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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/ $38.95Keywords: child psychiatry, counselling, play therapy, psychotherapy
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/ $39.95Keywords: bereavement, child psychology, children, counselling, death, educational psychology, emotions, occupational therapy, palliative care, social care, social work
This book describes the processes involved in rehousing or adapting existing accomodation, identifying the professionals who may contribute and highlighting the role of the occupational therapist. The book will be of use to a range of professionals, including occupational therapists, architects, social workers and more. more »
1998, Paperback: £29.99/ $47.95Keywords: disability, housing, social care
The management of the secure psychiatric services is under increasing scrutiny. The book illustrates the problems faced by the Special Hospitals, the techniques and action employed to effect major change in these large, enclosed institutions, difficulties and obstacles encountered which dominate and influenced management and clinical initiatives. more »
1998, Paperback: £34.99/ $55.00Keywords: forensic psychiatry, psychiatry
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/ $38.95Keywords: carers, community care, counselling, nursing, social care, social work
Williams explains how the senses of autistic people work, suggesting they are 'stuck' at an early development stage common to everyone. She calls this the system of sensing, claiming that most people move to the system of interpretation which enables them to make sense of the world, but they lose various abilities which people with autism retain. more »
1998, Paperback: £21.99/ $34.95Keywords: Asperger syndrome, autism, occupational therapy, sensory issues
The social, moral and cultural development of children is a central concern for all schools. This book, which draws on the voices of children and practising teachers, demonstrates how such development can be promoted through children's readiness to discuss, debate and actively participate as young citizens. more »
1998, Paperback: £29.99/ $44.95Keyword: children's rights
This completely revised edition embraces new developments in this rapidly developing field. The wealth of up-to-date information provided will be invaluable not only for researchers and students but also for psychologists, teachers and other professionals, and parents, carers and family members in search of comprehensive and helpful information. more »
1998, Paperback: £29.99/ $49.95Keywords: ADD, ADHD, Asperger syndrome, autism, challenging behaviour, child protection, children, educational psychology, emotions, high functioning autism, occupational therapy, social work, special education
Widely regarded as the definitive work on forensic psychotherapy, this major compendium is now published in paperback in one volume.This compendium of forensic psychotherapy brings together the contributions of over sixty authors and covers all aspects- both theoretical and applied- of this currently crystallizing field. more »
1998, Paperback: £75.00/ $120.00Keywords: forensic psychotherapy, offenders
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/ $42.95Keywords: advocacy, counselling
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/ $36.95Keywords: counselling, creative writing as therapy, poetry, psychotherapy
Professionals engaged in art therapy discuss aspects of practice which are affected by an environment of increasing cultural diversity. Some contributions examine problems faced by members of ethnic minorities who are caught between assertion of their cultural identities and assimilation into a different social milieu. more »
1998, Paperback: £27.99/ $44.95Keyword: art therapy
The book focuses on the theory and practice of Jungian analysis, group analysis and the relevance of these psychotherapy to one another. Zinkin makes connections between concepts in the Jungian analysis and the psychoanalytic repertoire, from his other disciplines, including anthropology, social psychology, literary philosophy and physics. more »
1998, Paperback: £29.99/ $49.95Keywords: psychoanalysis, psychology
Bringing new and original ideas to the main theoretical points, the author explores such questions as how attachment theory can guide a critical exploration of how therapists work with their patients, and what the practical implications are of using such an approach. more »
1998, Paperback: £19.99/ $39.95Keyword: group psychotherapy
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 »
1998, Paperback: £29.99/ $47.95Keywords: dramatherapy, forensic psychotherapy, offenders
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