Clinical Psychology category: 2166 books
Psychological Treatment of Older Adults
An Introductory Text
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
This multiauthored introductory textbook could not have been conceived or brought to fruition 10 or 15 years ago. Indeed, at that time relatively little attention was accorded to the psychological needs of older adults. The general tenor of the field then was that older adults would not benefit from...
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Across the Lifespan
An Integrative Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2009
Generalized anxiety disorder is a chronic, disabling, often lifelong condition affecting millions worldwide. Yet, despite its prevalence, GAD is frequently marginalized, misdiagnosed, and undertreated. Generalized Anxiety Disorder Across the Lifespan creates a practical knowledge base for GAD, identifying...
Clinician’s Guide to Adult ADHD Comorbidities
Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
The diagnosis and management of ADHD co-occurring with other disorders such as anxiety, depression and personality disorders remain major challenges for clinicians treating all age groups. This book guides clinicians through each step in the diagnosis and management of the comorbidities of adult ADHD...
by Colleen E. Carney, Jack D. Edinger
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
The statistics show that as much as twenty percent of the population suffers from chronic insomnia—and one-fourth of those with the condition eventually develop an anxiety disorder. As comorbid conditions, they contribute to any number of physical and social problems. Yet too often insomnia is undiagnosed,...
Researching the Psychotherapy Process
A Practical Guide to Transcript-Based Methods
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 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...
The Paradox of Countertransference
You and Me, Here and Now
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2005
In this innovative text, Carol Holmes provides students and professional psychotherapists with an historical account leading to the most up-to-date information on the core psychoanalytic concept of countertransference and the subsequent changes that have occurred in its clinical application. This...
Practicing Psychotherapy in Constructed Reality
Ritual, Charisma, and Enhanced Client Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
In Practicing Psychotherapy in Constructed Reality: Ritual, Charisma, and Enhanced Client Outcomes, Stephen Bacon charts a radical and provocative new direction forward for psychotherapy. Based on the research finding that techniques have no inherent power, and the insights of constructionism, Bacon...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
Over the last four decades, breakthroughs in genetic knowledge, together with the emergence of disciplines devoted to the scientific study of developmental disorders have resulted in much greater awareness of the many different behavioural and genetic phenotypes involved. It is now evident that not...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
Biopsychosocial factors are integral to all aspects of healthcare, but perhaps nowhere more so than in obstetrics, gynaecology and women's health. This is probably because so much of what occurs in the specialty involves dramatic, life-changing events - from pregnancy and childbirth to menopause and...
Becoming a Therapist
What Do I Say, and Why?
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2002
This book provides students and novice clinicians with nuts-and-bolts advice about the process of doing therapy, starting with the first contact with a new patient. Suzanne Bender, at the time a junior clinician, and Edward Messner, a seasoned practitioner and supervisor, provide a unique, combined...
Attachment Theory in Action
Building Connections Between Children and Parents
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
In this volume, distinguished therapists and clinicians offer a broad range of effective attachment-based interventions for children with a history of attachment difficulties and complex trauma. Stepping through attachment theory and the latest research in neuroscience, the contributors illustrate...
Mastering Expert Testimony
A Courtroom Handbook for Mental Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996
The past two decades have seen a rapidly growing involvement of psychologists and psychiatrists in legal proceedings for criminal cases, divorces, and traffic and industrial accidents. Mental health professionals are traditionally not trained to cope with the legal responsibilities that arise from...
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Psychosocial Interventions for Chronic Pain
In Search of Evidence
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
This book fills a major gap in the practice literature for healthcare professionals engaged in providing psychosocial care for their patients suffering from chronic pain or illness. Up to now there has been little published material on evidence-based medicine in this field. Roy’s book at last provides...