Dying and creating or, could we put it the other way round, creating and dying? The author has chosen the first, the challenging title and the one that stimulates the reader to find out how they inter-relate. There are essential links between the facts and the concepts.
Based on the author's research on extending the physical concepts of self-organization and the mathematical tools of non-linear dynamics to understand how human beings perceive, learn and co-ordinate complex behaviours, this book presents a framework with which to connect brain, mind and behaviour.
This comprehensive guide covers everything from the symptoms and diagnosis of dementia to community and residential care options, support for carers, ethical and legal considerations, end of life decisions and the latest research and treatment options. It will demystify the condition and be an invaluable resource for relatives and professionals.
This thought-provoking book provides a comprehensive exploration of the emerging fields of ecotherapy, ecopsychology and nature-based therapies. Written by a collection of leading experts, the book offers a unique examination of a range of theoretical perspectives and applies the latest research to this fast-developing area of therapeutic practice.
The Psychology Express undergraduate revision guide series will help your students to understand key concepts quickly, revise effectively and make their answers stand out.
This book introduces both 'new' and 'in-training' supervisors and counsellors to the concept of supervision and its purpose within counselling. It focuses on key elements of supervision, including methods, processes, skills and policy/legislation and it examines, in depth, the development of the supervision relationship.
Provides an exposition of the skiller helper model and situates it in contemporary counselling practice. This book is useful for trainees, trainers, supervisors and experienced practitioners. It is also of interest to those in helping professions.
The element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. This book identifies a crisis in education and business: whether it's a child bored in class, a disillusioned or misused employee or someone who feels frustrated but can't quite explain why, too many people don't realize what they are capable of achieving.
With a companion website that includes short online film episodes, this book proposes expansive ways of deconstructing and re-constituting sexuality and gender and thus more embodied and ethical ways of 'doing' life, and offers an understanding and critique of embodiment through an integration of performance, psychotherapy and feminist philosophy.
This lively and engaging book conducts a thorough review of the current research literature in developmental psychology and socialisation, and then clearly links theory to practical applications in both clinical and everyday situations.
Why is it so difficult to break away from the kind of existence that is based on having? This work complements the texts "To Have or To Be" and "The Art of Being" with unpublished lectures, interviews, and apercus to lift us out of a life of passivity into one of creative joy.
Personal Construct Psychology was devised by George Kelly in 1955 as a new method in psychotherapy. Since then, his techniques have been applied widely throughout psychology and beyond, to include areas as diverse as nursing, conflict resolution, sociology and literary criticism.
James Hillman is one of the leading figures in archetypal psychology. This anthology presents carefully selected passages from many of his seminal essays, and work on archetypal psychology.
From an adaptive diagnostic tool that provides a GPS for learning to a reader-friendly modular organization, this book ensures that every student gains a better understanding of psychology. It continues with author's accessible pedagogy, hallmark research, and focus on diversity in a flexible modules-within-chapters format.
Jacques Lacan is one of the important thinkers of the 20th century and his work has revolutionized linguistics, philosophy, literature, psychology, cultural and media studies. This work is a transcript of his important lecture series. It includes readings of Sophocles' "Antigone" and Elizabethan courtly love poetry in relation to female sexuality.