Awarded first place in the 2017 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. This book introduces an innovative technique for therapeut

This volume deals with universal processes of therapeutic communication, a term which covers whatever exchange goes on between people who have a therapeutic int

Being able to engage with service users and communicate effectively is a fundamental skill identified by the NMC and required of all mental health nurses. The r

"An extremely informative and useable book covering many aspects of communication ... highly recommended for students and practitioners in the mental health fie

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