Routledge

A 10-Session Filial Therapy ModelThis book offers a survey of the historical and theoretical development of the filial therapy approach and presents an overview of filial therapy training and then filial therapy processes. The book also includes a transcript of an actual session, answers to common questions raised by parents, children, and...

Nursing theory is a major part of all nursing courses and nurses are encouraged to use theories in practice, but it is not always easy for the student to make a real connection between the two. Drawing on many years' experience of teaching and research, Hugh McKenna addresses the theory needs of both students and qualified staff. He demystifies the...

In contemporary western societies the fat body has become a focus of stigmatizing discourses and practices aimed at disciplining, regulating and containing it. Despite the fact that in many western countries fat bodies outnumber those that are thin, fat people are still socially marginalized and treated with derision and even repulsion. Medical and...

For all those engaged in psychotherapy practice, regardless of modality or approach, the goal of this book is to provide a framework and method for thinking about their work that allows for critical reflection on their own successes and disappointments, and on the similarities and differences among their own and other practitioners' work with...

An Outline of Psychodynamic Principles and PracticeWhat is psychotherapy about?What are the similarities and differences of its many forms?What are the most recent developments in the field?Introduction to Psychotherapy has been an essential reference book since its publication in 1979, and is regularly included in reading lists for trainee...

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 - "e;on the threshold of an age of forgiveness and reconciliation."e; And yet despite continued interest and development in the field, researchers, clinicians, practitioners, and...