Trevor Powell Books

Recognising Autism and Asperger's Syndrome is an accessible guide, offering information and guidance, self-help and coping strategies and illustrated throughout with personal quotes, vignettes and anecdotes from clients with autism with whom the author has worked clinically. The book captures the individual stories, quotations and experiences, observed in adult autism diagnostic services, woven in with contemporary research, theory and clinical insights. It outlines the history of the condition and the present criteria for obtaining a diagnosis. With exercises, tips, questionnaires, psycho-educational work and advice sheets, this new edition also elucidates the female presentation of autism that has attained significance in the recent times. The book is deliberately aimed at a broad audience of people: those who have just received a diagnosis and want to know more, those who are considering seeking a diagnosis, family members, relatives, friends and clinicians, including mental health workers, psychologists, support workers and all those who work with autistic people.

Rather than concentrating on short-term solutions to modern day stresses, this guide to stress relief and control explores the sources of harmful stress and provides solutions for long-term and permanent change.

Everyone is affected by stress. This practical guide aims to show you how to recognise the danger signals and manage stress in a positive life-affirming way. Dealing with problems from depression to insomnia to excessive drinking and smoking, this book provides questionnaires to let you map out your personal stress profile whilst action plans outline strategies for becoming more assertive, improving your relationships and freeing yourself from harmful stress.

Praktický průvodce pro terapeuty, rodinné příslušníky a pacienty. Kniha je podrobným a srozumitelným průvodcem širokou oblastí péče o člověka, který utrpěl poranění hlavy nebo jiné poškození mozku (např. následkem cévní mozkové příhody či nádorového onemocnění mozku). Autor seznamuje čtenáře se somatickými, kognitivními, psychickými a sociálními problémy, které se objevují po poranění mozku. Popisuje rehabilitační proces, navrhuje účinné terapeutické strategie pomáhající tyto problémy překonat a provází celkově všemi dalšími aspekty života osob po prodělaném poranění mozku. Zvláštní kapitolu věnuje situaci rodiny pacienta.