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  • Essential Life Coaching Skills

    by Angela Dunbar ...
    Series series Essential Coaching Skills and Knowledge
    Essential Life Coaching Skills provides a comprehensive guide to the complete range and depth of skills required to succeed as a life coach.Angela Dunbar uses theoretical background alongside practical examples to provide a clear understanding of what makes a successful life coach. This book focuses on seven essential skill sets that are necessary for effective life coaching, with each chapter ... Read more

    34,08 €

  • Defense Mechanisms in the Counseling Process

    by Arthur J. Clark ...
    What causes clients in therapy to resist change? What mechanisms and devices do they use to defend against therapeutic progress? How can a therapist identify and work with such defenses in their clients? Understanding defense mechanisms is essential to understanding clients, managing resistance, clarifying conflicted behavior, and engendering more adaptive functioning. In Defense Mechanisms in the ... Read more

    107,69 €

  • New Directions in Gestalt Group Therapy

    Relational Ground, Authentic Self

    by Daisy Anne Reese, Peter H. Cole ...
    Gestalt therapists often work with groups. Group therapists from a variety of theoretical orientations frequently incorporate insights and methodology from gestalt therapy. New Directions in Gestalt Group Therapy: Relational Ground, Authentic Self was written with particular attention to both gestalt and group work specialists in providing a comprehensive reference for the practice of group ... Read more

    43,82 €

  • Becoming an Effective Family Therapist

    Research, Practice, and Case Stories

    by Peter Rober ...
    This book explores the link between the effectiveness of the family therapist and the complexity of the therapeutic relationship.For family therapists the therapeutic alliance is complex because there are different family members and the therapist must have an empathic relationship with each of them. Furthermore, the therapist is focused on facilitating the development of trust between the family ... Read more

    43,82 €

  • Person-Centred Counselling in a Nutshell

    by Mr Roger Casemore ...
    Series series Counselling in a Nutshell
    Person-Centred Counselling in a Nutshell is a short, accessible guide to one of the most popular approaches to counselling.Using examples drawn from practice, Roger Casemore outlines, in a clear, jargon-free style, the main principles of the person-centred approach, using the core therapeutic conditions:- congruence- unconditional regard- empathyThis revised and updated second edition includes new ... Read more

    42,60 €

  • Therapeutic Journal Writing

    An Introduction for Professionals

    by Kate Thompson ...
    Series series Writing for Therapy or Personal Development
    Writing a journal is not just about keeping a record of daily events - journal writing provides a unique therapeutic opportunity for facilitating healing and growth.The author of this book guides the reader through developing journal writing to use as a therapeutic tool. Keeping a journal can help the writer to develop a better understanding of themselves, their relationships and the world around ... Read more

    27,97 €

  • Educazione Democratica, numero 5, gennaio 2013

    Rivista di pedagogia politica

    by Autori Vari ...
    Educazione Democratica è una rivista di pedagogia politica pubblicata dalle Edizioni del Rosone e rilasciata con licenza Creative Commons. In questo numero un dossier su Dewey: educazione e bene comune. ... Read more

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  • The Anthropology of Child and Youth Care Work

    by Rivka Eisikovits ...
    The Anthropology of Child and Youth Care Work presents and illustrates an anthropological model of child and youth care work and explores the associated benefits of such an approach. Author Rivka A. Eisikovits’model enhances workers’on-the-job effectiveness with clients and co-workers and improves intra- and inter-organizational communication with other human service providers. This book prepares ... Read more

    43,82 €

  • Managing to Care

    by Ann Dill ...
    The point of departure for Managing to Care is widespread concern that the present delivery of health and social welfare services is fragmented, uncoordinated, inefficient, costly, wasteful, and ultimately detrimental to clients' health and wellbeing. Dill traces the evolution of case management from its start as a tool for integrating services on the level of the individual client to its current ... Read more

    41,39 €

  • The Mind in Therapy

    Cognitive Science for Practice

    by Katherine D. Arbuthnott, Dennis W. Arbuthnott, Valerie A. Thompson ...
    Human mental capacities and processes are the raw materials with which psychotherapists work. Thus what cognitive scientists have discovered in recent decades is potentially tremendous value for psychotherapeutic practice. But the new knowledge is not readily accessible to therapists, who find both language and methodology off-putting.The Mind in Therapy bridges the gap. It offers a comprehensive ... Read more

    47,48 €

  • Samo da bo denar in zdravje

    življenje starih revnih ljudi

    by Valentina Hlebec, Matic Kavčič, Maša Filipovič Hrast, Andreja Vezovnik, Martina Trbanc ...
    Series series Knjižna zbirka OST
    Pričujoča monografija prinaša v slovenski prostor opis stare revnepopulacije, posameznih vidikov socialne izključenosti tega delaprebivalstva in poglobljen prikaz življenja starih revnih ljudi. Avtorjigotavljajo, da starejši ljudje tudi v visoki starosti niso nemočnoizpostavljeni življenjsko neugodnim razmeram, in opozarjajo na njihovoaktivno vlogo pri shajanju in preprečevanju družbene ... Read more

    4,99 €

  • Making Things International 1

    Circuits and Motion

    Edited by Mark B. Salter ...
    Building on recent debates in critical social theory and international relations, Making Things International I: Circuits and Motion presents twenty-five essays that engage the global, the local, and the international through the lens of objects. It represents the first substantial new materialist intervention in global politics and international relations, offering a diverse and provocative set ... Read more

    22,57 €

  • Counselling and Career Guidance in Asia

    Developments, Challenges and Opportunities

    Edited by Anuradha J. Bakshi, Mantak Yuen ...
    The book captures the developments, challenges and opportunities in the fields of counselling and career guidance in Asia, highlighting issues and concerns that are unique to Asian regions as well as those that are common with other parts of the world.This book addresses multiple gaps in the counselling and career guidance literatures: it covers Eastern contexts and includes a focus on the ... Read more

    51,13 €

  • Affected Labour in a Café Culture

    The Atmospheres and Economics of 'Hip' Melbourne

    by Alexia Cameron ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Culture, Space and Identity
    What does it mean to work in the ‘hip’ postmodern economy? This book develops the concept of ‘affected labour’ within Melbourne, Australia. Through the lens of café and bar culture, the book provides an ethnographic investigation into the ways that affect arises, circulates, sticks and dissipates over the course of everyday encounters.The dynamics and atmospheres of affective labour among those ... Read more

    54,78 €

  • L'Enfance retrouvée

    by Simone Chalon ...
    Au travers des témoignages et de son expérience quotidienne, Simone Chalon retrace l’univers de détresse des mères qui lui ont confié l’enfant qu’elles ne pouvaient pas assumer, l’attente scandaleuse de certains mineurs sans cesse déplacés de foyer en centre d’accueil, alors qu’il existe des familles prêtes à leur offrir tendresse et protection ; mais aussi l’univers des enfants qui ont enfin ... Read more

    8,49 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Starving the Depression Gremlin

    A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook on Managing Depression for Young People

    by Kate Collins-Donnelly ...
    Illustrated by Kate Collins-Donnelly, Tina Gothard ...
    Series series Gremlin and Thief CBT Workbooks
    Have you met the depression gremlin? He's a troublesome creature who likes nothing more than to feed off your low mood. And the more he devours, the bigger he gets and the more sadness you feel. But never fear - starve him of depression-related thoughts, feelings and behaviours and watch him shrink and shrivel away!Part of the award-winning Starve the Gremlin series, this engaging and accessible ... Read more

    17,06 €

  • Applying the Results of Neuropsychological and Psychological Assessments

    A Manual for Teachers and Specialists

    by Dawn E. Burau, Daniel K. Reinstein ...
    Neuropsychological and psychological evaluations in school settings are often rich in detail about a child’s cognitive, academic and emotional functions, and come with specific recommendations to support the child’s performance in school. However, there is often a gap between the assessment results and the implementation of the recommendations, since learning specialists and teachers frequently do ... Read more

    48,70 €

  • Sports, Peacebuilding and Ethics

    by Linda M. Johnston ...
    Series series Peace and Policy
    As this latest volume in the Peace & Policy series shows, sports can be an effective mechanism for peacebuilding, especially when incorporated into conflict-resolution programs. Such programs have been designed to bring children together in post-conflict situations with an ultimate goal of reducing future violence. In examining such programs, the volume's contributors ask key questions: "What are ... Read more

    59,65 €

  • L'itinérance ludique - 2e éd.

    Une pédagogie pour apprendre à la crèche

    by Laurence Rameau ...
    La crèche fait partie de la niche sensorielle du bébé. Elle est un lieu rassurant où il trouve des figures supplémentaires d’attachement. Il y découvre aussi la possibilité de s’éloigner de ces figures pour s’aventurer dans les jeux et les apprentissages. Ainsi, à la crèche, les professionnels composent un environnement offrant au bébé ces deux opposés : un port d’attache et la possibilité de le ... Read more

    15,99 €

  • Supervision and Professional Development in Social Work Practice

    by Amanda M. Nickson, Margaret Anne Carter, Abraham Francis ...
    This book aims to familiarise its readers with the current state of supervision in social work, provide them a common platform for reflection and action and thereby promote excellence in their respective learning, research and professional practice areas. Designed for social work students, social workers, human service professionals, researchers, community practitioners and academics, the ... Read more

    46,26 €

  • Play Therapy Treatment Planning with Children and Families

    A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

    Edited by Lynn Louise Wonders, Mary L. Affee ...
    Play Therapy Treatment Planning with Children and Families is a comprehensive guide that provides an integrative and prescriptive approach to creating customized treatment plans. It’s an excellent textbook for graduate programs in social work, counseling, and family therapy and an invaluable guide for practicing clinicians in all settings.After exploring and explaining the many modalities for ... Read more

    41,39 €

  • #TeachersServeToo

    The Unraveling of Educational Frontlines

    by Evan Erdberg ...
    Teachers want more money.This isn't what the teacher shortage is all about. It's a systemic breakdown that has been going on for DECADES. Decades of degradation, inequity, and disrespect. It's time we stand up for teachers and place them on a pedestal similar to our armed forces.This insightful title delves deep into the unsung heroes of the classroom—dedicated teachers who educate our most ... Read more

    4,45 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Grand manuel de sophrologie - 2e éd.

    by Bernard Etchelecou ...
    Souvent considérée comme une méthode de relaxation très efficace, la sophrologie propose plus largement une synthèse articulée des pratiques psychocorporelles de la psychologie et des techniques traditionnelles de méditation de l’orient (yoga, zen, etc.). Elle s’appuie essentiellement sur le phénomène du vécu de conscience, particulièrement mis en valeur par la philosophie existentialiste. ... Read more

    39,99 €

  • The Life Model of Social Work Practice

    Advances in Theory and Practice

    by Alex Gitterman, EdD, Carolyn Knight, Carel Germain ...
    Originally published in 1980, The Life Model of Social Work Practice was the first textbook to introduce the ecological perspective into social work practice. This fourth edition brings the text up to date by expanding and deepening this perspective. Integrating contemporary theory and research findings with numerous case illustrations drawn from a wide range of practice contexts, this textbook ... Read more

    64,23 €