| Description | Provides a large "online collection of video available for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling—400 hours and more than 330 videos on completion. This current release [as of April, 2010] includes 284 videos totaling roughly 314 hours. The searchable transcripts are synchronized to the videos—users can drill down in seconds to find the footage of interest from hundreds of hours of video. The videos are drawn from the catalogs of Microtraining Associates, Psychotherapy.net, and the University of Manchester Department of Psychiatry.
Access Note: Requires Adobe Flash player (free download) There are several types of videos: - Counseling Sessions and Demonstrations -- Include "filmed footage of actual therapy sessions, re-enacted therapy sessions, and scripted sessions designed by counseling professionals to illustrate common issues and scenarios that arise during courses of therapy. These videos often include narration and frameworks that put the sessions into theoretical context."
- Consultations -- Feature "experts in particular courses of therapy advising other therapists on the application of their methods. These videos often include scenes of counseling sessions interspersed with analysis and discussions between the consultant, the practicing therapists, and the clients."
- Lectures, presentations, and interviews -- Feature "well-known therapists discussing their own work and issues affecting the larger fields of mental health and wellness.
In addition: - Teaching and Discussion Guides -- "Many of the videos in this collection include supplementary materials to aid in their use in classroom discussions and assignments. These materials are available as downloadable ZIP files. The ZIP software can be downloaded at www.winzip.com"
- Continuing Education (C.E) Credits -- These U.S. based credits are available for a number of the videos in this collection. "C.E. credits are administered by the publishers of the videos, and require separate payment. Links to the appropriate publishers' websites are included for all videos with associated C.E. credits available."
- Critical Video Editions: The Alexander Street Critical Video Editions Series™ -- Feature:
- Powerful browse and search capabilities. Browse or search thumbnail images and transcripts quickly
- Synchronized, searchable transcripts
- Video clip-making tools
- Annotated playlists—"you can make, annotate, and share playlists for course or individual use, and you can include links to materials or resources outside of the collection."
- High quality, licensed, in-copyright material plus newsreel and other valuable footage
- The ability to create synchronized annotations and multi-media presentations
- An embeddable video player and playlist for use on a class Web site, library home page, or an electronic syllabus.
- Streaming, quickly accessible online video at 400 and 800 kbps.
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| Subjects | Psychology -- Counseling -- Videos |
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| Coverage | Current |
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| Publisher | Alexander Street Press (ASP) |
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| Vendor | Gibson Library Connections, Inc. |
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| License | There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access to Counseling and Therapy in Video is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to "walk-in" users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for their occasional use, for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content, including the downloading of a full issue, is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law. |
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