Those who spend most of their time dealing with other people's stress are most vulnerable to stress themselves. This text highlights the pressures experienced by psychotherapists and examines how the effects vary according to the problems they treat, the settings in which they work, and their professional and personal development. Written by a team of experienced practitioners, this text should prove important reading for all those in psychotherapy training and practice.
Those who spend most of their time dealing with other people's stress are most vulnerable to stress themselves. This text highlights the pressures exp...
Hate is a potent factor in undermining feelings of love and all that it implies. We all hate from time to time, but children hate more than adults. Paradoxically, they are also more amenable to improvement and treatment. But these matters are seldom openly discussed. The contributors to this book discuss how to recognise and handle hatred in a practical way. The contributors include two psychiatrists, four social psychologists, three psychotherapists, two educationalists and a sociologist. They are all recognized and experienced in their fields. Their different perspectives enable the reader...
Hate is a potent factor in undermining feelings of love and all that it implies. We all hate from time to time, but children hate more than adults. Pa...
The authors explore the reasons for a child's failure from a range of disciplines. Topics covered include social influences as well as emotional, physical and psychological factors. Almost all of us underfunction at one time or another, in our health, at home, in school, in our work or in all these and other areas as well. Since childhood is the period during which we develop most rapidly, it is likely that underfunctioning is especially prevalent in children. Afraid, bored, confused and underfunctioning mentally, socially and physically, they fall short, and their failure is sometimes not...
The authors explore the reasons for a child's failure from a range of disciplines. Topics covered include social influences as well as emotional, phys...
Violence in Children and Adolescents' is an exploration of violence both by and against children, its causes and approaches to its amelioration. It is invaluable reading for anyone who works with young people. The contributors comprise an authoritative range of both practitioners and academics, including forensic psychiatrists and forensic psychologists, psychotherapists and criminologists. Together they examine topics such as children who kill; violent young offenders; immigrant children who have been the victims of war; the influence of television; the relationship to the family; and racial...
Violence in Children and Adolescents' is an exploration of violence both by and against children, its causes and approaches to its amelioration. It is...
Throughout the world and particularly in developed countries anxiety is one of the problems of modern living. It is not only adults who experience this problem, indeed, anxiety is often evident during periods of rapid change and since childhood is the period during which we develop most rapidly, then a strong case can be made for anxiety being especially prevalent in children.
Originally published in 1984, " Anxiety in Children" gives a broad discussion, by well-known experts, of the issues of anxiety in children, focusing particularly on what those involved in mental health,...
Throughout the world and particularly in developed countries anxiety is one of the problems of modern living. It is not only adults who experience ...
