Social welfare and social services

Explore shame's revelatory and transformative potential within Christianity and the Church Learn to understand shame to allow for positive change in your clients and parishioners.

Learn to treat a variety of diagnostic disorders through various psychospiritual treatment models!

Improving your powers of communication can encourage powerful communication with your parishioners.

Improving your powers of communication can encourage powerful communication with your parishioners.

Learn how religion can help in treating those suffering from bipolar disorderThe Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in Pastoral Counseling introduces a new treatment model based on Quaker ideas and practices that can be used in conjunction with medical and psychological practice for treating manic-depressive illness.

Learn how religion can help in treating those suffering from bipolar disorderThe Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in Pastoral Counseling introduces a new treatment model based on Quaker ideas and practices that can be used in conjunction with medical and psychological practice for treating manic-depressive illness.

This book provides the essential tools needed to transform negative God images in depressed clients!

Know how to answer those most-asked questionsby using a scriptural perspectiveThe search for answers remains a valuable catalyst for the growth of personal faith.

In this fascinating book, leading international experts in gerontology and social work examine the conditions of older people in their respective native lands--Australia, Canada, West Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, and Sweden.

First published in 1989.

This functional new volume introduces professionals to the Circumplex Model of Family Systems--one of the most respected and widely used approaches of its kind in family studies.

First published in 1995.

Coming at a time of renewed interest in the developmental changes of the life cycle, Psychotherapy and the Widowed Patient is a rich resource that examines the impact of a spouse's death on an individual's mental health.

Discover the diverse ways aging women attempt to deal with the universal challenges of loss, sickness, and death along with the problems of being old women in a society that values women mainly as sexual partners or producers of children.

Here is an informative guide to help directors and staff of residential treatment centers (RTCs) cope with the financial and administrative problems resulting from today's financially turbulent times.

Here is a comprehensive source of vital information on single parent families in contemporary society.

Here is a comprehensive source of vital information on single parent families in contemporary society.

The Economics of Divorce recognizes the critical role economic factors play during and after the divorce process.

First published in 1993.

Contains papers from an international symposium held at the Werner Reimers Foundation in Bad Homburg, Germany in May 1990.

Contains papers from an international symposium held at the Werner Reimers Foundation in Bad Homburg, Germany in May 1990.

Get a sneak peek at clinical vignettes that demonstrate the power of creative interventions!

Get a sneak peek at clinical vignettes that demonstrate the power of creative interventions!

Produced as a companion to the Hospice Foundation of America's fifth annual National Bereavement Teleconference, this volume examines how key aspects of identity affect how individuals grieve.

First published in 1987.

First published in 1989.

First published in 1994.

More and more people are considering a career in nursing or healthcare, but the thought of undertaking an academic degree at university can be intimidating.

The Mindfulness-Informed Educator moves a growing body of evidence related to the efficacy of mindfulness- and acceptance-based approaches to the context of higher education, suggesting ways to foster psychological flexibility within and outside of the classroom.

Residential Education as an Option for At-Risk Youth explores recent residential programs in Israel, draws comparisons with their European counterparts, and recommends practical approaches for the revitalization of such programs in the United States.

Support Groups: Current Perspectives on Theory and Practice provides a framework for understanding and examining supportive group interventions.

At a time when the nation is focused on devising new responses to street crime and on reforming the juvenile justice system, this book brings together in a single volume, current and emerging perspectives on the control of crime by and against children and youth.

This study was conceived in the winter of 1984, in response to the profession's efforts to achieve counselor licensure.

Here is a remarkable new volume for understanding the interrelatedness of the primary family group and the formed therapeutic group.

Here is a remarkable new volume for understanding the interrelatedness of the primary family group and the formed therapeutic group.

This provocative and useful volume is a step-by-step guide to assist professionals in implementing valid and useful community research and creating preventive interventions that have positive and lasting effects on the development of the community.

This new book takes a detailed look at different disciplines as they relate to prevention.

Leading theorists and researchers explore the concept of stress in this relevant and well-timed volume.

An important contribution to the understanding of the unique circumstances and needs of the homeless, Diversity Within the Homeless Population examines why more and more women and their children, adolescents, and young adults are ending up on the street.

Although feminist family therapy has been gaining recognition and followers in recent years, little is known about the variety of experiences, philosophies, and private learnings of feminist practitioners.

Limited resources in health care mean that the value of counselling is decided in a highly competitive economic arena.

This collection explores the growing interface between Eastern and Western concepts of what it is to be human from analytical psychology, psychoanalytic and Buddhist perspectives.

Offering an historical perspective on the development of mental health consultation and community mental health, this book's intent is twofold.

Cross-Cultural Practice with Couples and Families prepares you for the ways that cultural realities can affect your social work practice with both couples and families.

They're fighting for our kids, and the battleground is the street!

Recognize the hidden costs and rewards of childrearing!

Gain new insight into panic and anxiety-related disorders!

Discover a pastoral approach to depression that combines Eastern wisdom and Western science!

Discover a pastoral approach to depression that combines Eastern wisdom and Western science!

Examine a compelling account of a professional caregiver's inspirational struggle with a mind/body illness and the renewed sense of compassion his recovery provides.