Applied Psychology category: 2264 books

This book advances a new understanding of producing change in psychotherapy. It proposes the concept of interaction structure, repeated mutually influencing interactions between therapist and patient that are a fundamental aspect of therapeutic action. Interaction structures allow consideration of...

Mindful Eating from the Dialectical Perspective is both a research reference and exhaustive guide to implementing a practice of mindful eating grounded in dialectical behavior therapy. This informative and timely new resource balances a presentation of empirical data with thorough and engaging instruction...

The development of the material in this volume began with a realization by the staff at The Cambridge-Somerville Mental Health and Retardation Center (in the Massachusetts cities of Cambridge and Somerville) that an increasing num­ ber of people were entering the mental health system with problems...

Sexual violence is a problem well beyond universities, however universities are uniquely well placed to contribute to reducing sexual violence, encouraging those affected to come forward and speak about their experiences and actively encourage increased reporting. This book is unique, in that it offers...

The purpose of this volume is to present the whole story of our research program on alternative interventions with delinquent youth. It is our goal to describe the development of an alternative intervention model, to examine its salient processes, to provide a test of its relative effective­ ness,...

Everyone experiences pain, whether it’s emotional or physical, chronic or acute. Pain is part of what it means to be human, and so an understanding of how we relate to it as individuals - as well as cultures and societies - is fundamental to who we are.　 In this important new book, the...

In this provocative contribution to both psychoanalytic theory and the philosophy of science, Louis Berger grapples with the nature of "consequential" theorizing, i.e., theorizing that is relevant to what transpires in clinical practice. By examining analysis as a genre of "state process...

Building upon the theoretical work of Ferenczi, Fairbairn, and Berliner, the author describes four basic relational patterns in the lives of abused children: the reliving of abusive relationships, either as victim or as perpetrator; identification with the aggressor; masochistic self-blame; and the...

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2008 in the subject Psychology - Diagnostics, grade: A-, Prairie Bible College (Prairie Bible College), 25 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Burnout, a term heard with increasing frequency these days, is becoming a prominent fact...

La PolisAnalisi, in quanto cura dello spazio di convivenza comune, si propone di studiare le radici delle patologie civili e dell’incomprensione, per favorire reciproche comprensioni e far fruttificare i “beni relazionali” quali fiducia, reciprocità e cooperazione, perché “l’Io È l’Altro”....

Lo stalking è un fenomeno di grande attualità e di grande interesse sociale, in quanto spesso si sentono dai mass media casi di omicidi a sfondo passionale che celano casi di stalking. Tutti conoscono gli ultimi casi di stalking, come per esempio quello di Maria Antonia Murtari detta Antonella che...

I conflitti, sia quelli piccoli che quelli grandi, sia quelli locali che internazionali, sono una “faccenda seria”, non vi è ombra di dubbio. Ma, in molti casi, pare che il ricorso ad interventi “paradossali”, possa essere di grande aiuto. Questo lavoro di ricerca applicata si propone di...

“Mi parlano del bene e del male e presumono che io sappia di cosa si tratta. Ma io non lo so (…) parlando di bene e di male, parliamo in concreto di una circostanza di cui non conosciamo la qualità più profonda”: in questo modo Jung attribuisce una connotazione innata al male; allo stesso...

Svolgere un lavoro “emotivo” può richiedere molte risorse ad un operatore e lo può mettere maggiormente a rischio di “bruciarsi” e di conoscere, quindi, la sindrome del Burnout. Le cause ed i successivi sintomi di questa patologia possono essere gestiti con una serie di strategie preventive...