Counselling people with disfigurement / Eileen Bradbury.
By: Bradbury, Eileen.
Contributor(s): British Psychological Society.
Material type: BookSeries: Communication and counselling in health care.Publisher: Leicester : Baltimore, Md. : British Psychological Society ; Distributed in North America by P.H. Brookes Pub. Co., 1996Description: viii, 131 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1854331760.Subject(s): Disfigured persons -- Counseling of | Face -- Abnormalities -- Psychological aspects | Craniofacial Abnormalities -- psychology | Counseling | Facial Injuries -- psychologyDDC classification: 362.1971Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 362.1971 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00074220 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The book addresses both the psychological and social effects of disfigurement. Key aspects of the book include developing 'helping skills', building relationships, identifying problems and working together to meet aims.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128) and index.
Disfigurement and its treatment -- The psychological and social effects of disfigurement -- The helping process -- Helping people with disfigurement: qualities of a skilled helper -- Meeting the needs: Establishing the relationship -- Meeting the needs: Identifying problems and setting aims -- Meeting the needs: working together to achieve the aims -- Conclusions: Helping the helper.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 Disfigurement and its treatment
- 2 The psychological and social effects
- 3 Helping processes
- 4 Qualities of a skilled helper
- 5 Building relationships
- 6 Identifying problems
- 7 Working together to meet the aims
- 8 Help for the helper