| Description |
xviii, 239 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Milton F. Shore -- 1. Toward Basic Principles / Richard Ruth and Mary Ann Blotzer -- 2. On Sitting with Uncertainty: Treatment Considerations for Persons with Disabilities / Mary Ann Blotzer and Richard Ruth -- 3. Rex: Leaving Therapy Unresolved / Richard Ruth -- 4. Matthew: Therapy with a Teenager with a Disability / Rhoda Olkin -- 5. Wendy: Emerging from Behind the Mask / Mary Ann Blotzer -- 6. R.J.: Long-Term Therapy with a Disagreeable Man / Richard Ruth -- 7. Sebastian: Comfort and Safety / Ann Steiner -- 8. Individuals with Disabilities in Families and Society: An Empowerment Approach / Paul B. Feuerstein -- 9. Gilbert: Lost in Time / Mary Ann Blotzer -- 10. Amy: A Young Woman Chooses to Be Mute / Jean Finkelstein Ratner -- 11. Glimpses of Lives: Stories of Brief Treatment / Mary Ann Blotzer -- 12. Nancy Rainbow: A Case Study / Donald Cassidy -- 13. More Than One Life Story in a Life: Working with Disability Across Cultures / Richard Ruth |
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14. Sally: Recovery of Our Missing Pieces / Karen Donovan -- 15. Sam: In Search of Love / Adele Natter -- 16. Brad: Psychotherapy from Disability to Death / JoAnn LeMaistre -- 17. Conclusions: Toward Farther Shores / Richard Ruth and Mary Ann Blotzer |
| Summary |
This insightful book illustrates how individuals with disabilities of all kinds - mental retardation, autism, HIV, sensory impairment, cerebral palsy, paraplegia - draw meaning from their experiences and gain perspective on living with a disability. Expanding the traditional boundaries of psychotherapy, the authors employ an astonishing range of treatment options within a framework of fundamental psychotherapeutic principles. These skilled therapists give honest accounts of the struggles, setbacks, and successes associated with the process of psychotherapy as they introduce readers to, among others. Mental health professionals, human services workers, families, and advocates will find that this compelling collection challenges them to view disability both within its social context and as a multilayered separate experience, while also serving as a catalyst for improving program design and referral practices |
| Analysis |
Handicapped persons Psychotherapy |
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Handicapped persons Psychotherapy |
| Notes |
"Foreword by Milton F. Shore"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
People with disabilities -- Mental health -- Case studies.
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People with disabilities -- Rehabilitation -- Case studies.
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Psychotherapy -- Case studies.
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Vocational rehabilitation -- Case studies.
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Disabled Persons -- psychology.
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Psychotherapy.
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Power (Psychology)
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| Author |
Blotzer, Mary Ann.
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Ruth, Richard.
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| LC no. |
95011590 |
| ISBN |
1557661960 (recycled paper) |
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