Counseling Arena

Creative Activities for Group Therapy

• By Nina Brown.

Published April 2012

Leading a group is a delicate balancing act of tasks and dynamic group and individual factors, and the group leader’s expertise and skill are fundamental to maintaining this balance. However, no matter how competent and well-prepared the group leader is, there can be situations that present…
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Advances in Social Work Practice with the Military

• Edited by Joan Beder.

Published April 2012

With the United States’ involvement in numerous combat operations overseas, the need for civilian social workers with the clinical skills necessary to work with members of the military returning from combat, as well as their families, has never been more critical. In this practical and important…
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Techniques of Grief Therapy

Creative Practices for Counseling the Bereaved

• Edited by Robert A. Neimeyer.

Published April 2012

Techniques of Grief Therapy is an indispensable guidebook to the most inventive and inspirational interventions in grief and bereavement counseling and therapy. Individually, each technique emphasizes creativity and practicality. As a whole, they capture the richness of practices in the field and…
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Serving Military Families in the 21st Century

• By Karen Blaisure, Tara Saathoff-Wells, Angela Pereira, Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth and Amy Laura Dombro.

Published April 2012

This text introduces readers to military families, their resilience, and the challenges of military life. Personal stories from active duty, National Guard, reservists, veterans, and their families, from all branches and ranks of the military, and those who work with military personnel, bring their…
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Handbook of Family Literacy

• Edited by Barbara H. Wasik.

Published March 2012

The Handbook of Family Literacy, 2e, provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of family literacy of any available book. It documents the need for literacy education for children and parents, describes early literacy and math development within the home, analyses interventions in home…
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Integrated Care

Applying Theory to Practice

• Edited by Russ C. Curtis, and Eric Christian.

Published March 2012

This book provides pertinent and practical information about how to create, work, and thrive in an Integrated Care (IC) setting. Unlike other books on the subject, it focuses on the "nuts and bolts" of establishing an IC practice; it also covers material that is often missing from or insufficiently…
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Sexual Awareness

Your Guide to Healthy Couple Sexuality

• By Barry McCarthy, and Emily McCarthy.

Published March 2012

In the new edition of this classic text, veteran authors Barry and Emily McCarthy show how desire, pleasure, eroticism and satisfaction can enrich your relationship. As the premier book on the subject, Sexual Awareness focuses on factors that promote and subvert healthy couple sexuality. Couples…
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Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors

A Clinician’s Guide

• By Lisa Ferentz.

Published March 2012

This is a book for clinicians who specialize in helping trauma survivors and, through the course of treatment, find themselves unexpectedly confronted with client disclosures of self-destructive behaviors, including self-mutilation and other manifestations of deliberately "hurting the body" such as…
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Tough Guys and True Believers

Managing Authoritarian Men in the Psychotherapy Room

• By John M. Robertson.

Published March 2012

Some men are especially difficult to manage in the psychotherapy room, being demanding, rigid, aggressive, and prejudiced. This book will be a guide for therapists and counselors who work with these authoritarian men, offering an understanding of them and an empirically supported set of…
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The School Counselor’s Study Guide for Credentialing Exams

• By Rita Schellenberg.

Published March 2012

The National Certified School Counselor (NCSC) credential, awarded by the NBCC, recognizes school counselors who hold a master's degree, coursework in school counseling, and who have completed a challenging and rigorous national application and examination process. The NCSCE is the examination…
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