Veterans and Active Duty Military Psychotherapy Homework Planner - Softcover

Finley, James R.; Moore, Bret A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470890525 ISBN 13: 9780470890523

Publisher: Wiley, 2011

Synopsis

Features assignments and exercises to meet the changing needsof mental health professionals

The Veterans and Active Duty Military Psychotherapy Homework Planner provides you with an array of ready-to-use, between-session assignments designed to fit virtually every therapeutic mode. This easy-to-use sourcebook features:

• 78 ready-to-copy exercises covering the most common issues encountered by veterans and active duty soldiers in therapy, such as anger management, substance abuse and dependence, bereavement, pre-deployment stress, and chronic pain after injury
• A quick-reference format―the interactive assignments are grouped by behavioral problems including combat and operational stress reactions, postdeployment reintegration, survivor's guilt, anxiety, parenting problems related to deployment, and posttraumatic stress disorder
• Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises
• Assignments are cross-referenced to The Veterans and Active Duty Military Psychotherapy Treatment Planner―so you can quickly identify the right exercise for a given situation or problem
• A CD-ROM that contains all the exercises in a word-processing format―allowing you to customize them to suit you and your clients' unique styles and needs

About this title

About the Author:

JAMES R. FINLEY, MA, LMHC, is a psychotherapist with experience as a clinical supervisor and program manager in a variety of military, community, and correctional settings. He is a retired Marine and disabled veteran.
Bret A. Moore is a board-certified clinical psychologist in San Antonio, Texas and a conditional prescribing psychologist in New Mexico. He is adjunct associate professor in psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and lecturer in clinical psychopharmacology at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey.  He is a former Army psychologist and captain and 27-month veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is the author and editor of ten books, including Wheels Down: Adjusting to Life after Deployment and Treating PTSD in Military Personnel: A Clinical Handbook. He writes a biweekly column on military mental-health issues titled "Kevlar for the Mind," which is published in the newspapers Army Times, Air Force Times, Marine Corps Times, and Navy Times. His views on issues affecting veterans have been quoted by The New York Times, USA Today, TV Guide, Boston Globe, CBC, BBC, CNN, NPR, and Fox News.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0470890525
• ISBN 13: 9780470890523
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336