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By starting from the historical and contextual background to trauma treatment this book will provide a foundational exploration of contemporary trauma practices. Providing an accessible text for counselling students and practitioners. By considering a range of approaches to trauma treatment and by establishing trauma as inter-relational the book will centre the therapeutic relationship as the means to healing.This book will take a transcultural approach to avoid an overly euro-centric approach allowing readers to apply learnings to their own contexts and experiences. Utilising case studies and vignettes from the authors' practice the book will ensure that readers are able to translate theory into practice.Guiding readers through each stage of the therapeutic relationship using examples and vignettes the book will cover boundary setting; treatment planning; understanding the client in dynamic terms; reflective practice and post-traumatic growth.Breaking down complex ideas into accessible approaches and using practical examples this book will enable students of psychotherapy as well as practitioners, to enhance their understanding of the theoretical basis of trauma treatment in a way that facilitates ongoing professional development.

This important book looks at the place of love in therapy and whether it is the curative factor. The authors continually stress, however, that within psychotherapy both ethical and professional boundaries should govern this 'Love' at all times in order for it to be experienced as healing and therapeutic.

In the UK it is estimated that a third of patients in mental health services have a substance abuse problem, and that half of patients in drug and alcohol services have a mental health problem. Part of Palgrave's Foundations of Mental Health series, this book explores the intertwined issues of substance use and mental health as a social phenomenon and offers a critical, informative guide to understanding dual diagnosis. Written by authors with extensive experience within mental health and drug treatment services, Working with Dual Diagnosis explores areas that are key to understanding the relationship between the two, including: models for understanding substance use, mental health and the correlation of complex social and psychological factors;treatment processes for working with individuals, groups and families and within a community setting;the historical social, political, economic and legislative context of mental health and substance use;practice implications for dual diagnosis, including how practitioners can work with and promote better treatment, after care and support for those experiencing dual diagnosis issues.Enriched with reflective exercises, case studies and key points, this book will inform all work related to dual diagnosis populations within health, social and criminal justice service, and is an essential text for social work, nursing, occupational therapy and probation students.

An exploration of the therapeutic relationship from a variety of theoretical positions for students as well as new and experienced practitioners