Society & Social Sciences Books

The aim of the Exploring Feelings Training Manual by Helen McConachie based on Dr. Tony Attwood's Exploring Feelings: Anxiety book, is to guide people wishing to use the Exploring Feelings materials in group settings with young people who have Autism...

The revised and updated edition of the groundbreaking book Asperger's and Girls describes the unique challenges of females on the autism spectrum. In it, you'll follow the lives of women with autism through childhood, the social and academic challenges...

The authors explain and discuss a series of transpersonal research methods designed to help researchers develop new ways of investigating extraordinary human experi ences of a subjective nature. '

Sibling Abuse, now in its second edition, br ings a neglected area into focus, with personal accounts of adult survivors, insight into why sibling abuse occurs, sugg estions for prevention and implications for treatment. '

The authors explain and discuss a series of transpersonal research methods designed to help researchers develop new ways of investigating extraordinary human experi ences of a subjective nature. '

Sibling Abuse, now in its second edition, br ings a neglected area into focus, with personal accounts of adult survivors, insight into why sibling abuse occurs, sugg estions for prevention and implications for treatment. '

This text provides a critical evaluation of the assets and limitations of contextualism for doing research in psychology and education.'

Julie Phillips is Head of Social Work at University College Northampton, having previously worked as a lecturer in social work at the School of Social Work, Leicester University, and as a senior lecturer at Coventry University. She has also worked as a...

This qualitative study of 18 shared parentin g couples explores men''s and women''s resourcefulness as they create together alternatives to traditional parenting patte rns. '

This book presents first-hand accounts from two male survivors of childhood sexual abuse and from the counsellor who worked with them.The two brothers suffered severe sexual abuse from their grandfather and were each unaware of the other's ordeal...

Gerry Heery is a training consultant with over twenty years' frontline experience as a social worker. He has many years of experience in working with young people who use violent and aggressive behaviour.

Total Engagement presents activity ideas for encouraging exploration and self-expression in older adults experiencing varying degrees of limitation in mental or physical performance. Its goal is to present engaging activities that respect and celebrate...

With the rapid growth of the aging population, the need for geriatric social workers is at an all-time high. This resource for students and practitioners addresses the critical demand head-on by illuminating the many rewards, challenges, and...

Briggs and Kennington's new book constitutes a comprehensive and accessible guide to managing men who sexually offend and draws on recent developments in cognitive-behavioural therapy.The authors emphasize the need to incorporate practice-based research...

In this text, the author takes an existential-dialectical approach to developmental psychology, developing a personality model and showing how it can be applied in practice through psychodrama, videofeedback and creative playtherapy. In the first...

Focusing on how to provide effective individual treatment within psychoeducational and psychotherapeutic groups, this text examines the structural properties of such groups as organizational entities in their own right. It is divided into sections...

Focusing on the rights and needs of children who have parents with a dependency problem and including children's own views, this book brings together theoretical and practice issues for all those involved with welfare responses to addiction and child...

Looking at the problem of suicide and suicidal behaviour from a psychoanalytical perspective, Kind analyses the various motivations for such impulses and the therapist's countertransference reactions to a suicidal patient. Therapeutic strategies for...

Rose offers strategies which incorporate cog nitive, behavioural, social resources and small group theory into a single model. Rose explores assessment, intervention and treatment, addressing topics such as coordinating famil y and group therapy. '

Steve Jex provides a comprehensive research- based examination of the relationship between occupational s tress and job performance. '

Drawing on the experiences of practitioners from a range of backgrounds, this work is a comprehensive study of real or threatened physical violence and its consequences. Personal accounts of children and adults who have been subjected to such violence...

Unbeknownst to many, bullying is not an experience limited to childhood, but is an epidemic occurring far too often among older adults as well. Studies have revealed the alarmingly high rate at which older adults in senior programs and care settings are...

This important and accessible book deals with current issues in practice teaching and learning in social work for practitioners, students and academics. Written from an international perspective, this book draws together the knowledge and experiences of...

Using the latest ideas on good practice from the Bradford Dementia Group, Anthea Innes provides a complete and concise guide to running a training programme for dementia care workers. She begins with a brief outline of the key factors to consider prior...

This comprehensive book looks at the use of medication in dementia care. It gives guidance on the drug treatments which are currently available to people with dementia, detailing how they can be used, and assessing their effectiveness. It considers the...

The right of minority groups to define their culture and identity in their own terms is the central theme of this book. O'Hagan argues that a comprehensive definition of culture, and an awareness of all the issues involved, may enable practitioners to...

The contributors examine the emerging myths and theories surrounding the study of chaos and complexity, methodological matters including tools from ''postmodern scie nce'', and conceptual models and applications. '

Elizabeth Barnett is a Research Fellow at the Open University Business School, with a doctorate in social policy from the University of Bath. Her publications include the opening chapter of the Centre for Policy on Ageing's State of the Art in Dementia...

As medical costs skyrocket and health issues continue to inspire heated national debate, preventive health care is receiving increasing attention and emphasis. In the area of mental health, however, the subject of effective prevention has remained...

This textbook presents the key themes in the practice of speech therapy in psychiatry. This new and updated edition describes communication problems associated with different kinds of disorders, including the autistic spectrum disorders, and details...

Social workers are called upon to perform their varied tasks in a wide range of social settings, often involving intensely intimate contact with, and intervention in, a person's private moral and social world. Offering insights into the lives and motives...

In this informative, informal and intergenerational dialogue on the psychology of group processes, Marshall Edelson and David N. Berg use and test current theory, laying practical guidelines for realizing the constructive possibilities of groups and...

Cities without Suburbs, first published in 1993, has influenced analysis of America's cities by city planners, scholars, and citizens alike. David Rusk, the former mayor of Albuquerque, argues that America must end the isolation of the central city from...

The increasingly elderly population poses many economic and ethical questions for modern society. One of the most topical and controversial is the debate about euthanasia. Drawing on a variety of historical, contemporary, anthropological and literary...

Written predominantly for those working in the mental health services, this book aims to extend the theory and practice of psychiatry. The chapters explore the culture of psychiatry as well as seeking to reaffirm the importance of anthropology for...

Comparing European welfare regimes at local, national and international levels, ''Welfare and Culture in Europe'' stresses the need for a concept of culture to be incorporated into welfare studies. The book analyzes the theoretical issues behind the...

One of the greatest recent moments in the annals of peace during a century deeply marred by war and its atrocities was the handshake between longtime enemies Yitzak Rabin and Yassir Arafat in Washington, D.C., in 1993. Signifying a new era for the Middle...

Founded in 1956, the French psychiatric clinic La Chesnaie is an open and welcoming facility that houses about one hundred people of all ages. It provides traditional forms of care for people with serious mental illness, but it does so in a uniquely...

'This book, part of a series from the International Library of Group Analysis, explores how the theory of group dynamics can be transferred to different areas of counselling, education, small and large group psychotherapy and industry. As an introductory...

This study examines cultural differences in styles of emotional expression and psychological mindedness by comparing two groups: Euro-Canadians and Cree-Amerindians. It investigates the ethnographic, historical and cultural context of the Cree People as...

In this critique and extension of Foulkes' work, Farhad Dalal presents a contemporary appraisal of the theory of group psychoanalysis as a whole. Although Foulkes is considered to be the founder of group analysis, Dalal argues that he was ultimately...

This volume focuses on working with perpetrators of violence that has resulted in both physical and psycholgical harm. Drawing on the experiences of contributors from a range of backgrounds, the text discusses the challenges involved in working with...

Helen Graham BA, M.Phil, is Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Keele. Between 1974 and 1980 she was Lecturer/Tutor in Psychology to the postgraduate diploma course in Counselling, within the Institute of Education, with special interests in the...

As communication skills decline in people with dementia, a supportive environment becomes crucial to a resident's ability to express needs and desires. But how do you recognise what physical and social changes will help improve functioning,...

Mediation has been growing very fast in the UK in recent years. From it's small beginnings it has become well-known as a more positive method of resolving conflict than the adversarial methods we have been accustomed to using. Mediation is now used to...

This positive book brings together current good practice in education and training for care professionals around a central theme of involving service users and improving the quality of their care. The contributors set out a strategy for the teaching of...

Dr. Louis Zinkin was well known British psychodynamic in circles for his original and provocative ideas. This book is a representative selection made from his published and unpublished papers. They focus on the theory and practice of analytical...

Spatial ideas are all-pervasive: they underlie verbal reasoning and are fundamental to the way we think, feel and behave. This study focuses on the physical expression of the internal processes and its application to psychotherapy, with particular...