Creativity in Psychotherapy examines the nature, role, and importance of creative thinking in counselling and therapy. Authors David Carson and Kent Becker combine extensive backgrounds in marriage and family therapy and counselling to give you a unique resource that fills a crucial gap in the therapy literature. The book explores various aspects of creative thinking, personal characteristics of highly creative therapists, creative techniques and interventions, barriers to creative work, and creativity development. The book features practical techniques and interventions for conducting...

Use these interventions and treatments to help people with mental health problems and their families Family Therapy and Mental Health: Innovations in Theory and Practice explores the application of family therapy approaches to the treatment of a variety of mental health problems. A variety of treatment modalities are used with patients and their families to address these problems, including family psychoeducational approaches, the McMaster Model, cognitive behavioral family therapy, brief therapy, and systemic and narrative approaches. Each chapter of Family Therapy and Mental Health examines...

Schwartz (professor emerita, Pennsylvania State U., Abington) and Kaslow (Florida Couples and Family Institute) are co-authors of The Dynamics of Divorce and Painful Partings, and, between them, author or editor of 40 books, and numerous book chapters and scholarly articles. For those considering a

Examine the pros and cons of nontraditional adoption
Welcome Home An International and Nontraditional Adoption Reader is an essential guide to the process, pros, and cons of adopting children from outside the United States, with special needs, and/or from a different racial/cultural background. The book documents every aspect of the adoption procedure--from working with "facilitators," adoption agencies, and attorneys to mixed reactions over a child's possible loss of heritage as the result of a transracial or multicultural adoption. Parents and adoptees offer unique, firsthand...

A comprehensive overview of schizophrenia and its treatment from a variety of approaches. The book presents a balanced look at the most influential theroetical perspectives based on empirical research, clinical descriptions, and narrative histories.

A comprehensive overview of schizophrenia and its treatment from a variety of approaches. The book presents a balanced look at the most influential theroetical perspectives based on empirical research, clinical descriptions, and narrative histories.

An introduction to sociocognitive therapy, covering practical methods of assessment and change. It is designed for both students and practitioners, detailing and explaining the concept of terminal and instrumental interaction hypotheses, showing how it can be applied.

Marriage and Family Therapy: A Sociocognitive Approach is a comprehensive and clearly written introduction to sociocognitive therapy. It is rich with transcripts and case examples, culled from the authors'more than thirty-five years of practice, providing you with valuable background information on helping difficult-to-reach and hard-to-help populations.

In practical language, this volume takes you step-by-step through methods of assessment and change that are useful in traditional and nontraditional families and couples. With clear language and taxonomy for family troubles and...

Introduces and integrates adolescent developmental themes and family system theory into a coherent assessment and intervention model. Worden views the adolescent as active in shaping the family interactions as much as the family is influential in shaping the adolescent's behavior. He takes a pragmat

Learn to free creativity from the shackles of emotional conflicts

This riveting collection of case histories illustrates the dark interplay of neurosis and creativity. Psychotherapy with People in the Arts explores the struggles of writers, painters, actors, and composers to reconcile their overwhelming need to create and the self-doubts, frustrations, and neuroses that block their potential.

In addition to ten inspiring tales of healing and self-knowledge, Psychotherapy with People in the Arts provides a solid introduction to the primary issues related to emotional...