Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., an internationally recognized researcher on mindfulness and therapy, brings mindfulness techniques to your therapeutic work with clients. An integrated state of mindful awareness is crucial to achieving mental health. Siegel reveals practical techniques that enable readers to harness their energies to promote healthy minds within themselves and their clients. He charts the nine integrative functions that emerge from the profoundly interconnecting circuits of the brain, including bodily regulation, attunement, emotional balance, response flexibility, fear extinction, insight, empathy, morality, and intuition.
A practical, direct-immersion, high-emotion, low-techno-speak book, The Mindful Therapist engages readers in a personal and professional journey into the ideas and processes of mindful integration that lie at the heart of health and nurturing
Tired with policy papers and academic theory, social entrepreneurs are doing things differently - to great effect. They take a very practical culture of change based on learning by doing, embracing human creativity and diversity, and applying business ideas to social questions. Andrew Mawson, one of the UK's leading social entrepreneurs, did just that in the East End of London where he has established the Bromley -by -Bow Centre, a focal point for the community which provides healthcare and education, creates jobs and generates wealth for the area, delivering services in... More info
Helping families who live in environments with multiple risk factors - including poverty, domestic violence, teen parenthood, mental illness, and substance abuse - requires that professionals and paraprofessionals work together to provide the best possible interventions. This much-needed book shows service providers how to help these multi-risk families by using an integrative model that brings together the most effective intervention techniques from a variety of theoretical approaches, parenting strategies, and innovative programs. Professionals will learn how to effectively engage parents if they are resistant to intervention, and they'll discover specific, practical... More info
A heart-warming and uplifting book which gives us an insight into the secret world of happy children. It is unique in that it is not based on an adult analysis of children with difficulties but on personal and in-depth interviews that tell us in the children's own words how they feel about themselves and the world. Elizabeth Gould has that rare gift of being able to communicate with these children and encourage them to want to share their happiness with her. The book reveals a picture of children... More info
