A Guide for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients and their Families
This is the first book to establish guidelines and to assist prescribers and therapists in withdrawing their patients from psychiatric drugs, including those patients with long-term exposure to antipsychotic drugs, benzodiazepines, stimulants, antidepressants, and mood stabilizers. It describes a method developed by the author throughout years of ......
How to Give Clients the Skills to Stop Panic Attacks shows how it is possible to prevent and abort a panic attack through lifestyle change and mind-body relaxation. Presenting an effective approach rooted in the philosophy of functional medicine, this book proposes using calming breathing techniques as the foundation to controlling the anxiety ......
Offers an exploration of field observations, theory construction and rigorous testing, and laboratory research to advance working models for a research paradigm on substance abuse and co-morbidity.
Shows how research can be applied to help people with nonprogressive memory disorders improve their functioning and quality of life. This book offers guidance on how to assess patients, set treatment goals, develop individualized rehabilitation programs, and conduct memory groups. It provides knowledge on nature and causes of memory impairment.
A Comprehensive Resource From Intake to Termination
Demonstrates that it is possible to honor clients' spiritual experience from the beginning to the end of the therapeutic process whether or not the therapist has a spiritual background. This book presents sample treatment plans that address various encounters with clients' spirituality.
Offers an introduction to the AAI and its use as an adjunct to a range of therapeutic approaches, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, parent-infant psychotherapy, home visiting programs, and supportive work in the context of foster care and adoption.
This book provides a one-stop comprehensive overview of the characteristics of and suitable interventions for nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD), specifically written for parents and professionals. Emphasising the critical importance of early intervention, the author outlines the typical development profile of children with NLD, explains how to ......
In ""Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression"", Dr. Zindel V. Segal demonstrates a mind-body approach to helping clients who have experienced depression to prevent a relapse into depressive symptoms. Depression poses an ongoing challenge to staying well because certain thought patterns, usually involving rumination or self-criticism, ......
In Working With Stepfamilies, Dr. James H. Bray shows his approach to counseling stepfamilies or remarried families-families created when two spouses who already have children get married. This is a complex form of therapy-as there are usually many people involved-including the parents, their respective children, the nonresidential parents of ......
