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You are currently browsing 1–10 of 74 new and published books in the subject of Clinical Social Work — sorted by publish date from newer books to older books.

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New and Published Books

  1. How to Work with Sex Offenders

    A Handbook for Criminal Justice, Human Service, and Mental Health Professionals, 2nd Edition

    By Rudy Flora, Michael L. Keohane

    Series: International Perspectives on Forensic Mental Health

    How to Work with Sex Offenders is a cutting edge, state-of-the-art book that provides mental health professionals best practice techniques on how to clinically evaluate, interview, and treat this challenging patient population. Successful models of individual, family, and group models of...

    Published June 4th 2013 by Routledge

  2. Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships

    What Works and What Doesn't

    By Patricia L. Papernow

    Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships draws on current research, a wide variety of clinical modalities, and thirty years of clinical work with stepfamily members to describe the special challenges stepfamilies face. The book presents the concept of "stepfamily architecture" and the...

    Published May 27th 2013 by Routledge

  3. Progressive Counting Within a Phase Model of Trauma-Informed Treatment

    By Ricky Greenwald

    Clinicians recognize trauma and loss as a prominent source of clients' problems. Progressive counting is a significant advance in trauma treatment because it is about as efficient, effective, and well-tolerated as EMDR while being far simpler for therapists to master and do well. PC's value has...

    Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge

  4. Elements of the Helping Process

    A Guide for Clinicians, 3rd Edition

    By Raymond Fox

    Elements of the Helping Process: A Guide for Clinicians takes a humanistic approach to guiding clinicians, emphasizing that professional practice involves a deliberate, conscious, and disciplined use of self with clients participating in a forum that is steady, safe, and consistent. As with the...

    Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge

  5. The Bilingual Counselor's Guide to Spanish

    Basic Vocabulary and Interventions for the Non-Spanish Speaker

    By Roberto Swazo

    Designed specifically with mental health professionals in mind, The Bilingual Counselor’s Guide to Spanish is perfect for counselors interested in expanding their client base and language skill set. Featuring terminology and cultural phrases specific to the mental health profession, this text...

    Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge

  6. A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working with High-Risk Adolescents

    By Sam Himelstein

    A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working With High-Risk Adolescents is an accessible introduction to a new model of therapy that combines the Buddhist concept of mindfulness with modern trends in psychotherapy. Drawing on years of experience working with at-risk adolescents, the chapters explore...

    Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge

  7. Psychological Trauma and Juvenile Delinquency

    New Directions in Research and Intervention

    Edited by Patricia Kerig

    Recent years have seen an explosion of new research dedicated to understanding the link between psychological trauma and juvenile delinquency. Building on the work of the previous decade which uncovered shocking rates of trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress among juvenile justice-involved youth...

    Published March 18th 2013 by Routledge

  8. Assessing Common Mental Health and Addiction Issues With Free-Access Instruments

    By Katie M. Sandberg, Taryn E. Richards, Bradley T. Erford

    As healthcare costs rise, so too do the costs of assessment instruments, critical tools for mental health professionals. While some traditional assessment instruments have become prohibitively expensive, as with many other fields, the Internet offers a host of more affordable and equitable...

    Published March 7th 2013 by Routledge

  9. Do Funerals Matter?

    The Purposes and Practices of Death Rituals in Global Perspective

    By William G. Hoy

    Do Funerals Matter? is a creative interweaving of historical, sociocultural, and research-based perspectives on death rituals, drawing from myriad sources to create a picture of what death rituals have been; and where, especially in the Western world, they are going. Death educators, researchers,...

    Published March 7th 2013 by Routledge

  10. From Trauma to Healing

    A Social Worker's Guide to Working with Survivors

    By Ann Goelitz, Abigail Stewart-Kahn

    From Trauma to Healing: A Social Worker’s Guide for Working With Survivors is the next significant publication on trauma in the field of social work. Since September 11 and Hurricane Katrina, social workers have come together increasingly to consider how traumatic events impact practice. From...

    Published February 21st 2013 by Routledge