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(P/B) CARL ROGER'S HELPING SYSTEM
This book charts from first-hand experience the origin and development through the present day of person-centered therapy, its central concepts and the key figures within the movement, set against the prevailing historical, social, and political background. A summarizing and defining text for the person-centered approach, written by a close working colleague of Carl Rogers, the book contains a wealth of fascinating and important detail, information, ideas, accounts of theory, process, and research. Providing an in-depth, challenging and mu...
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(P/B) DEVELOPING PERSON-CENTRED COUNSELLING
Developing Person-Centred Counselling, Second Edition is designed to help counsellors improve their skills within the person-centred approach. Written by Dave Mearns, leading person-centred expert and bestselling author, the Second Edition has been fully revised and updated taking account of developments in person-centred practice. With new chapters on growth and transference, the book covers the subjects which are central to person-centred training: - the core conditions - therapeutic alliance - development of the counsellor - therapeuti...
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(P/B) CORPORATE COMMUNICATION
Used by nearly 25,000 students in over 50 countries, this book incorporates current thinking and developments on corporate communication from both the academic and practitioner worlds. Combining a comprehensive theoretical foundation with numerous practical guidelines, insights will assist managers (or soon to be managers) in their day-to-day work and in their strategic and tactical communication decisions. With cases and examples from across the globe including Apple, BMW, Uber, L'Or?al and Starbucks, this Fifth Edition is updated to inc...
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(P/B) BIG DATA IN EDUCATION
Big data has the power to transform education and educational research. Governments, researchers, and commercial companies are only beginning to understand the potential that big data offers in informing policy ideas, contributing to the development of new educational tools and innovative ways of conducting research. This cutting-edge overview explores the current state-of-play, looking at big data and the related topic of computer code to examine the implications for education and schooling for today and the near future. Key topics inclu...
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(P/B) EXPERIENCING SOCIAL WORK
In Experiencing Social Work: Learning from Service Users people tell their stories of positive social work and the difference it has made to their lives. The book was inspired by the knowledge of the many positive stories of social work practice and a belief that we can learn more from what goes right than what goes wrong. Follow these stories to understand good practice, reflect on the lessons learned, and to feel uplifted by social work's potential for positive change, support, and social justice. Each chapter is constructed around one ...
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(P/B) COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY CASE STUDIES
This book uniquely combines CBT with the Department of Health stepped care model to provide the first comprehensive case study-approach textbook. A step-by-step guide to using CBT, the book is structured around case examples of clients who present with the most commonly encountered conditions; from mild depression and GAD to more complex, enduring symptoms and diagnosis like OCD, personality disorder and social phobia. The distinctive practical format is ideal in showing how to put the principles of CBT and stepped care into effect. As we...
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(P/B) CRIME ANALYSIS WITH CRIME MAPPING
Crime Analysis With Crime Mapping, Fourth Edition provides students and practitioners with a solid foundation for understanding the conceptual nature and practice of crime analysis to assist police in preventing and reducing crime and disorder. Author Rachel Boba Santos offers an in-depth description of this emerging field, as well as guidelines and techniques for conducting crime analysis supported by evidence-based research, real world application, and recent innovations in the field. As the only introductory core text for crime analysis...
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(P/B) UNDERSTANDING CELEBRITY
Where does the production of celebrity end and its consumption begin? Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and reality TV allow us a previously unimagined engagement with the manufactured 'persona' of celebrity. Understanding Celebrity has become the go-to text for understanding the connection between the production and consumption of this 'persona'. The long-awaited second edition assesses the changing nature of this pivotal relationship in celebrity studies. The book: - Explains how social media is key in establishing an online p...
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(P/B) RISK SOCIETY
This panoramic analysis of the condition of Western societies has been hailed as a classic. This first English edition has taken its place as a core text of contemporary sociology alongside earlier typifications of society as postindustrial and current debates about the social dimensions of the postmodern. Underpinning the analysis is the notion of the "risk society". The changing nature of society's relation to production and distribution is related to the environmental impact as a totalizing, globalizing economy based on scientific and t...
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(P/B) COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL COUNSELLING IN ACTION
This best-selling, practical, evidence-based guide to the cognitive behavioural approach takes you step-by-step through the process of counselling, from initial contact with the client to termination and follow up. The book follows a skills-based format based around the Bordin and Dryden model of bonds, goals, tasks and views, with expanded case material to further illustrate links between theory and practice. This third edition includes new content on: - the working alliance - what it is and why it is so important - challenges and pitfa...
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(P/B) THE COMPLETE HANDBOOK OF COACHING
This second edition provides the most comprehensive guide to the field of coaching, exploring a range of coaching theories and approaches, genres and settings, and professional issues. It supports trainees and professionals to identify and develop a personal style of coaching. Its three parts cover: The theoretical traditions underpinning coaching such as cognitive-behavioural, Gestalt and existential Contexts and genres such as life, executive, peer, team and career coaching Professional issues such as ethics, supervision, continuing pr...
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(P/B) DOING COUNSELLING RESEARCH
From leading researcher and bestselling author, John McLeod, this substantially rewritten and restructured third edition is the most accessible and comprehensive 'how to' guide on conducting a successful research project in counselling and psychotherapy. Taking you step-by-step through the research process, this new edition includes: - A list of 9 basic principles for doing meaningful and practically useful research - Chapters on basic research skills: developing a research question, critically evaluating research studies, compiling a re...
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(P/B) DOING INTERVIEWS
Interviewing is an invaluable tool for the qualitative researcher. Steinar Kvale provides coverage of both the theoretical background and the practical aspects of the interview process, incorporating discussion of the wide variety of methods in interview based research and the different approaches to reading the data. Consideration is also given to the crucial issue of how to ensure scientific rigour. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) ESSENTIAL RESEARCH FINDINGS IN COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
Are some therapies more effective than others? How important is the relationship? Which clients do best in therapy? Essential Research Findings in Counselling and Psychotherapy answers these questions and many more, providing trainees, practitioners and researchers with a comprehensive introduction to the latest findings in the field. The book sets out in a jargon-free way the evidence for the effectiveness of therapy and the factors associated with positive therapeutic outcomes. It gives suggestions for further reading, definitions of ke...
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(P/B) DOING AND WRITING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
With a strong focus on using less traditional forms of data the Third Edition provides a new perspective on issues such as the role of the researcher and the impact they have on data, and also considers the impact of social, cultural and political complexities across a range of disciplines. Approachable and logically structured, this new edition expertly sets out the many roles of writing in research. From the more theoretical subjects (e.g. research strategies, data types, and writing styles) to the nitty gritty practicalities (e.g. conve...
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(P/B) EXPERIENCES OF COUNSELLING IN ACTION

(P/B) CULTURALLY ALERT COUNSELING
The Second Edition of Culturally Alert Counseling is a thorough update to the first comprehensive guide to culturally alert counseling, complete with a companion demonstration DVD. Co-author and editor Garrett J. McAuliffe expands the traditional "definition" of multicultural counseling from the usual two categories of race and ethnicity to seven groupings: race, ethnicity, gender, religion/spirituality, disability, class, and sexual orientation. With case vignettes and interactive activities, students will be informed, moved, and changed ...
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(P/B) DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN THE CLASSROOM
This text shows how to integrate storytelling into curriculum design and use the principles of storytelling as a measurement of learning and literacies. It also covers important copyright and fair use information, and offers numerous implementation tips, concrete examples, and illustrative video clips. Aimed at primary and secondary teachers, the book is designed to help them: " Teach their students to create digital stories that employ effective principles of storytelling, technology application, and media technique. " Use digital storyte...
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(P/B) RESEARCH METHODS IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
This classic guide continues to be the leading Research Methods text that specifically deals with Educational Leadership and Management. The collection boasts an array of high profile international expert contributors, covering a wide range of specialisms, and emphasising the importance of the critically engaged practitioner. Accessible and user-friendly, this edition has been fully revised and updated to take full account of online research. It features several new authors, more case studies and examples, and brand new chapters on: - Rese...
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(P/B) DISCOURSE AS SOCIAL INTERACTION
How do people engage in and competently manage discourse and interaction with others? Whether in informal, everyday conversations or professional dialogues, people do things while they are speaking or writing. Focusing on the fundamental interactional, social, political and cultural functions of text and talk, this comprehensive volume shows that discourse is not merely form and meaning but also action. This social dimension of discourse is further highlighted by examining the role of social identity and group membership, such as those bas...
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