"I know that I am doing therapy correctly and well, so why aren't some of my clients changing?" "Why do I feel anxious when I think about my next session with that difficult client?" When psychotherapy stalls, it's time to try new ideas. The authors' experience with difficult clients -- uncooperative, hostile, uncommitted to change -- gave them a new perspective on working with therapeutic impasses. Papers describing Cognitive Appraisal Therapy have appeared in many books and journals, and now for the first time these ideas are compiled into a single volume. Heavily influenced by the psychotherapy integration movement and in a radical departure from conventional cognitive-behavior therapy, they see motivation in terms of affect and attachment rather than cognitive schemas, and resistance and setbacks as the result of emotional setpoints. Practitioners from all corners of the psychotherapy landscape will be able to integrate Cognitive Appraisal Therapy into their therapeutic approaches to help them work successfully and confidently with difficult clients as individuals, as couples and in groups.

Succeeding with Difficult Clients: Applications of Cognitive Appraisal Therapy (Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Hankin, Sheenah

Stern, Jonathan

Wessler, Richard L.

Mental Health

Academic Press

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as a region accounts for around 40% of the world's proven gas reserves, yet only 10% of global supplies of gas are covered by MENA gas production. The potential for future expansion of the gas market in the both on the supply and demand side is significant since gas in many MENA states has become a cheap source of fuel for domestic industrialisation, a source of revenue for transit states, and a highly valued export commodity to multiple destinations in Asia and Europe. 50% of the world's liquefaction facilities under construction or planned for expansion will take place in MENA, which is likely to consolidate the region's role in the LNG market, allowing MENA producers to play the role of swing producers taking advantage of their location to supply both Atlantic and Pacific markets. This book, the first of its kind, will provide an in-depth study of the MENA states' individual gas markets, addressing the following questions: What are the policies of MENA governments regarding the development of their gas reserves? What are the main drivers of these policies? Will developments in the gas sector affect the ability of MENA governments to achieve the ultimate goal of economic diversification through developing energy intensive industries? Is the policy of promoting energy intensive industries viable in the long term? What role do foreign companies play in the development of domestic gas markets, export pipelines, and LNG export projects? Can current levels of domestic gas prices be maintained in an environment of rapid increases in gas demand and rising development costs?

Natural Gas Markets in the Middle East and North Africa

Business & Money

Fattouh, Bassam

Economics

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

This is the first book on the pricing of gas in international trade. Gas accounts for around 25% of global energy demand and international gas trade is growing rapidly. The volume examines the theory of energy pricing and looks at the contribution that theory can make to the study of international gas pricing. It traces the historical origins and development of international gas pricing in North America, Europe, Asia, and the former Soviet Union since the 1970s, and other regions up to the early 2000s. The majority of the contributions focus on developments in the 2000s, with a view to how gas pricing is likely to develop during the 2010s and beyond. In addition to the traditional gas trading regions, the book also covers the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, South East Asia, India, China, and Pacific Basin LNG. These national and regional studies are followed by chapters on the globalisation of gas markets and prices, and the potential development of a "gas-OPEC." The concluding chapter considers the extent to which international gas pricing is likely to remain regional, whether gas could become a "global market" with a global price--akin to the crude oil market. It also considers whether international pricing is likely to come under the control of a small group of countries--a possible "gas OPEC"--similar to the influence of OPEC in the crude oil market.

The Pricing of Internationally Traded Gas

Soviet Oil and Gas Exports to the West: Commercial Transaction or Security Threat

International

Gower Pub.Co.

The second edition of O'Reilly's bestselling Oracle Essentials has been updated to include the latest Oracle release, Oracle9i.Oracle Essentials distills an enormous amount of information about Oracle's myriad technologies and releases into a compact, easy-to-read volume filled with focused text, illustrations, and helpful hints. Oracle9i promises to be an even more significant upgrade than Oracle8i, offering such major features as Real Application Clusters, flashback queries, Oracle personalization, clickstream intelligence, and Oracle Database Cache and Web Cache; it also promises significant improvements in Oracle's business intelligence, XML integration, high availability, and management capabilities. The book includes overviews of these features, as well as the new Oracle9I Application Server (Oracle9iAS) and Oracle9i Portal.The book contains chapters on:
<ul>
<li>Oracle products, options, and overall architecture for Oracle9i and other recent releases</li>
<li>Installing and running Oracle: creating databases, configuring Net8 (known as Oracle Net in Oracle9i), starting up and shutting down Oracle</li>
<li>Oracle data structures, datatypes, and ways of extending datatypes</li>
<li>Managing Oracle: security, the Oracle Enterprise Manager, fragmentation and reorganization, and backup and recovery</li>
<li>Oracle networking, monitoring, and tuning</li>
<li>Multi-user concurrency, online transaction processing (OLTP), and high availability</li>
<li>Hardware architectures (e.g., SMP, MPP, NUMA) and their impact on Oracle</li>
<li>Data warehousing and distributed databases</li>
<li>Oracle9i, Oracle8i, and the Web, including the latest Java, web, and XML technologies, interMedia, Oracle9i Application Server, and Oracle9i Portal</li>
</ul>For new Oracle users, DBAs, developers, and managers, Oracle Essentials is an all-in-one introduction to the full range of Oracle features and technologies, including the just-released Oracle9i features. But even if you already have a library full of Oracle documentation, this compact book is the one you'll turn to, again and again, as your one-stop, truly essential reference.

Oracle Essentials: Oracle9i, Oracle8i and Oracle8: Oracle9i, Oracle8i & Oracle8

Computers & Technology

Greenwald, Rick

Stackowiak, Robert

Software

O'Reilly Media

An enormous system comprising myriad technologies, options, and releases, Oracle's complexities have spawned numerous areas of specialization. For each area of specialization there are equally specialized how-to books and manuals. O'Reilly's Oracle Essentials claims a unique place among these books. Rather than focusing on one area, the book explains the foundational concepts of the Oracle technology and the core technical and business aspects of using it.The new edition of this classic book, Oracle Essentials, 3rd Edition: Oracle Database 10g, distills a vast amount of knowledge into an easy-to-read volume covering every aspect of the Oracle database. Readers of all levels will learn about Oracle's features and technologies, including the product line, architecture, data structures, networking, concurrency, tuning, and much more.Featuring focused text, abundant illustrations, and helpful hints, the new edition offers a valuable overview of Oracle's Database 10g--the industry's first database to support grid computing. Recent releases such as Oracle 9i and 8i are also covered. The book contains chapters on:
<ul>
<li>Oracle products, options, and overall architecture for Oracle 10g and prior recent releases</li>
<li>Installing and running Oracle: how to configure, start up, and shut down the database, and various networking issues</li>
<li>Oracle data structures, datatypes, and ways of extending datatypes, with an introduction to Oracle objects (e.g., tables, views, indexes)</li>
<li>Managing Oracle: security, the Oracle Enterprise Manager, fragmentation and reorganization, and backup and recovery</li>
<li>Oracle performance: characteristics of disk, memory, and CPU tuning</li>
<li>Multi-user concurrency, online transaction processing (OLTP), and high availability</li>
<li>Hardware architectures (e.g., SMP, MPP, NUMA) and their impact on Oracle</li>
<li>Data warehousing and distributed databases</li>
<li>Network deployment: using Oracle as an Internet computing platform and for grid computing</li>
<li>What's new in Oracle 10g: a summary of the database changes described in the book</li>
</ul>
Oracle Essentials, 3rd Edition: Oracle Database 10g was written for anyone whose job involves managing or building systems using Oracle DBMS technology or working with staff that uses Oracle technology. This book is the perfect all-in-one source for understanding the complexities and capabilities of Oracle.

Oracle Essentials: Oracle Database 10g

Oracle is an enormous system, with myriad technologies, options, and releases. Most users--even experienced developers and database administrators--find it difficult to get a handle on the full scope of the Oracle database. And, as each new Oracle version is released, users find themselves under increasing pressure to learn about a whole range of new technologies. The latest challenge is Oracle Database 11g. This book distills an enormous amount of information about Oracle into a compact, easy-to-read volume filled with focused text, illustrations, and helpful hints. It contains chapters on:
<ul>
<li>Oracle products, options, data structures, and overall architecture for Oracle Database 11g, as well as earlier releases (Oracle Database 10g, Oracle9i, and Oracle8i)</li>
 <li>Installing, running, managing, monitoring, networking, and tuning Oracle, including Enterprise Manager (EM) and Oracle's self-tuning and management capabilities; and using Oracle security, auditing, and compliance (a new chapter in this edition)</li>
 <li>Multiuser concurrency, data warehouses, distributed databases, online transaction processing (OLTP), high availability, and hardware architectures (e.g., SMP, clusters, NUMA, and grid computing)</li>
 <li>Features beyond the Oracle database: Oracle Application Express, Fusion Middleware (including Oracle Application Server), and database SOA support as a Web services provider</li>
</ul>The latest Oracle Database 11g features: query result set caching, Automatic Memory Management, the Real Application Testing, Advanced Compression, Total Recall, and Active Data Guard Option Options, changes to the OLAP Option (transparently accessed and managed as materialized views), the Flashback transaction command, transparent data encryption, the Support Workbench (and diagnosability infrastructure), and partitioning enhancements (including interval and new composite types) For new Oracle users, DBAs, developers, and managers, Oracle Essentials provides an invaluable, all-in-one introduction to the full range of Oracle features and technologies, including the just-released Oracle Database 11g features. But even if you already have a library full of Oracle documentation, you'll find that this compact book is the one you turn to, again and again, as your one-stop, truly essential reference. "Oracle Essentials gives a clear explanation of the key database concepts and architecture underlying the Oracle database. It's a great reference for anyone doing development or management of Oracle databases." --Andrew Mendelsohn, Senior Vice President, Database Server Technologies, Oracle Corporation

Oracle Essentials: Oracle Database 11g

Written by Oracle insiders, this indispensable guide distills an enormous amount of information about the Oracle Database into one compact volume. Ideal for novice and experienced DBAs, developers, managers, and users, Oracle Essentials walks you through technologies and features in Oracle’s product line, including its architecture, data structures, networking, concurrency, and tuning.
Complete with illustrations and helpful hints, this fifth edition provides a valuable one-stop overview of Oracle Database 12c, including an introduction to Oracle and cloud computing. Oracle Essentials provides the conceptual background you need to understand how Oracle truly works.
Topics include:
<ul>
<li>A complete overview of Oracle databases and data stores, and Fusion Middleware products and features</li>
<li>Core concepts and structures in Oracle’s architecture, including pluggable databases</li>
<li>Oracle objects and the various datatypes Oracle supports</li>
<li>System and database management, including Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c
</li>
<li>Security options, basic auditing capabilities, and options for meeting compliance needs</li>
<li>Performance characteristics of disk, memory, and CPU tuning</li>
<li>Basic principles of multiuser concurrency</li>
<li>Oracle’s online transaction processing (OLTP)</li>
<li>Data warehouses, Big Data, and Oracle’s business intelligence tools</li>
<li>Backup and recovery, and high availability and failover solutions</li>
</ul>

Oracle Essentials: Oracle Database 12c

Databases & Big Data

Oracle is an enormous system with myriad technologies, options, and releases. Most users--even experienced developers and database administrators--find it difficult to get a handle on the full scope of the Oracle system. And as each new version of the database is released, users find themselves under increasing pressure to learn about a whole range of new technologies.This book distills the enormous amount of information about what Oracle is, where it came from, and what the latest releases do--and packages it into a compact, easy-to-read volume filled with focused text, illustrations and helpful hints. It explains what's new and important about Oracle's revolutionary releases, Oracle8 (the "object-relational database") and Oracle8i (the "Internet database"). It covers:
<ul>
<li>Oracle products, options, and overall architecture</li>
<li>Installing and running Oracle (creating databases, configuring Net8, starting up and shutting down Oracle)</li>
<li>Oracle data structures</li>
<li>Managing Oracle (implementing security, using the Oracle Enterprise Manager, dealing with fragmentation and reorganization, and performing backup and recovery)</li>
<li>Oracle networking</li>
<li>Monitoring and tuning</li>
<li>Multi-user concurrency and online transaction processing (OLTP)</li>
<li>Special issues for high-availability systems</li>
<li>Hardware architectures (e.g., SMP, MPP, NUMA) and their impact on Oracle</li>
<li>Data warehousing</li>
<li>Distributed databases </li>
<li>Extensions for Oracle8 and Oracle8i, including the latest Java and web technologies</li>
</ul>It also includes an appendix full of references to additional online and offline resources.For new Oracle users, DBAs, developers, and managers, Oracle Essentials provides an invaluable, all-in-one introduction to the full range of Oracle features and technologies. But even if you already have a library full of Oracle documentation and books, you'll find that this compact book is the one you turn to, again and again, as your one-stop, truly essential reference.

Oracle Essentials: Oracle8 & Oracle8i: Oracle8 and Oracle8i

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