Emphasizing the Interpersonal in Psychotherapy
Emphasizing the Interpersonal in Psychotherapy

Author: Claude Villeneuve

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1135057265

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With today's recent mental health care reforms many psychotherapists are being forced to reexamine the relevance of their practices. Economic pressures, managed care, and the discrepancy between what a therapist hopes to accomplish, and what the relative limitations of his or her treatments are, makes the future of psychotherapy uncertain. This provocative new book examines the failings of current individual psychotherapies and offers a model based on larger interpersonal schemes. This resource will be invaluable not only to therapists who are faced with the need to modify their practices, but also to any mental health practitioner who hopes to develop a more effective form of psychotherapy.

The Deep Psychology of BDSM and Kink
The Deep Psychology of BDSM and Kink

Author: Douglas Thomas

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-09-20

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1000937089

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This fascinating volume investigates how the concept of soul is connected to BDSM and kink, exploring the world of alternative sexualities through the psychology of C. G. Jung and James Hillman as readers are guided on a provocative and lively journey through darker aspects of the sexual imagination. Contextualized both in sexual history and contemporary events, the book unveils surprising points of correspondence between the tortured fantasy-images of Jung’s The Red Book and the modern world of BDSM and describes from Hillman’s psychology a soul-centered perspective that affirms the psychological value of fantasy-images animating our human lives. The book also considers the collective archetypal sources of historical trauma which have provided inspiration to some of the more disquieting aspects of BDSM and details how the deep psychology of BDSM creates a space in the modern world to ethically engage these practices. Kinksters and BDSM practitioners will discover a psychological language that clarifies and affirms why these activities and relationships can be so intensely intimate, pleasurable, and transformative. Psychotherapists and enthusiasts of Jungian and archetypal psychology will find fresh insights here that support the practice of BDSM as a form of individuation and a path for bringing soul into the world.

At-Risk Youth
At-Risk Youth

Author: Robert F. Kronick

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-11

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1136517278

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This book is about theory, practice, and reform in working with youth who are at-risk in our schools. The book addresses several important topics, including: Problems of definition of at-risk and measurement; social, political and health aspects of being at-risk; theories of at-risk status including coping competence, agency intrinsic motivation and cultivation theory; the voices of those who are at-risk; groups that are often ignored when discussing at-risk youth, Native Americans and Appalachians; necessary changes such as prevention, early intervention, and a critical look at assessment practices and grades; a look at the role of higher education.

Emphasizing Distributed Systems
Emphasizing Distributed Systems

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Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2000-06-29

Total Pages: 553

ISBN-13: 0080544800

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As the computer industry moves into the 21st century, the long-running Advances in Computers is ready to tackle the challenges of the new century with insightful articles on new technology, just as it has since 1960 in chronicling the advances in computer technology from the last century. As the longest-running continuing series on computers, Advances in Computers presents those technologies that will affect the industry in the years to come. In this volume, the 53rd in the series, we present 8 relevant topics. The first three represent a common theme on distributed computing systems -using more than one processor to allow for parallel execution, and hence completion of a complex computing task in a minimal amount of time. The other 5 chapters describe other relevant advances from the late 1990s with an emphasis on software development, topics of vital importance to developers today- process improvement, measurement and legal liabilities. Longest running series on computers Contains eight insightful chapters on new technology Gives comprehensive treatment of distributed systems Shows how to evaluate measurements Details how to evaluate software process improvement models Examines how to expand e-commerce on the Web Discusses legal liabilities in developing software—a must-read for developers

Spiritual and Religious Education
Spiritual and Religious Education

Author: Mal Leicester

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-07-15

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1135698627

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Volume V distinguishes religious and spiritual education and takes a multi-faith approach to pedagogic, curricular and resource issues. The important area of collective worship is also addressed.