Psychological therapy in prisons and other secure settings / edited by Joel Harvey and Kirsty Smedley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harvey, Joel.

Smedley, Kirsty.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. National Health Service.

Prisoners--Mental health services.

Prisoners.

Psychotherapy.

Medical Subjects:

Great Britain. National Health Service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon : Willan, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Psychotherapy. It provides insights into debates about providing therapy in prisons and other secure settings and discusses specific topics such as mental health in-reach teams, working with women in prison, therapy within therapeutic communities and therapy with black and minority ethnic groups.<

Contents:

Front Cover; Psychological Therapy in Prisons and Other Secure Settings; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Foreword by Graham J. Towl; 1. Introduction: Joel Harvey and 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: Alice Mills and Kathleen KendallIntroduction; 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

The importance of clinical supervisionConclusion; 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 WillisIntroduction; 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; 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 toolsEthical 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: Andrew Rogers and Heather Law; Introduction; Brief trauma theory and the 'fight or flight' response; Traumatic re-enactment

Attachment, trauma and brain development

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-59081-6

9786613903266

0-203-81032-5

1-136-68125-6

9780203810323

OCLC:

810077927