Living Through Loss

A Manual for Those Working with Issues of Terminal Illness and Bereavement

Fay W. Jacobsen, Margaret Kindlen and Allison Shoemark

Based on seven years of experience running training courses, this manual is a tried and tested method of training people to counsel and aid others who are suffering loss and bereavement. The course confronts a fear of mortality, and develops the skills which enable the carer to fulfil their task. more »

Keywords: bereavement, cancer, carers, counselling, death, depression, mental health, nursing, palliative care, trauma

Past Trauma in Late Life

European Perspectives on Therapeutic Work with Older People

Linda Hunt, Mary Marshall and Cherry Rowlings

In the professional and practice literature on working with older people, little attention has been given to the potential impact of trauma experienced in childhood and early adult life. This book looks at the effect of trauma on behaviour, which is often mistakenly viewed as part of the pathology of old age. more »

Keywords: challenging behaviour, counselling, occupational therapy, older people, social care, social work, trauma, violence

Quality of Life

Philip Seed and Greg Lloyd

While exploring the popular references to the term "Quality of Life", this book also compares the technical meanings in medicine, the social sciences and in economic and social planning. Methods of measuring quality of life in these and other fields are reviewed to draw out elements which enhance the others. more »

Keywords: health care, social work

Communication Skills in Practice

A Practical Guide for Health Professionals

Diana Williams

Recent changes in the health service have highlighted the need for the health professional to have effective communication skills in order to maintain a high quality of service to the client. This book will meet the demands brought about by the changes in role from the student to practitioner through to managerial responsibilities. more »

Keyword: health care

Good Practice in Risk Assessment and Risk Management 2 volume set

Edited by Hazel Kemshall and Jacki Pritchard

Managers are under increasing pressure to predict risk accurately. This collection explores the arguments and means of assessment in a clear and accessible manner and with a practice-based emphasis. The contributors consider subjects in a wide range of social care settings, all linked by the difficulty of accurately assessing risk. more »

Keywords: forensic psychotherapy, social work

Growth and Risk in Infancy

Stephen Briggs

This book is based on detailed weekly observations of infants in their home environment from birth until two years. Each infant's interactions, relationships, physical, emotional and cognitive development are systematically studied. The focus of the study is on problems in vulnerable infants' development encountered in the observations. more »

Keywords: child development, child protection, child psychiatry, child psychology, children, families, psychoanalysis, psychology

Healing Through Meeting: Martin Buber's Conversational Approach to Psychotherapy

John C. Gunzburg

Healing Through Meeting explains Martin Buber's ideas in simple terms and shows how they can offer a philosophical framework within which to hold a therapeutic conversation. John Gunzburg shares his skills in composing therapeutic stories and encourages therapists to formulate their own stories out of their and their clients' experiences. more »

Keywords: counselling, creative therapies, health care, occupational therapy, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapy, social care, social stories

Staff Supervision in a Turbulent Environment

Managing Process and Task in Front-line Services

Lynette Hughes and Paul Pengelly

Focusing on the interaction between supervisor and supervisee in the agency context, this book explores the interdependence of task and process in supervision. The authors conclude that effective service-delivery continues to depend on agencies providing the "thinking space" that supervision represents. more »

Keywords: social care, social policy, social work, trauma

Child Adoption

A Guidebook for Adoptive Parents and Their Advisors

R.A.C. Hoksbergen

Child Adoption is a straightforward, concise and comprehensive guide which adoptive parents and the professionals who advise them will find invaluable. R.A.C. Hoksbergen covers the practical and emotional issues and possible problems which affect child and parents in adoption. more »

Keywords: adoption, challenging behaviour, child protection, children, emotions, families, fostering, parenting

Raising Responsible Teenagers

Bob Myers

Raising Responsible Teenagers combines comprehensive discussion about child development with practical advice on parenting styles and discipline techniques. Each stage of child development is discussed, creating a picture of where the child 'is at' on entering adolescence. more »

Keywords: adolescence, challenging behaviour, child development, child protection, emotions, families, parenting, youthwork

Collaboration in Health and Welfare

Working with Difference

Ann Loxley

This study demystifies the concept of collaboration. The author suggests a framework to enable collaboration to take place, and details the skills which can be used to facilitate the process. She concludes that inter-professional and interagency collaboration can be creative and exciting despite the problems involved. more »

Keywords: health care, social work

Helping Children with Ill or Disabled Parents

A Guide for Parents and Professionals

Julia Segal and John Simkins

When a parent falls ill or becomes disabled, the pressures placed on family, relations and friends can be very great. Children, in particular, are sometimes forgotten as the adults struggle to cope, yet often have to endure enormous anxiety. The authors look at the range of issues that can arise, including guilt, anger, frustration and fear. more »

Keywords: carers, child protection, children, children's rights, counselling, disability, education, emotions, occupational therapy, parenting, safeguarding children, social work

Not Too Late

Ageing and Psychotherapy

Ann Orbach

Old age is a stage of human development which has largely been neglected in the field of psychotherapy. Not Too Late looks at ageing and psychotherapy from the perspectives of both client and therapist and challenges the view that only short-term therapy or counselling is suitable and that psychoanalysis is just for the young. more »

Keywords: counselling, occupational therapy, older people, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapy, social work

Working with Elder Abuse

A Training Manual for Home Care, Residential and Day Care Staff

Jacki Pritchard

This practical training manual is written for home care, residential and day care staff, who need to be able to recognise elder abuse, but may not be trained to do so. Its large format, range of exercises and photocopiable worksheets makes it a valuable source of training material. more »

Keywords: adult protection, domestic abuse, nursing, older people, residential care, sexual abuse, trauma, violence

The Arts in Health Care

A Palette of Possibilities

Edited by Charles Kaye and Tony Blee

The contributors aim to help clinical and professional staff at all levels in health care settings to introduce and develop the use of the arts in their own spheres of influence. They show that the arts must be an integral part of people's lives and stress that environment and the arts can affect the individual and can possibly aid recovery. more »

Keywords: arts therapies, counselling, health care, interdisciplinary arts therapies, social work

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