The sexual exploitation of a child by one who has been recognized as a representative of God is a sinister assault on that person's psychosocial and spiritual well-being. This book brings together the perspectives of survivors, practitioners and scholars to examine this form of interpersonal violence.

Explores the provision and practice of professional support and refers to the processes of enabling relationships between professionals and clients. This book focuses on the power of relationships to empower and construct change. Use of counseling skills are looked at within the context, processes, and principles of professional support.

This study includes insights from over 100 parents' experience of bereavement, from pregnancy through to infants up to 13 months old. It provides guidance to health professionals on how services may be improved and describe the effect of decision-making on parents.

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This book provides a strong conceptual framework which unites contemporary knowledge with clinical contexts and problems. It should be useful to clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses and therapists who are involved in patient care or in supporting and training medical staff.

This text provides a pragmatic and concise account of how busy health professionals can integrate emotional support into the NHS services offered to people with cancer. The book aims to provide professionals with the counselling skills needed to understand and assist those affected by cancer.

'Ethics and Professional Issues in Couple and Family Therapy'.

The book discusses the sometimes unhelpful modification of feelings through the use of alcohol or drugs. Practical measures are explained whereby clients can help themselves through work at home, doing their own exercises of relaxation, guided imagination, and journal work.

This title infuses the topics of health education and counselling into one text. It explores the content and pragmatic application of health counselling with the assistance of a variety of health education and counselling contributors, thus providing a mixture of useful and relevant perspectives.

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