Principles of NLP

What it is, how it works, and what it can do for you

Joseph O'Connor and Ian McDermott

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) teaches how to model excellence to achieve excellence in everything you do. This introductory guide explains the principles of NLP, showing how to be in tune with your patterns of behaviour and language and those of the people around you, and how to use this knowledge to reach your goals. more »

Keywords: alternative therapies, anxiety, complementary therapies, counselling, depression, hypnotherapy, psychology, self esteem

Principles of Reflexology

What it is, how it works, and what it can do for you

Nicola Hall

This introductory guide covers the history and theory behind reflexology as well as the principles of practice. The book includes an outline of how treatment works and how it is given, a guide to the reflex areas, effective reflexology treatments and case studies, reflexology as a preventative therapy and how to find a reliable reflexologist. more »

Keywords: alternative therapies, bodywork, Chinese medicine, complementary medicine, complementary therapies, health care, massage, pain management, reflexology

Principles of Reiki

What it is, how it works, and what it can do for you

Kajsa Krishni Boräng

Reiki is an ancient Japanese healing system based on channelling spiritual energy through the hands. This concise introduction covers the history and spiritual principles of Reiki, how it is taught and practiced and what to expect from treatment. It explains how Reiki can be used in healing in everyday life and how to find a Reiki teacher. more »

Keywords: bodywork, complementary therapies, energy work, massage, pain management, spirituality

Principles of the Alexander Technique

What it is, how it works, and what it can do for you
2nd edition

Jeremy Chance

This introductory guide presents an overview of the Alexander technique which teaches us how to co-ordinate mind and body effectively so that our thinking is clarified and our movements become naturally lighter. Encompassing everything from teaching lineages to how to find a practitioner, it provides all the key information on the topic. more »

Keyword: bodywork

Principles of the Enneagram

What it is, how it works, and what it can do for you
2nd edition

Karen A Webb

The new and updated edition of this classic book presents an authoritative introduction to the Enneagram; a curiously accurate system of knowledge about human personality based on an ancient diagram of a nine-pointed star. It covers all the key aspects of the system, from historical roots to how it can be applied. more »

Keywords: emotions, psychology, spirituality

Principles of Tibetan Medicine

What it is, how it works, and what it can do for you

Dr. Tamdin Sither Bradley

This introductory guide presents all the essential information on Tibetan medicine, an ancient medical system which has been practised for over 2,500 years. It covers the theory, practice and historical background of the system, as well as including explanations of methods of diagnosis and treatments such as golden needle therapy and cupping. more »

Keyword: Tibetan medicine

Printmaking as Therapy

Frameworks for Freedom

Lucy Mueller White

The author explores the therapeutic advantages of printmaking. She also describes its roots outside art therapy. Relief printing, intaglio, planographic or surface processes, and stencilling are all covered in detail, with many ideas for incorporating them into art therapy sessions. more »

Keywords: art therapy, health care

Prison Theatre

Practices and Perspectives

Edited by James Thompson

Prison Theatre offers a variety of perspectives on a range of practical and theoretical approaches to the use of drama and theatre in prisons and probation but also in secure settings including the use of creative processes to examine the roots of offending behaviour and in building prisoners' confidence, self-esteem and communication skills. more »

Keywords: dramatherapy, forensic psychotherapy, offenders

Process in the Arts Therapies

Edited by Ann Cattanach

The multiplicity of levels at which process operates for art therapists is the theme of this book. What happens during a therapy session is examined, as are the client's response, which is experienced through the medium of the art form itself, and the evolution of the relationship between therapist and client. more »

Keywords: arts therapies, dance and movement therapy, interdisciplinary arts therapies, music therapy, play therapy

Professional and Therapeutic Boundaries in Forensic Mental Health Practice

Edited by Anne Aiyegbusi and Gillian Kelly

For clinicians who work therapeutically with clients in forensic settings, the capacity to maintain boundaries is critical to safety as well as good treatment outcomes. The contributors to this multi-disciplinary book address the challenges of establishing boundaries in forensic settings to support practitioners in this aspect of their work. more »

Keywords: forensic psychiatry, forensic psychotherapy, mental health, nursing, offenders, psychiatry, psychology, therapeutic communities

Professional Boundaries in Social Work and Social Care

A Practical Guide to Understanding, Maintaining and Managing Your Professional Boundaries

Frank Cooper

This book is as a basic primer for maintaining all types of boundaries during the professional relationship, from legal boundaries and policies governing behaviour to rules surrounding confidentiality. The book offers practical advice and suggestions for how to judge boundaries and for how to manage a situation where boundaries have been crossed. more »

Keywords: careers, carers, community care, counselling, relationships, residential care, social care, social policy, social work, social work law

Professional Engineer in Society

Stephen Collins, John Ghey and Graham Mills

The authors describe the skills and background knowledge the effective engineer will need and go on to describe the historical development of the engineering profession, with particular reference to the UK but also in comparison with the French and German experiences. Assignments, exercises and study questions are set at the end of each chapter. more »

Professional Risk and Working with People

Decision-Making in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice

David Carson and Andy Bain

Professional Risk and Working with People provides advice on assessing and managing risks for all those employed to take risks with or on behalf of other people. The authors explore issues of risk assessment and management that provides readers with a broad knowledge of risk practices that can be applied across a range of disciplines. more »

Keywords: community care, counselling, health care, mental health, offenders, risk assessment, social care, social policy, social work, social work law

Profiles of Play

Assessing and Observing Structure and Process in Play Therapy

Saralea E. Chazan

Written by a leading child psychologist, this clearly written and practical book provides a template for interpreting change and meaning in children's lives through play activity. It shows how each child's pattern of play has a distinct profile of measurable features. These can be identified - and can be used to assess the child's development. more »

Keywords: child psychology, children, occupational therapy, play therapy

Project-Based Group Work Facilitator's Manual

Young People, Youth Workers and Projects

Andy Gibson and Gaynor Clarke

This book is intended to help youth workers to develop the skills, knowledge and confidence to work successfully and creatively with groups of adolescents and young adults. It explores how skills are learnt, how values, and understandings are developed and how projects can enhance this process. It also shows how these things can happen in practice. more »

Keywords: adolescence, child protection, counselling, group psychotherapy, social care, social work, teenagers, trauma, violence, youthwork

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