Warning: Psychiatry Can Be Hazardous to Your Mental Health

Author: William Glasser, M.D.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062032011
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 283

Book Description
How psychopharmacology has usurped the role of psychotherapy in our society, to the great detriment of the patients involved. William Glasser describes in Warning: Psychiatry Can Be Hazardous to Your Mental Health the sea change that has taken place in the treatment of mental health in the last few years. Millions of patients are now routinely being given prescriptions for a wide range of drugs including Ritalin, Prosac, Zoloft and related drugs which can be harmful to the brain. A previous generation of patients would have had a course of psychotherapy without brain–damaging chemicals. Glasser explains the wide implications of this radical change in treatment and what can be done to counter it.

Destructive Trends in Mental Health

Author: Rogers H. Wright
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135423555
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 392

Book Description
This book takes as its inspiration the assumption that the atmosphere of intellectual openness, scientific inquiry, aspiration towards diversity, and freedom from political pressure that once flourished in the American Psychological Association has been eclipsed by an "ultra-liberal agenda," in which voices of dissent, controversial points of view, and minority groups are intimidated, ridiculed and censored. Chapters written by established and revered practitioners explore these important issues within the contexts of social change, the ways in which mental health services providers view themselves and their products, and various economic factors that have affected healthcare cost structure and delivery. In short, this book is intended to help consumers, practitioners, and policy makers to become better educated about a variety of recent issues and trends that have significantly changed the mental health fields.

Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy

Author: Elsie Jones-Smith
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1483351998
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 1489

Book Description
This breakthrough edition of Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Approach, by Elsie Jones-Smith, sets a new standard in counseling theories books. The Second Edition goes beyond expert coverage of traditional and social constructivist theories with coverage of more contemporary approaches to psychotherapy, including individual chapters on spirituality and psychotherapy, strengths-based therapy, neuroscience and neuropsychotherapy, motivational interviewing, and the expressive arts therapies. In every chapter, the case study of a preadolescent boy demonstrates how each theory can be applied in psychotherapy. Up to date and easy to read, the book engages readers with inner reflection questions that help them apply the theories to the lives of their clients and shows them how to develop their own integrative approach to psychotherapy.

Recovering the Self

Author: David Roberts
Publisher: Loving Healing Press
ISBN: 1615991050
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
Recovering the Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing (Vol. III, No. 3) April 2011 "Recovering The Self" is a quarterly journal which exploresthe themes of recovery and healing through the lenses ofpoetry, memoir, opinion, essays, fiction, humor, art, mediareviews and psychoeducation. Contributors to RTS Journal comefrom around the globe to deliver unique perspectives youwon't find anywhere else! The theme of Volume III, Number 3 is "Health & Wellness." Inside, we explore physical and mental aspects of this and several other areas ofconcern including: Alzheimer's DiseaseMental IllnessAddiction RecoveryBi-Polar DisorderIdiopathic AnaphylaxisAlveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma (muscle cancer)JournalingDiet & NutritionHomelessnessPolioVision ImpairmentSleep DisordersSensory Processing Disorder (SPD) ... and much more! This issue's contributors include: Craig Harvey, Kat Fasano-Nicotera, Alison Bergblom Johnson, Robin Marvel, Sweta Srivastava Vikram, Natalie Jeanne Champagne, Bonnie Spence, Huey-Min Chuang, Malin H.L. Forsman, Leslee Tessmann, William E. Krill, Jr, Hugh Fox, Deborah K. Frontiera, Shaman Elder Maggie Wahls, Kristin Lieberman, Jared Combs, Holli Kenley, Patricia Wellingham-Jones, Jay S. Levy, Albert Garoli, Vincent Sobotka, Leonore Dvorkin, Chynna T. Laird, Oleg I. Reznik, M.D. and others. "I highly recommend a subscription to this journal, "Recovering the Self, " for professionals who are in the counseling profession or who deal with crisis situations. Readers involved with the healing process will also really enjoy this journal and feel inspired to continue on. The topics covered in the first journal alone, will motivate you to continue reading books on the subject matter presented. Guaranteed." --Paige Lovitt for Reader Views Visit us online at www.RecoveringSelf.com Published by Loving Healing Press www.LovingHealing.com Periodicals: Literary - Journal Self-Help: Personal Growth - Happiness

Fully Committed

Author: Laura JE Hamilton
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
In the journey of writing FULLY COMMITTED The Sacred Sojourn of NOW I was called to live fully and learned how to claim our right to do so, as men and women standing in our power where life is lived and evil is NOW being fried like the BBQ Business that tried to convert us into less than our best.

A Role-Play Notebook: Questions that really make a difference!

Author: Jean Seville Suffield
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105612147
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 125

Book Description
This role-play notebook is designed to help people make connections with others and build the relationships they want to live happier lives. Each activity is devoted to a strategy or technique that will help you, the reader, engage in a process of asking those hard questions that really do make a difference. If you are searching for a book to enhance your skills in questioning techniques and have fun in the bargain, then this book is for you.

Extreme Damage Makeover from the Inside Out

Author: Helen McIntosh
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 160266398X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
McIntosh offers a guide to minimizing damaging messages a person gives himself or herself and to those around them. She suggests some simple methods to help adults yield healthy and lasting life changes from the "inside out" for themselves and their children. (Practical Life)

Choice Theory

Author: William Glasser, M.D.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062031023
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 372

Book Description
Dr. William Glasser offers a new psychology that, if practiced, could reverse our widespread inability to get along with one another, an inability that is the source of almost all unhappiness. For progress in human relationships, he explains that we must give up the punishing, relationship–destroying external control psychology. For example, if you are in an unhappy relationship right now, he proposes that one or both of you could be using external control psychology on the other. He goes further. And suggests that misery is always related to a current unsatisfying relationship. Contrary to what you may believe, your troubles are always now, never in the past. No one can change what happened yesterday.

Reality Therapy: Theory & Practice

Author: Leon Lojk
Publisher: Alpha Book Publisher
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
Besides Scientific Argument of Reality Therapy, written by Leon Lojk, reality therapy has never actually been presented in a broader theoretical context. In addition to deepening understanding of total behaviour or understanding of the organism as an operationally closed, self-regulating system, understanding of personality, the relationship between the individual and their environment, understanding the concept of relationships in light of choice theory, the beliefs about human behaviour that underlie our actions and understanding mental health, Theory and the Practice of Reality Therapy by Leon and Boba Lojk presents reality therapy in relation to other psychotherapeutic approaches through some similarities and differences between them. Group reality therapy was presented in a similar way. With regard to the reality therapy theory of practice, so far, only structured (procedural) reality therapy has been available in the literature. Glasser called it the old reality therapy and advocated therapy using choice theory, which he called the new reality therapy. This is the authentic approach of the therapist, who himself lives in accordance with choice theory beliefs, which requires profound changes in the understanding of human behaviour. Until now, it has not been possible to find a description in the literature of how the process of new reality therapy flows, except for the author’s practical presentation of working with clients. These pages present for the first time the new reality therapy theory of practice through formulation, the relationship between therapist and client, and the theory of change in reality therapy. How reality therapy looks in practice is evident from practical examples of working with clients. The offered reading is certainly welcome to participants in reality therapy training and to reality therapists, practitioners and those who want to learn more about this approach.

Contemporary Psychotherapies for a Diverse World

Author: Jon Frew
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415898382
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 632

Book Description
This is the first book of its kind to cover the standard counseling theories and integrate multiculturalism into every theory chapter. In addition, every theory chapter is authored by an expert with experience applying individual therapies to a diverse range of clients. Along with traditional theories, the text includes chapters on reality therapy, feminist therapy, and narrative therapy. The chapter on ethics includes multicultural and feminist perspectives. Student-friendly and engaging, Contemporary Psychotherapies for a Diverse Worldprovides case examples, end-of-chapter resources, and suggestions for taking learning beyond the classroom.