This book is your essential introduction to relational counselling and psychotherapy. It maps out relational concepts and approaches by drawing on humanistic, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural and systemic modalities, using case material to demonstrate different ways of being a relational practitioner. The book shows you how to use relationally orientated skills, competencies, interventions and practices across the therapy process from beginning - middle - end. Content on the social context, on issues of power, diversity and difference, support your personal and professional development. Supported by case studies, recent research and a wealth of learning features, this book will support your development as a relational therapist
In the opening scene of Twister, Piedro lies in a hospital bed with a wheelchair at his side. Casting a shadow from the doorway, his caretaker remarks on Ohow quickly one gets used to this kind of thing,O as she goes on to empty his catheter bag and help him into his wheelchair.
Exploring the impact of the built environment and design on people with a range of neurological experiences, including autism, dementia, dyslexia and dyspraxia, this comprehensive guide shows how modifications to architecture and interior spaces can positively benefit the lives of everyone and advises on how to create and design 'mind friendly' ......
Today's therapy dog handlers recognize the need to be teammates with their dogs, not just supervisors. Teaming with one's dog involves unobtrusively providing physical and emotional support as well as respectful guidance in what to do. Being a teammate requires attention to the handler's behavior, not just the dog's. This book reminds all handlers ......
The definitive guide to the skills, techniques, and concepts used when working with children experiencing emotional challenges. It covers all you need to know about: ? The child-counsellor relationship ? Practice frameworks for working effectively ? Play therapy and the use of different media and activities ? Building self-esteem and social skills through the use of worksheets ? The concepts of wellbeing and resilience. New to this edition: ? Technology: its influence on children and ways it can be used in counselling ? Counselling in a post-pandemic world and the role of remote counselling and 'telehealth' ? More discussion of issues of diversity, difference, intersectionality, implicit bias, and an inclusive practice ? Updated case studies to affirm diversity and represent wider populace ? Expanded and updated end of chapter further resources ? Updated conclusion (with reflections on the pandemic) ? Greater focus on inclusive practice and how SPICC model can be applied across various social/cultural groups. Online resources include digital picture books, worksheets and a list of further reading to support your professional practice and help you extend your learning. This highly practical guide is a vital resource for counsellors, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses, and teachers working or training to work with children.
Are you looking to use counselling skills to enhance your existing helping role? Are you taking the first steps towards becoming a professional counsellor? This practical guide will provide you with the ideal introduction, showing you what helping and counselling is all about. Part 1: Counselling Skills will introduce readers to the underpinning knowledge and practical tools needed to develop a range of helping skills for use in a variety of helping roles, showing what it means to work safely and ethically. Part 2: Counselling Studies will help them take their understanding further by considering in detail important theories and professional issues, preparing them to work as a professional counsellor. Part 3: Counselling Study Skills will offer practical advice and hints and tips to help them make the best start on their counselling portfolio, including journal and essay writing skills, research skills and how to get inspired and overcome blocks to learning. The Third Edition includes new content on counselling skills competencies; working with diverse client groups; online counselling; new case studies, tips and activities. Packed full of practical activities and written in a supportive conversational style, this book is essential reading for anyone wanting to learn counselling skills or embarking on their first stage of training to be a counsellor.
Help your clients who have memory loss remember important information or actions with the proven memory training strategy of spaced retrieval (SR). Using this therapeutic communication method allows people to learn and store important information in long-term memory so that, with practice, it can be easily accessed and retrieved.
