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“dr val thomas”

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  • Cynical Therapies: Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice

    by Dr Val Thomas ...
    Traditional therapy practice is facing a crisis due to the increasing influence of Critical Social Justice (aka 'wokeness'). Activists are reframing the narrative of therapy, seizing control of professional bodies and institutions, and teaching future therapists to view their primary role as changing society. Any critique is cancelled: critics are characterised as reactionary and bigoted. A ... Read more

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  • Sway

    Unravelling Unconscious Bias

    by Dr Pragya Agarwal ...
    'Passionate and urgent.' Guardian, Book of the Week'A must-read for all.' Stylist, best new books for 2020'Cogently argued and intensely persuasive. Groundbreaking Work.' Waterstones, best new books of April'Impressive and much-needed.' Financial Times, Best Business Books April to June'Admirably detailed.' Prospect Magazine'Pra... ... Read more

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  • Psychiatry Disrupted

    Theorizing Resistance and Crafting the (R)evolution

    by Bonnie Burstow, Brenda A. LeFrançois, Shaindl Diamond ...
    There is growing international resistance to the oppressiveness of psychiatry. While previous studies have critiqued psychiatry, Psychiatry Disrupted goes beyond theorizing what is wrong with it to theorizing how we might stop it.Introducing readers to the arguments and rationale for opposing psychiatry, the book combines perspectives from anti-psychiatry and critical psychiatry activism, mad ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Understanding the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse

    Feminist Revolutions in Theory, Research and Practice

    by Sam Warner ...
    Series series Women and Psychology
    Child sexual abuse is a global problem that negatively affects many women and girls. As such, it has long been of concern to feminists, and more recently mental health activists. This book draws on this revolutionary legacy, feminism and post-structuralism to critically examine current perceptions of women, girls and child abuse in psychology, psychiatry and the mass media, and to re-evaluate ... Read more

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  • Anti-Discriminatory Practice in Counselling & Psychotherapy

    Edited by Barbara Smith, Colin Lago ...
    Series series Professional Skills for Counsellors Series
    Anti-Discriminatory Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy is a groundbreaking text which identifies the ease with which individuals can be disadvantaged merely on the basis of their gender, race, culture, age, sexuality or ability. Examining these and other areas of discrimination, leading experts highlight how vital it is for counsellors, psychotherapists - and others in the helping ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • The Psychology of Human Values

    by Gregory R Maio ...
    Series series European Monographs in Social Psychology
    This original and engaging book advocates an unabashedly empirical approach to understanding human values: abstract ideals that we consider important, such as freedom, equality, achievement, helpfulness, security, tradition, and peace. Our values are relevant to everything we do, helping us choose between careers, schools, romantic partners, places to live, things to buy, who to vote for, and much ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Counselling Skills for Working with Gender Diversity and Identity

    "A fundamental read for... professionals working with clients exploring their gender variance" - Madison Amy-Webb

    by Michael Beattie, Penny Lenihan, Robin Dundas ...
    Providing a nuanced and authoritative understanding of the fields of gender variance, gender identity and gender dysphoria, this book provides the ideal starting point for the knowledge and skills that you need.Emphasising the need for affirmative practice in gender care, it provides an overview of the subject areas, as well as the process issues which commonly arise in counselling, bringing ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Undoing Suicidism

    A Trans, Queer, Crip Approach to Rethinking (Assisted) Suicide

    by Alexandre Baril ...
    In Undoing Suicidism, Alexandre Baril argues that suicidal people are oppressed by what he calls structural suicidism, a hidden oppression that, until now, has been unnamed and under-theorized. Each year, suicidism and its preventionist script and strategies reproduce violence and cause additional harm and death among suicidal people through forms of criminalization, incarceration, discrimination, ... Read more

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  • Rebels in Groups

    Dissent, Deviance, Difference, and Defiance

    Edited by Jolanda Jetten, Matthew J. Hornsey ...
    With contributions from leading scholars in the field, Rebels in Groups brings together the latest research which, contrary to traditional views, considers dissent, deviance, difference and defiance to be a normal and healthy aspect of group life.Brings together the latest research on the role of dissent, deviance, difference and defiance within groupsPresents a new approach which considers ... Read more

    $130.00 USD

  • The Psychology of Restorative Justice

    Managing the Power Within

    Edited by Theo Gavrielides ...
    This ground-breaking collection dares to take the next step in the advancement of an autonomous, inter-disciplinary restorative justice field of study. It brings together criminology, social psychology, legal theory, neuroscience, affect-script psychology, sociology, forensic mental health, political sciences, psychology and positive psychology to articulate for the first time a psychological ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Theory

    Edited by Malcolm Payne, Emma Reith-Hall ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Theory provides an interdisciplinary and international introduction to social work theory. It presents an analytical review of the wide array of theoretical ideas that influence social work on a global scale. It sets the agenda for future trends within social work theory.Separated into four parts, this handbook examines important themes within the discourses ... Read more

    Was $64.99 USD Now $57.99 USD

  • Confronting Dogmatism in Gifted Education

    Edited by Don Ambrose, Robert Sternberg, Bharath Sriraman ...
    This title looks at the dogmatism that limits the perspectives of professionals, policymakers, and other stakeholders in gifted education. In a field where concepts and definitions surrounding high ability have been contested for many years, there is increasing interest in clarifying these notions today. This book offers such clarity, searching outside of the predominant conceptual frameworks that ... Read more

    $73.99 USD