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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 €

  • 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

    41,39 €

  • 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

    Free

  • 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

    41,39 €

  • 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 Photography

    Enhancing Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy and Resilience

    by Neil Gibson ...
    Therapeutic photography is an increasingly popular approach for increasing self-esteem, resilience and self-reliance in a wide range of people, including those with dementia, autism or mental health problems, school children and offenders. This book provides practical guidance on delivering therapeutic photography interventions and introduces the theory underpinning the approach.Each chapter ... Read more

    25,01 €

  • School-Linked Services

    Promoting Equity for Children, Families, and Communities

    by Laura Bronstein, Susan Mason ...
    The evidence-based strategies in this volume close the achievement gap among students from all sociological backgrounds. Designed according to local needs assessments, they provide the services, programs, initiatives, and relationships that are crucial for children's success in school and life.These practices and programs include afterschool and summer sessions, early-childhood education, school ... Read more

    33,80 €

  • Bereaved Parents and their Continuing Bonds

    Love after Death

    by Catherine Seigal ...
    For bereaved parents the development of a continuing bond with the child who has died is a key element in their grieving and in how they manage the future. Using her experience of working in a children's hospital as a counsellor with bereaved parents, Catherine Seigal looks at how continuing bonds are formed, what facilitates and sustains them and what can undermine them. She reflects on what she ... Read more

    22,99 €

  • 不能迴避的現實：回顧任局長五年的房屋政策

    by 張炳良 ...
    Series series 不能迴避的現實
    來自學術背景，曾任香港教育學院（即今香港教育大學）校長的張炳良，在2012年中毅然擔任運輸及房屋局局長（2012年7月至2017年6月），負責影響民生至廣的運輸及房屋政策，令他對政府施政及現實政治有進一步的體會。自局長崗位退下後，張炳良認為應好好梳理及總結其中的政策和施政經驗、成敗得失，以及所面對和經歷的種種挑戰和矛盾等，既可立此存照，作為個人體會的一個公開記錄，更為重要的是也讓社會人士多些了解政策思考和演進的過程與因由、箇中的理性與非理性因素、政治與行政的不同考量，以至決策的偶然與必然。本書是房屋篇。今天香港，房屋問題是潛在的政治炸彈，住屋難，已成為全城之最痛，令基層以至中產家庭怨聲載道，年青一代疏離感日盛，因看不到美好將來。上屆政府上任伊始，即把解決房屋問題定為施政重中之重，制定新的長遠房屋策略，希望轉移政策路徑，傾政府之全力去克服房屋之「大山」。無奈土地供應之難超乎預期 ... Read more

    8,90 €

  • The Psychology of Emotion in Restorative Practice

    How Affect Script Psychology Explains How and Why Restorative Practice Works

    by William Hansberry, Siân Williams, John Bruce Lennox, Graeme George, Lauren Abramson, Katy Hutchison, Anne Burton, Katherine Gribben, Bill Curry, Mathew Casey ...
    How and why does restorative practice (RP) work? This book presents the biological theory, affect script psychology (ASP), behind RP, and shows how it works in practice in different settings.ASP explains how the central nervous system triggers 'affects' which are the basis of all human motivation and emotion. The book presents a clear explanation of what ASP is, how it relates to RP, and how ASP ... Read more

    34,97 €

  • Travailler en MECS - 2e éd.

    Maisons d'enfants à caractère social

    by Noël Touya, Francis Batifoulier ...
    Malgré leur adaptabilité, nombre de MECS traversent des périodes difficiles et s’interrogent sur leur identité, notamment à cause de l’hétérogénéité des populations accueillies, de l’augmentation des jeunes présentant des troubles psychiques, des phénomènes de violence, de la difficulté à faire vivre des collectifs harmonieux. Il appartient aux associations gestionnaires et aux professionnels de ... Read more

    49,99 €

  • Psychologists in Making

    Life Lessons and Observations from Practicing Psychologists

    Edited by Ami Rokach ...
    In this unique book, well established psychologists share their observations on teaching psychology, the meaning of self-care, and what they believe psychology programs attempt to educate and instil in their students.The volume begins with a mid-career psychologist who reflects on his schooling and shares his learnings. Authors in the next chapter discuss the differences between undergraduate and ... Read more

    56,00 €

  • Feng Shui

    Confort, Armonía, Prosperidad

    by Mauricio Vanegas Zapata ...
    Feng Shui - Despierta la armonia y las buenas vibraciones en tu casa, oficina o en cualquier lugar donde pases el tiempo, conectate con tu espiritu el universo y crea un equilibrio natural entre cuerpo y mente ... Read more

    2,68 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Play Therapy and Childhood Sexual Abuse

    A Clinical Guide to Practice

    Edited by Sueann Kenney-Noziska ...
    Play Therapy and Childhood Sexual Abuse is a comprehensive guide for mental health clinicians and play therapists who work with the victims of childhood sexual abuse. Chapters cover seminal and historically significant models of play therapy, burgeoning practices, and much more.Clinical case examples of each play therapy approach are included in the chapters. The contributing authors are ... Read more

    42,61 €

  • Innovation at the End of Life

    Edited by Kate Woodthorpe, JEREMY DIXON ...
    This book presents original research, insight and analysis on innovative methods, theories, topics and issues at the end of life and in death's aftermath. Stemming from the University of Bath's Centre for Death and Society Annual Conference in 2023 and a subsequent special issue of the journal Mortality, it presents contributions from scholars at all stages of their career, from PhD students to ... Read more

    68,18 €

  • Keeping Students Safe and Helping Them Thrive

    A Collaborative Handbook on School Safety, Mental Health, and Wellness [2 volumes]

    Edited by David Osher Ph.D., Matthew J. Mayer, Robert J. Jagers, Kimberly Kendziora, Lacy Wood ...
    Details the safety, mental health, and wellness issues in schools today and focuses on the interactions and collaborations needed among students, teachers, families, community members, and other professionals to foster the safety, learning, and well-being of all students.Safe schools and student well-being take a "village" of adults and students with varied interests, perspectives, and abilities ... Read more

    Was 111,93 € Now 97,09 €

  • Using the Expressive Arts with Children and Young People Who Have Experienced Loss

    A Pocket Guide

    by Juliette Ttofa ...
    Series series Supporting Children and Young People Who Experience Loss
    This guidebook has been created to be used alongside the storybook, The Girl Who Lost the Light in Her Eyes. Using a relational approach, it explores the themes of the story and offers guidance to the adult as they use expressive arts to give the child or young person a creative outlet for their emotions. The gentle guidance offered makes this an ideal tool for non-specialists working with ... Read more

    19,47 €

  • संघ @ १००

    भारताची चिरंतन ज्योत

    by भूषण कुलकर्णी ...
    संघ @ १०० — भारताची चिरंतन ज्योतलेखक: भूषण कुलकर्णीभारताच्या सांस्कृतिक चेतनेचा, राष्ट्रसेवेच्या परंपरेचा आणि व्यक्तिनिर्मितीच्या अखंड साधनेचा शतकभराचा प्रेरणादायी प्रवास — “संघ @ १०० — भारताची चिरंतन ज्योत” हे पुस्तक राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघाच्या कार्य, विचार आणि प्रभावाचे समग्र व सुसंवादी चित्र उभे करते.१९२५ साली डॉ. केशव बलिराम हेडगेवार यांनी स्थापन केलेल्या संघाच्या प्रवासाची ही अर्थपूर्ण मांडण ... Read more

    3,00 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life Skills and Adolescent Mental Health

    Can Kids Be Taught to Master Life?

    by Ole Jacob Madsen ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Mental Health
    Can school teach us to master life? This book confronts what the author sees as an ongoing trend in many Western democracies where citizens are increasingly being held accountable for their health and happiness.The author believes that the introduction of life skills in school shows a tendency to place more responsibility on the individual rather than address fundamental societal flaws that really ... Read more

    Free

  • Housing Women

    Edited by Rose Gilroy, Roberta Woods ...
    First Published in 2004. This edited collection presents a comprehensive examination of women’s relationship to housing as consumers of housing services and managers of those services. While much of the literature has portrayed women as passive recipients of housing services, Housing Women shows the very active role women have played in housing protest movements and in managerial roles. Diverse ... Read more

    38,95 €

  • Comunità che innovano

    Prospettive ed esperienze per territori inclusivi

    by Tiziana Ciampolini ...
    Il volume affronta il tema della partecipazione delle comunità locali allo sviluppo di programmi di intervento per ridurre l'impoverimento nei territori. I diversi saggi concentrano l'attenzione su strategie, metodologie, pratiche che ricercano l'efficacia attraverso la combinazione di persone e organizzazioni diverse. Un'innovazione sociale in cui la costruzione del benessere degli abitanti di un ... Read more

    32,99 €

  • 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 €