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Argues that severe personality disorders result from the shattering of the self and subsequent warfare between subpersonalities. Traces the notion to 19th-century French psychiatry, and shows how it can be modernized by recognizing the connection between...

The lure of drugs and alcohol is capturing today's youth in its fatal grip and may ultimately destroy our nation's future generations. The vicious cycle of abuse is one that parents, teachers, counselors, and other citizens decry on a daily basis. Dr...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306439704Author Gregory Max VogtFormat PaperbackPage Count 285Imprint Kluwer Academic/Plenum PublishersPublisher Springer Science+Business...

The chapters of this volume were originally presented at a symposium on "Depression in Schizophrenics" held at the University of Calgary, Health Sciences Centre on July 06 and 07, 1988. It was the intent of the organizers to draw together...

""This treasurehouse of a book glows with contributions to every fundamental aspect of psychoanalysis. Dr. Pine moves with grace and authority between the worlds of child development and clinical process, between abstract theory and the...

This first person account of a clinical psychologist's work is a guide to the use of cognitive techniques with seriously mentally ill clients. Although it is written in nontechnical language accessible to the beginning therapist, it includes enough...

Juvenile male sexual offenders in residential settings may be mandated to participate in a treatment program to address their sexual behavior problems. This workbook is designed specifically for this population. The program outlined is based on the...

What do we wish to know about psychotherapy and its effects? What do we already know? And what needs to be accomplished to fill the gap? These questions and more are explored in this thoroughly updated book about the current status and future directions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913494674Author Ruthie SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Karnac BooksPublisher Karnac Books

Originally published in 1985, Living with the Bomb was written as a sequel to the best seller Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison. The human species is facing extinction, not merely from nuclear war but also, and perhaps more likely, from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780835606684Author Don CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 355Imprint Quest Books,U.S.Publisher Quest Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 408g

On a visit to South Africa in 1981, Dave spent a month with the Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert. During this visit, he felt that he had finally returned to his roots and he started formulating his theory around the use of wilderness for spiritual practice...

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It deals not only with traditional aspects of therapy with these challenging patients, but also with special problems that may arise, including aggression and impulsivity, alcohol and drug abuse, chronic pain, sex and relationships, and vocational and...

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Social workers and Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) helpers need practical, relationship-based clinical tools to support families experiencing stress, separation, and loss. Research reveals key parenting behaviors occur during hair...

As we approach the 21st century, we also approach the third decade of the AIDS epidemic. Mental health care providers must face the crucial fact that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the condition it causes, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome...

Within this important book, Stephen J. Costello draws on Eastern philosophy, Western psychology, and wisdom traditions to offer an interpretation and answer to the multidimensional problem of addiction.The nature of pleasure, pain, and attachment are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798218078928Author Tj AddamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Tash Publications, LLCPublisher Tash Publications, LLCWeight(grams) 118g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914195372Author Susan M HingleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint UK Book PublishingPublisher Consilience MediaWeight(grams) 468gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

Creating Meaning in Funerals is a book about the ways in which bereaved families and communities create meaningful ceremonies against a backdrop of what is culturally appropriate, even when their choices might make little economic sense to those outside...

In Freud’s Student Years, Florian Houssier presents the life experiences and inner conflicts of Sigmund Freud from his eighteenth birthday to his clinical practice, showing how these experiences informed his later theories.Following on from Freud’s...

Advances in Group Psychotherapy presents an exploration of the work of Stewart Aledort in group psychotherapy.The book covers key areas of Aledort’s work in group psychotherapy, including theory and working with shame, anger, and aggression in the group...

This book synthesizes the expanding literature on coping styles and strategies by analyzing how individuals with CID face challenges, find and use their strengths, and alter their environment to fit their life-changing realities. The book includes...

The techniques of psychotherapy are often given undue emphasis, slighting the importance of the psychotherapist. Research suggests that the same techniques are differently effective when used by equally trained and supervised therapists. Not only are...

Despite the popularity of CBT, and the fact that it takes on average eight years to become accredited, there is a lack of clear, consistent career guidance. This can lead to confusion and misguided choices, adding years to the journey or causing people...

This book takes the reader on a journey through the sensitive and often painful realities of contemporary South African life. Offering a fresh and innovative perspective on psychodynamic psychotherapy, it captures the possibilities of using psychodynamic...

More common than was previously believed, body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) affect as many as 1 in 20 people. Written by the experts who created and developed the ComB Model, it provides a practical and user-friendly manual for therapists on an...

Years of experience, level of qualification, modality delivered, supervision, personal therapy, and continuing professional development are not predictive of client outcomes in psychotherapy. Further, the outcomes of psychotherapy have not improved in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789535698906Author MR Denis KotlarFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Denis KotlarPublisher Denis KotlarWeight(grams) 140g

This book presents the case studies of children who are identified as emotionally disturbed as well as those labeled as learning disabled or educable mentally retarded from both a deviancy and ecological perspective for a more complete understanding of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990941092Author Suzana SjenicicFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Celenic Earth PublicationsPublisher Celenic Earth PublicationsWeight(grams) 195g

This textbook aims to educate students across all mental health disciplines on the importance of using strengths-based resilience as a tool when working with military families. Organized into three main sections using the military deployment cycle,...

Brief therapy is a unique and effective approach to mental health service delivery. Brief Psychotherapy: Time-Limited and Effective Treatments offers readers insight into the assumptions and operating principles that are at the core of all brief...

This book examines issues of intersectionality and multicultural competency, humility, and sensitivity necessary to work with interracial, intercultural, and interfaith couples. It describes a therapeutic approach that combines a social constructionist...

"We have waited a long time for this spell-binding collection of therapeutic conversations, which present state-of-the-art theory followed by commentaries. In combination, these expand and challenge our thinking about the relationship of relative to...

The Bion Seminars at the A-Santamaria Association offers readers insightful analyses and commentaries on Bion’s key papers and books, as well as providing a unique set of discussions and explorations of many of Bion’s central concepts and foundational...

More and more clinicians as well as researchers realize that anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa often are extremely difficult to treat and that the short-term outcome can be very misleading. In many cases these disordersprevail for a long period of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594578410Author Anne R Bewley Ph DFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams)...