Online Counseling: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals
Author: Ron Kraus
Providers and consumers of mental health services are increasingly making use of the internet to gather information, consult, and participate in psychotherapy. This Handbook gives practical insight into how professionals can translate their practice to an online medium. Divided into four sections, section one provides an overview of how the internet has become an integral part of people's lives, and the research to date on the use and effectiveness of counseling online, as well as idiosyncrasies of online behavior and communication. Section two discusses the "practical" aspects of counseling online, including technological issues, ethical and legal issues, and business issues. Section three focuses on performing psychotherapy online, including online treatment strategies and skills, working with online groups, online testing and assessment, and international and multicultural issues in online counseling. The last section discusses the future of online counseling.
The Handbook is intended for those professionals interested in the burgeoning telehealth movement and to those practicing therapists looking for ways to expand their practices online and/or to help round out treatment to specific patients who might benefit from online therapy in addition to traditional delivery.
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Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle
Author: Matthew Symonds
In a business where great risks, huge fortunes, and even bigger egos are common, Larry Ellison stands out as one of the most outspoken, driven, and daring leaders of the software industry. The company he cofounded and runs, Oracle, is the number one business software company: perhaps even more than Microsoft's, Oracle's products are essential to today's networked world.
But Oracle is as controversial as it is influential, as feared as it is revered, thanks in large part to Larry Ellison. Though Oracle is one of the world's most valuable and profitable companies, Ellison is not afraid to suddenly change course and reinvent Oracle in the pursuit of new and ever more ambitious goals. Softwar examines the results of these shifts in strategy and the forces that drive Ellison relentlessly on.
In Softwar, journalist Matthew Symonds gives readers an exclusive and intimate insight into both Oracle and the man who made it and runs it. As well as relating the story of Oracle's often bumpy path to industry dominance, Symonds deals with the private side of Ellison's life. From Ellison's troubled upbringing by adoptive parents and his lifelong search for emotional security to the challenges and opportunities that have come with unimaginable wealth, Softwar gets inside the skin of a fascinating and complicated human being. With unlimited insider access granted by Ellison himself, Symonds captures the intensity and, some would say, the recklessness that have made Ellison a legend.
The result of more than a hundred hours of interviews and many months spent with Ellison, Softwar is the most complete portrait undertaken of the man and his empire -- a unique and gripping account of both the way the computing industry really works and an extraordinary life.
Despite his closeness to Ellison, Matthew Symonds is a candid and at times highly critical observer. And in perhaps the book's most unusual feature, Ellison responds to Symonds's portrayal in the form of a running footnoted commentary.
The result is one of the most fascinating business stories of all time.
The New York Times
Matthew Symonds, the political editor of The Economist, wrote his book, Softwar, with Ellison's cooperation, and the access he got is apparent. This can sound like fun: ''The next day we're in London at his favorite hotel, the Lanesborough,'' Symonds writes at one point. More important, this access gives the reader a rare window on Ellison's mind. Speaking of his three failed marriages, he says ruefully: ''There's a criminal law in California called three strikes and you're out. . . . Maybe after three marriages, you shouldn't be allowed a fourth.'' Symonds is adept at the technology, and provides gritty detail on the relative merits of various types of database geekery. — Adam Cohen
Publishers Weekly
Symonds was technology editor at the Economist when Ellison invited him to collaborate on a book about e-business, but the journalist decided he would rather write a profile of the software tycoon, one of Silicon Valley's most notorious figures. Oracle's database programs have become integral to the Internet and other networked computer systems, and Oracle's head is convinced that he can surpass Microsoft as the industry leader. But he's also developed a reputation for his aggressive corporate tactics and personal flamboyance. Ellison agreed to cooperate with the project, but as part of the deal, he reserved the right to respond, which he does in a series of running footnotes. Sometimes he only uses the opportunity to mouth business platitudes, but he also refutes stories, cracks jokes and even argues with other sources. Although the book deals extensively with Oracle's efforts to promote a new software package, it comes to life most when it follows Ellison outside the office-prepping his sailboat for a run at the America's Cup or overseeing the final touches on a Japanese garden complex. Symonds's near-total access to his subject leads to intimate observations that verge on personal advice, as when the writer suggests how best to handle a top Oracle executive or comments on the relationship between Ellison and his two children. But he remains objective enough to point out several mistakes in the past management of Oracle (many of which Ellison acknowledges or clarifies). Even without its unusual counterpoint, the book would stand as a compelling portrayal of one of the computer industry's most influential leaders. (Oct.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal
The man behind Oracle, the top software company in the world; from a political editor at the Economist. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Table of Contents:
| Author's Note | xi | |
| 1 | Larry and Me | 1 |
| 2 | On the Road | 11 |
| 3 | The War on Complexity | 36 |
| 4 | Beginnings | 54 |
| 5 | To the Limit | 75 |
| 6 | Growing Up | 90 |
| 7 | Best-of-Breed | 112 |
| 8 | Falling Out | 136 |
| 9 | The Laboratory | 161 |
| 10 | Ready or Not ... | 184 |
| 11 | Taking Stock | 205 |
| 12 | Hungarian Lessons | 227 |
| 13 | Hill by Hill | 233 |
| 14 | The Last Database | 246 |
| 15 | Enemies | 263 |
| 16 | Chained to the Job | 285 |
| 17 | Alternative Stress | 302 |
| 18 | Sayonara Swan Song | 322 |
| 19 | Family Values | 331 |
| 20 | Three Strikes, You're Out | 347 |
| 21 | Larryland | 369 |
| 22 | A Life Beyond Oracle | 380 |
| 23 | "A Scrap of Information" | 400 |
| 24 | The Golden Nugget | 418 |
| 25 | A Perfect Storm | 433 |
| 26 | "The First Loser" | 454 |
| 27 | The Biggest Water Bottle | 471 |
| Epilogue | 487 | |
| Index | 499 |
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