Mental Health Counselling

A decade ago, with his breakaway best seller, Listening to Prozac, Peter Kramer revolutionized the way we think about antidepressants and the culture in which they are so widely used. Now, he returns with a profound and original look at the condition those medications treat, depression. He asks: If we could eradicate depression so that no human being ever suffered it again, would we?

Americans spend $13 billion a year on pornography, the regular viewing of which is linked to higher acceptance of violence against women and adversarial sexual beliefs. Therapists and pastors are not always adequately equipped to address the unique demands of competent care for those struggling with sexually addictive behaviors. Reclaiming Sexual Wholeness, edited by Todd Bowman, presents cutting-edge research from a diverse group of experts in a single, comprehensive resource intended for therapists, clergy, and others in helping professions.

The book features a range of case studies while addressing core issues such as self-harm, hallucinations and the threat of suicide, as well as related topics such as depression and psychosis. Illustrating the psychological roots to eating disorders, it places therapy within hospital, clinical and multi-disciplinary contexts, as well as displaying how psychoanalytic theory can be applied across various settings and in different teams.

Trauma, the nation's epidemic, and mainstream culture's hot topic. Our Broken Brains: The Human Condition highlights modern-day trauma therapy alongside real-life stories of the complexities of psychological trauma. Within a traumatic experience, the human brain becomes physiologically damaged, leaving one underdeveloped, bruised, hijacked, and deficient, creating a hostile mental pathology to future events. This book will guide you to heal from traumas' brokenness and expand your mission of constructing a healthy self and space for wellness.

In questo audiolibro vengono analizzate le emozioni e la loro ricaduta, positiva o negativa, sull'individuo. Vengono analizzate varie teorie sulle espressioni facciali e la loro universalità nel mondo. Come l'organismo risponde alle varie emozioni e che ricaduta esse possono avere sul soggetto.

Эта книга — обширная энциклопедия, в которой каждый читатель (от студента до профессионала в области психологии) найдет ответы на интересующие его вопросы, а для начинающих психологов и психотерапевтов она станет отличным самоучителем.

ही कथा आहे, एका विख्यात मानसोपचार तज्ज्ञाची आणि त्याच्या पेशंटची! कॅथरीन या रुग्णावर अठरा महिने उपचार करणार्‍या मानसोपचारतज्ज्ञ डॉ. ब्रायन वीज़ यांना म्हणावं तसं यश येत नव्हतं. कॅथरीनला सतत भयानक स्वप्नं पडत, अतिचिंतेचे अ‍ॅटॅक्स येत. जेव्हा पारंपरिक उपचारपद्धती तिच्याबाबतीत अयशस्वी ठरल्या, तेव्हा डॉ. वीज़ यांनी संमोहन उपचार पद्धती वापरायची ठरवली आणि त्या उपचारपद्धतीने कॅथरीनला तिचे पूर्वजन्म दिसू लागले. डॉ. वीज़ थक्क झाले, कॅथरीनच्या सद्य जन्मातल्या सर्व आजारांची, प्रश्‍नांची उत्तरं तिच्या पूर्वजन्मात दडली आहेत, हे समजल्यावर! त्यांना आश्‍चर्य वाटलंच, पण मनात साशंकताही होती.

Counselors and psychotherapists are faced with ever-increasing complexity in their work with adolescents. In this book, Bronagh Starrs offers an understanding of developmental and therapeutic process from a relational-phenomenological Gestalt perspective. Starrs shows how the adolescent's presenting symptom issues are statements of compromised life space integrity and demonstrates therapeutic sensibility to the adolescent's first-person experience. Throughout the book, the clinician is offered extensive relational and creative strategies to support integrity repair for the adolescent.

Renee is stunned when Colin tells her he wants a divorce. As a last-ditch effort save their marriage she turns to Dr. Jason Kincaid, an eccentric therapist who specializes in helping couples whose relationships are at risk. What Renee doesn't know is that Colin has his own agenda for agreeing to therapy, one that involves secrets he doesn't want revealed.

Will Jason's irreverent approach to counseling help save their marriage? Or will he simply be their first stop on their road to an ugly divorce? If you had the opportunity to be a fly on the wall of a therapist's office, would you take it?

In this landmark book, Brazilian psychoanalyst, Norberto Keppe, offers a scientific study of the link between possession and psychopathology. Keppe's contention is that the disastrous idea perpetuated in both medicine and religion that strange manifestations in the human being are completely physical, and only occasionally spiritual is allowing malignant spirits free rein in their spurious influence over human beings. Keppe's innovative therapeutic perspective is that this mistake must be corrected for humankind to have any chance of returning to a normal peaceful and abundant life.

Life is full of challenges and obstacles. Each individual has faced their own set of struggles as they make the journey on the pathway of life. Many have turned to therapy to release the pain and anguish that have entered into their world. Therapy isn’t just an option to consider when you are experiencing difficult times (which we all do). In essence, therapy is about enhancing the quality of our lives. The truth is that all of us face issues in one way or the other. If left unchecked, these issues can culminate into a condition which may be exceedingly difficult to address later on.

If you are an adult TCK, you probably sense that the multicultural, high mobility experiences of your childhood continue to impact your life in some way now. Making sense of the impact of these experiences, however, can feel overwhelming, especially if we have long experience of our stories being met with bafflement and incredulity. My hope is that this collection of my thoughts over the last seven years of working with Third Culture Kids will create space for you to explore and make sense of the incredible life you’ve lived.

The purpose of this workbook is to teach valuable life skills and also to aide students in identifying and managing their emotions. Before writing this workbook, Marcus Parker had spent over 15 years motivating students in schools across north Texas as a local author and motivational speaker. He had been trying for years to develop a curriculum that covered the full spectrum of instruction on how to empower students to achieve, while teaching them how to get over the emotional roadblocks that tend to stop progress. This workbook can be done in private or as a group or class.

The impact of media coverage on victims and communities following a mass shooting cannot be understated. The intense and often sensationalized reporting can have lasting effects on those directly affected by the tragedy. For the seven children injured in the Indiana mass shooting, the constant barrage of news coverage can trigger feelings of fear, anxiety, and even re-traumatization. It is crucial for media outlets to consider the psychological well-being of these victims when reporting on such tragedies.

Between this world and the other is a choice. Love or fear. The therapy relationship between Melanie Lutz and Vanessa Bland using the ocean as a metaphor for the unconscious. With wisdom, wit and insight Melanie Lutz's memoir reveals the inner mechanisms of healing from a near death experience, grief, loss and heartbreak

Известный врач-психотерапевт Г. В. Старшенбаум долгое время изучает вопросы, связанные с психосоматическими расстройствами. Результатом многолетнего труда автора стала эта "Большая книга", призванная помочь как врачам и психологам, так и всем, кто заинтересован в улучшении самочувствия и повышении качества жизни. Тело и душа составляют неразрывное единство, и язык тела не менее красноречив, чем слова. Когда душа испытывает потрясения или стресс, тело зачастую дает ответ в виде болей и нарушений в работе организма.

Trauma Stories: Discovering Strength Through Our Vulnerabilities is a collection of true stories coupled with actionable steps that will help individuals, who have experienced hopelessness and despair, find a safe space to process their internal chaos. They will learn how the implementation of different trauma modalities such as EMDR therapy can help the mind and body feel a sense of safety and reconnection.

Written by licensed mental health counselor and wellness advocate Jill Sylvester, Trust Your Intuition: 100 Ways to Support Social, Emotional, and Mental Wellness in Children provides 100 simple techniques and strategies designed to help you, right now, guide and support your child. Written for caregivers of children ages twelve and under, this book offers immediate takeaways for you to create harmony at home or in your classroom.

As we stand on the brink of a new era in mental health treatment, the question on everyone's mind is: where do we go from here? With the rise of tele-health services, the landscape of therapy is rapidly changing, offering new possibilities and challenges for young men, young women, counselors, psychologists, therapists, and grief-counselors alike.

In questo libro viene trattata l'importanza del trattamento di counselling e del rapporto che il counsellor ha del suo cliente. Viene trattata anche l'emozione da un punto di vista psicoanalitico. Buona lettura!