Psychotherapy With Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons

Praise for the first edition: "a significant contribution..."—Contemporary PsychologyPraise for the first edition: "This book is one of the few to understand the varying dynamics related to the ecology of deafness and provides important insights into working with people with impaired hearing."—Hearing Rehabilitation QuarterlyPraise for the first edition: "...down-to-earth discussion of a variety of cases that illustrate the effects of impaired hearing on symptomatology and the therapeutic process. This text should have wide circulation."—Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Auteur

Michael A. Harvey

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In this expanded and thoroughly updated second edition, an invaluable resource for mental health professionals, Michael Harvey elaborates his pioneering biopsychosocial model of the effective assessment and treatment of deaf and hard-of-hearing clients.

Contenu

Contents: Preface. Introduction. A Systemic Model. Life-Span Development of the Deaf Ecosystem. Life-Span Development of the Hard-of-Hearing Ecosystem. Treating the Hard-of-Hearing Individual in Context. Treating the Deafened Individual in Context. On Joining the Deaf Client. The Communication Logistics. The Use of an Interpreter for the Deaf in Family Therapy. Hearing Children of Deaf Parents. Involving the Vocational Rehabilitation System. Coping With Ordinary Evil.