Reworking therapeutic landscapes: The spatiality of an ‘alternative’ self-help group

Reworking therapeutic landscapes: the spatiality of an 'alternative' self-help group.

Since Gesler first introduced the concept in 1992, the language of 'therapeutic landscapes' has attained a core position in the toolkit of health/place studies. Whilst many authors using the term acknowledge that therapeutic landscapes are often also spaces of contestation, few if any have extended this to incorporate a serious critique of therapy itself. In this article, I use the case study o...

Archaeological Landscapes: Exploring Scale, Movement and the Politics of Spatiality

an investigation of the impact of self monitoring on langauge teachers motivational practice and its effect on learners motivation

the central purpose of this study was to conduct a case study about the role of self monitoring in teacher’s use of motivational strategies. furthermore it focused on how these strategies affected students’ motivational behavior. although many studies have been done to investigate teachers’ motivational strategies use (cheng & d?rnyei, 2007; d?rnyei & csizer, 1998; green, 2001, guilloteaux & d?...

Blueprint for the Self-Help Group

It all started when a drunken man dialled a wrong number and talked to another alcoholic by mistake. Today, Alcoholics Anonymous is probably one of the most successful self-help organisations in existence. It has the minimum of dogma, but that dogma, is unshakable. Dr. Griffith Edwards* takes a closer look at the intriguing AA approach to alcoholism. To talk of designing a self-help group may s...

The Effect of Self-Efficacy Education Based on Self-Care Behaviors in Self-Help Hypertensive Groups

 Introduction: High blood pressure is a chronic disease requiring long-term treatment; which despite being asymptomatic, leads to fatal complaints and complications. Therefore, the present study was aimed to determine the effect of the education based on self-efficacy theory on self-care behaviors of hypertensive self-help groups in integrated health service centers in Mashhad in2019. Methods:...