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Adapting psychotherapy to psychosis 2006 — The tradition in many schools of psychotherapy has been the exclusion of people experiencing psychosis or the suspension of psychotherapy when psychosis emerges. In this paper it is argued that those who experience psychosis have a need for psychotherapeutic assistance.
Advanced Brief Strategic Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders 2004 — The present paper is primarily a brief report of the empirical-clinical research carried out at the Centro di Terapia Strategica (CTS) at Arezzo, Italy, regarding obsessive-compulsive disorders.
Best Practice Guide for the Treatment of Nightmare Disorder in Adults 2010 — The Standards of Practice Committee (SPC) of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) commissioned a task force to assess the literature on the treatment of nightmare disorder.
Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse: Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 34 -1999 — Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs) are best practice guidelines for the treatment of substance abuse disorders, provided as a service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT).
Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse- Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 1999 — This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) responds to an increasing body of research literature that documents the effectiveness of brief interventions and therapies in both the mental health and substance abuse treatment fields.
Building a New Quality of Self-concept 2002 — to create a whole new positive quality of self-concept when a person has no representation of this quality.
FAMOUS THERAPIST ERRORS I -2010 — A number of prominent practitioners disclose their counseling mistakes allowing the reader to gain from their experience. (first in a 2 part set)
FAMOUS THERAPIST ERRORS II 2010 — A number of prominent practitioners disclose their counseling mistakes allowing the reader to gain from their experience.
Forgiveness* by Steve Andreas ©2000 — A great deal of therapeutic effort goes into struggling with anger and resentment, because this “unfinished business” causes so much difficulty–both for the person who has it and for other family members, friends, and associates. All of us can think of people who spend much of their time preoccupied with old hurts and injuries, interfering with their ongoing relationships and preventing them from getting on with their lives.
Handbook of Art Therapy 2003 — It is now widely acknowledged that art expression is a way to visually communicate thoughts and feelings that are too painful to put into words. (Complete handbook of 450 pages.
INPATIENT GROUP THERAPY OF PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA 2009 — Group therapy has come to play an important role in the treatment of psychotic disorder. It is known that the best results of the treatment are achieved with combination of antipsychotic medications, psycho-therapeutic treatment, family therapy, and a variety of social and rehabilitative interventions.
Managing Sound Sensitivity in Autism Spectrum Disorder: New Technologies for Customized Intervention 2009 — This thesis describes a new intervention that leverages the power of “Scratch” – an opensource software platform that can be used to build customizable games and visualizations. The intervention borrows principles from exposure therapy and uses Scratch to help individuals gradually habituate to sounds they might ordinarily find irritating, painful, or frightening.
Music Therapy in Mental Health— Evidence-Based Practice Support — The aim of therapy is to help people with mental illness, including serious mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia or like illnesses) to develop relationships and to address issues they may not be able to using words alone.
Person-centered counseling (PCC) is not for wimps (2004) — Lecture by Dr. Mary Hampton, Luther College, University of Regina (notes recorded by DHB)
Possible mechanisms for why desensitization and exposure therapy work 2005 — This article attempts to facilitate inquiry into empirically supported principles by reviewing possible mechanisms responsible for the effectiveness of systematic desensitization and exposure therapy.
Psychosocial interventions for people with intellectual disabilities and mental ill-health — As people with intellectual disabilities are increasingly recognized as having severe and enduring mental ill-health, the development of an evidence base for psychosocial intervention is of considerable importance.
RECOVERED VOICES, RECOVERED LIVES: A NARRATIVE ANALYSIS OF PSYCHIATRIC SURVIVORS’ EXPEREINCES OF RECOVERY A Thesis 2006 — As a future clinical psychologist and ally of the survivor movement, I am interested in survivors’ subjective experiences of emotional distress as well as how each individual defines and narrates the recovery process. Using Denzin’s (2001) method of interpretive interactionism, I interviewed several psychiatric survivors about their experiences of recovery, analyzed and interpreted their narratives in relation to the dominant social discourse of the medical model of mental illness.
Relationships are critical to our well-being. In my experience, the most common reason for a crisis is a breakdown in relationships (the person loses someone important or becomes conflicted about a person they love). A person in crisis needs people who care, people who have hope about the future, people who take the long view. 2005 — In 25 years of experience, this author (PC-D) has been an advocate of using group work for women with developmental disabilities. Group work led by counsellors at the Regional Support Associates (RSA) began in the early 1980s and this format was used to teach social skills. We have also conducted anger management groups, as well as groups to teach social sexual information.
SchoolCounselor.com — purpose of advancing solution focused technology literacy among counselors. Site is filled with excellent resources for counseling.
SELF-CARE DEPRESSION PROGRAM PATIENT GUIDE 2002 — This guide is designed to help you to use some of the most effective strategies for managing depression. The emphasis in this guide is on three steps: Reactivating your life, coping with negative thinking habits, and solving problems as they arise. In addition, some of the lifestyle choices associated with reduced depression are discussed in the Appendix at the back of the book.
Solution Focused Brief Counseling: From Problem Solver to Solution Seeker 2014 — A solution focused approach allows for the acknowledgment of the seriousness of the situation, but notes that the past is past and what matters now is the future. This approach emphasizes the coping strategies, skills and resources of the people involved in the situation, and highlights these rather than the negative aspects of what has already happened.
SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE THERAPIST'S ENGAGEMENT IN GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY OF SCHIZOPHRENIC AND PARANOID PATIENTS 2003 — Activity and responsibility of a therapist for the therapeutic process is greater in group psychotherapy of psychotic patients.
Strategies for caregivers in times of fear and sorrow 2007 — The purpose of this handout is to recognize and support the people who turn up every day in the lives of people who experience disabilities. Your hands are making a difference.
Supporting a Person Who Is Experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) David Pitonyak, Ph.D. 2002 — There are a number of people who have helped me to understand the impact of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder on the lives of people with disabilities.
Supporting People with Difficult Behaviours in Ordinary, Everyday Places with David Pitonyak 2013 — More resources at http://www.dimagine.com/
The Comic Face of Anger: Art Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in an Anger Treatment Program 2012 — While noting that anger is a common and universal emotion, which occurs when one feels threatened or humiliated, recent studies have shown that anger in adolescents could be the root of aggressive and hostile behaviors. In this research paper, art therapy is introduced as an effective modality in anger regulation interventions with adolescents.
THE GROUP PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY APPROACH TO PATIENTS WITH PSYCHOSIS 2010 — In writing about the group setting in treatment of patients with psychosis the author is drawing from his long clinical practice and his writings on the subject. He underlines the value of group-analytic concepts, formulated by S.H.Foulkes, as well as needed modifications when patients with psychosis are in question.
The Psychological Person Joseph Walsh (Chapter 4, Sage) — the story illustrates the impact on social functioning of a person’s particular patterns of cognition and emotion.
The Psychological Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 2006 — The psychological treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with exposure and response prevention (ERP) methods is one of the great success stories within the field of mental health.
The Use of Dreams in Modern Psychotherapy 2010 — We review theories of dream work. We also review the empirical research about how dreams are used in psychotherapy, as well as the process and outcome of different models of dream work.
Transforming Your Self - Becoming who you want to be 2001 — Our identities both enable and limit what we can be and accomplish. Since our identities go with us everywhere, affecting everything we do, changes in self-concept result in profound and widespread changes in attitude and behavior.
upside down and inside out supporting a person in crisis/ supporting the people who care 2007 — Relationships are critical to our well-being. In my experience, the most common reason for a crisis is a breakdown in relationships (the person loses someone important or becomes conflicted about a person they love). A person in crisis needs people who care, people who have hope about the future, people who take the long view.
Useful References and Resources — Includes references related to Psychiatric Survivor Movement, Narratives of Madness, Psychosis, Hearing Voices, and Critiques of Psychiatry
Workbook 1 Understanding Depression Dr. Chris Williams 2002 — The Overcoming Depression course is a series of workbooks that will help you to find out about the causes of depression, and to change problem areas of your life so that you begin to feel better.
Workbook 3 Being assertive Dr. Chris Williams 2002 — In this workbook you will: · Find out about the difference between passive, aggressive and assertive behaviour. · Learn about the Rules of Assertion and how you can put them into practice. · Practice assertive techniques in your own life.
Zone of Excellence — The tools and resources available through the Zone of Excellence can help you, your family, your students, your team, your community or organization to: Live closer to your potential. Live with more joy and harmony in your life. Perform closer to your potential - consistently. Perform your best when it counts most.