Practitioners Books

I have no medical background or plans for a medical career, but I love
and value this book. I use it as a constant reference and am also reading
it in its entirety, as it is alive, real and straightforward. Dr. Robinson's personal
anecdotes from his vast experience add much to his explanations and make
the complicated world of medicine much easier to understand. He obviously
has taken great care in his presentation and put much thought into writing
this concise and well-organized textbook, one that I also believe can serve
as a lay person's general medical reference.

BIOMEDICINE is an informative text written in an easy to understand style by an insightful former surgeon. When I want an encapsulation of Western medicine's take regarding a patient's health condition, this is the first book to which I turn. I have on occasion sent a grateful patient home with an excerpt from BIOMEDICINE because it so clearly describes their medical diagnosis in language anyone can comprehend. I've even recommended that my TCM alma mater consider adopting this textbook for their Western Medicine classes. This book has elevated my professional standard by allowing me to collaborate intelligently with MD's. Dr. Robinson knows how "both sides" think - he is uniquely qualified to write about truly integrated medicine.

As a student looking to become a high school guidance counselor, I found this to be one of the best texts from both a practical and educational point of view.

It focuses on the real issue of counseling, how to meet the needs of the client. Each explanation is backed by popular theories, yet the focus remains solution based.

The key to the book is how to be a catalyst in change utilizing the client's perspective of the problem. The authors have done a wonderful job of explaining the school practitioner's role as a catalyst, or an instrument of change.

Too often, I believe counselors try to fit the client into a preconceived box of neurosis. In fact, this book counters that train of thought and shows the reader how to address the client's problem as a unique opportunity to enable the client to find his/her own solution.

I highly recommend this book to students, practicing counselors, parents and teachers.

If you work with children and adolescents and also wish to apply solution-focused thinking to the school context you must read this book. Each page offers highly practical and clear to understand ideas. Incredibly, I would say that it appeals equally to the novice and experienced solution-focused worker. Excellent indeed. Furthermore, John Murphy's workshop presentation, based on the content of the book, is an unmissable experience, worth attending.

Outstanding piece of work. The author really did his homework. It is about time an in-depth book was written about career counseling.

This book applies classic counseling theories for use in career counseling. It is an interesting and innovative look at this often neglected area of counseling.

The author describes so accurately the behavior of the parent with as-yet undiagnosed Asperger's Syndrome. I was amazed to read in this book that if a parent seems uncooperative or pretending to be stupid, etc. that one should consider that the parent is an individual with an undiagnosed pervasive developmental disorder. She gives lots of practical advice that develops from knowing the individual rather than using a one-size fits all theory. She manages to go beyond the usual explanations of behaviors to give to the normals(those without AS) an idea of what is going on in the mind of those with AS. She also gives a very accurate description of the problems that people at the higher end of the spectrum experience. She seems to know that "milder" forms of autism do not automatically equate with much "milder" difficulties; they are just a different kind of difficulty. This book has been the most positive book I have read about being the parent with high-functioning autism or AS. She did not criticize those parents' weaknesses; instead she advises ways the carers could support the whole family. I would highly recommend this book for any parent that is on the spectrum somewhere and has a child that is on the spectrum also. Then, lend it to the professional(s) who you and your child will be dealing with to help you.

Really smashing. State-of-the-art, with all the latest useful research, but jargon-free and reader-friendly. Full of indispensable practical tips and sensible advice on controversial issues such as inclusion and "miracle cures". If you're just starting to find out about autism, this would be a great place to start, but people who are already well-read will still find a great deal of new information.

This is by far the best book on homeopathy that I've ever read (and I've read quite a few). I was rivoted with interest from page one - not only is Colin Griffith a very knowledgeable and intuitive homeopath and practitioner, but he is also an engaging and magic wordsmith, enabling the reader to be wholly absorbed in the book from beginning to end as though it is the unravelling of a mystery thriller.

We follow mankind through the miasms plaguing (and assisting) us from the beginning of time - each one being thoroughly outed by this talented author. I was fascinated by the layer upon layer of symptoms often presenting with the same core problem, and how each case is unravelled to finally bring the body into harmony. We delve into the psychological aspects of disease and begin to understand how important it is to allow disease to express itself rather than drive it underground only to emerge as a deeper and more chronic problem at a later date.

This book will affect the reader on a physical, psychological and spiritual level. It reveals the true wonder of our bodies and souls - it is alchemy at it's finest. Highly recommended - even if you are not a homeopathic practitioner.

I enjoyed reading this book, and it is in many ways a textbook, so that says a lot for the author. It is a book I will go back and read again. There is a lot of information on nosodes, which aren't used too much in the US. The caution is, of course, only use a nosode if you can't find a matching remedy, and the symptoms do fit the nosode. Good information on maintaining causes and miasms. Because it is easy to read, you don't need an advanced level of homeopathic knowledge to get a clear understanding from this book.

Get this one.

The book is well-written and easy to read, and makes the topics very clear and easy to understand. It's one that I feel might actually be helpful in the future, as opposed to most other textbooks.

This book is an excellent resource to school psychologists and other professionals who may conduct functional behavioral assessments. It provides numerous forms that can be used to create semi structured interviews or simply give to classroom teachers and others. This book also provides multiple examples of how to format an FBA report which may be useful to some practitioners.

Everything was great. Shipment was very fast and in perfect condition! Thanks for a great product!

This book is a must for any serious student of intelligence, intelligence tests, and intelligence research.

The book is easy reading and gets to the core of the complicated topic of business Ethics. Many examples are given where total business failures resulted, due to intentional or accidental disregard of conflicting issues regarding business ethics. The book should be required reading for students as well as business professionals and would be a useful pocket reference, especially where ethical issues are not clear.

The book is easy reading and gets to the core of the complicated topic of business Ethics. Many examples are given where total business failures resulted, due to intentional or accidental disregard of conflicting issues regarding business ethics.

The book should be required reading for students as well as business professionals and would be a useful pocket reference, especially where ethical issues are not clear.

Whether you treat people with Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) or you have been diagnosed with FMS, Leon Chaitow's "Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Practioner's Guide to Treatment" may be exactly what you have been seeking. As a person living with FMS--who has read MUCH about this topic--I can tell you that this book is the best thing going. This practioner's guide is especially good for those familiar with "medicalese." But, even if you're a "beginner" with FMS who simply wants to help educate those on your health care team (physicians, massage therapists, chiropractors, etc.), owning this book will allow you to lend it to your practioners. I have no doubt that, after they have seen your copy, they will want to purchase their own.

In "Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Practioner's Guide to Treatment," Chaitow briefly describes a number of theories about FMS, discusses the validity of these, and explains the treatments that flow from the theories. Some of the treatments can be accomplished by persons with FMS; others require the cooperation of practioners on the health care team. Treatments are described in detail, supplemented with illustrations.

Kudos to Leon Chaitow for this fine work!

The information in this book from Leon Chaitow alone is worth the price. In addition to his fine writing, he brings together many authors who are blazing trails in fibromyalgia research. They offer many treatment options and perceptions.

As Dr. Chaitow explains, it is now recognized by many researchers and practitioners that fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)is often perpetuated by myofascial trigger points (TrPs). Most patients with FMS have TrPs as well, and treating the TrPs can significantly reduce the symptom load. Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain from TrPs are not the same. Many people have TrPs but do not have FMS. Knowing that the central sensitization of FMS is present in patients with both conditions will enable the practitioner to adjust TrP therapies accordingly. Dr. Chaitow is very clear about this.

Fibromyalgia is not yet curable, but it can be treated, and many of the components that add to the patient's burden can be minimized or eliminated with adequate treatment. This book is a toolbox full of ways to accomplish that task.

As a budding weather hobbyist, I found this book to be good -- if you are interested in accuracy of forecasts and want to apply your mathematical and statistical aptitude to it. Otherwise, it could be a dry book. The book is more for the application of verification than it is for analyzing past experience of weather verification. For example, I know many weather forecasters that I cannot trust their 24-hour forecast, let alone the 10-day ones they project. I highly doubt that they have applied any of these verification techniques to their forecasts. That kind of historical perspective is not in this book, but if you want to improve your own forecasts, this book will get you started in a sound direction.

This is an invaluable resource for anyone
involved in the business of forecasting.
Based on more than 100 years of developments
in atmospheric science, this book summarises
the many possible ways to assess the skill
of forecasts/predictions. The book is well
written with a consistent notation and I found
it a pleasure to read. It will become a reference
for forecasters for years to come.