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The Rocky Mountain Garden Survival Guide
Susan J. Tweit Manufacturer: Fulcrum Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1555915078 |
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Rocky Mountain gardeners of all skill levels can now breath a sigh of relief.Keep gardens healthy and productive with the quick, expert advice provided in this easy-to-use pocket-size guide. Within these pages you will find the necessary resources and tools to adjust to the challenges of living in the rugged Rocky Mountains. Gardeners in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, will find down-to-earth tips on:
*Growing the right plants for your geographic area
*Working with soil
*Understanding unique weather challenges
*Getting rid of "invaders"weeds and pests
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Garden Survival Guide: Pacific Northwest
Debra Prinzing Manufacturer: Fulcrum Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1555915027 |
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Pacific Northwest gardeners of all skill levels can now breath a sigh of relief.Keep gardens healthy and productive with the quick, expert advice provided in this easy-to-use pocket-size guide. Within these pages you will find the necessary resources and tools to adjust to the challenges of living in the lush Pacific Northwest. Gardeners in Washington, Oregon, and northern California will find down-to-earth tips on:
*Growing the right plants for your geographic area
*Working with soil
*Understanding unique weather challenges
*Getting rid of "invaders"weeds and pests
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Family Theories: An Introduction (White, Family Theories)
James White Manufacturer: Sage Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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ASIN: 076192065X |
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This solid revision of the best-selling Family Theories remains the only single-volume textbook to present family theory in a clear, approachable manner appropriate for both advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. James White and David Klein draw upon seven major theoretical frameworks developed by key social scientists to explain variation in family life, including the exchange, symbolic-interaction, family life course development, systems, conflict, feminist, and ecological theoretical frameworks. Brief fictional accounts or vignettes introduce each theoretical framework, concretely illustrating for students how the theory relates to very real aspects of family life. In addition, all chapters follow a uniform format that allows students to more easily compare and contrast theories. Each chapter also includes a typology for analyzing and comparing the seven frameworks while providing direction for future theory development.
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An incisive, thorough introduction to current theories of the family, Family Theories balances the diversity and richness of a broad scope of work from different perspectives with ease of use in a one-semester course. Recommended for courses in Theories of the Family, Marriage & the Family, Family Studies, and Sociology of the Family.
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The cure for Insomnia .......2005-08-06
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Imago Relationship Therapy: An Introduction to Theory and Practice
Rick Brown Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471242896 |
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Developed by renowned therapist and bestselling author Harville Hendrix, PhD, Imago Therapy is a groundbreaking approach to working with couples. The "Imago" is the unconscious image we hold of our parents. According to Hendrix, people select their mates by seeking "Imago matches"âindividuals who resemble their parents in salient ways. A couple's relationship dynamic is created and shaped as each partner interacts with his or her Imago match, revisiting unfinished or unresolved issues from childhood.Based on the ideas popularized in Hendrix's New York Times bestseller Getting the Love You Want, this is the first book to systematically describe to mental health professionals the theory and practice of Imago Therapy. Rick Brown, ThM, the Executive Director of the Institute for Imago Relationship Therapy, reveals the developmental and analytic underpinnings of the Imago approach, and clearly demonstrates how to apply these principles in a clinical setting. Drawing on a range of case studies, Brown shows how to coach couples to work through their unresolved childhood issues and toward a safe, passionate, and committed conscious relationship.
The first clinical primer to this innova-tive approach to couples therapy, Imago Relationship Therapy brings therapists a comprehensive and practical exploration of one of the most talked about approaches in the field.
"As a co-originator, with Helen Hunt, of the theory and practice, I am delighted with the accuracy of the presentation and feel gratified that it finally brings Imago Relationship Therapy to the therapeutic community. I give it my full endorsement.
While other books have been written on application of IRT to other contexts and summary chapters have appeared in other books, this is the first book-length primer to describe the general practice of IRT with couples. Rick Brown is eminently qualified to write this book. He has been a Certified Imago Therapist(r) for nearly a decade, teaching the theory and practice to therapists nationally and internationally, and he has been an able Executive Director of the Institute for Imago Relationship Therapy. I was delighted to learn that he was invited by the publisher to expand his public lectures into a book. Therapists who read it will get a general overview of the metatheory, the clinical theory, and the clinical practice of Imago Relationship Therapy. . . . It does offer therapists who wish to become familiar with IRT an accurate and clear guide to its theory and practice and, in addition, it is an excellent review for Imago therapists." âHarville Hendrix, PhD, from the Foreword.
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Invaluable for professionals and couples.......1999-05-10
Joy Sweet, MA, LMFT,
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Introduction to Family Theory and Therapy: Exploring an Evolving Field
June Blumenthal Green Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0534593283 |
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This book traces the conception of systemic theory and how it continues to be adapted by various theorists and therapists in the treatment of families. The philosophy of the book seeks to encourage readers to consider themselves as part of the systems with which they work, and to respect their own strengths and personalities even as they encourage clients to do the same. The theme of this book points out that although each theory that it discusses has its own value for working with families, some are more or less effective for specific populations, cultures and issues.
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An Introduction to Two Theories of Social Anthropology: Descent Groups And Marriage Alliance (Methodology and History in Anthropology)
Louis Dumont Manufacturer: Berghahn Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1845451473 |
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Family Theories: An Introduction (Understanding Families series)
David M. Klein , and James M. White Manufacturer: Sage Publications, Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Accessories:
ASIN: 0803958536 |
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The first single-volume text to present family theory in a clear and approachable manner, Family Theories enables advanced undergraduate students as well as beginning graduate students to gain a thorough understanding of family theory. Authors David M. Klein and James M. White incorporate a broad scope of work into the volume from two different perspectives--sociology and family studies--and survey six major theoretical frameworks developed by key social scientists to explain variations in family life. Klein and White begin by discussing the purpose of theory and trace the history of theoretical explanations of the family. From this foundation, they present the exchange, symbolic-interaction, family developmental, systems, conflict, and ecological theoretical frameworks. Each theory is systematically explored through its historical perspective, basic assumptions, core concepts, variations, empirical applications, and implications for intervention. Concluding with a typology for analyzing and comparing the six theories, the authors provide directions for future theory development. Aimed at advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, Family Theories will actively engage students in learning how to theorize.
NOTE: The following 6 quotes are from the same person, "There are a large number of family theory books that construct, revise, expand, critically evaluate, and apply the theories, but there are few designed to help students learn the theories. This book helps meet this need."
--Wesley R. Burr, Brigham Young University
"This is the best book available to help beginning and intermediate students learn family theories." --Wesley R. Burr, Brigham Young University
"The book covers a wide range of family theories in a readable manner."
--Wesley R. Burr, Brigham Young University
"What Crainâs book on developmental theories does for the developmental part of the family field this book does for the familial part of the field."
--Wesley R. Burr, Brigham Young University
"This book is a must for students who are trying to learn the most widely used theories in the family field."
--Wesley R. Burr, Brigham Young University
"For those trying to learn family theories, this book is the best one available."
--Wesley R. Burr, Brigham Young University
"The authors of Family Theories--two foremost family theorists writing today--have filled a major gap in the literature for a thorough introduction to the major conceptual frameworks that are currently used to study the family. This is a major contribution because David M. Klein and James M. White have accomplished the difficult task of writing a theory book that is at the same time ideal for undergraduate courses and very useful to academics and graduate students. . . . This is a long-awaited resource for those of us who have struggled to teach undergraduate courses with assigned collections of theoretical readings that are often beyond the grasp of many undergraduates. With the publication of this book, we finally have a solid, readable textbook for these courses and one having wide appeal to family sociologists, family scientists, family studies professionals, and family life interventionists."
--Gary W. Peterson, Arizona State University, Tempe
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Introduction to Systemic Therapy with Individuals: A Social Constructionist Approach (Basic Texts in Counselling and Psychotherapy)
Fran Hedges Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1403904502 Release Date: 2005-03-24 |
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In recent years, the benefits and applications of systemic therapy with individuals, in addition to its more traditional practice with families, has been increasingly recognized. This important new text provides trainees and practitioners new to this approach with a lively, accessible and thoroughly practical introduction to the key theoretical concepts and techniques.
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Child Development: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Richard Griffin Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0192803085 |
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We are just beginning to understand how a child's mind develops and learns - and how this can shed fascinating new light on our understanding of psychology and the mind. Tying in a broad range of subjects from anthropology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology, to linguistics and philosophy, this Very Short Introduction looks at questions such as how the human mind evolved, what new born babies already know, and how children learn to make sense of the social world. Richard Griffin uses the latest scientific research to show how the study of child development is not only the key to understanding children, but also the key to understanding ourselves.
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Chronic Childhood Disease: AN INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY AND RESEARCH
CHRISTINE EISER Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0521385199 |
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The author draws extensively on the published research findings in child health psychology, and also on her own experience of working with pediatric medical and nursing staff. The emphasis throughout her book is on coping, and helping families to cope, with the stresses imposed by chronic childhood illness. Frequent hospital admissions, pain and its evaluation and control, adjustment and sources of support, communication, education and programs for intervention, all of these topics are discussed sensitively and with authority.
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Critical Social Work: An Introduction to Theories and Practices
Manufacturer: Allen & Unwin Academic ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1865089079 |
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This introduction to critical social work offers a systematic overview of core theories and practice issues in challenging domination and oppression by arguing that a central goal of social work practice is social change to redress social inequality. Taking a critical theoretical approach that incorporates postmodern, feminist, structural, and postcolonial perspectives, the contributors explore the links between personal and social change. While many critical social work educators argue it is necessary to draw upon both modernist and postmodern appropriations of critical theory, this book explores the tensions and contradictions in adopting this dual perspective.
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Family Therapy an Introduction to Theory and Technique
Gerald D. Erickson and Terrence P. Hogan Manufacturer: Jason Aronson, Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000J0E9WQ |
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