Children Who Commit Acts of Serious Interpersonal Violence explores risk management and successful intervention for children in public care who have committed, or are at risk of committing, acts of serious violence.The contributors identify different subgroups of children who are difficult to place, including those who sexually offend and those ......
In "Couples Therapy for Extramarital Affairs", Dr. Don-David Lusterman demonstrates his empathic, psychoeducational approach to working with couples in which one partner has had an affair. Therapy begins with acknowledgement of the "victim" status of the partner who discovered the affair. Dr. Lusterman then works to restore trust and helps the ......
Concise, clear, and featuring numerous clinical examples, this is the first book to include empirical studies of supervisor/supervisee disclosure, plus extensive research on patient/therapist disclosure. Other unique topics include disclosure issues in child therapy.
In Play Therapy With a 6-Year-Old, Dr. Jane Annunziata demonstrates her approach to working with children. Play therapy is premised on the assumption that a child's problems come from unconscious conflicts and developmental deficits, both of which will be revealed in their play.
In Individual Therapy From a Family Systems Perspective, Dr. Florence W. Kaslow demonstrates her integrative approach to therapy. This approach combines techniques from relational-contextual, Bowenian, structural, and cognitive-behavioral therapies, among others, and focuses on the individual within the family context.
This immensely powerful and practical book is about utilising the power of expectation in working with clients. It is the author's contention that creating an environment where the client expects to change is the foundation of doing effective very brief therapy. His own private practice is one where he rarely sees clients more than one or two ......
Offers a comprehensive discussion of the spectrum of issues and arguments in the debate about evidence-based practice (EBP). This book presents a range of viewpoints on the role and nature of EBP and examines the evolution, politics, treatment approaches and implications of EBP in psychotherapy.
Talks about how to conduct Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) with persons 65 years of age and older. This work reviews late life depression's presentation, health consequences, prevalence, interpersonal dynamics, clinical assessment, and treatment. It is useful for mental health professionals working with older adults.
What precipitates mental breakdown? How do people experience such extremes - and how do they see others' interpretations and interventions? Most important, how do people recover from these episodes and get their lives back? These are some of the questions addressed in this anthology of first-hand accounts of mental breakdown and recovery. Ten very ......
