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Spirituality and Ageing

Spirituality and Ageing

Edited by Albert Jewell

Spirituality and Ageing presents the experience of ageing as an opportunity for spiritual reflection and affirmation of life. The contributors are religious and spiritual leaders and ethical thinkers from a range of different backgrounds. They define 'spirituality' as the fulfilment of the universal human need for purpose, values and relationships. more »

1998, Paperback: £25.00/ $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-631-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 196pp

Keywords: older people, palliative care, practical theology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, spirituality, theology

Through the Eyes of Aliens

Through the Eyes of Aliens

A Book about Autistic People

Jasmine Lee O'Neill

This is a positive description of how it feels to be autistic and how friends, family and professionals can be more sensitive to the needs of autistic people. Lee O'Neill perceives the imagination and keenly-felt sensory world of the autistic person as gifts. She challenges the reader to accept their difference and celebrate their uniqueness. more »

1998, Paperback: £15.99/ $25.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-710-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 144pp

Keywords: augmentative communication, autism, child psychology, children, occupational therapy, psychology, speech and language therapy

Group

Claudio Neri
Preface by Parthenope Bion Talamo

Group explores the processes that take place within groups from a psychoanalytical perspective. Combining his original concepts with a critique of established theories, Claudio Neri describes how groups are formed and develop, and analyses what non-verbal or extra-verbal phenomena are present in human communication and how they occur in practice. more »

1998, Paperback: £29.99/ $47.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-416-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 260pp

Keywords: group psychotherapy, psychoanalysis

Taking the Group Seriously

Towards a Post-Foulkesian Group Analytic Theory

Farhad Dalal

In this critique and extension of the work of S.H.Foulkes, Farhad Dalal presents a thorough contemporary appraisal of the theory of group analysis and its relevance to psychoanalysis as a whole. The author argues that Foulkes failed to develop a specific set of group concepts, relying instead on the traditional individualistic framework of Freud. more »

1998, Paperback: £25.00/ $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-642-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp

Keywords: group psychotherapy, psychoanalysis

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

An Introduction to Therapeutic Communities

David Kennard

This comprehensive introduction to the nature and work of therapeutic communities sets them within their historical and social context, to create a backdrop against which current practice can be viewed. The author examines communities specifically aimed at certain sectors of society, and describes the day-to-day running of a therapeutic community. more »

1998, Paperback: £25.00/ $42.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-603-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp

Keyword: therapeutic communities

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

Middle Childhood

Middle Childhood

Moira Borland, Ann Laybourn, Malcolm Hill and Jane Brown

The period of childhood which falls between the early years and adolescence is a comparatively neglected area of study. In its combination of viewpoints, set against a background of related research, law, policy and practice, this book offers a rich and challenging study of an important period of the child's development. more »

1998, Paperback: £25.00/ $44.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-473-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp 1998, Hardback: £49.99/ $95.00
ISBN: 978-1-85302-472-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp

Keywords: adolescence, adoption, child protection, child psychology, children, fostering, psychology, teenagers

Practice Teaching - Changing Social Work

Edited by Hilary Lawson

In this authoritative book, practitioners and academics discuss and explore the complex issues that arise in practice teaching. The challenges related to the organisational context of social work, the role of the practice teacher as the pivot between theory and practice and the need to ensure the development of a sound value base are all explored. more »

1998, Paperback: £29.99/ $49.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-478-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp

Keywords: education, social care, social work

Arts Therapists, Refugees and Migrants

Reaching Across Borders

Edited by Ditty Dokter

Ditty Dokter is joined by contributors from a number of multicultural backgrounds, in a volume examining the issues surrounding intercultural arts therapies as a means of working with clients who are refugees and migrants. The ultimate aim is to promote more awareness of intercultural issues to build a broader framework for arts therapy practice. more »

1998, Paperback: £24.99/ $42.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-550-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp

Keywords: arts therapies, interdisciplinary arts therapies, mental health, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, social work

Growing Up with Disability

Edited by Carol Robinson and Kirsten Stalker

Growing Up with Disability encompasses a wide range of perspectives on childhood impairment and its social implications. The book adopts a child-centred approach, stressing the importance of communicating with disabled children, and includes interviews and pieces of their own writing. The book explores how such children can best be protected. more »

1998, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-568-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp

Keyword: disability

Bulgarian Folk Customs

Bulgarian Folk Customs

Mercia Macdermott

This comprehensive exploration of Bulgarian traditions, beliefs and lifestyles provides a wealth of information available for the first time in English. Folk customs sustain a community and promote the welfare of the individual within it, and in Bulgarian these customs have fulfilled many needs, strengthening, educating and celebrating. more »

1998, Paperback: £29.99/ $47.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-486-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 264pp

Keyword: anthropology

Social Care and Housing

Social Care and Housing

Edited by Ian Shaw, Susan Thomas and David Clapham

Drawing out the implications for policy and practice from the latest research in housing and social work, this volume illustrates the lack of communication between practitioners that is hindering service provision, and provides suggestions for improving current practice. more »

1998, Paperback: / $47.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-437-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp

Keywords: housing, social care, social work

Art-Based Research

Shaun McNiff

In this innovative book, Shaun McNiff breaks new ground in defining and inspiring art-based research. He illustrates how practitioner-researchers can become involved in art-based inquiries during their educational studies and throughout their careers, and shows how new types of research can be created that resonate with the artistic process. more »

1998, Paperback: £19.99/ $32.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-621-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp 1998, Hardback: £49.99/ $80.00
ISBN: 978-1-85302-620-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp

Keywords: art therapy, dance and movement therapy, dramatherapy, expressive therapies, music therapy, psychotherapy

Educational Citizenship and Independent Learning

Rhys Griffith

Defining the characteristics of the ideal global citizen - critically reflective, ethically concerned with social justice, and capable of exercising personal control - Rhys Griffith examines how citizenship is promoted, ignored or even suppressed in schools and offers an analysis of existing methods of cultivating citizenship. more »

1998, Paperback: £29.99/ $47.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-611-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 300pp

Keyword: children's rights

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