Founded in 1956, the French psychiatric clinic La Chesnaie is an open and welcoming facility that houses about one hundred people of all ages. It provides traditional forms of care for people with serious mental illness, but it does so in a uniquely supportive environment where patients and caregivers participate equally in the day-to-day ......
Discovering Who We Are--From Ancient Greece to the Modern World
Presents a survey of the concept of the 'self' throughout history. Divided into four parts, this title begins with an exploration of the concept of self in the classical period of Plato and Aristotle, before moving on to the development of empirical, rational and humanist perspectives though the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Enlightenment.
This book truthfully and compassionately guides students through the obstacle course of graduate school while keeping their mental health and diverse identities intact. Topics addressed include practical academic issues, relationships within and outside of graduate school, and the impact of the socio-political climate on graduate students.
Interiority, Black Women, and Religious Experience
Tilling Sacred Grounds examines Black women's interiority and negotiation of race, gender, and sexuality in religious spaces and religious practices. Phillis Isabella Sheppard argues for the importance of the exchange between interiority and public spaces, and examines religion in cyberspace, art, ritual, and street ministry. She refigures the ......
Interiority, Black Women, and Religious Experience
Tilling Sacred Grounds centers Black women's interiority as a site for religious experience. Phillis Isabella Sheppard argues that interiority is a site for the negotiation of gender, race, and sexuality and finds articulation in public religious practice.
Improving Trust, Accuracy, and Transparency in Research
Introduces a plethora of strategies to help strengthen the field by improving research quality. Readers will learn how research methods are evolving and how to maximize the quality and impact of their own work. This includes strategies for not just developing research ideas, designing studies, and analysing and disseminating results, but also ......
Bonnie Thomas LCSW is a school-based clinician, providing individual and family therapy to children aged 3GÇô12. She has also worked in the Juvenile Corrections System and coordinated a mentoring programme for young girls living in public housing.
Using Psychotherapeutic Dialogues in Clinical Practice
Transformational Chairwork celebrates the art and science of Chairwork. By explaining the use of psychotherapeutic dialogues in clinical practice, this book can help mental health professionals to enliven and deepen therapeutic work and more effectively help their patients heal their past, claim their present, and create their future.
