2nd Edition
Psychotherapy With Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons A Systemic Model
By Michael A. Harvey
Copyright 2003
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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.
Biography
Michael A. Harvey
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
