Routledge

A Handbook for Students and Health ProfessionalsWritten by an experienced author and lecturer, this five part text presents an introduction to drug and alcohol misuse and provides:      the context of alcohol and drug misuse, and the nature and theories of addiction, including a historical overview and policy initiatives in contemporary...

Learn to use a powerful tool in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy-a petAnimal Assisted Activities/Therapy (AAA/T) is an innovative intervention in which an animal becomes a crucial-and highly effective-part of the treatment process. Pet-Assisted Brief Therapy: A Solution-Focused Approach gives therapists the tools they need to begin and maintain an...

Introduction to Art Therapy: Sources and Resources, is the thoroughly updated and revised second edition of Judith Rubin's landmark 1999 text, the first to describe the history of art in both assessment and therapy, and to clarify the differences between artists or teachers who provide "e;therapeutic"e; art activities, psychologists or...

Socio-Ethical Issues in the Collection and Use of DNAGenetic Databases offers a timely analysis of the underlying tensions, contradictions and limitations of the current regulatory frameworks for, and policy debates about, genetic databases. Drawing on original empirical research and theoretical debates in the fields of sociology, anthropology and...

A new edition of the classic group work textbook!  In Working More Creatively with Groups, Jarlath Benson presents the essential knowledge required to set up and work with a group. He looks at how to plan and lead a group successfully and how to intervene skilfully. As well as covering the different stages in the life of a group, the book...

Perspectives on Mental Imagery and the Self in Cognitive TherapyImagery is important in cognitive therapy because images often trigger strong emotions, and imagery techniques such as imaginal reliving and imaginal rescripting are increasingly used in therapeutic treatments. Imagery and the Threatened Self considers the role that images of the self...