Raising a Child with Autism

A Guide to Applied Behavior Analysis for Parents

Shira Richman

Richman explains how parents can adapt ABA for use at home, providing guidance to increase play skills, improve communication and increase independence. The book also covers toilet-training, food selectivity, self-dressing and community outings, and includes an overview of the theory behind ABA as well as a list of resources for further reading. more »

Keywords: ADD, ADHD, applied behaviour analysis, Asperger syndrome, autism, challenging behaviour, children, counselling, emotions, families, high functioning autism, parenting

Choosing a Groupwork Approach

An Inclusive Stance

Oded Manor

How do you choose an appropriate approach for working with each different group you come across? Grounded in systems theory, Oded Manor's model provides a framework that bridges the gap between overly prescribed schemes that do not always meet clients' needs, and open ones that fail to provide sufficient details about practice. more »

Keywords: counselling, group psychotherapy, mental health, social work

Listening to Young People in School, Youth Work and Counselling

Nick Luxmoore

This accessible book captures the reality of young people's experiences, their relationships and the things that are important to them. Using in-depth examples from his many years' experience, Nick Luxmoore outlines a creative approach that will enable professionals to respond appropriately to the complex needs of young people. more »

Keywords: adolescence, child protection, counselling, education, psychology, psychotherapy, teenagers, youthwork

Creative Supervision

The Use of Expressive Arts Methods in Supervision and Self-Supervision

Mooli Lahad

In this book Lahad introduces techniques, drawn from the expressive arts therapies, which can be employed during a supervision to release information from the creative hemisphere of the brain. These techniques include storytelling, role-playing, guided fantasy, imaginary dialogues, letter-writing, drawing, and the use of colours and shapes. more »

Keywords: counselling, dramatherapy, expressive therapies, psychodrama, social work

Survival Strategies for Parenting Children with Bipolar Disorder

Innovative Parenting and Counseling Techniques for Helping Children with Bipolar Disorder and the Conditions That May Occur With It

George T. Lynn

Lynn offers clear, practical advice on recognizing the symptoms, understanding medication and accessing the necessary support at school as well as the managing the day-to-day challenges of parenting a child with Bipolar Disorder. His book will provide guidance and support for parents and carers as well as being a useful resource for professionals. more »

Keywords: ADHD, bipolar disorder, child psychiatry, child psychology, children, counselling, health care, social work

Creative Group Therapy for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Speaking the Unspeakable

Bonnie Meekums

Bonnie Meekums presents creative groupwork strategies and techniques for professionals working with women who have experienced child sexual abuse. The practical strategies have been developed from an understanding of the complex process of recovery, and are informed by the voices of women who have been abused in childhood themselves. more »

Keywords: counselling, group psychotherapy, interdisciplinary arts therapies, mental health, psychiatry, psychotherapy, sexual abuse, social work

Letters to Children in Family Therapy

A Narrative Approach

Torben Marner

The book includes the correspondence between Marner and a number of children who have presented with problems varying from nightmares to anorexia. It shows how the extra encouragement from the therapist helps the child to overcome his or her particular monster or problem externalized as a persecuting phenomenon. more »

Keywords: arts therapies, child protection, child psychiatry, counselling, creative writing as therapy

Childhood Experiences of Domestic Violence

Caroline McGee

Based on the first-hand accounts of children and their mothers regarding their experiences of both domestic violence and support services, this is the first book to examine children's experiences of a range of service provision in response to domestic violence. more »

Keywords: anxiety, challenging behaviour, child protection, child psychology, children, counselling, domestic abuse, emotions, families, sexual abuse, social care, social work, trauma, violence

Psychodynamic Perspectives on Abuse

The Cost of Fear

Edited by Una McCluskey and Carol-Ann Hooper

Psychodynamic Perspectives on Abuse brings together psychoanalytic psychotherapists, political theorists, organisational consultants, social workers and social policy academics to explore the nature and ramifications of abuse in a new light. Psychodynamic Perspectives on Abuse is unique in its range and focus. more »

Keywords: counselling, domestic abuse, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapy, sexual abuse, social care, social policy, social work, trauma, violence

Surviving Post-Natal Depression

At Home, No One Hears You Scream

Cara Aiken

Research indicates that at least one in ten new mothers experience post-natal depression, yet there is little help available to sufferers. The book raises awareness of the illness and the destructive effect it can have on individuals and families. It offers positive suggestions and practical advice, based on personal and professional experience. more »

Keywords: counselling, depression, health care, mental health, psychology, psychotherapy, social work

Case Studies in Non-directive Play Therapy

Virginia Ryan and Kate Wilson

The case studies in this book provide a detailed account of play therapy undertaken with children and an adolescent, all of whom experienced emotional problems and/or varying forms of abuse. Through the narrative form of the case studies, details of their therapeutic progress is given, which then informs discussion of wider issues. more »

Keywords: child psychiatry, child psychology, counselling, play therapy, psychiatry, psychotherapy

Narrative Approaches to Working with Adult Male Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

The Clients', the Counsellor's and the Researcher's Story

Kim Etherington

This book presents first-hand accounts from two male survivors of childhood sexual abuse and from the counsellor who worked with them.It describes the work they separately undertook with a counsellor and discuss a number of issues which include sexuality, spirituality, perception of maleness and relationships. more »

Keywords: children, counselling, sexual abuse, social care, social work, trauma, violence

More Than Just a Meal

The Art of Eating Disorders

Susan R. Makin

Susan Makin here explores how art therapies can be integrated into a multi-disciplinary approach to the treatment of eating disorders, in conjunction with medical programmes. She discusses the creative work and personal accounts of around thirty patients, examining their use of media, imagery and symbolism. more »

Keywords: art therapy, arts therapies, counselling, creative writing as therapy, eating disorders, mental health, occupational therapy

Good Practice with Violence, 2 volume set

Good Practice in Working with Violence and Good Practice in Working with Victims of Violence

Edited by Jacki Pritchard

This is a two-volume set comprising the books Good Practice in Working with Violence and Good Practice in Working with Victims of Violence. more »

Keywords: challenging behaviour, counselling, domestic abuse, offenders, social care, social work, trauma, violence

Good Practice in Working with Victims of Violence

Edited by Hazel Kemshall and Jacki Pritchard

Drawing on the experiences of practitioners from a range of backgrounds, Good Practice in Working with Victims of Violence is a comprehensive study of real or threatened physical violence and its consequences. The book balances this professional expertise with personal accounts of children and adults who have been subjected to violence. more »

Keywords: challenging behaviour, community care, counselling, domestic abuse, elder abuse, emotions, offenders, older people, sexual abuse, social care, social policy, social work, trauma, violence

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