Clinical Psychology category: 2166 books
by James Morrison, MD
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
This trusted practitioner resource and course text is grounded in James Morrison's experience with more than 15,000 mental health patients. Morrison provides a complete framework for interviewing adult patients about their current symptoms, personal and family history, mental status, behavioral risks,...
Mentalization-Based Group Therapy (MBT-G)
A theoretical, clinical, and research manual
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Mentalization-based treatment (MBT) has gained international acclaim as an efficient treatment for patients with borderline personality disorder. The approach is also helpful for other personality disorders and conditions that are difficult to treat, e.g. addiction and eating disorders. MBT consists...
Sagacity
What I Learned from My Elderly Psychotherapy Clients
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2006
Eight different stories from the elderly capture the heart and mind as Max Fuhrmann, Ph.D. clinical psychologist, steps from behind the professional mask to impart what he has learned from his elderly psychotherapy clients. Despite his extensive training and experience in this field, he is not prepared...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Eating Disorders
A Process-Focused Guide to Treating Anorexia and Bulimia
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
A Process-Focused Guide to Treating Eating Disorders with ACT
At some point in clinical practice, most therapists will encounter a client suffering with an eating disorder, but many are uncertain of how to treat these issues. Because eating disorders are rooted in secrecy and reinforced by...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Trauma-Related Problems
A Practitioner's Guide to Using Mindfulness and Acceptance Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
New Directions in the Treatment of PTSD
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) offers a promising, empirically validated approach to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma related problems. In this volume, you'll find a complete theoretical and practical guide...
Bullying Scars
The Impact on Adult Life and Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
An explosion of research on bullying has raised our collective awareness of the serious impacts it can have on children. No longer do we accept it as an innocuous rite of passage, just a part of growing up that we grin and bear and grow out of later. But do we grow out of it, or are there lingering...
The Colors of Childhood
Separation-Individuation across Cultural, Racial, and Ethnic Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1998
How does culture affect child-rearing practices? How do factors such as poverty, ethnic difference, racial minority status, and having immigrant parents alter the experience of a growing child? Are there culturally distinct sub-groups within the African-American population? How ubiquitous are psychoanalytically...
by J. Graham Beaumont, PhD, CPsychol
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2008
This outstanding text gives students a solid grounding in clinical and experimental neuropsychology. The author is a leading authority whose engaging writing style and thorough yet concise coverage of brain localization, anatomy, and their links to cognitive function make the book ideal for undergraduate...
Meaning in Life
An Evidence-Based Handbook for Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
This inspiring, insightful new text provides a practical guide to helping clients live a meaningful and satisfying life despite the challenges they may be facing.
Divided into three parts, it starts by drawing on empirical research to demonstrate the effectiveness of meaning-oriented practice...
Behavioral Treatments for Sleep Disorders
A Comprehensive Primer of Behavioral Sleep Medicine Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2010
Sleep is a major component of good mental and physical health, yet over 40 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders. Edited by three prominent clinical experts, Behavioral Treatments for Sleep Disorders is the first reference to cover all of the most common disorders (insomnia, sleep apnea, restless...
by Claudia Herbert, Ann Wetmore, John Marzillier
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Terrible events are very hard to deal with. Those who go through a catastrophic life experience, such as a car accident, assault, long-term abuse, an illness or bereavement, often feel permanently changed by the impact of what has happened. They become numb and shut off from those around them, or...
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for ADHD in Adolescents and Adults
A Psychological Guide to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
The first edition of this book introduced the Young-Bramham Programme, a pioneering approach to cognitive behavioural treatment for ADHD in adults, which was well-received by clinical and academic communities alike. Based on the latest findings in the field, the authors have expanded the second edition...
Holographic Reprocessing
A Cognitive-Experiential Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Trauma
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Holographic Reprocessing (HR) is a cognitive-experiential psychotherapy based on Seymour Epstein's theory of personality, cognitive experiential self-theory (CEST). According to CEST, people have a natural adaptive system for processing information. If an emotionally distressing event is not fully...
Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal
A Guide for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients and their Families
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
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This is the first book to establish guidelines and to assist prescribers and therapists in withdrawing their patients from psychiatric drugs, including those patients with long-term exposure to antipsychotic drugs, benzodiazepines, stimulants, antidepressants, and mood stabilizers. It...