School Crisis Intervention
Providing vital tools to enhance preparedness in any school setting (K-12), this book is grounded in state-of-the-art research and real-world experience. Foremost authority Scott Poland and frontline clinician Sara Ferguson address all aspects of team-based crisis intervention and postvention. With a key focus on prevention, the book describes ways to identify risk factors and enhance students' mental health, connectedness, and resilience. Best practices are outlined for responding effectively to specific crises, including unexpected deaths in the school community, youth suicide, school violence, and natural disasters. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes firsthand perspectives from other experts in the field, hands-on strategies to support daily practice, and 23 reproducible forms that can be downloaded and printed. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.
Using Functional Analysis in Psychotherapy
Filled with rich case examples, this book shows how psychotherapists from any orientation can use functional analysis (FA) to better understand their clients and specifically target the changes that clients seek. Extensive therapist-client dialogues illustrate ways to probe difficult emotions and explore the causes and consequences of behavior, with special attention to harnessing the power of metaphor. FA is a core component of such evidence-based treatments as dialectical behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and behavioral activation, and is central to the growing movement toward process-based therapies in general. This is the English edition of V瓣gledning i klinisk funktionell analys, published in Swedish in 2023 and translated and revised by the author.
Nurturing the Nurturers; Healing the Planet
We live in difficult times: domestic violence, terrorism, gross exploitation by various governments and financial institutions, ecological destruction, global warming.........the list goes on.We now know from major advances in developmental neuroscience that if there is significant abuse or neglect in the first three years of life, the results can be catastrophic.If we could only get those first three years of life right, a huge range of negative behavioural consequences would be reduced to more manageable levels......less violence, less terrorism, more empathy and compassion, more energy to apply to positive ends.Compared with other health problems, the burden of child maltreatment is substantial, indicating the importance of prevention efforts to address this high prevalence.How can we ease and amend all this? What we need are programs to nurture the nurturers.When I was being mentored by my Aboriginal elders in Central Australia, we had to exchange dreams. I dreamt about a Dreamtime ancestor whose task was to nurture the nurturers. But his domain extended to the entire planet.Wati Kanyilpai begins his global journey from Central Australia, looking after all the nurturers, especially the mothers, human and animal, that nurture their infants. But his nurturance extends to anyone or anything that cares for other beings.What we need are Ministries in Early Childhood Nurturance, departments that can identify mothers/fathers at risk and in stress, and programmes that protect and nurture them.This capacity to nurture the nurturers, to look after all the beings who already look after other beings, is a vital task if we are to save this suffering Planet.
Spiritual Integration in Islāmic Psychotherapy
Spiritual Integration in Islāmic Psychotherapy offers readers a profound exploration of the therapist's inner world and its impact on therapeutic practice.Through introspective reflections and practical insights, readers embark on a transformative journey into the world of an Islāmic psychotherapist, going beyond technical skills and theoretical knowledge by emphasising the character, intention, and spiritual connection of the therapist with God (All獺h). The book introduces the unique role of the Islāmic psychotherapist, discussing their responsibilities, skills, and qualifications. It emphasises the importance of ethical conduct, continuous learning, and self-reflection, recognising the profound influence of the therapist's character, intentions, and spiritual connection on the healing process. It also explores integrating Islāmic principles into therapeutic practice and provides guidance on tailoring interventions to align with the religious and cultural backgrounds of Muslim clients. Real-life case studies, practical techniques and strategies and concrete suggestions for incorporating Qur'璽nic verses, supplications, and spiritual practices into therapy are featured throughout.Spiritual Integration in Islāmic Psychotherapy serves as an invaluable resource for Islāmic psychotherapists, empowering them to deepen their understanding of how their religion/spirituality intersect with their clinical work to ultimately better serve their clients.
Couples Self Help Therapy Book about Relationships that Need Work
Fix Your Relationship Now!Are you feeling disconnected from your partner? Struggling with communication, or finding that the joy and intimacy you once shared has now faded over time?Couples Self Help Therapy Book about Relationships that Need Work: Improve Communication, Love, Fun & Self Worth for Couples Both Married & Unmarriedis here to guide you through the challenges and help you rediscover the love, trust, and connection that brought you together.This book offers the best comprehensive and practical approach to relationship improvement for both married and unmarried couples. Through insightful chapters and hands-on exercises, you'll discover how to: * Strengthen your communication skills to truly understand and support each other.* Reignite emotional intimacy and bring fun back into your relationship.* Build individual self-worth, ensuring a stronger, more balanced partnership.* Resolve conflicts in a healthy way and let go of lingering resentment.* Navigate external stressors, from work pressures to family obligations, as a team.* Gain Control over your life with Effective Time Management Strategies!* Achieve Clarity of Purpose with Expert Goal-Setting Strategies!* Improve Financial Security with Practical Budget-Setting strategies.* Gain inspiration with a library of Self Worth Quotes that foster encouragement, love, communication, fun and togetherness.Whether you're in the early stages of your relationship or decades in, this book provides the tools you need to overcome common struggles and cultivate a partnership filled with love, respect, and lasting joy. With thoughtful advice and easy-to-implement exercises, this guide is perfect for couples who want to rekindle their connection and create a brighter future together.Rediscover the beauty of a fulfilling relationship and create a resilient bond that will grow stronger through life's many seasons. Start your journey to a happier, healthier relationship today!
The Internal Cohesion Theory and Psychotherapy
Provides mental health professionals with an innovative framework for revolutionizing therapy, fostering holistic well-being, and enhancing the treatment of a wide range of mental disorders The Internal Cohesion Theory and Psychotherapy introduces readers to the fundamental principles, techniques, and transformative potential of an innovative approach to clinical mental health practice. Internal Cohesion Psychotherapy (ICP) is a holistic framework designed to help practitioners reshape their clients' connections with their past, present, and future experiences. Developed by Dr. Fitim Uka, a renowned scholar in psychotherapy research, policy, and practice, ICP integrates the best evidence-based knowledge of different approaches in the fields of psychology and psychotherapy. Rooted in Internal Cohesion Theory, ICP seeks to harmonize the intrapersonal, interpersonal, professional, and spiritual to create positive change in people's lives and support well-being. Step by step, Dr. Uka guides readers through each component of ICP--demonstrating how understanding the complexity of the therapeutic relationship can minimize the impact of adversity on clients and help to create efficient and effective treatment plans in a variety of treatment environments. Presenting a groundbreaking approach to address psychological challenges across temporal dimensions, The Internal Cohesion Theory and Psychotherapy: Describes the core principles, conceptual framework, and philosophical basis of Internal Cohesion Psychotherapy Presents the scientific and clinical rationale behind ICP while highlighting its evidence-based foundations Offer clear and concise guidelines for practitioners wanting to implement ICP in their practice Provides real-world insights into the key techniques used within the Internal Cohesion Psychotherapy framework Includes new evidence-based objectives and interventions, expanded and updated professional references, and an appendix of reflections and assessments of ICP Offering accessible and easy-to-implement treatment plan components, The Internal Cohesion Theory and Psychotherapy is an essential resource for all clinicians, researchers, social workers, therapists, psychologists, and policymakers devoted to improving individual and collective mental health worldwide.
Systemic Multi-Family Therapy
This book provides a pragmatic guide to multi-family therapy (MFT), as employed in a variety of different settings: health, social care and education. Bringing six to eight families together to work on similar issues in MFT has become an increasingly successful intervention that encourages service user-participation and moves towards a more patient- and family-centred care. This text describes the concepts, therapeutic stances, interventions and techniques of MFT, bringing together all the major recent developments in the field. Specific topics covered include how to engage families in working together with up to eight families with similar issues and problems, how to set up and conduct multi-family groups and how to evaluate and develop interventions. The book covers working with and across diverse cultures, conditions and problems and includes a chapter on different MFT exercises, activities and games. Systemic Multi-Family Therapy is written for a range of practitioners, including psychotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, group therapists and family therapists, and will also be relevant for most professionals working in social care and schools.
Reporting in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Showing practical competence through the production of client reports and case studies is a key aspect of training therapists and other mental health professionals. This Classic Edition of Reporting in Counselling and Psychotherapy offers a unique hands-on guide to this element of practical work. Using clinical examples to guide the reader, and a detailed analysis of case study and process report writing, it shows readers how to present clear, concise and properly presented reports.This book remains an invaluable tool, not only for those embarking on practical training in psychotherapy, counselling and psychology, but also for trainers in these areas and for clinicians writing clinical reports or case presentations.
Psychodynamic Counselling in Action
This classic text demonstrates psychodynamic theory and practices across the counselling process beginning - middle - end. This revised sixth edition includes a new preface, updated further reading sections and a new chapter covering contemporary issues including online working, the application of a social justice and DEI agenda within the field of psychodynamic theory and practice. Counselling in Action is a bestselling series of practical introductions designed for trainees and practitioners. Each book introduces one of the main theoretical approaches and provides a guide to the process of counselling from beginning to end. Covering theory and practice, they are trusted companions for many courses in counselling and psychotherapy and other professions such as nursing, social work and teaching.
Group Therapy and Group Dynamic Theory
Group Therapy and Group Dynamic Theory offers an innovative approach to group therapy with an integrated and highly practical method. It is written for all group therapists. The book offers a solid base for professionals practicing group psychotherapy and for professionals working with structured, educational, or training-oriented therapy groups.The method discussed in this book is based on the core knowledge about groups: group dynamic theory. This theory is used to clarify the variety of group processes and is translated into practical techniques to highlight the benefits of these processes within group therapy. Each chapter contains concrete interventions, skill labs, and a practical manual where corresponding techniques are further demonstrated with lively examples and practical exercises. The book concludes with a troubleshooting guide to offer solutions to complex problems group therapists may encounter.Group Therapy and Group Dynamic Theory is the translation of a best-selling book about group therapy in the Netherlands. It is in line with the Dutch and American Practice Guidelines for Group Psychotherapy and is used in the official group therapy training in the Netherlands.
Arts in Nature with Children and Young People
This novel text brings together research and practice on the intersection between arts and nature and their impact on children and young people's wellbeing, health equality and sustainability.Existing literature focuses on either the impact of the arts or the impact of being in/with nature on children's and young people's wellbeing. However, the intersection between the two - arts and nature - and their combined effect on wellbeing has received limited attention. Through five research-based and seven practice-based chapters, this book draws upon arts-in-nature practices that incorporate visual arts, music, movement, drama and poetry, in a range of natural environments, such as forests, beaches, greenhouses, parks, community areas and school playgrounds.Arts in Nature with Children and Young People will appeal to anyone working with children and young people, including mental health and healthcare professionals, teachers, researchers, artists, and arts therapists. It is also an accessible guide for parents and families looking for inspiration and ideas for creative and outdoor activities.
Multi-Faceted Approaches to Challenges and Coping in Law Enforcement
Seizing Moments and Being Useful
Seizing Moments and Being UsefulIn this book, Windy Dryden charts his development as a single-session therapist by presenting his key articles and chapters on single-session therapy (SST). Beginning with an up-to-date overview of SST, he then presents and comments on his very early work doing REBT-based single sessions that were not informed by the single-session therapy mindset and, presents, for comparative purposes, a session that was informed by this mindset. Developing this theme, he presents a comprehensive outline of the SST mindset and includes an updated chapter exploring the relationship between SST and REBT.Also, included in this book are chapters on the core skills needed to practise SST and Windy Dryden's experiences of practising SST in 'meet-up groups' and in an 'online health service'. Then, he considers the variety of names given to SST as well topics of keen interest to therapists: how to work with clients without 'opening up a can of worms' and how to deal with risk and harm in SST.This book will be of particular interest to those curious about SST who wish to learn from one single-session therapist's journey..
WWW
WWW: The Collected Wonderful Words of Windy is a collection of Windy Dryden's 'wise words' and encapsulations of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) drawn from previous publications. It also contains, for the first time, a number of 'little gems' said by Windy Dryden during therapy demonstrations with volunteers, designed to help them deal with their nominated issues in ways that might be considered memorable. In addition to being comprehensive, this book is more logically organised than my previous publications in this genre and is divided into thirty-one parts.
The Role of Trust in Mental Health
This book offers a comprehensive examination of trust and its relationship with mental illness and wellbeing.Engaging with a broad range of mental health research, theory, and practice through various transdisciplinary theoretical models of trust, this book highlights the social and family contexts surrounding the making and breaking of trust and mental health. It examines various sociological conceptual and theoretical frameworks of risk and trust while also engaging with evolutionary perspectives on the human need for cooperation and trust. The author describes how, in a world of constant connectivity, the drawing of boundaries assigns some people as strangers, using stigma as a form of power. The book concludes by considering the future of mental health and where trust-building may be possible. Each chapter is interspersed with observations and insights from the author's personal research covering many populations, communities and issues over several decades.Drawing on a wide range of interdisciplinary literature, the book will be of interest to mental health practitioners, researchers, and scholars interested in the psychosocial aspects of mental illness and stigma.
The Observing Self
In The Observing Self, noted psychiatrist Arthur J. Deikman lucidly relates how the mystical tradition can enable Western psychology to come to terms with the essential problems of meaning, self, and human progress.
Assessment Engineering in Test Design
Assessment Engineering in Test Design presents an engineering-inspired, multi-disciplinary approach to the field of applied measurement that bridges the gap between the craft of item writing and test design, the statistical sophistication of psychometric methods for scale development and maintenance, and score interpretations. This book directly addresses the topic of "next generation" assessment design head-on by proposing a new perspective, a new understanding, of the challenge of designing, developing, and implementing large- (and small-) scale educational testing programs.It introduces Assessment Engineering (AE) as a principled approach to test design where human judgment and creative license during test blueprinting and item writing are replaced with carefully developed cognitive task models that can generate highly consistent test forms that support intended statistical score scale properties and interpretations over time. In doing so, it shows how AE integrates key technologies and design principles from industrial engineering, cognitive science, information technology, machine learning and artificial intelligence, data science, statistical quality control, and advanced psychometrics to the practice of test design and development. Ultimately, this integrated approach offers improved and more consistent overall assessment quality; implementation of highly structured designs and scalable automation to reduce item production costs; reduction of item pretesting costs and exposure; improved calibration and scale maintenance over time; and more consistent generation and deployment of very high-quality, low-cost test items to meet both low- and high-volume production demands over time.Written by a major contributor to the literature on test design and scoring, Assessment Engineering in Test Design is an essential read for all students of psychology and related disciplines as well as test developers and psychometricians.
Concepts, Kinds, and Cognitive Development
In Concepts, Kinds, and Cognitive Development, Frank C. Keil provides a coherent account of how concepts and word meanings develop in children, adding to our understanding of the representational nature of concepts and word meanings at all ages.Keil argues that it is impossible to adequately understand the nature of conceptual representation without also considering the issue of learning. Weaving together issues in cognitive development, philosophy, and cognitive psychology, he reconciles numerous theories, backed by empirical evidence from nominal kinds studies, natural-kinds studies, and studies of fundamental categorical distinctions. He shows that all this evidence, when put together, leads to a better understanding of semantic and conceptual development.The book opens with an analysis of the problems of modeling qualitative changes in conceptual development, investigating how concepts of natural kinds, nominal kinds, and artifacts evolve.The studies on nominal kinds document a powerful and unambiguous developmental pattern indicating a shift from a reliance on global tabulations of characteristic features to what appears to be a small set of defining ones. The studies on natural kinds document an analogous shift toward a core theory instead of simple definition. Both sets of studies are strongly supported by cross cultural data.While these patterns seem to suggest that the young child organizes concepts according to characteristic features, Keil argues that there is a framework of conceptual categories and causal beliefs that enables even very young children to understand kinds at a deeper, theoretically guided, level. This account suggests a new way of understanding qualitative change and carries strong implications for how concepts are represented at any point in development.A Bradford Book
Recovering Sanity
Recovering Sanity is a compassionately written examination of the experience of psychosis and related mental illnesses. By presenting four in-depth profiles of illness and recovery, Dr. Edward Podvoll reveals the brilliance and chaos of the psychotic mind and demonstrates its potential for recovery outside of traditional institutional settings. Dr. Podvoll counters the conventional thinking that the millions of Americans suffering from psychosis can never fully recover. He offers a bold new approach to treatment that involves home care with a specially trained team of practitioners. Using "basic attendance," a treatment technique inspired by the author's study of Buddhist psychology, healthcare professionals can use the tools of compassion and awareness to help patients recover their underlying sanity. Originally published as The Seduction of Madness, this reissue includes new introductory material and two new appendices.
Psychoneuroendocrinology in Psychosocial and Psychotherapeutic Practice
What are hormones, and what significance do they have for the psyche and our behavior? Do hormones influence our psyche and behavior? Can our behavior influence our hormones? Is there a connection between hormones and mental disorders? This book explores the interplay between the neurobiological foundations of psychological experiences and behavior, endocrine processes, and psychosocial environmental influences. It presents the foundational research of both the scientific disciplines of endocrinology and psychoneuroendocrinology in a way that is accessible to readers without medical or neurobiological backgrounds. This book demonstrates for the first time how these interdisciplinary insights can be implemented into a biopsychosocial coaching approach, which serves both to maintain and promote mental health. It is a coaching approach suitable for both psychosocial counseling and psychotherapeutic practice.
Cultural Insights from Latino Therapists in the Field
This book offers a unique glimpse into the world of culturally diverse psychotherapists by exploring the professional experiences of Latino clinicians. Through their narratives, these therapists provide distinct and essential case studies that emphasize the significance of their identities as catalysts for transformation within the field of mental health. Rich with real-world examples, this book captures pivotal moments in the lives of these therapists, presented in narrative or testimonio formats. By incorporating these personal experiences, the book contributes significantly to the processes of decolonization and the re-centering of power within marginalized communities. It acknowledges the complex dynamics these individuals navigate as they interact with various systems, offering fertile ground for growth and change. These clinicians represent a range of identities, including first-generation immigrants, individuals from low socioeconomic backgrounds, first-generation college attendees, Latinx individuals, bilingual practitioners, and those with bicultural backgrounds.
Counselling Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
In this Third Edition of Counseling Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Claire Burke Draucker and Donna S. Martsolf identify the significant healing processes which are essential to achieve recovery. These include disclosing the abuse; reinterpreting it from an adult perspective; addressing issues related to the context of the abuse; and making desired life changes. Each of these processes is discussed in conjunction with the most effective counseling interventions to facilitate resolution. Carefully chosen case examples demonstrate the appropriate use interventions in practice. The Third Edition includes a wealth of new material covering memory retrieval, outcome research, multicultural counseling, emerging therapeutic approaches, and neuroscience and counseling. Dynamics and difficulties in the therapeutic relationship are also discussed in great depth.
Single-Session Therapy
In this book, Windy Dryden discusses the integral components of single-session therapy. Each point is presented succinctly so that the main issue stands out. The book is divided into four parts: The Nature and Foundations of Single-Session TherapyThe Single-Session Therapy Mindset and Its Implications for PracticeThe Practice of Single-Session TherapyOther Issues This book is designed to be an essential companion to Windy Dryden's one-day and two-day workshops, which follow the same format.
Integrating Geek Culture Into Therapeutic Practice: The Clinician’s Guide to Geek Therapy 2nd Edition
Narrative Therapy in Wonderland
Therapists may marvel at children's imaginative triumphs, but how often do they recognize such talents as vital to the therapy hour? Should therapists reserve a space for make-believe only when nothing is at stake, or might it be precisely those moments when something truly matters that imagination is most urgently needed? This book offers an alternative to therapeutic perspectives that treat children as vulnerable and helpless. It invites readers to consider how the imaginative gifts and knowledge of children, when supported by the therapist and family, can bring about dramatic change. The book begins with an account of the foundations of narrative theory. It explains how such elements as language, characterization, and suspense contribute to the coherence of a story and bring young people into focus. Each subsequent chapter provides specific suggestions for the practice of narrative therapy. Examples of the difficulties children face are offered, along with narrative interventions and tips for overcoming common barriers that can arise along the way. Readers will learn a variety of ready-to-implement strategies, including how to personify problems, compose letters to affirm children's identities, summon fairies to lend a helping hand, and many more. Sample dialogues between the authors, children, and their parents bring the application of each practice to life, illuminating how even the most stubborn problem can be outwitted, sometimes by mischievous means. With robust professional insight, Narrative Therapy in Wonderland will aid any practitioner in calling on children's imaginative know-how. How often can a young person be spotted diving headlong into a world of fantasy? This book explores the extraordinary fact that these young people may, upon arrival in Wonderland, be far better equipped to take on even dire challenges than when they remain "up above."
As One Lives, So One Dies
This non-fiction book addresses the major theme of life and death in a unique way: it focuses on the founders of psychotherapy schools and discusses their lifestyle, their style of dying, and their work. How did they live? What trials and tribulations did they go through in the course of their lives? What crises did they experience, and how did they overcome them? What conclusions did they draw from these experiences? And finally: how did they die? Engaging and easy to read, it reveals that their attitude towards life and death influences the development of their respective psychotherapy methods. Written for interested laypeople, practicing and training psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and counselors. Content Overview: Freud, Jung, Adler, Moreno, Perls, Reich, von D羹rckheim, Peseschkian - their perspectives on life and death and its significance for their psychotherapy schools. About the Author: Werner Gross, Dipl.-Psych., psychotherapist, supervisor and coach, organizational and business consultant.
The Beginning Psychotherapist's Companion 3e
With a reassuring and clear writing style, this third edition of The Beginning Psychotherapist's Companion offers practical suggestions and clinical examples to address the professional development and emotional concerns of the beginning psychotherapist. Guidance is provided on managing readers' relationships with their supervisors and diverse clients; the book also educates readers on managing their personal well-being, and discusses the foundations of ethical practice, including informed consent, confidentiality, and documentation. Extensive coverage of boundary issues includes self-disclosure and the reader's online presence. The reader also is guided on how and when to refer clients for medication and other types of healthcare. Willer also provides professional advice on contemporary concerns such as telehealth, social networking, online searches of clients, the psychotherapist's internet presence, electronic communications and data management, and other important emerging challenges. Approaches to behavioral health emergencies are introduced. Comprehensive, practical, and thoroughly updated, The Beginning Psychotherapist's Companion continues to serve as the ideal resource for students and early career psychotherapists.
The Practice of Clinical and Counselling Supervision
Quality supervision assists in quality service provision. The Practice of Clinical and Counselling Supervision: Australian and International Applications is the third edition of the leading Australian state-of-the-art text for supervision training applicable to a vast range of applied therapists. Counsellors, psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers, and clinical nurse supervisors will all find the presentation of supervision approaches, methods, and applications helpful.From introductory conceptualisations of counselling to ethical applications, and from interacting with suicidality to addressing supervisee fears, this book has what supervisors need to know about supervision. Specialty areas including domestic violence, Christian counselling, and the status of supervision research are also covered. This third edition uniquely details information on supervision and counselling in various countries, and thus honours the diversity of applied supervision globally. With an impressive list of contributors from Australia and the broader region, this book provides a wealth of practical information, advice, theory, research evidence, and essential training for supervisors.
Nonviolent Resistance in Trauma-Focused Practice
This book presents Nonviolent Resistance (NVR) for trauma-focused care, adopting a systemic and trauma-orientated approach to aggressive and self-destructive behaviours in young people. Based on systemic therapy methods and principles in socio-political NVR, NVR targets aggressive and self-destructive child behaviours in a relational way to help parents develop self-efficacy in responding to the problematic behaviour and grow a supportive community around the family. In this book, Peter Jakob integrates the original NVR model with aspects of trauma and attachment theory, solution-focused therapy and narrative therapy, in order to expand the efficacy of NVR in trauma-focused work. Grounded in Jakob's extensive clinical experience and research, the book will help the reader navigate the complexity of working across various systems in family therapy and counselling, particularly within challenging contexts such as multi-stressed families, adoptive families, foster- and residential care. Method descriptions and illustrative case examples are featured throughout the chapters to ultimately help readers contribute to their clients' (re)discovery of their internal and interpersonal resources and ultimately promote healing from trauma for everyone involved. This text is an essential resource for a wide variety of mental health professionals, social workers and family workers, as well as caregivers and managers in residential care.
Philosophical Foundations of Psychotherapy
Philosophical Foundations of Psychotherapy promotes a critical understanding of the ideas, traditions, values, and principles that inform and shape - for better or for worse - what therapists do.The book challenges the unhelpful misconception that philosophy is for philosophers alone, because human reality is too complex for therapists to be unaware of the foundations, difficulties, and contradictions within our value systems, ethics, and assumptions. By retrieving attitudes from other times and other places, traversing the relational contours of history right up to contemporary thinkers and practitioners, the author argues that not only do relationships heal, but they offer the only safe harbour in life's sea of troubles. He promotes a conscientious radical relationality, which remains attentive to its influences, including contemporary debates about our neoliberal selves, the superstructures of culture, and the ethics of authenticity. In stepping back from the sometimes- narrow concerns of our therapeutic methods, the book explores broader themes important for living well: what is the good of therapy, how do we reconcile our sense of futility in the face of an indifferent universe, postcolonial debates, responses to disembodied artificial intelligence, and alternatives to our human- centred stance towards Nature.This book is primarily for practitioners, trainees, and educators, but ultimately it is intended for the greater good of clients and those interested in what therapeutic practices and practitioners have to offer. It will also be useful for those teaching research methods, the practice of research supervision, reflexivity, and personal development, across all areas related to mental health.
Psychoanalysis with Adolescents and Children
In Psychoanalysis with Adolescents and Children: Learning to Surf, Mary T. Brady expertly guides the reader through the challenging and vital process of working with young analysands.Brady likens the experience to 'learning to surf.' While finding Bion's metaphor that the analyst must be able to 'think under fire' useful, she suggests 'learning to surf' is more apt in psychoanalysis with adolescents and children. Drawing on this metaphor throughout the volume, she describes how the adolescent can be potentially upended, injured or even killed by emotional waves too tumultuous to manage. Surfing also evokes the often uneasy but sometimes thrilling balances of adolescence. Using clinical vignettes from her extensive experience in the field, Brady explores how to work with young people experiencing issues such as eating disorders, gender challenges, parental substance abuse and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on Bionian Field Theory, as well as the work of Donald Winnicott, she explores how analysts can surf with the adolescent or child in navigating the ebb and flow of psychic life and development.This book is essential reading for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, including psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists and counselors, who treat children and adolescents.
Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Psychological Problems
With 75% new material, the fully revised third edition of this clinical reference and text describes ways to integrate motivational interviewing (MI) into evidence-based psychotherapy and counseling. Readers learn how MI concepts and tools can enhance their foundational skills as helpers--and can be tailored for clients with depression, anxiety disorders, addictions, posttraumatic stress disorder, and other frequently encountered problems. Chapters are grounded in research on what works for particular disorders. Vivid case examples illustrate the role that MI can play in helping clients at any stage of treatment to resolve ambivalence and mobilize their energy, commitment, and personal resources for change. New to This Edition *Chapters on culturally responsive MI, trauma-informed practices, and MI in child welfare. *Chapters on treating chronic pain and serious mental illness. *Key developments in MI, as well as current psychological research. *Extensive annotated sample dialogues throughout the chapters. This book is in the Applications of Motivational Interviewing series, edited by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, and Theresa B. Moyers.
The Observer and the Observed
This book approaches the God-question in a different way than normal: from the perspective of psychotherapy. In a world of machine intelligence, the key idea is an analogy of being between human personhood and divine personhood as the only satisfactory way of showing that our inner conscious awareness (nourished by the validation of the self) is responded to in ultimate terms. It aims to extrapolate ""from below,"" from our psychological experience to asking ultimate questions, drawing lines between: -Observation in quantum physics -The maternal gaze -Recognition in social worlds that confer perception in place of invisibility -The power of inter-subjectivity in relational neurobiology and therapy What has to be accounted for is our sense of personhood and how that fits in with a cosmos that is at best neutral. The metaphor of a ""wifi"" universe is proposed but rather than a soulless device being switched on, how a human psyche comes to a sense of consciousness of its own value is the issue here. A personal God is the best explanation for the evidence of how our personhood and subject status requires correspondence. As engaging with a neutral AI entity is bound to be ""soulless,"" the first-person perspective requires an I-thou relationship. A universe constructed from ""nature"" by itself or one where the ultimate is impersonal energy just does not cut it or respond adequately to what is inside us. This book offers an account of how the realm described by physics and our inner world can tie up--perhaps the only way they can!
The Non-Therapist
Are you an ordinary person whom other people come to because they know you will listen?Are you a pro in your own field, you were trained ages ago, or your main gig is not counseling, yet you find yourself doing so anyway?Do you find yourself listening to other people's stories and thinking: "What on earth should I say?"If yes, this book is for you!It does not take a boatload of fancy degrees and skills to help someone. It takes empathy and a few key skills! Reach people, draw them out, and help them explore their issues with easy-to-use listening techniques that can be helpful immediately, with tips on what not to do. Stop worrying about whether you might say the wrong words and make things worse.Feel confident that you know how to choose the best regional resources to refer someone who needs more help than you can give.Feel confident with user-friendly tools for supporting your loved ones, friends, colleagues, employees, neighbours, patients, parishioners or clients.Supervisors, HR people, and union reps can support an employee or colleague, resulting in satisfying work experiences and relationships.Professional helpers gain or renew skills that complement and contribute to the other services you offer.Informal helpers can feel confident that you can assist your community by filling a service gap effectively.Incorporate your new skills into your current job or volunteer position.Help as if you were a pro! (or even more so!)
An Ounce of Prevention
The boundaries of psychology are expanding as growing numbers of psychological scientists, educators, and clinicians take a preventive approach to social and mental health challenges. Offering a broad introduction to prevention in psychology, this book provides readers with the tools, resources, and knowledge to develop and implement evidence-based prevention programs. Each chapter features key points, a list of helpful resources for creating successful intervention programs, and culturally informed case examples from across the lifespan, including childhood, school, college, family, adult, and community settings. An important resource for students, researchers, and practitioners in counseling, clinical, health, and educational psychology, social justice and diversity, social work, and public health.
Break Free From Anxious Avoidant Attachment
If you've been trapped in the cycle of anxious avoidant attachment and yearn for emotional wisdom, then this transformational guide can be your breakthrough - even if self-help remedies have failed you in the past.Feeling isolated despite being surrounded by people? Struggling to maintain stable relationships? Battling persistent feelings of unworthiness?If these struggles sound familiar, you're certainly not alone. You're navigating the complex realm of anxious avoidant attachment. While challenging, your journey towards emotional peace and healthier relationships starts now.This book is no bland theory manual. It's a practical, compassionate guide that effortlessly blends expert insights with relatable stories and transformational strategies. You'll get a road map to overcome challenges, build emotional resilience, and foster fulfilling relationships.In this game-changing guide, you'll discover: Comprehensive and relatable explanation of the anxious avoidant attachment style - your first step to transforming your lifeActionable strategies to master emotional regulation and transform your relationshipsHow to break the cycle of short-lived relationships and build deeper, lasting bondsThe secret to dismantling self-sabotaging behaviors that are holding you backThe practical guide to self-reflection and growth: Many proven and profound exercises that empower you to defy the crippling fear of being seen and understoodProven techniques for building a stronger sense of self and surmounting feelings of unworthiness5-step healing journey: A comprehensive guide to healing from past traumas and fostering self-loveHow to effectively communicate your needs in your relationships without feeling burdensomeA step-by-step action plan to stop feeling trapped in your relationships and start enjoying fulfilling long-term bonds3 fail-proof strategies to disrupt the cycle of emotional turbulence and reclaim control of your emotionsA detailed guide to recognizing and managing emotional triggers and finding the emotional stability you deserveRecommendations for seeking professional help, including how to choose the right therapist and make the most of your sessionsAnd so much more...Even if you feel like you're too set in your ways to change now, this book unveils proven strategies that can lead you toward emotional freedom-no matter your age or past experiences.If you've tried countless remedies in the past only to find them ineffective, this book provides a unique, comprehensive approach that addresses your concerns holistically. You'll be guided not just through understanding your struggles but in taking tangible steps toward healing and transformation.Whether you've been battling volatile emotions, are repeatedly caught in short-lived relationships, or are striving to crack the cycle of self-sabotage, this guide covers all aspects that anxious avoidant attachment may impact on your life.If you're ready to break free from the constraints of anxious avoidant attachment and embark on a revolutionary journey towards emotional mastery and healthier relationships, then scroll up and click "Add to Cart" right now.
Break Free From Anxious Avoidant Attachment
If you've been trapped in the cycle of anxious avoidant attachment and yearn for emotional wisdom, then this transformational guide can be your breakthrough - even if self-help remedies have failed you in the past.Feeling isolated despite being surrounded by people? Struggling to maintain stable relationships? Battling persistent feelings of unworthiness?If these struggles sound familiar, you're certainly not alone. You're navigating the complex realm of anxious avoidant attachment. While challenging, your journey towards emotional peace and healthier relationships starts now.This book is no bland theory manual. It's a practical, compassionate guide that effortlessly blends expert insights with relatable stories and transformational strategies. You'll get a road map to overcome challenges, build emotional resilience, and foster fulfilling relationships.In this game-changing guide, you'll discover: Comprehensive and relatable explanation of the anxious avoidant attachment style - your first step to transforming your lifeActionable strategies to master emotional regulation and transform your relationshipsHow to break the cycle of short-lived relationships and build deeper, lasting bondsThe secret to dismantling self-sabotaging behaviors that are holding you backThe practical guide to self-reflection and growth: Many proven and profound exercises that empower you to defy the crippling fear of being seen and understoodProven techniques for building a stronger sense of self and surmounting feelings of unworthiness5-step healing journey: A comprehensive guide to healing from past traumas and fostering self-loveHow to effectively communicate your needs in your relationships without feeling burdensomeA step-by-step action plan to stop feeling trapped in your relationships and start enjoying fulfilling long-term bonds3 fail-proof strategies to disrupt the cycle of emotional turbulence and reclaim control of your emotionsA detailed guide to recognizing and managing emotional triggers and finding the emotional stability you deserveRecommendations for seeking professional help, including how to choose the right therapist and make the most of your sessionsAnd so much more...Even if you feel like you're too set in your ways to change now, this book unveils proven strategies that can lead you toward emotional freedom-no matter your age or past experiences.If you've tried countless remedies in the past only to find them ineffective, this book provides a unique, comprehensive approach that addresses your concerns holistically. You'll be guided not just through understanding your struggles but in taking tangible steps toward healing and transformation.Whether you've been battling volatile emotions, are repeatedly caught in short-lived relationships, or are striving to crack the cycle of self-sabotage, this guide covers all aspects that anxious avoidant attachment may impact on your life.If you're ready to break free from the constraints of anxious avoidant attachment and embark on a revolutionary journey towards emotional mastery and healthier relationships, then scroll up and click "Add to Cart" right now.
An Ounce of Prevention
The boundaries of psychology are expanding as growing numbers of psychological scientists, educators, and clinicians take a preventive approach to social and mental health challenges. Offering a broad introduction to prevention in psychology, this book provides readers with the tools, resources, and knowledge to develop and implement evidence-based prevention programs. Each chapter features key points, a list of helpful resources for creating successful intervention programs, and culturally informed case examples from across the lifespan, including childhood, school, college, family, adult, and community settings. An important resource for students, researchers, and practitioners in counseling, clinical, health, and educational psychology, social justice and diversity, social work, and public health.
Emotion-Savvy Parenting
Intense emotions - whether your own or your child's - can make it incredibly difficult to be the parent you want to be. This book is designed to help you become a more emotionally agile parent so you can better navigate whatever emotional storms you inevitably encounter.
The Socio-Emotional Relationship Workbook for Couples
This supportive and empowering guide helps readers identify and build on their relational values, which the dominant culture tends to minimize, inhibit, or disparage.Written in an engaging, easy to read and use format, this workbook offers clear case examples and activities that readers can apply to their own relationships. The introductory chapter describes the problem--how unrecognized power imbalances in who notices, accommodates, and attends to one another make attaining satisfying, mutually supportive intimate relationships difficult. Chapters 2-5 introduce practices that help readers recognize the connections between their social worlds and how they engage in their relationships, with exercises that facilitate this personal awareness and enable them to share these experiences with their partners. Chapters 6-10 guide readers through assessing reciprocity in their relationships and exercises to apply each of the four components of the Circle of Care (mutual vulnerability, attunement, influence, and relational responsibility) and strategies for maintaining commitment to their relational goals over the long term. In each chapter, exercises are structured to first teach personal socio-emotional awareness, followed by relational practices that facilitate engagement based on mutual attunement and shared commitment rather than debate.This book views emotion and meaning as the link between individuals and the larger society and helps readers develop awareness of their social contexts and societal power processes that work against relationships.
An EMDR Therapy Primer
This essential, user-friendly guide offers clear explanations, practical applications, and real-life case examples to navigate and apply the eight phases of EMDR therapy. Barbara Hensley's An EMDR Therapy Primer: From Practicum to Practice provides aspiring and experienced clinicians with a step-by-step overview of the foundations of EMDR therapy. It helps maximize preparation and skills in using EMDR safely, confidently, and effectively by offering a clear presentation of the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, EMDR principles, protocols, and procedures. The fourth edition is fully revised to offer a blend of text, clinical examples, and derailment possibilities, making it easy to understand and apply the eight phases of EMDR therapy. This book provides practical guidance for clinicians as they navigate the therapy process with clients. Chapters include real-life case studies, dialogues, and transcripts, offering valuable insights into the treatment rationale and helping clinicians anticipate and manage various situations during sessions. Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers. New to the Fourth Edition: New and updated tables, including material on the evolution of EMDR therapy. New questions at the end of each chapter reinforce important concepts. Additional information on using EMDR therapy with children, including hints, tips, and scripts. Phrases from Dr. Francine Shapiro drive home critical points in the text. Key Features: Explores a clear and concise review of EMDR, covering the AIP model and the three-pronged approach in easy-to-understand, conversational language. Explains the eight phases of EMDR, with detailed examples to aid in comprehension and application. Utilizes practical strategies and techniques for managing complex clients, intense emotional responses, and processing obstacles. Examines real-life case histories, dialogues, and session transcripts, along with explanations of the treatment rationale. Applies practical hints, tips, and precautions for using EMDR therapy, including guidance for teletherapy sessions. Illustrates examples throughout the book to provide practical insights and enhance understanding.
Invariant Measurement
This is the second edition of an introductory text that describes the principles of invariant measurement; how invariant measurement can be achieved using Rasch measurement theory; and how to use invariant measurement to solve a variety of measurement problems in the social, behavioral, and health sciences. Rasch models are used throughout the text, but brief comparisons of Rasch models to other item response theory (IRT) models are also provided.Written with students in mind, this new edition was class-tested to help maximize accessibility. Chapters open with an introduction and close with a discussion and summary. All chapters have been updated from the first edition, and a new chapter on explanatory Rasch models has been added. Features include numerous examples and exercises to demonstrate the main issues addressed in each chapter. Key terms are defined when first introduced and included in a helpful end-of-text glossary.This book also benefits from online materials which include the data sets used in the book, sample syntax files for running the Facets program, Excel files for creating item and person response functions, and links to related websites.This book will act as a supplementary text for graduate or advanced undergraduate courses on measurement or test theory, IRT, scaling theory, psychometrics, advanced measurement techniques, research methods, or evaluation research taught in education, psychology, and other social and health sciences. It will also appeal to practitioners and researchers in these fields who develop or use scales and instruments. Only a basic mathematical level is required, including a basic course in statistics, ensuring it is an accessible resource for students and researchers alike.
Decolonizing Trauma Healing
This book offers a critical examination of the field of trauma work using a decolonial lens, recentering narratives and approaches to healing in a more inclusive, culturally responsive way than that offered by dominant Eurocentric approaches. As trauma is a universal experience, a colonized paradigm for responding to trauma re-introduces problematic dynamics of domination and subjugation that are inimical to healing. Decolonizing Trauma Healing offers a new paradigm for how psychologists and other mental health providers can learn to properly understand and work with people whose lives, psyches, and souls have been damaged by exposure to trauma. Dr. Laura S. Brown introduces her decolonial, humble, culturally responsive (DHCR) model of trauma healing practice. It urges readers to abandon the concept of cultural competence and other approaches that maintain a Eurocentric perspective, in favor of a decolonial method that re-centers the sufferer's lived experience, with an understanding of the subtle ways in which the colonial mindset underlies the causes of trauma as well as our traditional conception of trauma healing. As a member of a colonized and marginalized culture, as well as in her work as a trauma healer, Dr. Brown serves as an inspiration for readers who want to understand why the traditional approach to trauma care has been insufficient, and all those who are ready to do the work needed to bring the field to a new level of clarity and rigor.
Group and Team Coaching
Group and Team Coaching is a best-seller offering a new perspective on the 'secret life of groups', 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 edition is essential reading for coaches working with groups and teams, and leaders working with their own teams or commissioning coaching.
The Practice of Family Therapy
Now in its sixth edition, The Practice of Family Therapy comes at a time when traditional approaches to psychotherapy have given way to multidimensional strategies that best serve the needs of diverse groups who are grappling with the many challenges unique to family therapy practice. With expanded coverage of different models, along with new developments in evidence-based and postmodern practices, this integrative textbook bridges the gap between science and systemic/relational approaches, as it guides the reader through each stage of family therapy.Part I lays the groundwork by introducing the first-, second-, and third-generation models of family therapy, teaching the reader to integrate different elements from these models into a systemic structure of practice. Part II explores the practical application of these models, including scripts for specific interventions and newly updated clinical examples that highlight how to effectively work with diverse client populations of today. Students will learn how to make connections between individual symptoms and cutting-edge family practices to respond successfully to cases involving substance abuse, trauma, grief, depression, suicide risk, violence, LGBTQIA+ families, and severely mentally ill clients and their families. This newly updated and streamlined edition includes fresh information on working with LGBTQIA+ families and on the family as a resource for suicidal members, and it also includes new discussion of models, such as emotion-focused couple therapy and internal family systems. This text also encourages students to think more broadly about community connections as important resources for clients, such as chosen families and cultural identities that affect one's sense of belonging in relationships.With study guides for each model and a glossary to review main concepts, this text is a comprehensive and accessible guide for students and practitioners. Aligned with the knowledge and content statements of the Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards (AMFTRB), this textbook will be key reading for graduate students who are preparing for the national licensing exam in marriage and family therapy.
Mindfulness Techniques and Practices in Islamic Psychotherapy
Mindfulness Techniques and Practices in Islamic Psychotherapy is a guide for Muslim spiritual care providers, psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, and others who use spiritual and religious concepts, values, and rituals as novel interventions to offer culturally appropriate mental health services. Chapters lay out the practice of muraqabah as a strategy for addressing mental and emotional disturbances such as depression, anxiety, personality disorders, attention-deficit disorders, and more. Using hermeneutical data, Mindfulness Techniques and Practices in Islamic Psychotherapy presents the processes and ethics of the muraqabah technique in Islamic spiritual care and psychotherapy.
