Since it was first published in 1986, On Being a Therapist has become a classic book in the field and has proved to be one of the most inspiring sources of guidance for aspiring and seasoned practitioners alike. Jeffrey Kottler provides a candid account of the profound ways in which therapists influence clients and, in turn, are impacted ...
A man obsessed with sociopathology shares true accounts of corresponding with serial killers such as Charles Manson, Richard Ramirez, and Jeffrey Dahmer.
"Introduction to Counseling" brings you the most complete and up-to-date information on what counseling is as well as its history, theoretical orientations, applications, and professional issues. In this edition, new co-author David S. Shepard adds his years experience to the text to show you how to apply the most recent counseling theories to ...
This text is intended to inspire people to make a difference in their work. Told through the experiences of those who "do good" as a vocation, it reflects the realities of helping others through those who are successful and flourishing in their work. Focused on helping beginners to feel good about their commitment to service, it is thus ...
How can therapists practice so differently, yet achieve similar results? Jeffrey Kottler identifies the traits all good therapists have in common and combines the most effective healing practices into one coherent framework. He also shows how to integrate these characteristics into your own practice.
"Students Who Drive You Crazy, Second Edition", provides educators with a model for assessing, understanding, and responding to their most challenging interactions at school, whether with students, parents, or colleagues. The book addresses some of the most difficult problems educators face today: gangs, violence, disrespect, addictions, verbal ...
"This book is a fabulous resource that helps both beginning and experienced teachers examine themselves and reflect on their own teaching practices." - Michelle Barnea, Educational Consultant.Realize, refresh, and awaken the passionate, caring, motivated teacher inside! Who was the best teacher you ever had? Can you remember the excitement and joy ...
This book is a brief primer of essential helping skills for students and professionals in the helping professions. The book contains a brief chapter on theory that provides an overview of the language used in therapy as well as the various approaches used by helping professionals. It then covers the core skills, standard interventions, nature of ...
A Guide for Self-Reflection, Growth, and Change Forbidden feelings, secret fears, stress, burnout-these are issues that many behavioral health care professionals treat in their clients everyday. But when it's the clinician who is overwhelmed with these issues, there is often no one-and nowhere to turn to. Untreated, these issues can affect ...
This work provides an overview of therapeutic counselling. The authors emphasise the development of a professional identity, ethical standards, process skills, the therapeutic relationship, personal theory building and understanding meaningful research.
Focuses on the only party in a conflict that we have any control over: ourselves Conflict is an interactive process - you cannot look at a person who makes life difficult for you without also looking at yourself. While blaming others may lead to short-term relief, it often escalates conflicts and produces long-term damage. And with conflict we ...
"Relationship building is key to the successful mentoring and teaching of today's youth. This book is an indispensable reference for both students in teacher education programs and experienced classroom teachers." --David Capuzzi, Scholar in Residence, Counseling and Human Services, Johns Hopkins UniversityIntegrate counseling and consulting ...
From the best-selling author of The Last Victim, Their Finest Hour: Master Therapists Share Their Greatest Success Stories reveals the greatest success stories of the best counselors and therapists in the world. The master therapists speaks frankly about how their seminal cases shaped their ideas. Told in a narrative style, each story ends with a ...
The book demonstrates how even master therapists struggle with their own difficult cases and thorny professional challenges. Told through the narratives of their most stunning failures, two dozen of the world's most famous practitioners talk about the mistakes, misjudgements and miscalculations that haunt them. The book teaches students how ...
By supporting others and promoting change, helping professionals also enjoy the benefit of personal growth. "Changing People's Lives While Transforming Your Own" is filled with narratives from individuals from social work, psychology, counseling, and allied health fields. Inspiring and stirring, this book vividly illustrates how to promote social ...
'Madness can afford the individual certain resources and abilities that are not available to others. The fantasy life, free flight of ideas, distortions of reality, and heightened senses ...offer a unique perspective on the world' - From the Introduction. Why do some extraordinary individuals overcome mental anguish and produce brilliant creative ...
Intended to help practicing therapists and counsellors, as well as students of these professions, to explore more fully and systematically the processes of self-improvement in their work and lives.
This is a reference book that you will turn to again and again. It's packed with practical strategies you can use immediately. These tips and techniques, developed by experienced teachers, will simplify and organize your workload. Reduce the stress that comes with your first teaching position. A series of scenarios demonstrates how you can put ...
Compassionate Therapy explores the characteristics of difficult clients. Arguing that resistance and conflict can be a constructive force, Kottler shows how practitioners can use these struggles to examine their own abilities, deepen their compassion, and improve therapeutic flexibility and effectiveness.
The Heart of Healing is a comprehensive exploration of the essence of healing in human relationships - whether between a shaman and tribesmember, between clergy and parishoner, or a therapist and client - that pushes beyond traditional and limiting theoretical models toward a deeper, broader understanding of how to harness, enhance, and apply this ...
A study of how travel can serve to alleviate depression and mental stress, by the psychologist and popular author of "Beyond Blame" and "The Language of Tears."
This is a book that speaks directly to students and practitioners of education who wish to become clearer about what being a superlative teacher is all about - not the mechanics of instruction, but the essence of what has made great teachers powerful in commanding attention, respect and devotion from their students. The book contains a number of ...
'Any practising or former headteacher will warm to the central contention made by Kottler and McEwan that, although counselling does not form part of the formal job-description of any principal or headteacher, the realities of such a post are that such skills are required in abundance' - School Leadership and Management This book introduces the ...
This is the story of Bradford Keeney, whose dreams led him from an academic position in the psychiatry field to Africa's Kalahari Desert, where he found a place as a shaman to the Bushmen, and began traveling throughout the world, coming into contact with medicine men from an array of tribes. His associates Jon Carlson and Jeffrey Kotter combine ...
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