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A multi-faith practical guide on how different faith leaders can support individuals with dementia. Explaining the cognitive, communicative and physical abilities that people with dementia can have, it shows how chaplains, clergy and laypersons can engage with them through worship.

This practical book teaches the communication skills healthcare staff need in their daily interactions with people with dementia. It sets out the authors' CAIT (Communication and Interaction Training) framework and features chapters on appropriate touch, communication with people with late stage dementia and recent national guidelines and research.

Written by one of China's most prominent teachers of Taijiquan, this book is an excellent introduction to the martial art. It describes five forms in which Taijiquan is practised today, and each form is explained with instructive photographs. A numerical reference system for each exercise and a DVD are also included.

Practical advice for therapists and other professionals on developing culturally sensitive practices with trans clients regardless of race, ethnicity or religion, including older trans people. Includes case studies, tips, self-assessment checklists and further resources.

This provocative and life-affirming memoir, by one of the world's foremost intersex activists, charts the author's journey from discovering she is intersex through to self-acceptance and becoming an international human rights defender, and the impact this has had on her personal and family life.

A guide for teachers and parents helping children with maths difficulties. It provides tried and tested visual strategies and tailored techniques that draw on the latest research and the author's years of experience teaching children with maths learning difficulties. Covers early number experience, times tables, measurements, percentages and more.

A collection of comprehensive case studies demonstrating the important role of the chaplain in assisting patients with life limiting illnesses in their medical decision-making. The contributors are from a diverse range of settings and feature a variety of religious traditions to show the full range of chaplains' approaches.

This guide to supporting people with chronic illness provides practical interventions and spiritual care skills to facilitate healing and increase understanding. Using a narrative medicine approach, the book analyses two women - the metaphor of Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz alongside the author's own experiences of managing pain.

An easy-to-learn but very extremely effective 12-movement qigong form taken from over 50 routines of Daoyin health qigong developed by Professor Zhang Guangde. The book provides fully-illustrated instruction on the 12 movements for both standing and seated positions, and an audio CD of verbal instruction and DVD demonstrating the form.

A book for acupuncturists and healthcare professionals on the use of acupuncture for the major hospice and palliative care diagnoses, and for grief and loss. Includes Chinese perspectives on death and dying and evidence-based pain management approaches.

This practical book for arts therapists and other mental health professionals contains a wide variety of art activities. Each one focuses on a different aspect of positive psychology, such as creativity, flow, character strengths, self-awareness and wellbeing. It also includes background theory, case examples, and post-activity guiding questions.

Patients who are at the end of life can often feel hopelessness and despair. This book will enable those who provide spiritual care to cultivate hope in patients, beyond hope for a cure. Using a framework of the different dimensions to hope, the book suggests creative spiritual care that can help patients prepare for the best possible end of life.

Drawing on the experiences of individuals in the expressive and performing arts, this book examines how we experience improvisation and the interaction of intellect and intuition within it. It reveals how the approach and methods of expressive arts can enrich improvisation and spur the desire for discovery.

Dementia doesn't just affect the person with the diagnosis, but their family and friends too. This book provides practitioners with strategies to support families living with dementia pre- to post-diagnosis, using the story of a family and based on research throughout to help practitioners understand the lived experiences of everyone involved.

Aromatherapy is increasingly popular among women, yet many clinicians don't know how to safely and effectively apply aromatherapy techniques. Covering 20 essential oils and drawing from a firm base of clinical evidence, this guidebook helps women's healthcare professionals equip themselves with new tools to treat women from pregnancy to menopause.

Guide for birth professionals on supporting survivors of sexual abuse through pregnancy, labour and postnatal periods. Contains research-based guidance on how to tailor support to these women, with emphasis on how, given the right care, pregnancy and childbirth can be a positive, healing experience for women carrying the trauma of sexual violence.

The complete guide to working with hydrosols covering both theory and practical application. The book includes detailed descriptions, testimonials, and recipes for all kind of disorders. It provides professionals with clear instructions on how to introduce hydrosols in a therapeutic setting, as well as how to use them in everyday life.

An entry-level insight in to one of the most influential classic Chinese texts, The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Chinese Medicine. The author shows how the text can be used, and provides an understandable translation of the wisdom in each section. Perfect for practitioners, students, or anyone interested in classical Chinese literature.

This illustrated, full colour CBT self-help book and workbook gives teens a deeper understanding of how OCD works. It follows the stories of three teens who have different types of OCD, from the development of their difficulties through to seeking help. The book includes a workbook to help the reader carry out their own CBT.

A practical guide for carers and professionals looking to transfer the principles of Namaste Care to those living with advanced dementia at home. Contains detailed descriptions of how to implement this multisensory approach and emphasises how it can improve quality of life for those with dementia and their families.

This guide for art therapists working with adults with autism spectrum disorders gives practical advice and techniques for community and institutional settings. It includes discussion of clinical treatment issues, goals and rationales, based on developmental, neurological and art therapy theory.

For professionals working therapeutically with clients in the fields of eating disorders and transgender health psychology, this essential guide addresses the clinical challenges a therapist may encounter in these areas and offers applicable advice through real life case studies.

This book offers friendly, realistic advice to support pregnant women and new mothers struggling with changing body image, eating disorders or postpartum depression. Self-care tips and recovery tools help women let go of social and self-imposed pressures, and embrace being good enough during the massive learning curve of new motherhood.

Drawing on Zen experience and the teachings of Jesus as shown in the gospels, this book invites Christians to explore fresh paths of thought and experience. Using examples of Zen koans and Zen readings of Christian texts, it offers a radical reorientation of life: away from one based on self-centredness, to one inclusive and at one with all.

This edited collection provides a diverse insight into mental health chaplaincy work. It covers trends and themes of the general mental health scene, good practice in chaplaincy and spiritual care, and it concludes with several uplifting case studies, including several from service users.

Same-sex marriage has been a hotly debated topic within the Church for many years. Clare Herbert draws on her experience as a lesbian priest in the Church of England whilst exploring the practical theology and significance of same-sex relationships within the Christian faith.

The conversations in this book illuminate therapeutic methods. Focused on teenage pastoral care and formed of discussions between veteran counsellor Nick Luxmoore and frontline professionals, it gives rise to new understanding in the art of working with today's adolescents, in a way that is engaging, strikingly frank, and always instructive.

I am Special is a programme for helping children, teens and adults on the autism spectrum to understand themselves and their diagnosis, gain confidence and thrive. Specially-designed worksheets, included on a CD in a handy printable format, are completed to build up a unique and personal book about the individual and promote self-understanding.

A provocative exploration of issues relating to gender, feminism, philosophy and trans-identities, written from a trans-feminist perspective. It empowers readers, raises awareness and breaks down misconceptions about trans identities, covering issues such as women's male privilege, radical feminism and being trans enough.