Awareness in Action (eBook)

Self-Awareness and Group Process

Juneau Mahan Gary, Phylis J. Philipson (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
198 Seiten
Upa (Verlag)
978-0-7618-6635-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Awareness in Action is a user-friendly text/workbook designed to provide individuals with an increased understanding of themselves and others. Using group-based experiential exercises to enhance self-awareness in professional and personal relationships, the workbook is crafted to guide those wishing to improve the quality of both types of relationships.

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Awareness in Action is a user-friendly text/workbook designed for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing mental health degrees (e.g., counseling, psychology, and social work) and other human relations professions (e.g., medicine, nursing, public administration, and business). It has been used successfully by trainers for professional development seminars in human relations. Awareness in Action uses group-based experiential exercises to enhance self-awareness in professional and personal relationships, in order to improve the quality of both types of relationships. It is grounded in the research of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), solution-focused therapy (SFT), group work theory, and wellness theory, widely used and accepted by mental health clinicians.

Autor

Phylis J. Philipson, PhD, is retired from private practice as a licensed clinical professional counselor, certified social worker, and psychotherapist. She was an adjunct professor at Kean University, teaching graduate level counseling courses, as well as an instructor at Middlesex County College and Raritan Valley Community College in NJ. She is currently teaching part-time for the Broward County School System, FL. She was president of the NJ Counseling Association and served on the National Board of the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling and the board of the Union County (NJ) Mental Health Association. Juneau Mahan Gary, PsyD, a professional counselor and clinical psychologist, is a professor at Kean University, Union, New Jersey, in the Department of Counselor Education, a graduate-level program. She volunteers at the United Nations (New York City) through the American Psychological Association NGO. She has authored journal articles and book chapters on multicultural counseling, group work, international mental health, and counseling and technology; has edited a book on sexual assault prevention; and facilitates training workshops on crisis intervention, multicultural/diversity issues, and human relations skills development.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.7.2015
• Zusatzinfo: 128 Illustrations including: - 8 Black & White Illustrations; - 36 Tables; - 84 Text Boxes.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
• Schlagworte: Cognitive behavior therapy • group-based experiential exercises • group work theory • Human Relations • Mental Health • Solution-focused therapy • wellness theory • Workbook
• ISBN-10: 0-7618-6635-3 / 0761866353
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-6635-0 / 9780761866350