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Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > Psychotherapy
This is a short, accessible workbook offering a new approach to
weight loss based on the principles of Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy (CBT). Rather than proposing a particular diet, the
workbook offers practical tools to help slimmers adhere to whatever
plan they have chosen. Written in plain language for the general
reader it is based on principles widely discussed in academic
research on addiction treatment. Informed by the author's
professional experience of working with people addicted to alcohol,
gambling and drugs, this book adapts the tools of addiction
treatment to help people manage their weight loss. Addiction
treatment centres often produce manuals for counsellors to work
through with their clients in a step by step fashion, and the
author follows this format to produce a workbook. The reader is
taken through ten easy to follow stages. These are similar to those
suggested in addiction recovery, but here they are applied to
weight loss: keeping a diary, building motivation, identifying
unmet needs, drawing a plan, creating new habits, identifying
triggers and risk situations and learning how to deal with cravings
and relapse. The last chapter also contains information for family,
friends, carers or professionals to support loved ones or clients
through the ten stages. Each chapter contains an explanation of the
stage, one or more examples to illustrate the task and exercises to
be completed by the reader followed by useful tips. The aim is for
the reader to use the traditional tools of addiction treatment to
become their own weight loss coach. It is designed as a 'companion'
to a diet to increase slimmers' motivation and self-confidence, and
goes beyond the diet to adapting to life after weight loss.
Fathom, an experimental memoir, explores the hinterland of the
narrator's mind. The narrative of Fathom focuses on a tantalising
fragment from the past. `I think I saw a lot of blood' and other
odd surfacings from memory are explored through the work of
psychoanalysis. Much like a kind of detective work to begin with,
the narrative unravels the depths that appear in psychotic
breakdown. Identity is evoked through three personas of the self:
the puppet, the puppet-master and She-who-knows. Poetic in style,
though something of a detective story, the first-person narrative
is richly layered - Plath, Shakespeare, Sophocles and pop songs all
have their place. Highly concentrated, structured in three parts,
non-linear in chronology and highly metaphoric, Fathom appeals to
those with a deep interest in mental health and all types of
therapy.
This timely volume explores the multiple domains where Behavior
Analysts can provide meaningful assessment and interventions.
Selecting clinical areas in which behavior analysts already are
active, chapters will describe unique features of the setting as
well as the skills and competencies needed to practice in these
areas. While providers of behavior analytic services have
substantially increased in number, the field of behavior analysis
itself has narrowed. Reimbursement policies and name recognition as
a treatment specific to autism have raised concerns that other
areas where it is helpful, such as behavioral gerontology or
integrated behavioral health, will be de-emphasized. This volume
aims to promote workforce development and support broad behavior
analytic training, considering the Behavior Analyst Certification
Board's 5th edition task list (effective in 2020).
Whether you are reading Greek mythology for psychological insights
or studying the classics in college, there are a number of
goddesses who have been almost entirely overlooked. They are who
John Sanford calls the lesser-known goddesses. However, there is
nothing lesser about them. They personify the deeper elements that
exist across all life, nature, and spiritual reality. Our current
culture often neglects their qualities but would be wise to
increase its understanding of them. Many books, including the
bestseller Goddesses in Everywoman by Jean Bolen, illustrate
well-known goddesses who are the main characters in their stories.
But behind the scenes and often running their personalities are the
lesser-known goddesses from the ancient matriarchal era of Greek
culture. To bring forward their spiritual meaning, Sanford has
pieced together information from various Greek stories, plays, and
poems.
In Grief and Romantic Relationship Dissolution, Shawn Blue explores
the grief and loss associated with divorce and romantic breakups.
Using a model of love and attachment theory, Blue sets a foundation
for how connection leads to loss when an attachment relationship is
ended and analyzes the various consequences of grief as the result
of dissolution on the individual. She devotes special attention to
the role of technology on romantic relationship development and
makes speculations of the grief that is experienced by
relationships created online when they end. Finally, she utilizes
and applies case material to illustrate the grief process and
incorporates the influence of media in the understanding of loss
related to the ending of attachment relationships. This book is
recommended for scholars in psychology, communication studies, and
media studies.
This book analyses the conceptualization of psychopathic
personality disorder for criminal/forensic populations and examines
in depth the emerging phenomenon of the 'corporate psychopath'. In
doing so its authors expose the paradoxical nature of the disorder:
while it is frequently associated with antisocial, criminal and
predatory behaviour, more recent studies have highlighted examples
of creative, visionary and inspiring leaders who are also found to
present a high degree of psychopathy. They focus on the nature,
behaviours and consequences of psychopathy in executives and across
the organization, offering an important contribution to the
emerging body of research on psychopathy and other problematic
personality constructs in the workplace. The book will appeal to
scholars, students and professionals across the discipline, and
particularly to those working in workplace, forensic and
personality psychology.
Perception plays a key role in numerous aspects of life in
contemporary society. By developing tools to effectively measure
perception and spatial recognition, a range of relevant
applications can be utilized. A Simplex Approach to Learning,
Cognition, and Spatial Navigation: Emerging Research and
Opportunities is an innovative source of scholarly material that
presents a unique perspective on the convergence of game-based
learning, empathy, cognition, and spatial understanding. Including
a range of pertinent topics such as gender considerations, space
representation, and user interfaces, this book is an ideal
reference publication for academics, researchers, students, and
educators interested in the role of spatial reference systems in
education.
Psychotherapy is a 'talking cure'- clients voice their troubles to
therapists, who listen, prompt, question, interpret and generally
try to engage in a positive and rehabilitating conversation with
their clients. Using the sophisticated theoretical and
methodological apparatus of Conversation Analysis - a radical
approach to how language in interaction works - this book sheds
light on the subtle and minutely-organised sequences of speech in
psychotherapeutic sessions. It examines how therapists deliver
questions, cope with resistance, reinterpret experiences and how
they can use conversation to achieve success. Conversation is a key
component of people's everyday and professional lives and this book
provides an unusually detailed insight into the complexity and
power of talk in institutional settings. Featuring contributions
from a collection of internationally-renowned authors, Conversation
Analysis and Psychotherapy will appeal to researchers and graduate
students studying conversation analysis across the disciplines of
psychology, sociology and linguistics.
This volume adopts a context-informed framework exploring risk,
maltreatment, well-being and protection of children in diverse
groups in Israel. It incorporates the findings of seven case
studies conducted at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's NEVET
Greenhouse of Context-Informed Research and Training for Children
in Need. Each case study applies a context-informed approach to the
study of perspectives of risk and protection among parents,
children and professionals from different communities in Israel,
utilizing varied qualitative methodologies. The volume analyses the
importance of studying children and parents's perspectives in
diverse societies and stresses the need for a context-informed
perspective in designing prevention and intervention programs for
children at risk and their families living in diverse societies. It
further explores potential contribution to theory, research,
practice, policy and training in the area of child maltreatment.
While describing and even celebrating some of the many benefits
of drinking wine, beer and spirits (hard liquor) in moderation,
Richard Thatcher's "Thinkin' Drinkin'" also shares an abundance of
ideas and scientific evidence that, when taken together, add up to
a cautionary tale about careless drinking. The book is informed by
Thatcher's own troubled, early, and long-sustained experience with
alcohol and his subsequent success at getting the problem under
control. In addition, he brings a wealth of professional expertise
to his writing task.
Dr. Thatcher draws upon various aspects of that accumulated
knowledge to inform and provide guidance to help teens and young
adults establish enjoyable, safe, worry-free approaches to
drinking. These approaches can be readily adapted to any healthy
lifestyle and can become good habits that last a lifetime. The
author firmly believes that, if widely adopted, those "good habits"
will save an enormous amount of heartache, emotional and physical
injury, and many thousands of lives.
"An Introduction to Modern CBT" provides an easily accessible
introduction to modern theoretical cognitive behavioral therapy
models. The text outlines the different techniques, their success
in improving specific psychiatric disorders, and important new
developments in the field.
- Provides an easy-to-read introduction into modern Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy approaches with specific case examples and
hands-on treatment techniques- Discusses the theoretical models of
CBT, outlines the different techniques that have been shown to be
successful in improving specific psychiatric disorders, and
describes important new developments in the field- Offers useful
guidance for therapists in training and is an invaluable reference
tool for experienced clinicians
Milton H. Erickson is recognised as one of the most innovative
clinicians of our time. Known as the father of modern hypnosis and
the source of inspiration for many forms of family therapy and
brief therapy (including the increasingly popular solution-focused
therapy) Erickson's influence has reached far beyond the perimeters
of any one country or culture. Much of the scientific and popular
literature is beginning to focus on the themes of hope and
resiliency - Erickson worked from a philosophical position that is
best explained using these two concepts. Although Erickson is most
commonly examined through the lens of hypnosis, this book takes a
much broader approach and defines several key components that made
him successful as a therapist. The book is written by leaders and
experts in the field of Ericksonian therapy
Includes discussion of virtual analytic sessions. Addresses new and
different social and technological realities, the internet, the new
sexual discourse. Leading psychoanalytic contributors.
In his extensive description of the heuristic approach to
psychoanalytic therapy, Peterfreund discusses the strategies used
by both patient and therapist as they move toward discovery and
deeper understanding.
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