Good Practice in Working with Violence

Edited by Hazel Kemshall and Jacki Pritchard

This book is a comprehensive guide to the techniques and skills required for good practice in assessing and managing violence. Drawing on experiences from contributors from a range of backgrounds, the books discusses the challenges involved in working with violence and its effects. more »

1999, Paperback: £24.99/ $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-641-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 280pp

Keywords: challenging behaviour, counselling, emotions, offenders, psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, social policy, social work, violence

Using Voice and Movement in Therapy

The Practical Application of Voice Movement Therapy

Paul Newham

Using Voice and Movement in Therapy is a practical and imaginative guide to the way in which physical movement and the expressive use of the voice can facilitate therapy. Paul Newham examines how massage, manipulation and dance, combined with vocal expression, can alleviate certain emotional, psychosomatic and psychological symptoms. more »

1999, Paperback: £28.99/ $44.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-592-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp

Keywords: counselling, dance and movement therapy, music therapy, psychology, psychotherapy

Art Therapy, Race and Culture

Edited by Jean Campbell, Marian Liebmann, Frederica Brooks, Jenny Jones and Cathy Ward

The book is a stimulating and inspiring collection which explores the often contentious themes of race, racism and culture in relation to the experience of art therapy, in a constructive way. Contributors examine the impact of racial perceptions in their own experience, their clients' lives, and on the interaction of therapist and client. more »

1999, Paperback: £24.99/ $42.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-578-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 328pp

Keywords: art therapy, counselling, ethnicity

Working with Victims of Crime

Policies, Politics and Practice

Brian Williams

There are an increasing number of organisations dedicated to supporting victims, campaigning for improvements in their situation. Based on the author's experience in working with both victims and offenders, Working with Victims of Crime provides an objective analysis of developments in victim support and their impact on both policy and practice. more »

1999, Paperback: £25.00/ $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-450-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp

Keywords: counselling, offenders, social work, social work law, trauma, violence

Writing Well: Creative Writing and Mental Health

Deborah Philips, Liz Linington and Debra Penman

Writing Well is a practical handbook of creative writing exercises which forms the basis of an indirect, nonconfrontational approach specifically intended for therapeutic use within the mental health field. The exercises are taken from the authors' successful practice with groups of people from a range of backgrounds in a variety of settings. more »

1999, Paperback: £18.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-650-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp

Keywords: counselling, creative writing as therapy, mental health, psychology, psychotherapy, therapeutic communities

Trust and Power

Taking Care of Ourselves through Drama

Penny Casdagli

Trust and Power is a sequence of interactive drama-based workshops that have been developed over seven years to explore with issues with young people. Using situations from real life, each workshop uses exercises to examine the positive and negative aspects of their respective themes, and how they relate to the central themes of trust and power. more »

1998, Paperback: £29.99/ $47.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-556-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp

Keywords: counselling, dramatherapy, psychodrama

Mental Health and Social Work

Edited by Marion Ulas and Anne Connor

Examining the theory and practice of work with people with mental health problems, this volume considers the current state of policy and organisation and the changes that have taken place over the last decade in the field. The book charts the move away from separate, specialist services, and the resultant impact on service provision. more »

1998, Paperback: £29.99/ $47.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-302-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp

Keywords: counselling, mental health, mental illness, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapy, social policy, social work

Guiding Recovery from Child Sexual Abuse

Dave Simon

Based on his own practical experience of working with individuals who have suffered childhood sexual abuse, Dave Simon has created a counselling programme that is tailored for working with adult or adolescent survivors. The programme provides a path of recovery for the survivors that is as safe and easy as possible for them to follow. more »

1998, Paperback: £25.00/ $42.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-571-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp

Keywords: adults, child protection, children, counselling, safeguarding children, sexual abuse, social care, social work, teenagers, trauma, violence, youthwork

Managing Child Sexual Abuse Cases

Brian Corby

Social workers involved in child sexual abuse work have key powers and duties in civil law to protect children. Written for professionals, this book examines the complex nature of such cases, and explores the problems encountered by local authority social workers who are required to intervene in families to protect children. more »

1998, Paperback: £25.00/ $42.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-593-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp

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

Gravity and the Creation of Self

An Exploration of Self Representations Using Spatial Concepts

Elizabeth Burford

This book explores how physical structures that children create in play reflect their own inner emotional landscape. Burford focuses on these physical expressions of the internal processes and their application in psychotherapy, with particular reference to the pioneering work of the child psychotherapist Margaret Lowenfield. more »

1998, Paperback: £23.99/ $38.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-557-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp

Keywords: child psychiatry, counselling, play therapy, psychotherapy

Helping Children to Manage Loss

Positive Strategies for Renewal and Growth

Brenda Mallon

This book explores the territory of loss in childhood using the words of children who have found themselves bereft of hope. As well as covering the short and long term implications that arise when loss occurs, it provides positive approaches that enable children not only to cope but to grow through their experiences. more »

1998, Paperback: £19.99/ $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-605-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp

Keywords: bereavement, child psychology, children, counselling, death, educational psychology, emotions, occupational therapy, palliative care, social care, social work

Observation and its Application to Social Work

Rather Like Breathing

Pat Le Riche and Karen Tanner

Karen Tanner and Pat Le Riche have brought together a range of contributions from practitioners and social work academics in order to discuss the application of ideas about observation to social work education and practice. The authors focus on how observation can be used to counteract oppressive and dehumanising practices. more »

1998, Paperback: £22.99/ $38.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-630-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp 1998, Hardback: £49.99/ $85.00
ISBN: 978-1-85302-629-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp

Keywords: carers, community care, counselling, nursing, social care, social work

Advocacy, Counselling and Mediation in Casework

Processes of Empowerment

Edited by Yvonne Joan Craig

This is the first study to compare advocacy, counselling and mediation as social processes of empowerment. It focuses on the user/worker partnership in care-giving services, and on the increasing imperative for cooperation between disciplines. more »

1998, Paperback: £25.00/ $42.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-564-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp

Keywords: advocacy, counselling

The Self on the Page

Theory and Practice of Creative Writing in Personal Development

Edited by Celia Hunt and Fiona Sampson

This book examines the potential of creative writing as a therapeutic tool. Illustrating a wide range of approaches, the contributors provide an introduction to thinking about creative writing in a personal development context with suggestions for further reading, and look at the potential evolution of therapeutic creative writing in the future. more »

1998, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-470-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp

Keywords: counselling, creative writing as therapy, poetry, psychotherapy

Imagery and Symbolism 2 vol set

Dictionary of Images and Symbols in Counselling and Imagery and Symbolism in Counselling

William Stewart

2 volume set, comprising Dictionary of Images and Symbols in Counselling and Imagery and Symbolism in Counselling. more »

1998, Paperback: £49.99/ $79.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-349-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 700pp

Keywords: counselling, creative therapies, folklore and myth, pastoral care, psychology, psychotherapy

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