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Helping children who are anxious or obsessional: a guidebook
- Author:
- SUNDERLAND Margot
- Publisher:
- Speechmark
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 63p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Milton Keynes
This is one of a series of nine illustrated books and companion guidebooks that use story telling as a therapeutic tool to help young children who have troubled lives think about and connect with their feelings. In this story, Willy is an anxious boy who experiences the world as a very unsafe, wobbly place. Jo next door is too ordered and tidy to be able to enjoy life. Willy longs for order while Jo wants things to wobble. They visit the puddle people who help them to break out of their fixed patterns and find richer ways of living. The guidebook describes the common psychological origins and most relevant psychotherapeutic theories for the problems addressed. It looks at what it is like to feel wobbly on the inside and why some children feel this way. It also considers why Jo longs for wobbles and mess. The author aims to heighten awareness and help adults not to come at the problem with a closed view or to project their own feelings onto the child. Included are enacted stories and statements made by children, photocopiable exercises designed to help children think about, express and digest the issues, and further suggested reading. The pack is intended for parents, teachers and anyone looking after or who may encounter troubled children.
The obsessive-compulsive rapist
- Author:
- LOWENSTEIN L.F.
- Journal article citation:
- Justice of the Peace, 17.6.00, 2000, pp.481-483.
- Publisher:
- Butterworth
Provides a definition of "obsessive-compulsive" rapists and looks at recent research and treatments.
A positive approach to autism
- Author:
- WATERHOUSE Stella
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 382p., list of orgs.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Discusses theories of autism and treatments. Argues that children with autism are generally of normal intelligence and educable, and outlines a theory of its causation based on a combination of genetic and psychological factors. Also examines the relation of autism to hyerpactivity Attention Deficit Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette Syndrome. Looks at the advantages and disadvantages of some of the current treatments, including secretin, diet, tinted lenses and Autitory Integration Training.
Obsessive compulsive behaviour in paedophilia
- Author:
- LOWENSTEIN L.E.
- Journal article citation:
- Justice of the Peace, 19.2.00, 2000, pp.140-142.
- Publisher:
- Butterworth
In this article the author, an expert witness, looks at what can cause people to become paedophiles and how they can be treated and rehabilitated.
Psychotherapy by computer: a postal survey of responders to a teletext article
- Authors:
- GRAHAM Candida, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 24(9), September 2000, pp.331-332.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Computerised self-help psychotherapies are fast becoming part of psychiatric practice. The aim of the study was to assess potential user preferences for the delivery of self-help psychotherapy for obsessive- compulsive disorder (OCD) and phobic anxiety disorders. Twenty-seven per cent of residents did not wish to access such services via their GP, 91% wanted access via a computer system and respondents were willing to pay an average of £10 per computer session. This may be the first survey directly asking potential users about their preferred access to self-help psychotherapies for anxiety disorders. A significant proportion of residents did not wish to go via their GP to receive therapy and the vast majority welcomed therapy delivered by some form of computer system.
Learning to use humour in psychotherapy
- Author:
- ORITZ Camilo
- Journal article citation:
- Clinical Supervisor (The), 19(1), 2000, pp.191-197.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The use of humor in psychotherapy is a controversial topic, with some therapists supporting its use and others warning against its risks. For therapists in training, using humour and lightheartedness effectively can be particularly difficult because of the anxiety that most beginning therapists feel. However, humour can be useful for trainees precisely because it helps to reduce the self-doubt that is common among beginners. In this paper the author discusses how the use of humour was employed to help a client with obsessive compulsive disorder.