The accessible, expert-led guide to understanding how this revolutionary therapy could help you.EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) Therapy is a revolutionary therapy which helps people efficiently process and recover from past experiences that are impacting on their mental health and wellbeing.Explaining EMDR will help you understand what EMDR is and how it works to treat a myriad of conditions including PTSD, anxiety and depression. Using real-...

This unique handbook provides a guide for supervisors of therapists who use Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, and those undergoing training in EMDR supervision.Whilst drawing on the literature on supervision theory and research, this book provides a down-to-earth guide to this topic, focusing on the European system of accreditation. The book guides the EMDR supervisor and supervisor-in-training in the difficult task of balancing the roles of educator, en...

The accessible, expert-led guide to understanding how this revolutionary therapy could help you!EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) Therapy is a revolutionary therapy which helps people efficiently process and recover from past experiences that are impacting on their mental health and wellbeing.Explaining EMDR will help you understand what EMDR is and how it works to treat a myriad of conditions including PTSD, anxiety and depression. Using...

"This is the book that would've saved me nine different therapists, decades of self-analysis, thousands of pounds, twelve different doctors and untold amounts of pain, frustration and trauma - in spending a lifetime looking for the right answers in the wrong places I've become an accidental expert."In this candid, witty and insightful exploration into therapy, Steph Jones uses her professional and lived experiences as a late diagnosed autistic woman and therapist, as well as consul...

This second edition is a step by step practical guide to counselling skills for trainees and practitioners. It presents key skills clearly and concisely.

'I realised I had been camouflaging my whole life - I'd been trying to mask my autistic traits and fit in with all the non-autistic people around me.'Growing up autistic can often feel as though you have to become a chameleon in social situations, camouflaging yourself to fit in with a seemingly neurotypical world. Combining lived experience with scientific research and practical advice, this book is the essential guide to understanding why you mask and how to feel...

This sixth edition provides a step-by-step guide to using counselling and helping skills with confidence and proficiency. The author′s three-stage model of counselling - relating, understanding and changing - is designed to facilitate developing lifeskills in clients and to help them to change how they feel, think, communicate and act.It includes new chapters on ′Technology mediated counselling and helping′, with updated research and references throughout.Using practical ac...

· How does complex trauma differ from trauma?· What is dissociation?· How does it affect children?· How can you help?These questions and more are answered in this guide to understanding the nature of complex trauma and dissociation, making these seemingly complicated topics accessible to all.Complex trauma and dissociation is a subject around which there is much confusion and misunderstanding. This can lead to children lacking the support they really ne...

Help children aged 4-12 to understand and manage their anxiety with this easy-to-use therapeutic toolkit. From the authors of Creative Ways to Help Children Manage BIG Feelings, this book contains all new material and over 50 new activities to equip children with an arsenal of coping strategies.Drawing on CBT, ACT and narrative therapy approaches, this book provides a framework for therapy and assessment. The authors deliver sage advice on how to work with children, adapti...

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Acute Inpatient Mental Health Units presents innovative ways of delivering CBT within the inpatient setting and applying CBT principles to inform and enhance inpatient care.Maintaining staff morale and creating a culture of therapy in the acute inpatient unit is essential for a well-functioning institution. This book shows how this challenge can be addressed, along with introducing and evaluating an important advance in the practice of indiv...

Filled with strategies and advice, this empowering guide presents practical ways to improve the mental wellbeing of people on the Autism Spectrum.This helpful guide focusses on the specific difficulties that can arise for people on the autism spectrum who may also experience a mental illness. The book includes information on common mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety, as well as strategies for improving sleep patterns and mindfulness. Providing guidance on the bene...

Developing the ideas of his best-selling textbook Counselling: The Skills of Problem-Solving, Robert Manthei shows how to define and solve problems. Step-by-step he explains how to work in a planned way to enhance the client's self-understanding and increase their ability to find solutions to other problems in the future.Counselling has proved itself an invaluable resource for counsellors at every stage of their career and for anyone using counselling skills as a p...