The therapeutic relationship
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Centered on an understanding of the self, self and spirit in the therapeutic relationship acknowledges the spiritual component in therapy and healing, but places it firmly withing a psychological frameworkdrawing on a wide range of reading and personal experience, kenneth bragan offers a valuable introduction to ideas about the self for those just beginning on their own journey as a psychotherapist of counsellorhe shares with the reader how kohut's theories about the self have illuminated his clincial work and explains simply what these ideas arehe shows how support for these ideas can be found in the work of jung and also in works of literature, poetry and philosophy, where the findings of self psychology are anticipatedthis book addresses a question which is becoming increasingly urgent for many people: must we simply resign ourselves to the spiritual poverty of these times? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In when death enters the therapeutic space laura barnett and her contributors offer us insights into working with mortality in the therapeutic encounterwhen death enters the therapeutic space presents therapists with an understanding of what it means to experience such traumas and prepares them for helping the clientsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop nether edge although it is a natural and inescapable part of life, death is a subject that is often neglected in psychotherapeutic literature and trainingtaking an existential perspective, the book brings together a variety of client groups, all of whom have experienced a confrontation with mortality, and encourages the reader to engage with and reflect upon the subject of deathtopics covered include: philosophical roots and principal approaches to existential therapy health related issues including cancer, hiv and intensive care surviving violent trauma creating a safe space for the client short prognosis and palliative care bereavementalthough this may initially evoke anxiety and distress, barnett and her contributors introduce the reader to the 'vitality of death' (koestenbaum): an energy and focus that can come from confronting our greatest fears and anxieties, including the anxiety aroused by our own mortalityit will be useful for trainee counsellors and experienced therapists alike
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Patrick casement explores afresh the dynamics of the helping relationship - learning to recognize how patients offer cues to the therapeutic experience that they are unconsciously in search ofthe dynamics illustrated here, particularly the processes of interactive communication and containment, occur in any helping relationship and are applicable throughout the caring professionshe thus shows how, with the aid of this internal supervision, many initial failures to respond appropriately can be remedied and even used to the benefit of the therapeutic work by learning to distinguish better what helps the therapeutic process from what hinders it, ways are discovered whereby the circularity of pre-conception can more effectively be avoided by those who aim to understand the unconscious of others patrick casement's unusually frank presentation of his own work, aided by his lucid and non-technical language, allows wide scope for readers to form their own ideas about the approach to technique he describesthis book, together with its sequel further learning from the patient, will be invaluable to trainee and practising analysts or therapists, and those teaching in related professionsusing many telling clinical examples, he illustrates how, through trial identification, he has learned to monitor the implications of his own contributions to a session from the viewpoint of the patientsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom this lively examination of key clinical issues, the author comes to see psychoanalytic therapy as a process of re-discovering theory - and developing a technique that is more specifically related to the individual patientoxfam shop st giles street on learning from the patient is concerned with the potential for psychoanalytic thinking to become self-perpetuating
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Alongside a paragraph about the proper relationship between the ego, the mind and the emotions nestles a passage on the therapeutic value of nail varnishthis unique book offers it' whilst the overall structure of sunbathing in the rain moves from dark to light, telling the story of lewis's recovery, its different strands allow a variety of tones and subjects to be explored, from the profound to the frivolousfor above you, if only you can reach it without getting the bends, are sunshine, laughter on a yacht, the clink of plates as a lunch of steaming fish is handed roundoxfam bookshop cheltenham 101 ways to climb out of the slough of despond - a literary guide (part memoir, part companion) to coming through depressionthe flakes whirl around like motes in the water around your personal shipwreckpart memoir - drawing on her own experiences, both adverse and encouraging, as a depressive and an alcoholic - and part guide or companion, this book brings burton's anatomy of melancholy into the twenty-first centuryfor it will have two voices, one calling from the valley of despair, the other from a safer, calmer new place'depression is internal snowpractical hints on how to get better (diet, read hello!, helpful pieces of music) are alongside striking quotations, ranging from sentences on crisp packets, to prayers, from russian orthodox writings on silence to collections of slangsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe quicker you dive down to see your sorry state, the better for you in lifethe suffering depressive needs help from outside his or her own consciousness, a radical new perspective that makes life possible again
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This is a genuine acavallo therapeutic half pad with lambswoolthe therapeutic soft gel can be used directly on horse's back and has excellent shock absorbing qualitiesthis pad has been used but is in good conditionit's unique feature is that it is sticky so doesn't slipthey retail for over ÂŁ130 new! read more
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It explores the therapeutic approach taken by ernesto spinelli who believes that the role of the therapist is not only to listen, but to help the client to explicate and reconstruct their life storyyet the dynamic between therapist and client is often seen as an enigma this book presents the lives of eight individuals whose experiences illuminate a variety of dilemmas and anxieties that most of us encounter at different points in our livesoxfam bookshop thame the number of people in therapy has been growing at an unprecedented ratesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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With a comprehensive glossary and a list of herb and seed suppliers, this is the perfect companion for everyone who enjoys gardening and wishes to benefit from the therapeutic and restorative powers of naturesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the garden is the world's oldest medicine chest
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He explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much morehe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetjĂĽrgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentsoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railways
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You are invited to step inside the oval office where trump called for loyalty from fbi director james comey, and experience life as a reporter in the briefing room, where the tense relationship between the media and the president is played outsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach chapter starts inside a famous washington room, uncovering its history and its new resonance in the trump erafrom kim jong-un and kavanaugh to merkel and the mueller inquiry - this is your insider guide to the washington circusit's raucous, noisy and full of clownsthe one thing absent from the weather forecast is the tranquil eye of the stormroll up, roll upin a year at the circus: inside trump's white house, bbc north america editor, jon sopel, takes you inside trump's west wing and explores the impact this presidency has had on the most iconic of american institutionsreporting on it is a daily cacophonythat we never seefour major stories can blow up and blow out before breakfast, and political weather systems are moving at warp speedoxfam bookshop cheltenham welcome to the white houseat the heart of washington, there is a circusguiding you through these rooms, jon reveals the inner workings of the trump white house and details the key moments and conversations that have unfolded within its walls
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Oxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , oxford university presswhen physicians act in medicine they have some purpose or goal in mindthe nature of clinical medicine takes its direction from a catalog of goals of medicine that range from the expected diagnosis and treatment of diseases to wider concerns for patients, for physicians, and for medicine itselfwhat they actually do and how they go about it is in the service of their purposes and their goalsaccording to eric cassell, everything else, including the disease, is secondarya very clean and tidy copycassell takes on a variety of difficult issues, from thinking about values to developing wisdomthe central focus of the clinician and of this book is the patientclinical medicine, as a thinking discipline, is concerned not only with what clinicians do, but whysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe chapters are specific in teaching the kinds of knowledge that clinicians require in order to be able to achieve these goalsusing many examples from real-life medical practice, each chapter examines the different kinds of thought involved in caring for the patientthe care of the dying, what thinking itself is, and finally, why would one want to do this exciting and rewarding but difficult work, come under discussion in this booksuch goals cover a wide range of topics centering on patients, the doctor-patient relationship, the acts of doctoring patients, and the goals involved in being a physician among other physicians working within the institutions of medicine
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Furthermore no reader could fail to be struck by the parallels in the problematic relationship between poland and russia in the 18th century and todayoxfam bookshop wallingford in the closing years of the 18th century, the old polish state paid the price of over 100 years of ungovernability in political extinctionbetween and an area of eastern europe larger than france was divided among russia, prussia and austriasee oxfam website for delivery information read morenot only does this book illuminate a much neglected area of european history, and assist those trying to make sense of poland's heritage, it also provides much comparative material for students of early modern history in generalbringing together polish scholarship previously inaccessible to english-speaking readers, the author examines the economy, the society and the institutional structure of early modern poland and analyzes her loss of national sovereignty in the light of poland's lack of political centralization and dynastic strengthat the very time that monarchial absolutism seemed to be collapsing in western europe, the dismemberment of the polish "noble democracy" affirmed absolutism's triumph in the east
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Oxfam shop dumfries all 13 episodes from the first season of the us tv drama that examines the early relationship between up-and-coming fbi profiler will graham (hugh dancy) and eminent psychiatrist, hannibal lecter (mads mikkelsen)happily spending his days lecturing at the fbi academy, will finds himself called in by jack crawford (laurence fishburne), the head of the fbi behavioral science unit, to help capture a serial killer who is on the rampagein an effort to ease some of the pressure on the young investigator his superiors decide to enlist the help of the renowned forensic psychiatrist, hannibal lecter, a move which has grisly implications for all concernedthe episodes are: 'apéritif', 'amuse-bouche', 'potage', 'oeuf', 'coquilles', 'entrée', 'sorbet', 'fromage', 'trou normand', 'buffet froid', 'rôti', 'relevés' and 'savoureux'suffering from asperger's syndrome, will struggles to control the thought processes that inform his uncanny ability to empathise with serial killers, a 'gift' which causes him no small discomfortsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This book analyzes in detail the complicated relationship between conservatives and nazis and offers a re-interpretation of the nazi seizure of power - the decisive months between 30 january and 14 julyoxfam shop nether edge on 30 january , alfred hugenberg's conservative german national people's party (dnvp) formed a coalition government with the nazi party, thus enabling hitler to accede to the chancellorshipthe machtergreifung is characterized here as a period of all-pervasive violence and lawlessness with incessant conflicts between nazis and german nationals and nazi attacks on the conservative brgertum, a far cry from the traditional depiction of the takeover as a relatively bloodless, virtually sterile assumption of power by one vast impersonal apparatus wresting control from anotherthe author scrutinizes the revolutionary character of the nazi seizure of power, the nazis' attacks on the conservative brgertum and its values, and national socialism's co-optation of conservative symbols of state power to serve radically new goals, while addressing the issue of why the dnvp was complicit in this and paradoxically participated in eroding the foundations of its very own principles and bases of supportsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford in this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher graeme gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birdsnor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinhe went into the garden to listen more closely, and when he returned, after what he thought were only a few minutes, he discovered that a century had gone by, that his fellow monks were dead and his ink had turned to dustthey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovedfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdas divine messengers, symbols of our yearning for the heavens, or avatars of glorious song and colour, they have stirred our imaginations from the moment we first looked into the skybirds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationswas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfthe song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly timebirds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and tgorgeously illustrated, woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, the bedside book of birds is for anyone who is aware of birds, and for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity has created to represent its soulbirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith the passion of a birdwatcher and hoarder of words, gibson has spent fifteen years collecting the literary and artistic forms our affinity for birds has taken over the centurieswhether as the christian dove, or quetzalcoatl the aztec plumed serpent or in plato s vision of the human soul growing wings and feathers, religion and philosophy have looked to birds as representatives of our better selves that part of us not bound to the earth
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As the professional relationship turns into a profound friendship, domestic details of their respective households begin to creep into the correspondence and are both vivid and amusingoxfam bookshop birmingham in an interview in the paris review, o'connor was asked the question "how do you start a story?" and his answer was "get black on white, used to be maupassant's advice - that's what i always domaxwell finds himself in despair over the novel he has been working on for eight years, and it is o'connor who comes to the rescue by reading the various drafts, alternative versions, false starts, dead ends, and by his enthusiasm and concern restores maxwell's confidencei don't give a hoot what the writing's like"in this book there are intimate telegrams, delighted letters of acceptance, announcements of checks sent to o'connor's literary agent (like robert louis stevenson, o'connor suffered from the delusion that he was being overpaid)opposed to this belief in spontaneity and the importance of form over finicky detail was the new yorker's insistence that a given piece of writing be as nearly perfect as humanly possible, down to the last semicolon and commain fair conditionthe excitement of cutting this and restoring that, of correcting correctionsthough in fact he didsome light stains to dust jacket and fore-edge and former owner's name written to title pageproblems of clarity arise - of what will fly in ireland but not in americahalfway through their correspondence, in , the tables are turnedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea good reading copysitting at a table in maxwell's office with pages of manuscript scattered before them or galleys with dozens of queries - some helpful, some exasperating - from the proofreader, the two men would work their way deeper and deeper into the material
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This book is dedicated to a future vision of the body in architecture, questioning the contemporary relationship between our human flesh and the changing architectural fleshin a time when a pervasive discourse about the impact of digital technologies risks turning the architectural skin ever more disembodied, this book argues for a thick embodied flesh by exploring architectural interfaces that are truly inhabitabledifferent concepts of flesh are investigated, not only concerning the architectural and aesthetic, but also the biological aspectsthrough the analysis and design of a variety of buildings and projects, flesh is proposed as a concept that extends the meaning of skin, one of architecture's most fundamental metaphorsthe latter is materialised in form of synthetic neoplasms, which are proposed as new semi-living entities, rather than more commonly derived from scaled-up analogies between biological systems and larger scale architectural constructsa resurgence of interest in flesh, especially in art, has led to a politics of abjection, completely changing traditional aesthetics, and is now giving light to an alternative discussion about the body in architectureit seeks to challenge a common misunderstanding of skin as a flat and thin surfacehybrid technologies and interdisciplinary work methodologies are thus required, and lead to a revision of our current architectural practicethese 'neoplasmatic' creations are identified as partly designed object and partly living material, in which the line between the natural and the artificial is progressively blurredsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretoday's architecture has failed the body with its long heritage of purity of form and aesthetic of cleanlinessoxfam shop castle street this is an "as new" paperback copy of the edition
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Oxfam bookshop newport revealing the whole of the plant kingdom in this lavish selection of beautifully reproduced plates and offering an accessible account of the development of botany as a science, 'the art of botanical illustration' has its main theme as the intimate relationship between exploration and illustration in botanygreen boards have minor rubbing to edges see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis publication will appeal to the amateur naturalist, botanical student, and plant loverinside the text block and images are clean and brightdust jacket shows some signs of wear and scuffing with tears to the top and bottom of spine and page edges good condition beautiful black and white and colour illustrations include those of living artists and the best from previous centuries (see image 2 for example)no highlighting or other notes
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The diplomatic crisis leading up to the war shook both french and american perceptions of each other and revealed cracks in the transatlantic relationship that had been building since the end of the cold warsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop glossop road scuffing to dust cover, otherwise good condition in march , the united states and great britain invaded iraq to put an end to the regime of saddam husseinit shows how and why the iraq crisis led to a confrontation between two longtime allies unprecedented since the time of charles de gaulle, and it exposes the deep and ongoing divisions within europe, the atlantic alliance, and the international community as a wholethe war was launched without a united nations mandate and was based on the erroneous claim that iraq had retained weapons of mass destructionfrance, under president jacques chirac and foreign minister dominique de villepin, spectacularly opposed the united states and british invasion, leading a global coalition against the war that also included germany and russiabased on exclusive french archival sources and numerous interviews with former officials in both france and the united states, a history of the iraq crisis retraces the international exchange that culminated in the iraq conflictthe franco-american narrative offers a unique prism through which the american road to war can be better understood
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Oxfam shop hebden bridge all 13 episodes from the first season of the us tv drama that examines the early relationship between up-and-coming fbi profiler will graham (hugh dancy) and eminent psychiatrist, hannibal lecter (mads mikkelsen)happily spending his days lecturing at the fbi academy, will finds himself called in by jack crawford (laurence fishburne), the head of the fbi behavioral science unit, to help capture a serial killer who is on the rampagesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe episodes are: 'apéritif', 'amuse-bouche', 'potage', 'oeuf', 'coquilles', 'entrée', 'sorbet', 'fromage', 'trou normand', 'buffet froid', 'rôti', 'relevés' and 'savoureux'in an effort to ease some of the pressure on the young investigator his superiors decide to enlist the help of the renowned forensic psychiatrist, hannibal lecter, a move which has grisly implications for all concernedsuffering from asperger's syndrome, will struggles to control the thought processes that inform his uncanny ability to empathise with serial killers, a 'gift' which causes him no small discomfort
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Cognizant that all works of art reflect the times from which they emerge, the authors discuss the vital relationship between the ceramic workshops and the many movements - political, economic and artistic - that swept through europe and the rest of the world at that timeincluded are hundreds of specially commissioned photographs with detailed descriptions, chapters on collecting, care and conservation, and a lengthy study of marks, signatures and the amphora numbering systemthey journey from amphora's beginnings in the turn-teplitz region of what was once bohemia, to foreign markets where their artworks garnered mass appeal and on to the world's largest art exhibitions of the late 19th and early 20th centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop victoria here is the definitive account of the house of amphora, the innovative ceramic artworks bearing that name in fact or by association, and the five workshops that produced themwith access to the most extensive amphora collections worldwide and recently unearthed archives and records from the czech republic, the authors - all three specialists in their fields - piece together a fascinating story of talent, ambition, family ties and innovation
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The explosive relationship of these brothers threatens to take them both down but at the heart of this story is a bond of blood that may just be their only chance of redemptionoxfam shop kendal mark wahlberg and christian bale star in this inspirational and powerful true story of two brothers who against all odds come together to train for a historic title fight that has the power to unite their fractured family and give their run down town what it's been waiting for: pridestruggling boxer micky ward has long been overshadowed by his older bother and trainer, dicky, a local legend who is now battling his own demonssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In this work, neal gillespie explores the fascinating relationship between charles darwin's theory of evolution and his ideas about science and godthe inside pages are all good and clean with no marksa good, tidy copysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music wells this paperback copy is in very good conditionthe spine is faded, but otherwise the outer cover is good and clean
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It is the reciprocal relationship between fear and avoidance that is thought to be responsible for maintaining pain behaviour and disabilitywith fear of pain known to cause significant suffering and functional disability, there is a need for a greater understanding of this conditionit then provides comprehensive coverage of assessment issues and treatment strategiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford people who suffer from chronic pain are typically found to be more anxious and fearful of pain than those who do notthis in turn leads to further pain experiences, negative expectancies, and strengthened avoidancethis book will help guide and extend our understanding of a condition that has been shown to be associated with substantial suffering and disabilityeven once the muscle or tissue damage is healed, a fear of further pain can lead to avoidance behaviour, which over time, leads to deconditioning (eit starts by introducing the current theoretical positions regarding pain-related fear and anxiety along with relevant empirical findingsfinally, the book suggests further areas for investigationthis is the first book to explore this topicpain-related fear and anxiety are now receiving considerable attention, and efficient and effective treatments are fast becoming availabledecreased mobility, weight gain)recent evidence has shown that the fear itself serves as a mechanism through which chronic pain is maintained over time
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Spanning a 20-year period, the film follows young schoolteacher hisaki oishi (hideko takamine) and the ongoing relationship she has with her first class of 12 childrenoxfam bookshop cheltenham classic japanese drama written and directed by keisuke kinoshitaat the same time though, the impending war threatens to change their lives foreverat first, the locals are suspicious of hisaki and her headstrong city ways, but before long the whole community has fallen under her spellsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It focuses on how therapists bring compassion into their therapeutic relationship, and provides detailed outlines of interventions that are of particular value to psychotherapists and counsellors interested in developing compassion as a therapeutic focus in their work , taylor and francis, softcover very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop swanage this compendium, edited by paul gilbert, explores integrative evolutionary, social constructivist, cognitive and buddhist approaches to compassion and considers how and why cruelty can flourish when our capacities for compassion are turned off, especially in particular environments
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This may naturally suit some practitioners; others may learn that a proper therapeutic persona is serious, even solemnshearer demonstrates how even the blackest humour may yield psychological information, and how humour can help build therapeutic relationships and be a catalyst for healingit encourages analysts and therapists from different schools to look again at some of the assumptions on which they base their practice and teaching, and provides a resource for further reflection on the therapeutic taskwhy don't psychotherapists laugh? traces the development of professional psychotherapy and its almost exclusive focus on life's tragediesthis book offers food for thought about the theory and practice of psychotherapybut what are they and their clients missing? ann shearer draws on ideas about humour and its functions from antiquity to contemporary stand-up comedy and beyond, to explore how it works in both mind and bodyso why is it so lacking in the theory and even the practice of analysis and therapy? why don't psychotherapists laugh? is the first book of its kind about a neglected and even taboo topic: the place of enjoyment and good humour in psychotherapytaking a psychological look at where humour comes from, what it's about and why we need it, this book will also intrigue anyone who wants to know more about the kinds of people psychotherapists are, what they do and whythrough real-life stories from consulting rooms, told by both therapists and clients, the author shows how a sense of enjoyment and good humour can restore life to people in distress- and how destructive a lack of these may becomesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop chipping norton paperback - - routledge this book is in excellent condition the capacity for humour is one of life's blessings
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4 therapeutic cd's for salefree collection from twyford (berkshire), or "signed for" postage for ÂŁ4pilates - your cd - the mind body & soul series amber - the alphamusic of john levine edge of dreams - phil thornton mozart for mother and baby ÂŁ16 for all 4 cd's
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Help clients to reflect on their life experiences with this therapeutic card setfeaturing 100 cards with words and phrases relating to family, relationships, education, religion and physical and mental health, clients can use the cards to decide whether an experience has been a toxic influence or a more positive antidote to a particular issuethe set includes a blank card which can be photocopied and used to write additional words and phrases, along with a booklet with guidelines and further ideas for use in therapy and counseling sessionsideal for use with people aged 16+, this original activity will help clients gain a deeper understanding of themselves and will show how they can reframe perspectives around negative experiences to aid healing and personal development
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Heavy and chunky, natural therapeutic himalayan salt lampworks fine but has two defects - staining on the wooden base from the salt and a large crack going through the rock (picture 3) where it has cracked and been glued back togethercash on collection only ÂŁ5it provides a lovely warm glow in any room! read moreselling for approx ÂŁ12+ online
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