In these personal and thoughtful interviews, influential family therapists from different parts of the world invite the reader into their worldview and the history that has shaped it. In some circumstances they also offer reflections and regrets about aspects of past practices, and they speak of what continues to inspire them. This is a friendly and personal book which enables readers to engage with the history and diversity of ideas of the field of family therapy and also to get to know, in some small way, those whose stories are contained in these pages. Keywords: Insoo Kim Berg, Salvador Minuchin, Monica McGoldrick, Gianfranco Cecchin, Kerrie James, Kenneth Hardy, Olga Silverstein, Chris Beels, Margaret Newmark, Joan Laird, Tom Andersen, Peggy Papp, Arnon Bentovim, Elspeth McAdam, John Byng-Hall, Sallyann Roth, Karl Tomm, Marcia Sheinberg, Michael White, Peggy Penn, Elsa Jones, Jeffrey Zeig, Ann Hartman, Alan Cooklin, Lynn Hoffman, David Epston, Gill Gorrell Barnes, Imelda McCarthy, Warihi Campbell, Kiwi Tamasese, Charles Waldegrave, Colin Reiss, Colleen Brown.
This book has been written by key note speaker at the 2011 Workforce Skills Council Conference, Nic Frances. Nic is a social entrepreneur. He once worked for charity. This is the story of how he came to understand that charity can never deliver a just and sustainable world. It is only through a value-centred market economy that we will ever see real social change. Breaking new ground and drawing on his encounters with business and social leaders around the world as well as his own richly-lived experiences, Nic Frances leads... More info
Here's a book to take you on an enchanting and enriching journey through the upside and the downside of what it means to be human - our hopes and our fears, our strengths and our weaknesses, our highs and our lows. One alphabet takes you from 'Adventure' to 'Zen' via 'Daring', 'Enthusiasm' and 'Friendship'. Flip the book the other way around, and a second alphabet takes you from 'Anger' to 'Zen' via 'Depression', 'Ego' and 'Fear'. This is a beautifully designed and illustrated book that will appeal even... More info
Helping children learn to manage difficult emotions such as anger can be a challenge for all parents and particularly for those whose children fall within the Autism Spectrum. Children with an ASD can be prone to regular outbursts of rage and parents rarely get the luxury of a "window" of escalation in which to intervene. The Red Beast provides a story which can assist a child to understand what happens when their Red Beast is awakened and how to manage it. It talks about the Red... More info
