Psychology & Psychiatry : Mental Health

Aims to help men and women, with exaggerated concerns about their appearance, break free from the mirror and get their lives back on track. This work contains self-assessment tools and step-by-step guidelines that teach readers to overcome discouraging thoughts, curtail obsessive appearance rituals, and see themselves realistically. more...

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When Gemma gets the job as support worker at The Beacon, a residential unit with a difference, little does she realise how much impact she is to have on the lives of its residents and how they, in turn, will shape her own. The Beacon, set on the Cornish coast, provides a new model of residential care for older people with dementia and life-limiting conditions where they themselves help to run and organise the home as a home. Through engaging with the residents as individuals, Gemma gradually draws out the personal histories of each, giving them the opportunity to work through their often painful pasts while she herself comes to terms with her approaching adulthood. The story shows how both the young and old can play essential roles in a successful caring community that can and should be much more than a place people go to die. The Girl on the Shore should be read by everyone involved with the care of dementia sufferers and the management of their residential units, by the families of people with dementia and people with dementia themselves. more...

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* Presents cutting-edge information on a variety of dementia-causing illnesses. * Provides relevant material for professionals working with AIDS patients, substance abusers, stroke or other vascular patients, and other individuals suffering from degenerative illness. * Edited by leading experts in geriatric health and dementia. more...

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The Healing Art of Clay Therapy is a handbook with step-by-step guidelines for working with clay in a therapeutic context. Strong, concrete, immediate and empowering — these are the qualities of clay therapy. Clay therapy gives the inarticulate client a powerful medium through which to convey his/her experience directly with the counsellor. Clay therapy is used to work vividly and transformatively with anger, grief, fear, family of origin issues, couple communication and blocked speaking. One benefit is that in working with the malleable material of clay, the client’s own insight arises with the emerging clay representation of their experience. Based on the author’s work as a clay therapist, The Healing Art of Clay Therapy precisely describes the therapeutic steps and documents them with photographs. This book gives you, the therapist, the means to add this profoundly healing modality to your practice. more...

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Mealtimes are about much more than just re-fuelling, and the importance of mealtimes in the care of people with dementia cannot be overestimated. Using her extensive experience of working with older people with dementia, Grethe Berg explains how mealtimes can be used as natural opportunities for meaningful interaction, socialising and reminiscing, and useful forums for taking part in familiar tasks. The book considers the social significance of mealtimes and their role in maintaining patients' feelings of social attachment and well-being as well as the impact of the symptoms of dementia on food and mealtimes. It also explores different types of residential care and how they can make mealtimes a focus of activity for patients. Finally, the author discusses practical implementation strategies, considering variables such as building design, interdisciplinary collaboration, organization of staff and residents, and staff participation and conduct at mealtimes. This book provides much-needed help and practical strategies for care managers and carers to reclaim mealtimes as positive experiences for people with dementia. more...

Price: $19.95