Download or read book Crazy Therapies written by Margaret Thaler Singer and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1996-09-27 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generally these enthusiastic - and perhaps ill-trained - therapists are themselves convinced of the healing powers of an array of techniques, some dating back far into time, that range from hilarious to hazardous.
Download or read book Who s Crazy Anyway written by Joan Mazza and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHO'S CRAZY ANYWAY? Therapist Joan Mazza lets you decide! This extremely useful guide to therapy grew out of Joan Mazza's experience as both a patient in therapy, as well as years as a practicing therapist. Using what she learned, she has written a practical, easy-to-read book designed to help readers make informed, wise decisions when seeking the help they need. The book is written in user-friendly sound bites. Each topic covered has a brief explanation and in some cases, examples. As new concepts and techniques in the mental health field are being developed by pioneering and innovative therapists all the time, it is impossible to list all the therapy models and techniques available today. Still, Joan Mazza covers the main schools of thought and practice, as well as many non-traditional methods. An extensive bibliography recommends other books for study in those areas where readers may wish to seek further, more extensive coverage. When practiced responsibly, ethically and with caution, psychotherapy has a lot to offer people in distress. This book encourages readers to think critically about their problems and how they can be resolved. It suggests the types of help to pursue, and urges patients to be good consumers-willing to evaluate services received as they proceed. Who's Crazy Anyway? suggests questions for readers to ask themselves and their therapist. Joan Mazza contends that you know what's best for you, and this book is a good place to begin.
Download or read book Alternative Psychotherapies written by Jean Mercer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alternative Psychotherapies: Evaluating Unconventional Mental Health Treatments addresses concerns about current and newly-emerging mental health treatments that are considered "unconventional." As a parallel to complementary and alternative medical treatments, alternative psychotherapies lack research support, are at odds with established information about human personality and development, and may actually be harmful. Professionals and students in the helping professions may find such treatments confusing and difficult to differentiate from emerging therapies that have not yet established a foundation of evidence; this is especially problematic if clients propose using unconventional therapies they have found on the Internet. Alternative Psychotherapies examines a series of unconventional treatments in terms of the research supporting them, their theoretical and historical backgrounds, and the potential or documented adverse events that may be associated with them. Therapies for both adults and children are included, and topics range from recovered memory therapies to bodywork to treatments for autism and to special education issues. Alternative psychotherapies frequently share certain historical backgrounds, and psychotherapists can use historical insights as well as an understanding of basic research rules and psychological theory to identify unconventional treatments other than the ones discussed. The book concludes with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of greater regulation of alternative therapies, as compared to the current situation in which few mental health interventions are banned or limited by law.
Download or read book Am I Crazy Or is it My Shrink written by Larry E. Beutler and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides guidance in selecting the most appropriate type of psychotherapy, finding a psychiatrist, evaluating the therapy you receive, and dealing with unethical or unprofessional problems with your therapist.
Download or read book Therapy Thieves written by Francis A. Martin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acting on what started as a hunch, Dr. Francis Martin has cataloged well over 20,000 distinct approaches to counseling and psychotherapy that are advertised on the webpages of licensed, practicing mental health providers. No doubt some portion of them are harmful, but the sheer volume of advertised practices and techniques, often with names deceptively similar to actual evidence-based practices, should be cause for concern among all stakeholders in the helping professions - from educators and researchers to policy makers and insurance companies and, especially, consumers. Based on this significant original study, and drawing from other research and supports, Therapy Thieves describes a near-universal crisis in the field and recommends ways to rescue mental health care from itself. The crisis is caused by declining competence among counselors and psychotherapists who have failed to regulate themselves and who, therefore, deliver inadequate - if not harmful - services. In presenting a simple, yet powerful indictment of the field, Dr. Martin advocates for major reforms in several areas of mental health care, including how prospective licensees are trained, supervised and licensed, a major reworking of professional ethics, and the need to establish regulations for mental health care providers. In short, the book calls for major, specific, and urgently needed reforms.
Download or read book Critical Thinking written by Richard Paul and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by international authorities on critical thinking, this book details an integrated, universal concept of critical thinking that is both substantive and applicable to any and every situation in which human thinking is necessary. It provides students with the basic intellectual tools needed for life-long learning, helping them understand the mind and how its three functions—thinking, feeling, motivating—influence one another. Critical Thinking fosters the development of fair-minded critical thinking and explores essential intellectual standards of clarity, precision, accuracy, logicalness, significance, depth, breadth, and fairness; the importance of skilled and deep questioning; and how to take thinking apart in order to find problems in thinking and then improve thinking. The fourth edition features Think for Yourself activities Glossary of critical thinking terms New chapter on argumentation New chapters on critical thinking in the professions (including critique of disciplines) Discussion of the Internet's effects on our lives Updated discussions of media bias and political propaganda, as well as egocentric and sociocentric thought as barriers to critical thinking The Foundation for Critical Thinking continually offers new supplementary resources on its website (www.CriticalThinking.org) and in its online critical thinking community (www.CriticalThinkingCommunity.org).
Download or read book Insane Therapy written by Marybeth Ayella and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Group therapy goes awry in one community and shows how vulnerable we all can be to cult mentality.
Download or read book Family Therapy written by Lynn Hoffman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book follows the journey of one highly curious and questing therapist from an instrumental, causal approach to family therapy to a collaborative, communal one.
Download or read book The Vulnerable Therapist written by Helen W. Coale and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A passionate, proactive stance on the present state of psychotherapy, The Vulnerable Therapist: Practicing Psychotherapy in an Age of Anxiety picks the brains of contemporary mental health professionals and finds a common symptom--fear. You’ll see why litigation, market forces, and ethical confusion have raised a dark umbrella of angst over psychotherapy practices and discover what therapists can do to restore the profession to its former good self.The Vulnerable Therapist will capture your interest with its broad systemic approach, contextual analysis, fascinating case studies, and anecdotal material. You’ll see the need for improvement at the institutional and individual levels of the psychotherapy professions. Specifically, you’ll read about: social, cultural, and contextual aspects of the crisis of meaning in psychotherapy professional responses to the crisis of meaning which create ethical dilemmas for individual practitioners the power of language to construct and control mental health beliefs psychotherapy’s core constructs and ethical “buzzwords” psychological and legal risks in practicing psychotherapy today specific problems with licensing boards and other complaint channels problems with rule-based ethics alternative models for creating ethical therapist-client relationships Today, more and more, excessive litigation and market-driven forces are imposing standard ethics decisions on psychotherapists, forcing them to see their clients through the clouded lenses of risk management and liability instead of through the lens of therapeutic need. Much like the symptomatic children whose dysfunctional family stops blaming them and starts shouldering part of the “problem,” distraught therapists need the psychotherapy profession to address its own psychopathology at the institutional level. The Vulnerable Therapist shows how you can contribute to a total revamping of the mental health professions in a way that facilitates rather than impedes ethical functioning.
Download or read book Crazy written by Rob Dobrenski and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An average day in the life of a psychologist can be a frenetic one. A 9 a.m. appointment to help a woman manage a husband who won't take out the garbage quickly shifts to a session with a convicted rapist at 10 a.m. After talking with a child an hour later about his fears of school, the psychologist meets his therapist to deal with his own fears, followed by lunch with a socially-phobic colleague who's already had four martinis by 1 p.m. And it's only Monday. At turns hilarious and heartbreaking, thoughtful and irreverent, Crazy is the incredibly honest and insightful story of how one mental health professional deals with his own personal problems and those of the people he treats. Part exposé, part memoir, it reveals what therapists really think about their profession, their colleagues, their patients, and their own lives.
Download or read book The Trouble With Therapy Sociology And Psychotherapy written by Morrall, Peter and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sociology of psychotherapy describes it as a lottery and replete with conflict and rivalries. Moreover, therapy is accused of being arrogant, selfish, abusive, infectious, mad, sexualised, and of promoting the myth happiness.
Download or read book The Death of Psychotherapy written by Donald A. Eisner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-01-30 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychologist-attorney Eisner puts psychotherapy on trial by critically examining its effectiveness through the lens of the scientific method. From psychoanalysis to cognitive-behavior therapy as well as the 500 or so other psychotherapies, there is not a single experimental study that supports the effectiveness of psychotherapy over a placebo or religious healing. Using both case examples and clinical research, this book challenges the conclusion that there is empirical support for the notion that psychotherapy is effective.
Download or read book Controversial Therapies for Autism and Intellectual Disabilities written by Richard M. Foxx and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the largest and most complex human services systems in history has evolved to address the needs of people with autism and intellectual disabilities, yet important questions remain for many professionals, administrators, and parents. What approaches to early intervention, education, treatment, therapy, and remediation really help those with autism and other intellectual disabilities improve their functioning and adaptation? Alternatively, what approaches represent wastes of time, effort, and resources? Controversial Therapies for Autism and Intellectual Disabilities, 2nd Edition brings together leading behavioral scientists and practitioners to shed much-needed light on the major controversies surrounding these questions. Expert authors review the origins, perpetuation, and resistance to scrutiny of questionable practices, and offer a clear rationale for appraising the quality of various services. The second edition of Controversial Therapies for Autism and Intellectual Disabilities has been fully revised and updated and includes entirely new chapters on psychology fads, why applied behavioral analysis is not a fad, rapid prompting, relationship therapies, the gluten-free, casein-free diet, evidence based practices, state government regulation of behavioral treatment, teaching ethics, and a parents’ primer for autism treatments.
Download or read book Getting Sane Without Going Crazy written by Dorree Lynn and published by . This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Psychotherapy Debate written by Bruce E. Wampold and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-30 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of The Great Psychotherapy Debate has been updated and revised to expand the presentation of the Contextual Model, which is derived from a scientific understanding of how humans heal in a social context and explains findings from a vast array of psychotherapies studies. This model provides a compelling alternative to traditional research on psychotherapy, which tends to focus on identifying the most effective treatment for particular disorders through emphasizing the specific ingredients of treatment. The new edition also includes a history of healing practices, medicine, and psychotherapy, an examination of therapist effects, and a thorough review of the research on common factors such as the alliance, expectations, and empathy.
Download or read book Contemporary Clinical Psychology written by Thomas G. Plante and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-01-07 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This new edition provides the reader with the latest developmentsin clinical psychology. An excellent text for introducing andmotivating students to become well-informed consumers of clinicalpsychology information. Every chapter provides valuable informationfor mental health students entering the profession." - Gerardo D. Canul, PhD Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer, University of California,Irvine Visiting Faculty, Graduate School of Psychology and Education,Pepperdine University UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AND INSIGHT ON BECOMING A CLINICALPSYCHOLOGIST Contemporary Clinical Psychology, Second Edition presents abroad-spectrum overview of clinical psychology. Featuring adetailed review of the history, scientific foundations, andtheoretical orientation of the field as it highlights theactivities, roles, and responsibilities of today's clinicalpsychologist, this realistic and practical "view from the inside"provides: * Insights into prevention, ethics, evidence-based treatments,confidentiality laws and regulations including HIPAA, and countlessother current issues * Case studies detailing the theoretical conceptualization,assessment, and treatment of clients, along with discussions oftesting, therapy, consultation, and ethics * Chapter-ending "Big Picture" synopses and lists of key points andterms to ensure understanding of the material covered, as well as aunique "Real Students, Real Questions" section, featuring actualquestions asked by clinical psychology students * Firsthand input from a diverse cross section of professionalsabout embarking on a career in clinical psychology * Current and future trends, plus a step-by-step "road map" thatcovers all aspects of becoming a clinical psychologist Utilizing an integrative biopsychosocial approach throughout, thisthoroughly revised text reflects a contemporary perspective ofclinical psychology. Author Thomas Plante, a practicing clinicianas well as college professor, draws on his own experience workingwith clients as well as his work as a mental health director andconsultant to illustrate the real world of clinical psychology andprovide an accurate picture of how science and practice functiontogether in the day-to-day practice of psychology. From general knowledge and information to specific topics,including modes of research and areas of specialization,Contemporary Clinical Psychology, Second Edition presents acomprehensive and engaging view of the art and science of clinicalpsychology. Designed for upper-level undergraduates and first-yeargraduate students,yet invaluable for virtually anyone pursuing acareer in psychology or related fields, it provides a frank andcontemporary portrayal of the dynamic field of clinical psychologyfrom many different perspectives and in many different settings.
Download or read book Waging War on the Autistic Child written by Andrew J. Wakefield and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Wakefield reveals the inside story of desperate parents trying to help their autistic children, only to be labeled as abusers by social workers, medical professionals, and the...
