The work of every school of psychotherapy and every therapist is inevitably structured by a value system and requires codes of ethics and practice. This book addresses the conscious and unconscious aspects of the value system in which therapists are situated. "Values and Ethics in the Practice of Ps[...]
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A guide to the context of portfolio development and its importance not just to assessment but to the patient experience. It helps you answer questions like: What should be in my portfolio? How should I present it? And, how will my portfolio be assessed?[...]
Successful learning and teaching requires an understanding of how to implement a range of effective behaviour management approaches, strategies and philosophies. Through case studies, reflective tasks and experiences and examples from the classroom, this book aims to offer an accessible approach to [...]
Alcohol and drug use are cross-cutting issues in all areas of social work practice and social workers need to know how to identify, assess, engage and support their substance-using clients effectively. This book provides a comprehensive and practical account of this important area of health and soci[...]
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What is public health and why is it important? By looking at the foundations of public health, its historical evolution, the themes that underpin public health and the increasing importance of globalization, this book provides thorough answers to these important questions. Written by experts in the [...]
A summer holiday with her eccentric, infuriating family and assorted glamorous hangers-on is the last thing Tash French would usually volunteer for. But her mother is insistent and, out of a job and recently ditched by her boyfriend, Tash decides that spending July in the vast rambling Loire chateau[...]
Felix Sylvian is a charming, silken-tongued dilettante, he has the sex-appeal of a school-girl's day-dream and the soul of a poet. But he has one nasty habit he can't seem to break: a sadistic tendency to ride rough-shod over any girl foolish enough to fall for him. Saskia Seaton is Felix's latest v[...]
When Tash French's potty grandmother mistakes a Christmas cracker engagement ring for the genuine article, a wedding of astronomical proportions is planned. Swept away by everyone's enthusiasm, Tash and her partner, Niall, can do little but laugh and go along with it. After all, they had meant to ma[...]
A budding stand-up comic, Juno is voluptuous, hedonistic, funny and terminally untidy. On her thirtieth birthday, she decides to have a wild one-night-stand to mark the occasion. But seducing her new flatmate before he's had a chance to unpack his belongings is not a wise move. Just over from New Yo[...]
Odette, who looks like Linda Lusardi in a DKNY suit and has more zeros at the end of her bank balance than an astronaut's altimeter, decides to throw up the high-powered job that doesn't leave time for relationships and start her own club/restaurant. When the venture seems doomed before it has even [...]
When Ellen Jamieson breaks up with her long-standing boyfriend, she plans to go travelling. But first she agrees to house-sit for her parents, who are trying to find a buyer for their idyllic cottage in the Cotswold village of Oddlode. The village is full of quaint and eccentric characters, both blu[...]
Meet Lucy Gordon, the sweet, scatty, irresistible heroine of Fiona Walker's delicious novel. Lucy lives in a Berkshire village with her two friends, Jane and Bella, and works in the marketing department of Widgetex Computers. Her boss - Slave Driver - is a constant bane; her family are lovable ecc[...]
Fiona Harrold uses her experience as a life coach to show us that we can turn our own lives around. With encouragement, humour and an emphasis on the practical, Fiona sets out the 10 steps to taking control of our lives. Fiona uses case studies, affirmations and motivational techniques to keep us go[...]
More and more, people are finding that chasing only material success feels hollow, unfulfilling. What people desire now is a career that stems from their highest personal vision and deepest creativity, and that is richly enjoyable and fruitful not just materially but on personal and spiritual levels[...]
From the very first day that they move to the Oddlode Valley, it's inevitable that young teacher Mo Stillitoe, recently separated socialite Diana Lampeter and cool, retired dressage diva Anke Brakespear will find their lives entangled. Despite their differing generations and backgrounds, the women a[...]
Every love affair begins with !
The announcement of a grand Treasure Hunt sets the Lodes Valley ladies' hearts aflutter. The cash is only part of the appeal: a win could solve several romantic dilemmas. Pixie Guinness sees the quest as a route back to her wayward husband while Pheely is spurred into a covert affair. Faith hopes t[...]
New textbook to accompany the first year of the new AQA GCSE Business & Communication specification.
This is the life story of a girl addicted to the sensual pleasures of spanking. A girl who feels compelled to manipulate and engineer situations in which older authority figures punish her, over their knees. Nexus Enthusiast publishes convincing and exciting literature, written by the devotee of a s[...]
Classic erotica from the very first Black Lace writer Held hostage by the infamous Trimarchi brothers, Fiona Sheldon and her friend Bethany must submit to the Italians' sophisticated desires while her husband Duncan attempts to find the money he owes them. But Duncan is more eager to free his mistre[...]
"Se suponia que iba a ser solo una aventura de una noche"
Nick Messena habia estado con muchas mujeres en los ultimos seis anos, pero no habia conseguido aplacar el deseo que sentia por Elena Lyon. La noche que hicieron el amor, sus familias se vieron envueltas en un escandalo que provoco que Ni[...]
Some bonds can't be broken When billionaire Gabriel Messena sees that former fling Gemma O'Neill might be settling down with another man, he knows he has to act fast. He wants her, and he'll use any excuse to get her back. Luckily, he needs a fiancee to regain control of his family's business, and h[...]