Psychotherapy With Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons: A Systemic Model

By Michael A. Harvey

Book Overview

This comprehensive treatise on the applications of systems theory presents a model designed to aid clinicians and counselors in understanding and treating deaf, hard-of-heading, and deafened individuals. The model uses a wide ecological perspective to examine the influences of larger networks -- families, professionals, and friends -- on the individual and vice versa. The author balances theoretical descriptions with practical intervention guidelines utilizing actual case studies and verbatim transcripts of therapy sessions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805802045
• ISBN13: 9780805802047
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"