Dans la lignée de la thérapie systémique, l'auteur a reformulé les principes de la thérapie brève en insistant sur sa dimension stratégique. L'originalité de sa démarche tient notamment au refus d'étiqueter le patient : au lieu de comprendre le symptôme pour provoquer un changement, on tente de provoquer un changement pour comprendre le symptôme, ...

This book is about what follows the breakdown in functioning, either short or long-term, provoked by a traumatic event. What is distinctive about this book is that its authors offer a psychoanalytical understanding of the meaning of the trauma for an individual, illuminating theory with detailed clinical illustration and case histories.

From prominent authorities in the field, the revised and expanded second edition of this acclaimed work is an essential resource for anyone providing treatment services or conducting research in the area of trauma and PTSD.

Widely recommended by therapists, this book, in a new edition, reflects all the latest developments in the field of anxiety treatment.

A practical guide to starting and running in-home services for families where a child has an emotional disorder. Preserving families in distress through therapeutic and other services delivered in the family home represents a significant evolution in children's services over the past two decades. This book addresses the full range of home-based service issues, including how to plan and d...

"OK, I'm not using (or drinking) any more, but what do I do with my anger?" If a client finds no answers to this question, relapse is likely, fear will continue to poison the family atmosphere, and therapeutic gains will be jeopardized. 

Gracie hasn't left her house in thirty years out of fear she'll be contaminated. Jerry spent hours each day picking up debris on the subway platform. Norm's bridge phobia led him into alcoholism messed up his marriage and alienated his children. David - bright, young, ambitious - feared he'd lose his job because he so dreaded giving sales presentations. These are some of the people examp...

Your spouse nags you about your drinking. Your boss suggests Alcoholics Anonymous. You know you have a problem. You need a solution; you need a miracle. This book presents a new approach to therapy.

"A valuable and timely contribution to the field of trauma. It draws on a broad diversity of historical, political, and scientific knowledge, woven together in a clear, readable fashion." Patricia Watson, National Center for PTSD "A work of original and solid scholarship that will be a notable contribution to the study of traumatic stress." Patricia Resick, University of Missouri, St. Lo...

Propos toniques et vivifiants qui nous incitent à rester des parents vivants, en devenir, en expansion et en mutation. L'amour d'un seul des parents n'est pas suffisant, pour assurer le passage de la relation bébé/maman puis mère, l'intervention du papa puis du père.

Etre à l'écoute de l'enfant en nous permettant d'oser réinventer la communication entre enfant et adulte, de sortir des malentendus, des violences cachées, des souffrances non-dites,...