The Guilford Press imprint: 631 books
Latino Families in Therapy, Second Edition
A Guide to Multicultural Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
This acclaimed work--now in an extensively revised second edition--provides an up-to-date conceptual framework and hands-on strategies for culturally competent clinical practice with Latino families and individuals. Practitioners and students gain an understanding of the family dynamics, migration...
Rethinking Learning Disabilities
Understanding Children Who Struggle in School
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2010
Experts have yet to reach consensus about what a learning disability is, how to determine if a child has one, and what to do about it. Leading researcher and clinician Deborah Waber offers an alternative to the prevailing view of learning disability as a problem contained within the child. Instead,...
Developmental Evaluation Exemplars
Principles in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Responding to evaluator and instructor demand, this book presents a diverse set of high-quality developmental evaluation (DE) case studies. Twelve insightful exemplars illustrate how DE is used to evaluate innovative initiatives in complex, dynamic environments, including a range of fields and international...
Motivational Interviewing with Offenders
Engagement, Rehabilitation, and Reentry
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
From experts on working with court-mandated populations, this book shows how motivational interviewing (MI) can help offenders move beyond resistance or superficial compliance and achieve meaningful behavior change. Using this evidence-based approach promotes successful rehabilitation and reentry...
by Jeremy F. Mills, PhD, CPsych
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
Presenting a comprehensive framework for conducting a scientifically grounded violence risk assessment, this book is authoritative, current, and practical. The essentials of doing this type of evaluation are reviewed, and available risk appraisal instruments are described for general violence, sexual...
Religion That Heals, Religion That Harms
A Guide for Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2010
From James L. Griffith, well known for his work on harnessing the healing potential of religion and spirituality, this book helps clinicians to intervene effectively in situations where religion is causing harm. Vivid examples illustrate how religious beliefs and practices may propel suicide, violence,...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2011
Building crucial bridges between theory, research, and practice, this volume brings together leading authorities on the literacy development of young children. The Handbook examines the full range of factors that shape learning in and out of the classroom, from basic developmental processes to family...
Explaining Abnormal Behavior
A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Highly readable and accessible, this book describes how research in cognitive science is transforming the way scientists and clinicians think about abnormal behavior. Bruce Pennington draws on work from multiple disciplines to identify compelling links among psychiatric, neurodevelopmental, and neurological...
Perfectionism
A Relational Approach to Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Grounded in decades of influential research, this book thoroughly examines perfectionism: how it develops, its underlying mechanisms and psychological costs, and how to target it effectively in psychotherapy. The authors describe how perfectionistic tendencies--rooted in early relational and developmental...
by Kevin R. Cox, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
This book cogently examines how human geography has developed from a field with limited self-awareness regarding method and theory to the vibrant study of society and space that it is today. Kevin R. Cox provides an interpretive, critical perspective on Anglo-American geographic thought in the 20th...
Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy
Understanding and Addressing the Sacred
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
From a leading researcher and practitioner, this volume provides an innovative framework for understanding the role of spirituality in people's lives and its relevance to the work done in psychotherapy. It offers fresh, practical ideas for creating a spiritual dialogue with clients, assessing spirituality...
Applied Qualitative Research Design
A Total Quality Framework Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
This unique text provides a comprehensive framework for creating, managing, and interpreting qualitative research studies that yield valid and useful information. Examples of studies from a wide range of disciplines illustrate the strengths, limitations, and applications of the primary qualitative...
The Healing Power of Play
Working with Abused Children
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
This book describes how therapists can both facilitate constructive play therapy and intervene in posttraumatic play to help children who have been traumatized by abuse or neglect achieve a positive resolution. Traditional techniques of play therapy are reviewed for their application to this population....
Promoting School Readiness and Early Learning
Implications of Developmental Research for Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Grounded in cutting-edge developmental research, this book examines what school readiness entails and how it can be improved. Compelling longitudinal findings are presented on the benefits of early intervention for preschoolers at risk due to poverty and other factors. The volume identifies the cognitive,...