Techniques of Grief Therapy is an indispensable guidebook to the most inventive and inspirational interventions in grief and bereavement counseling and therapy. Individually, each technique emphasizes creativity and practicality. As a whole, they capture the richness of practices in the field and…

ISBN: 9780415807258

Published Apr 11, 2012 by Routledge

What do Dexter King, Condoleeza Rice, Mackenzie King, Corazon Aquino, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bill Cosby, Tony Dungy, Theodore Roosevelt, George H. W. and Barbara Bush, Caroline Kennedy, Arthur Ashe, Lady Bird Johnson, Colin Powell and C. S. Lewis have in common? They all have significant grief…

ISBN: 9780415893947

Published Mar 06, 2012 by Routledge

This acclaimed work describes a range of counseling and therapy approaches for children who have experienced loss. Practitioners and students are given practical strategies for helping preschoolers through to adolescents cope with different forms of bereavement, including death in the family,…

ISBN: 9781462504510

Published Dec 20, 2011 by Guilford Press

The Compassion Fatigue Workbook is a lifeline for any helping professional facing the physical and emotional exhaustion that can shadow work in the helping professions. Since 2001 the activities in this Workbook have helped thousands of helpers in the fields of healthcare, community mental health,…

ISBN: 9780415897907

Published Dec 19, 2011 by Routledge

Together, School Rampage Shootings and Other Youth Disturbances and its accompanying CD provide a complete toolkit for using early preventative interventions with elementary-school age children. In ten thoughtful, clearly written chapters, both new and experienced practitioners will find a wealth…

ISBN: 9780415877480

Published Dec 11, 2011 by Routledge

Working With the Bereaved summarizes the major themes in bereavement research and clinical work and uses the authors’ own cutting-edge research to show mental-health practitioners how to integrate these themes into their practice. It provides clinicians with a framework for exploring their own…

ISBN: 9780415881661

Published Oct 26, 2011 by Routledge

Just as the sinking of the Titanic is embedded in the public consciousness in the English-speaking world, so the crash of JAL flight JL123 is part of the Japanese collective memory. The 1985 crash involved the largest loss of life for any single air crash in the world. 520 people, many of whom had…

ISBN: 9780415456623

Published Sep 11, 2011 by Routledge

Dealing with the social experience of grief, loss and bereavement are challenging areas for everyone, including health and social care practitioners who are often well placed to offer help and support to the bereaved. This book draws together a comprehensive range of worldwide evidence for…

ISBN: 9780415467513

Published Sep 01, 2011 by Routledge

In our society, bullying is commonly seen as a normal, inescapable part of growing up that children and adolescents must simply endure. In Bullying, Suicide, and Homicide, Butch Losey challenges this viewpoint, arguing that bullying is not a part of childhood development, but rather an aberrant…

ISBN: 9780415873475

Published May 10, 2011 by Routledge

Helping Grieving People – When Tears Are Not Enough is a handbook for care providers who provide service, support and counseling to those grieving death, illness, and other losses. This book is also an excellent text for academic courses as well as for staff development training. The author…

ISBN: 9780415877015

Published Apr 25, 2011 by Routledge

Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society is an authoritative guide to the study of and work with major themes in bereavement. Its chapters synthesize the best of research-based conceptualization and clinical wisdom across 30 of the most important topics in the field, including the…

ISBN: 9780415884815

Published Apr 21, 2011 by Routledge

Grounded in decades of research and the clinical care of thousands of depressed and suicidal teens, this highly accessible book will enhance the skills of any therapist who works with this challenging population. The authors describe the nuts and bolts of assessing clients and crafting…

ISBN: 9781606239575

Published Apr 11, 2011 by Guilford Press

Meeting a crucial need, this book distills the best current knowledge on child and adolescent suicide prevention into comprehensive guidelines for school-based practitioners. The author draws on extensive research and clinical experience to provide best-practice recommendations for developing…

ISBN: 9781606239964

Published Feb 13, 2011 by Guilford Press

This definitive clinical reference comprehensively reviews the most advanced methods for assessing the person in pain. The field's leading authorities present essential information and tools for evaluating psychosocial, behavioral, situational, and medical factors in patients' subjective experience…

ISBN: 9781606239766

Published Jan 13, 2011 by Guilford Press

This text is a valuable resource for clinicians who work with clients dealing with non-death, nonfinite, and ambiguous losses in their lives. It explores adjustment to change, transition, and loss from the perspective of the latest thinking in bereavement theory and research. The specific and…

ISBN: 9780415875295

Published Dec 21, 2010 by Routledge

There are over 30,000 suicide deaths each year in the United States alone, and the numbers in other countries suggest that suicide as a cause of death will be around for the foreseeable future. A suicide leaves behind more victims than just the individual, as family, friends,…

ISBN: 9780415993555

Published Oct 12, 2010 by Routledge

Managing Trauma in the Workplace looks at the impact of trauma not only from the perspective of the employees but also from that of their organizations. In addition to describing the negative outcomes from traumatic exposure it offers solutions which will not only build a more resilient workforce…

ISBN: 9780203093108

Published Oct 04, 2010 by Routledge

The death of a child has a tremendous and overwhelming impact on parents and siblings, completely altering the psychological landscape of the family. In the aftermath of such a tragedy, parents face the challenge of not only dealing with their own grief, but also that of their surviving children.…

ISBN: 9780415995733

Published Aug 11, 2010 by Routledge

Every year thousands of children and young people attend emergency departments with problems resulting from self-harm. More still come to the attention of CAMHS teams, school nurses and other community-based services. Helping Children and Young People who Self-harm provides clear and practical…

ISBN: 9780415499149

Published Jul 04, 2010 by Routledge

Grieving Beyond Gender: Understanding the Ways Men and Women Mourn is a revision of Men Don’t Cry, Women Do: Transcending Gender Stereotypes of Grief. In this work, Doka and Martin elaborate on their conceptual model of "styles or patterns of grieving" – a model that has generated both…

ISBN: 9780415995726

Published Apr 05, 2010 by Routledge

Shame is a common and pervasive feature of the human response to death and other losses, yet this often goes unrecognized due to a reluctance to acknowledge and confront it. This book intends to expose shame for what it is, allowing clinicians to see that it is the central psychological force…

ISBN: 9780415997485

Published Feb 23, 2010 by Routledge

Grief affects different people in different ways, most emerge from mourning in a healthy manner but for some the death of a loved one can cause intense emotional pain that is difficult to recover from. This type of grief can often surface as an underlying cause of physical and mental health…

ISBN: 9780415559997

Published Dec 01, 2009 by Routledge

Creating Spiritual and Psychological Resilience explores the interface between spiritual and psychological care in the context of disaster recovery work, drawing upon recent disasters including but not limited to, the experiences of September 11, 2001. Each of the three sections that make up the…

ISBN: 9780789034557

Published Oct 20, 2009 by Routledge

Sociological and psychiatric studies on suicide based on Western ideas about human nature see suicide as social or individual disorder. Suicide in China, however, should be understood differently. By analyzing 30 cases, Wu Fei studies the dynamics of suicide in terms of family politics and local…

ISBN: 9780415551717

Published Sep 08, 2009 by Routledge

The loss of a loved one is one of the most painful experiences that most of us will ever have to face in our lives. This book recognises that there is no single solution to the problems of bereavement but that an understanding of grief can help the bereaved to realise that they are not alone in…

ISBN: 9780415451185

Published Aug 26, 2009 by Routledge

Adolescence and young adulthood is often a difficult enough time without serious illness. However, research has shown that cancer, and surviving cancer, at this age presents distinctive problems medically, socially and psychologically. This important work offers a glimpse into a previously…

ISBN: 9780415477031

Published Apr 14, 2009 by Routledge

In the past 35 years, the hospice movement has undergone major changes and has grown enormously. Palliative care is of growing importance to society as our culture struggles with how to provide compassionate end-of-life care to a growing segment of the population. This book provides professionals…

ISBN: 9780415993562

Published Apr 01, 2009 by Routledge

Winner of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Self-Help Seal of Merit! Updated and expanded with the latest clinically proven strategies, the third edition of this bestselling workbook enables chronic pain sufferers to take charge of their symptoms and get their lives back…

ISBN: 9781593859824

Published Nov 05, 2008 by Guilford Press

Decision Making near the End of Life provides a comprehensive overview of the recent developments that have impacted decision-making processes within the field of end-of-life care. The most current developments in all aspects of major underlying issues such as public attitudes, the impact of media,…

ISBN: 9780415954488

Published Oct 19, 2008 by Routledge

Although it is a natural and inescapable part of life, death is a subject that is often neglected in psychotherapeutic literature and training. In When Death Enters the Therapeutic Space Laura Barnett and her contributors offer us insights into working with mortality in the therapeutic encounter.…

ISBN: 9780415416559

Published Oct 16, 2008 by Routledge