Jessica Kingsley Publishers imprint: 1689 books
Breaking Free from OCD
A CBT Guide for Young People and Their Families
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2008
Part of the Reading Well scheme. 35 books selected by young people and health professionals to provide 13 to 18 year olds with high-quality support, information and advice about common mental health issues and related conditions.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a potentially life-long...
Writing in Bereavement
A Creative Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Writing in Bereavement is a practical creative handbook that will assist counsellors, volunteers and others in their work with bereaved adults. Writing is a powerful outlet for the emotions that accompany grief and it is therefore a valuable therapeutic tool to help those who are bereaved communicate...
by Fiona Sampson
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
This book is really a must-have for therapists and others in the creative arts, so that you can see how the workings of the human mind can be displayed through the arts. Even with serious illness, the mind can talk. And that is the point of the book'.
- Metapsychology Online Book Reviews
'The...
Writing Works
A Resource Handbook for Therapeutic Writing Workshops and Activities
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2006
The use of creative writing as a route to personal development is a powerful therapeutic tool - a fact that is recognized in the growing numbers of workshops and writing groups within professional contexts, including clinical, health and criminal justice settings.
Writing Works is a guide for...
How to Give Clients the Skills to Stop Panic Attacks
Don't Forget to Breathe
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
How to Give Clients the Skills to Stop Panic Attacks shows how it is possible to prevent and abort a panic attack through lifestyle change and mind-body relaxation. Presenting an effective approach rooted in the philosophy of functional medicine, this book proposes using calming breathing techniques...
Overcoming Anxiety and Depression on the Autism Spectrum
A Self-Help Guide Using CBT
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective for treating mental health problems such as anxiety and depression in individuals both with and without autism spectrum disorders. This book bridges the gap between research and practice and shows adults on the spectrum practical ways...
by Gwen Adshead
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
People who use forensic mental health services are defined by the fact that they have violated boundaries, often in many ways. For clinicians employed to work therapeutically with this client group however, the capacity to initiate and maintain boundaries is critical to safety as well as to good treatment...
The Art and Science of Motivation
A Therapist's Guide to Working with Children
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Placing motivation at the heart of all encounters and therapeutic activities, this book presents a groundbreaking, evidence-based model for working with children, including those with physical disabilities, learning disabilities and emotional and behavioural difficulties.
Drawing on Self-Determination...
by Stephanie Petrie, Sue Owen
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2005
Underpinned by substantive research on meeting the developmental and attachment needs of infants, this book offers constructive advice on how to encourage curiosity, confidence and emotional security in young children. Based on a philosophy of respect and sensitive observation of infants, it is appropriate...
by Sue Jennings
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Breaking new ground in the areas of attachment and child development, Sue Jennings introduces the concept of 'Neuro-Dramatic-Play' exploring the sensory experiences that take place between mother and child during pregnancy and the first few months after birth. She explains how this interaction, that...
Supporting Disabled People with their Sexual Lives
A Clear Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Many health and social care professionals today feel untrained, fearful and ill-equipped to support their disabled patients, clients and service users in their sexual lives. The result is that disabled people can be left feeling frustrated and afraid that their sexual needs will be forever unrecognised...
Autism and the Edges of the Known World
Sensitivities, Language and Constructed Reality
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
In this intelligent and incisive book, Olga Bogdashina explores old and new theories of sensory perception and communication in autism. Drawing on linguistics, philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, anthropology and quantum mechanics, she looks at how the nature of the senses inform an individual's...
Spiritual Care at the End of Life
The Chaplain as a 'Hopeful Presence'
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Chaplains in healthcare settings offer patients spiritual care that involves companionship, counselling and maintaining hope. This is particularly important at the point where a patient has run out of treatment possibilities. This book reflects creatively on the work that chaplains do with people...
Play Therapy in the Outdoors
Taking Play Therapy out of the Playroom and into Natural Environments
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2014
Championing the therapeutic power of nature, this book explores why outdoor play therapy offers children more than being confined to a playroom and how practice can be moved into the natural environment in a safe and ethical way.
By using outdoor environments, the traditional dyadic relationship...