The comprehensive theory- and research-based guidelines provided in this text help answer the personal and professional questions therapists have as they provide competent clinical treatment to clients who have experienced family violence. It presents academic, scholarly, and statistical terms in an accessible and user-friendly way, with useful take-away points for practitioners such as clarifying contradictory findings, summarizing major research-based implications and guidelines, and add...

Financial Abuse Recovery: Financial Healing and Empowerment after Surviving an Abusive Relationship offers survivors of abusive relationships tools, information, and encouragement to move toward financial freedom. This book takes a holistic approach to promoting financial well-being for survivors who faced direct financial abuse, as well as those who faced other types of abuse—such as physical or emotional abuse—and who are facing economic challenges as a result.With a com...

In this bookChristine Murray carefully weaves her personal experiences as a survivor with her professional expertise as a counselor, community advocate, and researcher into a comprehensive guidebook for survivors of abuse.Moving forward after suffering abuse at the hands of someone who is supposed to love and care for you is no easy feat. And yet, healing and recovering from past abuse is possible, and the journey to get there can be an empowering opportunity for growth. Triump...

Overcoming the Stigma of Intimate Partner Abuse addresses the impact of the shame surrounding intimate partner violence and the importance of actively challenging this stigma. Through examples of survivors who have triumphed over past abuse, the book presents a new way to understand the dynamics of abusive relationships as well as demonstrates the strength, resourcefulness, and resilience of victims and survivors. Overcoming the Stigma of Intimate Partner Abuse offers pro...

Find strength, hope, and healing using proven strategies for recovering from verbal abuseExperiencing emotional abuse is traumatizing and can leave you feeling lost and alone, but it's possible to heal and rebuild your self-esteem. Whether used on its own or with The Verbal Abuse Recovery Journal, The Verbal Abuse Recovery Workbook will provide you with supportive exercises, expert advice, and affirmations that will help you reclaim your power and...

"Sexuality Counseling: Theory, Research, and Practice is an important resource for mental health practitioners. Sexuality is complex and rather than attempting to simplify, this book works within that complexity in a well-organized and comprehensive way."- Alexandra H. Solomon, Northwestern UniversityProviding a comprehensive, research- and theory-based approach to sexuality counseling, this accessible and engaging book is grounded in an integrative...

Providing a comprehensive, research- and theory-based approach to sexuality counseling, Sexuality Counseling: Theory, Research, and Practice, Second Edition is grounded in an integrative, multi-level conceptual framework that addresses the various levels that influence how individuals experience positive sexuality. At each level (culture and context, development, gender identity, affectional and sexual orientation, sexual expression and community, intimate relatio...

Play and Performance offers hope to those lamenting the loss of play in the twenty-first century and aims to broaden the understanding of what play is. This volume showcases the work of programs from early childhood through adulthood, in a variety of educational and therapeutic settings, and from a range of theoretical and practical perspectives. The chapters cover an array of practices that can be seen across the play to performance continuum. Taken together, the myriad ways that play is ...

This compilation of research and stories from the field about multilingual family-school partnerships explores where systemic inequities exist at the school, district, or community level, and consider strategies that disrupt normative ways in which multilingual families are included in educational decisions. The authors present family-school partnerships in educational and non-educational settings across the United States, and identify frameworks, models, and practices for engaging multili...

Frances Milton Trollope (1779-1863) was a prolific, provocative and hugely successful novelist. She greatly influenced the generation of Victorian novelists who came after her such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell. This book features Trollope's social problem novels.

Frances Milton Trollope (1779-1863) was a prolific, provocative and hugely successful novelist. She greatly influenced the generation of Victorian novelists who came after her such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell. This book features Trollope's social problem novels.

Frances Milton Trollope (1779-1863) was a prolific, provocative and hugely successful novelist. She greatly influenced the generation of Victorian novelists who came after her such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell. This book features Trollope's social problem novels.