Social counselling and advice services Books
Sage Publications Ltd Introduction to Psychopathology
Book SynopsisI was most impressed by the author's thoroughness in writing this book. She seems to leave no stone uncovered... [this is] a work which should become a necessity for all counsellors, counselling psychologists, psychiatric nurses and psychotherapists... This is a book to which I will make reference time and time again, and one which will occupy a prominent place in my library' - Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling`An invaluable handbook for students of psychotherapy and a good reference for established therapists... I recommend that all therapists have a copy of this book on their shelf' - Psychology, Health & MedicineAssessment and referral skills are essential for counsellors and psychotherapists. Practitioners need to have an understanding of the clinical manifestations of severe emotional distress. They must, for example, be able to recognize when clients are a suicide risk or when they arTrade Review`This book is appropriately pitched at an introductory level, the author taking pains to explain basic psychological and psychiatric concepts and organizational procedures... a highly accessible and excellent introductory text for psychology undergraduates and students of counselling′ - Behaviour Research and Therapy `Although this book is written with the counsellor or psychotherapist working in a GP practice in mind, it is also invaluable reading for anyone whose work involves them in counselling or psychotherapy. This book brings together research and clinical practice to enhance the practitioner′s understanding of the various manisfestations of psychopathology. It is seen as good practice to consider what research has shown in the field of psychopathology and this book aims to provide a concise review of the literature as a springboard for subsequently questioning it.... What I liked most about this book was that it was easy to read. It assumed no prior knowledge of mental health issues and, whether you agreed or disagreed with what was written, the arguments were stated clearly. In addition, I also liked the space given over to age, gender, social environment and cross-cultural issues. Counsellor training courses would be all the richer for including this book as a course reader′ - Changes `The challenges of dealing with the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of psychopathology are great, even for the most experienced therapist... Alessandra Lemma provides a book that presents all the necessary tools for the beginning therapist in a clear, concise and intuitive manner, making it an invaluable handbook for students of psychotherapy and a good reference for established therapists... The book aims objectively to present a review of the existing literature in the field of psychopathology, to critically evaluate its relevance to clinical practice and thus to inspire readers to develop their own opinions and curiosity about the area. It can only be said that the author most definitely achieves her aims. The book is well-written and well-structured so that it progresses naturally and logically from one subject to the other... The book is aimed at counsellors and psychotherapists who are working in GP practices and are therefore more likely to get referrals for clients who have identifiable psychiatric problems. However, it could be read with particular advantage by would-be therapists who have embarked on their training or those who have just qualified and need a constant and accessible reminder of the key elements of assessment and referral in psychotherapy. I recommend that all therapists have a copy of this book on their shelf, particularly therapists for whom this group of clients may not be the norm but who need to be able to carry out assessments for the purpose of referral... Overall, this is an excellent introduction to psychopathology, covering the main issues and giving the reader some practical guidelines for working in the area′ - Psychology, Health & Medicine `I was most impressed by the author′s thoroughness in writing this book. She seems to leave no stone uncovered... [this is] a work which should become a necessity for all counsellors, counselling psychologists, psychiatric nurses and psychotherapists... This is a book to which I will make reference time and time again, and one which will occupy a prominent place in my library′ - Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling `Well-written... a useful resource for counsellors′ - Windy Dryden `This is a clearly written, concise overview of the principles underlying mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions... [which] includes background information for practitioners and a detailed look at psychological conditions and treatment options... The presentation of guidelines and ground rules for both the client and therapist is helpful. In addition, the author provides suggestions for managing the referral process. The chapters examining psychological issues follow a clear format, creating a good reference guide for use in developing an understanding of mental illness... Current research and theory is nicely integrated... this book is a good introduction to issues in psychopathology... The examination of various intervention techniques from different theoretical perspectives is conducted in a nonbiased manner. Overall, this is an easy-to-understand approach to complex issues′ - Contemporary PsychologyTable of ContentsWhat Is Psychopathology? Developmental Psychopathology Assessment The Management of Referrals Depression Suicide and Self-Harm Anxiety Eating Problems Psychosis Personality Disorders Conclusion
£40.99
Taylor & Francis Interrupting Racism
Book SynopsisInterrupting Racism provides school counselors with a brief overview of racial equity in schools and practical ideas that a school-level practitioner can put into action. The book walks readers through the current state of achievement gap and racial equity in schools and looks at issues around intention, action, white privilege, and implicit bias. Later chapters include interrupting racism case studies and stories from school counselors about incorporating stakeholders into the work of racial equity. Activities, lessons, and action plans promote self-reflection, staff-reflection, and student-reflection and encourage school counselors to drive systemic change for students through advocacy, collaboration, and leadership.Table of ContentsForeword Preface Introduction Part I: Building a Foundation of Understanding Chapter 1: A Brief History: Integration, The Achievement Gap, and Student Success Chapter 2: White Privilege: A Taboo of Advantage Chapter 3: Implicit Bias: A Disconnect Between Intention and Outcome Part II: Building Change Chapter 4: The Benefit of Self-Reflection: The Work Begins With You Chapter 5: Teach Them Well: Anti-Bias Social Emotional Learning for Students Chapter 6: The Benefit of Staff Reflection: The Work Continues With Everyone Part III: Building Capacity of Stakeholders Chapter 7: Stories from the Field: Real World Application of Equity in School Counseling Chapter 8: Interrupting Racism: Everyday Scenarios Chapter 9: Utilizing Data for Systemic Change Chapter 10: Change is Hard: Responding to Criticism and Pushback Appendix A: Celebrating Diversity Book List Appendix B: Teaching Tolerance—Social Justice Standards Appendic C: School Culture Triage Survey Index
£34.99
Sage Publications Ltd PersonCentred Therapy with Children and Young
Book SynopsisThis engaging new book presents a 'child-centred' model of therapy that is thoroughly person-centred in its values. Establishing the roots of child-centred therapy in both child development theories and the Rogerian model, David Smyth demonstrates that counselling the person-centred way is exceptionally relevant to young people.The book further develops child-centred therapy theory and practice, applying the model to real-life practice with children and young people, whether in play, school, organisations or with special needs groups. It also explores the complex professional issues so critical with this age group, including challenging boundaries, establishing an effective relationship with parents and other primary carers, legal and ethical considerations, and multi-professional practice. The author's warm, accessible style conveys his passionate conviction that the person-centred approach can provide a strong foundation for child therapy practice. His booTrade Review′This accessible and engaging book presents a child-centred model of therapy, one that is firmly entrenched within the person-centred tradition yet it is simultaneously shaped by developmental theory. Overall, if you are wanting a book to provide a base from which to begin work with children or young people, this could well be it. This is an engaging and informative read that it is written in a manner that epitomises the approach from which it hails: warm, non-expert in tone, and congruent, and the personal nature of some of the content is a welcome change to other texts in this area′ -- Alison Smyth * BACP Children and Young People *There is a delightful lack of jargon, to say the book is "user friendly" is inadequate, it is a delight to read. This excellent text is an invaluable tool for students and therapists of counselling and psychotherapy, as well as people involved in supporting the development of young people. It is therefore highly recommended. -- Dr Margot LindsayTable of ContentsForeword - Professor Michael Behr PART ONE: THEORY AND PRACTICE The Person-Centred Approach/Introduction to the Book Child-Centred Therapy: An Introduction Associated Child-Related Theories and Culture The Emerging Child-Centred Practitioner Child-Centred Therapy: Developing Practice Child-Centred Therapy for Children with Special Needs Practical Play Therapy Childhood Experience and Adult Lives PART TWO: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES Receiving Referrals and Communications Challenges of Boundaries in Counselling Multiprofessional Practice Legal and Ethical Considerations
£36.99
Sage Publications Ltd Mental Health in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Book SynopsisThis book examines how counsellors and psychotherapists interact with those clients who may suffer from mental health issues. While practising counsellors and psychotherapists meet clients who have problems across the entire mental health spectrum, there are a number of particular disorders that these practitioners are particularly likely to encounter. These include anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, phobias and behavioural problems. In this book, all of these conditions are explained and the ways in which therapists can best help such clients are discussed. There are sections on client assessments as well as addiction issues and understanding mental health law.Table of ContentsCore Concepts in Mental Health Normalising the Abnormal Client Assessment Understanding Depression Understanding Anxiety Understanding Schizophrenia Understanding Bipolar Disorder and the Personality Disorders Prescription Drugs, Recreational Drugs and Addiction Legal and Ethical Issues New Ideas about Mental Health
£35.99
Sage Publications Ltd Understanding Assessment in Counselling and
Book SynopsisThis book offers students and trainees a thorough guide to clinical assessment. It covers different types of clinical assessment and explores the implications of the alternative views on clients' needs and treatment. It explores clinical assessment as an 'art and science' and brings the reader up to date with new requirements placed on therapists in both organisational and clinical practice based settings. In addition to outlining models for clinical assessment, it looks at the use of evidence-based practice in assessments. There are sections on doing assessments within organisations as well as from private practice.Trade Review′The book is laid out well - it is accessible and easy to use, there is a synopsis of each chapter early on in the book and a summary at the end of each chapter, along with suggested further reading. There are activities and reflection points to prompt the reader to think about their role as an assessment counsellor, the hopes and expectations of assessments and the various necessary factors to be mindful of - the therapeutic alliance, the business side of the counselling frame, the client′s motivation and psychological mindedness, achieving the balance between listening and containment and assessing risk. The book is relevant to therapists from various theoretical orientations - psychodynamic, humanistic, CBT and existential - which provides further fuel for thought. It is aimed at counsellors working in organisations and private practice. Towards the end of the book, generously, there is an assessment form, which readers may find useful′ - Rafiya Hanid, Counsellor, University of West London; Head of Student Counselling Table of ContentsIntroduction The Role of the Assessor in Private Practice ′Diagnosing′ Problems Treatment -Illuminating Shaded Areas? Assessment in Organisations: An Overview Conducting an Assessment Assessment Skills Appendix 1 References Index
£31.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Creative Drama in Groupwork
Book SynopsisThis bestselling book is now updated with new material and more tried-and-tested ideas, bringing it up-to-date with contemporary drama. 150 ideas for drama in one practical manual makes this a veritable treasure trove which will inspire everyone to run drama sessions creatively, enjoyably and effectively. This book features advice on setting up a group, defining and negotiating aims and objectives, and how to ensure a successful session. It contains activities which encourage memory, interaction, concentration, feedback, and many other skills. It also includes games, warm-ups and starters, improvisation role-play, visual dynamics, and closures.Table of Contents1: The Scope & Possibilities of Creative Drama in Groupwork; 1: Exploration of Structure and Roles in Group Drama; 2: The Focus of Drama Work in Groups; 3: Before Setting up a Group; 4: Supervision and Training; 5: Some Words of Caution; 6: Planning and Preparation; 7: Equipment; 8: Negotiating a Contract; 9: Opening a Session; 10: Developing a Session; 11: Closing a Session; 2: Practical Techniques; 1: Warm-ups and Starters; 2: Movement and Relaxation; 3: Play and Games; 4: Pictures and Images; 5: Drama and Role Play; 6: Stories and Documentaries; 7: Puppets and Masks; 8: Cool Downs and Closures
£37.99
Guilford Publications White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts
Book SynopsisIn a series of groundbreaking experiments, Daniel M. Wegner told subjects not to think about white bears. Of course, they found it impossible to avoid thinking of the bears--just as it often seems impossible to stop thinking about forbidden foods, a painful memory, or everyday fears and worries. Synthesizing a wealth of scientific knowledge in an accessible, engaging style, this book reveals that the more we attempt to push away or avoid unwanted thoughts, the deeper they take hold. Wegner offers compelling insights into how unpleasant or obsessive thoughts get out of control--and what we can do to break free of them. Written for general readers, the book has been widely used in undergraduate- and graduate-level courses.Trade Review"Insightful, provocative, and firmly grounded in research....I will be using it in my seminar on personality." --Elissa Wurf, Lehigh University "Pioneering explorations of mental control. A major contribution to the field and a stimulating read." --David M. Clark, DPhil, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford "Over 1000 Introduction to Psychology students have read the book and raved about it. It shows them how psychologists come up with ideas and how they go about testing these ideas through rigorous scientific research. Students also loved the writing style and found it highly engaging and accessible. However, the book should not be considered light reading. I have also used it in two graduate seminars and the students have consistently had high praise for how Wegner weaves together diverse psychological theories to arrive at an important understanding of mental control and the self-regulation of emotion." --Todd Heatherton, Ph.D., Harvard University "For Dan Wegner, asking people to avoid thoughts of a white bear is more than a clever demonstration. It is one of the tasks he has used for some years now in a creative set of laboratory experiments on the consequences on the deliberate thought suppression. These consequences are something of a paradox: the more one tries not to think a particular thought, the more that thought invades conscious awareness...White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts is a clever, engaging, and highly readable book that explores how individuals try to influence the contents of their own consciousness and the reasons for the success and failure of these attempts." --Peter Salovey and Paula M. Niedenthal in Imagination, Cognition and Personality "Wegner's White Bears is a masterful introduction to the thorny issues of consciousness and self-control. No student can read this book without several times thinking: 'Aha, that's why I do that.'…Students need more academic thrillers like White Bears."--Matthew D. Lieberman, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles "Everyone has at one time or another had a thought that she or he just didn't want in mind--and knows the difficulty of suppressing that thought....[Wegner's] advice, however unsettling, is to let your personal white bears out, since that appears to be the only way to finally set them free."--American Health - This rewarding and informal essay takes a fresh, unconventional look at the ways we deal with unwanted thoughts and relates those mental processes to mood swings, addiction, and day-to-day survival. --Publishers Weekly, 5/3/1994ƒƒ An appealing, thought-provoking study that unpacks parts of mental life that are usually taken for granted....If you read this book, you may find yourself thinking about things you never thought before. --Los Angeles Times, 5/3/1994ƒƒ Wegner presents his subject intriguingly, with a sense of humor that may frequently have the reader laughing out loud. A `must read' for anyone who has tried to no avail to avoid a recurring worry, fear, or thought of any kind. --Booklist, 5/3/1994Table of ContentsPreface (1994) Preface 1. Mental Control 2. Wellsprings of Suppression 3. The Mental Apparatus 4. Self-Distraction 5. The Remote Control of Thinking 6. The Will to Disbelieve 7. Mood Control 8. Exciting Thoughts 9. Synthetic Obsession Notes Index
£15.99
Taylor & Francis Compassion Focused Group Therapy for the Severely
Book SynopsisThis workbook should be used alongside A Clinicianâs Guide to Compassion Focused Group Therapy for the Severely Mentally Ill to aid participants throughout their group journey in Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT). CFT is a type of therapy aimed at understanding, alleviating, and preventing suffering in oneself and others.Divided into 12 modules, group members will move through the content with the support of their therapist. It is designed to be used during and between group sessions. Participants will be able to access and review key pieces of information. Additionally, participants will be able to engage with group material by completing handouts and applying CFT to their own life. Out of session practices can also be found inside, to further support patients in their growth.This is an ideal resource for patients in an inpatient setting, experiencing self-criticism and shame.
£24.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd KinkAffirming Practice
Book SynopsisKink-Affirming Practice is an essential guide on how clinicians can ethically and effectively integrate elements of their client's BSDM identities and practices into their treatment planning, creative interventions, and client self-care. Embracing both an anthropological understanding of this diverse yet still marginalized community, as well as a sex-positive approach to mental health, Stefani Goerlich recognizes the ways in which specific power exchange dynamics can evoke positive behavioral changes in clients, and guides the reader in how to integrate these concepts into their clinical work. Chapters discuss the foundations of BDSM, what is meant by kink-affirming practice, the purpose of claiming power and ceding control, integrating and reclaiming identities, dominant/submissive personas, and the benefits of caregiving kink, such as pet play. It practically discusses how to conduct a kink-affirming risk assessment, as well as exploring topics like ethical and heaTrade Review"AASECT award winning author, Stefani Goerlich leads us into another conversation with her masterful analysis of the world of kink and offers real world depictions of members who are a part of these communities. The book gracefully weaves kink history, experiential narratives, reflections, and tools for us to become more kink aware and empowered. This exegesis is a must have for all sexuality professionals and the constituents they serve."James C. Wadley, Ph.D., CSTS, Director of the Sex Therapy Program for Council for Relationships (Philadelphia, USA) Series Editor of Leading Conversations about Black Sexualities and Identities"Far too many mental health therapists know far too little about the complex diversity of kink. If you're a therapist treating kinky people (you probably are, and just don't know it) you need to read this book. Goerlich offers nuanced, sophisticated, thoughtful and deeply grounded clinical wisdom to help you help your kinky patients in affirming, non-shaming, positive and healthy ways." David J. Ley PhD. Author of The Myth of Sex Addiction"Stefani Goerlich has done it again! Building on the tremendous resource that "The Leather Couch" has been for clinicians, Goerlich here writes a book that is both BDSM introduction and kink clinical competence guide. This book has insights and discussions that are worthwhile for a diverse array of clinicians working with kink communities."Steve Ratcliff, MA, LPCC, LPC, NCC, CST, Private practice therapist & board member, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom board member"As a sex educator whose work centers around Kink /BDSM and ethical nonmonogamy, it has become evident that the world needs more mental health providers who are not just open to understanding lifestyles outside what is currently considered the norm and the people who inhabit them but genuinely understand the world of Kink /BDSM more expansively. Stefani Goerlich enthusiastically acknowledges that Kink has always been treacherous terrain to navigate for those who practice it and the mental health care providers who serve them. The Leather Couch: Clinical Practice with Kinky Clients was the beginning of a bridge over that terrain and Kink-Affirming Practice: Culturally Competent Therapy from The Leather Chair continues to build on that bridge in an open, honest, and accessible way." Dirty Lola, Sex EducatorTable of ContentsIntroduction 1.BDSM Foundations 2.The Kink-Affirming Practitioner 3.Identity, Fetishization, and Reclamation 4.Claiming Power 5.Ceding Control 6.Desiring Dominance 7.Caregiving Kink 8.Rules, Rituals, and Routines 9.Structures and Supports Conclusion Dedication Appendix Bibliography
£31.99
Taylor & Francis The Psychology of Counselling
Book SynopsisWhat is counselling and how can it help? Does counselling work? How is counselling different from talking to my family and friends about my problems? The Psychology of Counselling explains the different approaches to therapy and how they are used in practice, giving information on what counselling can help with and what it cannot do. It looks at cognitive and behavioural therapies, psychoanalysis, and humanistic psychology, as well as exploring positive psychotherapy and the move away from a disease-based approach to counselling. It also reflects upon the broader landscape of therapeutic spaces and gives consideration to professional issues in counselling, such as ethics, supervision, and duty of care to clients.At a time when mental health and psychological well-being are central subjects of conversation in modern society, The Psychology of Counselling sheds light on the therapeutic process, what it involves, and how it works, to help all those seeking assistTable of Contents1. Counselling - past, present and future 2. Freud psychoanalysis reviewed and reconsidered 3. Humanistic psychology – a person-centred approach to counselling 4. Cognitive behavioural therapy 5. The promise of positive psychology 6. The healing space – a changing landscape 7. Research in counselling and psychotherapy 8. Professional issues in counselling and psychotherapy
£16.40
Taylor & Francis Helping Children with Loss and The Day the Sea
Book SynopsisNow in its second edition, this practical guidebook and beautifully illustrated storybook have been created to help teachers and professionals support children aged 4-12 who have experienced loss.Written in an accessible style and with a sensitive tone, Helping Children with Loss provides adults with a rich vocabulary for mental states and painful emotions, paving the way for meaningful and healing conversations with children who are struggling with difficult feelings. Practical activities provide opportunities for conversation and will empower the child to find creative and imaginative ways of expressing themselves when words fail. The Day the Sea Went Out and Never Came Back is a story for children who have lost someone they love. The beautiful illustrations and compassionate story offer a wealth of opportunities to begin a conversation about the difficult emotions that can follow a loss, helping children to acknowledge and express their emotions. The story shows them that it is brave to feel sad, that they are surrounded by support, and that memories of a loved one are a special treasure that can never be lost.
£43.67
Taylor & Francis Ltd SolutionFocused Practice in Outdoor Therapy
Book SynopsisSolution-Focused Practice in Outdoor Therapy presents a comprehensive model for working therapeutically with clients outdoors, with adventure, and in any outdoor setting from a typical one-hour session to multi-day expeditions.Chapters lay out a robust and pragmatic model for opening the counseling room door using solution-focused methods. Dobud and Natynczuk bring together research on best practice in psychotherapy, monitoring therapeutic outcomes, safe and inclusive leadership, supervision, and self-care to present a robust framework for working therapeutically outdoors. Case vignettes are presented throughout the book, and a field manual is available for free download with purchase of the book.Trade Review"This book expertly combines the authors’ practical experience in outdoor work with solution-focused perspectives and academic connections. Whether you want to embrace working in the fresh air, add solution-focused ideas into your work, or simply get more from your adventures with clients, it’s a must read and a book to go back to again and again."Dr. Mark McKergow, author of The Next Generation of Solution-Focused Practice"An eminently practical book of strategies for creating better lives outside of the consulting room." Scott D. Miller, PhD, founder of the International Center for Clinical Excellence and coauthor of Better Results: Using Deliberate Practice to Improve Your Therapeutic Effectiveness"The field needs the voices of Will and Stephan, who pull together the past and present uses of solution-focused therapy to engage the current and future generations of practitioners. This book can help practitioners resist the pull of ‘curing the disease’ and embrace an understanding of how clients possess solutions they have yet to discover." From the foreword by H. Lee Gillis, APA’s 2020 Arthur Teicher Group Psychologist of the Year"In this pioneering book, Will Dobud and Stephan Natynczuk invite us into their adventure of taking solution-focused practice outdoors and show convincingly that it belongs there. If you ever work in an outdoor setting, or are contemplating doing so, I recommend putting this in your backpack and joining them." Guy Shennan, therapist, consultant, trainer, and author of Solution-Focused Practice: Effective Communication to Facilitate Change"Looking for a textbook that will enhance your therapeutic work outdoors? Here it is! The authors’ skillful provision of a solution-focused and hands-on model for outdoor and adventure therapy is not only written in an accessible and down-to-earth manner, it is also conveyed in a heartfelt and inspirational way. I am deeply moved by their beautiful references to clients throughout the book as everything from superheroes to sunsets, whilst reiterating their rightful position as co-adventurers for change." Carina Ribe Fernee, PhD, co-chair of the Adventure Therapy International Committee and clinician and researcher in the Department of Child and Adolescent Mental health at Sørlandet Hospital in Norway"Science has proved that a patient can heal faster and require fewer pain killers if they can are able to see a tree outside their window. How much more can the mind and body heal, destress, and strengthen in close connection with the natural world? Will Dobud and Stephan Natynczuk have given us the gift of a road map, a work of research destined to become the bible of and a practical guide to effecting outdoor therapy of all kinds." Les Stroud, creator of the survival TV genre (with Survivorman) and author of Survive: Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You out of Anywhere AliveTable of ContentsPart I: Co-Adventuring for Change, 1. Co-Adventuring for Change, 2. On Becoming an Evidence-Informed Practitioner, 3. Tools for the Solution-Focused Practitioner, Part II: Outdoor Solution-Focused Practice, 4. Being Solution-Focused Outdoors, 5. Working with Individual Clients, 6. Expedition Settings and Group Work, 7. Working with Parents and Referrers, Part III: From Good Enough to Excellence, 8. Core Competencies and Professionalism, 9. Implementing Feedback-Informed Treatment Outdoors, 10. Re-Igniting Supervision in Outdoor Therapy, 11. Concluding Thoughts
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A Beautiful Way to Coach
Book SynopsisLeaders need to renew and recharge regularly to lead more effectively. Forget the squeezed hour of coaching on Zoom or in a busy office this book invites coaches and leaders alike to re-energise their style of executive coaching by stepping beyond traditional techniques and out of the office for an executive day retreat.Based on the award-winning framework of the Positive Vision Day programme, this accessible book introduces a new approach to coaching, combining time-out in a natural and beautiful setting with positive psychology. The book is designed to inspire coaches and leaders to take a day away from the desk, step into nature and renew their energy and purpose. As a coach, you are needed more than ever to help leaders align their strengths and values to their personal vision. This book does just that, and provides: Detailed exercises linking psychological underpinnings to the goals of each exercise, including how to avoid classic coaching pitfalls. Trade Review"As an executive coach for over 40 years, I know it can become tiring for both coach and coachee to keep the same routine. A Beautiful Way to Coach presents an incredible perspective on a fresh and engaging method for coaching to reinvigorate the process and keep you and your clients striving for great results." Marshall Goldsmith, New York Times #1 bestselling author of Triggers, Mojo, and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There "This is a book for these changing times; a book that explores the new qualities of leadership that we need so much in the world today - courage, a growth mind set, the ability to ask quality questions and the willingness to take action and reflect. This is such an important book. I encourage all leaders and coaches to read it and to encourage others to do the same." Sue Knight, NLP Master Trainer and Author of NLP at Work "When you walk beside someone on a learning journey, you engage so much better than walking behind or in front of them. Often the most powerful coaching happens when we leave chairs behind and venture into the great outside, where anything is possible!" David Clutterbuck, Co-founder of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council and author of over 70 books "I have completed 3 Vision Days in the last 6 years. They have all, without fail, propelled me along the path I needed to be on at that time and contributed measurably to my success. Creating a whole day, the space, the focus, the time in nature is an incredibly powerful tool and my personal secret weapon. I literally couldn’t have achieved what I have without Fiona and her Vision Day methodology and this book now shares these ideas more widely." Sharon Whale, Chief Executive Officer, Global Markets & Operations, Oliver, and Great Britain Creative Industries Businesswoman of the Year 2021 "This is a gift of a book for coaches and at the start, the author, Fiona Parashar, makes a promise to offer a coaching approach that is "positive, intensive and transformative". And for once, a business book delivers! Not only will this give you an inspiring (and original) way of working with your clients, incorporating the outdoors, but it is also deeply pragmatic, walking you through her process step by step. Almost holding your hand. After reading the book, I immediately wanted to get out in nature with my clients and invite them for a Positive Vision day! Written with a warmth and a generous guiding hand, this is a book chock-full of insights and tools to refresh your coaching and an opportunity to boost your coaching repertoire." Dr Lucy Ryan, MD of Mindspring International, Author of Lunchtime Learning for Leaders "In A Beautiful Way to Coach, Fiona shares an approach to coaching which beautifully touches on the deeper layers of meaning and - I dare say spiritual - connection, while keeping the experience and results very practical and down to earth. In this book she hands you the essence of her twenty plus years of experience so you can just run with it." Annemiek van Helsdingen, Founder of the Academy for Soul-based Coaching "This book is a gift to leaders and coaches everywhere. It bring home through its wonderful storytelling, insights and wisdoms how vital nature is to combatting the epidemic of exhaustion and burnout. This is a resource you will not want to miss out on. Reading it gave me goosebumps as the stories and case studies resonated at a deep cellular level." Jackee Holder, Executive Leadership Coach and Author of 49 Ways To Write Yourself Well, Be Your Own Best Life Coach, and the writing maps Writing with Fabulous Trees and Rewilding the Page Table of ContentsPart I: Why, What and Where? 1. The Why and the What 2. The Where Part II: The How 3. How to bring the flavour of positive psychology to your coaching even if you have never studied it Part III: Who Benefits? 4. Challenges, Practical Considerations and Some Executive Case Studies Part IV: What Next? 5. Professor Peter Hawkins and Fiona Parashar in dialogue about the future of Positive Vision Days and Executive Coaching
£27.99
Taylor & Francis Successful Coaching for Leaders and Managers
Book SynopsisThe rapid pace of change in the post-COVID world has made it more important than ever for managers to coach individual employees and teams effectively both online and face to face. This book draws on research from around the world and shares good practices to help managers become effective leaders in face-to-face, virtual, and hybrid workplaces.The book examines how the coaching skills of observation, listening, questioning, goal-setting, feedback, and reflection can be used effectively with individuals and teams. Boxes offering scenarios and practical activities help the reader understand how to apply these skills in real life. The book goes on to explore coaching at the organisational level, bringing in systems thinking, coaching culture, cross-cultural coaching, and coaching in multi-national organisations. Finally, the book considers ways for managers to evaluate and improve their coaching, including how to use technology and GenAI to support coaching.This book syn
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Core Clinical Competencies in Counseling and
Book SynopsisCore Clinical Competencies in Counseling and Psychotherapy addresses the core competencies common to the effective practice of all psychotherapeutic approaches and includes specific intervention competencies of the three major orientations. This second edition emphasizes six core competencies common to the effective practice of all psychotherapeutic approaches. It includes the most commonly used intervention competencies of the cognitive-behavioral approachesincluding Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapypsychodynamic approaches, and systemic approaches. This highly readable and easily accessible book enhances the knowledge and skill base of cliniciansboth novice and experienced. The second edition has been fully revised throughout and includes a new appendix featuring handouts and worksheets. This book is essential to practicing clinicians and trainees in all mental health specTrade Review"Drs. Sperry and Sperry are masters at writing practical, engaging, and evidence-based contemporary advice for contemporary psychotherapists who are in all stages of their professional careers. This new contribution, Core Clinical Competencies in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Second Edition, is no exception as it is a must read that should be in the hands of psychotherapy students and established professionals alike. Professionals, and their clientele, will surely benefit from this important text."Thomas G. Plante, Ph.D., ABPP, University Professor, Santa Clara University and Adjunct Clinical Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine"This book is so full of the most cutting-edge information on how to conduct effective and competent therapy that it is a must read for beginning and expert therapists alike. Written in classic Sperry "how to" style, Core Clinical Competencies in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Second Edition is a delight to read. Each chapter reveals new and valuable information gleaned from psychotherapy research and the clinical practice of expert therapists. It provides rich insights into a comprehensive, integrated, evidence-based, competency approach to treatment that can be utilized by any mental health practitioner."Brian A. Gerrard, PhD, Chief Academic Officer, Western Institute for Social Research, Berkeley, California"Counseling and psychotherapy are processes that involve more than just active listening coupled with warmth and acceptance, qualities that can be found in a good friend. To be a highly effective counselor/psychotherapist requires learning and mastering critical competencies like relationship building, case conceptualization, personalizing treatment interventions, and the necessary ethical and cultural sensitivity for effecting needed change and successful termination. This is the ideal book for practicum and internship courses--and for all those practitioners seeking to take their skills to the next level."James Robert Bitter, Ed.D., Professor, East Tennessee State University"This is a book for every psychotherapist's office. Together Drs Sperry and Sperry pour years of clinical experience and teaching into a contemporary evidence-based guide for counselors and psychotherapists. Whether you are a psychotherapist in training or very experienced, you will learn a new way to perceive your patient after reading this treasure trove of practical lessons that will make each of us a better therapist."Jon A. Lehrmann MD, Charles E. Kubly Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin"Core Clinical Competencies in Counseling and Psychotherapy, Second Edition is one of the few must-read clinical training books that speaks directly to both early career and seasoned mental health professionals in a non-intimidating and yet richly informative manner. Anyone who is searching for a clinically valuable text that guides without imposing, that integrates without jamming, and that can effect deep and lasting clinical change will be delighted to have it."Marina Bluvshtein, PhD, Professor and Director of the Center for Adlerian Practice and Scholarship, Adler University, ChicagoTable of Contents1. Core Clinical Competencies Today Core Clinical Competency 1: Conceptual Foundations 2. Conceptual Maps and the Therapeutic Process Core Clinical Competency 2: Therapeutic Relationship 3. Relationship Building 4. Relationship Maintenance Core Clinical Competency 3: Intervention Planning 5. Case Conceptualization and Assessment 6. Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning Core Clinical Competency 4: Intervention Implementation 7. General Implementation Strategies 8. Dynamic Strategies and Interventions 9. Cognitive Behavioral Strategies and Interventions 10. Systemic Strategies and Interventions Core Clinical Competency 5: Intervention Evaluation and Treatment 11. Outcome Assessment 12. Termination Core Clinical Competency 6: Cultural and Ethical Sensitivity 13. Cultural Sensitivity 14. Ethical Sensitivity Conclusion 15. Becoming a Highly Competent and Effective Therapist
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Working with Client Experiences of Domestic Abuse
Book SynopsisThis edited volume shares relevant theory and practical strategies to support counsellors to work effectively with those who have experienced domestic abuse.The effect of relational and other abuses can impact an individual's ability to engage with family, friends, counsellors or other professionals trying to support them due to reduced ability to trust and the impact of complex trauma. Helping someone to recover requires specific knowledge and skills, not usually part of a standard professional training program. This book acts as a training manual, providing an overview of what clients need at different stages of recovery. It contains chapters written by staff who deliver counselling and mental health training and provides their insight into the specific issues that clients may present, suggesting constructive and accessible suggestions for practice, and a chapter on counsellor self-care. The reflections/exercises in each chapter will help the reader assess their competency.Trade Review‘This book is an invaluable resource to therapeutic practitioners wanting to understand more about working with domestic abuse. The book draws on an impressive wealth of practice experience and research evidence. Grounded in a trauma-informed, person-centred and relationship-focused lens, Jeannette and contributing authors engage deeply with the complexity of working with this client group, offering practical strategies, self-reflection exercises, and theoretical insights that will support therapists to develop their practice and understand more about domestic abuse.’ Tanya Beetham, PhD, is a lecturer in Psychology and Counselling at The Open University. She is a counsellor/psychotherapist with research expertise in domestic abuse.‘This book is a well-researched and accessibly written guide to working with domestic abuse, which addresses a range of theoretical and professional perspectives. Readers are encouraged to discern whether they are suited to domestic abuse as a specialism and to this approach to the work. A valuable resource for any practitioner.’Nikki Dhillon Keane is the author of the BACP guidance Working with Domestic Abuse in the Counselling Professions and Domestic Abuse in Church Communities (rpbooks.co.uk) and founder of Safe in Faith and cofounder of the Faith and VAWG Coalition. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. A Model of Therapeutic Practice 3. Understanding Domestic Abuse 4. Enhancing Therapeutic Skills 5. Understanding Attachment and Transference 6. Working with Protective Emotions 7. Working with Protective Behaviours 8. Understanding Complex Trauma 9. Understanding the Developmental Impact of Domestic Violence and Adverse Experiences in Childhood across the Life-Course 10. Compassionate Mind Training 11. Different Clients, Different Contexts 12. Understanding the Impact of Law and Ethics 13. Using Creative Arts Therapies to Work with Trauma Developed from Experiences of Domestic Abuse 14. Preparing Ourselves for Starting and Continuing Client Work 15. Looking Ahead
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Taylor & Francis The Guide to Play Therapy Documentation and
Book SynopsisThe Guide to Play Therapy Documentation and Parent Consultation guides play therapists through the case-documentation process, from the initial inquiry for services through intake session, diagnosis, treatment planning, session notes, and termination summary. There's a special focus on writing session notes, one of the areas in which play therapists most often request additional training. Chapters also identify play themes, explore clinical theories and case conceptualization, and guide play therapists from the playroom to the paperwork. The authors include several examples of case notes and treatment plans completed from a variety of theoretical perspectives, and vignettes and case studies illustrate ways to connect with caregivers, strategies for working with challenging caregivers, addressing difficult topics at different ages and stages of parenting (how to talk about sex, screen time, co-parenting, etc.), and much more. The book also includes a thorough discussion of wTrade Review"What Homeyer and Bennett have learned and lived out as practicing play therapists and university professors appears on the pages of this practical, detailed, essential, stress-relieving resource. They have anticipated everything a play therapist needs to know and do and provide a template for every form and document needed, from informed consent to termination summary. Completed forms provide examples to follow. This is a HOW TO book, unique in the field of play therapy, that will help play therapists become more efficient and effective. Don’t miss the chapter on ‘Parents Who Challenge Us’ for new insights about what to do."Garry Landreth, EdD, LPC, RPT-S, Regents Professor at the University of North Texas, founder of the Center for Play Therapy"Using their years of experience as play therapists and as scholars, the authors have written the most comprehensive play therapy text in the field! Homeyer and Bennett provide guidance on everything from liability insurance, theory, case notes, and treatment planning with examples and templates ready to put directly into practice. Readers will be equipped with crucial guidance for working with parents, including addressing topics such as divorced parents, trauma, difficult conversations, and neurobiology. This is a must-have resource for the play therapist in training as they begin their career as well as for the experienced play therapist and supervisor."Kristi Perryman, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S, Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas"This book is the definitive guide for play therapists in and out of the playroom. The authors freely share the deep knowledge that they have accumulated through their extensive experience as clinicians, educators, and supervisors. If I were to pick sand tray miniatures to represent this book, they would be a bridge that connects play therapists with a real-life experience and a treasure box that contains so many hidden and valuable materials."Yumiko Ogawa, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, RPT-S, Associate Professor in the Department of Counselor Education at the New Jersey City University Table of ContentsAbout the Authors Part One: Documentation and Parent Consultation 1. Introduction 2. Inquiry Through Intake Summary 3. Initial Parent Consultation 4. Diagnosis and Treatment Plan 5. Treatment Phase: Session Notes 6. Ongoing Parent Consultations 7. Termination Part Two: Looking Further 8. Parents Who Challenge Us 9. Difficult Parenting Issues 10. A Deeper Look at Play 11. Finding a Theory 12. Professional Growth Considerations Appendices Index
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Taylor & Francis Erotically Queer
Book SynopsisErotically Queer is a practice guide for clinicians, bringing together experts in their field with pioneering topics within GSRD (Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity).Chapters cover an array of topics rarely covered in either clinical or popular literature including lesbian sex, queer menopause, bisexuality, the sex lives of asexuals, sexuality and transgender people, treating anodyspareunia, compulsive sexual behaviours and Chemsex. It also helps practitioners reflect on their biases regarding BDSM/Kink and understand more regarding non-pathologising practices with intersex people.The book aims to help all clinicians work more effectively with the Queer population, with the most contemporary sexological knowledge. Chapter 6 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-Trade Review"This volume adds to the existing Pink Therapy series by expanding the resources available for practitioners working with GSRD people across often challenging and, for some, controversial topics. The volume encompasses scenarios presenting in contemporary practice that are readily accessible for clinicians seeking knowledge from experienced practitioners. A clear message is that despite initially daunting and complex presentations, the volume provides authoritative practical pathways from top-notch experts to assist in identifying solutions within a competence informed therapeutic process."Kevan Wylie, MD FRCP FESCM. Past President, World Association For Sexual Health"It takes a while to acknowledge our biases and prejudices if we ever reach that point. Yet unchecked, we might think of providing the best service to our clients. ‘Erotically Queer’ questioned me: am I genuinely open to diversity? Through which lenses am I seeing my clients? When you come across such a book, you will know how much you commit to inclusivity and are brave to challenge your mindset constantly. It remains on my nightstand, as one reading is not enough."Francesca Tripodi, Director, International Online Sexology Supervisors (IOSS)"Erotically Queer, is a new volume of the Pink Therapy series, which brings together contributions from experts in the GSRD therapy field. Each chapter benefits from having the unfiltered and unique voice of the author as they take the reader on a rich and vibrant journey. This is an outstanding volume that is essential reading for all therapist at every level of experience whether in general or psychosexual practice."Jo Coker, AccCOSRT(Sen) AccCOSRT (Sup) MBPsS FCOSRT. HCPC Counselling Psychologist. Professional Standards Manager COSRTTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Attachment Narrative Therapy as a Tool for Sex Therapy with Lesbian Couples 2. Queer Menopause: working with the LGBTQIA+ menopausal client 3. Working with Sexual Shame 4. The Sex Lives of Asexuals 5. Exploring erotic diversity in heterosexuality: Keeping a queer eye for the straight guys 6. Intersex-centred sex therapy and relationship counselling: Six commonly neglected concerns of intersex adults 7. Trans Sex and Relationships: A practitioners' dialogue 8. Sex in transition: From the medicalisation of transgender sexuality to the centrality of pleasure 9. Examining Therapist Bias When Working with Kink 10. Treating Anodyspareunia in MSM 11. MSM and Compulsive Sexual Behaviours 12. Mindfulness-Based Approaches to Working With Chemsex Behaviours in Psychotherapy Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd TraumaInformed Principles in Group Therapy
Book SynopsisThis book presents trauma-informed principles for ethical, safe, and effective group work, psychodrama, and leadership.Content will include practical guidelines, detailed instructions, and diverse examples for facilitating both trauma-informed and trauma-focused groups in treatment, community, and organizational leadership. Chapters focus on various topics including safety, empowerment, social justice, vicarious trauma, and leadership. Organizational leadership is approached through the lens of SAMHSA's guidance and the framework of group work leadership. The book includes significant focus on sociometry and psychodrama as strengths-based and experiential group approaches. Psychodrama's philosophies, theories, and interventions will be articulated through a trauma-informed lens offering psychodramatists, group workers, and organizational leaders new conceptual frameworks and action-based processes. Chapters contain a blend of theory, research, practical guidance, and examplesTrade Review"Scott’s book is an important and necessary addition to the field about the specific aspects of psychodrama to a trauma-informed knowledge base on the uses of the dramatic arts in treatment as well as the implications of this work for organizations and for leaders." (from book foreword)Sandra, L. Bloom, MD, associate professor, Health Management and Policy, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; chair of the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice; founder of the Sanctuary Model and Creating Presence; author of Creating Sanctuary (2013)"Scott Giacomucci has eloquently elucidated ways that organizations can incorporate SAMHSA’s trauma-informed principles into their policies and practices. Scott has thoughtfully and skillfully integrated these important ideas with psychodrama and sociometry, creating a powerful synthesis. This book will empower leaders to put trauma-informed care into action." Catherine D. Nugent, LCPC, TEP, former chief, SAMHSA/CSAT Workforce Development Branch; executive director, Laurel Psychodrama Training Institute; past president, American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry & Group Psychotherapy"In this seminal book, Giacomucci skillfully explains the integration of trauma-informed care and psychodrama principles, providing a road map for theory, methodology, and psychotherapeutic applications. Readers will appreciate clearly articulated concepts and strategies that can be immediately incorporated into clinical work, group therapy, supervision, peer consultation, and trauma-informed programming across numerous settings. This volume greatly expands the intersection of psychodrama approaches and the field of traumatic stress while also incorporating leadership, ethical, and culturally-resonant practices that form the core of trauma-informed work." Cathy A. Malchiodi, PhD, director, Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute, 2022 Cecil and Ida Green honors chair, and author of Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process (2020), and Handbook of Expressive Arts Therapy (2022)"Scott Giacomucci examines the practice of group therapy, psychodrama and leadership introducing and expanding on elements of trauma-informed care in each of the practice models. Reviewing the developmental history of the three, and integrating his own significant practice and academic experience, he reminds the reader of the importance of respecting both the healing potential as well as the potential for harm in each."Lawrence Shulman, MSW, EdD, dean and professor emeritus, School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, State University of New York; author of The Skills of Helping Individuals, Families, Groups, and Communities (8th edition) (2018) and Dynamics and Skills of Group Counseling (2010)"Scott Giacomucci has produced a singularly rich work on psychodrama theory and practice. Deeply informed by the literature on trauma and its treatment in various settings, his thoughtful and imaginative guidance is so very much needed in these troubled times."Jonathan D. Moreno, PhD, David and Lyn Silfen University professor, University of Pennsylvania; author of Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die: Bioethics and the Transformation of Healthcare in America (2020); The Brain in Context (2019); and Impromptu Man: J.L. Moreno and the Origins of Psychodrama, Encounter Culture, and the Social Network (2014)"This book presents the articulation of J.L. Moreno’s legacy with current research in the area, making it an important contribution on the effectiveness of trauma treatment. The foundation of the basic principles of the practice, including the benefits of teletherapy, and the didactic presentation of guidelines and instructions make this textbook a necessary resource for a whole new generation of professionals dedicated to working with groups and trauma. Scott Giacomucci reached his commitment with Zerka Moreno to bring the psychodramatic method to new generations."Heloisa Fleury, MA, psychologist/psychodramatist in private practice, São Paulo, Brazil; president, International Association for Group Psychotherapy & Group Processes; editor-in-chief, Brazilian Journal of Psychodrama; co-editor of Psychodrama in Brazil (2022) and multiple other books."Scott Giacomucci has presented a well-researched text on group therapy and psychodrama including emphases on teletherapy, ethics, and organizations. A truly needed text to have on the bookshelf of every group worker, psychodramatist, and leader."Daniela Simmons, PhD, TEP, president, American Society of Group Psychotherapy & Psychodrama; creator & CEO of Tele'Drama International; Dallas, Texas, USA"With this book, Scott Giacomucci makes a substantial contribution to the literature of group therapy and psychodrama. His integration of the principles of Trauma Informed Care with professional ethics as they apply to group therapy and psychodrama is a major advancement of the field and the treatment of clients, many of whom have histories of complex trauma. He has incorporated his extensive knowledge of the psychodrama literature and practice with contemporary advances and issues in the trauma field to offer a detailed and innovative group treatment model, applicable in many settings and organizations. His emphasis on safety and the safeguarding of clients from retraumatization and therapists from vicarious trauma is exemplary as is his emphasis on the promotion of healing through connections with others."Christine A. Courtois, PhD, ABPP, psychologist/consultant in private practice (retired); author of Healing the Incest Wound (1988; 2010), It’s Not You, It’s What Happened to You (2014; 2020); and co-editor of Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Adults (2009; 2020)Table of Contents1. Introduction to Trauma-Informed Group Therapy, Psychodrama, and Leadership 2. Psychodrama and Group Work as Trauma-Informed Philosophies 3. Trauma-Focused Psychodrama as an Effective Group Treatment for PTSD 4. Trauma-Informed Experiential Sociometry Processes 5. Safety in Group Therapy, Psychodrama, and Leadership 6 Trustworthiness and Transparency in Group Therapy, Psychodrama, and Leadership 7. Peer Support in Group Therapy, Psychodrama, and Leadership 8. Collaboration and Mutuality in Group Therapy, Psychodrama, and Leadership 9. Empowerment, Voice, and Choice in Group Therapy, Psychodrama, and Leadership 10. Cultural, Historic, and Gender Issues in Group Therapy, Psychodrama, and Leadership 11. Trauma-Informed Organizations: From Vicarious Trauma to Vicarious Posttraumatic Growth 12. Towards Trauma-Informed Ethics of Leadership in Group Therapy, Psychodrama, and Organizations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Listening Book
Book SynopsisSatisfying, secure connection with others depends heavily on how well we listen to each other and respond to what we've heard. The Listening Book lays bare the key elements of both deeply attuned and badly misattuned listening in vivid scenes of real-life interactions that capture the emotional impact and give the reader an illuminating aha experience. Added to that is a mind-opening account of psychological processes and principles that normally operate from outside of awareness, showing how skillful listening can reveal those dynamics. Beyond even that, such listening can produce interactions that unlock lifelong emotional conditioning to yield liberating change through one of the brain's most remarkable processes, which neuroscientists call memory reconsolidation. Whether read solo, with a partner, or in a reading group, The Listening Book is for everyone who yearns for deeper emotional connection and closeness, everyone who is at a loss to understand what is interfTrade Review"At once simple but profound, humble but sophisticated, unassuming but gently compelling, and subtle but absolutely riveting, this volume offers finely honed pearls of wisdom for implementing growth-promoting and loving connection. … A magnificent piece that will most certainly prove to be an invaluable resource for anyone with a heart and the desire to forge more meaningful connectedness with others."—Martha Stark, MD, faculty at Harvard Medical School and award-winning author of nine books on psychoanalytic theory and practice"If you thought you knew what listening is and does, get ready for a mind- and heart-opening journey of discovery. This remarkable tour through the universe of listeners’ responses comes alive with the visceral impacts of attuned versus misattuned listening. The Listening Book is a potent, unique, and inspiring guide for enriching and deepening your experience of human connection."—Diane Poole Heller, PhD, psychotherapist and author of The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships"With charming stories, practical suggestions, and deep insights, this beautiful book shows us how to truly listen—with profound benefits for others, and oneself. It’s really a gem, a delightful and comprehensive guide to one of the most important human skills."—Rick Hanson, PhD, author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence and Making Great Relationships: Simple Practices for Solving Conflicts, Building Cooperation, and Fostering Love"When I was training counselors my repeated advice was ‘stop and listen.’ If the professional listeners needed reminding, how much more the rest of us! Ticic, Kushner, and Ecker have given us the essential and pragmatic guide to listening for a world that has, to a large degree, stopped listening. But with active listening and empathic responding we can change the world, and The Listening Book will equip you to do just that."—Matthew Dahlitz, MC, editor in chief of The Science of Psychotherapy and co-author of The Practitioner’s Guide to the Science of Psychotherapy"The Listening Book is a great way to unpack what listening is all about. Whether you are a good listener who wants to get better, or a not-so-good listener who is perplexed about why your conversations invariably hit walls, this book is for you. This book is also a dream book for therapy students and therapists, especially for those early in their path. Regardless of the model you are practicing, this book will show you, step by accessible step, what to do and also very importantly, what not to do so that your clients feel heard and understood—because once they do, then you can use all the other fancy techniques you are learning, and they will work. Finally, this book is for your inner nerd who wants to have the science behind listening and its transformative powers.All this is accomplished through ordinary and relatable stories of people in different interpersonal situations: The dialogue is broken down, line by line, into connecters and disconnectors: The reader gets to see so clearly how certain comments help people feel understood, while other seemingly innocuous responses alienate and distance. We get a kind of x-ray of people’s inner thoughts and inner experience where the protagonists tell us their experience of the comments they receive in such a way that we know exactly why they felt understood and "gotten" or, alternatively, painfully misunderstood, dismissed and turned off to that relationship.Add to this the cutting-edge neuroscience of memory reconsolidation that explains how feeling heard can be a life-changing, transformative experience, particularly for those who have not felt heard in this way, and you've got yourself a gem of a book: super accessible, easy to read, easy to understand and most important of all, easy to apply. The Listening Book is a how-to guide for being a good listener and making those around you, be they family, friends, lovers or clients, feel heard, gotten and understood." — Diana Fosha, PhD, developer of AEDP, founder of the AEDP Institute, and editor of Undoing Aloneness and the Transformation of Suffering into Flourishing: AEDP 2.0Table of Contents1. Listening In: 52 Revealing Experiences of Attunement and Non-Attunement 2. It’s All About Connection 3. The Path to Profound Change
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Wise Leader
Book SynopsisThe Wise Leader offers readers a succinct perspective on wise leadership based on theory, practice, and the authors' own experience. The five sections of the book describe the Wise Leader model, five mantras that distil the essence of wisdom for leading. Each section has a theoretical component, theory that the authors seek to bring to life through everyday examples, followed by practical ideas and guidance as to what you can next do in service of becoming a wiser, more effective leader. Each mantra then includes fresh perspectives for leadership development, aimed at supporting organisations globally to maximize their considerable investment in this critical area.This book is written for leaders at every level of an organization, providing a perspective of wise leadership that lends itself to practical application. It can also be used by leadership development professionals, offering guidance on how to build practical programs to cultivate enhanTable of ContentsIntroduction Part One 1. Commit to Reflective Learnig Part Two 2. Know Yourselves Part Three 3. Transcend Yourselves Part Four 4. Think Meta! Part Five 5. Do Dialogue 6. Conclusions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Trauma Recovery Toolkit The Resource Book
Book SynopsisThis guidebook is part of The Trauma Recovery Toolkit and needs to be purchased alongside the flashcards for full and effective use. Both can be purchased together as a set: 978-0-367-54690-8This guidebook is 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.This Trade ReviewPraise for The Trauma Recovery Toolkit These 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 ContentsThis guidebook is part of The Trauma Recovery Toolkit and needs to be purchased alongside the flashcards for full and effective use. Both can be purchased together as a set: 978-0-367-54690-8Personal background and introduction to toolkit A definition of trauma Chapter 1: Stabilisation Chapter 2: Practical use of flashcards Chapter 3: How trauma affects the brain Chapter 4: How trauma affects the body (viewed through a polyvagal theory lens) Chapter 5: Introduction to ‘what could help’ cards Chapter 6: Trauma informed mindfulness Chapter 7: Trauma informed self-compassion Chapter 8: The road to recovery Chapter 9: Visual referencing: Onwards and beyond Clinical examples Appendix
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Trauma Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth in
Book SynopsisTrauma, Resilience, and Posttraumatic Growth in Frontline Personnelexamines the history, context, nature, and complexity of working in front-line services.Chapters provide a detailed overview of specific mental health models that are applicable both on a day-to-day basis and to disaster and major event response. The book also details elements of mental health responses that have been proven to facilitate coping, minimize risk, and promote both resilience and posttraumatic growth. These strategies include, but are not limited to, peer support programs, mental health education, and psychological first aid. Each chapter incorporates research on PTSD, anxiety, and depression as well as research relating to posttraumatic growth, resilience, connectedness, and belongingness.Trauma, Resilience, and Posttraumatic Growth in Frontline Personnelis a vital guide for those who provide care to trauma survivors as well as for researchers and scholars.
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Taylor & Francis A Beginnerâs Guide to Cognitive Analytic Therapy
Book SynopsisThis text provides an accessible, reader-friendly guide to conducting Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) on a one-to-one basis, developed in partnership with service users who have lived experience of CAT.The book will cover the applications of CAT in clinical practice including: assessment; introducing CAT; the main concepts and how to build a therapeutic relationship; mapping; the middle phase and the integration of other models; monitoring; developing exits; the ending and saying goodbye. Grounded in CAT theory, the content will be ordered sequentially, as one would conduct the therapy, and will feature first-hand accounts from CAT-experienced service users including their own perspectives on the model and the impact it had on their wellbeing.A straightforward, beginnerâs introduction to practicing CAT, this book will be useful for trainee practitioners, assistant and trainee clinical/counselling psychologists, and those practising CAT-informed therapy in supervision.
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Taylor & Francis Somatic Maternal Healing
Book SynopsisSomatic Maternal Healing introduces a cutting-edge understanding of the body into the growing field of perinatal mental health. Chapters lay out a complete trauma treatment model for maternal mental health, integrating psychodynamic and somatic clinical techniques within a systemic perspective. The book applies a biopsychosocial conceptualization of mental health in the perinatal period with a special emphasis on trauma and somatic trauma treatment.Somatic Maternal Healing is for anyone working clinically with mothers and new families, specifically therapists, clinical social workers, psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, researchers, academics, clinical educators, and graduate students and trainees within these fields.Trade Review"An important and hopeful contribution to understanding how clinicians can facilitate a woman’s struggle to grow through the process of birthing and parenting. The psychological and corporeal challenges and possibilities make this required as well as illuminating reading."Susie Orbach, PhD, author of Fat is a Feminist Issue and Bodies"In this brilliantly conceived and passionate book, Vissing brings a long overdue integration of analytic relational thinking with somatic psychology to bear on women’s perinatal difficulties, offering a trenchant analysis of the barriers to the recognition of maternal suffering along with an inspiring account of essential clinical strategies for treatment. Truly vital reading for anyone concerned with the psychological and biosocial world of mothers and infants."Jessica Benjamin, PhD, author of The Bonds of Love and Beyond Doer and Done To"Somatic Maternal Healing expertly presents a trauma-informed, research-based framework to better understand the transition to motherhood within the context of profound change, adaptation, and transformation. All therapists working in the field of maternal mental health should have access to these compelling and essential clinical interpretations and interventions."Karen Kleiman, LCSW, author of The Art of Holding in TherapyTable of ContentsIntroduction: Why We Need Maternal Healing that Includes Self, Body, and Society Part I: Introduction to Part 1: Overview of Trauma in the Perinatal Period 1. The Question of Embodied Maternal Subjectivity: How Feminist Psychoanalysis Informs Clinical Work with Mothers 2. Understanding Trauma in Light of the Biological Changes of Motherhood 3. Resisting Patriarchal Motherhood: From Maternal Bodylessness to Maternal Bodyfulness 4. Rationale and Principles of Somatic Maternal Healing Part II: Introduction to Part II: Principles, Treatment Goals, and Key Clinical Skills of Maternal Somatic Healing 5. Working Somatically in the Perinatal Transferential Field 6. Maternal Bodyfulness: Working with Perinatal Sensory Awareness and Vocabulary 7. Expansion and Integration: Trauma Release During the Perinatal Period 8. Making Maternal Healing Whole with Clinical Creativity and Biopsychosocial Somatic Treatment Planning
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Taylor & Francis An EvidenceBased Systems Approach to School
Book SynopsisThis book presents strategies for using systemic theory and evidence-based practice in schools to support students, the adults in their lives, and their wider communities.Beginning by introducing and explaining the Advocating Student-within-Environment (ASE) theory, each chapter then addresses a specific school-based issue, such as academic achievement, crisis, trauma, and resiliency, from a systemic and environmental lens. Practical and accessible, the chapters are filled with case examples, evidence-based interventions, and helpful tools to show how counselors can incorporate the approach into their practice. Extending beyond school and student problems, this text also explores greater system functioning, such as community outreach and state level intervention, discussing advocacy and political issues.This book is essential for school-based professionals who are looking for new ways to work with students, families, and their communities. It will also be of interest tTrade Review“With an expert blend of theory and practice, this exciting and timely text clearly explains a deeply systemic model for conducting school counseling. Approaching the work with keen awareness that students are active learners in complex intersectional contexts, the authors provide invaluable ideas for empowering school communities to develop collaborative skills for addressing today's educational and mental health needs.”Carey Dimmitt, Ph.D., Professor, UMass Amherst and Director of the Ronald H. Fredrickson Center for School Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation, USA“An important and necessary text - Drs. Lemberger-Truelove and Bowers Parker are complex thinkers who communicate their ideas clearly. To make real change in students’ lives, school counselors must be able to think and act on both an individual and ecological level simultaneously. This text provides practical strategies for school counselors wanting to address the complex challenges today’s students encounter.”George McMahon, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Department Head at the University of Georgia, USA“Finally, a textbook for school counseling that considers the social determinants of mental health, academic achievement, and the need to modify school environmental conditions inextricably linked to student outcomes! ASE theory can potentially transform how school counselors provide therapeutic interventions in schools, including targeting multiple levels of influence.”Joseph M. Williams, Ph.D., Professor of Counseling at The University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, USATable of Contents1. ASE Theory: Introduction and History 2. Advocating Student-within-Environment as a Systems Theory to School Counseling 3. Utilizing ASE to Work within the School System 4. The Practice of Advocating Student-within-Environment 5. Developing Student Learners in School Systems 6. Advocating for the Neurodiverse Student 7. An ASE Approach to School-Based Mental Health 8. ASE Approach to Crisis: Prevention, Response, and Recovery 9. ASE and the Data-Minded School Counselor 10. Example ASE School Counseling Behaviors
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Creating Sustainable Results with SolutionFocused
Book SynopsisThis practical, evidence-based guide details how professional practitioners and change facilitators can integrate a solution-focused approach into their daily work and practice.While conventional therapeutic methods centre on the assumption that problems arise due to deficiencies, and therefore focus on diagnosis and subsequent treatment, the solution-focused approach is resource-based and operates on the assumption that human beings always have resources at their disposal to move forward. Free from the burden of detailed problem analysis, the solution-focused approach prioritizes clients' hope for change in their lives and taps into the opportunities and resources available to bring about such transformation. The solution-focused practitioner is able to design incisive interventions that are flexible enough to adapt to any situation clients might find themselves in, and this book provides a practical formulation that is immediately applicable to all professional fields of apTrade Review‘Cauffman explores how solution-focused thought and practice may be applied to create diverse social contexts of change. He teases out the synergistic processes through which change emerges in solution focused client-practitioner interactions. Cauffman’s discussion of professional mandates is particularly intriguing. It has important implications for understanding how professional authority is exercised in client-practitioner interactions. This is a coherent narrative linking early influences on solution focused pioneers with current themes in the field. Cauffman’s accessible writing style makes the book appropriate as an introduction to the solution focused approach, and as an organizing framework for seminars involving experienced practitioners.’Gale Miller, emeritus professor, Department of Social and Cultural Sciences Marquette University, Wisconsin, USA‘The solution-focused orientation is applicable in many human relation fields including coaching, psychotherapy, and team building in the business world. The approach has considerable depth although to those who only examine the surface it may seem pedestrian. We are blessed to have Louis Cauffman as a guide into the nuances of the method. Cauffman helps us bring out the best in our clients and helps us to bring out the best in our selves. Creating Sustainable Results with Solution Focused Applied Psychology is an essential text for change agents of all types. Principles are clearly covered, and case studies provide background for those who will apply the methods. This book should be required reading for all those in human relations fields.’Jeffrey K. Zeig, The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Phoenix, USATable of ContentsIntroduction The SoFAP Essentials 1. The Basic Axioms 2. What Always Works in Good Facilitation? 3. The Power of Common Sense 4. The Three Mandates 5. The Seven-Step Tango 6. The Flow Chart 7. The Icons
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Internship Practicum and Field Placement
Book SynopsisThe Internship, Practicum, and Field Placement Handbook offers real-world knowledge of the skills interns in the helping professions need through every phase of their internship, practicum, or field placement. The focus is on topics that may not have been addressed or fully developed through regular academic coursework: meeting clients, fees for service, supervision, ethics, legal issues, diversity, clinical writing, case notes and clinical records, personal safety, self-care, advocacy, technology, termination, and planning for the future.Every phase of the internship is discussed sequentially, from finding and preparing for placements to concluding relationships with clients and supervisors. Drawing from the fields of psychology, counseling, social work, school counseling, and psychiatry, this edition has been thoroughly updated with the latest research and clinical literature, ethical codes of the leading professions, and legal and regulatory developments at federal and state levels. This edition also features up-to-date coverage of remote education, training, supervision, and practice as impacted by Covid-19 and technological changes. Diversity awareness and insights are woven through every element of the text, taking into account recent developments such as Black Lives Matter, the MeToo movement, gender identity awareness. Other emerging issues are also addressed, including the impact of the opioid epidemic and substance abuse deaths and the ethical/legal issues that may arise relating to reproductive health and abortion related legislation. In-text exercises and thought problems are incorporated into each chapter for students to develop insights and skills. Eleven online appendices are also included, containing learning plans, supervision agreements, evaluation forms, and ethical guidelines that students will need in preparation for the next phase of their training.The Internship, Practicum, and Field Placement Handbook is an invaluable resource for students, faculty, and supervisors engaged in the challenging experience of transitioning from academia into clinical training in the field.Trade Review"Baird and Mollen set out to bridge the gap between academic coursework and the knowledge, skills, and emotional challenges of developing clinical skills through practicum and internship classes. They succeed admirably, providing students (and instructors!) with crucial information about the hidden curriculum of being a student in a clinical placement. They cover critical topics from beginning (how to find a placement, what paperwork is needed, how to benefit from practicum class) to the end (how to terminate cases and how to finish the placement). Along the way, they cover such important topics as self-care, diversity, ethics, supervision and how to handle assaults. The book is updated to include handling virtual therapy and how COVID-19 influences placement. This is a very valuable and unique resource for students becoming mental health professionals."Nadya A. Fouad, Ph.D., ABPP, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA"This Handbook has proved the must-have guide for our interns over the past 25 years and has improved with each edition. Baird and Mollen impressively bridge the gap between academic courses and crucial internships, helping trainees navigate the labyrinth of ethical, professional, relational, and self-care perils of practicing in the real world. An invaluable resource filled with practical guidance and skill exercises."John C. Norcross, Ph.D., ABPP, University of Scranton and SUNY Upstate Medical University, USATable of Contents1. Preparation 2. The Adventure Begins 3. Internship Classes and Peer Groups 4. Ethical and Legal Issues 5. Supervision 6. Diversity Considerations in Practice 7. Clinical Writing, Treatment Records, and Case Notes 8. Stress and Self-Care 9. Assaults and Other Risks 10. Closing Cases 11. Finishing the Internship 12. Frustrations, Lessons, Discoveries, and Joy Appendix: Selecting or Establishing an Internship Site
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Coaching for WellBeing Productivity and
Book SynopsisThis book presents Perception Coaching as a model that enables coaches to support their clients in understanding the impact of their attitudes in themselves, helping individuals, teams, and organizations reduce their inherent biases to more effectively collaborate, innovate, and support each other.Dr. Bengtson approaches coaching through the lens of educational psychology in three parts, starting with understanding self and others, moving on to interactions and teams, and finally culture and organizations. Filled with strategies throughout, the book focuses on examining natural patterns of thinking and acting to uncover perceptual filters so that the unexamined and unexplained may be brought to light and understood. Covering topics such as emotional intelligence and communication styles, the book aims to help coaches support their clients pursue purpose, increase inclusion, and create innovation.This book is invaluable reading for current and aspiring coaches and Trade Review"Coaching for Well-being, Productivity, and Innovation provides a framework for self-discovery and continual improvement that moves beyond just setting goals. Dr. Bengtson’s process will help you break through stagnation and leverage your preferences and motivations to achieve your most important life goals."Dawn M. Johnson, Assistant Professor, The College of St. Scholastica, USA"I highly recommend Dr. Bengtson's book as a go-to guide for busy professionals interested in optimizing wellbeing, purpose, and passion."Stacy Johnston, Founder, AudacityHR, USATable of ContentsPART 1 Perception CoachingEvolutionIntroductionChapter 1 Coaching approachCoach perspectiveDevelopmentTenetsCoach and client skillsTools and strategiesFluent and flexible skillsChapter 2 PerceptionsTwo people enter a roomPower and limitsProcess and potentialLearning and long-term memoryChapter 3 Client focusClarify coaching goalsTopics and development modelsPart 2 Coaching with well-being in mindWell-beingSocial-emotional developmentChapter 4 Self-concept and well-beingImpactful factorsSense of self and directionNavigate preferencesChapter 5 Navigate life with othersSense of self in social situationsNavigate work with othersPart 3 Performance coachingProductivity and cognitive-behavioral developmentInnovation and opportunity-hypotheses developmentChapter 6 Productivity and cognitive-behavioral developmentSet up and clarify missions or goalsPlan the path and start the journeyPredictable progressWorking with othersChapter 7 Innovation and opportunity-hypotheses developmentCuriosity and seeking opportunitiesCultivate creativityLeading for innovationChapter 8 Implications of Perception CoachingConclusionAppendix: Client intake formsBibliographyIndex
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Taylor & Francis Guilt
Book SynopsisThis insightful and innovative book sheds light on the complexity of the concept of guilt, while exploring aspects of guilt that have previously been overlooked in psychoanalytic theory and discourse.Offering original insights on the topic, Donald Carveth looks at Freud's failure to distinguish persecutory guilt from reparative guilt, and the superego from the conscience. The significance of these distinctions for both psychosocial theory and clinical practice is explored throughout the volume. Carveth distinguishes varieties of punitive guilt, such as justified, unjustified, borrowed or induced, existential and collective. He expertly describes patterns of self-punishment and self-sabotage, while also addressing the widespread use of persecutory guilt and self-punishment as a defence against and evasion of reparative guilt, contrition, and reparation. Throughout the volume, Carveth critically reviews a range of recent contributions to psychoanalytic literature to support hisTable of ContentsPreface 1. Guilt 2. Conscience 3. Guilt evasion in the self, society, and psychoanalysis 4. Conscience vs. superego 5. Two case vignettes 6. Recent contributions to the theory of the superego, guilt and conscience 7. Why I write about guilt
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Taylor & Francis Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy and Domestic Abuse
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Taylor & Francis Neurodiverse Couple Therapy
Book SynopsisThis inclusive and comprehensive manual equips marriage and family therapists with the skills to identify, support, and provide Brain-Informed Care to neurodiverse couples. Written from Murgado-Willard's unique perspective as a neurodivergent couple therapist, this book addresses a knowledge gap in the couple counseling field and helps therapists develop and maintain an ethical standard of care for neurodiverse couples. The text also introduces a new style of couple therapy for use in private practice settings: Brain-Informed Neurodiverse Couple Therapy (BINCT). Chapters begin by providing some historical context of neurodiversity before offering invaluable training on best practices, assessment, treatment planning, and using non-ableist, practical interventions for this population. Case studies that present a variety of sexual identities are featured throughout as well as a glossary of key terms and checklists that therapists can use immediately in their practiTrade Review'Written with passion and intellectual rigor, this practical guide pulls readers into a unique approach that integrates the intersection of couple therapy and neurodiversity. With a foundation built on scientific evidence and theoretical rationale, Murgado-Willard offers a broad conceptual overview as well as specific techniques that can be implemented by therapists. Based on a decade of experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist, Murgado-Willard’s innovative approach to neurodiverse couple therapy will appeal to graduate students expanding their base of knowledge as well as to seasoned clinicians seeking to continue their professional development' William F. Doverspike, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Emory University‘Conversations with Kelli leave my head spinning with thoughts and possibilities. She approaches life with expertise, passion, and honesty. This book is no exception. My understanding of neurodiversity used to be limited in the past, but now I feel more confident and competent. I'm eager to apply these concepts and exercises in my work to best serve neurodiverse couples’ Rachelle Colegrove, MA, CST, Co-Founder of The Fun Marriage Workshop‘Kelli adds an important, missing piece to the field of relationship therapy and mental health care in general. One size does not fit all in relationships, and this text provides a solid foundation for mental health professionals wanting to better serve our many neurodivergent clients.’ Dana Frederick, MA, LPC, LMFT‘Embracing the emerging mind is our task and our delight. Kelli’s exploration of what we know now shows us ways to open to the wonder of our mind. Relying on personal and professional experience, Kelli gives the helper in all of us a glimpse of unity through our many differences.’Laura A Hahn, LPC‘Kelli's passion to educate her peers about neurodiversity has not only led to transforming my family's life, but also my entire counseling practice...for the better! Neurodiversity affects all of us, either directly or indirectly, which makes her book a must-read for counselors because informed care equals better care, every time!’Lauren Dack, LMFT, AAMFT Approved Supervisor, LPC, CPCSTable of ContentsSection I: Foundational Concepts Chapter 1. What’s Neurodiversity?Chapter 2. What’s Brain-Informed Care (BIC)?Chapter 3. What’s a Neurotype?Section II: Best PracticesChapter 4. Exploring the Relationship with Your Own BrainChapter 5. Respecting Neurodivergence from First ContactChapter 6. Understanding the Issues Neurodiverse Couples Face Section III: Clinical Application Chapter 7. Neurodiverse Couple Assessment Chapter 8. Therapy Interventions for Neurodiverse CouplesChapter 9. What’s Brain-Informed Neurodiverse Couple Therapy (BINCT)?Section IV: Case StudiesChapter 10. Wanda & Ben Chapter 11. Celia & JulioChapter 12. Walker & LizbethIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Psychoanalytic Approaches to Forgiveness and
Book SynopsisPsychoanalytic Approaches to Forgiveness and Mental Health considers the role of forgiveness in mental life, concerning both forgiving and being forgiven. Each chapter addresses concepts including superego, repetition compulsion, enactment, and notions such as sacrifice, penance, justification, absolution, and contrition. The contributors consider both their professional and clinical experience and their ethical, cultural, or philosophical background when considering aspects of forgiveness and its impact on clinical practice. The book is an attempt to open the subject of forgiveness, not to reach ethical conclusions nor to formulate pious psychological behavioural axioms. It also considers the weight of feeling unforgiven and of holding the lifelong resentment or vengeful wishes of the unforgiving.Psychoanalytic Approaches to Forgiveness and Mental Health will be key reading for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists in practice and in training and foTrade Review"This is profound book on a deep subject by an erudite and reflective group. Yes, forgiveness in the face of catastrophic loss and the vital role the capacity for it plays in all lives, gets to the heart of many questions in mental health. But as these authors show, it is a topic far wider – stretching into the deepest and most monstrous issues in our societies and their histories and to the deepest concerns of poets, novelists, philosophers, and theologians. It is hard to think of a better group of people to tackle the subject. And it is a very contemporary subject looking at the world today - particularly enlightened by new looks at the idea of the internal saboteur within each of us and the hardened myths and repetitive behaviours it threatens. Very strongly recommended to all with an interest in the human condition." - Professor David Tuckett, Department of Science, Technology and Public Policy, University College London, Fellow, Institute of Psychoanalysis, London"The central role of forgiveness in psychic life is attested by this fine book and underlined throughout the various authors’ inspiring chapters. Ronald Britton suggests that what feels unforgiven or unforgiveable arises from the internalization of unforgiving internal objects. With chapters ranging from deep reflections on the clinic to analyses of works of literature, religion, and music, as well as a chapter on the Holocaust, this skilfully edited and important book is full of gems and illuminating insights." - Rosine Perelberg is a Training and Supervising Analyst, and Past President of the British Psychoanalytical Society. She has written and edited several books, including Sexuality, Excess and Representation."Britton and Novakovic have, in this most stimulating collection of contributions, put ‘Forgiveness’ at the center of the psychoanalytic spotlight. This is most appropriate in the current climate where forgiveness is often overshadowed by pressure from grievance and revenge. Forgiveness is considered in individual, interpersonal, institutional, and societal contexts and includes illustrations in literature and music. An important theme is Sodre’s view that ‘nobody who has not felt forgiven can expect to forgive’ indicating the necessity for kindness towards the self from one’s internal objects." - Dr. David Simpson FRCPsych. F.Inst. Psychoanal. Former President British Psychoanalytic Association."This is profound book on a deep subject by an erudite and reflective group. Yes, forgiveness in the face of catastrophic loss and the vital role the capacity for it plays in all lives, gets to the heart of many questions in mental health. But as these authors show, it is a topic far wider – stretching into the deepest and most monstrous issues in our societies and their histories and to the deepest concerns of poets, novelists, philosophers, and theologians. It is hard to think of a better group of people to tackle the subject. And it is a very contemporary subject looking at the world today - particularly enlightened by new looks at the idea of the internal saboteur within each of us and the hardened myths and repetitive behaviours it threatens. Very strongly recommended to all with an interest in the human condition." - Professor David Tuckett, Department of Science, Technology and Public Policy, University College London, Fellow, Institute of Psychoanalysis, London"The central role of forgiveness in psychic life is attested by this fine book and underlined throughout the various authors’ inspiring chapters. Ronald Britton suggests that what feels unforgiven or unforgiveable arises from the internalization of unforgiving internal objects. With chapters ranging from deep reflections on the clinic to analyses of works of literature, religion, and music, as well as a chapter on the Holocaust, this skilfully edited and important book is full of gems and illuminating insights." - Rosine Perelberg is a Training and Supervising Analyst, and Past President of the British Psychoanalytical Society. She has written and edited several books, including Sexuality, Excess and Representation."Britton and Novakovic have, in this most stimulating collection of contributions, put ‘Forgiveness’ at the center of the psychoanalytic spotlight. This is most appropriate in the current climate where forgiveness is often overshadowed by pressure from grievance and revenge. Forgiveness is considered in individual, interpersonal, institutional, and societal contexts and includes illustrations in literature and music. An important theme is Sodre’s view that ‘nobody who has not felt forgiven can expect to forgive’ indicating the necessity for kindness towards the self from one’s internal objects." - Dr. David Simpson FRCPsych. F.Inst. Psychoanal. Former President British Psychoanalytic Association.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsAbout the Editors and ContributorsIntroductionChapter 1: The lost good object regained: Coexisting pars of self and the generosity of forgiveness, Aleksandra NovakovicChapter 2: Forgiving as malice relented: the depressive position in action, Chris MawsonChapter 3: The developmental importance of forgiveness and compassion: In psychoanalysis and Buddhism, Hiroshi AminoChapter 4: Revenge or Forgiveness: the Oresteia, Ronald BrittonChapter 5: Cry Havoc and Reconciliation, David MillarChapter 6: Revenge And Resentment In The ‘Oedipus Situation’, John Steiner Chapter 7: She waited, Kate Croy… Forgiveness in Henry James’ "The Wings of the Dove": the Villain’s Tragedy, Ignês SodréChapter 8: Contessa perdono! Mozartian sexual betrayal and forgiveness, Francis Grier Chapter 9: Forgiveness Work in Society, Institutions and Large Groups, Gerhard WilkeChapter 10: Forgiveness in the Recognition of Actuality, Karl FiglioChapter 11: In the grip of un-forgiveness : Some notes on forgiveness and orientation from a German background, Claudia FrankChapter 12: The Unforgiving Self, Ronald Britton
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Expressive Use of Masks Across Cultures and
Book SynopsisThe Expressive Use of Masks Across Cultures and Healing Arts explores the interplay between masks and culture and their therapeutic use in the healing arts such as music, art, dance/movement, drama, play, bibliotherapy, and intermodal.Each section of the book focuses on a different context, including viewing masks through a cultural lens, masks at play, their role in identity formation (persona and alter ego), healing the wounds from negative life experiences, from the protection of medical masks to helping the healing process, and from expressions of grief to celebrating life stories. Additionally, the importance of cultural sensitivity, including the differences between cultural appreciation and appropriation, is explored. Chapters are written by credentialed therapists to provide unique perspectives on the personal and professional use of masks in the treatment of diverse populations in a variety of settings. A range of experiences are explored, from undergraduate a
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Strengthening Social Connections and Individual
Book SynopsisThis book introduces a group counseling curriculum that provides both a foundation to confidently lead a counseling group for adolescents and inspiration for how a group leader can adapt and modify the text in a range of settings. The curriculum is three-fold, corresponding with the three major sections of the text. In Part One of the text, the authors provide a conceptual and practical way of understanding two matters: first, the critical leadership challenges faced by group counselors as well as the skills they need to navigate those challenges successfully, and second, the critical developmental challenges faced by adolescents and the skills they need to navigate those challenges successfully. Part Two introduces a nine-week social skills curriculum Belong and Be You designed and modified over ten years of use to help adolescents be better socially connected as well as confidently independent. Part Three provides an additional resource which is meant to be used Trade Review'Flush with creative ideas and expert guidance, this book is an excellent resource for any helping professional working with adolescents in a group context. The dialectical view is innovative and specifically adaptive to engaging, therapeutic, and fun work with adolescents. I would want to both lead a group using this approach or be a group member.' Professor Matt Englar-Carlson, Department of Counseling, California State University, Fullerton, co-author of Learning Group Leadership: An Experiential Approach (2014, Sage Publications)'Mortola & Gans draw on their vast experience of group leadership to guide clinicians through the delicate art of creating developmentally and relationally attuned group spaces. Groupwork is so powerful for young people and this compelling and practical guide demonstrates why. A must-read for group leaders with this age group.' Bronagh Starrs, Programme Director of Adolescent Psychotherapy, Dublin Counselling and Therapy Centre, Dublin, Ireland'This is a unique counseling group curriculum which provides a dialectical framework and guided sessions based on the authors’ shared experience leading hundreds of counseling groups with adolescents. I wholeheartedly recommend it to teach social and emotional skills in schools and professional settings, deepening a teen’s sense of belonging and sense of self.' Laura Barbour, PhD, LPSC, Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling; Past President of the Oregon School Counselor AssociationTable of ContentsPart One: Conceptual & Practical Preparation 1. Navigating Four Important Dialectics in Group Leadership 2. Navigating Three Important Dialectics in Adolescent Developmental Part Two: Belong & Be You Group Sessions 3. Session 1 - Opening the Group 4. Session 2 - Joining as a Group 5. Session 3 - Being Similar and Different 6. Session 4 - Managing Feelings 7. Session 5 - Addressing Bullying 8. Session 6 - Exploring Belonging 9. Session 7 – Being Unique 10. Session 8 - Giving and Receiving Appreciations 11. Session 9 - Closing the Group Part Three: Strategic Story Examples 12. Managing Emotions: Strategic Story Examples 13. Addressing Bullying: Strategic Story Examples 14. Finding Belonging: Strategic Story Examples 15. Being Unique: Strategic Story Examples
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Group Analytic Supervision
Book SynopsisGroup Analytic Supervision uses group analytic concepts to cast light on how group supervision works, covering history, theory and practice.Margaret Gallop and Margaret Smith illustrate the benefits that supervision can provide for post-qualification group supervision. This book offers a model of group analytic supervision, the clinical hexagon, to support supervisors of groups in thinking about their supervision group and its process. Gallop and Smith use vignettes to illustrate how supervision groups work together to broaden and deepen their understanding of their clients, including examples that demonstrate the benefits of this multi-perspective approach for therapists providing dyadic therapy. Group Analytic Supervision addresses several of the key tasks for supervisors of groups, including establishing and maintaining boundaries around the work, establishing good working relationships, working with parallel process, transference and countertransference. It desTrade Review“This long overdue book is thoughtful, intelligent, knowledgeable, kind and impeccably researched. With its impressive grasp of different theoretical approaches, clear structure and vivid vignettes, it illuminates the complex and rewarding task of offering supervision in a group. It will be invaluable for anyone supervising trainees or professionals alike.” Sara Perren, Group Analyst, Co-Director, IGA Diploma in Group Supervision, Group Supervisor at York Groupwork and Group Analysis North“I recommend this book whole-heartedly to experienced group analysts and newcomers to group analytic theory alike. At its most effective group supervision both reveals and dissolves blocks in and resistances to the therapeutic process; not by the use of expert knowledge but by enabling and encouraging free association and the consequent emergence of parallel process. This method and its historical context are carefully described and revealed in this wonderful book.” Leonie Hilliard, Group Analyst and Co-Director, IGA Diploma in SupervisionTable of ContentsAbout the authors AcknowledgementsList of illustrationsIntroductionSection one: A history of group analysis1. History: SH Foulkes and the beginning of group analysisSection two: Group Analytic theory2. ‘To supplement’ or ‘build anew’: Foulkes’ sociogenetic theory of the mind3. Some key group analytic conceptsSection three: The history of group supervision4. In the beginning: The roots of group analytic supervision5. Group Analytic supervision since 1970Section four: A group analytic model of supervision6. The clinical hexagon: A group analytic Model of supervision7. Dynamic administration: Managing the boundaries of group supervisionSection five: Caring for the carers 8. The supervisory alliance: creating sustaining relationships in group supervision9. To set the darkness echoing’: the supervisees experience of group supervision10. Enough and to spare: the function of supervision groups in supporting the psychological needs of staff working in demanding professions.Section six: Using the group as the medium for supervision11. Parallel process: processing role responsiveness in group supervision12. What am I missing? What is not being voiced? Using the multiple perspectives of diversity in the group supervision group.13. Through a glass darkly: a reflecting team model of supervision
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Intercultural Supervision in Therapeutic Practice
Book SynopsisIntercultural Supervision in Therapeutic Practice extends the dynamics of intercultural principles beyond the scope of the therapy room to the supervisory relationship.The book spotlights reflections from diverse cultural and racial identities and modalities, facilitating critical exchanges and conversations amongst the contributors without the constriction of rank. Trainee and qualified therapists who are not supervisors highlight the radical perspective of their placement supervision experience within intercultural settings and some pitfalls encountered in non-intercultural practice contexts. Chapters by experienced supervisors describe and review interventions, with recommendations for practice. The themes covered include the supervision of trainees within agencies, multi-disciplinary women working with survivors of domestic violence, and the supervision of therapists working with refugees and asylum seekers.At once contemporary and historicalTrade Review‘This book is a must read for every supervisor and supervisee. The collection of chapters passionately and comprehensively delve into the interplay of intercultural elements in supervision and therapy. The authors urge supervisors and Supervisees to explore and sensitively engage with the nuances and clues of race and culture in the therapeutic process. This volume paves the way for open conversations amongst clinicians in the supervision space. A rich, deep and valuable work.’ Pınar Çakır, Trainee Counsellor at Enfield Counselling Service.‘This comprehensive collection of writings is a rare invitation to envision a supervisory space that embraces the often hidden and complex lived experiences which touch the borders of race and culture. With candour and honesty, the various authors offer the therapy profession supervisor and supervisee perspectives that provide learning, challenge and, importantly, hope.’Eugene Ellis, Author of The Race Conversation: An essential guide to creating life-changing dialogue.‘The singular achievement of this volume is its presentation of trainee chronicles within its multiple voices. It is an invitation to therapists in training to understand the many perspectives within their supervision. The book exposes the reader to a fuller realm of the experiential complexities within the supervision encounter. The writings of these practitioners are crucial, introducing us to a future generation of essayists in the clinical supervision field of race and culture. Which is often missing from other studies on supervision.’Monika Schwartz, Director of Better Practice Advisors and former CEO of Women's Therapy Centre.Table of ContentsPart 1: Mapping Supervisions 1. Beyond recognition: Rac(ing) in supervision: In relation to global majority therapists-in-training and its relevance to professional identity 2. Supervision within the context of decolonisation and intersectionality 3. Drawing attention to what is and isn’t said, seen, heard, felt, and communicated in the intercultural supervisory space Part 2: Supervision and the Social 4. The reflective group process for female workers 5. Nafsiyat Refugee Project: An Intercultural Psychotherapy Supervision Model 6. Themes in an intercultural approach to supervision: Working with survivors of abuse Part 3: Developmental Perspectives 7. Passing as White - Colour blindness in the journey of a Multiracial Psychotherapist 8. An Attachment Approach to Working with Issues of Difference in an Intercultural Setting Part 4: Supervision as intercultural training [potentialities and pitfalls] 9. Interplays of Visible and Invisible Differences in the Intercultural Supervision Frame 10. My Journey with Omar in Supervision 11. Call to adventure: The pitfalls of a narrative structure for an intercultural trainee 12. Towards an intercultural supervision 13. Hidden Realities Ananse(sɛm) 14. Ananse(sɛm): Supervisory insights from his shattered pot of wisdom
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Taylor & Francis Group and Team Coaching
Book SynopsisGroup and Team Coaching is a best-seller offering a new perspective on the âsecret life of groupsâ, the subconscious and non-verbal processes through which people learn and communicate in groups and teams. Originally published in 2010 and designed for easy navigation, it is a highly regarded team coaching handbook, and required reading on many courses.This new edition is fully updated, with a completely new chapter on working with groups and teams on virtual platforms, including hybrid and blended working. Christine Thornton uses key concepts from psychology, group analysis and systems theory as well as her own extensive experience to give practical advice. Topics include: the invisible processes of group dynamics; common dilemmas; pitfalls of team coaching and how to avoid them; pros and cons and best practice online; how to design coaching interventions; supervising coaching; ethics.Based on research and including many vignettes and case studies, this new edit
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Digital and AI Coaches Handbook
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive practitioner guide supports coaches in developing their understanding of digital technologies and how to work in ever-changing digital environments, and shows coaches how to craft their own practices to take advantage of working online.The practice of coaching is undergoing significant change, with technology widely embedded and used in professional coaching services today. Coaching practitioners worldwide are adapting to digital environments, and a host of new technological tools have come into play, from the developments in virtual reality to AI-informed coaching, and from coaching bots to workplace apps. Edited by Jonathan Passmore, Sandra J.Diller, Sam Isaacson, and Maximilian Brantl, this third book in the acclaimed Coaches' Handbook Series brings together internationally respected coaching experts and practitioners to share the most up-to-date know-how. The book takes you through key technical developments, the critical factors in making digita
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Bisexual Married Men
Book SynopsisHow much do you know about the lives of bisexual men who are married to women? Do you know any personally? Have you seen them represented in the media or pop culture? Bisexual people make up a majority of the LGBT+ community, but they are still relatively hidden and misunderstood. Robert Brooks Cohen aims to address this invisibility by sharing a collection of interviews with Bi+ men who are or were married to women, helping readers find connection, understanding, and community.Their experience is often erased as not queer enough, but these men are queer, and they are challenging societal norms in important and innovative ways. Written by the host of ''Two Bi Guys'', this book intersperses Robert''s bisexual journey with the diverse stories of other Bi+ men to help normalize sexual fluidity and create more awareness and compassion. Each chapter is framed around a bisexual married man''s story which touches on an important theme in many people''s journey, such as coming out, mTrade Review"Cohen delivered-this book is truly amazing. His podcast Two Bi Guys and the discovery of his own bisexuality are a powerful foundation for the rich oral histories of the men interviewed. Bisexual men really do exist, and this innovative, intersectional resource is desperately needed to challenge the bi-erasure they endure. I can't wait to use it in my own classes!"Lisa Spiedel, associate professor, Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality, University of Virginia"A fascinating read that sheds a light on a demographic that is so often invisible. With an eclectic group of people, Cohen showcases the lived experiences of bisexual men married to women, highlighting their similarities despite their numerous differences. Through grace, sensitivity and wisdom gained through years of activism and conversations with others in the community, Cohen imparts his knowledge throughout a series of oral histories as well as sharing his own life. Even as someone who is not in a relationship with a woman, I found these stories resonating with me in countless ways. I have no doubt that this book will reach so many who are so often scared of the limelight."Vaneet Mehta, author of Bisexual Men Exist: A Handbook for Bisexual, Pansexual, and M-Spec MenTable of Contents1. Introduction: The Hidden Lives of Bi+ Married Men 2. Gregory and How "Weirdness" Unlocks Queer Possibilites 3. Rich on Confronting Internalized Homophobia and Bisexual Parenting 4. Quentin on Religious Purity Culture and Negotiating Monogamy 5. A Universal Capacity for Queerness 6. Jeremy and How School Bullying Affects Identity Development 7. Kaiko on Surviving Abuse and Embracing Change 8. Scott on Lost Opportunities and Navigating Infidelity 9. Bisexuality and Intersectionality 10. Nelson and How Pornography Can Trigger A Bisexual Awakening 11. William and Sexual Fluidity in the Military 12. Bennett and the Journey from the "Other Side" of the Spectrum 13. Carter on the Trans, Black. and Bi+ Experience 14. Bisexuality and Non-Monogamy 15. Drew and Polyamory with Two Women 16. Evan and Lindsay on Marrying Young and Evolving Together 17. Stanley and Christine on Meeting Your Spouse at a Bisexual Play Party 18. Concluding Thoughts
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Taylor & Francis Ltd CognitiveBehavioral Interventions in Educational
Book SynopsisThe thoroughly updated third edition of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in Educational Settings offers readers a way to think strategically about individual students and plan for effective interventions based on the student's age, developmental level, and presenting problem.Written in a forward-thinking manner, this volume presents evidence-based interventions and offers both innovative and well-established approaches to working with children and adolescents in a school setting. The book begins by establishing foundational skills that provide updated information on CBT and a framework for working with youth and addresses timely issues such as schoolwide approaches to intervention, brief care models, ethnicity and race, and wellness programs. The second part of this volume uses CBT to explore strategies for building relationships, assessment, intervention, progress monitoring, and more. Case studies and specific techniques are provided throughout each chapter.
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Taylor & Francis Aging and Diversity
Book SynopsisAging and diversity intersect in important ways, as individuals from different backgrounds experience aging through distinct lenses shaped by traditions, values, and beliefs. As the older population in the United States is becoming more diverse, it is important to understand the characteristics, the potential, and the needs of this population.In this new and fully revised edition of Aging and Diversity, Lisa Wagner, Chandra Mehrotra, and Man Guo address key topics in diversity and aging, discussing how the aging experience is affected by not only race and ethnicity but also gender, religious affiliation, socioeconomic status, ruralâurban community location, and sexual orientation and gender identity. Taking this broad view of human diversity allows the authors to convey some of the rich complexities facing aging populationsâcomplexities that provide both challenges to meet the needs of a diverse population of elders and opportunities to learn how to live in a pluralistic society.Wagner, Mehrotra, and Guo present up-to-date knowledge and scholarship about aging and diversity in a way that engages readers in active learning, placing ongoing emphasis on developing readersâ knowledge and skills, fostering higher order thinking, and encouraging exploration of personal values and attitudes.
£51.29
Taylor & Francis Ltd Play Interventions for Neurodivergent Children
Book SynopsisThis revamped second edition provides several play interventions designed to address a variety of common mental health needs that neurodivergent children face, such as social navigation, regulation, relationship development, anxiety issues, identity struggles, and self-advocacy. Completely reorganized and with the addition of several new chapters, the book begins with a thorough presentation of how and why structured interventions are used with neurodivergent children. Special focus is given to understanding neurodivergence, relationship and rapport building, therapy planning and goal setting, how to create a structured play intervention, the therapeutic powers of play, the role and level of involvement of the therapist, theory integration, avoiding ableist practices, and parent involvement. The second half of the book covers a wide selection of play therapy interventions for use with neurodivergent children and adolescents. The structured interventions focus on need areas related to social navigation, emotional expression, regulation, sensory processing, connection and relationship development, executive functioning, strengths, self-advocacy, and identity. These structured play therapy interventions designed uniquely for neurodivergent children and adolescents will be valuable resources for any mental health professional working with neurodivergent youth.Trade Review"Grant is a pioneer, enlightening and teaching us about neurodiversity-affirming practices for mental health professionals who provide play therapy for children. This book provides a clear and practical guide for structuring play therapy in meaningful ways to meet the needs of neurodivergent children". Lynn Louise Wonders, LPC, CPCS, RPT-S™"Robert Jason Grant contributes once again to the mental health field. In his new book, he offers structured and practical interventions grounded in the AutPlay® framework. Mental health therapists who want to increase their confidence and competence when working with neurodivergent children and adolescents will find this book extremely valuable".Tony Lai, MA, LPC, RPT-S™"Play Interventions for Neurodivergent Children and Adolescents: Promoting Growth, Empowerment, and Affirming Practices is a well-balanced and detailed book for anyone who is interested in providing fun and play based interventions for the neurodivergent client. Dr. Robert Jason Grant uses a concentrated lens to clearly show the importance of empathy and understanding when implementing play interventions with neurodivergent children. He details specific techniques to help with clients’ social navigation, regulation, and feeling identification needs, as well as valuable information on the neurodiversity paradigm and ableist practices. This will be my new, go-to book; not only when working with my neurodivergent clients, but also when checking within to enhance my therapist abilities"!Tracy Turner-Bumberry, LPC, RPT-S™Table of Contents1. The Neurodiversity Paradigm and Ableist Practices 2. Relationship Development and Rapport Building 3. Therapy Planning and Goal Setting 4. Creating Structured Play Interventions 5. Play Therapy and the Therapeutic Powers of Play 6. The Role of the Practitioner and the Parent 7. Social Navigation Interventions 8. Feeling Identification and Expression Interventions 9. Regulation Interventions 10. Sensory Processing Interventions 11. Connection and Relationship Development Interventions 12. Executive Functioning Interventions 13. Strengths Development Interventions 14. Identity (Self-Worth) Interventions 15. Advocacy Interventions
£29.99
Taylor & Francis The Process of Becoming a Counsellor
Book SynopsisThis book aims to help the reader understand what is involved in becoming a counsellor, and what to expect of the experience of counsellor training.Covering everything from interviewing for practitioner training, doing personal and professional development, to seeing your very first client, this book gives a thorough, step-by-step examination of the process of becoming a counsellor. It draws upon the authorsâ diverse experience of working within the counselling field, academic research and personal testimonies from a wide range of counselling students. Readers will gain valuable insight into the personal demands/responsibilities and the transformation that training and qualifying involves. Included throughout the book are pedagogical features such as reflection points, vignettes, case studies, and activities which will help prepare readers for the experiential process they will go through.The Process of Becoming a Counsellor is an important resource for anyone planning to start or just beginning counselling training. It is a must-read for anyone contemplating a counselling qualification or who may be wondering if training to be a counsellor is the right pathway for them.
£26.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Art of Psychotherapy
Book SynopsisStorr's The Art of Psychotherapy first appeared in 1979 and became an instant classic. After Storr's death, a third edition was rewritten and revised by Jeremy Holmes, and this fourth edition is a further up-to-date iteration.Storr (19202001) and Holmes, both medical psychoanalytic psychotherapists, are elders' in the world of psychotherapy.Their eclectic, experienced and cultured voices offer students and psychotherapy practitioners clinical wisdom hard to find elsewhere. Their book expounds in a very practical way the issues entailed in setting up and maintaining a psychotherapeutic relationship and practice: how to introduce oneself, arrange one's consulting room, establish a contract, when and how to make interpretations''. The second half of the book deals with more general and often problematic issues, including how to align therapy in the light of diagnosis, working with difficult' patients, therapy termination, and the life course of a therapist, ending with a Trade Review‘Want to know about contemporary psychotherapy practice – what to do, why to do it, when to do it, and how to do it? This new edition of a seminal text is for you. Originally aimed at those starting out as a psychotherapist, the book remains first choice of primers on psychotherapy practice. If you have read it before, read it again! It is as new and fresh as it ever was. Practical as ever, this new addition skilfully intertwines the wisdom and art of old with the science and research of the new. Clinical examples, many delightfully pithy and humourous, enliven the discussion and brilliantly foreground the humanity of psychotherapy.’ Anthony Bateman, FRCPsych, Consultant to Anna Freud Centre London; Visiting Professor, University College London; Honorary Professor of Psychotherapy, Copenhagen University‘Holmes is an inspired choice to update this classic work! The Art of Psychotherapy was always a useful book, but it seems that Holmes has made it more valuable by making it more accessible and more rooted in everyday psychiatry. It will obviously be a great book for trainees in psychiatry and psychotherapy, but equally useful for interested lay people who may be thinking about exploring themselves in psychodynamic psychotherapy. It is readable, and refreshing in its honesty and kindliness. Congratulations on a superb updated edition; especially about on-line working, the great debate du jour.’Gwen Adshead is forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist. She is qualified as a group analyst and trained in mindfulness based cognitive therapy and mentalisation based therapy. For the least 30 years, she has worked as a therapist with violence perpetrators in secure hospitals and prisons. Gwen has written and co-authored many academic papers and books; chiefly in the field of attachment theory, personality disorder and ethics in mental health. Her most recent work The Devil You Know is co-authored with Eileen HorneTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Setting Chapter 2: The Initial Interview Chapter 3: Getting Going: Overcoming Initial Resistance Chapter 4: Making Progress Chapter 5: Interpretation Chapter 6: Dreams, Daydreams and Creativity Chapter 7: The Therapeutic Relationship Chapter 8: Transference and Counter-transference Chapter 9: Diagnosis and Psychodynamic Formulation Chapter 10: Depression Chapter 11: Anxiety Chapter 12: Patterns of Personality Chapter 13: The Science of Psychotherapy Chapter 14: The End of Therapy Chapter 15: The Life and Work of a Psychotherapist
£26.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Jungian Counseling and Play Therapy
Book SynopsisJungian Counseling and Play Therapy is both an introduction to Jungâs theory and a practical guide to Jungian-informed practice.Readers journey through the development of the mental health crisis of the digital age (which Jung foresaw) and are presented with solutions he suggested that are still being met with resistance, despite compelling facts. This book not only advocates for a more widespread integration of Jungian ideas into clinical practice, but also for greater acknowledgement of the integrity, creativity, and intersecting identities of clients, professional counselors, and play therapists. Integrating historical theory with contemporary research, this book helps students to weave creative techniques into their online and in-person clinical work.This is an ideal text for a psychodynamic theory or methods class, or to support counseling students and supervisors becoming interested in, or familiar with, the work of Carl Jung.
£45.28
Taylor & Francis Embedding Counselling and Communication Skills
Book SynopsisEmbedding Counselling and Communication Skills provides a step-by-step approach for those looking to gain a theoretical and practical understanding of using counselling and communication skills within the helper role and applying these skills in the context of professional practice.This revised edition is brought up to date with new content around the subjects of working online, working across difference and diversity, coaching, grief and loss and managing challenging situations. Written in a clear and accessible teaching style, this book progresses through the âinitial helperâ communication skills that are used in everyday life, to the more complex and in-depth counselling skills required in a helper relationship. It introduces the reader to a Relational Skills model which demonstrates the phases of relationship development. The authors show what happens within each phase and identify how and when to use skills appropriately. Knowledge of reflective practice, aspects
£36.09
Taylor & Francis Gentle Parenting Reimagined
Book SynopsisDo you feel like itâs a constant battle to get your child or teen to do even the smallest things? Despite all of the parenting advice youâve been given, nothing has worked. Maybe you like the idea of Gentle Parenting but how, exactly, can a parent stay gentle in the face of daily disrespect and oppositional behavior? Gentle Parenting Reimagined offers evidence-based solutions for families stuck at a crossroads. Todayâs parents are becoming increasingly attentive towards raising loving humans in a peaceful environment that puts their emotional wellbeing first. This book unlocks proven strategies to help parents connect with their child and have the relationship they desire while vastly reducingâor even eliminatingâdaily behavioral challenges. Written by a leading child and family expert, this book draws from Dr. Paul Sunseriâs 40 years of clinical experience working with oppositional and defiant children and teens. Using real-world examples, the book provides a clear roadmap to help parents manage disrespect, emotion dysregulation (temper tantrums), not listening, problems with homework, being on time for school, and much more. The book provides strategies to preserve the relationship and protect a childâs emotional wellbeing while simultaneously improving their behavior. This book also addresses the unique challenges of the 21st century and considers how to gently parent in the digital ageâmanaging screen time, social media, the technological impacts of the pandemic, and motivating your child to get things done. Written in a conversational and accessible style, this book provides parents and caregivers with tools and techniques for reducing conflict, and increasing family connection.This book is essential reading for parents wanting to create a healthy and happier home environment, as well as for therapists looking to develop their skills in working with challenging children and teens.
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