Phd Lcsw: 54 books
Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan
A Biopsychosocial Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
"[Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan] represents a significant advance because it looks at the issues from a bio-psychosocial perspective. To a social worker who has worked mainly in a medical and nursing environment, this is a great step forward."
--Bereavement Care
"[Offers]...
Strengthening the DSM
Incorporating Resilience and Cultural Competence
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
As it stands, the DSM fails to address important sources of strength and resiliency that can significantly affect diagnosis and treatment. The authors of this transformative volume propose enhancements to the current diagnostic and classification system that encompass the biopsychosocial, cultural,...
Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan, Second Edition
A Biopsychosocial Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
Praise for the First Edition:
"[This book] represents a significant advance because it looks at the issues from a bio-psychosocial perspective. To a social worker who has worked mainly in a medical and nursing environment, this is a great step forward."
--Bereavement Care
"[Offers]...
Strengthening the DSM, Second Edition
Incorporating Resilience and Cultural Competence
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
“In this revised edition of Strengthening the DSM, the authors use a comprehensive yet easy-to-grasp formulation of diversity and resilience to establish the most accurate diagnostic criteria for each psychiatric condition. Their readers will be edified by the clarity with which they describe the...
When Walls Become Doorways
Creativity and the Transforming Illness
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
You are stronger than you think you are and more creative than you ever imagined.
Yet sometimes these strengths appear during a time of a weakness – when you are sick. Although illness may feel like an impassible barrier, it can be the doorway to a new and more creative existence....
Social Work Practice and Psychopharmacology
A Person-in-Environment Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
This comprehensive text—noted for its facility in integrating principles into practice--prepares social work students to play a key role within an interdisciplinary health care team: that of counseling clients who are taking medications used to treat common mental health conditions. The third edition...
Don't Panic When You're Having A Panic Attack
A 7 Step Ascension Journey Through Anxiety
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2012
Why write another book on anxiety? After all, if the hundreds of books that are already published and available don’t have the complete solutions, what makes anyone believe this book brings solutions? This book is meant to bring you an integrative approach because as trained psychotherapists, with...
Direct Practice Skills for Evidence-Based Social Work
A Strengths-Based Text and Workbook
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Featuring an evidence- and strengths-based approach to practice methods, this new text teaches students how to apply social work skills in a variety of settings. Designed to enhance self-awareness, professionalism, ethical reasoning, cultural sensitivity, and an appreciation for social justice issues,...
Social Work and Family Violence, Second Edition
Theories, Assessment, and Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2016
The second edition of this comprehensive text for MSW and BSW students studying family violence is fully reorganized for improved flow of information, is substantially revised, and is updated to reflect current scholarship and practice. Focusing on child abuse and maltreatment, intimate partner violence...
by Dr. Bruce A. Thyer, PhD, LCSW
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
"Science is a way of thinking about and investigating the accuracy of assumptions about the world. It is a process for solving problems in which we learn from our mistakes. Social work has a long history of social reform and helping efforts. Let us continue this by paying attention to the important...
The PTSD Workbook
Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
In the third edition of The PTSD Workbook, psychologists and trauma experts Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula offer readers the most effective tools available for overcoming post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
PTSD is an extremely debilitating condition that can occur after exposure to...
Dementia Care with Black and Latino Families
A Social Work Problem-Solving Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Designated a Doody's Core Title!
"The authors have created a book that comfortably combines substantial research findings with readable, practical guidelines for assessment and intervention in the real-world practice of social work. This authoritatively researched, well-written volume...
Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Prevention, Advocacy, and Trauma-Informed Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
This is the first comprehensive text to critically analyze the current research and best practices for working with children, adolescents, and adults involved in sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation (CSE). With a unique, research-based focus on practice, the book synthesizes the key...
by Peter Lehmann, PhD, LCSW
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
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Traditionally, assessment and evaluation have focused on the negative aspects or deficits of a client?s presentation. Yet strengths, health, and those things that are going ?right? in a person?s life are key protective factors in the prevention and treatment of many mental health problems....