mindfulness Institut Ruhr (MIR), Germany. 'This book is a beautifully clear and accessible guide for potential and experienced mindfulness teachers alike. The rich history of these particular teachers, the depth and the wisdom of their contributions and their compassionate commitment to sharing what they know leaves a precious legacy to the global mindfulness community.'Maura Kenny, Founding Co-Director, Mindfulness Training Institute Australia and New Zealand, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide, Australia'This is as comprehensive, detailed and inspiring as one could wish for in a handbook for mindfulness-based teaching. Infused and informed with the many years of experience of its contributors, it is a rich resource that will be invaluable for many years to come. In our institute’s teacher-training programs, it will be a standard work for our faculty and trainees. At this point in the development of the field, it truly celebrates and documents the coming of age of Mindfulness-Based Programs. Well done!'Linda Lehrhaupt, Executive Director, The Institute for Mindfulness-Based Approaches, co-author of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: The MBSR Program for Enhancing Health and VitalityTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I: The explicit curriculum; 1: The essential spirit of mindfulness-based teaching, Saki F. Santorelli; 2: Curriculum considerations; 3: Guiding the formal practices: Overview; 4: The body scan practice; 5: Mindful movement; 6: The sitting meditations; 7: The short practices; 8: The ‘all-day’ of practice; 9: Inquiry: conveying course themes through interactive dialogue; 10: Conveying session themes: group exercises and didactic inputs; Part II The implicit curriculum; 11: Embodiment; 12: Relational skills; 13: Holding the group learning environment; 14: The use of poems, stories, and images; 15: Integrating the explicit and implicit curriculum; 16: Orientation and assessment; 17: Teaching mindfulness-based programmes online; Part III: Resourcing ourselves as mindfulness teachers; 18: How do we resource and support ourselves as MBP teachers? An overview, Rebecca Crane; 19: The Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Teaching and Learning Companion (MBI:TLC), Gemma Griffith, Rebecca Crane, Karunavira, and Lynn Koerbel; 20: Developing your personal practice, Bridgette O’Neill; 21: Mindfulness-based supervision, Alison Evans; 22: Professional practice, Pamela Duckerin; 23: Trauma-sensitivity, Eluned Gold; 24: Societal themes, Bethan Roberts and Rebecca Crane; 25: Science and theory, Gemma Griffith and Karunavira; 26: Implementing mindfulness-based programmes, Rebecca Crane and Heledd Griffiths, References, Appendix 1: Further resources

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Book SynopsisThe Dynamic Self in Psychoanalysis builds a bridge between two different but intertwined disciplinesâpsychoanalysis and neuroscienceâby examining the Self and its dynamics at the psychological and neuronal level. Rosa Spagnolo and Georg Northoff seek continuity in the relationship between psychoanalysis and neuroscience, emphasizing how both inform psychotherapy and psychoanalytic treatment and exploring the transformations of the Self that occur during this work. Each chapter presents clinical examples which demonstrate the evolution of the spatiotemporal and affective dimensions of the Self in a variety of psychopathologies. Spagnolo and Northoff analyze the possible use of new neuroscientific findings to improve clinical treatment in psychodynamic therapy and present a spatio-temporal approach that has significant implications for the practice of psychotherapy and for future research.The Dynamic Self in Psychoanalysis will be of greaTrade Review"This book concerns a fundamental topic in mental science: the nature of the self. The authors bring an incredible range and depth of expertise to it. Spagnolo is a psychoanalyst and paediatric neurologist; Northoff is a neuroscientist, psychiatrist and philosopher. The result is an intellectual banquet of clinical descriptions, science and philosophy, with extremely rich theorizing."Mark Solms, Research Chair of the International Psychoanalytical Association, Co-Chair of the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society"The case of psychoanalysis remains a puzzle. You can look at it as a form of treatment, or as a scientific approach to the study of the mind, or as a philosophical topic. But you always find the same mixed response: on the one hand, you encounter great success, a large following, and a multitude of sensation seekers; on the other hand, you find the critics and the controversy. The death of psychoanalysis has been announced and postponed but it never took place. Ironically, in spite of no death, there already is a revival of psychoanalysis. The branch of it that carries the day concerns the natural marriage of psychoanalysis and neuroscience which began with the work of Mark Solms and has only gained in strength. To this setting, come Rosa Spagnolo and Georg Northoff with a welcome addition to the pertinent literature. They aim at explaining each side of the partnership to the other side and their effort will reward the intellectually curious and the practical minded alike. I wish them great success."Antonio Damasio, author, The Strange Order of Things; Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology & Philosophy, and Director, Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA"Is it possible to build a bridge between two different, but intertwined, disciplines such as psychoanalysis and neuroscience? What is the glue that aligns together the different elements of this bridge? For Rosa Spagnolo and Georg Northoff, the Self, and its dynamic at psychological and neuronal level, might be the candidate.Several psychoanalysts like Jung, Kohut, Winnicott, Modell, Bromberg, and neuroscientists like Northoff, Panksepp, Damasio, Solms and Schore, just to name a few, tried to define the intrinsic sense of subjectivity that characterize our psyche. The Self is shaped by the alignment with the world where the intra/inter-psychic structure is nurtured by a good enough interaction with the animate environment. In this book, departing from the building blocks represented by time and space, moving through the relation with the body, the other, the world and finally to the dreams, the Self is disentangled in its own dynamic features. The continuous integration of the spatio-temporal approach with psychodynamic processes behind the transformation of the Self is highly innovative and sheds a novel perspective on the case histories reported.Wisely describing clinical experiences, The Dynamic Self aims at looking for the continuity in the relation between psychoanalysis and neuroscience, emphasizing how they might be two sides of a coin informing psychotherapy and psychoanalytic treatment. The spatio-temporal approach will have huge implications for psychotherapy and future research."Andrea Scalabrini, PhD, PsyD; Neuroscientist and Psychotherapist-Psychoanalyst; Post-doc researcher at University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, ItalyTable of ContentsINTRODUSING THE DYNAMIC SELF; 1: BUILDING UP TIME AND SPACE; 2: THE SELF AND THE OTHER; 3: THE SELF AND THE WORLD; 4: THE SELF BETWEEN ART AND MADNESS; 5: THE SELF INTO THE DREAMS; 6: DREAM EXPERIENCE OF THE SELF; PHILOSOPHICAL OUTLOOK: WORLD, TIME, AND SELF

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Book SynopsisDramatherapy and Learning Disabilities demonstrates the power of dramatherapy to help clients with learning disabilities, addressing current research, evidencebased work, and methods in the dramatherapy and learning disabilities fields. Featuring contribution from 19 dramatherapists with a range of clients of all ages who have moderate to severe learning disabilities, this book presents ways in which dramatherapists are innovating new approaches to their work in the field. The authors demonstrate their expertise but also acknowledge their limitations. They explore what it is like to work in multidisciplinary teams and with parents and carers of children and adults with learning disabilities. Each chapter provides detailed vignettes of client/therapist experience and enables the reader to gain insight into therapists' thinking and the process that guides their clinical judgement. Structured accounts of sessions and outcomes, tracking clients' progress and the use of evaluationTrade ReviewEndorsements to be formatted in this format.'Endorser Name, their affiliation, and Book Name, if anyMandy CarrThis enriching book opens with a helpful overview of the development of dramatherapy theory and practice with people with learning disabilities. It includes examples from a wide range of contexts and from individual and group work, with engaging descriptions of dramatherapy sessions which focus on the individuality of the clients themselves. It is packed with significant discussions and vivid examples for practitioners such as supporting a child with the birth of a new sibling, working systemically, addressing mental ill-health and bereavement needs. It is infused with a passion for equality of access, giving rise to genuine inclusivity for people with learning disabilities.Mandy Carr, former senior lecturer in dramatherapy, dramatherapist and clinical supervisorDimpi HiraniThe many voices in this book shed light to the depth and attention that dramatherapists afford their clients of diverse abilities and how, in return our clients offer riches back to the profession itself. It’s an effective snapshot of the life of dramatherapy with people with learning disabilities. The reader will enter the unknown, and experience the carving of an empowering story of how the exploration of the imagination and its healing powers is open and accessible to all humans. The therapeutic practises outlined here are as kaleidoscopic as our client group.Dimpi Hirani, MA, MSc., a Dramatherapist & Clinical Supervisor, qualified from Central School of Speech and Drama as a Drama & Movement Therapist in 2003. In 2004 she set up a therapy service in a special needs school in N. W London and continues to work there. She served as a co - convenor for the BADth Education Sub Committee between the years of 2005 and 2012 and wrote the Foreword for the book “Dramatherapy with Children, Young People and Schools” (2012), Routledge.Dr Emma RamsdenThis timely publication is a valuable resource for a wide range of professionals, trainers and trainees working in the field of learning disabilities across the life cycle in education, heath and Third Sector settings. Accounts of dramatherapy practice include advocacy interventions with non-verbal clients and together the contributions show that the presence of client voice and agency is strong in this publication which promotes a good number of first time authors. Evaluating outcomes and the impact of dramatherapy in a specialist child service and the range of multi-disciplinary collaborations across specialist settings are strengths of this publication. A valuable contribution to the field of dramatherapy research, practice and theory. Dr Emma Ramsden is a Practitioner-researcher (dramatherapy)Tessa WatsonThis is a magnificent book! A welcome addition to the series, of value to practitioners, service users, carers and colleagues and a book that will become a key text for this important area of practice. We venture with the authors into the therapeutic space, reading compelling examples of Dramatherapists’ work to construct creative, safe spaces for deep therapeutic work. We share the joy and the challenges of their work and - importantly - hear service users’ voices speak powerfully. This book shows commitment to valuing and learning from difference, to empowerment and activism; it encourages reflective, creative, authentic dramatherapy and interprofessional practice. An invaluable addition to the literature that comprehensively fills the gap on our bookshelves, and that I highly recommend. Tessa Watson is a Music Therapist who works in higher education training students, and in supervisory and clinical practice. Tessa has supported people with learning disabilities to use music therapy and has worked alongside carers and colleagues from Dramatherapy and other disciplines for over 30 years.Table of ContentsList of contributors. Introduction. Chapter 1: Dramatherapy and Learning Disabilities. PART 1: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Chapter 2: Family Ties: Supporting Sibling Relationships. Chapter 3: ‘May we speak for you?’: Thoughts on a Multi-Vocal Approach When Working with Clients with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) within an Education Setting. Chapter 4: How Can We Track and Aid Emotional Development in Children and Young People with Learning Disabilities?. PART 2: The Journey through Adolescence. Chapter 5: Meeting Maddy Where She Is: A Figurative and Literal Journey. Chapter 6: The Hero’s Journey and Learning Disability: A Case Study. Chapter 7: Finding Sameer: A Client’s Journey to Self-Discovery. Chapter 8: "We are lots of things": Exploring Dramatic Imitation with Adolescents in Special Education. PART 3: On to Adulthood. Chapter 9: Yes I am, Here I Am: Using Confirmation as an Antidote to Cultural Shame. Chapter 10: Attunement in Dramatherapy: Working Intuitively and the Importance of the Co-Working Relationship. Chapter 11: Meeting the Challenge: Co-Producing a Presentation as an Evaluation Process. Chapter 12: Roots to Grow: The Development of Dramatherapy in a Low-Secure Service for Men with Learning Disabilities. PART 4: Coping with Change. Chapter 13: The Get Going Group: Dramatherapy Groups Supporting Adults with Learning Disabilities and Mental Ill Health after Discharge from Hospital. Chapter 14: Making Connections through Life and Death. Chapter 15: Emerging from That Storm: Reflections on a School-Based Arts Therapy Team’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Conclusion. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates the use of psychoanalytic thinking in front line mental health settings and aims to make available an approach to working with emotional and mental disturbance to a wide range of clinicians within psychiatric and other mental health settings. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Theory in Practice 3. Supervision and Consultation: turning in to psychotic communications in frontline mental health settings 4. Therapeutic and Anti-Therapeutic Factors in Therapeutic Relationships 5. Psychoanlaytic Understanding of Depressional and Suicidal Risk 6. Psychotherapeutic work with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder 7. Turning in to Psychotic Communication on a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit 8. Therapeutic work with treatment resistant patients 9. The Contribution of Psychanalytic Perspectives on the patient’s relationship with their bodies 10. Social Systems and Social Defence

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Book SynopsisRational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) encourages the client to focus on their emotional problems in order to understand and change the rigid and extreme attitudes that underpin them these problems. Table of ContentsPart 1 THE DISTINCTIVE THEORETICAL FEATURES OF REBT ; Terminology and theory; Post-modernism, relativism and other emphases: REBT’s distinctive theoretical heritage; REBT’s distinctive ABC model; Rigid and extreme attitudes are at the core of psychological disturbance ; Flexible and non-extreme attitudes are at the core of psychological health; Distinction between unhealthy negative emotions (UNEs) and healthy negative emotions (HNEs); REBT’s key principle of emotional responsibility; Explaining why clients’ inferences are highly distorted; Position on human worth; Distinction between ego and discomfort disturbance and health; Focus on meta-psychological disturbance; The biological basis of human disturbance; REBT’s position on the origin and maintenance of psychological problems; REBT’s position on psychological change; Position on good mental health; Part 2 THE DISTINCTIVE PRACTICAL FEATURES OF REBT; The therapeutic relationship in REBT; Position on case formulation; Psycho-educational emphasis; Dealing with problems in order: (i) disturbance; (ii) dissatisfaction; (iii) development; Early focus on rigid and extreme basic attitudes (R/EBs); Helping clients to change their rigid and extreme attitudes to flexible and non-extreme attitudes; Variety of therapeutic styles; REBT encourages clients to seek adversity when carrying out homework assignments, but does so sensibly; Change is hard work and the use of therapist force and energy; Emphasis on teaching clients general flexible and non-extreme attitudes and encouraging them to make a profound philosophic change; Compromises in therapeutic change; When to use a change-based focus (CBF) and when to use an acceptance-based focus (ABF); Focus on clients’ misconceptions, doubts, reservations and objections to REBT; Therapeutic efficiency; Theoretically consistent eclecticism; Appendix; References

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Book SynopsisSocial Action Art Therapy in a Time of Crisis outlines theories and models of social action art therapy, identifies its application in times of crisis, and explores the ways in which art therapy can work effectively for individuals and groups experiencing crisis. Drawing upon various ecologies, climate psychology, and eco-art therapy, this book addresses various responses to climate change, including notions of belonging, the physicality of experience, and the role of imagination in creating alternative versions of the future. The author presents a social action approach to art therapy as a way of addressing the political and collective components of climate change as well as the individual and emotional components. To help explore what social action art therapy can offer in this time of crisis, the author illustrates examples that show how the ideas have been used in other moments of crisis, including asylum, refuge, and domestic abuse.This innovative book coTrade Review'The topic of social injustice and its potential exacerbation and amplification in relation to the climate crisis is an important topic for art therapists to consider. Dr Bird suggests that the twin concepts of reflexivity and intersectionality are of crucial importance at this pivotal time. Bird notes a strand of art therapy which produces reductive narratives of deviancy and normality embedded in an atomised Capitalism which fails to properly acknowledge the communal and social aspects of experience, including environment. This book challenges our own ethics and practice. It challenges us, as a body of practitioners, to think about where we stand on the big issues of the day. I recommend it.'Dr Susan Hogan, Ph.D, D.Litt, Professor of Arts and Health at the University of Derby, College of Arts, Humanities and Education. Professorial Fellow, Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham.'Social action art therapy in times of crisis places the work of art therapy within an ecological and environmental context. The approaches described supports the reader to critically engage with the way that we think about the crisis we are living in and places the arts therapies within a socially engaged paradigm. The book shows how the use of art-based research and art therapy practice can contribute to making emotional sense of the climate crisis.'Gary Nash, Dip AT, MAAT, is a HCPC registered art therapist. Gary co-founded the London Art Therapy Centre in 2009, where he is a practitioner-researcher. He is a visiting lecturer at the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education and the University of Hertfordshire. He is co-editor of Environmental Arts Therapy, Routledge, 2020.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Social action art therapy, ecotherapy, and arts-based research methods 3. Belonging, imagination, and modernity 4. Violence, asylum, and refuge 5. Climate crisis 6. Conclusion Appendix: Example workshop plans

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive guide to applying Integrative Systemic Therapy (IST) principles in clinical supervision and training. It offers a solution to the challenges therapists face when integrating diverse therapeutic models.In todayâs clinical practice, training based on single models is insufficient, and many therapists struggle to combine conflicting approaches. This book presents a theory-driven, hands-on method for supervisors to help therapists bridge these gaps and master integrative therapy from a systemic perspective. The first half focuses on IST supervision methods within cultural contexts, while the second half explores the development of both IST supervisors and therapists, with practical, real-world supervision examples throughout.Invaluable to supervisors in marriage and family therapy, counseling, clinical psychology, and social work, the book equips readers with essential tools to enhance their supervision practice and expand their expertise in integrative therapy.

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Book SynopsisWinner of the Henley Business School ''Coaching Book of the Year'' 2023 Award!In an increasingly superficial and disconnected world, Jungian psychology offers a more soulful alternative. It provides a frame within which we can more easily notice and understand the voice of the unconscious and its implications, allowing us to build deeper relationships and lead more meaningful lives.In this book, Laurence Barrett explores the fundamental principles and structures of Jung''s model of the mind and considers ways in which these may be applied and extended to a modern coaching and consulting practice. It offers a deep but accessible insight to Jungian theory, supported by a wealth of source materials and rich examples from the author''s own work and experience.A Jungian Approach to Coaching will help experienced coaches to better support individuals, groups, and organizations, in a rediscovery of their humanity and their potential. It will help turn leaders inTrade ReviewThis book provides a wonderfully structured and easily readable journey into the world of coaching from a Jungian perspective. In an exploration of the hidden, unconscious dynamics that impact how individuals, teams and organizations behave, it suggests some very practical ways in which Jungian psychology can be applied to create healthier and more humane places of work. It is a 'must read' for anyone who is curious about what is going on 'below the surface' in themselves or their interactions with others, whether as a coach, consultant or a friend. The beauty of this book is that its content provides insights which are relevant to all aspects of our lives. At a time of significant societal conflict, it is gift to humanity in helping us understand the troubling and at times irrational aspects of individuals and groups. Its application and relevance is far broader than simply the world of coaching and organizational consulting. Our world needs the deeper understanding that Laurence shares with us. Anyone truly interested in helping individuals and teams to live and work more effectively will greatly benefit from the practical and insightful perspectives that Laurence provides.Roger Lehman, Emeritus Senior Affiliate Professor, INSEAD and Senior Lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Why Jung Matters? SECTION 1 Foundation. 1. Understanding the Mind: A Jungian Model of the Psyche. 2. Approaching the Deep Unconscious: The Language of Symbol. 3. Facing Life and Midlife: Individuation and the Emergence of the Self. 4. Spinning Tales and Making Meaning: The Importance of Narrative in Human Development. 5. Dealing with the Dark: The Importance of the Shadow in Development Work. 6. Considering Gender: The Other as the Archetype of Soul. SECTION 2 Relationship. 7. Finding Ourselves in Others: The Transference and its Importance for Coaching. 8. Working with Groups: The Developmental Paradox of Group Coaching. 9. Creating the Spaces to Change: Liminality and Developmental Work. 10. Exploring the Cultural Complex: Change in Organisations and Societies. 11. Building Therapeutic Organisations: A Reverie at Scale. 12. Towards a Therapeutic World: Ecopsychology and the Implications for Coaching. SECTION 3 Practice. 13. Working Online: An Emerging Practice. 14: Tending the Boundaries: The Therapeutic Zone Between Coaching and Psychotherapy. 15: Building a Jungian Coaching Practice: Three Fundamental Pillar. Some Final Reflections. Index.

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Book SynopsisMilton H. Erickson, M.D. is generally acknowledged to have been the world's leading practitioner of medical hypnosis. His "strategic therapy," using hypnotic techniques with or without actually inducing trance, allows him to get directly to the core of a problem and prescribe a course of action that can lead to rapid recovery.

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Book SynopsisThe story of why psychotherapy actually works.Trade Review"... a very rich and engaging book." -- Breathwork-Science

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Book SynopsisTeaching parents how to remain calm in the face of child-rearing stress.Trade Review"Parenting is often the greatest challenge in the 'full catastrophe' of daily life. In this elegant training manual, parents learn to strengthen their capacity for mindfulness and compassion regardless of the conditions of their lives, past or present. Essential mindfulness skills are gently woven into group exercises and psychoeducation about parenting and stress. This 'how to' program will surely be an important resource for couples and family therapists, and a refuge distressed parents, for many years to come." -- Christopher Germer, Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School, author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion

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Book SynopsisApplying the art and science of self-compassion to day-to-day therapy work.Trade Review"I expect that this book will appeal to a wide range of therapists, including those who already use mindfulness in their practice." -- Private Practice

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive treatment approach for the repair and resolution of attachment disturbances, for use in clinical settings.Trade Review"A masterpiece of integration, creativity, and clinical wisdom, Attachment Disturbances in Adults stands out as a vibrantly innovative treasure that will endure, one of those rare trail-blazers. Mental health professionals across disciplines will delight in the rich depth and breadth of this essential book, which seamlessly interweaves research, theory and treatment. Brown, Elliott and colleagues have written a tour de force that is surely destined to become an instant classic." -- Kathy Steele, MN, CS, Clinical Director, Metropolitan Counseling Services, and author of Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation "This is an incredibly important volume that makes a stunning contribution to the field. It spectacularly achieves an integration of the lifespan literature on attachment and its sequelae with intervention. Rarely does a scholarly work contribute to the understanding of the processes underlying attachment and its dysfunction while simultaneously providing a clearly delineated prescription for treatment. Practitioners will profit from the detailed clinical vignettes and researchers will gain many ideas warranting empirical investigation." -- Dante Cicchetti, PhD, McKnight Presidential Chair, Professor of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota "This is an extraordinary achievement. The must-have book on attachment, it includes everything you need to know about attachment, and then some-history, research, typology AND treatment! Richly comprehensive, precise, and wise, it is honed by real clinical experience, with step-by-step treatment protocols tailored to each attachment classification. This book should be required reading for all graduate students in clinical programs, be they clinical psychology, psychiatry, counseling, or social work. It should be a sine qua non for all attachment researchers. It is a book that any clinician who works with trauma and attachment disturbances-which means all clinicians, for attachment disturbances underlie most major syndromes-should have and master." -- Diana Fosha, PhD, developer of AEDP, author of The Transforming Power of Affect, Director of the AEDP Institute "Attachment Disturbances in Adults is a book of genius, an unequalled account of how far the attachment field has evolved since Bowlby's groundbreaking studies of attachment bonds. It presents an outstanding, encyclopedic, and integrative overview of theoretical understanding, assessment, and treatment. All this leads to a highly inspirational and effective treatment model, consisting of three "pillars": The Ideal Parent-Figure Protocol, Metacognitive Interventions for Attachment Disturbances, and Fostering Collaborative Capacity and Behavior. These pillars not only include the best of what has been written before in the attachment field, but also integrate the authors' wonderful work from other domains. This extraordinary book will set the bar for many years to come." -- Onno van der Hart, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Psychopathology of Chronic Traumatization, Utrecht University, and author of The Haunted Self "Attachment Disturbances in Adults is a comprehensive resource for understanding attachment, its development, its dysfunctions, its assessments, and its treatments. It covers relevant research in all these areas, grounding it in evidence-based actualities. But it is the book's comprehensiveness, its thorough inclusiveness-not only with regard to all the important aspects of attachment but to the full field of treatment approaches available for each aspect, drawn together into a coherent and compelling synthesizing framework-that make it clearly the exemplary and definitive book to date on this extraordinary topic. A brilliant must-have for clinicians, therapists, and interested laypeople alike." -- Ken Wilber, Integral Psychology

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Book SynopsisA concise guide to this groundbreaking somatic–cognitive approach to PTSD and attachment disturbances treatment.

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Book SynopsisPsychoanalytic theory has often found it difficult to come to terms with issues of power within gender relations. Both theory and clinical practice have tended to replicate the cultural idealization of men and the denigration of women, splitting masculinity and femininity between the sexes in a way which depletes both. In Men, Women, Passion and Power, Marie Maguire argues that it is only when psychoanalysis integrates the male and female in its theorizing that the possibility of a more balanced and fluid psychological relation between the sexes will emerge. Making detailed use of case material, she introduces the reader to the contemporary debates about sexuality and explores them with sensitivity from a feminist viewpoint. Looking at such topics as false memories of sexual abuse, perverse sexuality, homosexuality, pornography and bulimia, she shows how current thinking is trammelled by sexist, homophobic and culturally biased assumptions about gender identity and sexual orientation. Trade Review'Marie Maguire brings a fresh and feminist perspective to the way psychoanalysis and its theoreticians have handled the basic issues of 'Men, Women, Passion and Power.'' - Self and SocietyTable of ContentsTheories of female and male sexuality; sexual controversy; from the penis to the womb - male sexuality; what do women want?; contemporary debates in clinical context; are men really fragile?; the power of female sexuality; gender in the transference; false memories of sexual abuse?; male and female perversions?; is homosexuality pathological?

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Book SynopsisInfant research observations and hypotheses have raised serious questions about previous mainstream psychoanalytic theories of earliest childhood development. In Jungian Psychotherapy and Contemporary Infant Research, Mario Jacoby looks at how these observations are relevant to psychotherapeutic and Jungian analytical practice. Using recent findings in infant research, along with practical examples from therapeutic practice, he shows how early emotional exchange processes, though becoming superimposed in adult life by rational control and various defenses, remain operative and become reactivated in situations of intimacy. Jungian Psychotherapy and Contemporary Infant Research will be of interest to both professionals and students involved in analytical psychology and psychotherapy.Table of ContentsPart I: About the Psychology of the Infant 1. The child in the imagination of the adult 2. The clinical and the observed infant 3. The clinically reconstructed infant in the development of psychoanalytic theory 4. The observed infant in psychoanalytic perspective 5. The observed infant in infant research 6. Drives versus motivational systems 7. The affects 8. The self and the organizational forms of the sense of self 9.The question of fantasy in infancy 10. The symbolic function 11. The infant and its environment Part II: Jungian Theories of the complexes and modern infant research 1. Archetypes and complexes 2. The mother complex 3. The father complex 4. About the inferiority complex 5. Sexual complexes 6. The dominance of aversive motivations and their influence on the formation of complexes Part III: The significance of infant research for analysis and analytical psychotherapy 1. Some basic principles of Jungian analysis 2. The core self in the psychotherapeutic field 3. Organizational stage of intersubjectivity in therapy 4. The verbal sense of self within the therapeutic field 5. On interpreting dreams Closing remarks Bibliography

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Book Synopsis'Love is a force of destiny whose power reaches from heaven to hell.' So Jung advises while reflecting on 'The Love Problem of a Student', an essay contained in this volume. But it is not just love that Jung speaks of in this book. Taking as its theme Jung's interpretation of the feminine principle in his hugely influential theories about the inner world of the individual, it guides the reader from the mythological archetype of the mother-figure to the experience of women in twentieth-century Europe, explaining along the way concepts crucial to Jung's understanding of the personality, such as animus and anima. Many of his contentions have become the assumptions of the generations growing up in the twenty-first century. Aspects of the Feminine is a provocative, controversial book which offers readers the opportunity to discover at first hand just how radical Jung's arguments were.Trade Review'This book is essential reading for anyone eager to grasp Jung's perception of archetypal femininity and how this finds expression in marriage, sexuality, religion and other contexts, and for an understanding of Jung's twinned concepts of anima/animus, archetypes, complexes and shadow.' - Ann Casement, Analytical Psychologist/Anthropologist'This work is the key to reconstructing Jung's ideas regarding a psychology of the feminine. But more than leading us to a mere rational understanding, it is a portal through which the essential role played by the anima in the spiritual transformation of personality is revealed.' - Eugene Taylor, Harvard Medical School'Jung was probably the most significant original thinker of the twentieth century.' - Kathleen Raine'Next to Freud, no psychiatrist of today has advanced our insight into the nature of the psyche more than Jung has.' - Hermann Hesse

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