You will have the opportunity to 'sit in' on a therapy session, and to discover how Kate overcame her sleep problems. She was worried about her job and found it hard to 'switch off' at bed-time. Kate learned some important techniques that freed her from anxiety about not being able to sleep. She found out how to get out of her own way and how to fall asleep, easily and effortlessly, in the way that nature intended.

Change your life by changing your thoughts. The Author gives us the Tools to do just that. This is not some secret scroll of esoteric teaching recently stumbled upon by a sheep farmer in the Middle East. This is classic CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) in a nutshell. Bernadette is a Professional Therapist, gifted with an easy writing style which draws the Reader in. She uses her fictional characters to present common debilitating causes of worry and anxiety, and explains in plain Englis...

How do different electoral systems work to translate votes into seats? What effects do they have on the political system, on political actors, and on voters? Does the choice of electoral system always involve a trade-off between strong and stable government and representation? And do electoral systems matter as much as we might think?This fully revised and expanded third edition examines the principal types of electoral systems used in over 75 of the world's democra...

The Schema Therapy Clinician’s Guide is a complete clinical resource for psychotherapists implementing schema therapy, group schema therapy or a combination of both in a structured, cost-effective way. The authors provide ready-made individual and group sessions with patient hand-outs.A unique resource providing ready-made individual and group schema therapy sessions, linked across schema modes, allowing clinicians to pick and choose what they need or adopt a full in...

Ireland has enjoyed continuous democratic government for almost a century, an unusual experience among countries that gained their independence in the 20th century. But the way this works in practice has changed dramatically over time. Ireland's colonial past had an enduring influence over political life for much of the time since independence, enabling stable institutions of democratic accountability, while also shaping a dismal record of economic under-development and persistent emigrati...

Imagine what happens when a young family buy a live goldfish at the local show and bring him home to a house already in possession of a large, curious and playful ginger cat, KC. Join in on the fun and follow the crazy antics and adventure of KC, his family and the Goldfish as they all learn to live happily together.

The 2011 general election in the Republic of Ireland, which took place against a backdrop of economic collapse, was one of the most dramatic ever witnessed. The most notable outcome was the collapse of Fianna Fáil, one of the world's most enduring and successful parties. In comparative terms Fianna Fáil's defeat was among the largest experienced by a major party in the history of parliamentary democracy. It went from being the largest party in the state (a position it had held since 1932) ...

This is the definitive study of the Irish general election of 2016 – the most dramatic election in a generation, which resulted in the worst electoral outcome for Ireland’s established parties, the most fractionalized party system in the history of the state, and the emergence of new parties and groups. These outcomes follow a pattern seen across a number of Western Europe’s established democracies in which the ‘deep crisis’ of the Great Recession has wreaked havoc on party systems. The ob...

Electoral behaviour is one of the most dynamic areas of study in the field of comparative politics today. A strongly emerging theme in recent years has been the need to set the study of voting behaviour in its wider context, that is to understand how the behaviour of the individual (non)voter is conditioned by the environment in which the election is occurring. The main motivation for this book is to respond to this need.The Act of Voting examines voting – both the questio...

Group Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder represents the first treatment manual for group schema therapy and is based on the only group ST model validated by published empirical evidence.Presents an original adaptation of schema therapy for use in a group settingProvides a detailed manual and patient materials in a user-friendly formatRepresents a cost-effective ST alternative with the potential to assist in the public health proble...

A history of a very popular beach destination near Sarasota on the Gulf coast of Florida. Reviewing the past century of Siesta Key development in the context of Florida's ancient and recent emergence, this book explains how one small Gulf coast barrier island has become world famous as “#1 Beach in the USA." Beginning with Amerindian settlers, the “First Floridians," all of the seminal pioneers and a steady stream of pivotal leaders are described with emphasis on their families, motivation...

Exploring the work of William Blake within the context of Methodism – the largest 'dissenting' religious group during his lifetime – this book contributes to ongoing critical debates surrounding Blake's religious affinities by suggesting that, contrary to previous thinking, Blake held sympathies with certain aspects of Methodism.