With extensive case studies that translate person-centred theory into effective practice, this title enables therapists to work successfully with clients presenting a variety of different problems including: Post Traumatic Stress; Depression; Panic and Anxiety; Drug and Alcohol Issues; Eating difficulties; Self harm; and, Childhood Sexual Abuse.

Enabling both students and researchers to fully explore the range of research approaches available, this guide demystifies the process of setting up a research study and is ideal as a starter book in research design.

Binnen de wetenschap vormen disciplines de veilige omheining voor onderzoek en onderwijs. Hun grenzen worden voortdurend bewaakt en bevestigd. Tegelijkertijd vertonen wetenschappers de onbedwingbare neiging hun disciplinegrenzen te overschrijden. In Over de grenzen van disciplines wordt dit geïllustreerd met drie fundamentele problemen van de sociale wetenschappen.

Allereerst verkeren de sociale wetenschappen vanaf hun ontstaan in de negentiende eeuw

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The third edition of this bestselling guide to counselling alcohol problems combines evidence-based examples from the author's personal clinical experience with comprehensive, up-to-date factual information and research.

A timely student-orientated textbook introducing the main concepts, theories and research methods needed to study the family. Adopting a global perspective and containing plenty of critical pedagogy (case-studies, think points, key words, glossary) it's ideal for courses studying the family across the social sciences.

John McLeod's book is the only comprehensive guide to the range of qualitative methods used in counselling and psychotherapy. This timely new edition incorporates the last decade of developments in qualitative research methods with eight new chapters, new case studies and enchanced pedagogy throughout.

This book is a guide to research methods for practitioner research. Written in friendly and accessible language, it includes numerous practical examples based on the authors' own experiences in the field, to support readers.

Grootmeesters van de sociologie beschrijft uitvoerig leven en werk van een aantal hoofdfiguren uit de klassieke en moderne sociologie. In elf hoofdstukken, die steeds één grootmeester tot onderwerp hebben, behandelt De Jong wegbereiders als August Comte en Karl Marx en vervolgens dat van de grondleggers Max Weber en Emile Durkheim en hun tijdgenoot Georg Simmel. Daarna volgt de bespreking van het werk van prominente sociologen uit de twintigste eeuw zoals Talcott Parsons, Norbert Elias, Mar...

Sociology: a global introduction represents a uniquely co-ordinated and complete learning resource for sociology students worldwide. International in outlook and culturally wide-ranging, it also reminds us that sociology is valuable. Unrivalled in breadth, it is a text of passion and sophistication helping you become an active, connected and critical learner.

Encouraging readers to take a critical approach to empirical data, the authors provide an account that helps social science researchers to develop new and interesting theories.