Humane Helping: Focusing Less on Disorders and More on Life's Challenges

ISBN-13: 9781138038615 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 212 str.

Maisel, Eric (Private practice, California, USA)

Opis

Humane Helping is a comprehensive, practical guide that helps clinicians shift their practice from the mental disorder-and-chemical fix and expert-talk models to a more humane, helpful model that increases their ability to help clients meet life’s challenges and reduce emotional distress.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Helping is Hard  2. Helping is Easy  3. Embracing Not Knowing  4. On Not Diagnosing  5. Being With a Person  6. Being With a Real Person  7. Where Will You Focus?  8. Creating Game Plans and Inviting Homework  9. Experimenting with Formulation  10. Including Life Purpose and Meaning  11. Including Circumstances and Experiences  12. Eclecticism and Personality Trait Work  13. Understanding the Psychiatric Survivor Recovery and Peer Support Movements  14. Humanely Helping Children  15. Alternative Helping: Meaning Coaching  16. Alternative Helping Resources for Parents, Children and Families  17. Shifting Your Practices

O autorze

Eric Maisel, PhD, is a retired licensed psychotherapist, creativity coach, and internationally respected expert in the field of mental health reform. He is the author of more than fifty books including The Future of Mental Health, Rethinking Depression, Overcoming Your Difficult Family, and The Van Gogh Blues. He reaches a large audience with his personal list, Psychology Today blog, print column for Professional Artist magazine, and weekly appearance in the Fine Art America newsletter.