This book offers an introduction to the study of childhood and the different contexts within which childhood exists. It explores childhood from within the family, to the global perspective, and the child's own perspective. It enables readers to begin to understand childhood in relation to society and to develop the skills to look at childhood from a critical standpoint.

The ABC of CBT introduces you to the basics of CBT, guiding practitioners through how to apply the key principles, techniques and strategies across a range of disorders.

A step-by-step guide to the underpinning theoretical knowledge in social work helping your students to confidently apply theory in practice.

From finding participants to writing your questions, this hands on book tells you everything you need to know when doing qualitative interviews.

This book is a first steps introduction to cognitive behaviour therapy that will appeal to the interested reader and professionals wanting to learn about the approach.

This book takes the approach of Erving Goffman - and its fundamental concepts including frames, stigma, definition of the situation, front and back stages, role distance, communication out of character, interaction rituals - as its focus, and shows how it can be applied in contemporary social contexts

Teaches students in counseling, psychotherapy, and clinical psychology how to develop the case conceptualization and treatment planning skills necessary to help clients achieve change.

A trusted, full-featured companion to criminological research, this edition expands and updates case studies, methods and project strategies to help students prepare, do and present their research.

Including an interview with Judy Blume, the author illustrates a short story from Turkey.

Helps students understand how theory impacts and informs social work practice across a range of contexts and with different service user groups