Description
| Product ID: | 9780415421676 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Intellectual Disability, Trauma and Psychotherapy |
| Authors: | Author: Tamsin Cottis |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Social groups, communities and identities, Social groups, Social work, Psychotherapy, Social work, Psychotherapy |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book focuses on the delivery of psychotherapy services to people with learning difficulties. It describes the history, theory and practice of this work and contains contributions from leading professionals in this specialist field. People with intellectual disabilities have emotional and mental health needs just like anyone else. Until recently however there has been little research of effective psychological treatment or direct, accessible psychotherapy provision for this client group. Intellectual Disability, Trauma and Psychotherapy focuses on the delivery of psychotherapy services for those with intellectual disabilities. Leading professionals in this specialist field are brought together to describe the history, theory and practice of their work in twelve focused chapters that draw on the work of psychotherapists including Bion, Winnicott, Sinason and Alvarez. Topics covered include:
Drawing on over a decade of pioneering practitioner experience at Respond – a government-funded psychotherapy service for people with learning disabilities based in central London – this book explores the practical issues in providing therapy to this client group, whether individually, in families, in groups, or by the use of telephone counselling. It closes with a chapter exploring the way forward for those who wish to develop services of this kind. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-09-15 |
