Title Making sense with offenders : personal constructs, therapy and change / Julia Houston

Published Chichester ; New York : Wiley, [1998] New York : Wiley, 1998 ©1998

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MELB	616.8914 Hou/Msw		AVAILABLE

Description xvi, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm regular print Series Wiley series in offender rehabilitation Wiley series in offender rehabilitation. Contents Part I : The Theory and Practice of Personal Construct Psychology -- 1. Personal Construct Psychology and Offending -- 2. PCP Assessment of Offenders -- 3. Therapy with Offenders-The PCP Perspective -- 4. Repertory Grids and the Measurement of Change / Julia Houston and Chris Evans -- Part II : Clinical Applications of Personal Construct Psychology with Offenders -- 5. Young Offenders and Delinquency -- 6. Violence and Aggression -- 7. Sex Offenders -- 8. Personality Disordered Offenders -- 9. Alcohol, Drugs and Offending -- 10. Mental Illness and Offending Notes Bibliography: p247-248. _ Includes index Bibliography Bibliography (pages 249-261) and index Subject Criminals -- Mental health services. Criminals -- Mental health. Criminals -- Rehabilitation. Personal construct therapy. Prisoners -- Mental health services. Prisoners -- Mental health. Prisoners -- psychology. Psychotherapy -- methods. Antisocial Personality Disorder -- therapy. Criminal Psychology. Personal Construct Theory. Social Behavior Disorders -- therapy. LC no. 97033472 ISBN 0471954152 (case) 0471966274 (paperback)

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