Clinical Psychology category: 2166 books
Points of View
Stories of Psychopathology
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Points of View is desingned to provide students at various levels of experience and training with illustrative examples of individuals with different forms of psychopathology. The work is designed primarily for students who are studying descriptive psychopathology, including psychiatric residents,...
Assessing Mindfulness and Acceptance Processes in Clients
Illuminating the Theory and Practice of Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
How does mindfulness work? Thousands of therapists utilize mindfulness-based treatments and have witnessed firsthand the effectiveness of these approaches on clients suffering from anxiety, depression, and other common mental health issues. But for many clinicians, the psychological processes and...
Stress Management
From Basic Science to Better Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2004
Stress Management: From Basic Science to Better Practice examines documented pathways between stress and health and develops the scientific foundations for sound interventions. The book begins with a broad review of the term 'stress' and its importance for health. The text then provides a critical...
Assessing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2005
This is the first book to present a practical, problem-solving approach and hands-on tools and techniques for assessing English language learners and culturally diverse students in K-12 settings. It meets a crucial need among practitioners and special educators working in today's schools. Provided...
Child Anxiety Disorders
A Guide to Research and Treatment, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Childhood anxiety disorders represent one of the most common psychological disorders found among the general population. They can be serious, distressful, and functionally impairing, so much so that there has been an explosion of interest in their treatment, primarily from pharmacological and cognitive-behavioral...
The Power of Countertransference
Innovations in Analytic Technique
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
A signpost of the relational turn in contemporary psychoanalysis, Karen Maroda's The Power of Countertransference, published in 1991, is perhaps the first systematic effort to integrate the need for mutual emotional exchanges, which may include the analyst's own self-disclosures, into an interactive...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2004
The public has a right to know that when they go to a therapist, they are almost certain to be given a psychiatric diagnosis, no matter how mild or normal their problems might be. It is unlikely that they will be told that a diagnosis will be written forever in their chart and that alarming consequences...
Compassion Focused Therapy
Distinctive Features
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
Research into the beneficial effect of developing compassion has advanced enormously in the last ten years, with the development of inner compassion being an important therapeutic focus and goal. This book explains how Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) – a process of developing compassion for the...
by Robert Wubbolding
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
This practical resource is a follow-on from the hugely successful Counselling with Reality Therapy. The second edition provides a jargon-free and practical explanation of a theory and method of counselling which can be used in any therapeutic relationship. It presents a comprehensive, succinct and...
The Twenty-four Hour Mind
The Role of Sleep and Dreaming in Our Emotional Lives
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2010
Leading sleep researcher Rosalind Cartwright brings together decades of work on sleep, dreaming and sleep disorders to propose a new theory of how the mind works continuously. Drawing on her own research and that of others, Cartwright describes how conscious and unconscious thoughts and feelings move...
by Dr. Jack A. Apsche
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2012
This book needs no reviews because it is a cult classic that inspired “The Silence of the Lambs” and it has sold over three hundred thousand copies, and it is used as a study guide for psychologist in colleges worldwide. The purpose of this book is to present a view into the mind of the serial...
Quantum Change
When Epiphanies and Sudden Insights Transform Ordinary Lives
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Most of us walk through each day expecting few surprises. If we want to better ourselves or our lives, we map out a path of gradual change, perhaps in counseling or psychotherapy. Psychologists William Miller and Janet C'de Baca were longtime scholars and teachers of traditional approaches to self-improvement...
by Juliet Higdon
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
The work of Freud and the pioneers who followed in his footsteps offers a rich and diverse source of ideas for those working, or training to work, in the helping professions. However too often this body of theory comes across as abstract and can be difficult to grasp. This refreshingly clear book provides...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1998
This book begins with the assumption that a deep understanding of the origins of psychopathology, human dysfunction, and their course is fundamental to the quest for the good society, and perhaps, even to our survival as a species. The studies presented compare prevalences and risk factors across...