Social work

'Another important contribution to the growing literature on critical social work.

This handbook synthesizes and integrates the science of internalizing and externalizing childhood disorders with the diagnostic structure of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - 5th Edition (DSM-5) of the American Psychiatric Association.

Understanding Mental Health Problems of Children and Adolescents is a practical guide to identifying, diagnosing, and treating mental health and substance abuse challenges in children and adolescents.

A valuable reference to help practising researchers not only to understand but also to apply innovative approaches to social work research.

The story of China's spectacular economic growth is well known.

Treating PTSD presents a comprehensive, compassion-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) approach that provides therapists with the evidence-based information they need to understand trauma's effects on the mind and body as well as the phases of healing.

Supervisors have a pivotal position in the child welfare workforce: they recruit and retainthe best employees, move agencies to best practice frameworks, and create a sustaining positive organizational climate.

Preterm birth is a significant cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity, with a devastating impact on families.

Self-Supervision synthesizes past and current literature on the theory and practice of self-supervision and provides counselors and human service professionals with a plan for the pursuit of independent professional growth.

Vital Memory and Affect takes as its subject the autobiographical memories of 'vulnerable' groups, including survivors of child sexual abuse, adopted children and their families, forensic mental health service users, and elderly persons in care home settings.

Rebuilding Communities: Challenges for Group Work is a collection of research and information presented at the 18th Annual Symposium of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups.

Effective Staff Training in Social Care provides a theoretical framework for training and professional development, focusing on group learning in a social care context.

Social Work and Integrated Care draws on the latest research, practice and theory to explore integration within both child and adult services.

Abarca el desarrollo historico del trabajo social, bases conceptuales y estrategias de intervencion, que en la experiencia de las autoras han sido relevantes en su practica profesional, tanto desde el punto de vista del trabajo social como de otras disciplinas cuyo interes o foco es la familia.

This book investigates the causes and consequences of image-based sexual abuse in a digital era.

Social work has laboured too long under a 'deficit' model that focuses on failings and problems of practice.

Communication and relationships have become an increasing focus of attention in debates about the future of health and social care.

Care giving has become a high-profile issue in policy and practice, yet much of the literature conceives it as burdensome or even oppressive.

Community Development for Social Change provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of community development and associated activities, discusses best practice from global experience and links that to the UK context.

Textbook of Social Administration equips social programs managers with the skills they need to produce mutually desired outcomes for their consumers/clients and for their staff.

In the 10 years since the first edition of Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy published, the field has changed considerably.

Creating Aging-Friendly Communities (CAFC) examines the need to redesign America's communities to respond to the realities of our rapidly aging society.

How do migrant youth negotiate their role in society through sport and leisure practices?

From a preeminent researcher, this book looks at the key role of joint attention in both typical and atypical development.

Commitment in Couples Therapy offers a comprehensive clinical guide to help those who work with couples determine the authenticity of a couple's commitment, and to guide their decision on whether the relationship is worth salvaging.

EXPAND AND REINFORCE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY THEORIES This supplementary resource to Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories in Context and Practice, Second Edition will further deepen your understanding of three key components of counseling and psychotherapy theory and practice: self-awareness, knowledge, and application and skill development.

Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) is an approach to counselling and psychotherapy in which great emphasis is placed on how emotional problems can be caused by the role of thoughts, beliefs and behaviour.

Examine a meaningful, integrated, systemic, and pragmatic view of hospital ministry!

When it was published twenty years ago, Rethinking What Works with Offenders made a major contribution to criminological knowledge on why people stopped offending, and the impact the probation service had on the desistance process.

This practice-based text offers a roadmap to optimal collaboration for all school leaders - including counselors, superintendents, principals, and university faculty - to provide the best mental health outcomes for students.

Collaborative Practice for Public Health encourages individuals to consider the opportunities and impacts of working in public health as well as the gains that can be made by working collaboratively.

This timesaving resource features: Treatment plan components for 32 behaviorally based presenting problems Over 1,000 prewritten treatment goals, objectives, and interventions plus space to record your own treatment plan options A step-by-step guide to writing treatment plans that meet the requirements of most insurance companies and third-party payors The Social Work and Human Services Treatment Planner provides all the elements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal treatment plans that satisfy the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, third-party payers, and state and federal review agencies.

This book examines disability in post-war Sierra Leone.

This handbook addresses behavior problems and mental health disorders in persons with intellectual disabilities.

Following in the steps of the first edition, Functional Analytic Psychotherapy: Distinctive Features, 2nd Edition, provides a history, context, and building blocks for a behavior therapist to incorporate Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) into their work.

Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest trends in theory and practice, this this substantially revised and extended edition is the most in-depth and wide-ranging textbook available on person-centred psychotherapy and counselling.

The Art of Jewish Pastoral Counseling provides a clear, practical guide to working with congregants in a range of settings and illustrates the skills and core principles needed for effective pastoral counseling.

This book explores how the Qur'an's timeless teachings enrich contemporary psychological theories, bridging the gap between Islamic wisdom and psychological well-being.

This book introduces students to the diversity of theoretical perspectives on welfare, both illuminating the distinctiveness of each ideology and highlighting important continuities in thought.

Where live our most cherished (or painful) memories?

This widely used practitioner resource and training tool is the definitive work on understanding and treating personality disorders from a cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) perspective.

Kink-Affirming Practice is an essential guide on how clinicians can ethically and effectively integrate elements of their client's BSDM identities and practices into their treatment planning, creative interventions, and client self-care.

Recent policies and government initiatives in many Western countries have strengthened the expectation that young disabled people have the right to be involved in decisions affecting their futures.

Psychotherapists just starting out in the field often have more questions than answers: Am I really cut out for this job?

"e;Written with great clarity and intelligence, this book will be of benefit to all mental health practitioners, students of psychology, and those seeking a better understanding of their own process of psychological and spiritual transformation.