Addressing the social problems associated with trauma and mental health amongst African Americans in urban environments, this book uses an African-centered lens to critique the most common practice models and interventions currently employed by social workers in the field. Divided into four parts and grounded in traditional African cultural values, it argues that basic key values in a new clinical model for mental health diagnosis are: A spiritual component Collective/group approach Focus on wholeness Oneness with Nature Emphasis on truth, justice, balance, harmony, reciprocity, righteousness, and order Being free from racism, sexism, classism, and other forms of oppression, this African-centered approach is crucial for working with people of African origin who experience daily "trauma" through adverse living conditions. This book will be key reading on any practice and direct service course at both BSW and MSW level and will be a useful supplement on clinical courses as well as those aimed at working with diverse populations and those living in urban environments.

Demonstrates how to apply the principles and techniques of improvisational theatre in online presentations, workshops and teaching. Offers a new and nuanced look at soft skills and enables interactive and fun online learning. Includes exercises for co-creative working and teamworking in online training sessions, guidelines for applying storytelling principles in presentations and an explanation of status and influence in online spaces.

Includes of telehealth specific to the use of digital tools in therapy Shows readers how to use digital tools can be used in therapy both from a theoretical and foundational perspective as well as from a functional and practical perspective This book is comprehensive: it covers theory, hardware, software, global issues, and specific uses - during COVID and beyond.

This book provides social workers, outreach clinicians, case managers, and concerned community members with a pretreatment guide for assisting homeless couples, youth, and single adults. The inter-relationship between Homeless Outreach and Housing First is examined in detail to inform program development and hands on practice. "Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First" shares five detailed case studies from the field to elucidate effective ways of helping and to demonstrate how the most vulnerable among us can overcome trauma and homelessness.
Readers will:
Expand their assessment skills and discover new interventions for helping people who have experienced long-term or chronic homelessness. Understand and be able to integrate the stages of common language construction with their own practice. Learn about the positive measurable impact of a Housing First approach and its moral, fiscal, and quality of life implications. Understand how to better integrate program policy and supervision with Homeless Outreach & Housing First initiatives. Learn how to utilize a Pretreatment Approach with couples, youth, and unaccompanied adults experiencing untreated major mental illness and addiction.
"Jay S. Levy's book is essential reading to both people new to the movement to end homelessness and folks who have been in the trenches for many years. Learn how to do effective outreach with the chronic homeless population, and the ins and outs of the Housing First model. The personal stories and the success cases will give inspiration to work even harder to help both individuals and for ending homelessness in your community."
Michael Stoops, Director of Community Organizing
National Coalition for the Homeless, Washington, DC
Learn more at www.JaySLevy.com
Another empowering book from Loving Healing Press www.LovingHealing.com

* Each module contains psychoeducational materials and multiple experiential activities aimed to illuminate core CFT principles * Students engaged with CFT were able to lower their fears of giving and receiving compassion, engage their suffering more adaptively, and act in more compassionate ways with themselves and others. In addition, they were able to lower their shame and self-criticism and engage in self-reassuring behaviors * Developed in conjunction with Paul Gilbert, founder of CFT and bestselling Routledge author

Self-Care for Allied Health Professionals brings together a collection of self-care strategies into one easy-to-read volume, supporting Allied Health Professionals to do the best for their patients by caring for themselves. The book offers information and practical strategies to look after your physical and emotional wellbeing at home and in the workplace, exploring topics such as sleep and food, resilience and meditation, stress, conflict and adversity. Written to be a flexible tool that can be read cover to cover or dipped in and out of as needed, it offers rapid response self-care strategies alongside more lasting changes, supporting practitioners to make small steps to build healthy habits for the future. Key features of this book include: -- A combination of quick response strategies, like a five-minute breathing exercise you can use before a difficult meeting, and opportunities for deeper work, examining your purpose and aligning your role with your values. -- Combines ancient practices of meditation and mindfulness with the latest research on nutrition, exercise, sleep and wellbeing. -- Consideration of the challenges professionals face in the context of pandemics and a changing health and social care landscape, helping you to thrive in a challenging world. Self-care has never been more important. This is a book that every Allied Health Professional and trainee should have on their desk, to improve productivity, enhance job satisfaction and build resilience for whatever the future brings.

Through a 'dialogue' between two experts with different backgrounds, this book offers a new way to consider executive coaching via psychodynamic counselling.

New Directions in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy brings together leading figures from the world of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT), both as a testament to the work of Albert Ellis and as a reminder of the vibrancy and vigour of the approach. The chapters in this book, taken together, show that REB therapists are open to broader developments in the fields of counselling and psychotherapy in general and can also contribute to these developments. The book introduces REBT to readers who are more familiar with CBT and locates REBT within the broader fields of CBT and modern psychotherapy. The book will interest REBT and CBT therapists and more broadly it will interest those in the helping professions wishing to explore what REBT can currently offer them and how this approach can be practiced.

New Directions in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy brings together leading figures from the world of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT), both as a testament to the work of Albert Ellis and as a reminder of the vibrancy and vigour of the approach. The chapters in this book, taken together, show that REB therapists are open to broader developments in the fields of counselling and psychotherapy in general and can also contribute to these developments. The book introduces REBT to readers who are more familiar with CBT and locates REBT within the broader fields of CBT and modern psychotherapy. The book will interest REBT and CBT therapists and more broadly it will interest those in the helping professions wishing to explore what REBT can currently offer them and how this approach can be practiced.

* Uniquely demonstrates the role of clinical intuition in psychotherapy as well as showing why it is crucial. * Clearly explains both the theory and practice of Mind-Centred Dynamic Therapy as well as the history of its origins. * It presents a new approach to psychodynamic psychotherapy based on cosmopsychism.

* This book goes beyond theoretical material to include clinical and personal perspectives from a broad range of highly accomplished women psychotherapy group leaders * This book explores the following objectives: the development of psychotherapy group leader identity among women, unique challenges female leaders face due to social adaptation that influence transference and countertransference around themes of nurturance and power, aspects of how female-identified group leaders experience their power and authority in relationship to their groups, different transferences/projections a woman leader might be faced with, as well as topics related to intersectionality, and the impact of gender-binary assumptions on group leadership and dynamics * Practical application for training and group leadership as well as significant theoretical and social value

* This book goes beyond theoretical material to include clinical and personal perspectives from a broad range of highly accomplished women psychotherapy group leaders * This book explores the following objectives: the development of psychotherapy group leader identity among women, unique challenges female leaders face due to social adaptation that influence transference and countertransference around themes of nurturance and power, aspects of how female-identified group leaders experience their power and authority in relationship to their groups, different transferences/projections a woman leader might be faced with, as well as topics related to intersectionality, and the impact of gender-binary assumptions on group leadership and dynamics * Practical application for training and group leadership as well as significant theoretical and social value

This book outlines career options in creative arts therapies for Theatre students. Features essays by and interviews with practitioners working in the field of arts therapy. Offers practical information on choosing the right schooling, gaining experience, and finding employment opportunities within the field of creative arts therapy.

Self-Care for Allied Health Professionals brings together a collection of self-care strategies into one easy-to-read volume, supporting Allied Health Professionals to do the best for their patients by caring for themselves. The book offers information and practical strategies to look after your physical and emotional wellbeing at home and in the workplace, exploring topics such as sleep and food, resilience and meditation, stress, conflict and adversity. Written to be a flexible tool that can be read cover to cover or dipped in and out of as needed, it offers rapid response self-care strategies alongside more lasting changes, supporting practitioners to make small steps to build healthy habits for the future. Key features of this book include: -- A combination of quick response strategies, like a five-minute breathing exercise you can use before a difficult meeting, and opportunities for deeper work, examining your purpose and aligning your role with your values. -- Combines ancient practices of meditation and mindfulness with the latest research on nutrition, exercise, sleep and wellbeing. -- Consideration of the challenges professionals face in the context of pandemics and a changing health and social care landscape, helping you to thrive in a challenging world. Self-care has never been more important. This is a book that every Allied Health Professional and trainee should have on their desk, to improve productivity, enhance job satisfaction and build resilience for whatever the future brings.

Through a 'dialogue' between two experts with different backgrounds, this book offers a new way to consider executive coaching via psychodynamic counselling.

The Change Process in Psychotherapy During Troubling Times invites readers to consider what it is psychotherapists do that leads to change. The book highlights different theoretical approaches, questions old paradigms, and illustrates the change process when working with people facing a range of life challenges such as the survivors of childhood trauma, refugees, and people dealing with traumatic loss. Moving between consideration of micro-moments when working with individual clients and bigger questions about how to promote change in the face of current world problems, it addresses issues that touch us all. At the same time, the book acknowledges the unprecedented challenges in today's world such as the pace of change, the thousands of displaced people who seek refuge in other countries, the illness and loss caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and the impact of climate change on lifestyles and the environment. The book presents a topical consideration of the relevance of therapeutic assumptions, theories, and practices to current global crises. With the breadth of presenting issues considered and the examples of a variety of creative approaches supporting change, the book will be useful to psychotherapists in practice and in training working in a range of settings with different populations. It will also be of interest to others working in the helping professions.

The Change Process in Psychotherapy During Troubling Times invites readers to consider what it is psychotherapists do that leads to change. The book highlights different theoretical approaches, questions old paradigms, and illustrates the change process when working with people facing a range of life challenges such as the survivors of childhood trauma, refugees, and people dealing with traumatic loss. Moving between consideration of micro-moments when working with individual clients and bigger questions about how to promote change in the face of current world problems, it addresses issues that touch us all. At the same time, the book acknowledges the unprecedented challenges in today's world such as the pace of change, the thousands of displaced people who seek refuge in other countries, the illness and loss caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and the impact of climate change on lifestyles and the environment. The book presents a topical consideration of the relevance of therapeutic assumptions, theories, and practices to current global crises. With the breadth of presenting issues considered and the examples of a variety of creative approaches supporting change, the book will be useful to psychotherapists in practice and in training working in a range of settings with different populations. It will also be of interest to others working in the helping professions.

Young people experience one of the highest rates of mental health problems of any group, but make the least use of the support available to them. To reach young people in distress, we need to understand what this digital generation want from mental health professionals and services. Based on interviews with nearly 400 young people, this book offers a vision of youth mental health issues and services through the eyes of young people themselves. It offers professionals important insights into the meaning of identity and agency for this generation and explores how these issues play out in young people's expectations of mental health support. It shows how, despite young people's immersion in digital technology, genuine and trusting relationships remain a key ingredient in their priorities for support. It considers what access to mental health support means for a generation who have grown up with the immediacy enabled by digital technology. Young people's accounts also provide crucial insights into how they are using digital resources to manage their own mental health - in ways often not appreciated by professionals who design internet interventions. What Young People Want From Mental Health Services offers clear guidance to counsellors, psychologists, psychiatrists, youth workers, social workers, service providers and policymakers about how to work with youth and design their services so they are a better match for young people today. It contributes to a growing movement calling for a 'Youth Informed Approach' to mental health to address the needs of young people.

In this book, Windy Dryden selects the eight ideas that have had the most influence on him in his career as a psychotherapist, and which form the bedrock of his work. These ideas reflect both his specific and his general interests in the field. The book offers insight into the author's practice and the theories that have informed his work in a therapeutic setting. It discusses the role that attitudes play in psychologically disturbed and psychologically healthy responses to life's adversities. The book also elaborates the author's views on what promotes psychological change as well as why he considers the concepts of responsibility and choice to be so important in psychotherapy. Finally, the book highlights Windy Dryden's more recent work in the field of single-session therapy. This accessible and engaging book will be a fascinating read for counsellors and psychotherapists, both in training and practice.

Spousal bereavement seems to be one of the most devastating things a person can suffer through during the course of his or her life and it can result in adverse bio-psycho-social consequences for the left behind spouse. This book offers updated views from incorporating meaning making theory and social constructionist theory to examine the mediating roles of meaning making and help readers to understand grief and bereavement experiences of the widowed elderly population in China. The volume starts with elaborating on the meaning making model, followed by an overview of grief theories and traditional culture, including empirical feedback of the results of applying the model to Chinese elderly widows and widowers. Pan's book concludes with a discussion on the implications and limitations of this research as well as future directions. The volume provides valuable theoretical reflection and empirical evidence on grief and bereavement experiences of the elderly population in China. By combining meaning making theory with a social constructionist perspective, this research develops a novel approach to apply Western models and theories to the Chinese context and effectively study China's elderly population and their grief and bereavement experiences. This volume brings the readers the benefits of understanding Chinese cultural doctrines regarding death and life, getting a comprehensive view on meaning making theory, as well as learning the specific coping skills of Chinese elderly in widowhood. This volume merits the attention of those in the fields of mental health, social work, and gerontology to help further their understanding of meaning making systems in a non-western setting.

brief introductory chapters frame each subsection, providing an overview of each section and adding an integrative narrative all chapters include an international dimension and incorporate international references designed to have broad appeal to multiple audiences and incorporates the global push in medical schools and universities generally for interdisciplinary courses and degrees

brief introductory chapters frame each subsection, providing an overview of each section and adding an integrative narrative all chapters include an international dimension and incorporate international references designed to have broad appeal to multiple audiences and incorporates the global push in medical schools and universities generally for interdisciplinary courses and degrees

the author approaches working through from multiple perspectives, including psychodynamic, schema-oriented, and neuroscientific the book's integrative approach helps blend a wide range of insights into the sources of emotional problems and effective methods for treating them tackles, in an unusually sophisticated and original way, the question of exactly how people change in therapy and how therapists facilitate change

* Introduces a comprehensive sexological model through which Black sexuality can be understood and navigated in the contemporary era. * Offers a sex positive perspective, addressing sensual pleasure, mental excitation, and positive emotion. * Demystifies and clarifies some of the sexual experiences of African Americans, increasing the reader's understanding and ensuring clinicians are well-informed when treating clients. * Will be the first title to be published in on the topic of black sexuality for over a decade, with the potential to be a truly leading book in the field.