Set in the near-future, this swirling comedy/epic revolves around a tennis academy, a residence for recovering substance abusers, a tight group of Quebecois-separatist terrorists, and "Infinite Jest", a film so funny that it literally kills. Perhaps one of the most ambitious attempts to capture the spirit of the age, Wallace's pervasive theme is ...
The "Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, Fourth Edition" provides all the elements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal treatment plans that satisfy the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, third party payors, and state and federal agencies. The new editions features include: empirically supported, evidence based ...
"The Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, Fourth Edition" provides treatment planning guidelines and an array of pre-written treatment plan components for behavioral and psychological problems, including anger management, blended family conflicts, low self-esteem, chemical dependence, eating disorders, and sexual acting out. Clinicians with ...
This guide draws on the authors' experience as clinicians and teachers of cognitive therapy to help clients successfully understand and improve their moods, alter their behaviour, and enhance their relationships. Illustrated with case examples, the book presents the skills for identifying problems, setting goals, and achieving the desired changes.
A scientifically proven four-step self-treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) which enables people to modify their behaviour and their brain chemistry. OCD is a condition which affects millions of people worldwide. This work shows how sufferers can cure themselves by their own determination rather than through psycho-pharmaceuticals. ...
Since the initial publication of this breakthrough work, motivational interviewing (MI) has been used by countless clinicians. Theory and methods have evolved apace, reflecting new knowledge on the process of behavior change, a growing body of outcome research, and the development of new applications within and beyond the addictions field. ...
Gerald May's exploration of the psychology and physiology of addiction offers an inspiring and hope-filled vision for those who desire to explore the mystery of who and what they really are.
This breakthrough book, written by renowned authorities on treating anxiety disorders, has already helped thousands of people enjoy a life free from excessive fears and rituals. Now this newly revised edition incorporates even more effective exercises.
While most of us find it relatively easy to manage our possessions, a large number of people find it extremely difficult. If you have a problem resisting the urge to acquire and you find your home filled to capacity with items many people would find useless and unnecessary, you may suffer from a condition known as compulsive hoarding. Compulsive ...
Exploration, Insight, and Action: these concepts drive the basic three-step process that this textbook introduces as a way of teaching helping skills to undergraduate and first-year graduate students. Incorporating client-centered, psychoanalytic, and cognitive-behavioral approaches, this practical guide recognizes the critical roles of affect, ...
This current, engaging, and practice-oriented text is your complete resource for mastering the many facets of family therapy. In this Seventh Edition of their respected text, Irene and Herbert Goldenberg examine and explain traditional and evolving viewpoints, perspectives, values, intervention techniques, and goals of family therapy. The authors ...
This fully revised resource features: Treatment plan components for 30 behaviorally problems encountered in children, including 14 entirely new to this edition A step-by-step guide to writing treatment plans 1,000s of prewritten treatment goals, objectives, and interventions Handy workbook format with space to record your own treatment plan ...
With its reviewer and student-praised narrative approach, Rothwell's IN MIXED COMPANY offers students a combination of theory and application, which enables them to apply small group communication concepts not only in class but also in their own lives. The text follows the central unifying theme of cooperation, and the communication competence ...
Two acclaimed addiction experts offer their sure-fire program for getting clean to the more than thirty million Americans whosuffer addictions to drugs, fo od, alcohol, or obsessive work, shopping, and sex behavior.
This widely used clinical reference has now been fully revised and expanded, providing the latest knowledge on culturally sensitive practice with families and individuals from over 40 different ethnic groups. Each chapter demonstrates how ethnocultural factors may influence the assumptions of both clients and therapists, the issues people bring to ...
For nearly a decade, Addictive Personality has helped people understand the process of addiction. Now, this revised edition brings new depth and dimension to our understanding of how an individual becomes an addict. Nakken covers genetic factors tied to addiction, cultural influence on addictive behavior, the progressive nature of the disease, and ...
Mary Pipher, author of REVIVING OPHELIA and other celebrated books about mental health and therapy, writes about her 30 years listening to other people's troubles. A firm believer in optimism and common sense, she focuses here on family problems and the ways in which they can be approached--always with generosity and an open mind.
From E. Fuller Torrey, M. D. , the author of the best-selling Surviving Schizophrenia (more than 250,000 sold), and Michael B. Knable, D. O. , the first truly comprehensive, up-to-the-minute guide to manic-depressive illness. . Surviving Manic Depression is the most authoritative book on this disorder, which affects more than two million people in ...
A comprehensive guide to the most effective clinical treatments "The clear linkage of complex research-based diagnoses with practical therapeutic interventions is best spelled out in this book! There is nothing better to read on this subject - a must for all professionals and students in the mental health field."- Fred Bemak, associate professor, ...
Focuses on "psychological healing": a belief system and its effects on the healing process. This study examines such topics as religious revivalism, magical healing, contemporary psychotherapies, the role of the shaman in non-industrial societies, and the traditional mental hospital.
Ricardo Somocurcio is in love with a bad girl. He loves her as a teenager in Lima in 1950, and next in Paris, where she appears as the enchanting Comrade Arlette. In Llosas beguiling new novel, the strange bedfellows of good and bad turn out not to be what they appear.
Whether readers are just beginning their journey or have already experienced deep healing, hope and love, "Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul" is a "portable support group" offering stories of people who have been there and now live each day to the best of their ability.
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