Clinical Psychology category: 2166 books
Psychosis, Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry in Postwar USA
On the borderland of madness
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Covering the last four decades of the 20th century, this book explores the unwritten history of the struggles between psychoanalysis and psychiatry in postwar USA, inaugurated by the neosomatic revolution, which had profound consequences for the treatment of psychotic patients. Analyzing and synthesizing...
Complicated Grief, Attachment, and Art Therapy
Theory, Treatment, and 14 Ready-to-Use Protocols
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
This wide-ranging book on art therapy and grief provides everything an art therapist needs to feel confident in creating an effective treatment plan. It features fourteen clear-cut protocols, outlining 4-8 week curriculums for working with Complicated Grief, and explains the theory which informs the...
Executive Functions
What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Evolved
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
This groundbreaking book offers a comprehensive theory of executive functioning (EF) with important clinical implications. Synthesizing cutting-edge neuropsychological and evolutionary research, Russell A. Barkley presents a model of EF that is rooted in meaningful activities of daily life. He describes...
by Stanley Rachman, Anna Coughtrey, Roz Shafran
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
A fear of contamination drives the most common manifestation of obsessive compulsive disorders(OCD), compulsive washing. OCD is a distressing anxiety disorder that affects 1-2 percent of the population and can be disabling. Intense and complex forms of the disorder benefit from advanced analyses of...
Delusions
Understanding the Un-understandable
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Delusions, in their many different manifestations, are central to the concepts of madness and psychosis. Yet what causes them remains in many ways a complete mystery. McKenna's Delusions is the first comprehensive attempt to tackle one of the most arresting phenomena in psychiatry: an in-depth and...
Imagery and the Threatened Self
Perspectives on Mental Imagery and the Self in Cognitive Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
Imagery is important in cognitive therapy because images often trigger strong emotions, and imagery techniques such as imaginal reliving and imaginal rescripting are increasingly used in therapeutic treatments. Imagery and the Threatened Self considers the role that images of the self play in a number...
by Steven C. Hayes, Robert D. Zettle, Anthony Biglan
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
The Wiley Handbook of Contextual Behavioral Science describes the philosophical and empirical foundation of the contextual behavioral science movement; it explores the history and goals of CBS, explains its core analytic assumptions, and describes Relational Frame Theory as a research and practice...
Mastering the Financial Dimension of Your Psychotherapy Practice
The Definitive Resource for Private Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Written by two therapists with extensive business experience, Mastering the Financial Dimension of Your Psychotherapy Practice addresses the clinical and financial challenges of establishing and maintaining a successful private practice. This book contains updated content on investing strategies,...
by JoAnne Dahl, PhD, Carmen Luciano
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2005
Professionals who work with patients and clients struggling with chronic pain will benefit from this values-based behavior change program for managing the effects of pain. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain addresses case formulation and clinical techniques for working with pain patients...
Researching the Psychotherapy Process
A Practical Guide to Transcript-Based Methods
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2005
This hands-on introduction to psychotherapy process research methods takes the student clinician/researcher through the basic steps of developing a research project based on a transcript of a psychotherapy session. The major text-based methods in use are introduced in separate chapters, and illustrated...
Community Treatment of Drug Misuse
More Than Methadone
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2009
Methadone has been used successfully as a substitution agent for heroin dependency for more than 30 years. As a result of its success, other effective methods of treatment have been neglected. Established as a key text on all treatment options for drug misusers, Community Treatment of Drug Misuse:...
Presence and the Present
Relationship and Time in Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2011
Presence and the Present: Relationship and Time in Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy offers salient points learned from the author’s forty years of practice and teaching, and applies psychodynamic psychotherapy to the contemporary practice climate. Emphasizing the therapeutic relationship and the...
Assessment and Intervention with Children and Adolescents Who Misuse Fire
Practitioner Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
It's surprisingly common for children and adolescents to play with fire and to actually set fires. A single fire has the potential to cause a cascade of serious consequences to children, families, and their community, sometimes with devastating impact. Yet, there is limited practical information and...
by Robert D. Hoge
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1999
Adolescence is a distinct period of development that presents a number of special challenges. This fact has important implications for professionals selecting and administering assessment procedures and interpreting the data they yield, yet assessment texts have focused on adults or children and devoted...