What is it that makes some therapists so much more effective than others, even when they are delivering the same evidence-based treatment? This instructive book identifies specific interpersonal skills and attitudes - often overlooked in clinical
Strategies to Address Minimal Language, Echolalia and Behavior
Expert author Elizabeth Ives Field combines over four decades of working in the autism field to provide functional, in-depth teaching strategies for children on the spectrum who struggle with communication. Incorporating descriptions of composite children at different developmental stages, this book sets out individual goals and therapy approaches ......
Bestselling text Principles of Trauma Therapy: A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment, Third Edition covers the modern treatment of psychological trauma that is both comprehensive in scope yet highly practical in application.
Challenging Stigma, Supporting Connection and Building Hope
Healthcare for older people tends to focus on physical limitations and cognitive decline, and the person's own perspective and strengths are often overlooked. Narrative therapy centres a person as the expert in their own story, and is particularly effective when combined with an older person's wealth of life experience. It highlights the way their ......
This authoritative book--now revised and expanded with important clinical and research advances--presents a proven approach for helping people meet the day-to-day challenges of recovery from addiction and maximize their well-being.
This classic text demonstrates psychodynamic theory and practices across the counselling process beginning - middle - end. This revised sixth edition includes a new preface, updated further reading sections and a new chapter covering contemporary issues including online working, the application of a social justice and DEI agenda within the field of psychodynamic theory and practice. Counselling in Action is a bestselling series of practical introductions designed for trainees and practitioners. Each book introduces one of the main theoretical approaches and provides a guide to the process of counselling from beginning to end. Covering theory and practice, they are trusted companions for many courses in counselling and psychotherapy and other professions such as nursing, social work and teaching.
Utilising Drop Tables, Speeder Boards and Gonstead Manipulation
Based on the latest clinical research and evidence-based knowledge, this resource guides manual therapists on how to safely integrate adaptive spinal manipulation into their practice using commonly used equipment. Manual therapists will benefit from a thorough review of the latest studies and theories surrounding spinal manipulation and its ......
Grounded in decades of CBT research and clinical practice, as well as cutting-edge cognitive science, this book provides critical tools for understanding and treating the full range of addictive behaviors.
Signposts, Symbols and Themes on the Path of the Sandplay Journey
Every sandtray is filled with symbolic meaning - the key is learning what there is to read and how to read it. This book emphasizes the importance of visual imagery and meticulous observation to interpret sandplays, allowing practitioners to find the authentic meanings in clients' sandplay expression before applying theory or referring to a ......
