Children vary in their response to the death of a loved one. With a literature review on bereavement in childhood, extensive case examples and dialogues to illustrate therapeutic techniques, and over 20 activity handouts that therapists can photocopy and use in sessions, this book provides what is needed to treat bereaved children.
Guidance for Clinicians and Researchers on Stages and Dynamics of Change
Chronicles the rich history of group development research. This book provides a survey of modern theories of group development. It demonstrates the importance of group identity to the achievement of treatment goals through a series of vivid, real-life vignettes that illustrate the characteristic behavior of group members at each stage.
Play therapy is used to meet a broad range of developmental needs in children from various backgrounds. This is for mental health practitioners working with children aged 5 to 12 to help them learn social skills such as making friends, asking for and offering help, controlling their movements and using appropriate words.
Designed as a manual for training and teaching, this book shows how group psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy practitioners combine knowledge of the interpersonal factors that underlie each patient's symptoms, with a sound understanding of group process theory and stages of group development, to effect real and lasting change.
Containing information about the group therapy process, this title discusses the various experiences of breast cancer patients and supplies tools that both relatively new and seasoned therapists can rely upon when beginning new groups.
Describes six therapy models that can be used to treat individuals in facilities that offer short-term group psychotherapy. The best therapy, as authors Virginia Brabender and April Fallon explain in this book, is one that meshes well with the needs of the patient population, the therapist, and the treatment environment.
A Resource for Researchers, Practitioners, and Policymakers
Presents an overview of the key areas of research, from primary prevention, to early cancer detection, to the clinical treatment of cancer, to survivor experience and bereavement, to future directions for research. This book is suitable for researchers, health care providers, and mental health professionals in the fight against cancer.
Hypnosis has always captured the attention of some of the most creative thinkers in the field of psychology. Today, hypnosis and hypnotic phenomena are studied with neuroimaging techniques, and hypnosis has informed cognitive science in meaningful ways. This title is suitable for those interested in the theory and practice of clinical hypnosis.
