Social work

Advocating for Mental Health Supports in Schools shows readers how to advocate for, and achieve, more mental health supports in schools.

One of the first books to unite practice, research, and theory in addressing manhood development, Manhood Development in Urban African-American Communities aids in the construction of more holistic and progressive notions of African-American manhood.

The Professional Counselor: Challenges and Opportunities weaves a rich narrative for the inner counselor of self-discovery, mindfulness and self-care, emotional intelligence, counselor identity, ethical issues, career maturation, and future trends in counseling.

Contemplative Prayer for Christians with Chronic Worry presents an eight-week approach for working with recurrent worry.

Soziale Arbeit als Profession – in sich fachlich spezialisierenden und somit hochkomplexen Handlungsfeldern der Gesellschaft – basiert auf wissenschaftlich generiertem Wissen.

The first edition of this book constituted a comprehensive resource for students of higher education, faculty, higher education administrators and student affairs leaders engaging with multiculturalism and diverse populations on college campuses.

Many GPs now employ counsellors to help them with the psychological and emotional problems of their patients.

During and after a traumatic experience, survivors experience a cascade of physical, emotional, cognitive, behavioral, relational, and spiritual responses that can make them feel unbalanced and threatened.

Communication, advocacy, and outreach are germane to the success of any organisation working in the social sector.

Der Sammelband umfasst vielfältige, aktuelle Erkenntnisse zum Fanverhalten im Sport, u.

Zur Behandlung von Zwangsstörungen stellt die Verhaltenstherapie wirksame Methoden bereit.

Military Sexual Trauma: Current Knowledge and Future Directions showcases the work of several prominent military sexual trauma (MST) researchers, scholars, and clinicians from across the United States.

Contemporary Feminisms in Social Work Practice explores feminism as core to social work knowledge, practice and ethics.

This book draws together the learning of a wide range of social workers and other professionals engaged in end of life care who recognise that dying is essentially a social experience and want to tailor a personal, professional and societal response accordingly.

Crisis workers make split-second decisions every day that affect the mental health and well-being of individuals, families, and entire communities.

Ethics is an increasingly important theme in social work practice.

First published in 1990.

There has been enormous growth in faculty-led short-term study abroad programs because they offer flexibility and expand opportunities for students and faculty members who wish to study and work abroad but do not have the resources or time to spend a semester or year away.

This is the first text to examine the principal elements of service user involvement and participation across both adult and children's services.

This excellent textbook introduces the social work student to the field of sociology, illustrating how sociology is connected to and fundamental to effective social work practice.

This book is dedicated to improving the practice of the policing of domestic abuse.

Paartherapie konkret und kompakt – die 100 Schlüsselsätze in diesem Buch demonstrieren anschaulich das Prinzip: kleine Intervention, gezielte Wirkung.

Working with clients who abuse drugs or alcohol poses formidable challenges to the clinician.

Disability is a widespread phenomenon, indeed a potentially universal one as life expectancies rise.

First published in 2002.

Combining theory, research, and case studies, this book shows clinicians how to apply transdiagnostic contextual behavioral approaches when working with sexual and gender minority (SGM) clients.

For people on the autism spectrum dating is so often an elusive art form, requiring the very skills--in communication, and in social perception--that don't come naturally to them.

Filling a gap that exists in most traumatology literature, The Posttraumatic Self provides an optimistic analysis of the aftermath of a traumatic event.

Working with the Human Trafficking Survivor fills a void in existing literature by providing students, faculty, and professionals in applied, helping disciplines, with a comprehensive text about human trafficking with a focus on clinical issues.

WINNER OF AERA'S NARRATIVE & RESEARCH SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP 2003 BOOK AWARDWhat impact does a college education have on students' careers and personal lives after they graduate?

Der Sammelband beleuchtet Medikalisierungsprozesse speziell mit Blick auf deren Relevanz für die Soziale Arbeit.

I told you, Ill do it later.

Social exclusion attempts to make sense out of multiple deprivations and inequities experienced by people and areas, and the reinforcing effects of reduced participation, consumption, mobility, access, integration, influence and recognition.

Many current approaches to the treatment of psychological problems focus on specific disorders and techniques that are purported to be effective and distinct.

For five decades, negative body image has been a major focus of study due to its association with psychological and social morbidity, including eating disorders.

America's incarceration rate was roughly constant from 1925 to 1973, with an average of 110 people behind bars for every 100,000 residents.

Do Funerals Matter?

This popular and innovative core text book explores contemporary social work theories and perspectives in a systematic way, using an integrated and flexible framework to link context, theory, and practice approaches.

The needs and rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students and families are often ignored, generally misunderstood, and only rarely given priority by the school system.

Das vorliegende überarbeitete und aktualisierte Handbuch beschreibt praxisnah Arbeitsfelder der Sozialen Arbeit.

Polyvagal Power in the Playroom shows therapists how to treat children using play therapy to address the hierarchy of autonomic states.

Why do I get stressed?

Spousal bereavement seems to be one of the most devastating things a person can suffer through during the course of his or her life and it can result in adverse bio-psycho-social consequences for the left behind spouse.

This book provides skills for therapists and families to help improve interpersonal communication, promoting a new system of family coexistence and a refreshed concept of the modern marriage in society.

New Materialism and Intersectionality advances the interplay of intersectionality theories and feminist new materialisms, arguing that co-constitutive influences between these fields will provide feminist and gender studies scholars with improved tools to analyse markers of difference and identity in 21st-century realities.

Now in a revised and updated third edition, this noted practitioner guide and text incorporates the latest knowledge about psychopharmacology and collaborative care.

This classic text demonstrates psychodynamic theory and practices across the counselling process beginning - middle - end.

The quiet letting go of Autumn, the reflective stillness of Winter, the bright rebirth of Spring, and the flourishing warmth of Summer trace the natural path of grief as it grows and changes to fit the spaces left behind by those we love.

This textbook aims to introduce students to the foundational concepts of the marriage and family therapy field, providing a comprehensive overview of a range of models and their practical application.