This volume presents a systematic approach t o identifying and modifying client defence mechanisms in the counselling process. Examples through the book illustrate t he mechanisms and therapeutic change that can result in spit e of them. '
A feminist psychological perspective on the treatment of battered women partners is taken by this volume, which offers a challenge to traditional family therapy intervention in family violence. Experts on legal, ethical and practical issues propose alternatives to the family systems approach and address key areas such as: the psychological state of women who remain in violent relationships; current laws governing family violence; training therapists to recognize family violence; multiethnic perspectives on the problem; and the impact of abusive parental relationships on children. Specific guidelines for individual work with victims are also presented.
Tracing the history and derivation of cognitive psychotherapy, this book discusses various developments as an integrative therapy. Chapters illustrate the applications of cognitive psychotherapy to treat disorders, such as anxiety, depression, and social phobia. Other chapters discuss integration with therapy models, such as constructivism.
`An important book that deserves reading by both trainees and experienced therapists of all approaches and models' - Counsellingbooks.com Skills in Transactional Analysis Counselling & Psychotherapy is a practical introduction to a uniquely comprehensive therapeutic approach, which combines theories of the mind, emotions, behaviour and bodily ......
The Competing Discourses of Psychiatry, Law and Politics
Deidre N. Greig is a Fellow in the Department of Criminology, University of Melbourne, and has a background in social work with a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science. Her teaching and research have focused particularly on issues surrounding the interaction of psychiatry and law, and she is a committee member and former president of the ......
Assessing and Treating Physically Abused Children is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive, practical approach to the assessment and treatment of physically abused children. It presents an overview of child physical abuse (including statistics and consequences); it discusses outcome studies and treatment implications, and also discusses ......
'The idea of a highly accessible resource on depression is a good one...It fills an important gap in the literature and represents a very helpful addition to the library of clinicians - expert and non-expert alike - who could benefit from an accessible, up-to-date primer (or refresher) in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of depression' - ......
Late in life, Heidegger became engaged as a tutor and consultant in a project that led to the establishment of one of the first schools of existential psychotherapy - daseinanalysis. Much of this work emerged in the vital but little discussed Zollikon Seminare. Hans Cohn explores the role of Heidegger's thought in providing an alternative basis for psychotherapeutic practice to the dominant psychodynamic, humanistic and cognitive approaches. Cohn also focuses strongly on the practical therapeutic relevance of Heidegger's ideas.
New Directions for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
First developed in 1955, Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) is the original form of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and one of the most successful psychotherapeutic techniques in the world. Written by the founder of REBT, this work offers a description of the main principles and practices of this innovative and influential therapy.
