A Psychological Treatment Handbook for Pre- and Post-Deployment of Military Personnel

• Edited by Sharon Morgillo Freeman, Bret A. Moore, Arthur Freeman

ISBN: 9780415988681

Published June 03 2009 by Routledge.

The Experience of Survivorship

• By Anne Grinyer

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 under-researched area and contributes to a better understanding of the needs of young adults post cancer.

Focusing not only on the physical effects, but also the social, cognitive, emotional and physiological consequences of surviving cancer in young adulthood, Anne Grinyer draws directly upon data collected from young adults who have been treated for cancer. The book is structured around themes they raised such as fertility; life plans; identity; psychological effects and physical effects. These issues are drawn together in the final chapter and related to clinical and professional practice as well as current policy.

This book presents the voices of those who have lived through the experience of cancer in young adulthood, and links them to the theoretical and analytical literature. It will be of interest to professionals and researchers in nursing, social work, counselling and medicine as well as medical sociologists, young adults living with cancer and survivors of young adult cancer.

ISBN: 9780415477024

Published April 15 2009 by Routledge.

Existential Perspectives in Psychotherapy and Counselling

• Edited by Laura Barnett

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.

Taking an existential perspective, the book brings together a variety of client groups, all of whom have experienced a confrontation with mortality, and encourages the reader to engage with and reflect upon the subject of death. Although this may initially evoke anxiety and distress, Barnett and her contributors introduce the reader to the 'vitality of death' (Koestenbaum): an energy and focus that can come from confronting our greatest fears and anxieties, including the anxiety aroused by our own mortality. Topics covered include:

• philosophical roots and principal approaches to existential therapy
• health related issues including cancer, HIV and Intensive Care
• surviving violent trauma
• creating a safe space for the client
• short prognosis and palliative care
• bereavement.

When Death Enters the Therapeutic Space presents therapists with an understanding of what it means to experience such traumas and prepares them for helping the client. It will be useful for trainee counsellors and experienced therapists alike.

ISBN: 9780415416542

Published October 17 2008 by Routledge.

Understanding the Effects and Preparing for Therapy

• By Jonathan Willows

This self-help guide allows those who have experienced childhood sexual abuse to consider the impact that it has had on their adult lives from a new perspective, helping them to understand the effects, and prepare for therapy.

Based on known reactions to physical and emotional trauma, the book explains how a broad range of difficulties in adulthood can result from sexual abuse in childhood. The reader is invited to think about how psychological therapy can be particularly helpful in reducing these difficulties and promoting change. Ground rules for therapy are provided, as well as guidance on how to get the most from the therapy process.

Moving On After Childhood Sexual Abuse provides a clear explanation of the developmental effects of childhood sexual abuse as well as the role of psychological therapy. This book will therefore assist the reader in making informed decisions about seeking treatment and setting personal goals for therapy, as well as appreciating the demands involved in the process of change.

ISBN: 9780415424820

Published August 28 2008 by Routledge.

The Essential Guide to Assessment and Intervention

• Edited by Mary K. Nixon, Nancy L. Heath

ISBN: 9780415957250

Published July 11 2008 by Routledge.

Continuing bonds in the twenty-first century

• By Christine Valentine

Bereavement is often treated as a psychological condition of the individual with both healthy and pathological forms. However, this empirically-grounded study argues that this is not always the best or only way to help the bereaved. In a radical departure, it emphasises normality and social and cultural diversity in grieving.

Exploring the significance of the dying person’s final moments for those who are left behind, this book sheds new light on the variety of ways in which bereaved people maintain their relationship with dead loved ones and how the dead retain a significant social presence in the lives of the living. It draws practical conclusions for professionals in relation to the complex and social nature of grief and the value placed on the right to grieve in one’s own way – supporting and encouraging the bereaved person to articulate their own experience and find their own methods of coping.

Based on new empirical research, Bereavement in Contemporary Society is an innovative and invaluable read for all students and researchers of death, dying and bereavement.

ISBN: 9780415457293

Published July 08 2008 by Routledge.

Journeys of Recovery from Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

• By Alison Wertheimer

Every year, 8,500 people in the UK will have a subarachnoid haemorrhage, of whom about 50 per cent will survive this traumatic brain injury which often occurs without warning. Survivors can make a ‘good’ neurological recovery but the psychosocial impact can be longer lasting.

Drawing from her own experience of surviving a subarachnoid haemorrhage, together with other people's journeys of recovery and recent research findings, Alison Wertheimer covers:

• themes of recovery
• leaving neurocare and early days of recovery
• looking for help
• physical, sensory and cognitive effects
• the emotional impact of subarachnoid haemorrhage
• the survivor’s relationship with family and friends
• returning to work
• what helped the survivors with their recovery
• subarachnoid haemorrhage as a life-changing event.

A Dented Image will be of interest to a wide-ranging audience: survivors and their families and friends; health professionals working with people recovering from acute brain injury in hospital and community-based services including doctors, nurses, psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other members of rehabilitation teams. It may also be of interest to people recovering from other traumatic illnesses or injuries.

ISBN: 9780415386715

Published June 30 2008 by Routledge.

Solution-Focused Conversations About Suicide

• By Heather Fiske

• current knowledge about preventing suicide at the individual level
• helping clients to utilize their strengths even when they are in crisis
• how research in diverse areas supports the solution-focused approach
• effective treatment for couples and families when one member is suicidal
• basic approaches to effective therapy with young children and teens who have attempted suicide
• respectful, effective therapy with people who seem to have adopted being suicidal as their primary coping strategy
• therapeutic tools that help the therapist to stay hopeful about clients and strengthen the therapeutic relationship

ISBN: 9780789033932

Published May 28 2008 by Routledge.

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Practice, Theory and Prevention

• Edited by Stephen Briggs, Alessandra Lemma, William Crouch

Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide presents original studies and research from contemporary psychoanalysts, therapists and academics focusing on the psychoanalytic understanding of suicide and self-harm, and how this can be applied to clinical work and policy.

This powerful critique of current thinking suggests that suicide and self-harm must be understood as having meaning within interpersonal and intrapsychic relationships, offering a new and more hopeful dimension for prevention and recovery. Divided into three sections, the book includes:

• a theoretical overview
• examples of psychoanalytic practice with self-harming and suicidal patients
• applications of psychoanalytic thinking to suicide and self-harm prevention.

Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide will be helpful to psychoanalytic therapists, analysts and mental health professionals wanting to integrate psychoanalytic ideas into their work with self-harmers and the suicidal. This text will also be of use to academics and professionals involved in suicidal prevention.

ISBN: 9780415422567

Published April 07 2008 by Routledge.

• Edited by Steven N. Gold, John D. Elhai

• childhood trauma is related to psychotic disorders
• dissociation can be confounded with psychotic symptoms
• auditory hallucinations can be diagnostic of dissociation rather than psychosis
• psychosis is related to the quality of family of origin environment and to age of onset of childhood abuse
• bipolar and trauma-related disorders sometimes overlap
• individuals with SMIs suffer related trauma even in treatment facilities
• and much more!

ISBN: 9780789036506

Published March 25 2008 by Routledge.