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  • Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy

    An Integrative Approach

    by Elsie Jones-Smith ...
    A step forward from the traditional textbook on counseling theories, Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Approach offers students a comprehensive overview of past and current approaches to psychotherapy and counseling, with a modern approach to theories of psychotherapy. An extensive array of mainstream theories, as well as contemporary approaches such as narrative, feminist, ... Read more

    PHP7,035.19

  • Decolonizing Pathways towards Integrative Healing in Social Work

    by Kris Clarke, Michael Yellow Bird ...
    Taking a new and innovative angle on social work, this book seeks to remedy the lack of holistic perspectives currently used in Western social work practice by exploring Indigenous and other culturally diverse understandings and experiences of healing.This book examines six core areas of healing through a holistic lens that is grounded in a decolonizing perspective. Situating integrative healing ... Read more

    Free

  • Transnational Social Work and Social Welfare

    Challenges for the Social Work Profession

    Edited by Beatrix Schwarzer, Ursula Kämmerer-Rütten, Alexandra Schleyer-Lindenmann, Yafang Wang ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Social Work
    The underlying frame of social work is the nation state, and it is from within the state that welfare strategies and social policies are devised and implemented. However, post-colonialism, globalisation, migration and the associated implications for human rights, social justice and social welfare policies contest the idea of a clearly defined space for social work and present new challenges for ... Read more

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  • Generational Tensions and Solidarity Within Advanced Welfare States

    Edited by Asgeir Falch-Eriksen, Marianne Takle, Britt Slagsvold ...
    Series series Social Welfare Around the World
    This book explores generation as both a reference to family or kinship structures, and a reference to cohorts or age sets. The principal objective is branching out this two-part concept through studies of tensions and solidarity within and between generations of advanced and robust welfare states.Answering key questions using multiple disciplinary approaches, the book considers how generations ... Read more

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  • Disaster Preparedness Kit

    by Rod Purnell ...
    We live in very uncertain times. One only needs to turn their thoughts to 9-11 to witness just how uncertain the world has become.Not only are we facing disaster on a global level, individually thousands of us experience our own forms of disaster every day. Fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and accidents remind us just how vulnerable we really are.What would you do if basic ... Read more

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  • When A Baby Dies

    The Experience of Late Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death

    by Alix Henley, Nancy Kohner ...
    Every year in the UK over 10,000 babies die before birth or shortly afterwards. For the parents, the grief is hard to bear. In this book, parents who have lost a baby tell their stories. They speak about what happened, how they felt, how they have been helped by others and how they helped themselves.Using letters from and interviews with many bereaved parents, Nancy Kohner and Alix Henley have ... Read more

    PHP3,088.90

  • Communication and Interviewing Skills for Practice in Social Work, Counselling and the Health Professions

    by Patricia Higham ...
    Series series Student Social Work
    This book supports and develops the communication and interviewing skills of professional practitioners and student practitioners in social work, counselling, and the health professions.Combining work on personal and social constructs, the search for meaning, and ecological theory, this book both provides an integrated discussion of practice and presents a balanced approach when discussing ... Read more

    PHP3,205.49

  • Egan's Skilled Helper Model

    Developments and Implications in Counselling

    by Val Wosket ...
    The skilled helper model of counselling is hugely influential in the helping professions. Egan's Skilled Helper Model brings a number of new and challenging perspectives to bear on Egan's work and makes a major contribution to the development of this problem-management and opportunity-development approach to helping.Val Wosket draws on over twenty years experience of counselling, training and ... Read more

    PHP3,088.90

  • Financial Sustainability for Nonprofit Organizations

    by Emmanuel Jean Francois, PhD ...
    Nonprofit organizations face fierce competition for funding, especially during times of financial crisis. In order to effectively further their goals and make a long-term impact in the communities they serve, these organizations must remain financially viable and sustainable. This book equips students training to become better nonprofit leaders with the information and conceptual frameworks needed ... Read more

    PHP4,248.99

  • Community Practice Skills

    Local to Global Perspectives

    by Dorothy Gamble, MSW, Marie Weil, D.S.W. ...
    Dorothy N. Gamble and Marie Weil differentiate among a range of intervention methods to provide a comprehensive and effective guide to working with communities. Presenting eight distinct models grounded in current practice and targeted toward specific goals, Gamble and Weil take an unusually inclusive step, combining their own extensive experience with numerous case and practice examples from ... Read more

    PHP3,147.29

  • The Socially Skilled Child Molester

    Differentiating the Guilty from the Falsely Accused

    by Carla Van Dam ...
    Know what signs indicate a child molester!Revealing the secret but successful strategies used by child molesters allows adults to intervene long before children are abused. The Socially Skilled Child Molester: Differentiating the Guilty from the Falsely Accused identifies how socially proficient molesters successfully ingratiate themselves into families and communities. The book closely examines ... Read more

    PHP3,205.49

  • Virtual Educational Therapy

    A Case Study of Clinical Supports and Advocacy

    by Marion E. Marshall ...
    Virtual Educational Therapy presents a board-certified educational therapist’s year-long case study of clinical supports and advocacy for a student with learning disabilities who is attending school remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. With online and blended learning, now the norm in K–12 education, educational therapists need new models of intervention, treatment, and relationship-building for ... Read more

    PHP1,573.31

  • Le secret des noirs vainqueurs

    by Sergio Junior ...
    Les hommes sont libres et maîtres de leur destin. Peu importe votre couleur de peau, votre religion, votre sexualité, vos opinions politiques ou votre situation sociale. Du moins, c'est comme ça que ça devrait être, si on n'est pas né dans un pays où règne le régime dictatorial. Cependant, on ne peut nier que certaines barrières culturelles et historiques de certains peuples imposent des barrières ... Read more

    PHP408.05 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Community Engagement Findings Across the Disciplines

    Applying Course Content to Community Needs

    Edited by Heather K. Evans ...
    This book is a reference for administrators and educators at institutions of higher learning who are thinking about taking serious steps to link their educational mission to helping their surrounding communities. Various research findings across the disciplines in higher education about integrating community engagement in traditional coursework are presented.This book provides a multi-disciplinary ... Read more

    PHP1,863.29

  • Anti-Oppressive Counseling and Psychotherapy

    Action for Personal and Social Change

    by Jason D. Brown ...
    In Anti-Oppressive Counseling and Psychotherapy, Jason D. Brownexamines the impact of structural inequality on mental health and provides a framework for an anti-oppressive practice that recognizes privilege and challenges systemic barriers. Incorporating theory, research, and detailed case studies, readers will learn how to implement intervention techniques that take into consideration the ... Read more

    PHP2,797.44

  • Remaking Community?

    New Labour and the Governance of Poor Neighbourhoods

    by Andrew Wallace ...
    New Labour deployed community as a conceptual framework to rearticulate the state / citizen relationship to be enacted at and through new spaces of governance. An important example of this was how successive New Labour governments sought to renovate the social, political and economic cultures of poor neighbourhoods and generate trajectories of strong, empowered and ordered civic space. This was ... Read more

    PHP2,797.44

  • Developing the Craft of Mediation

    Reflections on Theory and Practice

    by Marian Roberts ...
    "While there is no shortage of how-to books for mediators, works focusing on the voice of the mediator are rare. This book aims to fill that void by highlighting the perspectives of 16 mediators on a variety of topics, ranging from what motivates them to their different mediation styles and approaches."-Dispute Resolution Journal`I recommend this book to all mediators in whichever discipline they ... Read more

    PHP1,826.19

  • Terminating Psychotherapy

    A Clinician's Guide

    Edited by William T. O'Donohue, Michael Cucciare ...
    The topic of terminating therapy is not one that clinicians normally consider. However, the session limits placed on clinicians by managed care require that the end of therapy be built into the treatment plan from the onset. With a focus on the termination of psychotherapy, A Clinician’s Guide examines the pertinent additional training that will aid mental health professionals in providing the ... Read more

    PHP3,905.00

  • Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in Higher Education

    A Faculty Guide for Teaching and Learning

    Edited by Ernest Stromberg ...
    This volume explores the current state of student mental health and trauma while offering theories and practice of trauma-informed teaching and learning.The interdisciplinary authors gathered in this collection discuss the roles, practices, and structures in higher education that can support the wellness and academic success of students who suffer from the effects of traumatic experiences. ... Read more

    PHP2,914.03

  • Trans and Sexuality

    An existentially-informed enquiry with implications for counselling psychology

    by Christina Richards ...
    Series series Explorations in Mental Health
    Grounded in cutting-edge qualitative research, Trans and Sexuality explores the sexuality of people who do not identify with the gender that they were assigned at birth. Arguing that whilst splitting members of the trans community into distinct groups might seem like a reasonable theoretical procedure, the pervasive assumption that group membership impacts on the sexuality of trans people has ... Read more

    PHP3,380.37

  • Debunking the Myth of Job Fit in Higher Education and Student Affairs

    Edited by Brian J. Reece, Vu T. Tran, Elliott N. DeVore, Gabby Porcaro ...
    Series series An ACPA Co-Publication
    Co-published with This groundbreaking book examines a concept that has gone unexamined for too long: The concept of “job fit” in the student affairs profession. Fit is a term used by nearly everyone in student affairs throughout the hiring process, from search committees and hiring managers to supervisors and HR professionals. This book opens a conversation about the use of “job fit” as a tool for ... Read more

    PHP2,855.74

  • A Bolt from the Blue

    Coping with Disasters and Acute Traumas

    by Salli Saari ...
    Translated by Annira Silver ...
    Saari's book discusses the impact of traumatic events and the key principles underlying acute crisis work. Case study examples are used to illustrate the main features of traumatic situations and ways of processing such experiences, as well as the practical implications for crisis support.'- Bereavement Care, Volume 26, April 2007'The book provides a basic introduction to trauma and will be an ... Read more

    PHP2,152.49

  • Creative Arts-Based Group Therapy with Adolescents

    Theory and Practice

    Edited by Craig Haen, Nancy Boyd Webb ...
    Creative Arts-Based Group Therapy with Adolescents provides principles for effective use of different arts-based approaches in adolescent group therapy, grounding these principles in neuroscience and group process practice-based evidence. It includes chapters covering each of the main creative arts therapy modalities—art therapy, bibliotherapy, dance/movement therapy, drama therapy, music therapy, ... Read more

    PHP2,564.27

  • Mutual Aid Groups, Vulnerable and Resilient Populations, and the Life Cycle

    Edited by Lawrence Schulman, Alex Gitterman, EdD ...
    The contributors to this volume examine the role of mutual aid groups and social workers in helping members of oppressed, vulnerable, and resilient populations regain control over their lives. The chapters reveal the ways in which mutual aid processes help individuals overcome social and emotional trauma in contemporary society by reducing isolation, universalizing individual problems, and ... Read more

    PHP4,196.59