Psychotherapy With Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons

A Systemic Model

Michael A Harvey author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:29th Jan '16

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In this expanded and thoroughly updated second edition, Michael A. Harvey elaborates his pioneering biopsychosocial model of the effective assessment and treatment of deaf and hard-of-hearing clients in individual and family therapy. Taking a broad ecological perspective, he examines the influences of larger networks on the individual and vice versa, and illuminates the overt and covert conflicts among family members, school and vocational rehabilitation personnel, and friends that often exacerbate problems. The spiritual issues relevant to those who have experienced any kind of loss receive special attention in the new edition, as do the daily hurtful exchanges in the lives of the deaf he sums up as "ordinary evil." Throughout the reader-friendly text, theoretical description is balanced with practical advice; points are vividly illustrated with extended verbatim transcripts from actual therapy sessions and with exchanges in the author's question-and-answer column in the journal, Hearing Loss: Self-Help for the Hard of Hearing.

Psychotherapy With Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Persons, Second Edition, is essential reading for all mental health professionals who see even occasional clients whose lives have been affected by hearing loss in themselves or in family members.

Praise for the first edition:
"a significant contribution..."

Contemporary Psychology

Praise 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 Quarterly

Praise 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

ISBN: 9781138996946

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

252 pages

2nd edition