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Book SynopsisThis book supports mental health practitioners in showing how they personally intersect with oppression, helping them explore how it shows up in their practice and providing them with tools to offer anti-oppressive care.Written in an accessible and spiritual tone, chapters discuss the human need for connection as well as demonstrate the oppression through a social, neuroscientific, and biological lens as something that resides and can be passed on generationally. St. Aime interrogates the idea of the moral cloak symbiotic with whiteness and encourages readers to separate themselves from their profession to become a reflective rather than defensive clinician. She defines anti-oppressive practice as a clinical approach that considers the systemic, intergenerational, sociocultural and political influences on the lives of individuals and identifies the pillars of anti-oppressive practice as interconnectedness, interdependence, boundless curiosity, and vulnerability. With chapters

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Book SynopsisThis book proposes and explores a novel conceptualisation of the grieving process grounded in evolutionary psychology that integrates cognitive behavioural approaches such as compassion focused therapy, metacognitive awareness, and acceptance and commitment therapy.Starting with an introduction of the historical and theoretical basis for the Principles of Loss model, the book then outlines methods of assessment and describes the processes of formulation and case conceptualisation, with specific guidance on how to navigate these in the context of loss. The book provides an in-depth exploration of the Five-Phase Principles for the Treatment of Loss and Grief (intervention), as well as guidance on the supervision of loss. The chapters, accompanied by case studies, provide an overview of the novel model, followed by specific and tailor-made guidance on assessment (including a novel self-report measure), formulation, treatment, and supervision.This guide is intended for cliTrade Review'In the past few years many people have died due to COVID-19 and instead of being able to follow our traditions, cultures and faiths about death and dying, people across the world were forced to change these vital processes. I personally believe that the changing of these essential rites of passage has and will have a profound impact on the grieving process and thus on people's mental health in general. I have found this book to be clearly written, very engaging and right now so needed by students, clinicians, educators and researchers as the issues with complex grief are going to be on a scale never seen before. I am delighted to recommend this text.' — Derek McLaughlin, PhD, RN, Senior Lecturer and Professional Lead for Mental Health Nursing, Queen’s University Belfast'A Turkish saying goes, "The journey of those without a guide ends in a dead end." In a difficult clinical field such as complicated grief, where the therapeutic process can be injurious for clients as well as ambiguous for clinicians, the authors offer us a valuable guide in which clinical practice is built on a strong theoretical model and embodied in case vignettes.' — Vahdet Gormez, MD, MRCPsych, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Child and Youth Mental Health, Istanbul Medeniyet University'Without question the authors have created the definitive guide for working effectively with grief and loss. The guide provides valuable clinical insights on assessment, formulation and case conceptualisation through to how to implement the five-phase protocol in your practice and is enhanced with clinical examples throughout. An essential text.' — Marie Chellingsworth, Founder, The CBT Resource and Senior LecturerTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Assessment 3. Formulation and Case Conceptualisation 4. Intervention 5. Supervision 6. Appendix A: LAG-FQ 7. Appendix B: Feelings Log 8. Appendix C: Daily Log of Productive and Unproductive Activities 9. Appendix D: Daily Log of Rumination and Worry 10. Appendix E: My Lifetime Values

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Book SynopsisHelping Skills for Counselors and Health Professionals provides a model of foundational helping skills that is grounded in a multicultural framework. Chapters explicitly examine implicit bias and the role of culture and systems of oppression and marginalization within the lives of both individuals and communities. The text also uses ecological systems theory to assist readers in conceptualizing the ways in which culture influences communication styles, perceptions of professional helpers, and individual needs. Readers will be introduced to concepts that increase awareness of micro and macro-level influences on helping skills, communication, and the patient's life. Within the book's multicultural framework, readers will also find tools for increasing self-awareness for improving the communication skills and cultural humility. Trade Review"In a world in which we often assume people skills cannot be taught, this text provides an evidence-based overview of how to build, maintain, and optimize relationships in health professions education and practice." Aimee K. Gardner, PhD, professor and associate dean, Baylor College of Medicine"This book should be added to every graduate course seeking to grow culturally competent and self-reflective mental health practitioners. Guided by Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, this text delivers a culturally accountable framework that enhances self-awareness and supports practitioners’ efforts to integrate cultural considerations as they develop their helping style and counseling skills."Layla Kurt, PhD, associate professor, University of Dayton"In a decade ushered in by a pandemic and honed in an active crucible that exposed the impact of systemic racism, trauma, and disregard for science, this textbook is a timely antidote and a classic primer for helping skills instruction. This collection of eleven chapters is written clearly and authentically, with expert integration of trauma informed care, cultural humility, and ethical practice into the presentation of evidence-based empathic helping skills. Sophisticated enough for graduate classes and clinical settings, this book is also a valuable gem to reach undergraduates seeking skills in how to build relationships. It offers a rare and buffet of theories and applications, from Rogers to Prochaska to Bronfenbrenner. This is a truly comprehensive and accessible text, perfect for use in college, in clinics, and by anyone wishing to learn how to better connect with people across settings, populations, and histories."Anne Sullivan-Soydan, ScD, clinical associate professor, Boston University, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation SciencesTable of ContentsSection 1: Helping in a Complex World 1. Introduction to Helping 2. Ethical Helping Relationships 3. Helping in a Pluralistic Society 4. Human Development and the Helping Process Section 2: Techniques for Helping 5. Helping Behaviors: Nonverbal and Paraverbal Skills 6. Helping Behaviors: Verbal Skills to Encourage 7. Helping Behaviors: Verbal Skills to Understand and Connect 8. Helping Behaviors: Verbal Skills to Invite Exploration Section 3: Putting Helping Skills to Work 9. Basic Mental Health Assessment 10. Evidence-Based Practice 11. Helping Skill Integration

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Book SynopsisHolographic Reprocessing for Healing Trauma, Abuse, and Maltreatment facilitates constructive reorganization of the perception of trauma which in turn, modifies associated emotional and behavioral tendencies that render people stuck in repetitive cycling of trauma. These patterns are called experiential holograms. This book outlines a step-by-step process to 1) identify experiential holograms, 2) consider context to holistically reappraise meaning, and 3) reprocess using an imagery-based procedure of visiting one's younger self to offer a healing message. This novel approach is integrative, easily tailored to individual needs, and well-grounded in theory. It can be applied to healing from a variety of traumatic experiences including moral injury, medical, interpersonal, and military traumas. Numerous outcome studies support a growing evidence-base for the efficacy of this treatment, and this is an indispensable guide for trauma clinicians.Trade Review"I have seen great success with Dr. Katz’s Warrior Renew protocol and am honored to endorse this book, which presents a blueprint for using holographic reprocessing for a full range of trauma experiences. This book is a must read for any trauma therapist, not only for learning these techniques but also for reading multiple case examples that model for us Dr. Katz’s compassionate style for treating our most traumatized patients." Eliyahu Reich, PhD, trauma psychologist, past president of the Tennessee Psychological Association and Memphis Area Psychological Association"In this book, Lori Katz, a compassionate clinician and innovative thinker and researcher, offers a transdiagnostic, holistic path of healing for those who have experienced trauma, abuse, and maltreatment. Holographic Reprocessing elucidates the underlying patterns that create ripple effects of traumatic experiences through peoples' lives. This approach can transform individual lives and our collective network of interpersonal relationships."David R. Kopacz, MD, assistant professor, University of Washington, and author of Re-humanizing Medicine (2014); Caring for Self and Others (2023); and with Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow) Walking the Medicine Wheel (2016), and Becoming Medicine (2020)"This book is an invaluable resource for professionals who work with trauma survivors of any kind, combining a comprehensive exploration of theory with readily applicable tools to implement in practice. Holographic reprocessing is the culmination of decades of insights from clinical experience with this population and deeply rooted in an extensive body of research. This innovative approach helps survivors achieve powerful, lasting change in their lives."Nicole Myers, MD, former US Army CaptainTable of ContentsSection 1: Foundation for holographic reprocessing 1. Introduction to holographic reprocessing 2. Theoretical foundation 3. Neural networks and associative learning 4. Holograms and experiential holograms Section 2: Implementing holographic reprocessing 5. Initial session and preparation for treatment 6. Emotion regulation skills 7. Experiential discovery 8. Interpersonal experiential holograms 9. Other trauma-based experiential holograms 10. Considering context 11. Imagery reprocessing 12. Integration and moving forward Section 3: Status in the field 13. Comparison to other trauma therapies 14. Current outcome research

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Book SynopsisSetting Relations Right in Restorative Practice is a practical guide to using restorative processes, both in justice systems, to provide a healing response to harm, and in broader community contexts, to help people co-exist peacefully. Restorative processes can help to establish, maintain, deepen, and repair relationships, and to neutralise the conflict associated with negative relationships. The result is less conflict within people, between people, and between groups, and increasing individual and community wellbeing. These complex goals can be distilled to the single principle of setting relations right.The authors distil lessons from their decades of work at the frontline of restorative innovation. They outline an accurate, accessible theory that informs a restorative mindset, and describe in detail the corresponding skill set. Succinct, engaging case studies include refinements to existing programs in justice systems. Other case studies include the innovations of restorative responses to institutional abuse and to family violence and sexual harm, initiatives to increase psychological safety in schools and workplaces, and programs that support restorative ways-of-working across whole cities or regions. By applying elements from successful programs, practitioners can realise the broader reforming potential of restorative practice.This book is essential reading for restorative practitioners, administrators, and policymakers, for students and researchers â indeed, for anyone interested in the power and potential of restorative practice and other forms of deliberative decision-making.Trade Review'After a few decades of ample glow yet lagging go in the restorative justice movement, Moore and Vernon offer up a unique and much-needed way forward to fulfil the promise of restorative justice and practices. This book will help many of us already in the field to course-correct, but will surely also help launch new efforts to shine bright right out of the gate. The very real lessons wrought from decades of on-the-ground experience, combined with ringing clarity around theory and guiding principles, creates this must-have book for any government, policy-maker, institution, community organization, and practitioner wanting to maximize the impact of their restorative work.'Lauren Abramson, Ph.D., Founder, Baltimore Community Conferencing Center (now Restorative Response Baltimore)'My ancestors experienced life on Aboriginal reserves and government policies which included the forced removal of children who grew up in institutions without the love of and guidance of family. Harsh conditions caused intergenerational trauma and negative social and emotional wellbeing. As Executive Director of our country’s first independent Aboriginal Boarding College, I have experienced firsthand the effectiveness of restorative practices. Our community-led restorative project Lotjpadhan provides for culturally informed decision-making and healing for our at-risk young people, families, and communities. Working with David and Alikki on this project is demonstrating how we can walk together, embed Aboriginal ways of knowing, doing, and being into evidence-based interventions, and bring about great change.'Dr Lois Peeler AM, Yorta Yorta and Wurundjeri Elder, co-founder of Worawa Aboriginal College, and National, and Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) 2022 Female Elder of the Year'A unique and inordinately-important book. On the one hand, Moore and Vernon have processed a vast range and depth of scholarly literature detailing restorative practices and related interdisciplinary fields like social psychology. On the other hand, they have sifted this material with the knowledge drawn from decades of program design, implementation, and restorative work. The result is a profoundly insightful and deeply compelling statement of restorative practices that will do nothing less than benchmark the field moving forward.'Douglas Campbell, Professor of New Testament, and co-director of the Duke Divinity School Prison Program'Some years ago, I wrote The Jack Manning trilogy, three plays which portrayed the drama of transforming conflict into cooperation through group conferences in families, work units, and organisations. The plays also posed the larger question of what else might be possible with a restorative process. This book answers that question, with practical guidelines for responding to injustice – effectively, collectively, and non-violently.' David Williamson AO, Australian dramatist and playwright, author of five miniseries, twelve screenplays, and fifty plays, including Face to Face, A Conversation, and Charitable Intent'This long-awaited contribution to the restorative justice discourse unpacks various applications of restorative practices in a practical way, with the safeguards, assessment, and sophistication required to do it well. The book challenges the ‘win’ or ‘lose’ nature of adversarial processes, and identifies opportunities for healing and recovery. The authors bring a theoretical framework, but also unique expertise and on the ground experience of administering and evaluating restorative practices in many different situations and contexts. The critical analysis is useful not only for academic and practitioner audiences, but also for policy makers and programme administrators.'Liz Curran, Associate Professor of Clinical Legal Education, Nottingham Trent University, author of Better Law for a Better World In Setting Relations Right in Restorative Practice, Moore and Vernon achieve their stated aims of increasing the “know-how” of both facilitating restorative processes and the administration of restorative programs. The authors set out clear, tested strategies and practices. Through definitional clarity, revisiting RJ’s Occidental and Oriental origin stories and emergence, and clear case examples, Moore and Vernon offer paths for setting relations right within the restorative justice and practices movement itself. Setting Relations Right in Restorative Practice is a welcome, unique, and timely addition to the restorative justice and practices literature. Welcome is the challenge to restorativists to ensure that reflective learning processes in training, facilitation, program design and administration are prioritized. Unique in being informed by years of experience in a wide range of institutional settings and levels beyond their marginalized status with youthful offending and post-conviction applications. Timely in arriving at an important moment in restorative justice’s emerging realization as a social movement in the face of strong headwinds from the rise of authoritarian impulses. This is a hopeful, inspiring work grounded in substantive theory and research, steeped in years of reflective experience on the parts of the authors, beautifully written in a style that will appeal to practitioner-facilitators, program designers and administrators and leaders.Gale Burford Emeritus Professor, Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Restorative Justice at Vermont Law School, editor of Restorative and Responsive Human Services Table of ContentsIntroduction 1.The pattern and pace of innovation in restorative practice 2.Identifying the right process to address the situation 3.Core facilitation skills 4.Refining restorative practices in justice, education, and workplaces 5.Restorative practice for reforming institutions, responding to complex harm, and coordinating regional services 6.From restorative to regenerative reform: Developing systems-for-improving-systems

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Book SynopsisReimagining Narrative Therapy Through Practice Stories and Autoethnography takes a new pedagogical approach to teaching and learning in contemporary narrative therapy, based in autoethnography and storytelling. The individual client stories aim to paint each therapeutic meeting in such detail that the reader will come to feel as though they actually know the two or more people in the room. This approach moves beyond the standard narrative practice of teaching by transcripts and steps into teaching narrative therapy through autoethnography. The intention of these 'teaching tales' is to offer the reader an opportunity to enter into the very 'heart and soul' of narrative therapy practice, much like reading a novel has you enter into the lives of the characters that inhabit it. This work has been used by the authors in MA and PhD level classrooms, workshops, week-long intensive courses, and conferences around the world, where it has received commendations from both newcoTrade Review"This book on contemporary narrative therapy re-embraces its inventive origins. It is filled with generative stories that at once re-ignite the imagination of therapists who have been vulnerable to the dictates of manuals, toolkits, and mechanistic practices that can paradoxically diminish the possibilities of the therapeutic endeavor. Accessible practitioner stories of narrative therapy and autoethnographic reflections take the reader on a journey into unmapped territories that awaken the spirit of playfulness, adventure, curiosity, novelty and surprise; the very lifeblood of therapeutic change. These therapeutic touchstones found throughout the book promote a refreshing look at the practice and teaching of narrative therapy that can invigorate practitioners and educators whose creativity and inspiration has been weakened by the rigidities of professional conformity. The text culminates with an intimate, aesthetically elegant examination of a new pedagogy in the teaching of narrative therapy that connects you to a sense of therapeutic magic and possibility." -- Dr. Gerald Monk, Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy, San Diego State University USA"Since the beginning of human history stories have been passed on from one generation to the next with messages about ethic, meaning, care and spirit from the past that can potentially create relief and meaning to the struggles of the present. Our stories represent the essence of our lives. The gift of this book is like the gift of those stories. Reimagining Narrative Therapy Through Practice Stories makes you wonder why we for so many years have been learning practice skills through exercises, analysis, and models – when indeed the stories in this book reveal the skills and spirits of narrative work. With the words of Nick Thompson, an Apache elder referred in the book: "This is what we know about our stories. They go to work on your mind and make you think about your life". The Authors propose "an alternative pedagogy for teaching narrative therapy. Rather than propose traditional inductive methods of teaching a priori theory followed by the subsequent skills and intervention," they "propose a deductive approach that intentionally avoids the use of theoretical jargon or reference to any particular set of practices in favor of painting a picture of narrative practice." You will love their stories. Reading this book is not like reading yet another textbook on therapy. It will not teach you but show you "the spirits of narrative practice".With this book the joy of narrative practice shows itself on every page. The authors put it this way: Stories "provide guidance in a manner that inspires your own imaginative capacities rather than the provision of manualized and regulated direction."The stories in this book made us laugh, cry, wonder and think about our own lives. We can think of no better way to engage with narrative practice." -- Anette and Allan Holmgren, Psychologists and directors of DISPUK, Danish Institute for Training in Narrative Therapy "'Show' outpaces 'tell' by miles—the tortoise always wins.This edited book gives the reader 'practice stories' that show how narrative therapy works, instead of telling us how to do the work of narrative therapy. It has the unmistakable cadence of the narrative storyteller, and thus becomes "travel companions" in our own practice. These stories allow us to live in an adventure full of creativity and ingenuity." -- Dr. Victoria Dickerson, Ph.D. co-author of If Problems Talked: Narrative Therapy in ActionTable of ContentsSECTION I: INTRODUCTION TO PRACTICE STORIES 1. Introduction: Writing Practice Stories -- A History of a Pedagogy; SECTION II: STORIES IN ACTION 2. Wilbur the Worrier Becomes Wilbur the Warrior 3. Mother Appreciation Parties 4. A New Surprise of Existing: "The Last Thing I Ever Was – Was Silent": A Poetic Response to Patriarchal Malice 5. Blossoming in the Storm 6. Batman Returns: Love and Ethics in Narrative Couples Therapy 7. "Maybe We Are Okay": Contemporary Narrative Therapy in the Time of Trump; SECTION III: A TEACHING STORY 8. Inspirited Contemporary Narrative Therapy: A Two-Day Workshop 9. Conclusion: A Literary Means to Pedagogical Ends

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Book SynopsisCollective Trauma, Collective Healing is a guide for mental health professionals working in response to large-scale political violence or natural disaster. It provides a framework that practitioners can use to develop their own community-based, collective approach to treating trauma and providing clinical services that are both culturally and contextually appropriate. The classic edition includes a new preface from the author reflecting on changes to the field and the world since the book's initial publication.The book draws on experience working with survivors, their families, and communities in the Holocaust, post-war Kosovo, the Liberian civil wars, and post-9/11 Lower Manhattan. It tracks the development of community programs and projects based on a family and community resilience approach, including those that enhance the collective capacities for narration and public conversation.Clinicians and community practitioners will come away from Collective TrTrade Review"Jack Saul shows professionals how to build community programs that employ primordial human tactics to forge increased community resilience. This book has that rare ability to produce a paradigm shift in how we heal traumatized communities. It’s original and intellectually exciting. I bet it becomes a classic." Helen Fisher, PhD, research professor in the department of anthropology at Rutgers University"Collective Trauma, Collective Healing is essential reading for all clinical and community-based professionals working with survivors of mass trauma. In contrast to the individualistic, symptom-focused approach of most mental health services, this practice framework addresses the widespread impact of major disasters in families and communities and taps their strengths and resources for recovery and resilience. In this valuable guide, Dr. Saul, an internationally recognized leader at the forefront of the field, draws on his extensive experience and creative initiatives to inform and inspire our response to trauma and tragedy by bringing out the best in families and their communities." Froma Walsh, PhD, codirector at the Chicago Center for Family Health, Firestone Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago, and author of Strengthening Family Resilience "This book… is a refreshing break from overly concrete prescriptions that ignore cultural and individual differences and that tend to neglect the healing power of community and collective action." Bessel van der Kolk, MD, professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and medical director of the Trauma Center "…Saul shows us the effort and endurance necessary to reconstruct life and restore sanity in societies that have experienced chaos. It is a powerful testimony." Salvador Minuchin, MD, founder of the Minuchin Family Center and author of Families and Family Therapy"Jack Saul’s book is terrific and truly compelling for professionals who work with traumatized people. With first-hand stories, he artfully describes a range of out-of-office interventions to help families, neighborhoods, and communities in the aftermath of disaster. Dr. Saul is never better than when he writes about using the arts to understand the complexities of human trauma and resilience. Yes, even improvisation!" Pauline Boss, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota, and author of Ambiguous Loss and Loss, Trauma, and Resilience"With compassion and insight, Jack Saul shares his own journey through the aftermath of September 11th as witness, participant, and healer, chronicling the power of collective narrative to transform traumatic experience into communal recovery." Alice Greenwald, director of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum"In Collective Trauma, Collective Healing Jack Saul takes us through a masterful journey of his healing work addressing the ongoing tragedy of social and political traumas around the world. His work is creative, rich, sensitive, and deeply felt. His writing gives rare glimpses into how science and wisdom must be coalesced to treat the wounds of torture, loss, and devastation. Psychological science, art, and anthropology are so thoughtfully integrated in his work and writing to provide both a history of his intervention work and a guidebook for those brave enough to treat the collective wounds that both nature and humans too often cause. With this volume, Dr. Saul contributes meaningfully to repairing our world." Stevan E. Hobfoll, PhD, the Judd and Marjorie Weinberg Presidential Professor and chair of the department of behavioral sciences at Rush University Medical Center"Jack Saul’s clear and compelling narrative, based on his immersion in several catastrophes, offers practical knowledge on community resilience strategies for responding to collective trauma that will be highly informative for practitioners across many disciplines." Stevan Weine, MD, professor of psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of Testimony After Catastrophe"In Collective Trauma, Collective Healing, Dr. Saul provides a detailed documentation of what it takes to recognize, develop, and sustain a community environment that promotes healing from mass disaster. Throughout the multiple examples in the book, including personal challenges to his own community in the wake of September 11, the author emphasizes the importance of going beyond individual approaches to mount a public health response after any disaster. Dr. Saul has a deep respect for systems and how they work, while never denying the inevitable tensions that occur and the competing agendas that can easily sabotage recovery efforts. As man-made and natural disasters increase in frequency and intensity, few of us are prepared by our professional training, to know what to do when faced with the kind of social challenge that Dr. Saul describes. This book, with all the lessons learned, becomes a must-read book for public and private managers." Sandra L. Bloom, MD, co-director of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice at the Drexel University School of Public Health"Jack Saul is a dedicated healer whose deep understanding of systems therapy has taken him to the aid of injured communities around the globe. Yet it was September 11 that literally brought these lessons home, making him an insider to catastrophe. This blend of outsider knowledge and insider wisdom makes this the book on collective recovery. It will transform our practice." Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, professor of clinical psychiatry and socio-medical sciences at the New York State Psychiatric Institute at Columbia University"Most books simply espouse principles or ideal goals, telling us what to aim for, but not how to get there, and almost never do they walk us through the messy process of working in the wake of conflict. Saul’s book not only breaks critically important fresh ground in setting out the critical role that collective resilience plays in allowing individuals and communities to transform themselves after traumatic events. He also takes us with him on the journeys he travelled to make the discoveries he can now share. The various stories in his book convey the critical message that we cannot know the answer before we begin, at the same time as providing us with a toolkit of indispensible principles and resources for action." Danielle Celermajer, PhD, associate professor and director of the Torture Prevention Project at the University of Sydney"Jack Saul's compelling book is a major achievement in the literature on trauma and recovery, nudging the discourse from the individual to the community. This must -read book for mental health professionals and creative arts therapists blends psychotherapy and expressive therapy, reflection and action, featuring communities of dialogue front and center, capable of re-building destroyed edifices of the city and the soul. Robert Landy, PhD, professor and director of the drama therapy program at New York University"Jack Saul brings to this book years of outstanding contribution and experience addressing the psychological needs of those exposed to many different types of disaster. As governments at all levels seek better ways to make communities resilient, this book offers much needed practical guidance for policy and practice. It is a unique contribution to an emerging field that is understanding that early intervention is always better, but that it's never too late to offer help in culturally appropriate ways." Michael Ungar, PhD, professor of social work at Dalhousie University and co-director of the Resilience Research Centre"Collective Trauma, Collective Healing can serve as an introduction to understanding the effects of widespread trauma and responding to its impact at the level of the community and would be suitable for students and novice professionals as well as for seasoned professionals. In addition, this book has the potential to help break through the limited and limiting lens of impaired psychological functioning as consisting solely of individual psychopathology responsive only to one-on-one intervention. If it contributes to a shift in this perspective, it will have accomplished much more than Saul may have intended."Steven N. Gold, Nova Southeastern University, PsycCRITIQUES"Jack Saul shows professionals how to build community programs that employ primordial human tactics to forge increased community resilience. This book has that rare ability to produce a paradigm shift in how we heal traumatized communities. It’s original and intellectually exciting. I bet it becomes a classic." Helen Fisher, PhD, research professor in the department of anthropology at Rutgers University"Collective Trauma, Collective Healing is essential reading for all clinical and community-based professionals working with survivors of mass trauma. In contrast to the individualistic, symptom-focused approach of most mental health services, this practice framework addresses the widespread impact of major disasters in families and communities and taps their strengths and resources for recovery and resilience. In this valuable guide, Dr. Saul, an internationally recognized leader at the forefront of the field, draws on his extensive experience and creative initiatives to inform and inspire our response to trauma and tragedy by bringing out the best in families and their communities." Froma Walsh, PhD, codirector at the Chicago Center for Family Health, Firestone Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago, and author of Strengthening Family Resilience "This book… is a refreshing break from overly concrete prescriptions that ignore cultural and individual differences and that tend to neglect the healing power of community and collective action." Bessel van der Kolk, MD, professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and medical director of the Trauma Center "…Saul shows us the effort and endurance necessary to reconstruct life and restore sanity in societies that have experienced chaos. It is a powerful testimony." Salvador Minuchin, MD, founder of the Minuchin Family Center and author of Families and Family Therapy"Jack Saul’s book is terrific and truly compelling for professionals who work with traumatized people. With first-hand stories, he artfully describes a range of out-of-office interventions to help families, neighborhoods, and communities in the aftermath of disaster. Dr. Saul is never better than when he writes about using the arts to understand the complexities of human trauma and resilience. Yes, even improvisation!" Pauline Boss, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota, and author of Ambiguous Loss and Loss, Trauma, and Resilience"With compassion and insight, Jack Saul shares his own journey through the aftermath of September 11th as witness, participant, and healer, chronicling the power of collective narrative to transform traumatic experience into communal recovery." Alice Greenwald, director of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum"In Collective Trauma, Collective Healing Jack Saul takes us through a masterful journey of his healing work addressing the ongoing tragedy of social and political traumas around the world. His work is creative, rich, sensitive, and deeply felt. His writing gives rare glimpses into how science and wisdom must be coalesced to treat the wounds of torture, loss, and devastation. Psychological science, art, and anthropology are so thoughtfully integrated in his work and writing to provide both a history of his intervention work and a guidebook for those brave enough to treat the collective wounds that both nature and humans too often cause. With this volume, Dr. Saul contributes meaningfully to repairing our world." Stevan E. Hobfoll, PhD, the Judd and Marjorie Weinberg Presidential Professor and chair of the department of behavioral sciences at Rush University Medical Center"Jack Saul’s clear and compelling narrative, based on his immersion in several catastrophes, offers practical knowledge on community resilience strategies for responding to collective trauma that will be highly informative for practitioners across many disciplines." Stevan Weine, MD, professor of psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of Testimony After Catastrophe"In Collective Trauma, Collective Healing, Dr. Saul provides a detailed documentation of what it takes to recognize, develop, and sustain a community environment that promotes healing from mass disaster. Throughout the multiple examples in the book, including personal challenges to his own community in the wake of September 11, the author emphasizes the importance of going beyond individual approaches to mount a public health response after any disaster. Dr. Saul has a deep respect for systems and how they work, while never denying the inevitable tensions that occur and the competing agendas that can easily sabotage recovery efforts. As man-made and natural disasters increase in frequency and intensity, few of us are prepared by our professional training, to know what to do when faced with the kind of social challenge that Dr. Saul describes. This book, with all the lessons learned, becomes a must-read book for public and private managers." Sandra L. Bloom, MD, co-director of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice at the Drexel University School of Public Health"Jack Saul is a dedicated healer whose deep understanding of systems therapy has taken him to the aid of injured communities around the globe. Yet it was September 11 that literally brought these lessons home, making him an insider to catastrophe. This blend of outsider knowledge and insider wisdom makes this the book on collective recovery. It will transform our practice." Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, professor of clinical psychiatry and socio-medical sciences at the New York State Psychiatric Institute at Columbia University"Most books simply espouse principles or ideal goals, telling us what to aim for, but not how to get there, and almost never do they walk us through the messy process of working in the wake of conflict. Saul’s book not only breaks critically important fresh ground in setting out the critical role that collective resilience plays in allowing individuals and communities to transform themselves after traumatic events. He also takes us with him on the journeys he travelled to make the discoveries he can now share. The various stories in his book convey the critical message that we cannot know the answer before we begin, at the same time as providing us with a toolkit of indispensible principles and resources for action." Danielle Celermajer, PhD, associate professor and director of the Torture Prevention Project at the University of Sydney"Jack Saul's compelling book is a major achievement in the literature on trauma and recovery, nudging the discourse from the individual to the community. This must-read book for mental health professionals and creative arts therapists blends psychotherapy and expressive therapy, reflection and action, featuring communities of dialogue front and center, capable of re-building destroyed edifices of the city and the soul. Robert Landy, PhD, professor and director of the drama therapy program at New York University"Jack Saul brings to this book years of outstanding contribution and experience addressing the psychological needs of those exposed to many different types of disaster. As governments at all levels seek better ways to make communities resilient, this book offers much needed practical guidance for policy and practice. It is a unique contribution to an emerging field that is understanding that early intervention is always better, but that it's never too late to offer help in culturally appropriate ways." Michael Ungar, PhD, professor of social work at Dalhousie University and co-director of the Resilience Research Centre"Collective Trauma, Collective Healing can serve as an introduction to understanding the effects of widespread trauma and responding to its impact at the level of the community and would be suitable for students and novice professionals as well as for seasoned professionals. In addition, this book has the potential to help break through the limited and limiting lens of impaired psychological functioning as consisting solely of individual psychopathology responsive only to one-on-one intervention. If it contributes to a shift in this perspective, it will have accomplished much more than Saul may have intended."Steven N. Gold, Nova Southeastern University, PsycCRITIQUESTable of ContentsIntroduction: Collective Trauma, Resilience, and Recovery Part One: Collective Trauma and Recovery: Global Perspectives 1. Families and Generations 2. Refugees in New York City: From Clinic to Community 3. Promoting Family and Community Resilience in Post-War Kosovo Part Two: From Global to Local: Urban Terrorism in Lower Manhattan 4. 9/11: The First Three Weeks 5. School and Community: Forging Collaboration 6. Promoting Collective Recovery 7. Community Initiated Recovery Activities 8. Collective Narration and Performance Part Three: War and Migration—Little Liberia, Staten Island, NY 9. Little Liberia: Fostering Community Resilience 10. Seeking Truth and Justice Summary

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Book SynopsisRhythm is one of the most important components of our survival and well-being. It governs our moods, sleep, respiration, and digestion, and is profoundly tied to our relationships with friends and family. But what happens when these rhythms are disrupted by traumatic events? How can balance be restored in ways that integrate the complex needs of mind, body, and spirit? What insights do eastern, natural, and modern western healing traditions have to offer, and how can practitioners put these lessons to use? Clients walk through the door with chronic physical and mental health problems as a result of complex traumatic eventshow can clinicians make a quick and skillful connection with their clients' needs and offer integrative mind/body methods they can rely upon?Rhythms of Recovery answers these questions and provides clinicians with effective, time-tested tools for alleviating the destabilizing effects of traumatic events. In the new edition, readers will find practicTrade Review"This comprehensive guide is beautifully written and infused with wisdom, compassion, and spirit. Dr. Korn has mastered the balance of the science of healing with the hope of recovery. A true guide for both nourishing the brain and nurturing the mind."James Greenblatt, MD, medical director, Psychiatry Redefined"Rhythms of Recovery is a masterful manual for recovering from trauma. Dr. Korn is one of the few people I know who combines practical integrative tools with a deep understanding about the psychological complexity of trauma. She covers a comprehensive range of treatments that includes everything from diet and nutrition to herbs to psychedelics. I strongly recommend this book as part of the path to healing and true health."Scott Shannon, MD, psychiatrist and principal investigator, MAPS "MDMA-Assisted Therapy for Treatment of Severe PTSD" study"Dr. Leslie Korn provides us with a powerful and useful clinical guide for the treatment of persons suffering from traumatic experiences. Rhythms of Recovery is as comprehensive guide for clinicians and others seeking health information, one that integrates the art and science across diverse clinical disciplines. Dr. Korn’s book is an important reference work that details how to treat complex trauma by integrating nutritional, herbal, and other transformative strategies along with psychotherapies. Readers will be inspired by Dr. Korn’s case examples, exercises, and protocols."Uma Naidoo, MD, nutritional psychiatrist, professional chef, and author, This Is Your Brain on Food"Dr. Korn, a healer, feminist, and researcher, is a pioneer in the field of trauma therapy. Her profound perspectives are an important part of trauma treatment today. She brings to life the value of a multimodal approach to healing trauma and provides an in-depth explanation of the ways in which the rhythms of nature are part of understanding how to work with the traumatized person’s spirit, mind, and body. The trauma model of recovery proposed here assists each of us in learning to tune in and be perceptive."Judith Pentz, MD, associate professor in psychiatry, University of New Mexico; author of Cleanse Your Body, Reveal Your Soul" . . . A must read for ALL clinicians, not just those in the psychiatric or mental health specialties. Dr. Leslie Korn has a unique worldview of trauma. Her vast knowledge and experience across cultures intertwine with her clinical expertise in incorporating holistic modalities. This wisdom culminates in a comprehensive treatment plan for traumatic stress and complex trauma."Mary Ann Osborne, DNP, FNP, integrative nurse practitioner"In this phenomenal book, Leslie Korn explores ever-more important processes of self-regulation and offers insights of great practical and philosophical value. The multidisciplinary nature of this book is rooted in that rare combination of solid research, diverse clinical experience, and a profound understanding of the natural processes underpinning well-being. It performs a valuable service in dispelling outdated perceptions of mind-body separation and demonstrates the validity and necessity of integrative multimodal approaches to complex and chronic traumatic conditions."Leon Chaitow, DO, founder of the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies and Sasha Chaitow, PhD, series editor, The Leon Chaitow Library of Bodywork and Movement Therapies "In Rhythms of Recovery, Leslie Korn draws on her experiences in the jungles of Mexico and work with indigenous healers, expertly weaving together storytelling, mythology, traditional wisdom, history, and the latest scientific research to convey a holistic view of the relationship between trauma and the body. Rhythms of Recovery is a must read for trauma therapists and anyone interested in a deeper understanding of trauma."Marlene Seven Bremner, author of Hermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy: The Emerald Tablet, the Corpus Hermeticum, and the Journey Through the Seven Spheres"We experience our world through the power of rhythm. The way our parents coo to us, our experience of day and night—these all calibrate our system. Leslie Korn does a tremendous job connecting the ways in which those outside factors create consistency and stability within our daily lives and affect how our nervous systems function. When challenging life events disrupt those rhythms, we need tools to recalibrate and realign those systems. This book provides these tools."Andrew Pleener, MD, founder and director of #SameHere Psych and STARR Alliances"Rhythms of Recovery is brilliant and comprehensive. Integrating work from numerous disciplines, Dr. Korn brings profound insight to the impact of trauma and the body. She guides us in listening to the body and provides extraordinary guidance with practical and alternative forms for health and healing. This is a long awaited and needed book—amazing work!"Lisa Machoian, EdD, author of The Disappearing Girl: Learning the Language of Teenage Depression"It is one thing to say that Descartes mistook the body and the mind for two different ontological substances. Putting the body (including the brain) and the mind together again, and regarding them as expressions of one substance, is a much more demanding matter. Still, trauma experts become ever more convinced that the consequences of severe neglect, abuse, or still other horrors affect individuals at the level of the whole organism. Leslie Korn is certainly one of them. In this intriguing book she addresses the whole person, clinically, empirically, and therapeutically. I highly recommend trauma therapists to test the integrative path to understanding and healing she invites us to tread."Ellert Nijenhuis, PhD, coauthor of The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization"All emotional disorders are the result of trauma, mostly from in utero through the first seven years of life. The modern uncivilized practices of unlimited wars and repeated forceful immersion of soldiers in barbarian trauma has produced an epidemic of PTSD. Rhythms of Recovery offers a road out of the insanity."C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD, president of Holos University Graduate Seminary"Most books on trauma are one-dimensional; they may deal with emotions and cognitions but leave out consideration of the body. Or they may deal with the body but leave out consideration of the environment around the body or omit a broad cultural context. Korn’s book manages to integrate psyche, soma, and spirit as well as nature, physiology, and culture through the theme of rhythm." Ilene Serlin, PhD, in PsycCRITIQUESTable of Contents1. The Rhythms of Life 2. Paradigms of Dis-ease and Diagnosis 3. Soma and Psyche 4. Dissociation 5. Integrative Assessment 6. Somatic Empathy: The Template of Touch 7. Transforming Trauma With Integrative Medicine 8. Culture, Ritual, and Resilience 9. Nutrition 10. Botanical Medicines 11. Detoxification 12. Spirit Molecules: Entheogens and Psychedelic Medicine

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Book SynopsisThe fifth edition of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Advancing Positive Practices in Education provides readers with a comprehensive and accessible understanding of current research and evidence-based practices in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), linking research, theory, and practice. This new edition includes new chapters on trauma and co-morbidity, current trends in autism research, social media, neurodiversity, and aging in people with ASD. It also features updated content on international contexts and culturally sustaining and relevant practices. Aligned with DSM-5 diagnostic criteria, this text continues to be critical reading for students and researchers in special and inclusive education programs.Table of ContentsSection I: The Study of Autism: Historical and Global Perspectives 1. Definitions and Classification of Autism Spectrum Disorders 2. Historical Overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder 3. Legislation, Evidence Based Practices, and State Implementation 4. Global Perspectives: Autism Education and Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Nations Section II: Education and Intervention in the Early Years 5. Early Intervention Services for Children with Autism 6. Preschool Years 7. Teaching Communication to Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders 8. Building and Managing Appropriate Behaviors 9. Development of Academic Skills in Childhood 10. Developing Social Interaction Competence Section III: Adolescent and Young Adult Years 11. Self-Determination in School and Community 12. Universal Design for Transition for Students on the Spectrum 13. Positive Behavior Supports in Middle and Secondary School 14. Services and Supports for Transition from High School to Higher Education 15. Promoting Integrated Employment Options 16. Collaboration and Interdisciplinary Practice in Educational and Transition Section IV: Cross-cutting Themes in the Field of Autism 17. Trauma and Autism in Childhood 18. Current Trends and Theoretical Approaches in Autism Research 19. Aging and Autism Spectrum Disorder 20. Social Media, Digital Inclusion, and Internet Safety 21. Interactions with First Responders and Medical Providers 22. Teaching and Supporting Sexuality Education 23. Neurodiversity and the Culture of Autism

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Written by a pioneer and continuing advocate for perinatal health, this book remains remains an enduring reference for any therapist working with pregnant or postpartum women and their families suffering from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.This Classic Edition includes a new preface by Hilary Waller that reflects on changes in the field since the book's first publication. Using a blend of professional objectivity, evidence-based research, and personal, straight-forward suggestions gathered from years of experience, this book brings the reader into the private world of therapy with the postpartum woman. Based on psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral theories, and on D.W. Winnicott''s good-enough mother' and the holding environment', the book is written by a therapist who has specialized in the treatment of postpartum depression for over 30 years. Chapters address diagnosis, medication, depression, psychosis, suicidal thoughts, bonding, as well as finding meaning and the

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Book SynopsisThis book provides group therapists and counselors with the necessary knowledge and help to develop their skills in effectively conducting online groups.Group therapy represents the most efficient utilization of the scarce resource of mental health interventions. Online settings dramatically increase the dissemination of this approach. This book identifies the diverse challenges and suggests solutions in remote group therapy for specific therapeutic approaches such as psychodynamic, relational, psychodrama, CBT, ACT, and group supervision. The contributing authors explore specific issues that anyone who conducts groups online should be aware of.Using a group therapy lens, this book develops further the ideas and areas explored in the authorsâ previous books Theory and Practice of Online Therapy and Advances in Online Therapy.Trade Review"This remarkably comprehensive textbook shaped by contributions from international experts in online group psychotherapy, advances the field in a clear, valuable and absolutely necessary fashion. In presenting the state of the art of online group therapy – research, theory, accrued wisdom and technique - across modalities, and across ages, this textbook responds effectively to a major paradigm shift in contemporary practice. The authors address the implementation gap that exists between what our clients seek and need, and what practitioners must understand to embrace this evolution in our field. It is an essential guide for group therapy clinicians, supervisors, and educators."Molyn Leszcz, M.D. Past-President, The American Group Psychotherapy Association. Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto"This is an illuminating volume that arrives at a perfect time in our post-pandemic world. The Virtual Group Therapy Circle is a comprehensive compendium of up-to-date information, perspectives, and instruction about online group therapy, a burgeoning field that many professionals believed could not work. How does one build an alliance and create cohesion? Don’t we need to need to be able to see the body? To feel the other’s presence? To experience the visceral intensity of the moment? This volume candidly tackles such questions focusing on how different models of group therapy (including Interpersonal, Modern Analytic, Psychodramatic, CBT, Systems-Centered, and more) can achieve successful outcomes balanced by addressing drawbacks to online intervention. The Virtual Group Therapy Circle will undoubtedly be viewed as the essential reference book on the subject on online group therapy."Joseph Shay, Ph.D. co-author of Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy and co-editor of Odysseys in Psychotherapy and Complex Dilemmas in Group Therapy"Some might consider "remote group psychotherapy" an oxymoron. Is it possible that the highly interactive and relational form of psychotherapy practiced in a group format can be effective in a remote situation?There are certainly advantages to remote therapy. It makes therapy available to some who would otherwise be unable to access it. It can be cost-efficient since it reduces office costs, travel expense, etc. It is convenient. There are also obvious disadvantages. It is not the same as sitting together. There are some who do not have the technical skills to properly use remote sessions. Some cannot afford the technology required to participate in remote psychotherapy. Some people’s living situations do not allow sufficient privacy to participate online. Indeed, there is a question as to whether online group therapy can guarantee confidentiality. Nonetheless, prompted by Covid-19, group therapy now is being practiced remotely. Some therapists have found it so convenient that they have decided to offer only remote group therapy henceforth.Haim Weinberg, Arnon Rolnick, and Adam Leighton present us a comprehensive text to examine this new world of group psychotherapy. They have brought together a stellar cast of authors who examine various aspects of remote group psychotherapy.The group begins by examining some of the challenges of doing group therapy remotely. The next section focuses on various group process approaches and how they are impacted by being online. The book then examines some specific approaches: Psychodrama and Person-Centered groups online.The book concludes with the important topic of training, teaching and supervising online groups.This is an important book that focuses on an extremely important topic in the practice of group psychotherapy today."J. Scott Rutan, Ph.D. Founder, Center for Group Psychotherapy, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Past President, American Group Psychotherapy Association"The Virtual Group Therapy Circle is a highly valuable book for anyone looking to expand their understanding of different approaches to group therapy in the online setting. The authors provide a thorough examination of various techniques and strategies of online work, making it an invaluable resource for both new and experienced practitioners. Weinberg, Rolnick and Leighton have done an excellent job exploring the unique challenges and opportunities that come with online group therapy and provide a wealth of information on different approaches, including cognitive-behavioral, psychodrama, psychoanalytic, training and supervision groups. The book covers all aspects of online group therapy, from the technical to the therapeutic. I highly recommend The Virtual Group Therapy Circle, the first book of its kind, for anyone interested in the field."Elliot Zeisel, PhD, AGPA-DF, Producer, GROUP - The Series on YouTube, Founder, Faculty, Center for Group Studies"This book facilitates a fascinating overview of the most effective online interventions for group psychotherapy and group processes at large. It is accessible, easy to read, didactic and practical at the same time. It covers fundamental online skills of the whole range of group approaches of our field being extremely beneficial for the beginner as well as for the experienced practitioner of online group therapy. It will surely become the reference for anyone working with groups online being appropriate for professional therapists, non-therapeutic practitioners and the general public. Knowing most of the authors personally I can surely guarantee an excellent lecture with an abundant source of ideas and a comprehensive guide to the novelties of online group therapy and group processes."Dr. Jorge Burmeister, psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, psychodramatist, and former president of the International Association of Group Psychotherapy (IAGP)Table of ContentsIntroduction Section I: Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities in Online Groups: Insights from Research and Theory 1. Research on Online Groups 2. Miles Away: Alliance and Cohesion in Online Group Therapy 3. Online Group Psychotherapy: Is the Body Really Necessary? 4. From Shrinkage to Expansion – Online Group Therapy that Enables Acquaintance with "Other" Self-States through Dissociation and Enactment 5. "Can I Join Online?" Hybrid Group Therapy Integrating Online Participants In Face-To-Face Groups Section II: Online Group Process Oriented Approaches 6. Modern psychoanalytic group therapy online: Adaptations of theory and technique 7. Group Analytic Therapy and the online groups: Some principles of the group analytic approach to Online group therapy 8. Interpersonal Group Psychotherapy Conducted Online 9. Systems-Centered Therapy and Training Groups Online: Adapting to the Driving and Restraining Forces in an Online Context 10. Online Large Groups in Times of Social Turmoil: Helping Individuals and Communities to Work-Through Pandemics and Wars Section III: Online Psychodrama, Art Therapy and Adventure based Methods 11. Sociatry and Sociodrama. A New Possibility in Psychodrama Online Reality: Healing Social Trauma 12. Psychodrama On Zoom: The Story Of The Soul 13. Online Psychodrama Groups with Children 14. Online Art Therapy: Encouraging Creative Healing in The Virtual Space 15. Online Group Art Therapy - the Presence of the Artistic Entity: Experiences with groups of senior citizen women 16. Adventure-Based Counseling Online: Bringing Novelty, Physical Engagement, and Shared Problem Solving to a Virtual Format Section IV: Online Person-Centered Mechanisms of Change Approaches: Psychoeducational, CBT, ACT & SE Groups 17. Somatic Experiencing Informed Group Psychotherapy Online 18. Fostering Intimacy and Participant Engagement on the Zoom Platform: A Practical Beginner’s Manual 19. Online Psychoeducational Groups 20. Cognitive Behavioural Group Therapy Virtually 21. ACT as a Group Teletherapy 22. "Can We Zoom Out Of The Hospital?" - Online Behavioral Stress Management Groups Section V: Training, Teaching and Supervising Groups Online 23. Online group psychotherapy training 24. Establishing a Group Program in Business School and Shifting to the Virtual World 25. Enhancing Supervision Practices: The Promise and Potential of Online Group Supervision 26. Epilogue: Beyond Group Psychotherapy – Online Groups as the Modern Agora for Enhancing Democracy and Cohesion

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how Kleinian psychoanalysis has developed over the past 75 years and how it illuminates human experience and relationships inside and outside the consulting room. The text will help the reader gain a deeper understanding of processes of splitting, projection, and identification in clinical work; a broader conception of how internal and external worlds interact and affect each other; greater clarity on key theoretical and ethical issues; and an overview of what the Kleinian tradition has contributed to mental health and wellbeing. Concepts are presented in a structured progression, accompanied by summaries of key papers by prominent clinicians.Offering an accessible account of a key strand of British Object Relations, this essential resource will be of value to trainee, newly qualified, and experienced psychodynamic counsellors and psychoanalytic psychotherapists, as well as teachers, social workers, and nurses.Trade Review"This important book by David Smart gives a succinct account of the history, theory and practice of Kleinian and post-Kleinian psychoanalysis. It’s a fascinating and excellent resource for therapists and counsellors wishing to gain a better understanding of Kleinian psychoanalysis, distilling complex theoretical and clinical understanding in a clear and accessible way for those without clinical backgrounds. I came away with a renewed appreciation of Kleinian psychoanalysis as an important lens to understand the human condition. This book is useful to all wanting to learn about or refresh their thinking about the importance of the Kleinian tradition." — Angelina Veiga, Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, Adult Psychotherapist, Disability Psychotherapist"A valuable synopsis of the work of Klein and of the ways in which her understanding of human nature can be applied in the twenty-first century. David Smart writes clearly and with conviction covering a wide range of human experience. Those who already know and value Klein’s work will find new insights and the breadth of the investigation will help newcomers to see the use of it. Scholarship is worn lightly but gives a depth to the thinking, reminding us that much time has passed since Klein wrote but that we can find a great deal to use today in any work that requires an attempt to understand the mysteries of human nature." — Lesley Murdin, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, Supervisor, Author, former CEO of WPF Therapy"I wish The Kleinian Tradition for Psychotherapists and Counsellors had been available when I first started teaching! It will be an excellent resource for my trainee counsellors as well as for qualified therapists. Smart’s book makes Kleinian thought accessible and digestible. The inclusion of clinical material adds to its authenticity and practicality. It is a comprehensive and in-depth overview of the Kleinian tradition. The inclusion of Institutional and Social Dynamics, Sexuality and Gender issues makes this a contemporary and up-to-date re-thinking of the significance and relevance of Klein’s work for the 21st century." — Nancy Browner, Course Leader, The Minster Centre"David Smart has written a single volume introduction that summarises Kleinian ideas and the major Kleinian authors. Its well thought-out thematic organization and clear prose will be a pleasure to read for non-specialists who may otherwise struggle with the sometimes difficult style and idiosyncratic terminology of Klein and her followers. The book has a clinical focus, while also demonstrating how these concepts can be applied to other areas like organizational dynamics. This is likely to become a classic textbook for psychodynamic counsellors and psychotherapists in training, as well as a great help to others who wish to gain an overview of Kleinian thought, such as mental health professionals working in different modalities." — Sebastian Kohon, Child/Adolescent and Adult Psychoanalytic PsychotherapistTable of ContentsForeword 1. Psychoanalysis before Klein 2. Melanie Klein’s life and work 3. Paranoid-schizoid and depressive functioning 4. Separation and integration 5. Art and depressive functioning 6. Pathological organisations of the personality 7. The capacity to think 8. Oedipal struggles 9. Perverse use of projective identification 10. Transference and countertransference 11. Envy and the death instinct 12. Institutional and social dynamics 13. Sexuality 14. Difference 15. What is distinctive about Kleinian practice?

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Book SynopsisPhone therapy is as relevant as it was 50 years ago. The increased use of this medium during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the revision of professional therapy body guidance, has endorsed the validity and effectiveness of phone therapy. The book updates, revises and reinvigorates the medium for individual therapists, counselling services and training organisations in a post-lockdown world, where blended therapy is the norm. It includes practical considerations, phone-related theory, personal experience and self-reflection exercises. Contributing counsellor vignettes cover topics such as adapting theoretical modalities and EDI considerations without visual cues. From assessments, contracting and core skills to assumptions, disinhibition and privacy issues, it supports therapists and counselling organisations to embrace the accessibility, flexibility and creativity that therapy by phone provides. Relevant for experienced and trainee therapists alike, this book provides pracTrade Review"This is an excellent resource, providing counselling and psychotherapy practitioners with a comprehensive guide to working safely, ethically, effectively and creatively with clients over the phone. I can’t recommend this resource highly enough to existing phone therapists, and to those who are considering working in this way" — Caroline Jesper, BACP Head of Professional Standards. "Sarah’s book is an accessible and detailed read, suitable for both experienced therapists and trainees. I particularly like the way she interviewed therapists from different theoretical orientations. As hybrid ways of working are now a part of many therapists working life, this book feels like an essential read for all." — Rachel Golding, MBACP Snr. Accred. Programme Tutor at The Counselling Foundation.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1 - You can trust what you hear. Chapter 2 - Phone therapy uncovered. Chapter 3 - Communication and core phone therapy skills. Chapter 4 – Theoretical modalities used in phone therapy. Chapter 5 - The contract - working legally, professionally and ethically on the phone. Chapter 6 - Assessment, psychological suitability and risk. Chapter 7 - Equality, diversity and inclusion within phone therapy. Chapter 8 - Creative interventions for phone therapy. Chapter 9 - Considerations for supervision by phone. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Psychological Resilience Treatment Manual (PRTM) provides mental health professionals with an evidence-based guide to psychological resilience treatment designed to equip clients with a toolbox of adaptive coping strategies.This intervention treatment manual is for practitioners working with clients to develop resilience and the skills they need to cope with daily challenges, reduce stress levels, and increase general well-being without necessarily diagnosing a specific disorder, such as anxiety or depression. The manual is structured around four guided intervention modules: Passive Coping, Self-Care Behaviour, Social Support, and Active Coping. Each module encompasses four one-hour sessions and includes a contents framework, overview, and target objectives for each session. The manual includes 16 client worksheets that correspond to each session, and relapse prevention therapy is incorporated at the end of each module. Flexible in nature, the manual can be used Table of ContentsList of figures List of tables Acknowledgements Introduction Objective Abstract and module overview Disclaimer Recommendations to mental health professionals Module 1: Passive Coping 1. The Psychology of Coping and Venting Session 2. Reviewing Behaviour Disengagement and Self-distraction activities 3. Addressing self-blame and denial tendencies 4. Metacognition and relapse prevention exercises Appendix A: Client worksheets for Passive Coping Module Module 2: Self-Care Behaviours 5. Getting Active and Right Nutrition—Paying attention 6. Mindfulness practice—All about thoughts, feelings, and body sensations 7. Practising self-compassion techniques 8. Learning how to relax, managing time, space, and meaning-making activities; revisiting relapse prevention exercises Appendix B:. Client worksheets for Self-Care Module Module 3: Social Support 9. Structural and Functional Social Support 10. Emotional Social Support 11. Instrumental or Material Social Support 12. Information or Cognitive Social Support and relapse prevention exercises Appendix C: Client worksheets for Social Support Module Module 4: Active Coping 13. Introduction to active coping, stress experience, and reactions 14. Positive reframing, tracking thoughts, behaviour, and learning effective problem-solving techniques 15. Utilising restraint coping, grateful journaling, and relapse prevention exercises 16. Humour—an active coping strategy Appendix D: Client worksheets for Active Coping Module Index

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Book SynopsisUsing a wealth of infographics and classroom examples, Dogs in Schools sets out the pedagogical principles that schools can employ to work with school dogs in a way that promotes the well-being of all participants and creates a safe environment for all.This is the first book to combine theory and research with the views of experienced teachers and professionals working around the world, from the United Kingdom to India, from Australia to mainland Europe. Their perspectives illustrate the wide-ranging interest in school dogs but also highlight common concerns. For policymakers, this is a book not to ignore because it shows how dogs have the potential to make a significant contribution to children''s well-being at a time of growing concern in this area. Simultaneously, the authors endorse the views of contributors who call for the introduction of humane regulations and fulsome guidance so that school dogs are viewed as sentient companions and not relegated to the latesTrade Review"Dogs in Schools fills a huge gap in the literature about involving dogs responsibly and humanely in school settings, a practice that has become much more popular in recent years. This well-written, interesting, and timely volume considers the well-being of both students and dogs and gives voice to the dogs as sentient beings. Lewis and Grigg offer a comprehensive look at the complexities of human-canine relationships in general and in educational settings specifically. Potential benefits such as enhancing students' motivation, empathy, and learning are balanced with potential risks and challenges, offering vital, research-based information on the topic. Highly recommended."Risë VanFleet, PhD, CDBC, president and founder of the International Institute for Animal Assisted Play Therapy®, Pennsylvania, USA, and co-author of Animal Assisted Play Therapy "In these pages there is a deep understanding and compassion for dogs in the school environment, which if considered properly, as this book does, can be extremely beneficial to all parties involved. The authors touch on the most essential aspects of canine-assisted education in a comprehensive yet intelligible manner."Debby Lucken, Dip., Canin. Prac., International School of Canine Psychology, dog behaviorist and trainer and founder of Kids Around Dogs (KAD)"Dogs in Schools shares insights into school-based dog interventions from around the world before imparting critically important information to help ensure these programs are created, managed, and evaluated in ways that ensure the welfare of all those involved. Anyone interested in implementing a dog intervention program will find value in this unique blend of foundational information and practical tips for success."Lori Kogan, professor of clinical sciences at Colorado State University, editor-in-chief for the Human-Animal Interaction Journal, and chair of the American Psychological Association's Human Animal Interaction SectionTable of ContentsIntroduction Part One: Background and Rationale 1. The Human-Dog Bond in Historical Context 2. School Dogs: What Does the Research Tell Us? 3. Towards a Pedagogy for Effective Practice Part Two: Challenges and Achievements Around the World 4. The UK and Mainland Europe 5. Africa 6. The United States of America 7. Asia and Australia Part Three: Making the Most of Relationships 8. Planning and Preparing for a School Dog 9. Implementation 10. Researching and Evaluating Impact

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Book SynopsisSystemic and Narrative Work with Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children: Stories of Relocation provides a contextualised, research-based understanding of how to enhance and support the emotional health and well-being of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.The framework presented in this book is an innovative intervention that enhances the well-being of children who have experienced trauma by improving the therapeutic abilities for all who support and care for them. This book presents the evidence base for this new systemic and narrative trauma-informed framework of care, creates a wider understanding of working with trauma responses in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and offers coherence for practitioners wanting to use this approach. The authors provide a physiological view, as well as identify embodied aspects of trauma experience, and describe a narrative approach developed from a clinical understanding of trauma, as well as presenting the words of children w

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Book SynopsisThrough stories and conversations, Drs. Dolores BigFoot and Allyson Kelley reflect on research, clinical work, faith-based topics, spirituality, and recovery. They invite readers to reflect on what it means to walk on a healing path. Beginning with a brief history of broken spirits and a broken world, the book then discusses the causes of brokenness, vulnerability to brokenness, and healing as a construct of social justice and advocacy. The following chapters cover current aspects of healing from the lens of mental health and substance use, addiction, trauma, and recovery. As much of the world struggles with some aspect of brokenness and healing, stories of enduring well provide examples from all relations and walks of life about healing. Theories and research presented throughout the text support stories and concepts presented. Stories about families, coping, grief, loss, and boundaries give readers resources and exercises to help them become whole. Special consideration is Trade Review"Authors welcome the healer into a foundationally spiritual understanding of deep trauma and its treatment. Soon it becomes evident that underneath moral injury, trauma often causes a deeper spiritual injury. In this way, trauma becomes a gateway to galvanize a "hard-wired" road to spiritual awakening and growth. Here, growth is a state of peace and satisfaction. This is a growth that is fueled in tandem, concomitantly, with emotional pain. Psychotherapy for authors Bigfoot and Kelley no longer aim simply for recovery back to baseline or exclusively symptom relief, but rather a form of Post Traumatic Spiritual Growth (PTSG), a scientifically supported pathway to renewal. Clinical steps and methods can readily be used by an experienced clinician or an emerging therapist in training. This book, based upon decades of clinical experience, is a jewel to lay down treatments in support of PTSG and the "new normal" in trauma work."Lisa Miller, Ph.D., professor and founder, Spirituality Mind Body Institute, Columbia University, and author, New York Times Bestseller, The Spiritual Child and The Awakened Brain.Table of Contents1. Broken Spirits and The Healing Path 2. Depression, Anxiety, Suicide Ideation, Substance Abuse...And Enduring Well 3. Trauma 4. Recovery 5. Healing 6. Hope for Families 7. Gratitude and Enduring Well

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Book SynopsisThis practical evidence-based guide to running Reflective Practice professional development programmes provides a dynamic and engaging resource for a wide range of coaches. Reflective Practice is a proven learning and development approach that involves consciously and deliberately thinking about experiences to develop insights and apply these within coaching practice. McCormick argues that it is vital that coaches regularly reflect on their work to develop and grow professionally, and this book provides a definitive and rich source of material on how and what to reflect on. Topics include how to reflect as an individual coach; working in pairs and small groups; applying reflective practice in a training context; and how to run advanced group sessions for coaches. The book features a wide range of practical workbook exercises to challenge the reader's current practice and extend their capability, as well as an evidence-based guide to enhancing skills in recently developTrade Review"Coaching has grown exponentially over the last decade, and coaches are in need of professional development as much as their clients. Dr. McCormick’s book is a step-by-step approach for professional development for coaches using ‘reflective practice’. It is a very well written, well-organised and an easy to follow guide to help coaches develop their coaching skills as they discover more about themselves from the experience of their practice. This is a ‘must buy’ book for anyone engaged in coaching."Professor Sir Cary Cooper, CBE, University of Manchester, UK"Without adaption, we atrophy. Without learning, we never improve. Without reflection, we minimize learning from our experiences. Through this marvelous trip-tik of various approaches and models of coaching and psychotherapy, McCormick raises crucial distinctions in practice that can help clients. As professionals, coaches and therapists are paid for their time. Such performance pressure often suppresses reflective practices. This book helps to remind us what can help."Richard Boyatzis PhD, Distinguished University Professor, Case Western Reserve University, USA, Co-author of the international best seller, Primal Leadership and the breakthrough book on the latest research on coaching called Helping People Change.""Reflective practice is essential for coaches' development and good practice, and it is becoming a recognised domain of expertise in its own right. This book explores a good range of definitions, approaches and tools, offering the right balance between theory and practice. It also provides a wide range of tools and exercises, inviting readers to try different techniques and challenge their thinking and practice. As an academic, researcher and coaching psychology practitioner and supervisor, I highly recommend this valuable book for trainee and professional coaches and supervisors."Dr Andrea Giraldez-Hayes, chartered psychologist and director of the MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology at the University of East London."Reflective practice is essential for coaching practitioners. It helps us learn and develop our skills, knowledge and understanding as we join our coachees on their coaching journey. Dr Iain McCormick’s workbook is packed with techniques, case studies and reflective practice exercises. It is an excellent step by step guide to enhance reflective practice of both trainee and experienced coaches." Stephen Palmer PhD, Professor of Practice at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, and Director of the National Academy of Coaching Psychology Ltd."The Reflective Practice for Coaches: A Guidebook for Advanced Professional Development is packed full of opportunities to learn more about the application of approaches to reflective practice, accompanied by practical and insightful exercises. This offers the potential to enhance the work of coaches working across different settings and contexts, from the beginner to the more experienced practitioner. The book is timely, engaging, practical, informative and straightforward in its contribution. This offers a key resource for coaches, coach supervisors and anyone interested in enhancing their understanding and doing more around evidence-based approaches to reflective practice". Dr Siobhain O’Riordan, Chartered Psychologist, UK."Whether you are an experienced coach, or you're new, you will get something from this book.The first part of the book takes a deep dive into what reflective practice is, and provides lots of useful activities geared around helping you to develop your reflective practice. The second part of the book explores specific approaches, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and how coaches can incorporate these into practice. The case studies that Iain provides brings to life each approach, and gives ideas for how you might use these approaches in your own practice.This is not a book that's a 'read it and then leave it to gather dust on a shelf' kind of book. This is very much a guide that is designed for you to refer to time and time again."Dr Hayley Lewis, Chartered psychologist, Coach, Consultant, University lecturer at Birkbeck University of London, UK."Reflective practice is one of the cornerstones of personal development... Yet for too long reflective practice has been under-acknowledged and under developed in coach education and in coaching books. Iain McCormick is determined to change this and places reflection at the centre of his new book... The book explores coaching from multiple perspectives drawing on Iain's expertise as a coach and clinical psychologist, based in New Zealand, with interesting chapters on Schema Therapy, Compassion focused, Buddhist and Cognitive Analytic techniques, but what I enjoyed most where the chapters on integration and eclectic approaches and on coaching effectiveness. If you are looking to broaden the range of approaches you use, are interested in reflective practice or want to think about how you draw together the different approaches into a more integrated approach, this book will make for an excellent read, and hopefully deepen and broaden your own practice as a coach, leader or supervisor."Jonathan Passmore, Executive Coach, Senior Vice President, Award winning I/O Psychologist, Consultant, Author, Professor Henley Business School, UK.Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction To Reflective Practice For Coaches 1. Reflective Practice – A Critical Focus 2. Practical Steps to Reflective Practice Part 2: Connection and Safety: Setting the Stage For Practice Reflective Practice 3. Psychological Connection, Safety and Confidentiality 4. Establishing Effectiveness Measurement Part 3: The Nature of Coaching 5. What Coaching Is 6. The Conceptual Models of Coaching 7. Executive Coaching 8. Coaching Effectiveness 9. Solution-Focused Coaching 10. The Critical Skills Part 4: Using Innovative Therapeutic Techniques in Coaching and Reflective Practice Sessions 11. Eclectic Versus an Integrated Approach to using Therapeutic Techniques in Coaching 12. Using Unified Protocol Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Techniques 13. Internet Supplemented Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Techniques 14. Using Buddhist Psychology Techniques 15. Using Compassion-Focused Techniques 16. Using Schema Therapy and Mindfulness Techniques 17. Using Cognitive Analytic Therapy Techniques 18. Using Stress Inoculation Therapy Techniques 19. When to Use Which Therapeutic Technique or Approach Part 5: Conclusion 20. Final Reflections

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Book SynopsisThe Thriving Lawyer: A Multidimensional Model of Well-Being for a Sustainable Legal Profession is based on an innovative model, grounded in science. This book serves as a resource for promoting well-being and culture-change in the legal community by educating about pertinent issues impacting lawyers, and how to address them. It is a roadmap, highlighting the many over-arching and inter-connected aspects of well-being, and enabling readers to identify and target the issues most relevant to their unique situations.Along with practical strategies, the book provides a big-picture framework, illustrating how the many intersecting individual and organizational factors which influence well-being are all related, yet separate and distinct. The framework provides a foundation for creating change, and where you focus first will depend on the needs, the situation, and any unique challenges faced by you or your organization. The Thriving Lawyer explains why, iTrade ReviewThrough accurate insights and analysis that demonstrate an intimate understanding of the challenges so many committed attorneys face, The Thriving Lawyer offers a helpful roadmap for critical individual and institutional change needed to improve lawyer well-being. This book is a must read for both attorneys and HR professionals across all legal organizations – Claire Coleman, State of Connecticut Consumer Counsel; former Biglaw firm associate, non-profit and government attorney.The interest in wellness and self-care has gained unprecedented momentum among professionals in general and lawyers, in particular. The available resources, however, tend to be repetitive and non-directive. With this book, Dr. Cipriano has filled a critical void through a scientifically based model wellness as a way of life, the basis for decision-making, and the guide for actions. She has seamlessly integrated philosophy, psychological research, and pragmatic interventions within a persuasive narrative about making a commitment to wellbeing. Although this book will be of interest to any professional, Dr. Cipriano incorporates her education and experience as an attorney to address the unique challenges in the practice of law. Practicing attorneys, law students and law schools, and mental health professionals who advise and counsel the legal community will gain insights and strategies for promoting genuine well-being. Dr. Cipriano introduces a model of wellbeing that goes far beyond usual stand-alone recommendations for specific behaviors. After reading her book, I realized that I cannot attain wellbeing through any routine of meditation and yoga or any other add-on activity. True wellness is a state of being that affects all life domains, true wellness encompasses all aspects of professional and personal life. Dr. Cipriano does not stop with her unique theoretical model of wellbeing; she incorporates in an informative, compelling narrative, pathways for translating the concept of wellbeing into pragmatic actions. Lawyers, law students and law schools and those who give counsel and treatment to the legal community will find this book a valued and lasting resource. – Madelon V. Baranoski, PhD, Yale School of Medicine"Through accurate insights and analysis that demonstrate an intimate understanding of the challenges so many committed attorneys face, The Thriving Lawyer offers a helpful roadmap for critical individual and institutional change needed to improve lawyer well-being. This book is a must read for both attorneys and HR professionals across all legal organizations." – Claire Coleman, State of Connecticut Consumer Counsel; former Biglaw firm associate, non-profit and government attorney."The interest in wellness and self-care has gained unprecedented momentum among professionals in general and lawyers, in particular. The available resources, however, tend to be repetitive and non-directive. With this book, Dr. Cipriano has filled a critical void through a scientifically based model wellness as a way of life, the basis for decision-making, and the guide for actions. She has seamlessly integrated philosophy, psychological research, and pragmatic interventions within a persuasive narrative about making a commitment to wellbeing. Although this book will be of interest to any professional, Dr. Cipriano incorporates her education and experience as an attorney to address the unique challenges in the practice of law. Practicing attorneys, law students and law schools, and mental health professionals who advise and counsel the legal community will gain insights and strategies for promoting genuine well-being. Dr. Cipriano introduces a model of wellbeing that goes far beyond usual stand-alone recommendations for specific behaviors. After reading her book, I realized that I cannot attain wellbeing through any routine of meditation and yoga or any other add-on activity. True wellness is a state of being that affects all life domains, true wellness encompasses all aspects of professional and personal life. Dr. Cipriano does not stop with her unique theoretical model of wellbeing; she incorporates in an informative, compelling narrative, pathways for translating the concept of wellbeing into pragmatic actions. Lawyers, law students and law schools and those who give counsel and treatment to the legal community will find this book a valued and lasting resource." – Madelon V. Baranoski, PhD, Yale School of Medicine"As a former lawyer herself, Cipriano has intimate knowledge about the way that law firms function and about the legal culture itself.Dr. Cipriano presents this book's information in a clear, informative, and conversational tone, which highlights the relevance of the material and her masterful command of the topic."Eileen Kohutis, Independent Practitioner, Winter 2024, USA"What makes The Thriving Lawyer a resource that will be read and referred to over again, is the way Cipriano marries statistical information with psychological impacts. She then goes a critical step further to offer everyday techniques to offset the stress and pressure inherent to the legal profession. This book provides a psychologist-curated list of real-time methods that anyone can implement. It is one of the reasons that I continuously return to this book – both as a tool for my own wellbeing journey, but also as a key part of my interaction with law students in distress. I’m certain its value easily translates from use in an educational setting to the legal field."Jennifer Cerny, Associate Dean of Students, Yale Law School, NALP Bulletin, February, 2024, USATable of Contents1 Introduction to Lawyer Well-Being and a Guide to Reading this Book. 2 Introducing The Multidimensional Model of Lawyer Well-Being, a.k.a., The Honeycomb Model of Well-Being—A Way of Being. 3 Attention to Overall Physical and Mental Health: The Mind-Body Connection and Impact of Stress on Health and Performance. 4 Self-Care Strategies and Overcoming Barriers to Healthy Routines. 5 Understanding and Addressing Workplace Issues Which Impact Well-Being. 6 Managing Work-Life Balance for Well-Being. 7 The Impact of Financial Resources on Well-Being. 8 The Essential Role of Personal Relationships and Social Supports in Well-Being. 9 Cultivating Meaning and Purpose for Well-Being. 10 Creating Change

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Book SynopsisThese flashcards are part of The Trauma Recovery Toolkit and need to be purchased alongside the guidebook for full and effective use. Both can be purchased together as a set: 978-0-367-54690-8These flashcards are part of The Trauma Recovery Toolkit, a guidebook and flashcard set that has been created to empower individuals living with the effects of trauma and the mental health professionals that support them.Inspired by the latest research surrounding mindfulness, self-compassion, neuroscience and trauma recovery, the resource explores the effect of trauma on the brain and body and offers strategies which may be helpful in combatting the symptoms. The flashcard format enables trauma survivors to creatively respond to visual aids and prompts in a way that is comfortable for them, providing mental health professionals with a more creative and person-centred approach to directing clients towards their own healing journey.TTrade ReviewPraise for The Trauma Recovery Toolkit 9780367546908These wonderfully illustrated cards will be tremendously helpful in therapeutic work with trauma survivors. By bringing to life exciting yet complex information about neurobiology and trauma, they offer a compassionate and wise set of resources for exploring and healing from trauma. Highly recommended. Dr Jacqui Dillon, Independent Trauma Expert, Survivor and ActivistThis is a comprehensive compilation of trauma concepts and visual exercises for mental health clients with trauma histories. The beautifully illustrated flash cards provide a creative path beyond the verbal approach and can be used in partnership with professionals or by clients themselves. The visual approach produces many wonderful and apposite metaphors that will resonate with clients and help provide ways forward for people who may have been stuck for years. This is a remarkable resource for the expanding field of trauma treatment.Dr Marian Liebmann, Art Therapist and AuthorThis beautifully illustrated toolkit reflects Kim Matias's depth and breadth of knowledge on Trauma Recovery. Her mastery of this subject means that she can explain complex issues clearly. Her engaging writing style and use of rich visual metaphors make this publication extremely accessible [...] this toolkit is a treasure trove of resources for therapists who will find it easy to follow and use. It will be an inspiration for anyone with a personal or professional interest in this issue.Val Huet, Director of Research and development, BAATTable of ContentsThese flashcards are part of The Trauma Recovery Toolkit and need to be purchased alongside the guidebook for full and effective use. Both can be purchased together as a set: 978-0-367-54690-8

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Book SynopsisMany therapeutic activities that engage clients in in-person therapy rooms are not obviously available via telehealth. Yet there are creative, practical, and easy ways to intervene in teletherapy that go beyond talk therapy.The Therapist's Notebook for Systemic Teletherapy: Creative Interventions for Effective Online Therapy provides systemic teletherapy activities and interventions for a variety of topics and presenting problems. Forty chapters are arranged into seven parts: setup and preparation, self of the therapist, children and adolescents, adults, intimate relationships, families, and training and supervision. Leading experts provide step-by-step guidelines on setup, instructions, processing, and suggestions for follow-up for interventions that are grounded within foundational therapy theories/models and evidence-based practice. This book explores both new intervention strategies and ways to adapt in-person therapy interventions for telehealth.This book p

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This book attempts to shake up' the current complacency around therapy and mental health' behaviours by putting therapy fully into context using Social Contextual Analysis; showing how changes to our social, discursive, and societal environments, rather than changes to an individual's mind', will reduce suffering from the mental health' behaviours.Guerin challenges many assumptions about both current therapy and psychology, and offers alternative approaches, synthesized from sociology, social anthropology, sociolinguistics, and elsewhere. The book provides a way of addressing the mental health' behaviours including actions, talking, thinking, and emotions, by taking people's external life situations into account, and not relying on an imagined internal source'. Guerin describes the broad contexts for current Western therapies, referring to social, discursive, cultural, societal, and economic contexts, and suggests that we need to research the components of therapies an

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Book SynopsisReciprocal mentoring represents an approach to mentoring in organisations that is both timely and of critical importance in the context of diversity, inclusion, equity, and the power shift in mentoring practice. This book provides insight into how reciprocal mentoring programmes can strengthen mutual learning and encourage true partnership between participants. This approach to mentoring places participants on a level playing field; people with disparate expertise, backgrounds, and experience levels are placed in relationships in which they act as both mentor and mentee, generating a range of benefits for all involved. This book explores the design, development, and evaluation of reciprocal mentoring programmes in six different contexts: entrepreneurial, healthcare sector, third sector, education sector, membership organisations, and private sector organisations. Three different approaches to reciprocal mentoring programmes are set out: reciprocal by design, reciprocal by defTrade Review"Reciprocal Mentoring is a resource for anyone interested in building strong and supportive communities of learning. This book provides an overview of what reciprocal mentoring is and how it might operate in a variety of organizational contexts. Through real-world examples and practical advice, the editors have put together a collection of case studies that feature three types of reciprocal mentoring experiences. What I appreciate most about Reciprocal Mentoring is its emphasis on the mutual benefits of this approach."Laura Gail Lunsford, PhD, Professor, Psychology, Assistant Dean, School of Education and Human Sciences, Campbell University"This excellent book examines not only the theory and hypotheses of reciprocal mentoring, but also the reality of how that is applied in practice and how impact is measured. The case studies explore the challenges and solutions individuals and organisations face across multiple sectors, illustrating personal, professional and business growth and transformation. To see examples of how EMCC Global-accredited organisations, like the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, ODTÜMİST and Resilient Pilot are exploring and leading developments, is a testament to the professional integrity and commitment of all involved."Denise Whitworth, EMCC Global Executive Board Director and EMCC Global Vice President Accreditation "If you are looking for a way to understand the inputs and outputs required to achieve a successful mentoring initiative that yields reciprocal benefits, let this book be your guide. Through case studies across sectors, you will find helpful examples, insights, and action steps that will inform your work and guide you to success."Lisa Z. Fain, CEO, Center for Mentoring Excellence"Reciprocal Mentoring is the central theme of this book. Analysing 26 contemporary mentoring case studies across a variety of sectors including health care, education and the charitable/third sector the authors provide three lenses: reciprocal by design, default and emergent to examine the context and purpose in which each mentoring programme has been designed. Whilst we have known for some-time that mentoring can benefit both parties, these case studies and their analysis affords us rich insight to the benefits and outcomes for both the individuals and organisations involved, through examples such as inclusion in health care and the development of medical professional as beautifully captured in the schemes aspirational title ‘From Roots to Wings’. Importantly, this book represents a new and significant contribution to understanding of the value of reciprocal mentoring programmes, providing lessons for practitioners and academics alike, in how we design and evaluate mentoring schemes in the future."Dr Mary Hartog, FCIPD, CM (CMI), Member EMCC. Programme Leader Coaching Professional, Director Organisation and Leadership Practice Middlesex University Business SchoolTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Reciprocal Mentoring in the Entrepreneurial Sector 3. Reciprocal Mentoring in the Healthcare Sector 4. Reciprocal Mentoring in the Third Sector 5. Reciprocal Mentoring in the PK-12 Education Sector 6. Reciprocal Mentoring for Students and Staff in Higher Education 7. Reciprocal Mentoring for Faculty in Higher Education 8. Mentoring in Membership Organisations 9. Reciprocal Mentoring in Private Sector Organisations 10. Conclusions: Towards a theory of reciprocal mentoring

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces One at a Time (OOAT) Single Session Therapy (SST) for couples, presenting a new and innovative format for couples counselling and therapy that fills the gaps between SST and traditional couples therapy models.Trade Review"Clients are clearly at the centre of care and work in a collaborative manner with their therapist in this approach."Nancy McElheran, from the Foreword"For many couples, individuals and families one session is what they want and need. Single Session One at a Time: Challenge and Possibility describes ways to help many clients in one session." Michael Hoyt, from the ForewordTable of ContentsForeword 1. Introduction 2. Laws and Couple Therapy Practice in Different Countries 3. Couple Relationships 4. Change or Not – That is the Question 5. Couple Therapy and Counselling 6. Brief Therapy 7. Sources of Inspiration 8. Frequently Asked Questions about OAAT 9. OAAT Mind Set – Thinking and Practice 10. Coincidence Favours the Prepared Mind 11. Doing OAAT with Couples 12. An Ordinary Day – OAAT Team, Malmö 13. OAAT Sessions – Introduction to Full-Length Case Stories 14. Creating Safety and Good Moments 15. To Know Your Way About 16. Team and Progress 17. Stories and Fairy Tales as an Opportunity in OAAT 18. Pause Button and Empty Cards 19. Closing Reflections

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an analysis of the meaning of safety and security across the contexts of community and public life, throughout the life span, and within a therapeutic framework, examining threats and the strategies for coping with them.The book starts in Part I with a discussion of general safety and security concepts in the socio-cultural context. Part II of the book details the role of a sense of security in psychological assistance, psychotherapy and supervision, while Part III centres on safety and security at different life stages. Drawing on the tenets of modern attachment theory and trauma theory, chapter authors address questions of safety, danger, and protection for both individuals and groups, across a variety of fields of knowledge and expertise. Themes such as loneliness, play and exploration, evil and forgiveness, health and death, and spirituality and healing are discussed as practice examples, learning points, and tips. A wide range of health and sociTrade Review'The texts in this book are both touching and enlightening. We comprehend through this volume how our basic needs for security and safety are intertwined with culture, politics and the influence of anthropocentrism on nature. We zoom in from the global level to the community, and then to family relations. The foresight and the courage of editors and authors must be highlighted. I wish this book a wide readership as it is an extremely rich and precious compendium for further thinking and acting.' Maria Borcsa, PhD, Professor in Clinical Psychology at the University of Applied Sciences Nordhausen, Germany. Past President of the European Family Therapy Association (EFTA). 'The times they are a-changin", Bob Dylan sang. We live in a world of unprecedented adversity and unpredictability at a global scale. This book compels psychotherapists to think, reflect and act in adversity (climate changes, migration, pandemics, war) across different contexts (global, community, and couple-family). To face this challenge, one must navigate safety and security, as proposed by the Editors. Arlene and Simon guide us through a most wonderful voyage in a systemic-attachment ship where some authors share ideas to fight people’s vulnerability. An inspirational, useful, and respectful expedition.'Ana Paula Relvas, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal.'We live in a world with a desperate need to understand and ameliorate dangers at every level of human life. This fascinating book is rooted in the extensive experience of Arlene Vetere in family violence and the shared base with her co-editor Szymon Chrząstowski in attachment narrative therapy. It coordinates the rich experience of its diverse authors in progressive contexts of the world, the community and the family. The book offers a sophisticated and carefully coordinated understanding of the wide ramifications and considerations of safety and security at each level of context. This structure will equip readers to understand the sources of danger at each level and to know what resources are available or could be mobilised for people and communities.'Peter Stratton, Emeritus Professor of Family Therapy, Leeds, UK.Table of ContentsPart 1: Safety and security in the world 1. The need for safety and security 2. Looking for a safe Self in a dangerous world. The place of psychotherapists: citizens - observers - beacons 3. When home becomes a threat. Polish experience of homo-, bi- and transphobia 4. Living with climate change and environmental crisis. Between climate anxiety and new collective narratives 5. Ecocultural context of attachment security, sense of safety, and trust Part 2: Safety and security in the community context 6. “I am still scattered”: Attachment security and belonging after forced migration 7. “We will keep you safe”: Reflections on caring relationships in children’s residential homes 8. Safety and danger in an intensive care context: Psychological and systemic approaches to staff support during the COVID-19 pandemic (and beyond) 9. Safety and security in psychotherapy practice and supervision 10. Spirituality – A meaningful philosophy of life and a “lifeline” in times of crises Part 3: Safety and security in a couple & family context 11. Caregiver Roles in Children’s Threat and Safety Learning: Neuroscientific Evidence and Real-World Implications 12. ‘Beyond Sensitivity’: Understanding caregiving compromises in adverse contexts using the Meaning of the Child Interview 13. Safety in the home-school system with relation to autism: The SwiS approach 14. ‘and nothing but the Truth’ 15. Second Phase Parenting: Attachment and parenting adult children 16. Polyamorous relationships: Inspirations in the search for new ways of understanding safety and security 17. Dying, death and bereavement

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Dance/Movement Therapy and Sexual Abuse addresses the vital role dance/movement therapy plays in helping survivors of sexual abuse. Comprising ten chapters, the book describes assessment, diagnosis and intervention techniques with child, adolescent, and adult survivors of sexual abuse. Using case studies, contributing experts in the field offer the reader a profound understanding of the therapeutic techniques related to movement and the body for the emotional treatment of situations of sexual abuse. The chapters delve into the healing components of treatment during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and combine psychodynamic understandings with body-mind theories, techniques from the area of somatic experience, and bio-energetic analysis. Full of in-depth and comprehensive therapeutic interventions using dance/movement therapy to treat sexual trauma, this book will be an essential resource for dance/movement therapists and students of the cre

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This book presents âœthe Becoming Modelâ, an integrative perinatal counselling model that provides a practical clinical framework to therapists working with those for whom the question of becoming a parent seems central.Becoming a parent changes your identity, household, worldviews, relationships, priorities and previous life goals. Based on the notion that one does not become a mother or a father overnight, rather that it is a process of âœbecomingâ, this model provides a roadmap for therapists (psychoanalytic, behavioural, humanistic, integrative and others) looking to understand and explore their clientâs experience of this transitional journey through talk-therapy. It defines the unique field of perinatal counselling, highlights major clinical considerations, presents clinical observations by drawing from real-life cases and provides the therapist with one-stop-information guides on each theme (ten) and sub-theme (40) by drawing from existing research i.e. evidence-based

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Book SynopsisThis book details a five-phase model of the process of forgiveness and reconciliation, exploring how it can be understood as a threshold experience with the potential to offer profound emotional renewal.Illustrated with numerous case study vignettes, the book presents the findings of a research study gathered from observing and interviewing 50 dying persons, investigating the preconditions for forgiveness and reconciliation, and examining how a sense of grace, freedom, peace, and deep connectedness may occur. The book also contextualizes reconciliation and forgiveness as cultural phenomena extending beyond purely behavioral patterns of cooperation and involving great emotional maturity and strength of personality.Centered on humility, self-knowledge, truth-finding, and consciousness, Forgiveness and Reconciliation is important reading for practitioners, scholars and students in the fields of counselling, psychotherapy, and palliative care and to all those intere

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Book SynopsisThis second edition brings together an impressive array of experts to discuss and provide understanding to the treatment of infidelity.Bringing together voices from a range of disciplines and backgrounds, including couples therapy, family therapy, evolutionary psychology, relational research, and more, Peluso and Irvine help therapists understand and practically treat this common and complex issue. Divided into three parts, chapters begin by laying the foundations for understanding why couples commit infidelity before looking at different treatments, such as Gottman Method Couples Therapy, models of fidelity and forgiveness, and other integrative approaches. This new edition includes brand-new material on topics such as nonmonogamy, teletherapy, cyber-infidelity, and the impact of infidelity on couples and families from different social, cultural, generational, and sexual perspectives.With revised referrals and resources at the end of each chapter; additional infidelit

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Book SynopsisThis practical and accessible resource contains a wealth of discussion sheets and games to help victims of bullying reflect and talk about their experiences and feelings using the internationally familiar Blob figures.Diverse and inclusive, the Blob figures are a proven way to help children and adults share their feelings and experiences. Without age, culture or gender, they enable the individual to focus on feelings and body language. In this book, the Blobs explore bullying. From Blob Trees to Bingo games, cards and emotional scales, the Blobs provide a visual structure that allows children, teenagers and adults to open up about being bullied.Offering unique activities that help scaffold conversations for people of all ages and abilities, this is an essential resource for teachers, teaching assistants, youth and social workers, psychologists, counsellors and all those who work with and have caring responsibilities for others.Table of ContentsIntroduction How to use these sheets Stages of Bullying Blob Victims Bullying Blob Tree Kindness Blob Tree Unkind Blob Tree Human Rights Blob Tree Numbered Blob Tree Gaslighting Sheets My Feelings Diary Blob Mood Detector Drawing The Line Drawing The Line Bully Drawing The Line Victim Drawing The Line Bystander Drawing The Line Angrr Drawing The Line Anxiety Drawing The Line Bullying Drawing The Line Isolation Drawing The Line Depression Drawing The Line Overwhelmed Drawing The Line Self-acceptance Drawing The Line Self-confidence Bullying Cards Blob Abuse Blob Bullying Blob Caged Unkind Classroom Unkind Playground Blob Online Dangers The Cycle of Revenge Blob Bingo Blob Bingo General Blob Bingo Anger Blob Bingo Happy Blob Bingo Lonely Blob Bingo Sad Blob Bingo Worried Blob Bullying Situations Blob Control Discussion Starter Sheets

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an intimate portrait of a clinician's psychoanalytic approach to working in the public health sector with people suffering from acute and chronic emotional pain. Drawing on three central psychoanalytic concepts of countertransference, projective identification, and the destructive superego, Paul Terry weaves together a unique and distinctive psychoanalytically-based approach to psychotherapeutic work. He illustrates this approach in detailed, almost moment-by-moment case studies of his work with people suffering from depression, psychosis, dependency, loneliness, dementia, and terminal illness. He also shows how his approach helps him to understand social and political issues of war, the holocaust, entitlement, and sexual identity. For readers unfamiliar with psychoanalytic theory, the book concludes with an appendix in which there is a summary of some Kleinian psychoanalytic concepts and psychoanalytic studies of psychosis.This informative, compelliTrade Review‘Paul Terry’s unique blend of clarity, rigour, warmth and candour makes this a valuable addition for both experienced and trainee counsellors and psychotherapists. It elucidates key theoretical ideas and detailed clinical processes as well as broadening out to offer intriguing insight into wider political and social issues.’ Sue Kegerreis, Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of EssexTable of ContentsIntroduction: Projective Identification, Counter-Transference and the Destructive Superego Part One: Depression 1. The Destructive Superego and Depression Part Two: Death 2. Dependency, Loneliness and Death 3. Fears of Death and Fears of Dying Part Three: Psychosis 4. Violence and Psychosis 5. Grief and Psychosis - The First Year of Therapy with J 6. Encounters with a Psychotic Supergo - The Second Year with J 7. Struggles to Contain Madness - The Third Year of Therapy with J 8. Mourning Omnipotence - The Fourth Year with J Part Four: Life 9. War 10. The Holocaust 11. Entitlement 12. Sexual Identity Appendices

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Book SynopsisPrimary Process Impacts and Dreaming the Undreamable Object in the Work of Michael Eigen examines Eigen's rich phenomenological work on becoming a welcoming object.The contributors to this collection explore the core theme with reference to key Eigen works including Feeling Matters and Contact with the Depths. As a primary process psychoanalyst, Eigen's writing reflects a unique rhythm of faith that is able to revivify union-distinction body-affect-thinking potentialities within a creative psychoanalytic dyad. In this book, alongside its companion volume, Toxic Nourishment and Damaged Bonds in the Work of Michael Eigen, contemporary Eigen readers and writers articulate the various welcoming processes and attitudes needed to cultivate a Hearing Heart, a central ingredient in reaching and touching those parts of self-deemed unwanted, unwelcomed, and even traumatized. Primary Process Impacts and Dreaming the Undreamable Object in the Work of Michae

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Book SynopsisUsing CBT and Mindfulness to Manage Student Anxiety provides a weekly framework utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to support children who are struggling with anxiety.This book begins with an overview of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness practices and their use in supporting worry. The 9 weekly sessions are broken down into a ready-to-use lesson complete with an assessment tool, clinician notes for added depth, and a template to support generalization of learning with teachers and guardians. Lessons are focused on connection, building an awareness of emotions, and increasing the student's capacity to regulate their emotions in a variety of ways. The last portion of this book offers opportunities to continue generalization of emotion regulation skills in the classroom and at home.Providing practitioners with a ready-to-go structured lesson plan that builds with each session, and tools to assess progress and growth, this bookTrade Review"Anxiety can be so tricky, yet Katelyn puts together a practical and well laid out guide (or curriculum) to support tweens and teens to address it head on. Weaving together mindfulness and CBT into 9 lessons, teachers and clinicians will be well equipped to teach adolescents multiple strategies to manage their anxiety with ease."— Leah Kuypers, MA Ed., OTR/L, creator and author of The Zones of Regulation"Katelyn Oellerich's book, Using CBT and Mindfulness to Manage Student Anxiety, will be an enormous help to school psychologists and school counselors who are looking to use a manual for a group or individual intervention for students struggling with anxiety related difficulties. From scripted openings to sessions and discussion prompts, to great handouts, figures and "how to" directions, this book will answer the question, "where can I begin and what should I include in a helpful anxiety & coping skill intervention for students. Keep this book in your school mental health library for practitioners."— Rebecca Comizio, co-author of the Resilience Workbook for Kids, nationally certified school psychologist & licensed professional counselor"When school psychologist Katelyn Oellerich offered to become a contributor to MiddleWeb, our internet resource supporting educators who work with students in grades 4-8, America was experiencing the Covid-19 crisis and its ripple effects on schools, teaching, and most of all, on young adolescents who were (as she wrote in one article) in the midst of a mental health crisis. From her authentic "lighthouse" position, working directly with middle grades kids, Katelyn was able to warn our readers that we cannot always expect students to make academic learning their top priority. Many, she said, may be focused on survival and "we need to be focused on helping them do that. In this valuable book, Katelyn offers not only a warning but research-based advice about practices that she has seen make a difference with young people experiencing worry, anxiety and trauma. It’s an excellent resource for counselors, advisory leaders, and school administrators who want to understand more about the best ways to help students survive and thrive in increasingly difficult times."— John Norton, founder & co-editor, MiddleWeb.com "Over the past few years, schools have become the primary source of support for students in a time of significant social and societal disruption and change. This curriculum offers a well-researched formula for supporting students who experience symptoms and feelings of anxiety as a result. Most importantly, it provides clear and easy-to-use lesson plans and scripts for clinicians who are most often on the frontlines of supporting students through emotions that can disrupt or impede their ability to fully exist in the world."— Abby Morrison, school social workerTable of Contents1 The Presentation of Worry and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents2 What Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?3 How Can Mindfulness Support CBT?4 How to Use this Book5 Week 1: Introduction/Get to Know Each Other6 Emotions7 Our Body and Our Thoughts8 Changing Thoughts and Working through Problems9 In and Out of Control/Coping Strategies10 People That Help Our Thoughts11 Coping Strategies12 Student Plan13 Completion/Next Steps14 Continued Support for the Classroom15 Continued Support for Home

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Book SynopsisThis guidebook is an essential companion to the Pilgrim's Bumpy Flight story and is designed to be read by professionals to ensure the effective and safe use of the storybook. Pilgrims Bumpy Flight has been created to help young children aged 57 experiencing domestic abuse, to explore the concepts of physical and emotional safety. Safety planning with a child offers a way to help them vocalise their feelings and understand what to do when something does not feel right. The professional guide will help supporting adults facilitate safety planning that is experienced as emphatically curious, safe and where the child's opinion matters. It provides up-to-date information on domestic abuse, childhood trauma, practice tips and how to complete a safety plan with a young child using the storybook as the key vessel of communication and exploration. Key features include: Accessible information about domestic abuse and coercive control based on the latest reTable of Contents1 Before you read this book2 Leaving3 Cast of Characters4 Page by Page Helpers Notes5 Toxic Stress6 Childhood Trauma7 A Childs Place within the Family8 Direct work and Safety Planning with Children9 Safety Planning Tips for Adults10 Relationship Rights for Adults11 Appendix Outline12 Appendices 1-913 Websites and HelplinesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the contemporary one-size-fits-all model of treatment for sexual offenders and challenges the confrontational approach to working with this group.In recent years, the incidence of people (predominantly men) getting arrested for inappropriate online usage has increased exponentially. This book attempts to understand why this is the case and what can be done to help these individuals and, in turn, reduce the risk of them re-offending. A stand-alone follow-up text from Hudson-Allez's popular Infant Losses, Adult Searches, this book carries forward the compelling case study of Gordon from the previous text. Throughout his journey from arrest to rehabilitation, the chapters provide insight into the relationship between internet offending and dysfunctional attachments and neurodiversity. Our current understandings of childhood trauma, transgenerational transmission, and diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder and ADHD are all investigated in relation to cases of onTrade Review‘This book represents a particular lens for analysts and therapists, dissecting a case study’s life experience to better understand how trauma has shaped his behaviour, both violent and sexual. His passage through the Criminal Justice System is as compassion-free as his therapist is trauma-informed. This was a pleasure to read; Glyn Hudson-Allez has critiqued many assumptions that we have traditionally regarded as undisputed, evidenced her thoughts with neuroscience research and thereby making us think again. The brutalisation of this young man is laid bare for all to see; you will need to read to the end to be able to address your own thoughts as to what or who caused the greatest damage. It leaves me with the question, “will we ever learn?”.’Antounette Phillipedes, Chair, StopSO.‘This is a brilliant read for practitioners who work with people who have sexually offended in society. The book is completely underpinned by neuroscience and what is understood about how traumatic childhood experiences damage people. Many damaged children become damaged adults if not given the right trauma-informed support at the right time. This is what I see 100% of the time in my own working practice working with men, women and children. Glyn Hudson-Allez has brilliantly linked the theories into what they look like in practice with the character in the book.’Terri Van Leeson, PhD, Consultant Forensic Psychologist.‘This unique book is essential reading for any practitioner who works with clients who offend, or are at risk of offending, online. It provides engaging insight from a case throughout and comprehensive explanations into some of the psychological mechanisms underlying this type of offending.’Clare Allely, Professor of Forensic Psychology, University of Salford.‘A multi-layered book, based on a lifetime of delivering therapy to the most marginalised. Whilst not losing focus on child protection and welfare, the text offers a revealing insight into the part trauma and neurobiology play in internet offending, particularly for males who are neurodivergent. This is a progressive, humane and necessary book, informed by a desire for balance and justice for all.’ Andrew Smith, PhD, Risk Assessor/Forensic Therapist and Expert Witness.Table of ContentsContentsPreface Chapter 1: The Knock. Implications and Subsequent Losses.Chapter 2: Beginning Therapy and History taking.Chapter 3: Understanding attachment injuries and its effect on neural development.Chapter 4: What is Neurodiversity?Chapter 5: The Addictive Nature of Online PornographyChapter 6: Transgenerational transmission and the development of the self.Chapter 7: Trauma and the early sexualisation of children.Chapter 8: Theories for online offending sexual offending.Chapter 9: Rehabilitation and DesistanceChapter 10. Do the forensic services meet the needs of their users?

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Book SynopsisThis one-of-a-kind theoretical and practical workbook provides couples with tools to work towards healing their relationships and experiences of trauma. This workbook will be an invaluable resource for mental health professionals working with trauma survivors and those are using Developmental Couple Therapy for Complex Trauma (DCTCT) with the couples they work with. Serving as a self-help guide for couples as well as companion to Developmental Couple Therapy for Complex Trauma: A Manual for Therapists, this workbook provides couples with accessible exercises they can work with on their own and for clinicians to share with their clients to support their therapy work. Chapters cover psychoeducation, skills building, attachment focused dyadic processing, and consolidation so couples can bring these new skills and insights into daily life. With journaling reflections, questions, and discussion prompts throughout, the author holds in mind the varied backgrounds that patients come

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Book SynopsisThis practical guide for educators in higher education encourages readers to ask effective coaching questions and apply relevant coaching techniques to empower and engage students to grow and perform at their best.Filled with authentic examples and handy tips, the book takes readers from the how to' of coaching, through the practicalities, challenges and honing of existing skills and new capabilities. The authors recognise that in educators' daily encounters and interactions with students, there are many timely coachable moments for authentic learning. These opportunities can enable students to learn beyond what is squarely in their curriculum and develop their own pathways to become work-ready graduates. Through coaching, educators help students discover more about themselves while guiding them to innovate and generate solutions to perceived and real-world problems. This guide offers in depth discussions along with tools and tips to provide invaluable guidance for educators

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Book SynopsisRetirement is a time of both challenge and opportunity, which can be a daunting prospect. This highly practical book, written for coaches and HR professionals who are supporting others through the process, shows what can be done to help people towards a successful change in their lives and circumstances as they move towards post-employment.Coaching for Retirement explores how to coach people towards sound planning for and management of retirement, from both an employer and employee perspective. The book considers how coaching has evolved to include retirement coaching as a growing specialism, and how retirement itself is changing because of a range of social, economic and political factors, both in the UK and globally. As a recent retiree herself, as well as an experienced coach, Angela Mulvie provides useful and interesting insights into the factors impacting how people plan and prepare for this next stage, answering key questions such as:How can the pre-rTrade Review“This is a welcome and much needed practical guide, offering an insight into the range of strategies, tools, and context setting within the growing niche of retirement coaching. A go-to resource to support not only existing and aspiring retirement coaches, but also employers who want to help individuals better plan and navigate the challenges and opportunities that often impact later life transition.” Sarah Robinson, Certified Retirement Coach, Careers Consultant and Founder of Sarah Robinson Coaching “This is a great guide to engage in meaningful conversations surrounding financial well-being, strategy, and preparedness. With so many conflicting opinions and strategies for saving and protecting, this guide aligns resources with practical questions and insights. This is a great tool for not only those just beginning to embrace their finances, but also those who have been engaged for a lifetime. It will also be very helpful for those needing to consider the non-financial aspects of their retirement.” Jeremy L Wilmes, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC®, RICP®, CASL® Award Winning Financial Planning Executive, Coach, Trainer, and Producer Table of Contents1. What is Retirement Coaching? 2. Planning Retirement in a Post-Covid Environment 3. Some Legal and Ethical Issues 4. Financial Options and Choices 5. New Career Opportunities Post Retirement 6. Health, Well-being and Relationship Management 7. Learning and Development Opportunities for Retirees 8. Some Tools for Retirement Coaching 9. Some Final Thoughts

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Being Supervised: A Guide for Supervisees provides a complete introduction to help supervisees and supervisors to get the most out of supervision and reap its unique and substantial benefits.

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together 38 creativity coaches from around the world to offer coaches, therapists, creatives and clients accessible and practical tools to get their creative work done. Curated by two leading creativity coaches, these chapters seek to help coaches and clients alike tackle common challenges that all creatives face when finishing a project. Chapters cover topics such as procrastination, failure, accountability, perfectionism, mindfulness, the importance of support, perseverance and more, with each section finishing with tips for both clients and coaches that can be used in sessions. Filled with rich case studies and true stories from creativity coaches throughout, this book addresses the current issues of our times, such as the distractions of social media, remote working and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Applicable to a range of creative disciplines, this book is essential reading for coaches, therapists and their creative clients looking to comTrade Review"This great resource offers the wisdom of experts on the creative process, who share their own challenges in completing creative projects. With clarity and kindness, they explore the characteristic challenges that creatives face and present individualized strategies for completion. This guidance on how to remove blocks and fuel creativity is a major contribution to the coaching field."Leia Francisco, author of Writing Through Transitions"This book is a treasure-trove! Packed with ideas and strategies to help creatives with the never-ending challenges of being creative, it provides great tips on how to stay the course, experience the flow, and complete your projects." Sandra Marinella, author of The Story You Need to Tell "What creative person has not struggled with seeing a creative project through to completion? Roadblocks, detours, distractions, and psychological upheavals are all par for the course. This book serves as a candle in the dark for those who dare to create and can use the support, insight, and wisdom of fellow travelers on the path."Eric Teplitz, writer, musician, coach, and host of "The Person You Want to Be" podcast"If you are someone who starts things but has a hard time finishing them, you are not alone. Don’t let your creative dreams go unfulfilled! Let this book inspire and guide you with what it takes to complete your creative work! You will find practical ideas, tips and strategies from others who know how to get things done. If you are a creativity coach, you will find many tools and approaches for helping your clients complete their creative pursuits. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants to get what matters done."Rebecca Kochenderfer, founder, Journaling.com"The Coach’s Guide to Completing Creative Work provides readers with excellent suggestions and approaches to meeting one’s creative goals. Discussed are commitment, organization, routines, motivation, and much more. I highly recommend this book to anyone needing that extra push to get to the finish line."Merle R. Saferstein, author of Living and Leaving My Legacy, Vol. 1 "In the midst of a writing project, this book has helped me more firmly grasp the slippery and ornery nature of the creative process. Wherever you are in your creative journey, Maisel, Monk, and colleagues offer practical insights for meeting the challenges of completion. I promise that this book will fortify your creative practice!"Ruth Folit, writer "The Coach’s Guide to Completing Creative Work demystifies the difficulty of finishing creative work. Both obstructions and solutions are laid out clearly, simply, personally, and usefully. In an organized and enjoyable manner, a variety of articulate creative people help all of us in the fight against the inner and outer blockages to creative success." Beth Jacobs, author of A Buddhist Journal"I've long struggled to make the shift into structure and organization that completion requires. But thanks to this beautifully crafted and emotionally nourishing collection of wisdom coaching, I have strategies galore for my upcoming end stage."Kathleen Adams, Center for Journal Therapy, author of Journal to the Self and Expressive Writing: Foundations of Practice"The collaborative writing and editing team of Eric Maisel and Lynda Monk has done it again! If you’re an artist or writer who’s bumped into the stumbling blocks of procrastination, perfectionism, or other such limiting practices, The Coach’s Guide to Completing Creative Work is a creative lifesaver. With more than forty chapters written by coaches, artists and writers, this guide is a cornucopia of ideas, suggestions, advice, and encouragement for creatives of all stripes. This is a book that I need, that I’ll use, and that I can’t wait to share with others on the creative path."Judy Reeves, author of A Writer’s Book of Days and Wild Women, Wild VoicesTable of ContentsCo-Editor's Introduction 1. Why Completing Creative Work is So Darn Hard 2. The Stories We Tell Ourselves 3. Failure Is an Option 4. How Creative Rituals Help Get Things Done 5. The Joy of Completion 6. Spotlight Your Intentions 7. How an Accountability Partner Helped Me Finish My Book 8. Completion: Journey or Destination? 9. Three Steps to Perseverance 10. A Mindful Approach to Completing Creative Work 11. Planting Your Work 12. Use Performance to Encourage Completion 13. How Community Can Help Solitary Creatives Finish 14.The Value of Support 15. Shaping Routines That Work 16. Moving from Self-Doubt into Self-Leadership 17. How Grace, Gratitude, and Generosity Can Help Us Find the Path Forward 18. The Power of a Secular Shabbat Practice 19. When the End is Near: Creative Finishing 20. 3 Steps to Permanently Stop Procrastination 21. Actually, You Do Have Time for Completing Your Creative Projects 22. Finding a Kinder Way to Let Go 23. A Creative Structure for Completing 24. The Quest(ions) to Completion: Lessons in Following Your Bliss 25. How Pietro Used Discipline and Self-imposed Contraints to Complete His Artistic Project 26. Working From the Inside Out 27. Finishing Paintings 28. How to Get from There to Here: Using Task Blocks to Complete Your Book 29. Finishing by Design 30. Factoring In the Impact of Your Creative Work 31. Timely Completing via Right Thinking 32. Mind Yourself 33. The Show Must Go On: So Must the Process 34. How to Stay When You Feel Like Bailing 35. Neuronal Energy Shot: Using Guided Imagery to Activate Performance Energy 36. Timely Completing Using Your Existential Intelligence 37. Encouraging Motivation During the Final Stages 38. Creative Mental Fitness 39. Sylvia and Her One Thing 40. Journaling for Completion Co-Editor's Conclusion: 12 Tips for Completing Your Creative Projects

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Book SynopsisThis book uses film/video-based therapy to help build resilience in facing personal, communal, national, and global trauma triggers. Offering a rich and diverse range of perspectives on trauma, this volume advocates positive social change using therapeutic techniques in filmmaking as well as film/video-based therapy, in conjunction with expressive art therapies such as drama, dance, music, painting, drawing, and more. Chapter authors address issues in one's home, community, country, and the world using integrative medicine and advocacy using film/video-based therapy and digital storytelling. The book highlights psychological trauma and how one can cope with the overwhelming triggers in today's world. It represents an articulate and comprehensive analysis of the ways in which traumatic human experience impacts, and is modified by, film and video media.  Representing a rich and diverse range of perspectives on trauma through the lens of a camera, the authors document imporTable of ContentsForeword by Albert "Skip" RizzoPart I: Introduction1. Film/Video-Based TherapyTM and Virtual RealityJoshua L. CohenPart II: Trauma in the Home, City, State/Province2. “No Longer Under Water”: The Role of Metaphors in Trauma Re-StoryingValentina Stoycheva3. The Application of Neurocinematics within Trauma Therapies and Integrative PracticesBronwyn Robertson4. Creating Videogames for PsychotherapyChristopher R. Harz5. My Journey through Breast CancerPenelope P. OrrPart III: Trauma in the United States6. Process Language and Its Impact: Making a Digital Cancer Narrative with Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients and SurvivorsLila Pereira, Kimberly Marynowski and Katie Dicola7. Creating Impact through Trauma-Informed Drama Therapy using Videos and Films: The Efficacy of Purposeful PerformanceBrooke Campbell8. The Wolfpack: Film as Therapy for the SoulJoanna N. Dovalis9. Video Storytelling: The Influence of Video and How It Can HealNancy Mramor KajuthPart IV: Trauma in the World10. Chuppah (The Wedding Canopy): The Holocaust and TraumaSascha Schneider11. Video Movie Therapy (VMT) PsychotherapyGaetano Giordano12. Directing with the “Gaze”: Video Art Therapy as Viewed from Gestalt Therapy, Psychoanalysis, and HolismRodríguez Pérez, R. N.13. Game Girls: Documentary Filmmaking and Drama Therapy Create the Potential Space for Self-Expression and HealingMyriam D. Savage and Alina Skrzeszewska14. Producing a Documentary as a Therapeutic Process for Victims of Childhood Sexual AbuseYarden Kerem

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a holistic understanding of the state of health psychology in the Indian context and the types of psychological and social support and welfare that are offered and required within treatment processes for various illnesses. The book discusses why health care should be the prerogative of both the biomedical profession and health psychologists and how they work together with medical professionals to augment public health. It emphasises the shift from biomedical to biopsychosocial approach in strengthening health care outcomes. The book highlights the substantial contribution of health psychology to the Indian health care system through simple, cost-effective, indigenous, and standardised techniques that worked efficiently in the context of various diseases. It projects the emerging trends and innovative techniques in health psychology in handling challenging health care needs.This book will be of interest to students, teachers, and researchers of pTable of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesContributorsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsPart I. Holistic Approach to Health Evidence-Based Health Care: Contributions of Health Psychology Meena Hariharan Health Communication as a Preface to Management of Non-Communicable Diseases Sunayana Swain Health and Well-being for all: Policy Perspectives in the Indian Context Ramya Chitrapu Implementation Research for Public Health and Preventive Health Care in India B.R.Shamanna Part II. Health and Wellbeing of Individual in Society Residential Crowding and Subjective Wellbeing: Mediating Role of Helplessness Surendra Kumar Sia and Neethu. P. S Health in the Culturally Changing Underdeveloped Adivasi Communities Purnima Awasthi, Madhurima Mukherjee and R. C. Mishra Smoking and Alcohol Consumption Among Type 2 Diabetics: Health Behaviour Model-Based Investigation Rajkumar E., Romate J., Lakshmi R., & Kruthika G.T. Part III. Psychosocial Factors in Cardiovascular Diseases Psychological Necessities of Patients Electing Cardiac Bypass Surgery: A Review and Roadmap Marlyn Thomas Savio Illness Perception and Adherence Behaviour in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Arti Singh and Shikha Dixit Optimizing Hypertension Management: Children as Adherence Monitors for Adult Patients Sandra Roshni Monteiro Part IV. Psychosocial Factors in Diabetes Management Illness Perceptions and Quality of Life of Diabetic Patients: Role of Perceived Control of Internal States Meera Padhy and A. Sheila Kumari Valli Illness Perceptions and Diabetes Self- Management: A Mixed Method Approach Chelli Kavya Part V. Critical Care Needs and Psychological Support The Intensive Care Unit Experiences and Repercussions: Need for Psychosocial Care Usha Chivukula An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis:The Unmet Information and Supportive Care Needs of Cancer Patients Mahati Chittem, Matsungshila Pongener, Sravannthi Maya, and Shweta ChawakIndex

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Book SynopsisThe third edition of Group Work in Schools is designed to prepare counselors in school settings to successfully implement task, psycho-educational, and counseling groups in public and private educational settings. The chapters of this book are written by experts in the counseling profession and cover foundational, systemic, and applied topics essential to training top-caliber school counselors. Providing state of practice information and case examples that help readers see how theory translates to practice in the field, additions to this newly updated third edition include discussion topics, activities, case examples, practitioner perspectives, and integrated CACREP (2024) standards and learning outcomes, as well as an overall update to reflect the most recent research and knowledge, including pandemic coverage and advances in technology. Updated comprehensively and thoughtfully and featuring a wide range of contributor perspectives, the much-anticipated third eTrade Review"This text provides school mental health professionals with the essential concepts and skills to run effective groups with a wide range of students. Written in a clear, concise manner, it is a great resource for those looking to implement and expand evidence-based group counseling in schools." Gerta Bardhoshi, Ph.D, NCC, LMHC, ACS, professor of Counselor Education, University of Iowa; Director of Research and Training, Scanlan Center for School Mental Health "This 3rd edition text is perfect for school counselors-in-training developing skills in leading counseling, psycho-educational, and task groups. Group Work in the Schools is essential reading for leadership in the academic, career, and social-emotional components of a comprehensive school counseling program!"Kelly Duncan, Ph.D., LPC, longtime school counselor and counselor educatorTable of ContentsPART 1:Foundations of Group Work 1. The Value of Group Work: Functional Group Models and Historical Perspectives 2. Ethical and Legal Foundations of Group Work in Schools 3. Multicultural Issues in Group Work 4. Distinguishing Group Member Roles 5. Leading Groups in Schools PART 2: Systemic Group Work: Planning and Process 6. Planning for Group Work in Schools 7. Forming and Orienting Groups 8. The Transition Stage in Group Work 9. The Working Stage 10. Termination in the School Setting PART 3: Group Work in Action: Models and Special Issues 11. Leading Task Groups in Schools 12. Psychoeducational Groups in Schools 13. Theoretically Based Group Models Used in Counseling and Psychotherapy Groups 14. Special Issues in Group Work in Schools 15. Using Activities and Expressive Arts in Group Work 16. Accountability in Group Work and School Counseling 17. Outcome Research in Group Work

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Book SynopsisThis book bridges together research, theory, and practice to offer future directions for new treatment policy and context-based intervention with children exposed to domestic violence. Centering the voices of children, this book aims to reveal and fill in the gaps of knowledge concerning deep levels of exposure to the domestic violence phenomenon. The book begins with a critical review of the whole field, covering theory, research, intervention, and policy. The author then puts forward a new data-based conceptualization for understanding this field of abuse and its application in practice. Drawing on her rich academic and clinical experience, Carmel includes treatment recommendations, planning, and intervention strategies as well as suggestions for how to deal with the phenomenon at policy level in the legal, social, community, and education fields.Calling for the involvement of legal, educational, and community systems, this book is essential reading for researTable of Contents1. Scientific background 2. Intervention with children exposed to interparental violence 3. Treatment policy for the phenomenon of exposure to interparental violence 4. The phenomenology of the experience of exposure to interparental violence 5. Intervention with children exposed to interparental violence: Change in trends and the implications of this 6. Treatment modality: Treatment recommendations, planning, and intervention strategies 7. Summary and implications for policy

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Book SynopsisAcceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based contemporary psychological approach to behaviour change that promotes the idea of people living more in line with their values whilst providing them with practical strategies for managing adversity. In this book, Dawn Johnson and Richard Bennett have collated fifty of the questions that have most frequently been put to them whilst delivering ACT training and supervision to a wide range of therapists and other helping professionals.This book is the first of its kind to provide concise answers to a range of philosophical, theoretical, conceptual, and practical questions raised by practitioners who are learning ACT. It will be of interest to psychotherapists, clinical psychologists, counsellors, psychiatrists, and a broad range of other mental health practitioners and trainees. It serves as a useful resource for those new to the practice of ACT, and for more experienced practitioners who might want to consider these quTrade Review'A superb text. Entertaining, informative, well-written, easy-to-read, and highly relevant for every ACT practitioner. The authors brilliantly answer all those common questions that just about everyone grapples with in their ACT journey, from the technical stuff like functional contextualism and relational frame theory to the hands-on practical stuff like how to actually work with self-as-context. I wish I’d had access to a book like this when I was learning ACT. It would have saved me so much confusion!'Russ Harris, M. D., and Author of ACT Made Simple and The Happiness Trap'I’ve been in and around ACT for over 15 years, and so when I saw the title of this book, I assumed that I’d already know the answers to the FAQs. That was not the case. There have been niggling questions over the years about the ACT model that I’ve semi-ignored, and this book now gives me the answers to those questions in a comprehensive, clear, and accessible way. I guess that's what I find most remarkable about the book: it will be useful to both a total newbie and to those more experienced with ACT.' Nic Hooper, Ph.D., Lecturer in Psychology at Cardiff University, UK and Author of The Unbreakable Student'Here is a book that could only be written by people with deep knowledge, years of clinical practice and teaching, and direct experience of living by the ACT model. They home in on the key questions that really matter to new (and indeed experienced) practitioners. They answer them with clarity, with precision, depth, as well as with warmth and humour. Above all this is a supremely practical book; not obsessed with people getting ACT ‘right’, but with helping people to become more confident and effective in using ACT to help themselves and others. It should be on the bookshelf of any new ACT practitioner, and also anyone who teaches or supervises them. I know my copy will become well-thumbed.'Ray Owen, DClinPsy, Consultant Clinical and Health Psychologist, Peer-reviewed ACT Trainer, and Author of Facing the Storm and Living with the Enemy'This book is a true gem. Not only does it provide you with the most useful answers to various ACT questions. It’s well written, wisely organised, easy-to-read, and very practical too. This book is a must-have for every practitioner wanting to develop their skills in ACT.'Rikke Kjelgaard, Psychologist, Peer-reviewed ACT Trainer, author of Samtal som förändrar: en Guide till ACT i Praktiken, and chief rock’n’roller at www.rikkekjelgaard.com'This is the book I wish I had while I was teaching and supervising ACT trainees. A must-have resource for anyone learning or teaching Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. It will answer all your burning questions in a thorough yet concise and understandable format. Highly recommended!'Jill Stoddard, Ph.D., author of Be Mighty: A Woman’s Guide to Liberation from Anxiety, Worry, and Stress Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and The Big Book of ACT Metaphors: A Practitioner’s Guide to Experiential Exercises and Metaphors in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy'The book was a real treat to read, both as an ACT practitioner and as an ongoing student of the model. I found it especially useful because I often encounter many of these questions in my practice with clients. I recommend this book to newcomers and seasoned practitioners alike. It offers a good starting point for learning about the principles of ACT and at the same time offers the possibility to revisit fundamental theoretical and practical ideas. The book is very well structured, so the reader can jump to any question to get a specific answer.'Gabriel Roseanu, Ph.D., Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapist and Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Oradea, Romania'If you are an ACT practitioner looking to dive more fully into the ACT model, then this book is for you. It’s jam packed full of pearls of wisdom, answering all the questions you ever wanted to ask about ACT but were too afraid to ask. Highly recommended.' Joe Oliver, Ph.D., Founder of Contextual Consulting and co-author of The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Self-Esteem'This is such a useful book! As a quick reference guide, the authors have created a go-to resource for accessible answers to questions that you will find yourself asking or find that others ask of you. More than that, this book is also a really absorbing and stimulating read, inviting us to think more about the how of ACT rather than the what. It makes a perfect accompaniment to many other ACT core texts.'Elizabeth Burnside, DClinPsy, Clinical Psychologist and Academic Director of North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme. 'What a great read. This will be very useful for professionals and teachers who want to learn more than just the Hexaflex. The reader can dive into the under-the-hood aspects of ACT, deepen their therapy skills, and they will become more flexible in their work. You’ll find answers to all your commonly asked questions answered instantly and be entertained in the process. A great companion to dip into whenever questions arise.' Louise Hayes, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and co-author of Get Out of Your Mind and into your Life for Teens, Your Life Your Way, The Thriving Adolescent and What Makes You StrongerTable of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Defining the philosophy and theory of ACT. 1. What is the best way to describe ACT to a client? 2. Which kinds of issues can ACT help with? 3. What are the basic assumptions that ACT makes? 4. How does evolutionary theory apply to ACT? 5. What is functional contextualism? 6. Why do ACT practitioners answer every question with 'it depends'? 7. What is the most important behavioural principle to remember? 8. What on Earth is Relational Frame Theory? 9. Why does ACT use so many metaphors? 10. What is the relationship between ACT and other cognitive behavioural therapies? Part II: Conceptual questions about the ACT model. 11. What is psychological flexibility? 12. What does ‘creative hopelessness’ mean? 13. Is ‘contact with the present moment’ the same thing as mindfulness? 14. What is self-as-context and how does it differ from defusion? 15. Doesn’t acceptance just equate to giving up and letting life steamroller you? 16. What is meant by ‘transformation of stimulus functions’? 17. How do I tell values apart from goals or rules? 18. How can I tell the difference between toward and away moves when clients are taking action? 19. How does the concept of compassion fit with ACT? Part III: Putting ACT into practice. 20. Do I need to know RFT in order to practice ACT? 21. How do I know whether ACT is the right intervention for someone? 22. Can ACT be adapted for diverse populations? 23. Where do I start with introducing ACT to a client? 24. Should I show the Hexaflex to my clients? 25. How do I explain each component of the Hexaflex? 26. In which order should I work through the components of the psychological flexibility model? 27. How can I encourage people to tune in to the present moment? 28. How do I actually do self-as-context work with a client? 29. How do I promote acceptance in sessions? 30. How do I know which defusion procedure to use? 31. How do I deal with values conflict? 32. So, I just get people to work out their values and encourage them to do value-driven behaviour all the time, right? 33. Do I have to address all the processes in every session? 34. How do I apply ACT with (insert diagnosis here)? 35. How many sessions should a course of ACT intervention include? Part IV: Developing skills as an ACT practitioner. 36. What do I need in place in order to practice ACT safely and effectively? 37. Should ACT practitioners practice ACT for themselves? 38. Why is experiential learning better than didactic learning? 39. Why is there no formal qualification in ACT? 40. How can ACT practitioners shape their learning? 41. Do I need ongoing ACT supervision? Part V: Critical questions about ACT. 42. How strong is the evidence for ACT? 43. Traditional CBT has a well-established evidence base. Why does the world need ACT? 44. Isn’t ACT just another case of ‘the emperor’s new clothes’? 45. ACT uses a lot of eye-catching tools and techniques. Isn’t this all just a bag of tricks? 46. How does ACT fit within a culture where the medical model dominates? 47. Is it not harmful to encourage people to tune into and accept their pain and discomfort? 48. What if people have harmful or antisocial values? 49. The client says, "I’ve done everything you suggested but it hasn’t taken away my discomfort". What do I do next? 50. What do I do if a technique does not work out like it is supposed to?

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