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AiKiDô: The Trinity of Conflict Transformation
In this volume, nine renowned experts delineate their theoretical or methodological approach of Aikidô in potentiating constructive handling of social conflicts. The authors depict the contribution of the Japanese self-defensive art Aikidô to the theory and practice of conflict transformation. The concept of Elicitive Conflict Transformation (Lederach, Dietrich) necessarily calls for a revise…
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- 1
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- 978-3-658-10166-4
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- VIII, 237
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- Elicitiva – Friedensforschung und Humanistische Psychologie
- Call Number
- 150 AIK a
Counseling and Action: Toward Life-Enhancing Work, Relationships, and Identity
Engaging in action is at the heart of our most meaningful experiences. And given the fast-paced, goal-driven nature of modern society, engagement in action is also central to how we perceive ourselves. Action has traditionally been viewed as an end product of the counseling process, but now a bold new redefinition makes counseling not only a driver of action, but an action in itself. Counseling…
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- 1
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- 9781493907731
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- XII, 350
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- -
- Call Number
- 158.3
Understanding and Treating Military Sexual Trauma
This thorough analysis of sexual assault in the military examines the scope of this long-neglected issue using a lens informed by modern day attachment and trauma theories. Starting with an overview of sexual violence during wartime, it details the cultural and organizational aspects of military life--and entrenched ideas about war and masculinity--that compound military sexual trauma (MST) and…
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- 978-3-319-16607-0
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- XV, 116
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- -
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Understanding Other-Oriented Hope An Integral Concept Within Hope Studies
This Brief integrates the literature and research on other-oriented hope. It discusses the position of other-oriented hope as one manifestation of the broader attribute of other-interest and argues the importance of other-interest in well-being. The Brief examines definitions and attributes of other-oriented hope, based upon theoretical and empirical understandings of hope more generally. There…
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- 978-3-319-15007-9
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- VI, 117
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- -
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Treating Adolescents with Family-Based Mindfulness
A new take on therapeutic mindfulness with specific applications to troubled and delinquent youth is the focus of this innovative text. It introduces Family Mode Deactivation Therapy (FMDT) and its core concepts and methodologies, differentiating it from other cognitive and mindfulness therapies for adolescents with problem behaviors and comorbid conditions. Step by step applications of FMDT fr…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-12699-9
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- XI, 387
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- -
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Trauma and Migration
This book provides an overview of recent trends in the management of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorders that may ensue from distressing experiences associated with the process of migration. Although the symptoms induced by trauma are common to all cultures, their specific meaning and the strategies used to deal with them may be culture-specific. Consequently, cultural factors can play a…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-17334-4
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- VIII, 257
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Ethical Issues in Sandplay Therapy Practice and Research
This book is a reference for mental health professionals who utilize sandplay therapy with their child and/or adult clients. The Brief consists of case studies that are drawn from composite situations occurring in actual practice. Although some of the ethical issues raised and addressed are specific to sandplay therapy, others are generalizable to other modalities of mental health practice. Eac…
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- 978-3-319-14118-3
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- 4 illustrations in colour
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- -
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Therapist Effects on Attrition in Psychotherapy Outpatients
Dirk Zimmermann illustrates that some therapists significantly differ concerning their average dropout rates. He points out that initial impairment is a strong predictor of early termination. Different dropout criteria as well as various explaining variables on patient and on therapist level were assessed. Premature treatment termination is a common phenomenon in psychotherapy with mean dropout…
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- 978-3-658-08385-4
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- 2 b/w illustrations
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- -
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The World of Bereavement Cultural Perspectives on Death in Families
This visionary work explores the sensitive balance between the personal and private aspects of grief, the social and cultural variables that unite communities in bereavement, and the universal experience of loss. Its global journey takes readers into the processes of coping, ritual, and belief across established and emerging nations, indigenous cultures, and countries undergoing major upheavals…
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- 978-3-319-13945-6
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