Applied Psychology category: 2264 books
Care Giving for Alzheimer’s Disease
A Compassionate Guide for Clinicians and Loved Ones
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Veteran clinicians offer a unique framework for understanding the psychological origins of behaviors typical of Alzheimer's and other dementias, and for providing appropriate care for patients as they decline. Guidelines are rooted in the theory of retrogenesis in dementia--that those with the condition...
Changeable
How Collaborative Problem Solving Changes Lives at Home, at School, and at Work
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
A bold new way to help anyone change
Why is it so hard to change problem behavior—in our kids, our colleagues, and even ourselves? Conventional methods often backfire, creating a downward spiral of resentment and frustration, and a missed opportunity for growth. What if the thinking behind...
The Illustrated Happiness Trap
How to Stop Struggling and Start Living
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
There’s this idea going around that we’re always supposed to be happy—and it’s making us miserable. The good news is, if you can learn to let go of that impossible expectation, your life will be a whole lot happier. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a simple, self-administered therapy...
Courage To Thrive
Triumph in the Face of Adversity
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Dr. Stephen Trudeau, otherwise known as the Psych on the Bike, answers a very important question. "How does one overcome adversity and trauma?" By recounting personal stories and sharing the wisdom of countless thrivers, he brings the reader to a place of empowerment. Triumph in the face...
by Dr.King
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Going by the large number of books on Yoga that are published and sold both through printed as well as electronic media, this ancient science seems to be very popular. While various things are propagated in the name of Yoga, there is often mismatch between expectations and achievements.
This short...
Theraplay
Innovations in Attachment-Enhancing Play Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Theraplay is a form of structured play therapy designed to strengthen the attachment between parents and their child. Dr. Evangeline Munns, a Theraplay therapist and trainer, introduces this treatment method in its traditional format of individual child and parent sessions. Its simple, action-oriented,...
Psychosocial and Legal Perspectives of Marital Breakdown
With Special Emphasis on Spain
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2010
Divorce has long been viewed as a single phenomenon affecting two individuals without considering the framework conditions in which it occurs. Due to the increase of divorce rates in the past decades researchers have changed their perspective and have concentrated on the view of divorce as a personal...
Paradox and Counterparadox
A New Model in the Therapy of the Family in Schizophrenic Transaction
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1994
Paradox and Counterparadox introduces the English-speaking public to the first results of a research plan drawn up my the Milan Center for Family Studies at the end of 1971 and put into practice at the beginning of 1972. The book reports the therapeutic work carried out by the authors with fifteen...
by Damien Diecke
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
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Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
When the memory retrieval process breaks down, people wonder exactly why and how such a thing occurs. In many cases, failed retrieval is accompanied by a 'tip-of-the-tongue state', a feeling that an unretrieved item is stored in memory. Tip-of-the-tongue states stand at the crossroads of several research...
Dancing With Fear
Overcoming Anxiety in a World of Stress and Uncertainty
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
This book is written for everyone who has experienced severe anxiety and wants to be free from abnormal fear. It is also for therapists, couselors, and other helping professionals who treat patients suffering from anxiety disorders.
A Jason Aronson Book
Flip It On Its Ear
A Radical Approach to Public Speaking
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Flip It on Its Ear and its companion interactive video course are designed to radically alter how we think about ourselves and public speaking. With over thirty years of teaching, writing, and speaking on the topic Onlee brings mastery level understanding to how we learn and use public speaking in...
Improving the Quality of Child Custody Evaluations
A Systematic Model
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012
This book resolves a key problem that all evaluators need to attend to:, i.e., what constructs ought to be measured?, all the while giving them practical ways of doing this. It also presents data showing family court judges like the model, and it does this fairly briefly but in a way that is nicely embedded in the research literature.
by Bruce N. Waller
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
A vigorous attack on moral responsibility in all its forms argues that the abolition of moral responsibility will be liberating and beneficial.
In Against Moral Responsibility, Bruce Waller launches a spirited attack on a system that is profoundly entrenched in our society and its institutions,...