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Cómo puede facilitar la teoría del apego la práctica psicoterapéutica? En las últimas décadas se ha extendido la aceptación e interés por la teoría del apego. Sin embargo, nunca se ha visto con mucha nitidez la relevancia de la misma para la práctica clínica. Con ayuda del presente libro, el apego se convierte por primera vez en una modalidad terapéutica por sí misma.En este libro se presenta un nuevo e interesante paradigma del apego para la psicoterapia con adultos, describiendo los principios y la práctica de la terapia basada en el apego de un modo que será útil tanto para los terapeutas experimentados como para los principiantes. Sobre la base de los hallazgos científicos de la teoría e investigación del apego, Jeremy Holmes identifica las áreas en las que opera, incluyendo la base segura, la exploración y el placer, la ira y la protesta y la pérdida. Las técnicas terapéuticas incluyen la aportación de una base segura, métodos de escucha y respuesta, la facilitación de un senti

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In The Spirit of Psychotherapy, Holmes considers whether the principles which underpin religion this can be applied to the largely secular world of psychotherapy.Having a belief system is generally associated with good physical and mental health, and the prime focus of psychotherapy theory and practice is intrapersonal and interpersonal, but these are nested in an often-unexamined supra-personal context, sociological, ecological and spiritual. Structured around a qualitative study based on in-depth interviews with people from a wide range of faith backgrounds, Holmes presents the role belief and spirituality play in everyday lives. From these interviews the author identifies core themes such as attachment and hope; frameworks of meaning and rhythm and ritual. Individual chapters are devoted to detailed descriptions of subjects' accounts of these, while drawing parallels and implications for psychotherapy.

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Mazie McGear loves to engineer! Whenever she encounters a problem, she turns on her imagination and starts drawing and building - think blink, ribble scribble, bing bang boom! Need a more convenient way to feed the dog? No problem! Mazie invents the Food-o-Matic. Mom needs help carrying boxes? No worries! Mazie makes her a Roly-Ramp. You can always count on Mazie to invent a machine that will make life easier - although her brother, Jake, isn’t too thrilled with her Waker-Upper Rocket. But no worries. Engineering is so cool that before long he can’t help but get into the invention action too!

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This debut novel has a fast-paced plot, clever heroes, evil (albeit buffoonish) villains, a sly sense of humour and is filled with puns, word games, puzzles and even a recipe for meatloaf. Illustrations by internationally acclaimed artist Jeremy Holmes give the book even more kid appeal and makes the book a visual stand-out.

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