Human beings are designed by evolution to form meaningful interpersonal relationships through verbal and nonverbal communication. This principle is the same whether the individual is male or female, an infant, a child, an adolescent, or an adult, or healthy or sick. The theme th…
Empathy has long been recognized as a key element of the healing professions, Yet it is not always clear how to define the concept, how to measure it, whether there are effective methods to enhance empathy, or whether empathy really helps make treatment more effective. Drawing o…
Human beings are designed by evolution to form meaningful interpersonal relationships through verbal and nonverbal communication. This book presents the theme that empathic human connections are beneficial to the body and mind. It views empathy from multidisciplinary perspective…
For the first time, the controversial issue of physical contact in the consulting room is explored by distinguished psychoanalysts and psychotherapists representing a diverse range of psychoanalytic viewpoints. The contributors focus on the unconscious meanings of touch, or abse…
The contributors to this text offer an insight into the experience of psychiatric in-patient care from a professional and a user perspective, highlighting the problems in creating therapeutic environments within settings which are often poorly resourced, crisis driven and risk a…
The contributors to this text offer an insight into the experience of psychiatric in-patient care from a professional and a user perspective, highlighting the problems in creating therapeutic environments within settings which are often poorly resourced, crisis driven and risk a…
The contributors to this text offer an insight into the experience of psychiatric in-patient care from a professional and a user perspective, highlighting the problems in creating therapeutic environments within settings which are often poorly resourced, crisis driven and risk a…
The contributors to this text offer an insight into the experience of psychiatric in-patient care from a professional and a user perspective, highlighting the problems in creating therapeutic environments within settings which are often poorly resourced, crisis driven and risk a…
Touch may well be one of the least understood or talked about subjects in the helping professions. A discussion on the importance and ethics of positive, caring, and appropriate touch in professions such as teaching, nursing and counselling is long overdue. Touch in the Helping …
Touch may well be one of the least understood or talked about subjects in the helping professions. A discussion on the importance and ethics of positive, caring, and appropriate touch in professions such as teaching, nursing and counselling is long overdue. Touch in the Helping …