Clinical Psychology category: 2166 books
The Mindful and Effective Employee
An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Training Manual for Improving Well-Being and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
The importance of improving and maintaining employees’ psychological health is now widely recognized by occupational health researchers and practitioners, business leaders, human resource professionals, and policy makers alike. Indeed, a growing body of research has established that psychological...
How to Think Like a Behavior Analyst
Understanding the Science That Can Change Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
How to Think Like a Behavior Analyst is a revolutionary resource for understanding complex human behavior and making potentially significant quality of life improvements. Behavior analysts offer a worldview of the human condition different than almost any other professional perspective. To a behavior...
Denying to the Grave
Why We Ignore the Facts That Will Save Us
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Why do some parents refuse to vaccinate their children? Why do some people keep guns at home, despite scientific evidence of risk to their family members? And why do people use antibiotics for illnesses they cannot possibly alleviate? When it comes to health, many people insist that science is wrong,...
Adolescence and Work
Influences of Social Structure, Labor Markets, and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This volume illustrates connections between the concerns of vocational psychology and the adjoining disciplines of sociology, cultural anthropology, and labor economics. The intent is to suggest how vocational psychology and career counseling might recognize more explicitly the ever-changing social...
by Arthur Becker-Weidman, Geraldine Casswell, Craig W. Clark
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
This collection of transcripts from sessions by certified Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapists gives therapists, educators, and child welfare and residential treatment professionals a detailed understanding of how Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy is used to help children who have a history of neglect,...
Neuropsychology of Art
Neurological, Cognitive and Evolutionary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
The significance of art in human existence has long been a source of puzzlement, fascination, and mystery. In Neuropsychology of Art, Dahlia W. Zaidel explores the brain regions and neuronal systems that support artistic creativity, talent, and appreciation.
Both the visual and musical arts are discussed...
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
Essential Practices and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
Grounded in attachment theory and trauma, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) is an evidence-based, effective, and empirically validated treatment for complex trauma and disorders of attachment. This manual for the practice of DDP will give therapists, educators, and child welfare and residential...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Choice Outstanding Academic Title! 4 Stars - Doody's!
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"This work will be one that students and clinicians keep on their shelves as the gold-standard reference for health behavior change. Summing up: Essential"
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by Wolfram Boucsein
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Electrodermal activity is one of the most frequently used psychophysiological evaluations in psychology research. Based on the 1992 edition of this work Electrodermal Activity covers advances in the field since the first publication in 1992. The current volume includes updated information on brain...
Relational Frame Theory
A Post-Skinnerian Account of Human Language and Cognition
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
This volume goes beyond theory and gives the empirical and conceptual tools to conduct an experimental analysis of virtually every substantive topic in human language and cognition, both basic and applied. It challenges behavioral psychology to abandon many of the specific theoretical formulations...
CFT Made Simple
A Clinician's Guide to Practicing Compassion-Focused Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
For the first time ever, CFT Made Simple offers easy-to-apply tools to help clients develop self-compassion, learn mindfulness skills, and balance difficult emotions for greater treatment outcomes.
Created by world-renowned psychologist Paul Gilbert, compassion-focused therapy (CFT) is extremely...
Childhood Autism
A Clinician's Guide to Early Diagnosis and Integrated Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Childhood Autism provides clinicians with a comprehensive guide for working with autistic children and their families. It offers practical assistance with early diagnosis, cutting edge treatment options and goals, interdisciplinary insights, and available resources. Empirical research findings are...
Children With Multiple Mental Health Challenges
An Integrated Approach to Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
"...[T]his book provides valuable information on taking care of children with complex mental health challenges. Chapters present information in tabular format, which makes the book easy to use in practice. The case vignettes are practical and helpful in understanding a child as a unique case...
Compassion
Conceptualisations, Research and Use in Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2005
What is compassion, how does it affect the quality of our lives and how can we develop compassion for ourselves and others?
Humans are capable of extreme cruelty but also considerable compassion. Often neglected in Western psychology, this book looks at how compassion may have evolved, and...