Cargando…

Psychological therapy in prisons and other secure settings /

This book examines a range of therapeutic approaches used in prisons and other secure settings and explores the challenges in such work. The approaches include Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Cognitive-Analytic Therapy (CAT), Attachment-Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Systemic Psychothera...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Harvey, Joel, Smedley, Kirsty
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milton Park, Abingdon : Willan, 2010.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction / Kirsty Smedley
  • The mental health needs of prisoners
  • The psychosocial experience of imprisonment
  • Meeting the mental health needs of prisoners through psychological therapy
  • A shift in the role of psychologists in prisons
  • Outline of chapters
  • Keeping context central to therapy provision
  • 2. Therapy and mental health in-reach teams / Kathleen Kendall
  • Introduction
  • The context of the prison mental health in-reach programme
  • The realities of the in-reach programme
  • Equivalence: Achievable? Realistic? Desirable?
  • Prison therapy: a contradiction in terms?
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Attachment-based psychodynamic psychotherapy / Mary Haley
  • Introduction
  • Key theoretical concepts
  • Attachment theory and its relevance to adult offenders
  • Attachment-related themes in the prison environment
  • Providing therapy in prison
  • Case example
  • Markers of progress in therapy
  • Endings
  • Note continued: The importance of clinical supervision
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Cognitive behaviour therapy with adolescents in secure settings / Kirsty Smedley
  • The secure estate for young people
  • Prevalence rates of mental health difficulties in young offenders
  • Developmental issues in adolescence
  • An overview of cognitive behaviour therapy
  • The evidence base for CBT
  • Using CBT with adolescents in secure settings
  • Defining and understanding psychosis
  • Psychosis and evidence-based practice
  • Case vignette
  • The challenges of providing therapy in prisons
  • Conclusion
  • 5. Cognitive analytic therapy with young adult offenders / Abigail Willis
  • Introduction
  • Engaging young adult offenders in mental health services
  • Cognitive analytic therapy
  • What does cognitive analytic therapy involve?
  • Cognitive analytic therapy reformulation with young adult offenders
  • Reformulation in practice
  • Note continued: Cognitive analytic therapy recognition with young adult offenders
  • Cognitive analytic therapy revision (developing exits) with young adult offenders
  • Contextual challenges for achieving change: the role for consultation and systemic approach
  • The need for a flexible application of the cognitive analytic therapy model and tools
  • Ethical considerations
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Systemic psychotherapy in prison / David Shelton
  • A brief history and context
  • The author's work context
  • Research and systemic practice in prisons and forensic mental health settings
  • Recent developments
  • Key systemic concepts in the author's practice
  • Case example
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Working with trauma in a prison setting / Heather Law
  • Introduction
  • Brief trauma theory and the `fight or flight' response
  • Traumatic re-enactment
  • Attachment, trauma and brain development
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Intervention approaches
  • Case example
  • Note continued: Challenges and ethical considerations
  • Conclusion
  • 8. Therapeutic practice with women in prisons and other secure settings / Jules Pearson
  • Understanding the internal world of women in forensic settings
  • Case example 1
  • Problematic service dynamics
  • Case example 2
  • Helping staff to respond, rather than react, to disturbing histories and enactments of the past
  • Conclusion
  • 9. Therapy with black and minority ethnic people in prisons and secure mental health settings: keeping race in mind / Jules Pearson
  • Background and context
  • Clinical assessments and psychological input for black and minority ethnic people in forensic settings
  • Case example 1
  • Case example 2
  • Discussion of case examples 1 and 2
  • Thinking about psychological input for black people
  • Conclusion
  • 10. The role of therapeutic communities in forensic settings: developments, research and adaptations / John Shine
  • Introduction
  • Note continued: Origins and background to therapeutic community practice
  • Therapeutic communities and interventions for offenders
  • The development of a treatment model
  • Therapeutic communities and evidence-based practice
  • TCs, research and treatment outcomes
  • Research and prison-based TCs
  • TCs and responsivity: which offender groups benefit from treatment?
  • Treatment dosage and sequencing
  • Future challenges
  • Conclusion
  • 11. Therapy and offending behaviour programmes / Danny Clark
  • Introduction
  • Early psychological interventions with offenders
  • The development of offending behaviour programmes
  • The standardisation and accreditation of programmes
  • Evaluation and outcomes of programmes
  • Back to basics
  • Improving offending behaviour programmes.