This book explores the importance of effective multi-agency and multi-disciplinary partnership work for the mental health of children and young people in care and adoption. It takes an overall systemi
This book is about the hope underlying the ability to survive the early years.Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is both metaphor and framework of the despair and hopelessness some babies and
The originator of the field of psychotherapy, Sigmund Freud, noted the importance of love in the healing of the human psyche. So many of life's distresses have their origins in lack of love, disruptio
The term "pre-autism" is becoming more widespread as a result of growing awareness of the importance of a child’s first three years of life in diagnosing behaviors which, if untreated, can d
This book faces the inevitability of death and taxes, and sets out to see how the psychological therapist can help a person to live well while life is available, and to face the endings that confront
This book is a psychoanalytic discussion on the effects of trauma and torture on children, with a specific focus on how professionals can use an approach focused on resiliency rather than vulnerabilit
The Psyche in the Modern World sets out to open consulting room doors and bring the concept of the Psyche, and its main advocate, the psychotherapy discipline, into public space and into the realm of
The book is targeted at practitioners working with children and young people, and will make essential reading for anyone undertaking training in the helping professions where elements of psychotherapy
This book addresses the ethical and philosophical basis for the teaching/learning involved in becoming a psychotherapist. How can training prepare prospective psychotherapists, counselors, and counsel
The digital age is both exciting and challenging for psychotherapy, opening the door to client groups previously not able to access psychological help, while also providing the challenges caused by so
