Resilience in the Team
This essential provides insights into approaches, procedures and ideas on how resilience, understood as resistance, can be promoted and implemented in a team. Most of the time, these concepts are only applied to individuals. But many of the findings from resilience research can be transferred to teams and even extended. Today, resilience is also playing an increasingly important role in teams: whether it is to strengthen the sense of coherence according to Antonovsky's principle of salutogenesis, or to consider other resilience factors that support team capability
Social Justice and Systemic Family Therapy Training
The book examines the lived experiences of systemic family therapy educators. It addresses the issues of power and justice that they face in family therapy training programs, including their teaching experiences with students, interactions with faculty, and challenges within academic institutions. It describes how family therapy programs attempt to incorporate cultural awareness with mixed results (e.g., focusing only on how to work with diverse clients or not supporting faculty from across social locations). The book explores the ways in which family therapy educators with intersecting marginalized identities continue to be oppressed across different areas of academia.The book addresses issues of power that systemic family therapy educators face within the academia itself at three different levels: Personal interactions with students that create more complete understanding of issues of power.Professional interactions with colleagues that provide support and accountability.Political interventions aimed at changing the larger academic institution.Chapters focus on countering unjust practices in academic settings. Authors reflect on personal experiences across these three levels and, then, offer concrete suggestions for intervention. These include teaching experiences or meaningful interactions with students that support empowerment or increased awareness; relationships with colleagues that promote accountability and growth; and needed changes or challenges to the larger structure of academia.Social Justice and Systemic Family Therapy Training is an essential resource for clinicians, therapists, and practitioners as well as researchers, professors, and graduate students in family studies, clinical psychology, and public health as well as all interrelated disciplines.
Counselling Skills
The book professionalizes counselling through the scientific application of appropriate knowledge and skills at various stages of the counselling process.
The Coach’s Guide to Completing Creative Work
This book brings together 40 creativity coaches from around the world to offer coaches, therapists, creatives, and clients accessible and practical tools to get their creative work done.
Energy Psychology Journal 15(1)
Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, and Treatment is a peer-reviewed professional journal dedicated to reporting developments in the field of Energy Psychology (EP) that are of interest to healthcare professionals and researchers. It contains original empirical research into the efficacy of EP methods; theoretical, experimental and basic science papers illuminating the mechanisms of action of EP; clinical insights on the application of EP to various populations, and interfaces with other interventions; book reviews, and abstracts published in other journals that are of relevance to the EP field. Its goal is to further the development of EP as an evidence-based method in the healing sciences. Topics in this issue-Living in flow; Energy Psychology, bilateral stimulation, and mindful breathing for trauma and chronic pain: A theoretical framework and case history; Single-session reductions in emotional distress in an addiction clinic after Thought Field Therapy treatment; and Advanced Integrative Therapy: Origins, research, theory, and practice.
INSIGHTFUL SELF-THERAPY - Increasing Your Awareness about Mental Health and How to Live a Happier Life
Geared toward mental health, this book addresses the everyday problems many of us face and provides helpful tools for correcting them. Like a daily devotional, digest it one chapter at a time, or use it as a reference book for yourself to create optimal physical health, satisfying relationships, and overall feelings of peace and happiness.
No Bullshit Therapy
Do you have clients who do not want to be helped? Clients who don't trust you, your profession, or your service? Clients who don't want to change despite your best efforts?Then No Bullshit Therapy (NBT) is for you! Most simply, NBT is about being authentic.Many people are cajoled, pressured, or mandated to see therapists, counsellors, and other helpers. Hence, they are reluctant, suspicious, and resistant to being helped. This puts professionals in the difficult position of trying to help someone who does not want to be helped. To make things worse, there are few practice models designed to engage people who don't want to be engaged.NBT creates a context for mutual honesty and directness in working relationships. Creating a context for mutual honesty and directness can be refreshingly effective, especially with people who are suspicious of counselling or distrustful of the counsellor. When combined with warmth and care, honesty and directness can enhance co-operation, connection, and trust, especially if the practitioner avoids jargon and acknowledges constraints to the work. NBT is ideal for working with people who: Don't like therapy or the idea of therapy (even if they've never had it) Don't trust warm fuzzy "do-gooders" or "psychologisers" Are suspicious of services because they have experienced trauma and have had abusive institutional experiences or unsatisfactory treatment in the past Don't see themselves as a client, don't agree with the referrer's description of them or their problems, and appear to not want to change Practical and engaging, this book is an essential guide for therapists, counsellors, and other allied-health professionals who are looking for a more effective way to connect with reluctant clients and ensure they get the support they need. It may also help you create more robust relationships at work and at home.
The Solution-Focused Parent
This practical book presents readers with a skills-based, child rearing approach to supporting a child's growth and help them overcome both minor and major developmental challenges.
Integral Psychedelic Therapy
Integral Psychedelic Therapy is a groundbreaking, evidence-based collection that explores how psychedelic medicine can be incorporated into contemporary psychotherapy.This book builds on current psychedelic research by providing an in-depth articulation of the practice of psychedelic therapy, weaving together a variety of complementary therapeutic frameworks, case examples, and practical guidance for cultivating a highly effective, ethically grounded, integral approach. Chapters by a diverse set of practicing psychotherapists and leading researchers aim to provide practitioners with a method that centers liberation of all dimensions of being through intersectional, client-centered, trauma-informed, and attachment-focused practices, alongside thoughtful attunement to the relational, somatic, imaginal, cultural, and transpersonal dimensions of healing.Integral Psychedelic Therapy will be essential reading for psychotherapists in practice and in training as well as those seeking personal healing and holistic transformation.
Working with Client Experiences of Domestic Abuse
This 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. Working with Client Experiences of Domestic Abuse will be of interest to mental health professionals, counselling training courses, and domestic violence services, who wish to incorporate counselling as part of their service offer.
A Therapist’s Guide to Writing in Psychotherapy
This guide practically aids mental health professionals in understanding and improving their therapeutic and academic writing, demonstrating how the written word is an invaluable tool to document, assess, and promote change with those in and outside the therapy room.
The School Counselor’s Guide to Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
The revision of this innovative book provides school counseling students, practitioners, leaders, supervisors, and faculty with information and resources regarding the alignment and implementation of school counseling, specifically comprehensive school counseling programs.
A Therapist’s Guide to Writing in Psychotherapy
This guide practically aids mental health professionals in understanding and improving their therapeutic and academic writing, demonstrating how the written word is an invaluable tool to document, assess, and promote change with those in and outside the therapy room.
And How Does That Make You Feel?
Psychotherapist Josh Fletcher takes us on a tour of the inner mind of a therapist--revealing a hilariously candid point of view on the therapeutic process, a practical guide to therapy, and maybe a few more cobwebs and dark corners than one might expect. It's everything you ever wanted to know about therapy (and maybe a few things you didn't). Trauma, heartbreak, anxiety, and mourning are all parts of the human experience, and Josh Fletcher's mission in life is to normalize the need to find a trusted professional with whom you can discuss all of life's scariest aspects. Through the lens of four of his patients--Daphne, a wildly successful actor who still struggles to find contentment; Levi, an intim-idating bouncer with obsessive tendencies who's trapped in a sex cult; Zahra, an anxious, people-pleasing doctor in the midst of unpacking serious trauma; and Noah, a shy newcomer with some major closet skeletons--you'll share in their self-discovery and recovery as they untangle themselves from an all-too-familiar web of emotions. In between sessions, Fletcher struggles to balance his own well-being with that of his patients as details from his sometimes messy but always heartfelt personal life reveal that therapists aren't immune to getting tripped up by the same hurdles as the rest of us. And How Does That Make You Feel? is a primer on what to expect from therapy, how to find the right therapist, and the most common afflictions treated in therapy (such as depression, OCD, and panic attacks) as well as a darkly hilarious narrative about what's going on in your thera-pist's mind before, during, and after your session. Above all, it's filled with the promise that a better future is always possible . . . if we're willing to seek help and do the work.
Stop Negative Thinking
Who is in control of your mood and life - you or your wayward thoughts and emotions?Here's the thing - life is what we think it is. And we can control our thoughts. It's time to transform your negative thoughts into a fulfilling, empowering, and positive narrative.How a little bit of self-acceptance and compassion will change your life.Stop Negative Thinking understands the struggles you are going through. The author of this book understand that you can't sleep at night, you overreact, and you appear to be sensitive. That you are plagued with self-doubt, you often feel no self-value, and that things are just too hard for "someone like you." He's been there, and he gets it.That's why this book is so darned effective. It truly takes you through the psychology of negative thinking and breaks it down for what it is: cognitive distortions brought on by damaging self-perceptions. He takes you through the entire process of how to pre-empt negative thoughts, cope with them, and finally hear yourself of them.Learn advanced psychology techniques to drastically alter your perspective.Nick Trenton grew up in rural Illinois and is quite literally a farm boy. His best friend growing up was his trusty companion Leonard the dachshund. RIP Leonard. Eventually, he made it off the farm and obtained a BS in Economics, followed by an MA in Behavioral Psychology.Learn to understand what your brain is telling you - and switch it for something better!The ways your self-talk can influence the tiniest things in your lifeThe cognitive distortions you use everyday without realizingHow to analyze your thoughts - right in the momentGrowing your self-awareness or how you form your emotionsSelf-soothing and how to cope with stress and negativityBattling toxic positivity and being real and vulnerable with your negativityPacked with actionable techniques to see the world differently - immediately.
Anxiety is the Enemy
How to eliminate your constant mental chatter and just relax. Yes, just relax.A noisy brain is the biggest cause of unhappiness. It prevents us from seeing what possibilities lie before us. Life turns into a minefield rather than a set of new opportunities. Let's change this - right now.You are your own greatest enemy. Now become your greatest ally in mental peace.Anxiety is the Enemy is a book that understands where you've been through, the exhausting situation you've put yourself into, and how you lose your mind in the trap of anxiety and stress. Acclaimed author Nick Trenton will walk you through the obstacles with detailed and proven techniques to help you rewire your brain, control your thoughts, and change your mental habits.Learn to control your emotions and stay zen.Nick Trenton grew up in rural Illinois and is quite literally a farm boy. His best friend growing up was his trusty companion Leonard the dachshund. RIP Leonard. Eventually, he made it off the farm and obtained a BS in Economics, followed by an MA in Behavioral Psychology.Psychologically-proven tips to get out of your head and into your life.-Easy lifestyle changes to remove stress completely-How to understand your emotions and harness them-Controlling your mental imagery for relaxation-Crushing overthinking with means other than mindfulness-How to reframe your entire perspective on stress-How acting with role playing or alter egoing can de-tress youA day without worry, rumination, or anxiety. That could be yours.No more self-deprecating talk. No more sleepless nights with racing thoughts. Free your mind from overthinking and achieve more, feel better, and unleash your potential. Finally be able to live in the present moment.
Stop Negative Thinking
Who is in control of your mood and life - you or your wayward thoughts and emotions?Here's the thing - life is what we think it is. And we can control our thoughts. It's time to transform your negative thoughts into a fulfilling, empowering, and positive narrative.How a little bit of self-acceptance and compassion will change your life.Stop Negative Thinking understands the struggles you are going through. The author of this book understand that you can't sleep at night, you overreact, and you appear to be sensitive. That you are plagued with self-doubt, you often feel no self-value, and that things are just too hard for "someone like you." He's been there, and he gets it.That's why this book is so darned effective. It truly takes you through the psychology of negative thinking and breaks it down for what it is: cognitive distortions brought on by damaging self-perceptions. He takes you through the entire process of how to pre-empt negative thoughts, cope with them, and finally hear yourself of them.Learn advanced psychology techniques to drastically alter your perspective.Nick Trenton grew up in rural Illinois and is quite literally a farm boy. His best friend growing up was his trusty companion Leonard the dachshund. RIP Leonard. Eventually, he made it off the farm and obtained a BS in Economics, followed by an MA in Behavioral Psychology.Learn to understand what your brain is telling you - and switch it for something better!The ways your self-talk can influence the tiniest things in your lifeThe cognitive distortions you use everyday without realizingHow to analyze your thoughts - right in the momentGrowing your self-awareness or how you form your emotionsSelf-soothing and how to cope with stress and negativityBattling toxic positivity and being real and vulnerable with your negativityPacked with actionable techniques to see the world differently - immediately.
Anxiety is the Enemy
How to eliminate your constant mental chatter and just relax. Yes, just relax.A noisy brain is the biggest cause of unhappiness. It prevents us from seeing what possibilities lie before us. Life turns into a minefield rather than a set of new opportunities. Let's change this - right now.You are your own greatest enemy. Now become your greatest ally in mental peace.Anxiety is the Enemy is a book that understands where you've been through, the exhausting situation you've put yourself into, and how you lose your mind in the trap of anxiety and stress. Acclaimed author Nick Trenton will walk you through the obstacles with detailed and proven techniques to help you rewire your brain, control your thoughts, and change your mental habits.Learn to control your emotions and stay zen.Nick Trenton grew up in rural Illinois and is quite literally a farm boy. His best friend growing up was his trusty companion Leonard the dachshund. RIP Leonard. Eventually, he made it off the farm and obtained a BS in Economics, followed by an MA in Behavioral Psychology.Psychologically-proven tips to get out of your head and into your life.-Easy lifestyle changes to remove stress completely-How to understand your emotions and harness them-Controlling your mental imagery for relaxation-Crushing overthinking with means other than mindfulness-How to reframe your entire perspective on stress-How acting with role playing or alter egoing can de-tress youA day without worry, rumination, or anxiety. That could be yours.No more self-deprecating talk. No more sleepless nights with racing thoughts. Free your mind from overthinking and achieve more, feel better, and unleash your potential. Finally be able to live in the present moment.
Self-Supervision
Dr. Marc Lubin and Dr. Jed Yalof invite future and current therapists, counselors, and their supervisors to construct ways to achieve a more extensive and effective self-awareness and develop a "self-supervisory self" for a deeper and more informed clinical practice. Grounded in psychoanalytic supervision literature, Self Supervision: Psychodynamic Strategies uses a vignette-based and instructional format to outline a clear theory and framework for teaching, learning, and strengthening one's reflective self-supervision skills. Lubin and Yalof address how to create and sustain settings conducive to self-supervision; multiple approaches to gathering critical data including note-taking, recall, and use of technology; recognizing and addressing resistance to self-supervision; and exemplars, practical tools, processes, and routines for self-reflection and incorporation of what has been learned into future sessions. Through this approach to self-supervision, therapists will unlock and articulate inner observations; gain self-awareness before, during, and after client sessions; and arrive at greater clarity about their patients.
Acceptance and Committent Therapy (Act) Workbook
If you can't escape from depression, anxiety, panic attacks and anger in your everyday life, you can now discover how to it......thanks to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy!"Running away from any problem only increases the distance from the solution"Medical conditions such as anxiety, depression, OCD, addictions, and substance abuse can all benefit from ACT and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to embrace their thoughts and feelings rather than fighting or feeling guilty for them.ACT develops psychological flexibility and is a form of behavioral therapy that combines mindfulness skills with the practice of self-acceptance. When aiming to be more accepting of your thoughts and feelings, commitment plays a key role. In the case of ACT, you commit to facing the problem head-on rather than avoiding your stresses.What if you could accept and allow yourself to feel what you feel, even if it's negative?You will discover it thanks to "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) workbook: a Complete Guide to Mindfulness Change and Recover from Anxiety, Depression, Panic Attacks and Anger".Here's what you'll discover: introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)mindfulness and ACTbenefits of mindfulnessdealing with depression and anger how to face panic attacks and anxiety disorder...and much more!
ADHD Workbook for Women
You are packed with power and creativity. You've got it in you, but your potential is undeveloped.Many women grapple with ADHD. In fact, women are just as likely as men to have it. The cherry on top? The latest research suggests that incidents of ADHD in women cause even greater emotional turmoil. Great. The good news is, the Women with ADHD Workbook gives you with a precise roadmap to a more deliberate and focused life. One where your abilities can shine, and forward momentum can finally be achieved.Written by renowned women's mental health expert, Sarah Davis, this guide is specifically tailored for the struggle women face when dealing with ADHD in the world of today. You'll learn 29 individual exercises that help you stay organized, overcome disturbances, improve relationships, and manage emotions.You'll also explore and master topics including: ✔️ Evidence-based techniques and exercises to build executive functioning skills that will help you organize, plan and complete daily tasks.✔️ Strategies to help you overcome memory and focus issues that are associated with ADHD.✔️ Techniques and practices to let you regulate emotions and manage rejection sensitivity.✔️ How to manage relationships with others who may not understand ADHD.✔️ Cleaning and decluttering skills to help you maintain an organized home.✔️ Life skills that will help you navigate through the challenges of ADHD.✔️ And much, much more!The truth is, you have an immense amount of untapped potential. You just need help focusing your energy and improve your life to function through, and with, your ADHD. That's what this breakthrough workbook is all about.Live the life you deserve.
Self-Supervision
Dr. Marc Lubin and Dr. Jed Yalof invite future and current therapists, counselors, and their supervisors to construct ways to achieve a more extensive and effective self-awareness and develop a "self-supervisory self" for a deeper and more informed clinical practice. Grounded in psychoanalytic supervision literature, Self Supervision: Psychodynamic Strategies uses a vignette-based and instructional format to outline a clear theory and framework for teaching, learning, and strengthening one's reflective self-supervision skills. Lubin and Yalof address how to create and sustain settings conducive to self-supervision; multiple approaches to gathering critical data including note-taking, recall, and use of technology; recognizing and addressing resistance to self-supervision; and exemplars, practical tools, processes, and routines for self-reflection and incorporation of what has been learned into future sessions. Through this approach to self-supervision, therapists will unlock and articulate inner observations; gain self-awareness before, during, and after client sessions; and arrive at greater clarity about their patients.
Master Lecture Series for the Nce, Cpce, Cece, and State Counseling Exams
WHO ELSE WANTS TO SAY, "I PASSED"?The Master Lecture Series Boosts Exam Scores While Reducing Test Anxiety and Study TimeSay goodbye to boring study sessions. Dr. Rosenthal's Master Lecture Series makes learning enjoyable. Revolutionize your exam prep and have fun doing it! This study guide will transform your comprehensive exam journey into an engaging adventure that you'll actually enjoy!The Master Lecture Series is a great standalone exam prep guide and the perfect companion to the Encyclopedia of Counseling and the Human Services Dictionary. The new edition includes updated and expanded lectures on every exam area and questions and answers on all major topics, including those frequently asked by users of Dr. Rosenthal's materials. The book includes a complete test anxiety prevention program, with hundreds of never-before published tiny test hints for effective micro-study sessions, exclusive memory devices, and the most advanced Super Review Boot Camp he has ever created.This is the perfect study tool for every counselor wanting to take their career to the next level.
Nature-Based Play Therapy
Nature-Based Play Therapy brings a theoretical basis to arguments for including nature in play therapy and provides tools for that inclusion with a prescriptive model. Throughout this book, play therapists are introduced to the histories of nature and play across cultures and cultural expectations and are then guided into an understanding of how nature and play intersect with current trends in society and psychotherapy. Readers will learn about how the therapeutic powers of play are activated and facilitated by the inclusion of nature in play therapy, and they will be taken step-by-step through a prescriptive case conceptualization model. They'll also find case studies that link theoretical tenets, the therapeutic powers and play and nature, and intended treatment outcomes.Nature-Based Play Therapy is an excellent introduction to a vital and growing area of the field, one that gives a well-rounded summary to a theoretically based model of treatment.
Gamification Of Autism
A perfect book for psychology students and professionals interested in serious games and autism.Autistic children struggle with several areas of life, like communication, play and social skills, so they can need help in everyday life. Serious games and the gamification of autism offers great potential and tools for autistic people. Yet there are fascinating benefits and problems with the field.By the end of this great, easy-to-understand book, you'll know: What is gamification and serious games?What are the benefits of serious games for autistic people?What Are the Methodological and literature issues?How Do we fix these problems?Psychology students and professionals will love this great, conversational and engaging book.BUY NOW!Gamification Of Autism Content Includes: IntroductionHow Did This Book Come About And Why Is This Important To Look At?Introduction To The Gamification Of AutismUnderlying Theory of Gamification ResearchThe Benefits And Promising Results Of GamificationThe Issues With GamificationMore Problems With GamificationHowe Could We Fix These Problems?Conclusion
The Life and Ideas of James Hillman
James Hillman, who died in 2011 at the age of eighty-five, has been described by poet Robert Bly as "the most lively and original psychologist" of the twentieth century. Based on author Dick Russell's interviews with Hillman and dozens of people who knew him, Volume Two of The Life and Ideas of James Hillman takes up Hillman's mid-life when he set about returning psychology to its Soul-rich roots in Greek mythology and Renaissance esotericism. From his base teaching at Zurich's Jung Institute, we follow Hillman's growing international prominence as a maverick in the field, coinciding with his relationship and eventual marriage to Patricia Berry. They would be instrumental in formulating Archetypal Psychology, along with a group of young compatriots in what became known as Spring House. The new ideas taking shape moved psychology away from the dominant scientific/medical model with its focus on treating the isolated individual, expanding into the fertile realm of culture and the imagination. Amid prodigious writings and lectures, Hillman made mythology and even alchemy relevant to our times. Delivering the prestigious Terry Lectures at Yale and being nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, Hillman returned to America after living primarily in Europe for thirty years. To the surprise of many, he settled in Dallas and helped found an Institute of Humanities and Culture while taking up how to re-imagine city planning. Equally surprising was Hillman's subsequent move to rural Connecticut, where he and Pat Berry resided in a nineteenth-century farmhouse. Starting in the mid-'80s, Hillman became a pioneering teacher in the mythopoetic men's movement alongside Robert Bly and Michael Meade--where deep talk about fathers and sons and male-female relationships offered a new kind of group therapy, a cultural therapy. As Thomas Moore said of Hillman, he possessed a "genius for taking any theme and shedding serious fresh light on it." Along the way, Hillman's insights came to encompass all of the arts, a "poetic basis of mind" that connected him to many of the most influential artists and thinkers of the modern era.
Narrative Practices and Emotions
Narrative therapy has the potential to help clients understand their challenges as separate from their selves, shifting the focus to their inner strengths when managing a problem. Narrative Practices and Emotions provides a fresh perspective for new and experienced practitioners alike on how to combine classic narrative therapy with the latest scholarship on the mind-body connection.Authors Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin and Gerald Monk tap into cutting edge discoveries on mindfulness, interpersonal neurobiology, and positive psychology. Each chapter offers a wealth of clinical questions and embodied exercises, while "conversation maps"--which provide important guideposts to practitioners--are illustrated with engaging transcripts of therapeutic work. These compelling case studies elegantly demonstrate how skillful conversations can invigorate hope and support personal development. Readers will discover a wide variety of ways to assist clients of all ages in reengaging with a meaningful life and sustaining well-being.
Healing Relational Trauma Workbook
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) is an attachment-focused treatment for children and adolescents who have experienced abuse and neglect and are now living in stable foster and adoptive families. Here, Daniel Hughes and Kim S. Golding provide a practical accompaniment to their highly successful DDP text coauthored with Julie Hudson, Healing Relational Trauma with Attachment-Focused Interventions (2019).In this workbook, practitioners are invited to reflect on their experience of implementing the DDP model through discussion, examples, and reflection prompts. Readers are encouraged to consider the diversity of both practitioners and those receiving DDP interventions, and how each unique individual's identity can be embraced within the application of DDP interventions. DDP can be practiced as a therapy, a parenting approach, and as a practice approach for those working within healthcare, social care, or education, and this workbook is an invaluable resource for readers who fall into any one of these roles.
When the Subject Is Rape
Rape is, unfortunately, an all-too-common violent crime usually perpetrated against women. For victims, the process of sharing information about an assault with loves ones or reporting the crime to the police can be harrowing, embarrassing, and painful. The responses of others can greatly affect the way a rape survivor copes. Often the men who are closest to rape survivors-intimate partners, friends, and family members-are simply unprepared to offer the right assistance. The wrong word or action may trigger an unexpected reaction. Written by Alan W. McEvoy, PhD, When the Subject Is Rape is designed specifically to illustrate the role men can play as allies in a woman's recovery from rape. This book examines the many aspects of rape. It looks at both the short- and long-term emotional and psychological impacts rape can have on a woman, what she can expect during the prosecution of her rapist, and strategies that can help her to recover from the assault. It discusses how the men in her life should communicate with her and address her needs throughout her recovery, and describes how they should conduct themselves to avoid unintentionally causing her more pain. It also explains how to identify changes in behavior that may signal an undisclosed rape. Even if a rape goes unreported, both the emotional consequences and the need for support throughout the recovery process will still be present. Rape is not an easy subject to discuss. Sexual violence can radically alter the course of a woman's life. By understanding the trauma associated with rape and other forms of sexual assault, men can play an important part in a woman's healing process. When the Subject Is Rape provides information that can help men to create a climate of support for the empowerment of women who are on the path to recovery.
Fortune Has Arrived
A husband and his wife on a journey of a gambling lifestyle from casino to casino in what becomes a quest to win and hit the big jackpot. The friends they meet, free plays, blackjack tables, and the slot machines they discover become a way of life, until greed, desperation and $1000's later all is gone.
Strengthening Social Connections and Individual Resilience in Adolescence
This 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 in tandem with the curriculum: 40 strategic stories on four different themes contributed by faculty and students. This book will benefit school counselors and group counselors working with adolescents to successfully navigate group leadership and help students embrace themselves and find belonging.
Safety, Danger, and Protection in the Family and Community
This book provides an analysis of the meaning of safety and security across the contexts of community and public life, throughout the life span, and within a therapeutic framework, examining threats and the strategies for coping with them.The book starts in Part I with a discussion of general safety and security concepts in the socio-cultural context. Part II of the book details the role of a sense of security in psychological assistance, psychotherapy and supervision, while Part III centres on safety and security at different life stages. Drawing on the tenets of modern attachment theory and trauma theory, chapter authors address questions of safety, danger, and protection for both individuals and groups, across a variety of fields of knowledge and expertise. Themes such as loneliness, play and exploration, evil and forgiveness, health and death, and spirituality and healing are discussed as practice examples, learning points, and tips. A wide range of health and social care professional practitioners will find this book useful in exploring social, interpersonal, and psychological aspects of safety and security.
Computer-Mediated Communication in Personal Relationships
This is the first collection of readings on computer-mediated communication focusing exclusively on interpersonal interactions. Examining messages exchanged via email, Twitter, Facebook, websites, and blogs, the authors analyze communication issues of ongoing importance in relationships.
Rethinking Secondary Mental Healthcare
This book considers how principles derived from a theory of human behaviour - Perceptual Control Theory - can be applied to create mental health services that are more effective, efficient, and humane.Authored by clinicians, academics, and experts-by-experience, the text explores the way Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) principles can be applied within the secondary mental healthcare system - from the overall commissioning and design of services to the practice of individual clinicians. A range of topics relevant to the delivery of secondary mental healthcare are covered, including community and inpatient working, the delivery of individual psychological therapy, the use of restrictive practices, and working with relatives and carers. The book concludes by describing PCT's unique contribution to the field of mental healthcare.The book, one of the first of its kind, will be of interest to students and practitioners from a range of health and social care backgrounds, as well as service managers, commissioners, academics, and policy makers. The Open Access version of this book, available at http: //www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
Black Lives Are Beautiful
Black Lives Are Beautiful is a workbook explicitly designed to help members of the Black community counter the impacts of racialized trauma while also cultivating self-esteem, building resilience, fostering community, and promoting Black empowerment.As readers explore each part of this workbook, they will develop tools to overcome the mental injuries that occur from living in a racialized society. Clinicians who use this workbook with clients will find a practical toolbox of racially informed interventions to aid clinicians, particularly White clinicians, in culturally sensitive clinical practice.
A Trauma-Informed Understanding of Online Offending
This book examines the contemporary one-size-fits-all model of treatment for sexual offenders and challenges the confrontational approach to working with this group.In recent years, the incidence of people (predominantly men) getting arrested for inappropriate online usage has increased exponentially. This book attempts to understand why this is the case and what can be done to help these individuals and, in turn, reduce the risk of them re-offending. A stand-alone follow-up text from Hudson-Allez's popular Infant Losses, Adult Searches, this book carries forward the compelling case study of Gordon from the previous text. Throughout his journey from arrest to rehabilitation, the chapters provide insight into the relationship between internet offending and dysfunctional attachments and neurodiversity. Our current understandings of childhood trauma, transgenerational transmission, and diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder and ADHD are all investigated in relation to cases of online offenders and practical therapeutic models are presented.This book is relevant to psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors and therapists working with forensic clients, and probation officers, social workers and police officers working within child-protection agencies.
A Practitioner’s Guide to Cybersecurity and Data Protection
A Practitioner's Guide to Cybersecurity and Data Protection offers an accessible introduction and practical guidance on the crucial topic of cybersecurity for all those working with clients in the fields of psychology, neuropsychology, psychotherapy and counselling.
Transactional Analysis
The second edition of Transactional Analysis: 100 Key Points and Techniques synthesizes developments in Transactional Analysis (TA) and psychotherapy research, making complex ideas accessible and offering therapists practical guidance on refining TA psychotherapy skills.Divided into seven parts, the 100 key points cover: The philosophy, theory, methods and critique of the main approaches to TA New developments and approaches in TA TA perspectives on the therapeutic relationship Client assessment, diagnosis and case formulation Contracting and treatment planning using TA A troubleshooting guide to avoiding common pitfalls Refining therapeutic skills Specific updates incorporate emergent approaches in TA, recent developments in the understanding of neurodiversity and current best practice thinking.This book is essential reading for trainee and beginner TA therapists, as well as experienced practitioners looking to update their field knowledge for a skilful and mindful application of this cohesive system of psychotherapy.
The Journey To Freedom
Kimberly shares a testament of different trials and obstacles she endured. Even though it was hard, she overcame and persevered. The "Journey To Freedom" reveals the adversity that most face or have at some point in life. Instead of running away, one must deal with the issues head on . In order to deal with anything, one must first admit and acknowledge there is a problem. To overcome and conquer with victory, you must prepare with the right tools. Sometimes we allow our challenges in life to make us lose sight of our purpose and it costs us our freedom in God and life itself. May this book be a driving force and encouragement to overcome every obstacle you face. I pray it gives you hope that you get back up and live.
Single-Session Therapy and Regret
In this book, Windy Dryden presents and discusses transcripts of single sessions he conducted with volunteers from Onlinevents who were seeking help to deal with a variety of problems related to regret. Each volunteer presents a reflection on their session several months later and in the final chapter, Windy Dryden brings together the themes that emerge from volunteers' reflections. The book shows how people experience single-session therapy (SST) and what they can achieve from it.
Loving Kindness in Psychotherapy
This book explores the way in which loving kindness, contained within professional boundaries of practice, is essential to the building of trust necessary to the psychotherapy relationship.Arguing that loving kindness has both biological and ethical relevance in assisting recovery from the trauma of emotional injury, Heather Reeves brings forth a renewed philosophical and cultural discourse about its importance in professional work with vulnerable people. The philosophical premise of the book is the concept of alterity, or awareness of the subjective reality of others, developed by Emmanuel Levinas and expressed in psychotherapy theories since the mid-twentieth century. Understandings drawn from attachment theory, affective neuroscience and psychodynamic psychotherapy are applied to case studies (one of them written by a client) from the author's practice and themes from literature and biography, including the long-term impact of the Covid pandemic. Loving Kindness in Psychotherapy will appeal to psychotherapists, counsellors and other mental health professionals as well as a range of other readers, including medical and palliative care professionals, educators, clergy, theologians and philosophers.
Africana Health Psychology
Africana Health Psychology: A Cultural Perspective consists of a discussion of health psychology among populations of African descent throughout the diaspora and includes those living in the US such as Caribbean and continental Africans of color. The focus of this work is on health equity with an emphasis on cultural affirmation as protective factors. This book is unique because it merges Africana/Black psychology and health psychology, endorses a strength-based, rather than a deficits-based model of health among Black people, and describes research consisting solely of African-descended participants. From the first chapter designed to disrupt the narrative to the last chapter offering hope for a brighter day, the reader is asked to suspend all preconceived notions of Black people and health. Research findings from childhood to old age are explored in culturally grounded theoretical frameworks. Resilience and spirituality are key themes throughout this volume, meant to enhance cultural competency for practitioners, scholars, students, community members, and anyone interested in expanding their skill set or leaving their comfort zones.
Supervision Can Be Playful
This book offers a unique perspective on clinical supervision, foregrounding experiential techniques, and a refreshing, playful approach to professional development. Supervision Can Be Playful: Techniques for Child and Play Therapist Supervisors, Second Edition offers a holistic approach covering contextual factors, theory, practice, special topics, international voices, practical support, supervisor and supervisee self-care, and play within supervision itself. This book balances theory-driven chapters with intervention-driven chapters offering hands-on, creative methods for specialty supervision in play therapy. The editors are themselves internationally renowned practitioners, and they have brought together practitioners and educators recognized in the field. The chapters have been carefully considered and are inclusive, contemporary, comprehensive, and practitioner-friendly. This volume is useful for training, teaching, and clinical supervision, to provide educational and practical support for clinicians and supervisors from beginning levels to the most experienced supervisor. New to this Second Edition: Substantially expanded over the original with 24 new chapters and 5 upgraded and revised original chapters Provides the groundwork and foundations of supervision, including supervision of supervisionExpanded creative and culturally-sensitive supervision interventions and case examples, including work with parents or primary caregivers, families, and groupsAttention to supervision in the global contextMulticultural competency and cultural humility, and self-compassion and self-care for play therapists and supervisors in stand-alone chapters and woven into the fabric of the book Inclusion of trauma-focused supervision and special settingsHonors the growth of the connection of play and neurobiologyChapters include a diverse range of approaches to play therapy and play therapy supervision for growing supervisees and supervisorsAttention to how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted child clients, supervisees, supervisors and those providing supervision, particularly remote supervision
