This book explores how schema theory and therapy might be used in work with clients who suffer from psychosis, bipolarity and related symptoms.
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- 2024
- 2023
Using Psychodynamic Thinking to Enhance CBT in Clients with Psychosis presents a comprehensive method for linking clients' symptoms to their personal development and life problems.
- 2022
Psychosis and The Traumatised Self explores what it is like to experience psychosis for individuals with histories of childhood physical and sexual abuse.
- 2021
Understand the Virus -- Explore the Immune System -- Discover a Vaccine -- Develop Vaccines -- Evaluate the Contenders -- Don't Count on the Magic Bullet -- Overcome the Hurdles -- Embrace Many Solutions.
- 2019
Strangers in a Stranger Land
- 488 pages
- 18 hours of reading
The history of Finland's Jews, from their origin as conscripts in the Russian army to their survival as cobelligerents with Nazi troops in WWII, is unique. This novel tells their unusual story and that of their adopted country through the experiences of three generations of one family.
- 2018
Focusing on contemporary psychological approaches to psychosis, this book critically examines the concept of self-loss in psychotic experiences. Simon Jakes explores innovative theories and practices, particularly the role of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in understanding and addressing psychosis. Through a thorough analysis, the author aims to enhance the comprehension of psychotic disorders and improve therapeutic interventions, offering valuable insights for both practitioners and researchers in the field.
- 2017
Spectacle of Property
- 254 pages
- 9 hours of reading
"Cover" -- "Half Title" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "Introduction: The House as Medium" -- "1. Cinema’s Short-Term Tenancy: A Materialist Theory of Film Spectatorship" -- "2. Wrong Life: Bungalow Aesthetics in and against Hollywood" -- "3. All Too Easy: The Modernist House and Effortless Appropriation" -- "4. Between the Past and the Present: Nostalgia and the Cinema of Stick and Shingle Style Architecture" -- "Coda: From Porch to Attic: Condemned to Property in New Orleans" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Notes" -- "Index".
- 2009
Narrative CBT for Psychosis
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Focusing on the unique challenges faced by individuals with psychosis, this book integrates narrative and solution-focused therapy with cognitive-behavioral techniques. It offers a flexible framework tailored to address the complexities of patients' experiences, enhancing their understanding and management of psychosis. The approach aims to empower patients by weaving their personal narratives into therapeutic practices, promoting recovery and resilience.
- 1995
This text reproduces Arnold's essay of 1886 on Grant, and Twain's rejoinder to the Army and Navy Club of Connecticut. Arnold's essay praised Grant, but to many Americans its tone seemed patronizing of their hero and country.
- 1985
Story of the Huntingdonshire railway branch lines to the fen town of Ramsey.