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This title will be printed and dispatched directly from our print-on-demand supplier. Your book will be delivered within 7 working days. Making and Breaking Children’s Lives examines how children are hurt in modern society. We hear much about the effects of early abandonment, abuse and lack of attachment, but…
This is Madness Too is the companion volume and follow-up to the best selling This is Madness. At a time of extraordinary energy and change in the world of mental health, This is Madness Too offers a compassionate and scholarly critique of the treatment of children, government policy, the use…
A comprehensive critique of the contemporary British psychiatric system, This is Madness is a breath of fresh air. In turn critical, strident, scholarly, personal, moving and ultimately hopeful, it brings together the views of professionals and users. It is an attempt to develop a more effective, respectful and humane mental…
Person-Centered and Experiential Therapies Work provides a comprehensive, systematic and accessible review of the evidence base for the approach and the methods and measures by which it can be evaluated. It gives clear evidence for the effectiveness of person-centered and experiential therapies, and is an essential resource for students and…
Both Freedom to Practise (2004) and the 2007 companion volume Freedom to Practise Volume II together at a special online price. Freedom to Practise has received excellent reviews in several journals. For more details look at the individual product pages for each book (click on the titles below): Freedom to Practise Freedom…
As a practising GP, Dr Terry Lynch was plagued by increasing doubts about his effectiveness in dealing with patients experiencing emotional distress. He no longer trusted the drugs handed out as routine treatment for so-called ‘mental’ illnesses. Changes in his working practice and a training in psychotherapy culminated…
Listening to children is a skill which parents, teachers, caretakers and school counselors need to employ every day. From a deep respect for the already existing attitude of these adults, the authors offer an extra dimension to the art of communicating with children. This book is about listening in…
This title will be printed and dispatched directly from our print-on-demand supplier. Your book will be delivered within 7 working days. From the Preface, Garry Prouty writes: 'In developing this book with my colleagues, I have come to realize that Pre-Therapy is not only a theory and technique of psychotherapy,…
This popular book was the first UK published book on the use of counselling skills on the telephone and telephone counselling, written by an author well-known for his direct and accessible style. The second edition looked at research into counselling on the telephone, presented the story of a real-life agency…
This book arises from a rich and lively international conference on ‘The Spiritual Dimension in Therapy and Experiential Exploration’, which was held at the University of East Anglia. The varied chapters—including contributions from the keynote speakers: Brian Thorne, Rev Daishin Morgan and Richard Holloway—explore…
A basic trust in the individual is at the heart of the person-centred approach. This trust is reflected in the radical ethical stance of non-directivity and in the theoretical construct of the actualising tendency. In this companion volume to his well-received Embracing Non-directivity, Brian Levitt once again brings together…
Person-Centred Work with Children and Young People is a book by practitioners for practitioners. Love, respect and time for listening to children and young people are what the person-centred psychotherapists and psychologists contributing to this volume have in common. They do this in a multiplicity of settings including primary and…