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Introduction to the Psychology of Ageing for Non-Specialists
by Ian Stuart-HamiltonA comprehensive introduction to the psychology of ageing for non-specialists. It covers all the key issues, from definitions of ageing and life expectancy to the aspects of ageing that have the most impact on people's lives. It draws on the latest research in the field and offers practical information for those working with the older population.
Mindful Living with Asperger's Syndrome: Everyday Mindfulness Practices to Help You Tune in to the Present Moment
by Chris MitchellWhether due to anxiety or the comfort of routine, people with Asperger's Syndrome often find that they go through life on autopilot. This book provides advice and step-by-step exercises for adopting a mindful way of living to overcome difficulties and become more present in the moment. Exercises include breathing, yoga stretches and meditations.
Musical Encounters with Dying: Stories and Lessons
by Islene RunningdeerThis book explores the supportive role music therapy can play in the end-of-life care. Through real-life accounts, it looks at how to create a therapeutic relationship, help patients to reach final goals, work within cultural contexts and deal with difficult emotions. It also considers how best to support the families of the dying.
Music Technology in Therapeutic and Health Settings
by Felicity Baker Karen Burland Jackie Lindeck Joseph Nagler Michelle Bonaventura Andrea Cevasco Davis Wimberly Julie Zigo Robert E. Krout Nicole Hahna Ariel Weissberger Jon Adams Alex Street Lisa Martino Susan Hadley Marcia Lajoie Jane Bache Michael Bertolami Lorrie Kubicek Lisa Spall Vern Miller Gary Derwent Nir Sadovnik Gray Baldwin, MT-BCThere is a rapidly emerging and developing area of music therapy practice that uses electronic music technologies in a range of therapeutic and clinical settings to help clients with complex needs. With contributions from leading experts in the field, this edited volume explains cutting edge technologies and how to apply these tools in practice.
Cognitive Analytic Therapy for People with Intellectual Disabilities and their Carers
by Steve Potter Michelle Anwyl Perry Morrison Hilary Brown Nicola Murphy Pamela Mount Jo Varela David Wilberforce Simon Crowther Zoe Ball Helen ElfordCognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) is increasingly used by those providing services for people with intellectual disabilities. This book introduces CAT in practical, user-friendly language and guides readers on how to use the approach to inform their work and encourage positive change through the therapeutic relationship.
Neuroscience for Counsellors: Practical Applications for Counsellors, Therapists and Mental Health Practitioners
by Rachal Zara WilsonThis book explains neuroscience discoveries in accessible, plain English and provides guidance on how to apply this knowledge to counselling practice in order to enhance understanding of clients' needs.
Troubleshooting Relationships on the Autism Spectrum: A User's Guide to Resolving Relationship Problems
by Ashley StanfordDon't you wish relationships came with a manual? This user's guide to relationships adopts a practical troubleshooting approach to resolving difficulties that will greatly appeal to the logical minds of people on the autism spectrum and help their partners. It covers key problem areas such as communication, mindblindness, co-habiting, and intimacy.
Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies: Theory and Practice
by Michael Franklin Bonnie Gabriel David Payne John Fox Janet Surrey Pat Allen Daniel Herring Nancy Beardall Caroline Peterson Sidney Trantham Jennifer Tantia Emily Tara Weiner Gabriella Ventrella Paola Luzzatto Lucia Minerbi Carolyn Van Dort Debra L. Kalmanowitz Patricia Isis Gemma Oldrini Jared D. Kass Merryl Rothaus Denise Grocke Anna Lagomaggiore Joel Gluck Jürgen Fritsche Ellen Mullin Fiona Chang Zoe Arlene Avstreih Shaun McNiff Karin von von Daler SchwanbeckThis ground-breaking book explores the theoretical, clinical and training application of integrating mindfulness with all of the arts therapies, and includes cutting-edge contributions from neuroscience, with 6 sections that examine mindfulness and the arts therapies from different perspectives written by pioneers and leaders in their fields.
The Writer's Key: Introducing Creative Solutions for Life (Writing for Therapy or Personal Development)
by Gillie BoltonThe Writer's Key introduces creative writing as a tool for self-reflection and personal and professional development. It provides strategies and inspiration for getting started, continuing despite hesitations and for getting the most out of writing, and includes success stories from personal and professional writers.
Supporting People through Loss and Grief: An Introduction for Counsellors and Other Caring Practitioners
by John WilsonThis accessible handbook provides a comprehensive guide to working with people experiencing grief, bereavement and loss. It covers theories and models of grief, essential skills and how to support people in practice. It is essential reading for counsellors, bereavement support volunteers, palliative care nurses, students and trainers.
Assessment and Outcomes in the Arts Therapies: A Person-Centred Approach
by Claire Molyneux Laura Fogg-Rogers Mariana Torkington Suzanne C. Purdy Robin Barnaby Abigail Raymond Margaret-Mary Mulqueen Marion Gordon-Flower Sylvia Leão Alison TalmageThere is increasing pressure on therapists to provide details of structured assessments and to report therapy outcomes. This edited volume provides a series of case studies, with varied client groups, giving arts therapists an accessible introduction to assessment and outcome measures that can be easily incorporated into their regular practice.
An Asperger Leader's Guide to Living and Leading Change (Asperger's Employment Skills Guides)
by Rosalind BergemannPeople with Asperger Syndrome (AS) often struggle with change and this is magnified when it is part of their professional role to manage and lead change. Written by a business leader with Asperger Syndrome, this practical guide provides advice and strategies on coping with and implementing change in the workplace.
A Guide to Evaluation for Arts Therapists and Arts & Health Practitioners
by Mercedes Pavlicevic Camilla Farrant Giorgos TsirisEvaluation has become a crucial tool in the development of arts therapy professions. This guide provides foundational frameworks for designing and implementing bespoke evaluation protocols, based on the authors' substantial experience of designing and realising evaluation projects, and running training workshops for arts and health practitioners.
101 Tips for Parents of Children with Autism: Effective Solutions for Everyday Challenges
by Arnold Miller Theresa SmithBased on the principles of the Miller Method, this book is a practical, how-to guide filled with quick, effective tips for dealing with issues such as tantrums, inappropriate behaviour, lack of focus and communication, toilet training and developing friendships in children with autism.
Counselling Skills for Working with Trauma: Healing From Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse (Essential Skills for Counselling)
by Christiane SandersonThis is a practical guide to counselling survivors of child abuse, neglect, sexual violence, sexual trafficking, religious sexual abuse, and torture. Written in an accessible style, it provides a comprehensive introduction to complex trauma and practical advice on how to work with it, manage trauma symptoms and encourage post traumatic growth.
Sexuality and Severe Autism: A Practical Guide for Parents, Caregivers and Health Educators
by Kate E. ReynoldsThis handbook guides the reader through the process of teaching about sex and sexuality to people with severe autism. It deals with when, what and how to begin the process and addresses girls' and boys' issues, as well as physical changes and menstruation, public and private sexual behaviours, sexual abuse and reporting inappropriate touching.
Group Filial Therapy: The Complete Guide to Teaching Parents to Play Therapeutically with their Children
by Virginia Ryan Louise GuerneyIn Group Filial Therapy (GFT), therapists train parents to conduct play sessions with their children. This book provides an accessible guide to the theory and practice of GFT, and for the first time offers step-by-step guidelines for implementing the GFT program developed by Dr Guerney, the co-creator of Filial Therapy.
DBT Workbook For Dummies
by Blaise Aguirre Gillian GalenAn effective skills-building resource for achieving real change with dialectical behavior therapy Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is the type of talk therapy with the most evidence-base for people who experience painful swings in emotions and volatile relationships. It is most commonly applied in the treatment borderline personality disorder who also experience suicidal thinking and behaviors and in recent years, therapists use it for other mental health conditions as well. With DBT, you can learn to regulate your emotions, tolerate distressing situations, improve your relationships, and apply mindfulness in your daily life. DBT Workbook For Dummies puts healing in your hands, giving you step-by-step exercises for learning these concepts and putting them to work. Great for patients, family members, and clinicians, this book is an essential resource for understanding emotions and behavior and then learning how to handle uncertainty when emotions and relationships are in flux. These clear and practical explanations and activities make it easy to move toward a new you. Learn the basic concepts of dialectical behavior therapy and apply them in your life Become more resilient by using coping skills that will help you achieve your goals Work through hands-on exercises that will help you navigate relationships, increase self-awareness, and overcome the impact of strong and painful emotions Manage mental health issues arising from intense emotions, poor self-esteem, and stressful situations Great on its own or paired with DBT For Dummies, this book will help patients, their family members, and DBT therapists in the search for concrete actions that promote thriving in the long term.
Living with Late-Stage Dementia: Communication, Support, and Interaction
by Lars-Christer Hydén Anna Ekström Ali Reza MajlesiThis book investigates how people living with late-stage dementia can engage in communication and social interaction. Based on empirical research, it explores the remaining communicative resources of people living with cognitive impairment (e.g., intercorporeal interaction, bodily gestures, gaze), presenting the agency of the person with dementia as an integral part of their relations with others. The book provides a comprehensive theoretical framework for analyzing, describing, and understanding communication in late-stage dementia, and explores the use of video ethnography to record and analyze non-verbal, bodily interaction. The authors skilfully bring together findings from their examinations of everyday interactions involving individuals living with late-stage dementia in nursing facilities, introducing the readers to the innovative theoretical and methodological approaches that undergird the fine-grained analyses at the heart of the book. The rich and nuanced case studies collected encompass embodied directives, habitual actions and objects, physical settings, assisted eating, and much more. An invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers at all levels in the fields of psychology, psychotherapy, social work, nursing, gerontology, and related disciplines, this volume makes an unparalleled contribution to current dementia research across the social sciences.
Telemedicine for Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care: A Case-based Guide
by Yolanda N. Evans Sarah A. Golub Gina M. SequeiraWhile there are general texts on telemedicine and guidelines on the use of telemedicine in pediatrics, there are no texts focused specifically on the provision of health care to adolescents and young adults using telemedicine. Adolescents and young adults have more unique health care needs than both adults and children, including the need to receive developmentally appropriate services and care that may be provided in settings outside of the standard clinical office (such as school-based care). In addition, in most US states, adolescents are capable of providing consent for some but not all medical care, highlighting the critical importance of providing services in a manner that adheres to regulations around consent and confidentiality. Telemedicine for Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care offers readers case-based content written by experts in the fields of adolescent medicine and telemedicine. There are a variety of chapters that include anemphasis on equity, diversity, and inclusion and will include local and federal rules, regulations, and considerations for ensuring privacy in the modern electronic health record. The first chapter offers a general overview and history of telemedicine. The next one focuses on telemedicine and epidemics. The chapters in the middle detail a variety of topics related to telemedicine such as confidentiality, equity, telemedicine and learners, school-based care, telemedicine in primary care and ambulatory consultative care. The book closes out by emphasizing additional populations such as youth involved in the juvenile carcel system, homeless/housing insecure, foster involved youth and youth with developmental delay. It is a valuable resource for adolescent medicine specialists, pediatricians, primary care physicians and any other professional who treats the adolescent population.
Mental Health and Human Rights: The Challenges of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to Mental Health Care (Sustainable Development Goals Series)
by Norman Sartorius Neeraj GillThis book discusses the challenges arising in the application of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the provision of mental health care by presenting the views of the parties most directly concerned – people with lived experience of mental illness, their carers, psychiatrists, legal experts, public health workers and planners. Rather than talking about theory, the representatives of these groups express their views in relation to a series of case stories related to mental health in different countries and cultures. In addition to the presentation of views and arguments related to the case stories presented, there are descriptions of the application of the CRPD on mental health legislation in China, Egypt, Fiji, France, Georgia, Germany, Mexico and Scotland - countries differing in their legal tradition, income and level of resources invested into mental health care.
Understanding Violence: The Intertwining of Morality, Religion, Capitalism and Violence: A Philosophical Stance (Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics #69)
by Lorenzo MagnaniThis book offers a philosophical account of violence, engaged with both empirical and theoretical debates in disciplines such as cognitive science, sociology, psychiatry, anthropology, political theory, evolutionary biology, and theology. The primary thesis is that violence is intertwined with morality and typically enacted for “moral” reasons. To show this, the book compellingly demonstrates how morality operates to trigger and justify violence and how people, in their violent behaviors, can engage and disengage with discrete moralities. The author’s fundamental account of language, and in particular its normative aspects, is particularly insightful as regards extending the range of what is to be understood as violence beyond the domain of physical harm. By employing concepts such as “coalition enforcement”, “moral bubbles”, “cognitive niches”, “overmoralization”, and “military intelligence”, the book aims to spell out how perpetrators and victims of violence systematically disagree about the very nature of violence. The author’s original claim is that disagreement can be understood naturalistically, described by an account of morality informed by evolutionary perspectives as well. This book helps us come to terms with the fact that we are intrinsically “violent beings”. To acknowledge this condition, and our stupefying capacity to inflict harm, is a responsibility we must face up to: such understanding could ultimately be of help in order to achieve a safer ownership of our destinies, by individuating and reinforcing those cognitive firewalls that would prevent violence from always escalating and overflowing. This second edition is thoroughly revised and integrated with two new chapters to cover new aspects of violence and its understanding, such as the role of looting finance in facilitating violent outcomes and the attack to scientific cognition and human creativity.
An Integrated Approach to Perinatal Depression and Anxiety in Spanish-Speaking and Latina Women
by Sandraluz Lara-CinisomoThis book makes a significant contribution to the literature by adopting an integrated perspective on perinatal depression and anxiety among Spanish-speaking and Latina women. These groups are often overlooked in research and face barriers to diagnosis and treatment. This groundbreaking book compiles essential and timely insights into the factors associated with perinatal depression and anxiety among Spanish-speaking and Latina women. It delves into crucial themes, such as migration-related experiences. Additionally, it explores policies in Latin America aimed at addressing maternal mental health needs. Furthermore, the book provides fundamental knowledge on tailoring culturally and linguistically appropriate interventions for perinatal depression and anxiety among Spanish-speaking and Latina women. Recognizing the significance of context, it offers perspectives on the effects of natural disasters and health crises on perinatal mental health and mother-infant bonding. The book advocates for the development of a research and mental health workforce attuned to the diverse needs of Spanish-speaking and Latina/Latinx perinatal women. It also discusses the value of biomarkers in perinatal depression research. In sum, this book brings together topic experts from across the globe to provide a more holistic approach to perinatal depression and anxiety. Key topics covered include: Anxiety and Worry During the Perinatal Period: Why They Cannot Be Ignored Protective Factors Against Depression and Anxiety Among Latinas and Spanish-Speaking Women Culturally Sensitive Interventions for Latinas and Spanish-Speaking Women Advancing Research in Perinatal Mental Health in Spanish-Speaking Latin American Women Developing a Culturally Responsive Mental Health Workforce for Spanish-speaking and Latina/Latinx Birthing People with Perinatal Depression and Anxiety An Integrated Approach to Perinatal Depression and Anxiety in Spanish-Speaking and Latina Women is pertinent reading for individuals interested in pursuing a degree and profession in perinatal mental health, clinicians working with Spanish-speaking and Latina/Latinx perinatal women, researchers interested in working with Spanish-speaking and Latina/Latinx perinatal women, and educators training individuals pursuing a degree and profession in perinatal mental health.
Theatre of Witness: Finding the Medicine in Stories of Suffering, Transformation, and Peace
by Teya SepinuckTheatre of Witness is a model of performance that gives voice to those who have been marginalized, forgotten or lost to society, creating a safe forum for audiences to bear witness to accounts of suffering and transformation. This book chronicles the author's 26 years of creating theatre with people whose stories have previously gone untold.
The Equality Act 2010 in Mental Health: A Guide to Implementation and Issues for Practice
by Melba Wilson Sarah Carr Cheryl Brodie Barbara Vincent Sue Waterhouse Eleanor Hope Scott And Durairaj Tony Jameson-Allen Marcel Vige Peter Gilbert Jo HonigmannThe Equality Act 2010 in Mental Health provides a critical guide to the Act: what it means for mental health services and how it should be implemented. It addresses each of the nine characteristics protected by the Act in turn, examining the research and practice issue associated with each and offering positive guidance.