Psychology & Psychiatry : Psychotherapy : Counseling

Conventional parenting is not adequate to address the needs of children whose emotional development has been frozen, distorted or interrupted as a result of trauma. Therapeutic parenting is a psychodynamic model of parenting tailored for traumatized children, providing a safe, secure environment in which the traumatized child will have the best opportunity to recover. Living Alongside a Child's Recovery asserts that a good understanding of child development and attachment theory is essential to effective therapeutic parenting of a traumatized child, and the book details the roots of trauma as well as the impact this has on a child's ability to maintain normal family bonds, whether with birth parents, foster parents or with staff in a residential setting. It also explains the practicalities of carrying out effective therapeutic parenting, including how to design a therapeutic physical environment, the importance of routine and security, how to approach issues of hygiene and organizing mealtimes. The authors examine individual and group work settings, and also explore transitions; how to manage a child's move to a permanent placement while at the same time ensuring that their needs are prioritized. This book forms part of SACCS' integrated approach and is an ideal accompaniment to The Child's Own Story: Life Story Work with Traumatized Children by Richard Rose and Terry Philpot and Reaching the Vulnerable Child: Therapy With Traumatized Children by Janie Rymaszewska and Terry Philpot, both of which also feature in the Delivering Recovery series. more...

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Lost for Words is an innovative 'loss awareness' training package designed for teach-ers and carers supporting children who are experiencing bereavement, be it through death or any other kind of loss. Developed from collaborative multi-agency and multi-professional work with psychologists, educationalists, social workers and nurses, this package is designed for use by trainers over the course of a day, or over several days. It offers trainers and course delegates crucial guidance, soundly underpinned by research carried out with bereaved children and their parents, in schools, and by the 'Iceberg' project at the University of York. Divided into fundamental 'stand-alone' topics, from children's understanding of death and death as taboo to changes in learning and behaviour, these topic areas can be taught separately or together as required. The training is intended to be interactive and includes many group activities. All the required resources are included with the pack, including templates for OHP transparencies, hand-outs for trainees and a bibliography for further reading. This much-needed training package is an essential resource for teachers, social work-ers, psychologists and all those caring for and working with children. more...

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In The Making of a Counsellor case studies illustrate work done with 'impossible' clients; other essays about orphans and debtors, accountancy trainees and expatriate employees explore new ways of thinking about these groups of people. More traditional, perhaps, are essays about work with neurological patients, adolescent youth club members, traumatised families, and the chronically mentally ill. Each essay breaks fresh ground in understanding the complexity of the problems and the richness of the counselling relationship. In vivid narrative, The Making of a Counsellor conveys the experience of thinking and working as a counsellor. The original and thoughtful essays make this an invaluable source of ideas and techniques. more...

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Contributors. Preface. Chapter 1: Guiding Perspectives and Analytical Tools. Defining the "Centerstage" Marriage. The Empty Nest-an Empty Metaphor?. Our Research: How Did We Learn About Centerstage Marriages?. Five Couples: Five Different Challenges. How to Use This Book. A Guiding Perspective: Communicating Across the Life course. Accounting for Differences among Clients: Culture, Gender, and Religion. Understanding Centerstage Couples: Three Frameworks. "Best Practices" of Centerstage Couples. Concluding Thoughts: Remodeling the Empty Nest. References. PART 1: RECOUPLING: OPTIMIZING RELATIONAL PROCESSES. Chapter 2: Improving Communication. Reassessing Familiar Patterns. Building Communication Capacity. Sources of Distress. Analytical Tools. Working with Clients. Concluding Thoughts. References. Questions for Clients. Exercises. Defining Forgiveness as a Relational Negotiation. Why Forgive?. What Forgiveness Is Not. Sources of Distress. Analytical Tools. Working with Clients. Concluding Thoughts. References. Questions for Clients. Exercises. Chapter 4: Finding New and Meaningful Activities. Constraints on Activity During Childrearing. Midlife Transitions: Finding Fulfillment in New Patterns of Activity. Sources of Distress. Analytical Tools. Working with Clients. Emerging Opportunities for Meaningful Engagement: Examples for Clients. Significant Service. Concluding Thoughts. References. Questions for Clients. Exercises. PART 2: RETOOLING: ADAPTING to MIDLIFE EVENTS. Chapter 5: New Career Directions: Coping with Job Loss and Returning to School. Job Loss. Returning to School. Sources of Distress. Analytical Tools. Working with Clients. Concluding Thoughts. References. Questions for Clients. Exercises. Chapter 6: Managing Boundaries: Boomerang Kids, Adult Children, and Grandparenting. Boomerang Kids. Helping Adult Children. Grandparenting. Sources of Distress. Analytical Tools. Working with Clients. Concluding Thoughts. References. Questions for C more...

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The Iraq war provoked widespread public debate, and media coverage of the events have also been the subject of scrutiny. Embedded reporters, 24-hour news and 'live on the spot' reports have had a huge impact on the news we receive. Media at War offers a critical overview of the war coverage, and provides a context for examining questions that emerged about the role of journalists: What experience, training and protection do war reporters have? What is the relationship between journalists and their sources? Are embedded journalists able to deliver balanced news coverage? more...

Price: $47.95