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        Medicine
        December 2016

        Emotion-Focused Therapy

        A Practitioner’s Guide

        by Lars Auszra/ Imke Herrmann/ Leslie S. Greenberg

        This title provides a thorough and practical introduction to Emotions-Focused Therapy (EFT).   Emotions, central point in EFT, help the patient identify his/her priorities and can be a good starting point for change. This title provides therapists with an overview over the principles and strategies that enable them to work with patients’ emotions in a therapeutic setting and use them to facilitate the changing of behavior. Readers will also find this title to be a rich resource of different techniques, such as empty-chair dialogues as well as suggestions on how to handle typical problems in therapy.   Target Group: psychotherapists, specialists for psychiatry and psychotherapy, specialists for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy, clinical psychologists, coaches, students and teachers of psychology

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        February 2016

        Schema Therapy for Patients with Aggressive Behavior

        by Neele Reiß, Friederike Vogel, Claudia Knörnschild

        After explaining the background of Schema Therapy as well as the individual schema modi, this manual outlines modus specific interventions for clients exhibiting aggressive behavior. With the help of examples from outpatient, inpatient, forensic, and correctional context, it explains the therapeutic procedures. The accompanying CD contains PDFs of all worksheets that are needed to complete the described therapy sessions. Target Group: psychotherapists, specialists in psychiatry and psychotherapy, specialists in psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy, clinical psychologists, psychological coaches and counselors, students ans teachers of psychology, staff in psychiatric wards and hospitals, staff in correctional facilities.

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        Psychology

        ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

        With ACT Questionnaires for Clinical Assessment, 100 Questions

        by Paolo Moderato, Giovambattista Presti, Francesco dell’Orco

        Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a psychotherapeutic interven­tion based on experimental evidence. Its goal is to help people implement concrete behaviors in accordance with their values ­ even in the presence of diffcult or interfering events. The au­thors clearly describe how ACT works and provide useful guidance for clinical practice. Soon the concepts of fusion and defusion become familiar and the Hexafex a way of thinking rather than appearing as a mere scheme. Accept­ance and commitment replace refusal and renunciation: this is the innovative therapeutic challenge of ACT. This manual, enriched with metaphors and exercises that can be used in a therapeutic session, is intended for reading by specialists by tackling the themes of this approach with rigor and depth, taking the reader step by step into the heart of ACT. The appendix contains seven ACT questionnaires for clinical assessment.

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        April 2022

        Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

        by Eifert, Georg H.

        Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) aims to teach people to face emotional problems openly with mindfulness and compassion while pursuing what they truly care about in their lives. The book provides an introduction to the principles and methods of ACT and presents therapeutic strategies across disorders. ACT is not primarily about eliminating and controlling symptoms, but about developing greater psychological flexibility through learning mindful acceptance. Using numerous examples, the book describes how clients can learn to respond with greater kindness to their unwanted inner experience, to gently deal with their emotional and thought barriers, and to focus on committed life-goal-oriented action. Numerous experiential exercises, metaphors, mindfulness techniques, and behavioral activation methods are presented for this purpose. In addition, this new edition of the book provides information on current effectiveness evidence and developments in ACT, e.g. promoting self- compassion. For:• psychotherapists• psychiatrists• clinical psychologists• students and teachers in psychotherapeutictraining, furthertraining, and continuing education

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        Clinical psychology

        Narrative Exposure Therapy

        A Short-Term Treatment for Traumatic - Stress Disorders

        by Maggie Schauer, Frank Neuner, Thomas Elbert

        The Narrative Exposure Therapy manual is an effective, short-term, culturally universal intervention for trauma victims - including the latest insights and new treatments for dissociation and social pain. Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) is a successful and culturally universal intervention for the treatment of survivors of multiple and severe traumatic events, such as organized violence, torture, war, rape, and childhood abuse. Field tests in contexts of ongoing adversity and disaster areas, as well as controlled trials in various countries, have shown that three to six sessions can be sufficient to provide considerable relief. The first part of the book describes the theoretical background. The second part shows how to use the NET approach step by step, with practical advice and tools, including how to deal with special issues (such as dealing with challenging moments, defense mechanisms for the therapist, and ethical issues). Appendices include an informed consent form, and checklists for the therapist. Target Group: Trauma therapists, clinical psychologists, counselors, psychiatrists, aid workers in conflict regions.

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        2022

        Coping Better with Cancer Therapy

        Improved quality of life with the right vitamins and minerals

        by Uwe Gröber and Prof. Dr. Klaus Kisters

        Cancer patients often suffer from malnutrition. Not only do they lack energy-providing macronutrients such as protein, fats and carbohydrates, they particularly lack the micronutrients that regulate the metabolism. Micronutrients such as vitamin D, selenium, L-carnitine, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin C significantly contribute to supporting the immune system of cancer patients, reducing inflammatory processes, alleviating the side effects of cancer therapy, and improving their quality of life. This patient guide provides information about the relationship between cancer, malnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, the influence of cancer therapeutics on micronutrient balance, and how cancer patients can support their therapy and improve their quality of life with a controlled intake of micronutrient

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        Medicine

        Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety in Children and Adolescents

        A Treatment Manual for Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Specific Phobias, and Separation Anxiety

        by Sigrun Schmidt-Traub

        This title provides a semi-structured guide for an evidence-based cognitive-behavioral treatment of children and adolescents between the ages of 9 and 17 who suffer from panic disorder, agoraphobia, specific phobias, or separation anxiety.   It describes each step of the therapy in details, pays special attention to fear management, and enables the children to largely cope with the fears by themselves. The treatment modules can be used in the context of short-term therapy in individual or mixed individual and group setting. The manual allows for the therapy to be adjusted to the individual needs of the child or adolescent and some parts can be used also when working with younger children. Parents are trained to be co-therapists, supporting their children during the confrontational exercises but also insuring that parents do no unknowingly enable their child to maintain the anxiety disorder. All necessary worksheets can be found on the accompanying CD-ROM.   Target Group: child and adolescent psychotherapists and psychiatrists, students and teachers of psychology, pediatricians, psychotherapists, specialists for psychosomatic medicine, school psychologists

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        July 2022

        Schema Therapy

        by Jacob, Gitta; Arntz, Arnoud

        Schema therapy is an important further development of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for patients with personality disorders and other chronic mental health problems. In studies, work with the schema mode approach in particular has been shown to be highly effective. In the updated edition of this book, which in particular also reports current findings on the evidence, treatment with the mode model is presented in a practical manner. Numerous case examples illustrate the therapeutic approach. After an introduction to the core concepts of schema therapy, diagnostic and case conceptualization are addressed. Subsequently, the therapeutic procedure for each mode type is explained. Important emphasis is placed on the therapeutic relationship, which is conceptualized as a limited reparenting, and emotion-focusing techniques, such as chair dialogues and imaginative techniques. In these two respects, schema therapy differs particularly from classical CBT. Typical pitfalls and problems in schema therapy as well as possible variations of the approach are also described. Thus, the book offers a compact presentation of work with the schema approach to personality disorders. For:• psychotherapists• psychiatrists• clinical psychologists• students and teachers in psychotherapeutictraining, furthertraining, and continuing education

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        Medicine

        Horticultural Therapy

        A Practical Handbook on Horticultural Treatment in Care Homes

        by Veronika Waldboth, Susanne Suter-Riederer, Martina Föhn, Renata Schneiter-Ulmann, Lorenz Imhof

        Plants play an important role in many people’s lives. They are associated with memories, joy, and meaningful activity, and they express people’s love of nature. Based on research, this horticultural therapy handbook has been developed to use these positive associations with plants in creative work with the elderly. The authors provide guidance on how to grow plants together and tend them, how to turn plants into experiences, and how they can be an outlet for creativity. Clear information is provided on materials and tools, and outlines the theoretical and therapeutic foundations of horticultural therapy. With practical examples, the authors show how plants can be integrated into day-to-day nursing care and into work with residents and their relatives.   Target Group: Nurses, geriatric nurses, activity and enrichment specialists, occupational therapists

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        Medicine

        Manual Trigger Point Therapy and Dry Needling for Chronic Pain

        Myofascial medicine as an approach to an unresolved challenge

        by Beat Dejung

        Medicine for the relief of pain has made little progress in the last 50 years. 16% of our population claim to suffer from chronic pain, for which no lasting help can be found, despite years of treatment by different doctors. Trigger point therapy experts have integrated myofascial techniques into their everyday therapy in recent decades and through this they have achieved good results even with complex and chronic problems. In this book, instructors from the Interest Group for Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy (IMTT) in Switzerland present 33 complex cases of patients with chronic pain, whose pain they were able to relieve perma­nently with manual trigger point therapy and dry needling. Using these case studies, double­page spreads with an edu­cational, uniform layout clearly present the diagnosis, pathophysiology and chronifcation of myofascial pain syn­dromes and, in conclusion, describe encouraging and sur­prising successes despite previous therapy resistance.

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        2023

        AMTS (Drug Therapy Safety) and Medication Analysis

        Extended medication counselling for polymedication

        by Stefanie Brune

        Taking five or more medications – this is part of the daily routine of many, especially elderly people. But polymedication increases the risk of drug-related problems. This is where the pharmaceutical service „Extended medication counselling for polymedication“ comes in. This comprehensive guide shows how to establish and implement such knowledge in the pharmacy: ■ Part A explains the legal and contractual basis of the service. In addition, the publication highlights the risks of polymedication, drug-related problems and goals, and the benefits of the service for the stakeholders involved in the pharmacy, the doctor‘s practice, and for the patients themselves. ■ Part B is dedicated to the organisation in the pharmacy: team preparation, quality management, required documents, consulting and workplaces, and staff qualification. Aspects such as time management, patient recruitment and public liability are also considered. ■ Part C describes the individual process steps flanked by aids such as work tables, checklists, sample texts (for download at www.Online-PlusBase.de) and a comparison table for supporting AMTS software tools, including screenshots. ■ Part D offers case studies, including the initiation of extended medication counselling, the pharmaceutical AMTS review (software-supported), solution paths and communication (including formulation examples) with the various stakeholders involved. A medication analysis promotes drug therapy safety, strengthens customer loyalty and creates new opportunities for interdisciplinary cooperation with the medical profession – good reasons for starting immediately!

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        Humanities & Social Sciences

        Handbook of Horticultural Therapy

        Garden Therapy Practice for Occupational and Garden Therapists, Nurses and Gardeners

        by Andreas Niepel, Gabriele Vef-Georg

        The health-promoting and healing effects of horticultural therapy are recognized by experts and used by more and more institutions. The authors present a practical book with around 64 application programs described in detail, covering horticultural crafts, floristry, botany, and the use of plants. This comprehensive, practical guide is illustrated with over 200 color photographs. Each of the programs includes a table listing the requirements of the activity in compliance with ICF, so an appropriate activity for clients can be specifically selected and billed. This horticultural therapy book allows occupational and horticulturaltherapists as well as nurses and gardeners with manual skills and a well-informed knowledge of plants to contribute to their clients’ flourishing, wellbeing, and recovery.

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        Nature-based Therapy (NTB)

        Treat Stress Sequelae in a Landscape and Childhood-­oriented Manner

        by Anna A. Adevi, Melitta Breznik

        This practical book introduces “nature­-based therapy” (NBT) as a newer thera­peutic approach to the treatment of stress­related illnesses. The authors, with many years of experience in the felds of psychosomatics and garden therapy, use NBT as an extension of garden therapy and landscape medi­cine. They present the theoretical foun­dations and justify the use of nature as a therapeutic space. They show how the therapeutic approach can be applied in the felds of stress research, psycho­ neuro­immunology, epigenetics, per­sonality psychology, and lifestyle re­search. In 20 case descriptions they present the use of concrete therapy modules and describe each module with preparatory nature anamnesis, core topics, goals, materials and exercises.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences

        Embitterment, Posttraumatic Embitterment Disorder, and Wisdom Therapy

        by Michael Linden

        Practical expert guidance on embitterment disorders• Learn about the evidence-base of PTED and wisdom therapy• Teach clients skills to overcome embitterment• Tips on social, legal, and medical aspects• Includes printable handouts• A companion book for clients is available Feelings of embitterment and posttraumatic embitterment disorder are common in our society. Teach your clients how to process their internalized feelings of hurt and humiliation so that they learn to reconcile themselves with the events that triggered these difficult and enduring states. The book is full of practice-oriented tips to help clients actively gain a new orientation towards the future. Wisdom therapy provides various tools for this, and these techniques are brought to life with numerouscase vignettes. Tips on the social, medical, and legal aspects are also given, for example, questions of work incapacity and criminal responsibility. For:• clinical psychologists• psychiatrists• psychotherapists• counselors• coaches• students

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        Psychology

        Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) For Survivors of Traumatic Stress

        by Maggie Schauer, Frank Neuner, Thomas Elbert

        The new updated manual from the originators of NET is full ofeven more valuable, practical advice• Written by the originators of narrative exposure• therapy Fully updated 3rd edition• Step-by-step guidance through NETExtensive evidence shows that six to ten sessions of narrativeexposure therapy (NET) can be sufficient to provide considerablerelief from events such as organized violence, torture,war, rape, and childhood abuse. The new manual is evenmore clearly structured and easy-to-follow, and includesnew figures that help illustrate and guide the reader throughthe steps of NET. The theoretical sections offer a solid basisfor carrying out the therapeutic intervention. The reader isthen shown the NET approach step by step, with robust andstraightforward practical advice and tools, including how todeal with challenging situations, e.g., how to go deeper whenfaced with the challenging dynamics of remembering trauma,and how to manage dissociation, avoidance, strongemotions, lost memories, or the sudden emergence of unexpectedrecollections from the past.

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        2022

        Information for Physicians: Interactions

        Standardised aids to communication

        by Tanja Siebert

        The handling of drug interactions in the pharmacy has an important significance. A well-functioning interaction management system increases the safety of drug therapy for patients, promotes interdisciplinary exchange between physician and pharmacist, and boosts the skills of the local pharmacy. The author, an experienced practitioner, has developed standard templates for successfully communicating the most commonly occurring, clinically relevant interactions: - Decision aids in the form of flowcharts: When and how should the communication with the physician take place? - Aids to communication as sample forms that can be tailored to the individual pharmacy: What information does the physician need, what solutions does the pharmacy suggest? The forms cover both general interactions and specific interaction pairs and mechanisms: The appropriate solution for every interaction!

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        2024

        Interaction Trainer

        Over 100 cases with theory and practice

        by Dr. E. Schindler and A. Lunzner

        It‘s a match?! The interaction check plays a key role when it comes to drug therapy safety. These index cards offer a way of keeping track and familiarising yourself with a wide variety of active ingredient combinations. The standardised structure of the case studies helps you learn • to understand the mechanism of interaction, • to assess the clinical relevance, and • to implement any necessary measures. The 2nd edition has not only been updated, but also expanded to include new cases. Thanks to a handy booklet, users can refer quickly to the theoretical principles.

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        2023

        Medication Analysis

        Basic principles and case examples

        by Pharm. D. Ina Richling

        Several different pills prescribed by many different physicians: pharmacists encounter patients in this situation every day! What at first seems quite normal can, on closer inspection, be fraught with considerable risks of drug-related problems. Using this analysis as a core component of medication management, pharmacies have the key risk minimisation tool at their disposal. The authors guide their readers step by step through the discussions with the patient, the stages of the analysis, and the clear documentation. Case examples reflect on the content and illustrate implementation. The launch of pharmaceutical services enables an improvement in the safety and efficacy of customers‘ drug therapy in the pharmacy by means of the service „Extended medication counselling for polymedication“. Everything pharmacists need to know for the necessary medication analysis can be found in this book. This completely revised 2nd edition includes: - Important information on pharmaceutical services - Illustrative case examples on many indications - QR codes that lead to additional digital material Whether it is a detailed adjustment or a major change to medication: every patient benefits from the intervention.

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