The Therapist's Notebook: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Use in Psychotherapy

ISBN-13: 9780789004000 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 460 str.

Lorna L. Hecker; Sharon A. Deacon

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A collection of 83 activities for practicing clinicians to use in interventions with clients. Each entry briefly discusses objectives, rationale for use, instructions, suggestions for follow up, and contraindications. The activities cover tools for a number of different psychotherapy issues for individuals, couples, families, children, and adolesce

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Section 1: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Individuals 1. The Voodoo Doll Intervention. 2. Living a New Story: A Narrative Homework Exercise. 3. When "Bad" is Good: Reframing for Success. 4. Addressing the Critical and Supportive Voices through Art Therapy. 5. The Toxic Monster. 6. Smush ‘Em. 7. The Many Roles People Play. 8. Feeling from the Inside Out. 9. Objects in the Rearview Mirror. 10. Through the Eyes of a Child. 11. Assisting Clients in Establishing Personal Boundaries. 12. Sports Talk. 13. Setting Goals and Developing Action Plans. 14. Sculpting for Visual and Kinesthetic Learners. 15. Conscientious Activities for Compulsive Clients. 16. Breaking the Cycle between being Passive and Aggressive. 17. The Power of Homework in Survivors’ Groups. 18. A "Magic" Aid for Hypnosis and Suggestion in Crisis Management. Section 2: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for the Couple 19. Assertiveness Homework for Couples. 20. Productive Dialoguing with Couples. 21. Constructive Communication. 22. The Tug-of-War. 23. The 80/20 Principle in Marital Therapy. 24. A Couple’s Ordeal of Sorrow. 25. The Use of Controlled Punishment and Ritual in Couples Therapy. 26. The Empathy Expansion Procedure: A Method Assisting Couples in Healing from Traumatic Incidents. 27. Primary Perceptual Modalities in Couples Therapy. 28. Imagery Exercises for Couples. 29. Feelings Flash Cards. 30. Gratitude Lists. 31. Rewriting Marriage Vows: Consolidating Gains in Marital Therapy at Termination. 32. Recalling the Way We Were. 33. Feeding the Relationship by Feeding Each Other. 34. Keeping the Honeymoon in the Marriage. 35. First Date Recollections and Fantasies with Couples. 36. Structured Trial Separation. 37. Couple Intimacy and Sexuality Questionnaire. 39. Sexual Response and Interaction Inventory. 40. Using Gender as a Therapeutic Technique: The Gender Assessment Device (GAD). 41. The Intimate Justice Question. 42. The Diversity Dilemma. 43. Negotiation Drug-Free Activities: An Activity for Couples in Substance Abuse Treatment. 44. The Mrs. K’negdo/ Mrs. Opposite" Assignment: A Biblical Injunction for Orthodox Jewish Couples and Christian Couples. Section 3: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Families 45. Strategies for Building Stronger Families. 46. Family Assessment Tool. 47. The Therapeutic Journey. 48. Good Cops and Bad Cops in Parenting. 49. The "Talk About" Game. 50. A Box of Tenderness. 51. Out of the Middle with a Toss of the Coin. 52. The "Oprah" Approach. 53. Teamwork. 54. Involving Children in Family Therapy: Making Family Movies. 55. Videotaped Coaching. 56. The Family Constitution Activity. 57. The Systemic Wave. 58. Letter from the Grave. 59. Dealing with a Fire Setter. 60. Involving Larger Systems: An Often Forgotten Therapeutic Technique. Section 4: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Children 61. "The Many Sides of Me": A Storytelling Intervention for Children. 62. My Uniqueness. 63. My Family in the News. 64. The "Key" to Anger Control. 65. It’s Okay to Cry. 66. Greeting Card Messages: Reading between the Lines. 67. Helpful Homemade Props for Children in Therapy. 68. The Puzzling Problem-Solving Activity. 69. Prescribing Fluctuations in Developmental Time. 70. HELP! My Child won’t do Homework. 71. Divorce and Children: Guidelines for Parents. 72. Red Light/Green Light: An Intervention for Families with Children who have Molested. 73. Awards. Section 5: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Adolescents 74. Teenage Clients’ Favorite Music as an Aid in Therapy. 75. "I am the Expert!" 76. I Wish I had the Cosby Family. 77. Beliefs and Tactics that Encourage Behavior Problems. 78. Rewriting Youth Stories: An Activity with Troubled Youth. 79. Soap Talk. Section 6: Therapist Helpers 80. Assessing Client Risk of Violence. 81. Assessing Client Risk of Suicide. 82. Client Assessment and Treatment Planning. 83. Use of Disclosure Statements in Practice.

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Lorna L Hecker, Sharon A. Deacon