Professional Issues & Professional Development Books

New and Published Books – Page 6

51. Forgiveness and Reconciliation

    Theory and Application

    By Everett L. Worthington, Jr.

    To be unforgiving is harmful. The inability to come to terms with one’s anger or strife often can lead to stress disorders, mental health disorders, and relationship problems. Forgiveness is a personal decision. Forgiveness and Reconciliation focuses on individual experiences with forgiveness,...

    Published May 23rd 2006 by Routledge
52. Research for the Psychotherapist

    From Science to Practice

    By Jay Lebow

    While empirical, scientific research has much to offer to the practice-oriented therapist in training, it is often difficult to effectively engage the trainee, beginning practitioner, or graduate student in a subject area that can often glaze over the eyes of a reader focused on practical work.&...

    Published May 16th 2006 by Routledge
53. The Modern Scientist-Practitioner

    A Guide to Practice in Psychology

    By David A. Lane, Sarah Corrie

    The Modern Scientist-Practitioner argues for a radical rethink of how we understand the science-practice relationship and the notion of the scientist-practitioner model. Drawing on the latest innovations and research from the fields of anthropology, industry, philosophy, psychology and science,...

    Published February 26th 2006 by Routledge
54. A Practice that Works

    Strategies to Complement Your Stand Alone Therapy Practice

    Edited by Steven M. Harris, Ph.D, David C. Ivey, Ph.D, Roy A. Bean, Ph.D.

    In the advent of managed care and the continuing decline in reimbursement felt across the various disciplines of mental health have had profound impacts upon the quality and quantity of care in the field. As it has become increasingly difficult for a practitioner in private practice to...

    Published August 9th 2005 by Routledge
55. Counselling Supervision in Organisations

    Professional and Ethical Dilemmas Explored

    By Sue Copeland

    Counselling supervision is an expanding area, as increasing numbers of counsellors enter the profession and require supervision on a regular basis. Counselling Supervision in Organisations seeks to provide a model of counselling supervision within organisations, enabling supervisors, counsellors...

    Published July 6th 2005 by Routledge
56. The Psychospiritual Clinician's Handbook

    Alternative Methods for Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders

    By Sharon G Mijares, Gurucharan Singh Khalsa

    Edited by Sharon Mijares, Gurucharan Khalsa

    Learn to treat a variety of diagnostic disorders through various psychospiritual treatment models!Increasing numbers of people are moving beyond psychological therapy to seek alternative spiritual perspectives to medical and mental health care such as yoga and meditation. The Psychospiritual...

    Published June 27th 2005 by Routledge
57. Handbook of Forgiveness

    Edited by Everett L. Worthington, Jr.

    There is a need in both public and professional sectors for a deeper, and more complete understanding of forgiveness, as we are - in the author's own words - "on the threshold of an age of forgiveness and reconciliation." And yet despite continued interest and development in the field, researchers,...

    Published June 20th 2005 by Routledge
58. The Essential Skills for Setting Up a Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice

    By Gladeana McMahon, Stephen Palmer, Christine Wilding

    Many practitioners consider setting up in private practice at some point in their career, whether full-time or alongside other employment. The Essential Skills for Setting Up a Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice provides comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the major skills needed to...

    Published May 25th 2005 by Routledge
59. Speaking the Unspeakable

    The Ethics of Dual Relationships in Counselling and Psychotherapy

    By Lynne Gabriel

    Are dual relationships always detrimental? Speaking the Unspeakable provides an in-depth exploration of client-practitioner dual relationships, offering critical discussion and sustained narrative on thinking about and being in dual relationships.Lynne Gabriel draws on the experiences of both...

    Published May 18th 2005 by Routledge
60. The Age of Melancholy

    "Major Depression" and its Social Origin

    By Dan G. Blazer

    Depression has become the most frequently diagnosed chronic mental illness, and is a disability encountered almost daily by mental health professionals of all trades. "Major Depression" is a medical disease, which some would argue has reached epidemic proportions in contemporary society, and it...

    Published May 10th 2005 by Routledge