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Building Resilience at Work

Our resilience or capacity to bounce back and even thrive in pressured times is critical in workplaces today With higher workloads declining resources and frequent change together with the hectic pace of personal lives resilience is almost a key...

Bully Blocking at Work: A Self-Help Guide for Employees and Managers

No one goes to work to be humiliated abused ostracised subjected to rumours or assaulted Yet this is the reality of a working day for more than one in six workers Bullying causes billions of dollars in lost productivity expensive mistakes emplo...

Cancer, Sex, Drugs and Death: A Clinician Guide to the Psychological Management of Young People with Cancer

This book is a must read for any psychologist psychiatrist therapist or counsellor dealing with a young client undergoing cancer treatment A cancer diagnosis can profoundly affect a young person's psychological emotional developmental and cogniti...

Careers Work in Schools: A Primer for Career Development Facilitators

The readiness of school students to make and implement career decisions as they approach the transition from school to work can vary greatly Many students find having to choose from a wide range of options confusing and sometimes stressful Career ser...

Careers Work in Schools: Cost Effective Career Interventions

It is important that schools deliver career education and career services to all students in order to develop the capacity of students to adapt to a changing world of work From ethical and accountability viewpoints school career education programs a...

Casino Life: Psychology and Culture of Casino Gambling

Casino Life will be of interest to those who seeking to know more about casinos and their psychological effects those who seek to find out why others gamble, and those who do gamble - not as a treatment, but as a window to see what you are doing Ã�ï¿

Cognition and Language: Perspectives from New Zealand

This volume marks the first comprehensive collection of reports from research projects in cognitive psychology in New Zealand The existence of such a book is a reflection of the remarkable and ongoing growth in cognitive inquiry in this part of the w...

Confidentiality for Mental Health Professionals: A Guide to Ethical and Legal Principles

Those who work in the mental health sector are constantly exposed to personal information about the experiences behaviour and relationships of their clients It is therefore unsurprising that mental health professionals will sometimes need to conside...

Controlling People: The Paradoxical Nature of Being Human

We need to strive for a world where people control what is important to themselves while minimizing the controlling of others. We are all controlling people In fact our feelings of wellbeing depend on staying in control Just as when we drive a car w...

Coping with Stress and Burnout as a Veterinarian

Being a veterinarian can be a rewarding challenging and demanding career requiring a passion for animals great interpersonal skills and a strong work ethic It also has a dark and very dangerous side The suicide rate for veterinarians is almost four...